Joe Strong

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: September 9, 1962 in Fairfield, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA).

High School: St. Patrick's HS (Vallejo, CA)

Schools: Contra Costa College (San Pablo, CA), University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)

Debut: May 11, 2000 (Age 37-245d, 17,655th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 5, 2001 (Age 38-238d)
vs. MIL 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Full Name: Joseph Benjamin Strong

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

ERA

5.81

26.1

WHIP

1.671

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1984	21	OAK-min	A-	5	6	.455	3.88	20	9	10	3	0	2	72.0	64	33	31	2	36	2	66	2	0	4				1.389	8.0	0.3	4.5	8.3	1.83	MED NORW
1985	22	OAK-min	A	7	7	.500	5.06	42	11	18	2	0	6	110.1	103	79	62	10	60	0	82	3	0	10				1.477	8.4	0.8	4.9	6.7	1.37	MOD CALL
1986	23	OAK-min	A,AA	3	3	.500	3.69	42	0	32	0	0	11	61.0	51	28	25	8	35	4	44	2	0	1				1.410	7.5	1.2	5.2	6.5	1.26	MOD,HVL CALL,SOUL
1987			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
1990			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Taiwan)
1991			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Taiwan)
1992			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Taiwan)
1993	30	SDP-min	AAA,AA,A+	3	3	.500	5.40	32	3	12	0	0	1	51.2	60	39	31	6	23	1	44	2	2	2	239			1.606	10.5	1.0	4.0	7.7	1.91	LVG,WCH,RCU PCL,TL,CALL
1996			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
1997			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
1998			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Korea)
1999	36	TBD-min	AA,AAA	1	5	.167	6.32	17	8	4	2	0	1	52.2	60	37	37	10	26	1	46	0	1	0	234			1.633	10.3	1.7	4.4	7.9	1.77	ORL,DHM SOUL,IL
2000	37	FLA-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.03	29	1	21	0	0	9	44.2	44	21	20	1	20	1	33	4	0	7	198			1.433	8.9	0.2	4.0	6.6	1.65	CGY PCL
2000	37	FLA	NL	1	1	.500	7.32	18	0	5	0	0	1	19.2	26	16	16	3	12	1	18	2	0	2	95	61	5.42	1.932	11.9	1.4	5.5	8.2	1.50
2001	38	FLA-min	AAA	6	3	.667	6.25	46	0	13	0	0	1	59.0	80	45	41	9	18	4	48	5	0	6	275			1.661	12.2	1.4	2.7	7.3	2.67	CGY PCL
2001	38	FLA	NL	0	0		1.35	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	25	330	5.15	0.900	4.1	1.4	4.1	5.4	1.33
2002	39	MIL-min	AAA	0	0		4.19	15	0	10	0	0	1	19.1	23	9	9	2	8	0	7	1	0	1	85			1.603	10.7	0.9	3.7	3.3	0.88	INA IL
2 Yrs				1	1	.500	5.81	23	0	7	0	0	1	26.1	29	17	17	4	15	1	22	2	0	2	120	77	5.35	1.671	9.9	1.4	5.1	7.5	1.47
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.500	5.81	68	0	21	0	0	3	78	86	50	50	12	44	3	65	6	0	6	355	77	5.35	1.671	9.9	1.4	5.1	7.5	1.47

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