LF Joe Northup #18
Denver Bruins (DAL) CL
Age: 24 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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LF JOE NORTHUP #18 - AGE: 24 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
13 24 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 .167 .167 .167 0 -0.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/22/1974 @ OMA Win, 16-4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/1974 OMA Loss, 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/15/1974 OMA Loss, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/1974 OMA Loss, 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/11/1974 @ IND Win, 11-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/10/1974 @ IND Loss, 2-3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/31/1974 HAR Win, 6-0 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
08/30/1974 HAR Win, 3-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/29/1974 HAR Loss, 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
08/28/1974 CBL Loss, 5-11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:08/31/1950
Born in:Brooklyn, NY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$15,000
Signed Through:1974 Season
Major Service:None, 31 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, 98 Days
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1968, 7th Pick in Round 2
EASTERN ASSOCIATION 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 78 248 78 18 4 0 35 43 41 39 .315 .430 .419 .849 .405 .105 134
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 59 302 9 3 0 6 4 0 104 22 4 4 50.0 47.0 6.90 1.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   49 23 5 2 0 9 11 13 6 0 0 3 .469 .600 .653 1.253
Versus Right   199 55 13 2 0 26 32 28 33 0 4 6 .276 .382 .362 .744
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
May   86 32 7 0 0 15 14 14 14 0 0 6 .372 .491 .453 .944
June   38 14 4 2 0 4 11 5 3 0 4 1 .368 .455 .579 1.033
July   21 6 1 1 0 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 .286 .375 .429 .804
August   94 25 6 1 0 13 14 19 17 0 0 2 .266 .400 .351 .751
Last Year   79 24 5 2 0 8 8 14 9 0 2 1 .304 .415 .418 .833
2 Years Ago   156 50 12 3 7 30 29 28 28 2 4 3 .321 .429 .571 .999
Career   483 152 35 9 7 73 80 83 76 2 10 13 .315 .427 .468 .895
Home   133 44 10 2 0 26 22 20 18 0 3 6 .331 .440 .436 .876
Road   115 34 8 2 0 9 21 21 21 0 1 3 .296 .417 .400 .817
Grass   248 78 18 4 0 35 43 41 39 0 4 9 .315 .430 .419 .849
Day   106 36 7 2 0 17 21 19 18 0 2 4 .340 .457 .443 .901
Night   142 42 11 2 0 18 22 22 21 0 2 5 .296 .408 .401 .810
As Starter   229 71 17 4 0 34 39 36 33 0 3 9 .310 .423 .419 .843
As Reliever / Substitution   19 7 1 0 0 1 4 5 6 0 1 0 .368 .500 .421 .921
CENTURY LEAGUE 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 13 24 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 .150 .000 -26
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 3 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 0.93 -0.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   23 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 .174 .174 .174 .348
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
June   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
July   10 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
September   6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Postseason   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Last Year   21 4 0 1 0 4 3 4 6 0 0 0 .190 .320 .286 .606
2 Years Ago   157 34 3 1 2 14 13 11 43 2 12 3 .217 .277 .287 .564
Career   202 42 3 2 2 20 18 15 55 2 13 3 .208 .270 .272 .543
Home   16 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .375
Road   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Grass   24 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Day   5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Night   19 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 1 0 .158 .158 .158 .316
