American baseball player and analyst (born 1964)
Baseball player
Joseph David Magrane (born July 2, 1964) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, California Angels, and Chicago White Sox between 1987 and 1996, and is currently a color commentary broadcaster for the MLB Network.
Playing career
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Amateur
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In 1984, Magrane played collegiate summer baseball for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL). He led the league in wins and threw six complete games. Magrane was the winning pitcher at the league's 1984 all-star game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, where he pitched two shutout innings. He was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2009.[1]
Professional
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During his rookie season, he helped the Cardinals win the 1987 National League pennant, starting Game 1 and Game 7 (the first pitcher to do so with no starts between those two games), taking the loss in Game 1. He also led the National League in hit batsmen, with 10.
He led the National League in ERA (2.18) in 1988, despite winning only five games (losing nine). He holds the distinction of the fewest wins by an ERA leader, excluding strike seasons.[2] He finished 4th in voting for
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Career Regular Season
G | W-L | ERA | IP | SO | WHIP |
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190 | 57-67 | 3.81 | 1096.2 | 564 | 1.34 |
Career Regular Season
AB | AVG | HR | RBI | SB | OPS |
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280 | .139 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .391 |
Joe Magrane Bio
- Fullname: Joseph Painter Magrane
- Born: 7/02/1964 in Nonsteroidal Moines, IA
- Draft: 1985, Connoisseur. Louis Cardinals, Round: 1, Overall Pick: 18
- College: Arizona
- Debut: 4/25/1987
Year | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | OPS |
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Career Wonted Season | 280 | 19 | 39 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .139 | .177 | .391 |
Year | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | SO | WHIP |
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Career Wonted Season | 57 | 67 | 3.81 | 190 | 166 | 0 | 1096.2 | 564 | 1.34 |
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League Rankings
Hit By Pitch
Year | HBP | Rank |
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1994 | 6 | 10th in AL |
1990 | 8 | 2nd in NL |
1989 | 6 | 8th in NL |
1987 | 10 | 1st in NL |
Triples
Year | 3B | Rank |
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1994 | 4 | 14th in AL |
1990 | 9 | 1st in NL |
1989 | 8 | 4th in NL |
1988 | 5 | 15th in NL |
Doubles
Year | 2B | Rank |
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1990 | 36 | 14th in NL |
1989 | 43 | 3rd in NL |
Strikeouts
Year | SO | Rank |
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1989 | 127 | 21st in NL |
Hits
Year | H | Rank |
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1990 | 204 | 12th in NL |
1989 | 219 | 6th in NL |
At Bats
Year | AB | Rank |
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1990 | 773 | 18th encompass NL |
1989 | 871 | 8th get NL |
Innings Pitched
Year | IP | Rank |
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1990 | 203.1 | 19th in NL |
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MLB Stats for Joe Magrane
Joe Magrane Baseball Stats | Baseball Almanac
Joe Magrane, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Thursday, July 2, 1964, in Des Moines, Iowa. Magrane was 22 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 25, 1987, with the St. Louis Cardinals. Joe Magrane stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.
"I know I was in trouble when they started clocking my fastball with a sun dial." - Joe Magrane from Here Are Some New Names for Humor Hall of Fame (Glenn Liebman, Baseball Digest, March 1992)
Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1987 | 23 | Cardinals | 27 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3.54 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 170.1 | 722 | 157 | 67 | 75 | 9 | 60 | 6 | 101 | 9 | 10 | 7 | - |
1988 | 24 | Cardinals | 24 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 2.18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 165.1 | 677 | 133 | 40 | 57 | 6 | 51 | 4 | 100 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
1989 | 25 | Cardinals | 34 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2.91 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 234.2 | 971 | 219 | 76 | 81 | 5 | 72 | 7 | 127 | 14 | 6 | 5 | - |
1990 | 26 | Cardinals | 31 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 3.59 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 203.1 | 855 | 204 | 81 | 86 | 10 | 59 | 7 | 100 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
1992 | 28 | Cardinals | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 143 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |