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Joe Quest

1871–1886 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'6", 150 lb · b. 1852 New Castle, PA

Career 596 G · 499 H · 1 HR · 161 RBI · .217 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3

3 best in baseball

17 Top-5 finishes

2 Title seasons

2 Categories led

1879 Best season

Spanning 1879–1881, peaking at 2 titles in 1879.

Team records #2 Indianapolis Blues career R #2 Indianapolis Blues 1878 R #4 Indianapolis Blues career H #4 Indianapolis Blues 1878 H #6 Indianapolis Blues 1878 AVG #6 Indianapolis Blues 1878 OPS #8 Indianapolis Blues career RBI #8 Indianapolis Blues 1878 RBI

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,719th League titles 3
897th Best in baseball 3
1,785th Top-5 finishes 17

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

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1879 .925 1881 .929 1878 #3
Second Base Assists	1	1st	—	1879 331 1878 #3
Second Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1878 #2 1881 #3
Second Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	1878 #2 1879 #3
Second Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1878 #2 1879 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1881	1	2B FPCT .929
1879	2	2B A 331 2B FPCT .925

Batting

10 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1871	CL1	NA	3	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593
1878	IN1	NL	62	278	45	57	3	2	0	13	12	24	0	.205	.238	.230	.468
1879	CHN	NL	83	334	38	69	16	1	0	22	9	33	0	.207	.227	.260	.488
1880	CHN	NL	82	300	37	71	12	1	0	27	8	16	0	.237	.256	.283	.540
1881	CHN	NL	78	293	35	72	6	0	1	26	2	29	0	.246	.251	.276	.527
1882	CHN	NL	42	159	24	32	5	2	0	15	8	16	0	.201	.240	.258	.497
1883	DTN +1	NL	56	215	34	52	11	3	0	25	11	18	0	.242	.279	.321	.600
1884	SL4 +1	AA	93	353	48	73	12	5	0	0	19	0	0	.207	.253	.269	.522
1885	DTN	NL	55	200	24	39	8	2	0	21	14	25	0	.195	.248	.255	.503
1886	PH4	AA	42	150	14	31	4	1	0	10	20	0	5	.207	.300	.247	.547
Career	—	—	596	2,295	300	499	78	17	1	161	104	161	5	.217	.252	.268	.520

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1871	CL1	NA	2B	2	2	17.0	2	6	6	0	14	.571	4.00
			SS	1	1	4.0	1	0	1	0	2	.500	1.00
1878	IN1	NL	2B	62	—	563.0	228	196	60	27	484	.876	6.84
1879	CHN	NL	2B	83	—	744.0	263	331	48	30	642	.925	7.16
1880	CHN	NL	2B	80	—	721.0	223	270	58	26	551	.895	6.16
			SS	2	—	24.0	2	8	1	0	11	.909	5.00
			3B	1	—	4.0	1	0	1	0	2	.500	1.00
1881	CHN	NL	2B	77	—	668.0	238	249	37	28	524	.929	6.32
			SS	1	—	11.0	4	3	0	0	7	1.000	7.00
1882	CHN	NL	2B	41	—	370.0	113	127	33	18	273	.879	5.85
			SS	1	—	5.0	0	1	2	0	3	.333	1.00
1883	DTN	NL	2B	56	—	488.0	162	161	38	29	361	.895	5.77
1884	SL4	AA	2B	88	—	786.0	254	269	60	43	583	.897	5.94
			SS	5	—	45.0	7	17	4	2	28	.857	4.80
1885	DTN	NL	2B	39	—	354.0	107	122	26	10	255	.898	5.87
			SS	15	—	126.0	10	46	11	3	67	.836	3.73
			OF	1	—	5.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1886	PH4	AA	SS	41	—	359.0	56	138	35	15	229	.847	4.73
			2B	2	—	21.0	7	8	4	1	19	.789	7.50
Career	—	—	2B	530	2	4732.0	1,597	1,739	370	212	3,706	.900	6.29
	—	—	SS	66	1	574.0	80	213	54	20	347	.844	4.44
	—	—	3B	1	—	4.0	1	0	1	0	2	.500	1.00
	—	—	OF	1	—	5.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00