As Starter   11 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
As Reliever / Substitution   13 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1973 Dallas - FABL 22 4 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071 210 234 0.1
Total FABL 4 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071 210 234 0.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 Alexandria - R 17 52 216 70 9 6 5 26 36 26 0 2 42 4 9 .324 .393 .491 .884 128 119 0.9
1968 San Bernardino - A 17 16 67 12 1 0 0 1 7 4 5 0 23 1 1 .179 .276 .194 .470 33 34 -0.5
1969 Alexandria - R 18 18 75 29 3 2 1 8 12 7 1 0 14 1 1 .387 .446 .520 .966 143 148 0.6
1969 San Bernardino - A 18 30 124 37 6 2 0 16 21 18 2 0 29 4 3 .298 .396 .379 .775 104 102 0.3
1969 Dubuque - A 18 3 13 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -5 -15 -0.2
1970 Alexandria - R 19 39 158 55 13 1 4 31 43 23 0 3 29 8 8 .348 .424 .519 .943 150 149 1.1
1970 San Bernardino - A 19 62 237 59 11 0 6 36 30 29 2 1 62 8 6 .249 .335 .371 .706 93 96 0.2
1970 Dubuque - A 19 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .600 .667 1.267 266 274 0.1
1971 Alexandria - R 20 20 88 31 3 0 1 16 20 16 0 0 17 4 6 .352 .452 .420 .872 124 133 0.7
1971 San Bernardino - A 20 42 155 51 7 3 4 25 29 27 2 2 35 4 2 .329 .430 .490 .920 150 155 1.8
1971 Dubuque - A 20 10 31 15 1 0 0 2 4 9 4 0 4 2 2 .484 .636 .516 1.152 231 244 0.9
1972 Dubuque - A 21 17 71 15 7 0 1 9 1 6 1 0 18 0 0 .211 .282 .352 .634 81 84 0.3
1972 Dayton - AA 21 43 156 50 12 3 7 30 29 28 3 2 28 0 1 .321 .429 .571 .999 162 155 1.5
1972 Denver - AAA 21 61 157 34 3 1 2 14 13 11 3 2 43 3 0 .217 .277 .287 .564 68 54 -0.1
1973 Dayton - AA 22 31 79 24 5 2 0 8 8 14 1 0 9 2 1 .304 .415 .418 .833 129 130 0.7
1973 Denver - AAA 22 17 21 4 0 1 0 4 3 4 0 0 6 0 1 .190 .320 .286 .606 67 70 -0.1
1974 Dayton - AA 23 78 248 78 18 4 0 35 43 41 9 0 39 4 4 .315 .430 .419 .849 118 134 1.5
1974 Denver - AAA 23 13 24 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 -26 -0.4
Total EA 152 483 152 35 9 7 73 80 83 13 2 76 6 6 .315 .427 .468 .895 134 140
Total HL 31 118 33 9 0 1 12 7 17 5 0 31 2 2 .280 .393 .381 .774 128 133
Total COW 150 583 159 25 5 10 78 87 78 11 3 149 17 12 .273 .367 .384 .752 104 106
Total GSL 129 537 185 28 9 11 81 111 72 1 5 102 17 24 .345 .420 .492 .911 136 134
Total CL 91 202 42 3 2 2 20 18 15 3 2 55 3 1 .208 .270 .272 .543 59 47
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1974 Denver - CL 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 436 434 -0.0
Total CL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 436 434
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1968 San Bernardino - A CF 16 16 31 0 0 31 0 1.000 139.0 2.01 -1.8 .906
1968 Alexandria - R CF 49 49 105 2 0 107 0 1.000 419.2 2.29 -2.0 .987
1968 Alexandria - R RF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.1 1.93 -0.2 1.023
1969 San Bernardino - A 1B 10 10 82 9 13 93 2 .978 88.0 9.31 -0.6 .916
1969 Alexandria - R 1B 7 6 38 5 6 43 0 1.000 54.0 7.17 +0.5 1.084
1969 Dubuque - A CF 3 3 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 25.0 2.52 -0.4 1.026
1969 San Bernardino - A CF 20 20 42 1 0 43 0 1.000 176.0 2.20 -0.3 1.008
1969 Alexandria - R CF 13 11 18 4 0 22 0 1.000 98.0 2.02 -1.1 .950
1970 Dubuque - A 1B 1 1 9 0 1 9 0 1.000 9.0 9.00 -0.3 1.043
1970 San Bernardino - A 1B 24 24 176 9 20 186 1 .995 192.0 8.67 -0.9 .962
1970 Alexandria - R 1B 37 37 227 12 19 240 1 .996 288.0 7.47 -1.0 .984
1970 San Bernardino - A LF 9 7 9 0 0 10 1 .900 61.1 1.32 -0.1 .926
1970 Alexandria - R LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 San Bernardino - A CF 31 20 41 4 0 49 4 .918 198.1 2.04 -1.4 .959
1970 Alexandria - R CF 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8.2 2.08 -0.3 1.012
1970 San Bernardino - A RF 8 7 9 0 0 10 1 .900 58.0 1.40 -0.2 1.051
1970 Alexandria - R RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 -0.3 .000
1971 San Bernardino - A 1B 1 1 5 2 1 7 0 1.000 8.0 7.88 +0.1 1.049
