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b. May 25, 1894 · Washington Senators 1915–1932, Brooklyn Dodgers 1933, Boston Red Sox 1933–1934

Joe Judge played first base for the Washington Senators for eighteen years, which covered the whole of the only period in which that club was any good. He batted .324 in the 1924 World Series as Washington beat the New York Giants for its only championship.

He was a small man for the position and made his living on defense and on-base skill rather than power, hitting 71 home runs in twenty seasons while drawing 965 walks and batting .298.

Born in Brooklyn in 1894, Judge collected 2,352 hits and 1,034 runs batted in across 2,171 games, finished with Boston in 1934, and later coached at Georgetown University for twenty seasons. Judge died on March 11, 1963, at sixty-eight.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	1	1924

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1915	WSH	12	41	7	17	2	0	0	9	4	6	2	.415
1916	WSH	103	336	42	74	10	8	0	28	54	44	18	.220
1917	WSH	102	393	62	112	15	15	2	30	50	40	17	.285
1918	WSH	130	502	56	131	23	7	1	46	49	32	20	.261
1919	WSH	135	521	83	150	33	12	2	31	81	35	23	.288
1920	WSH	126	493	103	164	19	15	5	51	65	34	12	.333
1921	WSH	153	622	87	187	26	11	7	72	68	35	21	.301
1922	WSH	148	591	84	174	32	15	10	81	50	20	5	.294
1923	WSH	113	405	56	127	24	6	2	63	58	20	11	.314
1924	WSH	140	516	71	167	38	9	3	79	53	21	13	.324
1925	WSH	112	376	65	118	31	5	8	66	55	21	7	.314
1926	WSH	134	453	70	132	25	11	7	92	53	25	7	.291
1927	WSH	137	522	68	161	29	11	2	71	45	22	10	.308
1928	WSH	153	542	78	166	31	10	3	93	80	19	16	.306
1929	WSH	143	543	83	171	35	8	6	71	73	33	12	.315
1930	WSH	126	442	83	144	29	11	10	80	60	29	13	.326
1931	WSH	35	74	11	21	3	0	0	9	8	8	0	.284
1932	WSH	82	291	45	75	16	3	3	29	37	19	3	.258
1933	BOS/BRO	77	220	27	56	10	2	0	31	20	14	3	.255
1934	BOS	10	15	3	5	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	.333
Career	—	2171	7898	1184	2352	433	159	71	1034	965	478	213	.298

On this day & linked events

1894

Born May 25, 1894

Brooklyn, NY, USA

1963

Died March 11, 1963

1915

Major-league debut: Joe Judge

Joe Judge made a major-league debut on September 20, 1915.

1934

Final major-league game: Joe Judge

Joe Judge played a final major-league game on May 12, 1934.

Image: National Photo Company Collection, public domain