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Eddie Joost

Eddie Joost

1936–1955 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 175 lb · b. 1916 San Francisco, CA

Career 1,574 G · 1,339 H · 134 HR · 601 RBI · .239 AVG

Seasons leading his league

9

6 best in baseball 3 league only

43 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1951 Best season

Spanning 1947–1951, peaking at 3 titles in 1951.

Team records #6 Athletics 1949 R

Led in Shortstop Range Factor for 3 straight seasons (1947–1949) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

595th League titles 9
388th Best in baseball 6
518th Top-5 finishes 43

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

35th Shortstop Range Factor 5.09
51st Shortstop Double Plays 928
60th Shortstop Putouts 2,755
94th Shortstop Assists 3,844
108th Shortstop Fielding Percentage .958
108th Walks 1,043
433rd On-Base Percentage .361

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Range Factor	4	1st	3 yrs (1947–1949)	1949 5.51 1951 5.34 1947 AL 5.44 1948 AL 5.44 1952 #3
Shortstop Putouts	4	1st	3 yrs (1947–1949)	1947 370 1949 352 1951 325 1948 AL 325 1952 #3
Shortstop Double Plays	1	1st	—	1951 115 1941 #3 1948 #2 1949 #2 1950 #3 1952 #3
Walks	—	#2	—	1948 #2 1949 #2 1951 #3 1952 #2
On-Base Percentage	—	#3	—	1949 #3
Runs	—	#2	—	1949 #2
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1948 #2 1949 #2 1951 #2
Shortstop Assists	—	#2	—	1947 #3 1948 #3 1951 #3 1952 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1951	3	SS PO 325 SS DP 115 SS RF 5.34
1949	2	SS PO 352 SS RF 5.51
1948	2	SS PO 325 SS RF 5.44
1947	2	SS PO 370 SS RF 5.44

Batting

17 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1936	CIN	NL	13	26	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	.154	.214	.192	.407
1937	CIN	NL	6	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167
1939	CIN	NL	42	143	23	36	6	3	0	14	12	15	1	.252	.310	.336	.645
1940	CIN	NL	88	278	24	60	7	2	1	24	32	40	4	.216	.301	.266	.567
1941	CIN	NL	152	537	67	136	25	4	4	40	69	59	9	.253	.340	.337	.678
1942	CIN	NL	142	562	65	126	30	3	6	41	62	57	9	.224	.307	.320	.627
1943	BSN	NL	124	421	34	78	16	3	2	20	68	80	5	.185	.299	.252	.550
1945	BSN	NL	35	141	16	35	7	1	0	9	13	7	0	.248	.312	.312	.624
1947	PHA	AL	151	540	76	111	22	3	13	64	114	110	6	.206	.348	.330	.678
1948	PHA	AL	135	509	99	127	22	2	16	55	119	87	2	.250	.393	.395	.788
1949	PHA	AL	144	525	128	138	25	3	23	81	149	80	2	.263	.429	.453	.883
1950	PHA	AL	131	476	79	111	12	3	18	58	103	68	5	.233	.373	.384	.757
1951	PHA	AL	140	553	107	160	28	5	19	78	106	70	10	.289	.409	.461	.870
1952	PHA	AL	146	540	94	132	26	3	20	75	122	94	5	.244	.388	.415	.803
1953	PHA	AL	51	177	39	44	6	0	6	15	45	24	3	.249	.401	.384	.785
1954	PHA	AL	19	47	7	17	3	0	1	9	10	10	0	.362	.474	.489	.963
1955	BOS	AL	55	119	15	23	2	0	5	17	17	21	0	.193	.299	.336	.635
Career	—	—	1,574	5,606	874	1,339	238	35	134	601	1,043	827	61	.239	.361	.366	.727

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1936	CIN	NL	SS	7	—	—	5	13	1	3	19	.947	2.57
			2B	5	—	—	10	9	0	1	19	1.000	3.80
1937	CIN	NL	2B	6	—	—	8	13	3	2	24	.875	3.50
1939	CIN	NL	2B	32	—	—	88	89	8	20	185	.957	5.53
			SS	6	—	—	6	12	4	3	22	.818	3.00
1940	CIN	NL	SS	78	—	—	145	240	16	48	401	.960	4.94
			2B	7	—	—	12	16	0	3	28	1.000	4.00
			3B	4	—	—	4	14	0	0	18	1.000	4.50
1941	CIN	NL	SS	147	—	—	310	415	45	85	770	.942	4.93
			2B	4	—	—	6	13	1	2	20	.950	4.75
			1B	2	—	—	10	0	0	1	10	1.000	5.00
			3B	1	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1942	CIN	NL	SS	130	—	—	248	380	45	79	673	.933	4.83
			2B	15	—	—	51	54	5	14	110	.955	7.00
1943	BSN	NL	3B	67	—	—	104	171	16	15	291	.945	4.10
			2B	60	—	—	141	167	17	37	325	.948	5.13
			SS	2	—	—	2	3	0	1	5	1.000	2.50
1945	BSN	NL	2B	19	—	—	45	41	5	9	91	.945	4.53
			3B	16	—	—	19	35	7	4	61	.885	3.38
1947	PHA	AL	SS	151	—	—	370	452	38	100	860	.956	5.44
1948	PHA	AL	SS	135	—	—	325	409	20	115	754	.973	5.44
1949	PHA	AL	SS	144	—	—	352	442	25	126	819	.969	5.51
1950	PHA	AL	SS	131	—	—	241	389	29	117	659	.956	4.81
1951	PHA	AL	SS	140	—	—	325	422	20	115	767	.974	5.34
1952	PHA	AL	SS	146	—	—	278	431	28	81	737	.962	4.86
1953	PHA	AL	SS	51	—	—	102	147	11	33	260	.958	4.88
1954	PHA	AL	SS	9	7	56.2	9	17	1	3	27	.963	2.89
			3B	5	5	40.0	4	11	0	1	15	1.000	3.00
			2B	1	0	8.0	1	4	0	1	5	1.000	5.00
1955	BOS	AL	SS	20	18	164.0	37	72	8	19	117	.932	5.45
			2B	17	7	81.0	18	19	4	4	41	.902	2.18
			3B	2	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
Career	—	—	SS	1,297	25	220.2	2,755	3,844	291	928	6,890	.958	5.09
	—	—	2B	166	7	89.0	380	425	43	93	848	.949	4.85
	—	—	3B	95	5	41.0	131	233	23	20	387	.941	3.83
	—	—	1B	2	—	—	10	0	0	1	10	1.000	5.00