1971 Alexandria - R 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Dubuque - A LF 10 10 15 1 1 16 0 1.000 82.0 1.76 +0.4 1.044
1971 San Bernardino - A LF 21 21 31 0 0 33 2 .939 184.0 1.52 +1.9 1.072
1971 Alexandria - R LF 19 19 31 1 1 32 0 1.000 148.2 1.94 +1.8 1.066
1971 Dubuque - A CF 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 7.0 3.86 +0.7 1.035
1971 San Bernardino - A CF 13 10 23 0 0 24 1 .958 92.2 2.23 +0.2 .993
1971 Alexandria - R CF 5 1 11 1 0 13 1 .923 20.2 5.23 +0.6 1.045
1971 Dubuque - A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 San Bernardino - A RF 7 7 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 61.0 1.03 -0.6 .915
1971 Alexandria - R RF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 5.1 3.38 +0.1 1.071
1972 Denver - AAA 1B 8 7 70 10 4 81 1 .988 62.1 11.55 +0.7 .995
1972 Denver - AAA LF 26 24 51 0 0 53 2 .962 216.0 2.12 +2.6 1.071
1972 Dayton - AA LF 35 34 54 0 0 54 0 1.000 296.2 1.64 +0.2 1.029
1972 Dubuque - A LF 16 16 22 0 0 22 0 1.000 138.0 1.43 +2.0 1.143
1972 Denver - AAA CF 3 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 20.1 2.66 -0.4 .998
1972 Dayton - AA CF 8 6 15 3 0 18 0 1.000 57.0 2.84 -1.4 .909
1972 Dubuque - A CF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 +0.1 1.034
1972 Denver - AAA RF 6 4 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 44.0 2.05 -0.7 .846
1972 Dayton - AA RF 2 2 4 0 0 5 1 .800 12.2 2.84 +0.1 1.024
1973 Denver - AAA 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1973 Dayton - AA 1B 5 5 51 4 8 55 0 1.000 41.0 12.07 +0.2 1.050
1973 Dallas - MLB LF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 4.1 4.15 +0.1 .998
1973 Denver - AAA LF 8 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 30.2 0.59 -0.2 1.024
1973 Dayton - AA LF 6 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 27.2 1.63 -0.0 1.026
1973 Dallas - MLB CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.0 1.80 +0.0 1.006
1973 Denver - AAA CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1973 Dayton - AA CF 12 6 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 62.2 2.73 +0.8 1.014
1973 Denver - AAA RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Dayton - AA RF 5 5 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 42.0 1.71 +0.0 1.032
1974 Dayton - AA LF 34 27 47 0 0 48 1 .979 248.2 1.70 +0.1 1.017
1974 Dayton - AA 1B 2 2 17 2 3 20 1 .950 14.1 11.93 -0.5 .696
1974 Dayton - AA CF 18 11 28 1 0 30 1 .967 117.0 2.23 -2.2 .902
1974 Dayton - AA RF 21 19 42 0 0 42 0 1.000 176.2 2.14 +0.4 1.014
1974 Denver - AAA LF 4 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 34.2 1.30 -0.4 1.018
1974 Denver - AAA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Denver - AAA RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Denver - AAA 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 97 93 676 53 75 735 6 .992 758.2 8.65 -1.8 .981
TOTAL LF 191 166 274 2 2 282 6 .979 1474.2 1.68 +8.2 1.049
TOTAL CF 200 156 355 16 0 378 7 .981 1458.0 2.29 -9.3 .971
TOTAL RF 57 45 84 0 0 86 2 .977 418.0 1.81 -1.4 .989
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft out of high school (Honesdale; Honesdale, PA) by the Dallas Wranglers. (Round 2, Pick 7, 27th overall pick).
07/06/1968 Named the #88 prospect in the FABL
10/14/1968 Named the #86 prospect in the FABL
04/10/1969 Detrimentally completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Dallas Wranglers development complex.
07/23/1969 Injured (biceps strain),out for 5-6 weeks.
08/10/1970 Wins the GSL Player of the Week Award.
09/01/1970 Wins the GSL Batter of the Month Award.
06/15/1971 Injured (fever),out for 4 days.
06/12/1972 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
09/25/1972 Wins the 1972 Century League Round 1 with the Denver Bruins!
12/10/1972 Added to the secondary (40-man) roster for the Dallas Wranglers.
12/10/1973 Designated for assignment and placed on waivers by the Dallas Wranglers.
09/26/1974 Wins the 1974 Century League Round 1 with the Denver Bruins!
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