Joe Dimaggio Stats
How productive was Joltin’ Joe every time he stepped up to the plate.
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Presented in this article are Joe DiMaggio’s real baseball stats per official at bat. How many runs, RBI’s and home runs (HR’s) did the Yankee Clipper get per official at bat? Presenting the stats in this manner is meant to give you a clearer picture of what, on average, Joe DiMaggio accomplished for each official at bat he had in the major leagues.
How are the stats calculated out? Simply by dividing each stat listed by official at bats. Just like you do with hits for batting average. Here we are dividing total runs scored by total official at bats to get a player’s run average, total RBI’s by total official at bats for a player’s RBI average and total HR’s by total official at bats for a player’s HR average. For example: if a player has scored 1,000 runs in 5,000 official at bats his run average would be .200. If the player had 900 RBI’s his RBI average would be .180. And if he had 200 HR’s his HR average would be .040. So on average this player would have scored a run 20% of the time, driven in a run 18% of the time and hit a HR 4% of the time he recorded an official at bat in the major leagues.
Obviously the higher the averages the better the player was. Here is a rough guide to determine how a players averages stack up.
Run Average and RBI Average – anything over .150 is good. Anything above .200 is excellent, and the very best players in history have occasionally gone over .300 in some seasons.
HR Average – anything over .055 is good. Anything above .065 is really good and anything above .075 means one of the best HR hitters of all time.
Here are Joe DiMaggio’s raw numbers (AB’s/runs/HR’s/RBI’s) 6821/1390/361/1537.
Joe DiMaggio’s Career Numbers
Run Average – .204
RBI Average – .225
HR Average – .053
So on average Joe DiMaggio scored a run 20.4% of the time, drove in a run 22.5% of the time and hit a HR 5.3% of the time he stepped up to the plate and had an official at bat in the major leagues.
Joltin’ Joe was a true celebrity baseball player. He married Marilyn Monroe in 1954 but they divorced in less than 1 year.
He was also linked to actresses Marlene Dietrich, Lee Meriweather, Gloria DeHaven and even Morgan Fairchild in his later years. In 1941 he got a hit in 56 consecutive games for a record that still stands today and is thought by many to be untouchable. DiMaggio played in 10 World Series in his 13 year career and the Yankees won 9 of them. He remained one of the biggest sports celebrities of all time until his death in 1999.
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Joe DiMaggio was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and is generally considered one of the top hitters in baseball history and his career run, RBI and HR averages certainly back that up.
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Good old Joltin’ Joe.