Joe Cherry
Joe Bobby Cherry
Born: August 27, 1941
Deceased: July 30, 2017
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, OF, P, SS
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 195
Career: 1961-1969
Joe Cherry compiled a career batting average of .248 with 36 home runs and 291 RBI in his 743-game career with the Daytona Beach Islanders, Harlan Smokies, Clinton C-Sox, Sarasota Sun Sox, Lynchburg White Sox, Portsmouth Tides, Toledo Mud Hens, San Diego Padres, Reading Phillies, Appleton Foxes, Evansville White Sox, Columbus White Sox and Tucson Toros. He began playing during the 1961 season and last took the field during the 1969 campaign.
 Daytona Beach Islanders |
 Toledo Mud Hens |
 San Diego Padres |
 Reading Phillies |
 Reading Phillies |
 Appleton Foxes |
 Tucson Toros |
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | D | FLOR | Daytona Beach Islanders | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | D | APPY | Harlan Smokies | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | A | FLOR | Sarasota Sun Sox | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1968 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.84 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | D | APPY | Harlan Smokies | 51 | 176 | 155 | 32 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 9 | 16 | 59 | .297 | .366 | .535 | .901 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1961 | D | FLOR | Daytona Beach Islanders | 10 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962 | D | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | 106 | 396 | 340 | 47 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 12 | 46 | 100 | .215 | .310 | .285 | .596 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1963 | AA | SALL2 | Lynchburg White Sox | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | A | FLOR | Sarasota Sun Sox | 97 | 399 | 329 | 59 | 83 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 65 | 73 | .252 | .375 | .350 | .725 | 115 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1964 | AA | SOUL | Lynchburg White Sox | 8 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .320 | .433 | .560 | .993 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1964 | A | FLOR | Sarasota Sun Sox | 97 | 394 | 331 | 45 | 101 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 23 | 4 | 54 | 71 | .305 | .404 | .426 | .830 | 141 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1965 | AAA | IL | Toledo Mud Hens | 30 | 83 | 78 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | .192 | .241 | .205 | .446 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | AA | SOUL | Lynchburg White Sox | 9 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .111 | .304 | .111 | .415 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | A | CARL | Portsmouth Tides | 40 | 163 | 133 | 22 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 21 | .286 | .389 | .391 | .780 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1966 | AAA | PCL | San Diego Padres | 76 | 227 | 208 | 24 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 40 | .245 | .296 | .341 | .638 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1967 | AA | EL | Reading Phillies | 104 | 369 | 309 | 32 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 56 | 80 | .210 | .331 | .265 | .596 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 21 | 58 | 52 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .231 | .298 | .462 | .760 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1968 | A | CARL | Lynchburg White Sox | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | 58 | 217 | 183 | 30 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 27 | .273 | .358 | .426 | .784 | 78 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1969 | AA | SOUL | Columbus White Sox | 19 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .119 | .191 | .143 | .334 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1969 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | 11 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .263 | .378 | .263 | .641 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1969 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Toros | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 743 | 2665 | 2274 | 317 | 563 | 86 | 19 | 36 | 291 | 104 | 23 | 330 | 563 | .248 | .344 | .350 | .694 | 795 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 3 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | D | APPY | Harlan Smokies | C | 36 | 343 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .963 | 1.028 | 17 | |||
| 1961 | D | APPY | Harlan Smokies | OF | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| 1961 | D | FLOR | Daytona Beach Islanders | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| 1962 | D | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | C | 101 | 743 | 74 | 15 | 8 | .982 | 8.089 | 17 | |||
| 1963 | A | FLOR | Sarasota Sun Sox | C | 93 | 742 | 68 | 23 | 10 | .972 | 8.710 | 21 | |||
| 1964 | A | FLOR | Sarasota Sun Sox | C | 93 | 611 | 56 | 14 | 8 | .979 | 7.172 | 10 | |||
| 1965 | A | CARL | Portsmouth Tides | OF | 23 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.522 | ||||
| 1965 | AAA | IL | Toledo Mud Hens | C | 19 | 90 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 5.158 | 1 | |||
| 1965 | A | CARL | Portsmouth Tides | C | 17 | 130 | 6 | 9 | 2 | .938 | 8.000 | 1 | |||
| 1966 | AAA | PCL | San Diego Padres | C | 55 | 334 | 25 | 7 | 1 | .981 | 6.527 | 14 | |||
| 1967 | AA | EL | Reading Phillies | C | 101 | 504 | 43 | 11 | 4 | .980 | 5.416 | 20 | |||
| 1967 | AA | EL | Reading Phillies | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| 1968 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | 2B | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| 1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| 1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| 1968 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | OF | 24 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| 1968 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | 3B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| 1968 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | C | 17 | 115 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 7.706 | 1 | |||
| 1968 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | SS | 11 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | .829 | 3.091 | ||||
| 1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | C | 10 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .975 | 7.800 | 1 | |||
| 1968 | A | CARL | Lynchburg White Sox | C | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | AA | SOUL | Columbus White Sox | C | 9 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 5.778 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | SS | 8 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .900 | 3.375 | ||||
| 1969 | AA | SOUL | Columbus White Sox | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| 1969 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | 1B | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .786 | 5.500 | ||||
| 1969 | AA | SOUL | Columbus White Sox | 3B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| 1969 | A | MIDW | Appleton Foxes | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| 1969 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Toros | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 657 | 3881 | 378 | 120 | 43 | .973 | 6.482 | 104 | 0 | 0 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | D | Florida State League | Daytona Beach Islanders | CHA | ||
| 1961 | D | Appalachian League | Harlan Smokies | CHA | ||
| 1962 | D | Midwest League | Clinton C-Sox | CHA | ||
| 1963 | A | Florida State League | Sarasota Sun Sox | CHA | ||
| 1963 | AA | South Atlantic League | Lynchburg White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1964 | A | Florida State League | Sarasota Sun Sox | CHA | ||
| 1964 | AA | Southern League | Lynchburg White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1965 | AA | Southern League | Lynchburg White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1965 | AAA | International League | Toledo Mud Hens | NYA | ||
| 1965 | A | Carolina League | Portsmouth Tides | CAL | ||
| 1966 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | San Diego Padres | PHI | ||
| 1967 | AA | Eastern League | Reading Phillies | PHI | ||
| 1968 | A | Midwest League | Appleton Foxes | CHA | ||
| 1968 | A | Carolina League | Lynchburg White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1968 | AA | Southern League | Evansville White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1969 | A | Midwest League | Appleton Foxes | CHA | ||
| 1969 | AA | Southern League | Columbus White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1969 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Tucson Toros | CHA |
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