League Leaders Who Led?

Joe Strong

1922–1937  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  5'11", 176 lb  ·  b. 1902 Jackson, KY

Career 69–67 · 4.06 ERA · 492 SO · 1189.2 IP · 302 G · 168 H · 10 HR · 91 RBI · .267 AVG

Seasons leading his league
7
1 best in baseball 6 league only
25 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1925 Best season

Spanning 1925–1933, peaking at 2 titles in 1925.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 263rd League titles 7
  • 607th Best in baseball 1
  • 381st Top-5 finishes 25

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

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Saves 3 1st — 1925 ECL 4 1931 NNL 1 1933 NN2 1
Earned Run Average 2 1st — 1929 ANL 3.11 1932 EWL 2.07
Shutouts 1 1st — 1925 ECL 2 1929 #2
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 1932 .495
Complete Games — #3 — 1925 #3
Slugging Percentage — #3 — 1932 #3
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 1931 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. — #2 — 1932 #2
Walks + Hits / IP — #3 — 1929 #3
Batting Average — #2 — 1932 #2

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1933 1 SV 1
1932 2 ERA 2.07 OBP .495
1931 1 SV 1
1929 1 ERA 3.11
1925 2 SV 4 SHO 2

Pitching

15 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1922 CTS NNL 2 4 5.93 12 8 0 54.2 69 36 1 26 29 1.74
1923 MB +1 NNL 7 15 4.27 31 21 1 187.2 222 89 8 66 68 1.54
1924 BBS ECL 3 2 4.29 9 5 0 50.1 47 24 3 16 30 1.25
1925 BBS ECL 11 10 3.97 30 17 4 156.1 149 69 0 43 42 1.23
1926 BBS ECL 3 5 4.27 17 11 1 103.1 115 49 6 36 28 1.46
1927 BBS ECL 7 9 3.14 23 15 0 132.0 136 46 3 39 45 1.33
1928 BBS ECL 1 1 5.40 5 5 0 21.2 31 13 2 13 8 2.03
1929 HIL +1 ANL 9 3 3.11 21 13 0 110.0 110 38 4 39 45 1.36
1930 SLS NNL 9 4 4.14 19 12 1 100.0 110 46 8 54 51 1.64
1931 SLS NNL 4 3 3.13 11 8 1 60.1 52 21 1 22 38 1.23
1932 HG EWL 4 4 2.07 8 6 0 61.0 48 14 3 25 39 1.20
1933 HG NN2 2 1 2.45 6 3 1 29.1 25 8 1 14 14 1.33
1935 HG NN2 5 5 6.22 17 14 0 88.1 118 61 10 33 46 1.71
1936 HG NN2 1 0 4.91 3 1 0 11.0 16 6 0 3 3 1.73
1937 HG +1 NN2 1 1 6.46 5 4 0 23.2 32 17 2 8 6 1.69
Career — — 69 67 4.06 217 143 9 1189.2 1,280 537 52 437 492 1.44

Batting

15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1922 CTS NNL 15 22 4 7 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 .318 .400 .500 .900
1923 MB +1 NNL 38 81 14 19 1 0 3 7 4 0 0 .235 .271 .358 .629
1924 BBS ECL 18 35 9 9 3 0 0 7 10 1 1 .257 .435 .343 .778
1925 BBS ECL 31 64 11 17 3 2 0 7 6 0 1 .266 .329 .375 .704
1926 BBS ECL 19 40 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 .200 .256 .250 .506
1927 BBS ECL 25 48 2 8 4 1 0 5 7 0 0 .167 .273 .292 .564
1928 BBS ECL 6 11 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .546 .615 .636 1.252
1929 HIL +1 ANL 23 45 6 9 2 0 2 8 4 2 0 .200 .265 .378 .643
1930 SLS NNL 24 37 7 8 1 2 1 4 10 0 0 .216 .383 .432 .815
1931 SLS NNL 13 30 3 8 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 .267 .313 .300 .613
1932 HG EWL 28 85 15 34 10 1 1 18 16 0 1 .400 .495 .577 1.072
1933 HG NN2 21 60 9 17 0 0 2 10 5 0 0 .283 .339 .383 .722
1935 HG NN2 24 44 8 14 2 0 1 13 5 0 0 .318 .400 .432 .832
1936 HG NN2 11 16 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .188 .235 .313 .548
1937 HG +1 NN2 6 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .258
Career — — 302 629 94 168 36 6 10 91 76 5 3 .267 .351 .391 .742

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 217 37 280 16 20 .952
OF 61 66 6 6 0 .923
SS 2 3 3 0 0 1.000