- Joe Visner
Infobox MLB retired
name=Joe Visner
position=Catcher /Outfielder 
bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=September 27 ,1859
city-state|Minneapolis|Minnesota
deathdate=death date and age|1945|6|17|1859|9|27
city-state|Fosston|Minnesota
debutdate=July 4
debutyear= 1885
debutteam= Baltimore Orioles
finaldate=June 1
finalyear=1891
finalteam=St. Louis Browns
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.261
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=12
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=149
teams=
* Baltimore Orioles (1885)
* Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1889)
*Pittsburgh Burghers (1890)
* Washington Statesmen (1891)
* St. Louis Browns (1891)
highlights=
* 1889 American Association ChampionshipJoseph Paul Visner born "Joseph Paul Vezina" (
September 27 ,1859 -June 17 ,1945 was a 19th centuryMajor League Baseball outfielder andcatcher born inMinneapolis, Minnesota . He played from 1885–1891, mostly in the American Association.cite web| title = Joe Visner's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/V/Pvisnj101.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-07 ] Joe also has the distinction of being one of the few Native Americans to play professionally in the years prior to the arrival of the much more famousLouis Sockalexis .cite web| title = Tom Oran Biography by Peter Morris | work = sabr.org | url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1547&pid=10693 | accessdate = 2008-01-07 ]Career
Joe began his Major League career with a brief appearance with the Baltimore Orioles in by|1885, playing in four games and getting three hits in thirteen
at bat s.He didn't appear again until by|1889, when he played in 80 games, 53 at catcher for the first place Brooklyn Bridegrooms. The team lost the "World Series" after the season to the New York Giants, six games to three.cite web| title = 1889 Brooklyn Bridegroom team | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1889.shtml | accessdate = 2008-01-07 ]
After a successful season in Brooklyn, Joe then jumped over to the
Players League and played all of his games as the startingright fielder . He batted .267, and led the team in runs scored with 110, and hit 22 triples.cite web| title = 1890 Pittsburgh Burghers team | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PBB/1890.shtml | accessdate = 2008-01-07 ]When the Players League folded after just one season, Joe moved back to the American Association and played sparsely for the Washington Statesmen and the St. Louis Browns in by|1891.
Post-career
After his Major league career, he played some
minor league baseball , specifically for theMinneapolis Millers of the Western League in 1894.cite web| title = Minneapolis Millers Individual Statistics: 19th Century | work = stewthornley.net | url=http://stewthornley.net/millers_19_cen.html | accessdate = 2008-01-07 ] Joe died inFosston, Minnesota at the age of 85, and was interred at the Hansville Cemetery; buried under his birth name of Vezina.References
ee also
*
List of Major League Baseball triples champions
*Los Angeles Dodgers all-time roster
*St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster External links
*baseball-reference|id=v/visnejo01
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