| Joe Judge | |
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| First baseman | |
| Born: May 25, 1894 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |
| Died: March 11, 1963 (aged 68) Washington, D.C., U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 20, 1915, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 12, 1934, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .298 |
| Hits | 2,352 |
| Home runs | 71 |
| Runs batted in | 1,034 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Joseph Ignatius Judge (May 25, 1894 – March 11, 1963) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1915 through 1934, most notably as a member of the Washington Senators team with whom he won a World Series championship in 1924.[1] Judge set American League records for career games (2,056), putouts (19,021), assists (1,284), total chances (20,444), double plays (1,476) and fielding percentage (.993) at first base, and led the AL in fielding average five times, then a record. He also batted over .300 nine times, and hit .385 in the 1924 World Series as the Senators won their only championship. At the time of his retirement in 1934, he ranked tenth in AL history in hits (2,328) and doubles (431), seventh in games played (2,129), eighth in triples (158) and at bats (7,786), and ninth in walks (958).
- ^ Joe Judge at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Joseph Wancho, Retrieved January 22, 2020.