Joe Stripp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoe Stripp
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1903
Place of Birth: Harrison, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 10-Jun-1989
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Joe Stripp
- Joseph Valentine "Joe" Stripp (February 3, 1903 – June 10, 1989) was an American professional baseball third baseman.
- He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, St.
- Louis Cardinals, and Boston Bees between 1928 and 1938.
- Stripp hit .300 or better 6 times, with a career best .324 with the Reds in 1931."Jersey Joe" Stripp was the last major league batter to bat against a legally thrown spitball, at the end of the career of Burleigh Grimes in 1934.
- Grimes was one of 17 pitchers who were allowed to continue to throw the spitball, after it was banned in 1920.In 1146 games over 11 seasons, Stripp posted a .294 batting average (1238-for-4211) with 575 runs, 219 doubles, 43 triples, 24 home runs, 464 RBI, 50 stolen bases, 280 bases on balls, .340 on-base percentage and .384 slugging percentage.
- He finished his career with a .972 fielding percentage playing primarily at first and third base. He died, aged 86, in Orlando, Florida.
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