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Ron Oester
Ronald John Oester

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 10, 1978
  vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1990
Born May 5, 1956 in Cincinnati, OH

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 9th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 22 CIN NL   6    8    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .375  .375  .375  111    3   1   0   0   0   0
 1979 23 CIN NL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1980 24 CIN NL 100  303   40   84  16  2   2   20   6  2  26  44  .277  .336  .363   95  110   5   0   7   1   7 RoY-4
 1981 25 CIN NL 105  354   45   96  16  7   5   42   2  5  42  49  .271  .342  .398  109  141   5   7   8   0   8
 1982 26 CIN NL 151  549   63  143  19  4   9   47   5  6  35  82  .260  .303  .359   84  197   8   3   8   0  16
 1983 27 CIN NL 157  549   63  145  23  5  11   58   2  2  49 106  .264  .322  .384   93  211   7   6  14   1  17
 1984 28 CIN NL 150  553   54  134  26  3   3   38   7  2  41  97  .242  .295  .316   70  175   5   1   7   1  16
 1985 29 CIN NL 152  526   59  155  26  3   1   34   5  0  51  65  .295  .354  .361   98  190   2   5  17   0  13
 1986 30 CIN NL 153  523   52  135  23  2   8   44   9  2  52  84  .258  .325  .356   85  186   7   3  16   1  18
 1987 31 CIN NL  69  237   28   60   9  6   2   23   2  3  22  51  .253  .317  .367   78   87   2   0   4   0   8
 1988 32 CIN NL  54  150   20   42   7  0   0   10   0  2   9  24  .280  .319  .327   83   49   3   1   3   0   2
 1989 33 CIN NL 109  305   23   75  15  0   1   14   1  0  32  47  .246  .318  .305   77   93   0   0   8   0  10
 1990 34 CIN NL  64  154   10   46  10  1   0   13   1  2  10  29  .299  .339  .377   94   58   6   1   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1276 4214  458 1118 190 33  42  344  40 26 369 681  .265  .323  .356   87 1500  51  27  93   4 116
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        535   58  142  24  4   5   44   5  3  47  86  .265  .323  .356   87  190   6   3  12   1  15
 Career High    157  553   63  155  26  7  11   58   9  6  52 106  .295  .354  .398  109  211   8   7  17   1  18
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 22 CIN NL    9    6    1   4.5    95| .375  .262| .375  .330| .375  .385| .750  .715| 111  .530   0.1   0.0   0%
 1979 23 CIN NL    3    3    0   0.0   100| .000  .270| .000  .336| .000  .401| .000  .736|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1980 24 CIN NL  335  233   37   4.3    96| .277  .268| .336  .330| .363  .389| .699  .719|  95  .505  -1.9  -0.2  75%
 1981 25 CIN NL  408  283   48   4.6    93| .271  .265| .342  .330| .398  .379| .740  .710| 109  .550   4.6   0.5  28%
 1982 26 CIN NL  595  439   56   3.4    96| .260  .268| .303  .331| .359  .389| .662  .721|  84  .408 -13.8  -1.4  45%
 1983 27 CIN NL  612  436   66   4.1    99| .264  .267| .322  .336| .384  .395| .706  .731|  93  .481  -5.7  -0.6  50%
 1984 28 CIN NL  601  443   50   3.0    97| .242  .268| .295  .333| .316  .390| .611  .723|  70  .358 -23.4  -2.4  77%
 1985 29 CIN NL  584  391   68   4.7    98| .295  .264| .354  .333| .361  .394| .715  .727|  98  .549  -0.2   0.0 100%
 1986 30 CIN NL  586  418   59   3.8   101| .258  .266| .325  .337| .356  .401| .681  .738|  85  .444 -10.9  -1.1  81%
 1987 31 CIN NL  261  190   26   3.7   109| .253  .274| .317  .344| .367  .426| .684  .770|  78  .384  -8.6  -0.8  40%
 1988 32 CIN NL  163  116   15   3.5    93| .280  .261| .319  .325| .327  .383| .646  .708|  83  .439  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1989 33 CIN NL  337  240   29   3.3    94| .246  .258| .318  .326| .305  .385| .623  .711|  77  .402  -9.0  -1.0 100%
 1990 34 CIN NL  171  118   20   4.6   102| .299  .270| .339  .337| .377  .406| .716  .743|  94  .515  -1.4  -0.1  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4665 3316  475   3.9    98| .265  .266| .323  .333| .356  .393| .679  .727|  87  .457 -74.3  -7.5  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 22 CIN NL SS 6 3 9 0 2 1.000 .968 2.00 4.25 4.91 4.87 1 22.0 1979 23 CIN NL SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.50 5.40 5.04 0 5.0 1980 24 CIN NL 2B 79 144 194 7 42 .980 .980 4.28 4.71 4.93 5.49 71 617.3 SS 17 16 27 2 4 .956 .966 2.53 4.30 4.15 5.02 8 93.3 3B 3 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 1.33 2.40 2.25 2.87 1 16.0 1981 25 CIN NL 2B 103 202 328 11 61 .980 .982 5.15 4.72 5.45 5.52 100 874.7 SS 9 11 13 0 3 1.000 .960 2.67 4.44 6.05 5.09 2 35.7 1982 26 CIN NL 2B 118 258 325 17 72 .972 .978 4.94 4.75 5.51 5.42 109 952.0 SS 29 37 60 2 11 .980 .967 3.34 4.38 4.29 5.01 20 203.7 3B 13 9 18 3 4 .900 .951 2.08 2.43 2.70 2.77 10 90.0 1983 27 CIN NL 2B 154 315 413 17 80 .977 .978 4.73 4.46 4.87 5.34 152 1344.3 1984 28 CIN NL 2B 147 357 388 15 75 .980 .979 5.07 4.71 5.34 5.41 140 1256.