How Joe Price's Saves Compares to Similar Players

Joe Price totaled 13 career Saves, well below the relief pitcher average of 19.4 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Saves season came in 1981, posting 4, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.3 that year. The lowest point came in 1980 at 0, well below the relief pitcher average of 5.2 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Saves total went from 4 in 1988 to 0 in 1989 and 0 in 1990, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Saves profile — ranging from 0 to 4 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Joe Price Lifetime Saves

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Joe Price Saves Per Season

Joe Price's Saves for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Price Saves per season line chart

Joe Price Saves by Team

Joe Price's career Saves totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Price career Saves by team bar chart

Joe Price Cumulative Saves — Career Progression

A running total of Joe Price's career Saves, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Joe Price Saves year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Price Saves Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Price's seasonal Saves alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Joe Price Saves distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Price Saves — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Price's MLB career with Saves alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Joe Price Saves season-by-season breakdown table