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Joe Azcue

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: August 18, 1939 in Cienfuegos, Cuba cu

Debut: August 3, 1960 (Age 20-351d, 11,758th in major league history)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1972 (Age 33-042d)
vs. DET 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Jose Joaquin Azcue

Nicknames: The Immortal Azcue

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

2828

712

.252

201

RBI

304

OBP

.304

SLG

.344

OPS

.648

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	Apr 28 (2)	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
2	16	Apr 29	CLE		CAL	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
3	17	Apr 30	CLE		CAL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	19 (1)	May 3	CLE		MIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
5	21 (1)	May 5	CLE		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
6	23 (1)	May 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
7	25 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	27 (1)	May 12 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
9	29 (1)	May 14	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	32 (2)	May 17	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
11	35 (2)	May 19 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	37 (1)	May 21 (2)	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	40 (2)	May 24	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
14	42 (1)	May 26	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	C
15	44 (1)	May 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-3	GS	20	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	46 (1)	May 30	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
17	47	May 31	CLE		WSA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	49 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	50	Jun 2 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,3-11		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
20	51	Jun 3	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	48	14.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
21	52	Jun 4	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
22	54 (1)	Jun 6	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	55	Jun 7	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	56	Jun 8	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	57	Jun 9	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
26	58	Jun 10	CLE		OAK	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
27	59	Jun 11	CLE		OAK	L,0-2	CG	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	60	Jun 12	CLE		OAK	L,0-7	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	62 (1)	Jun 14	CLE		BOS	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
30	64 (1)	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
31	66 (1)	Jun 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	69 (2)	Jun 21	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	15	2	0	17	2	C
33	71 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
34	72	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
35	76 (3)	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-9	GS	36	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	77	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
37	78	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	79	Jun 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	46	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	80	Jul 1	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
40	81	Jul 2	CLE		MIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	82	Jul 3	CLE		MIN	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	19	0	0	19	0	C
42	83	Jul 4	CLE		MIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
43	84	Jul 5	CLE		CAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
44	85	Jul 6	CLE		CAL	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
45	86	Jul 7 (1)	CLE		CAL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
46	87	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,7-9	GS	35	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
47	88	Jul 11	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	89	Jul 12	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
49	90	Jul 13	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
50	91	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
51	92	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	93	Jul 16	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	94	Jul 17	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	95	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	96	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
56	97	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	98	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	99	Jul 23	CLE	@	BAL	L,6-8	GF	13	3.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	100	Jul 24	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
60	101	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
61	102	Jul 27	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
62	103	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
63	105 (1)	Jul 29	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
64	106	Jul 30	CLE		WSA	W,10-1	GS	21	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	107	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	108	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	110 (1)	Aug 3	CLE		OAK	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
68	111	Aug 4 (1)	CLE		OAK	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
69	112	Aug 4 (2)	CLE		OAK	W,7-4	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	113	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	27	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
71	116 (2)	Aug 8	CLE	@	DET	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	117	Aug 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	118	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
74	120 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	121	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,3-6	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
76	123 (1)	Aug 14	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	C
77	124	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
78	126 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
79	128 (1)	Aug 19	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
80	129	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	130	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
82	133 (2)	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-1	GS	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	134	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSA	L,9-10	GS	37	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	135	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	6	2	1	9	1	C
85	137 (1)	Aug 28	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
86	138	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
87	140 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	142 (1)	Sep 1	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
89	143	Sep 2	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
90	145 (1)	Sep 4	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	148 (2)	Sep 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
92	149	Sep 9	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	C
93	150	Sep 10	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	155 (4)	Sep 17	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
95	159 (3)	Sep 24 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
96	160	Sep 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
97	161	Sep 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							97gm		797.2	699	50	3	752	11