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1985 29 CIN NL 2B 149 366 457 9 100 .989 .982 5.52 4.82 5.61 5.47 148 1321.3 1986 30 CIN NL 2B 151 367 475 19 100 .978 .980 5.58 4.54 5.68 5.21 148 1333.0 1987 31 CIN NL 2B 69 183 186 10 37 .974 .982 5.35 4.44 5.60 5.19 66 593.0 1988 32 CIN NL 2B 49 108 104 1 24 .995 .980 4.33 4.58 5.30 5.22 40 359.7 SS 5 2 9 0 2 1.000 .965 2.20 4.00 3.41 4.62 2 29.0 1989 33 CIN NL 2B 102 211 239 7 42 .985 .981 4.41 4.43 5.30 5.12 85 763.7 SS 2 4 10 0 2 1.000 .966 7.00 3.90 7.00 4.50 2 18.0 1990 34 CIN NL 2B 50 80 88 3 14 .982 .983 3.36 4.28 4.47 5.01 33 338.3 3B 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 2.30 1.20 2.76 1 15.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 24 CIN NL 2B 79 144 194 7 42 .980 .980 4.28 4.71 4.93 5.49 71 617.3 1981 25 CIN NL 2B 103 202 328 11 61 .980 .982 5.15 4.72 5.45 5.52 100 874.7 1982 26 CIN NL 2B 118 258 325 17 72 .972 .978 4.94 4.75 5.51 5.42 109 952.0 1983 27 CIN NL 2B 154 315 413 17 80 .977 .978 4.73 4.46 4.87 5.34 152 1344.3 1984 28 CIN NL 2B 147 357 388 15 75 .980 .979 5.07 4.71 5.34 5.41 140 1256.0 1985 29 CIN NL 2B 149 366 457 9 100 .989 .982 5.52 4.82 5.61 5.47 148 1321.3 1986 30 CIN NL 2B 151 367 475 19 100 .978 .980 5.58 4.54 5.68 5.21 148 1333.0 1987 31 CIN NL 2B 69 183 186 10 37 .974 .982 5.35 4.44 5.60 5.19 66 593.0 1988 32 CIN NL 2B 49 108 104 1 24 .995 .980 4.33 4.58 5.30 5.22 40 359.7 1989 33 CIN NL 2B 102 211 239 7 42 .985 .981 4.41 4.43 5.30 5.12 85 763.7 1990 34 CIN NL 2B 50 80 88 3 14 .982 .983 3.36 4.28 4.47 5.01 33 338.3 1980 24 CIN NL 3B 3 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 1.33 2.40 2.25 2.87 1 16.0 1982 26 CIN NL 3B 13 9 18 3 4 .900 .951 2.08 2.43 2.70 2.77 10 90.0 1990 34 CIN NL 3B 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 2.30 1.20 2.76 1 15.0 1978 22 CIN NL SS 6 3 9 0 2 1.000 .968 2.00 4.25 4.91 4.87 1 22.0 1979 23 CIN NL SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.50 5.40 5.04 0 5.0 1980 24 CIN NL SS 17 16 27 2 4 .956 .966 2.53 4.30 4.15 5.02 8 93.3 1981 25 CIN NL SS 9 11 13 0 3 1.000 .960 2.67 4.44 6.05 5.09 2 35.7 1982 26 CIN NL SS 29 37 60 2 11 .980 .967 3.34 4.38 4.29 5.01 20 203.7 1984 28 CIN NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1988 32 CIN NL SS 5 2 9 0 2 1.000 .965 2.20 4.00 3.41 4.62 2 29.0 1989 33 CIN NL SS 2 4 10 0 2 1.000 .966 7.00 3.90 7.00 4.50 2 18.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1171 2591 3197 116 647 .980 .980 4.94 4.61 5.34 5.34 1092 9753.3 SS* 71 74 130 4 24 .981 .966 2.87 4.32 4.50 4.96 35 407.7 3B* 19 10 23 5 4 .868 .951 1.74 2.41 2.45 2.78 12 121.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1261 2675 3350 125 675 .980 .980 4.78 4.56 5.27 5.30 1139 10282
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1990   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   4   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CIN OAK     W   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   5   4   1   2  0  0  0   1   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1988-ML-Hutch Award

Games
1983 NL-157-10

Triples
1981 NL-7-8

Singles
1985 NL-125-9

Sac. Flies
1981 NL-7-2

Intentional Walks
1981 NL-8-8
1983 NL-14-9
1985 NL-17-4
1986 NL-16-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1982 NL-16-7
1983 NL-17-6
1984 NL-16-7
1986 NL-18-6

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2074) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1112) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 9th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

October 21, 1987: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

January 29, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Cincinnati Reds$550,000
1986Cincinnati Reds$650,000
1987Cincinnati Reds$750,000
1989Cincinnati Reds$650,000
1990Cincinnati Reds$650,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,250,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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