LF Joe Bednar #39
Age: 47 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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LF JOE BEDNAR #39 - AGE: 47 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:08/16/1927
Born in:Scranton, PA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:1 Year, 32 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:1 Year, 161 Days
Pro Service:16 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1948, 5th Pick in Round 11
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
1963 Cleveland - FABL 35 76 112 32 5 0 3 18 15 12 0 2 18 0 0 .286 .349 .411 .760 108 115 0.3
1964 Cleveland - FABL 36 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 25 82 0.0
Total FABL 81 115 32 5 0 3 18 15 14 0 2 18 0 0 .278 .351 .400 .751 105 114 0.3
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
1948 Ottumwa - R 20 39 41 18 7 1 1 8 13 9 1 0 8 0 0 .439 .549 .732 1.281 215 218 0.9
1949 Savannah - A 21 36 109 41 8 0 3 15 18 17 0 1 24 0 0 .376 .457 .532 .989 151 155 1.2
1949 Wilmington - A 21 14 52 16 1 0 0 9 7 6 1 0 5 0 0 .308 .390 .327 .717 87 102 0.2
1950 Ottumwa - R 22 45 37 14 2 0 2 13 11 15 0 0 8 0 0 .378 .558 .595 1.152 183 198 0.8
1951 Wilmington - A 23 136 470 116 32 2 9 52 65 113 5 2 77 2 2 .247 .397 .381 .777 126 144 4.6
1952 Wilmington - A 24 35 96 30 9 2 2 13 11 16 0 1 15 0 0 .312 .407 .510 .917 166 184 1.4
1952 Youngstown - AA 24 44 68 22 2 0 4 15 13 9 0 2 10 0 0 .324 .392 .529 .922 147 148 0.5
1953 Wilmington - A 25 77 237 59 7 2 5 31 35 53 0 2 35 0 0 .249 .384 .359 .742 101 114 0.6
1953 Youngstown - AA 25 28 35 5 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 8 0 0 .143 .189 .143 .332 -10 -35 -0.4
1954 Wilmington - A 26 12 37 11 3 0 1 3 8 6 0 0 5 0 0 .297 .395 .459 .855 133 134 0.2
1954 Youngstown - AA 26 61 84 27 4 1 2 17 13 17 0 1 10 0 0 .321 .431 .464 .896 145 147 0.7
1954 Rochester - AAA 26 11 12 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .214 .167 .381 4 -4 -0.1
1955 Youngstown - AA 27 112 345 105 20 2 8 59 56 87 7 6 47 0 0 .304 .447 .443 .891 148 153 3.4
1955 Rochester - AAA 27 13 18 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 24 35 -0.1
1956 Youngstown - AA 28 47 153 44 8 1 3 30 25 43 3 5 14 0 0 .288 .441 .412 .853 134 141 1.4
1956 Rochester - AAA 28 71 171 45 10 0 7 31 22 33 3 3 20 2 1 .263 .386 .444 .830 124 133 1.4
1957 Youngstown - AA 29 35 122 41 6 0 2 17 16 21 4 2 14 1 0 .336 .443 .434 .877 143 152 1.0
1957 Rochester - AAA 29 94 312 99 20 1 8 49 48 60 5 3 36 0 1 .317 .432 .465 .896 148 157 2.6
1958 Rochester - AAA 30 120 395 93 22 0 6 30 49 81 4 3 60 2 2 .235 .369 .337 .705 106 118 2.1
1959 Rochester - AAA 31 119 335 81 15 0 9 36 52 58 10 4 60 0 0 .242 .366 .367 .733 118 125 1.5
1960 Rochester - AAA 32 109 290 68 16 0 9 47 40 42 6 1 42 1 0 .234 .342 .383 .725 109 117 0.9
1961 Rochester - AAA 33 60 82 18 1 0 3 10 14 18 2 0 9 0 0 .220 .373 .341 .714 108 123 0.3
1962 Rochester - AAA 34 116 332 83 16 1 9 36 40 59 5 2 42 1 3 .250 .369 .386 .755 118 124 1.4
1964 Rochester - AAA 36 92 260 73 15 0 10 41 42 60 3 1 40 0 0 .281 .420 .454 .874 148 161 2.1
Total EA 327 807 244 40 4 19 141 125 179 14 16 103 1 0 .302 .430 .432 .863 138 142
Total UL 805 2207 565 115 2 61 284 310 415 38 18 312 6 7 .256 .380 .393 .773 121 131
Total MAL 274 892 232 52 6 17 108 126 194 6 5 137 2 2 .260 .394 .389 .783 122 137
Total SEL 36 109 41 8 0 3 15 18 17 0 1 24 0 0 .376 .457 .532 .989 151 155
