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Joe Zdeb

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: June 27, 1953 in Compton, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Maine Township HS South (Park Ridge, IL).

High School: Maine Township HS South (Park Ridge, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: April 7, 1977 (Age 23-284d, 13,840th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 29, 1979 (Age 25-336d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Joseph Edmund Zdeb

Pronunciation: \ZEB\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

345

.273

RBI

OBP

.317

SLG

.348

OPS

.665

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	KCR	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 9	KCR	@	DET	W,16-2	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 10	KCR	@	DET	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 11	KCR		NYY	W,5-4	GF	18	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	6 (1)	Apr 15	KCR		DET	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	7	Apr 16	KCR		DET	L,5-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
7	10 (2)	Apr 19	KCR		MIN	W,11-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
8	11	Apr 20	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
9	14 (2)	Apr 24 (1)	KCR	@	SEA	W,16-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	19 (4)	Apr 30	KCR		TOR	L,1-2	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	24 (4)	May 5	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	GS	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
12	26 (1)	May 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
13	32 (5)	May 14	KCR		TEX	W,6-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
14	33	May 15	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
15	35 (1)	May 19	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
16	36	May 20	KCR		CLE	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
17	37	May 21	KCR		CLE	L,7-12	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
18	39 (1)	May 25 (1)	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	44 (4)	May 30	KCR	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	46 (1)	Jun 3	KCR		BAL	L,6-7	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	48 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	KCR		BAL	W,14-13	CG	52	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
22	51 (2)	Jun 7	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
23	53 (1)	Jun 9	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
24	55 (1)	Jun 11	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-0	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
25	56	Jun 12	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	57	Jun 13	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	58	Jun 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	59	Jun 16	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	60	Jun 17	KCR		MIN	W,7-1	GS	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	61	Jun 18	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	62	Jun 19	KCR		MIN	W,8-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	63	Jun 20	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
33	66 (2)	Jun 23	KCR		SEA	L,6-8	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	68 (1)	Jun 25	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF LF
35	69	Jun 26 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
36	70	Jun 26 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	W,9-3	GF	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF LF
37	71	Jun 27	KCR	@	CAL	W,7-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
38	72	Jun 28	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	74 (1)	Jul 1	KCR	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	75	Jul 2	KCR	@	CLE	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	78 (2)	Jul 5	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
42	80 (1)	Jul 8	KCR		OAK	W,6-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	84 (3)	Jul 12	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
44	85	Jul 13	KCR		DET	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	86	Jul 14	KCR		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	87	Jul 15	KCR		NYY	W,7-4	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	88	Jul 16	KCR		NYY	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	89	Jul 17	KCR		NYY	W,8-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	90	Jul 21	KCR	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	91	Jul 22	KCR	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	93 (1)	Jul 24	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	94	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
53	96 (1)	Jul 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,8-11	CG	47	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
54	98 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5		9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
55	99	Jul 31 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	100	Aug 1	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-9	GS	27	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	102 (1)	Aug 3	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
58	103	Aug 4	KCR		TOR	W,8-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	104	Aug 5	KCR		CHW	W,12-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	105	Aug 6	KCR		CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	106	Aug 7	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
62	108 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	KCR		CAL	L,2-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	113 (4)	Aug 14	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	116 (2)	Aug 17	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	122 (5)	Aug 23	KCR		BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
66	124 (1)	Aug 25	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	126 (1)	Aug 27	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	127	Aug 28	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	130 (2)	Aug 31	KCR		TEX	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	131	Sep 2 (1)	KCR		MIL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
71	132	Sep 2 (2)	KCR		MIL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	133	Sep 3	KCR		MIL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	134	Sep 4	KCR		MIL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	135	Sep 5	KCR	@	SEA	W,8-4	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
75	136	Sep 6	KCR	@	SEA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	137	Sep 7	KCR	@	SEA	W,10-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	138	Sep 8	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
78	139	Sep 9	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
79	140	Sep 10	KCR	@	MIN	W,10-1	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	141	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	143 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	KCR		OAK	W,6-0	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	144	Sep 15 (1)	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	GS	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	145	Sep 15 (2)	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
84	147 (1)	Sep 17	KCR		SEA	W,7-5	GF	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
85	149 (1)	Sep 20	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	152 (2)	Sep 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	153	Sep 25 (1)	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	154	Sep 25 (2)	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	156 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
90	157	Sep 27 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
91	158	Sep 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS	43	9.2	1	0	1	2	0	RF LF
92	159	Sep 29	KCR		CAL	W,6-3		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
93	160	Sep 30	KCR		CAL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	162 (1)	Oct 2	KCR		CAL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
							97gm		451.1	93	4	3	100	0