Joey Votto Calls it a Career - Not Bad at All

    Fighting for his career, his significance. Like a lot of us.

    The year Joey Votto splashed on the scene in 2008 was a big one for him and the Reds. It is not all the time that a catcher can hit like this guy. Perhaps not since Jonny Bench of the Big Red Machine of the 1970s. I blogged about him, in my once hopeful Foxsports.com blog (there were two) in 2008, before they were unceremoniously eliminated in 2009. I would like to see what I wrote back regarding this young, promising player. Like most of us, he tried to leave his mark. He succeeded.

    My blogs were called edclinchs'it, or papaclinchs'it.com, and each was linked to a hotmail account. Perhaps I had two or three hundred entries/posts; I had a written a few things that I consider valuable. Since the end of 2005 and strongly into 2006. Then in my military years. Trying to make record of what I cared about or what I was interested in. Significance in something that maybe I could be good in: writing, recording.

    Those came and went. I had some good interaction with some others. That was satisfying. Feedback and camaraderie. Mutual interests and pursuits. Speculations.

    I do not think that Votto or the Reds ever made it to the World Series, like great players and teams of the Reds years before them. 1990 had a great year. And of course, Rose and the others back in the 1970s.

    Some of my earlier memories in life, based on where I am from.

    Votto did a lot of great things on the field, hit a lot of homers. One of the best for a catcher of all time, for sure. He tried to push it back to the majors this late into August, in 2024. I honor and laud him for that. 

    Respect for longevity and effort.

    It is what many of us are trying to do.

    Even before 2005. Even back to the 1970s.

    Blog it and blog on.

    Way to go, Joey Votto! We were impressed by your contribution, efforts, and achievements.

    Things that most of us aspire to. 

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2007	23	CIN	NL	24	89	84	11	27	7	0	4	17	1	0	5	15	.321	.360	.548	.907	127	46	0	0	0	0	1	3/7H
2008	24	CIN	NL	151	589	526	69	156	32	3	24	84	7	5	59	102	.297	.368	.506	.874	125	266	7	2	0	2	9	*3/H	RoY-2
2009	25	CIN	NL	131	544	469	82	151	38	1	25	84	4	1	70	106	.322	.414	.567	.981	156	266	8	4	0	1	10	*3/H	MVP-22
2010	26	CIN	NL	150	648	547	106	177	36	2	37	113	16	5	91	125	.324	.424	.600	1.024	171	328	11	7	0	3	8	*3/H	AS,MVP-1
2011	27	CIN	NL	161	719	599	101	185	40	3	29	103	8	6	110	129	.309	.416	.531	.947	155	318	20	4	0	6	15	*3/H	AS,MVP-6,GG
2012	28	CIN	NL	111	475	374	59	126	44	0	14	56	5	3	94	85	.337	.474	.567	1.041	177	212	8	5	0	2	18	*3/H	AS,MVP-14
2013	29	CIN	NL	162	726	581	101	177	30	3	24	73	6	3	135	138	.305	.435	.491	.926	156	285	15	4	0	6	19	*3/H	AS,MVP-6
2014	30	CIN	NL	62	272	220	32	56	16	0	6	23	1	1	47	49	.255	.390	.409	.799	125	90	5	3	0	2	2	3/H
2015	31	CIN	NL	158	695	545	95	171	33	2	29	80	11	3	143	135	.314	.459	.541	1.000	174	295	11	5	0	2	15	*3/H	MVP-3
2016	32	CIN	NL	158	677	556	101	181	34	2	29	97	8	1	108	120	.326	.434	.550	.985	160	306	16	5	0	8	15	*3/HD	MVP-7
2017	33	CIN	NL	162	707	559	106	179	34	1	36	100	5	1	134	83	.320	.454	.578	1.032	167	323	16	8	0	6	20	*3	AS,MVP-2
2018	34	CIN	NL	145	623	503	67	143	28	2	12	67	2	0	108	101	.284	.417	.419	.837	126	211	15	9	0	3	6	*3/HD	AS
2019	35	CIN	NL	142	608	525	79	137	32	1	15	47	5	0	76	123	.261	.357	.411	.768	95	216	14	4	0	3	2	*3/HD7
2020	36	CIN	NL	54	223	186	32	42	8	0	11	22	0	0	37	43	.226	.354	.446	.800	107	83	5	0	0	0	1	*3/D
2021	37	CIN	NL	129	533	448	73	119	23	1	36	99	1	0	77	127	.266	.375	.563	.938	139	252	7	4	0	4	6	*3/DH	MVP-16
2022	38	CIN	NL	91	376	322	31	66	18	1	11	41	0	0	44	97	.205	.319	.370	.689	89	119	8	10	0	0	0	3D/H
2023	39	CIN	NL	65	242	208	26	42	6	0	14	38	0	0	27	62	.202	.314	.433	.747	98	90	2	7	0	0	0	3D/H
17 Yrs				2056	8746	7252	1171	2135	459	22	356	1144	80	29	1365	1640	.294	.409	.511	.920	144	3706	168	81	0	48	147
162 Game Avg.				162	689	571	92	168	36	2	28	90	6	2	108	129	.294	.409	.511	.920	144	292	13	6	0	4	12
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awar

70.	Frank Howard (16)	382	7353	R	HR Log
	Ryan Howard (13)	382	6531	L	HR Log
	Jim Rice+ (16)	382	9058	R	HR Log
73.	Albert Belle (12)	381	6676	R	HR Log
74.	Orlando Cepeda+ (17)	379	8699	R	HR Log
	Tony Pérez+ (23)	379	10861	R	HR Log
76.	Mike Trout (14, 32)	378	6647	R	HR Log
	Matt Williams (17)	378	7595	R	HR Log
78.	Norm Cash (17)	377	7914	L	HR Log
	Jeff Kent (17)	377	9537	R	HR Log
80.	Carlton Fisk+ (24)	376	9853	R	HR Log
81.	Rocky Colavito (14)	374	7559	R	HR Log
82.	Gil Hodges+ (18)	370	8104	R	HR Log
83.	Todd Helton+ (17)	369	9453	L	HR Log
	Ralph Kiner+ (10)	369	6256	R	HR Log
85.	Lance Berkman (15)	366	7814	B	HR Log
86.	Joe DiMaggio+ (13)	361	7672	R	HR Log
87.	Gary Gaetti (20)	360	9817	R	HR Log
88.	Johnny Mize+ (15)	359	7372	L	HR Log
89.	Yogi Berra+ (19)	358	8364	L	HR Log
	Paul Goldschmidt (14, 36)	358	8140	R	HR Log
	Carlos Lee (14)	358	8787	R	HR Log
92.	Joey Votto (17, 40)	356	8746	L	HR Log
93.	Greg Vaughn (15)	355	7070	R	HR Log
94.	Luis Gonzalez (19)	354	10531	L	HR Log
	Lee May (18)	354	8219	R	HR Log
96.	Torii Hunter (19)	353	9692	R	HR Log
97.	Ryan Braun (14)	352	7340	R	HR Log
	Ellis Burks (18)	352	8177	R	HR Log
99.	Dick Allen (15)	351	7315	R	HR Log
100.	Chili Davis (19)	350	9997	B	HR Log
Rank	Player (yrs, age)	Home Runs	PA	Bats	HR Log
101.	George Foster (18)	348	7812	R	HR Lo