Total UMVA 84 78 32 9 1 3 21 24 24 1 0 16 0 0 .410 .553 .667 1.220 199 208
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1948 Ottumwa - R 1B 10 5 48 4 4 52 0 1.000 49.0 9.55 +0.2 1.051
1949 Wilmington - A 1B 14 14 141 12 14 154 1 .994 125.1 10.99 -0.0 1.015
1949 Savannah - A 1B 36 36 295 16 38 311 0 1.000 291.0 9.62 +0.1 1.008
1950 Ottumwa - R 1B 6 0 8 1 0 9 0 1.000 14.0 5.79 +0.1 1.076
1951 Wilmington - A 1B 133 133 1107 74 124 1188 7 .994 1144.2 9.29 +5.1 1.034
1952 Youngstown - AA 1B 14 7 71 6 6 79 2 .975 82.2 8.38 -0.6 .925
1952 Wilmington - A 1B 18 18 140 13 12 153 0 1.000 162.2 8.47 +2.2 1.107
1952 Wilmington - A SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.1 1.081
1952 Youngstown - AA RF 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 18.0 1.00 -0.3 .967
1952 Wilmington - A RF 6 5 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 49.0 2.02 -1.0 .892
1953 Youngstown - AA 1B 5 3 36 1 3 37 0 1.000 28.2 11.62 +0.2 1.032
1953 Wilmington - A 1B 19 19 177 13 14 191 1 .995 166.0 10.30 +1.2 1.045
1953 Wilmington - A SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1953 Youngstown - AA RF 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.0 9.00 +0.4 .966
1953 Wilmington - A RF 44 43 58 0 0 62 4 .935 371.1 1.41 -6.2 .900
1954 Youngstown - AA 1B 14 12 85 3 8 90 2 .978 101.2 7.79 -0.8 .864
1954 Wilmington - A 1B 3 3 22 2 1 24 0 1.000 26.0 8.31 -0.1 1.045
1954 Youngstown - AA 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Youngstown - AA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Youngstown - AA SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 -0.2 .000
1954 Rochester - AAA RF 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.0 1.50 +0.0 1.016
1954 Youngstown - AA RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Wilmington - A RF 6 6 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 54.0 1.67 -0.3 .983
1955 Rochester - AAA 1B 6 0 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 16.0 7.88 +0.0 .000
1955 Youngstown - AA 1B 5 1 14 1 3 15 0 1.000 15.0 9.00 +0.2 1.030
1955 Youngstown - AA SS 2 1 2 4 1 7 1 .857 10.0 5.40 -0.5 .793
1955 Rochester - AAA RF 2 2 7 0 0 8 1 .875 17.0 3.71 +0.5 1.399
1955 Youngstown - AA RF 93 90 178 1 0 179 0 1.000 769.1 2.09 -3.6 .951
1956 Youngstown - AA C 1 1 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 -0.2 1.011 1 0 0 0.0
1956 Rochester - AAA 1B 17 0 43 4 5 47 0 1.000 36.1 11.64 +0.4 1.027
1956 Rochester - AAA LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Rochester - AAA RF 48 45 88 3 0 96 5 .948 345.1 2.37 +0.2 1.019
1956 Youngstown - AA RF 45 45 79 4 2 89 6 .933 378.2 1.97 -0.2 .974
1957 Rochester - AAA 1B 8 4 43 4 4 47 0 1.000 37.0 11.43 +0.7 1.030
1957 Youngstown - AA 1B 1 1 8 0 1 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 +0.1 1.023
1957 Rochester - AAA LF 23 23 44 0 0 45 1 .978 178.0 2.22 -4.8 .889
1957 Rochester - AAA RF 61 61 110 1 0 116 5 .957 475.0 2.10 -4.1 .959
1957 Youngstown - AA RF 31 31 55 1 0 61 5 .918 272.2 1.85 -2.4 .950
1958 Rochester - AAA 1B 39 23 222 14 26 236 0 1.000 212.2 9.99 +1.9 1.048
1958 Rochester - AAA SS 1 1 2 1 1 5 2 .600 9.0 3.00 -1.4 .000
1958 Rochester - AAA LF 37 34 40 1 0 42 1 .976 272.1 1.35 -5.0 .890
1958 Rochester - AAA RF 53 53 94 0 0 97 3 .969 439.2 1.92 +3.4 1.056
1959 Rochester - AAA 1B 33 7 107 11 12 118 0 1.000 116.2 9.10 +1.6 1.066
1959 Rochester - AAA 3B 6 5 2 6 1 12 4 .667 46.2 1.54 -2.1 .711
1959 Rochester - AAA SS 2 2 5 1 0 7 1 .857 17.0 3.18 -1.0 .360
1959 Rochester - AAA LF 26 23 23 0 0 24 1 .958 192.1 1.08 -2.8 .882
1959 Rochester - AAA CF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.1 1.69 -0.2 1.021
1959 Rochester - AAA RF 58 57 69 1 0 72 2 .972 416.1 1.51 -1.9 .947
1960 Rochester - AAA 1B 20 17 126 7 17 133 0 1.000 132.1 9.05 +0.9 1.031
1960 Rochester - AAA LF 31 24 30 0 0 30 0 1.000 201.0 1.34 -3.2 .918
1960 Rochester - AAA RF 35 35 61 0 0 64 3 .953 275.2 1.99 -3.5 .927
1961 Rochester - AAA 1B 8 3 25 5 2 30 0 1.000 31.0 8.71 +0.2 .929
1961 Rochester - AAA 3B 1 1 1 1 0 4 2 .500 9.0 2.00 -0.9 .523
1961 Rochester - AAA SS 1 0 2 2 1 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 -0.5 .829
1961 Rochester - AAA LF 11 5 13 0 0 14 1 .929 57.2 2.03 -1.0 .909
1961 Rochester - AAA RF 5 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 24.2 2.19 -0.2 1.012
1962 Rochester - AAA 1B 6 5 34 5 3 40 1 .975 46.0 7.63 -0.3 .949
1962 Rochester - AAA 3B 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 .500 10.0 0.90 -0.6 .000
1962 Rochester - AAA LF 63 60 103 1 1 108 4 .963 541.1 1.73 -4.2 .955
1962 Rochester - AAA RF 19 19 31 3 0 36 2 .944 145.0 2.11 -1.4 .941
1963 Cleveland - MLB 1B 10 4 41 3 6 44 0 1.000 39.1 10.07 -0.2 1.024
1963 Cleveland - MLB LF 17 14 22 0 0 25 3 .880 119.0 1.66 -2.5 .844
1963 Cleveland - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1964 Rochester - AAA 1B 25 21 159 6 12 167 2 .988 180.0 8.25 -1.2 .982
1964 Cleveland - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1964 Rochester - AAA LF 8 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 21.1 1.69 -1.5 .802
1964 Rochester - AAA RF 53 51 72 6 0 80 2 .975 395.0 1.78 -6.6 .914
TOTAL C 1 1 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 -0.2 1.011 1 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 450 336 2966 205 315 3187 16 .995 3063.0 9.32 +11.7 1.024
TOTAL 3B 9 7 4 7 1 18 7 .611 65.2 1.51 -3.6 .625
TOTAL SS 10 4 12 9 3 25 4 .840 49.0 3.86 -3.5 .632
TOTAL LF 217 184 279 2 1 292 11 .962 1584.0 1.60 -25.0 .911
TOTAL CF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.1 1.69 -0.2 1.021
TOTAL RF 566 548 936 20 2 994 38 .962 4464.2 1.93 -27.3 .963
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/21/1948 Drafted in the 1948 first-year player draft out of college (St. Blane College; Tyrone, PA) by the Cleveland Foresters. (Round 11, Pick 5, 165th overall pick).
06/30/1948 Signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Foresters organization with a signing bonus of $1,000.
09/12/1948 Wins the 1948 Championship with the Ottumwa Owls!
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
08/29/1949 Wins the SEL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
09/12/1950 Wins the 1950 Championship with the Ottumwa Owls!
07/04/1955 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
08/06/1956 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
04/23/1957 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Cleveland Foresters development complex.
09/19/1960 Wins the 1960 Championship with the Rochester Rooks!
09/18/1961 Wins the 1961 Championship with the Rochester Rooks!
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 3; Eye: 4.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 3; Eye: 5.
05/18/1964 Wins the UL Player of the Week Award.
06/22/1964 Wins the UL Player of the Week Award.
10/15/1964 Retired from professional baseball.
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