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Joe Ostrowski
Joseph Paul Ostrowski (Professor or Specs)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Scranton

Debut July 18, 1948
Final Game August 20, 1952
Born November 15, 1916 in West Wyoming, PA
Died January 3, 2003 in Wilkes-Barre, PA

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 31 SLB AL   4   6  26   9   3   0  11  3   78.3  108   54   52   6   17   20   0   1   347       1  5.97  4.54   76 1.596
 1949 32 SLB AL   8   8  40  13   4   0  12  2  141.0  185   94   75  16   27   34   0   1   634       0  4.79  4.53   95 1.504
 1950 33 TOT AL   3   5  30  11   3   0  11  3  101.0  107   48   41  13   22   30   0   0   422       0  3.65  4.67  128 1.277
         SLB AL   2   4   9   7   2   0   2  0   57.3   57   22   16   2    7   15   0   0   237       0  2.51  4.94  197 1.116
         NYY AL   1   1  21   4   1   0   9  3   43.7   50   26   25  11   15   15   0   0   185       0  5.15  4.30   83 1.489
 1951 34 NYY AL   6   4  34   3   2   0  18  5   95.3  103   44   37   4   18   30   1   0   396       0  3.49  3.83  110 1.269
 1952 35 NYY AL   2   2  20   1   0   0   8  2   40.0   56   31   25   5   14   17   1   0   190       0  5.63  3.34   59 1.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .479  23  25 150  37  12   0  60 15  455.7  559  271  230  44   98  131   2   2  1989       1  4.54  4.31   95 1.442
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  54  13   4   0  21  5  165.7  203   98   83  16   35   47   0   0   723   0   0  4.54  4.31   95 1.442
 Career High      8   8  40  13   4   0  18  5  141.0  185   94   75  16   27   34   1   1   634   0   1  3.49  4.67  128 1.269

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 31 SLB AL  26   18    2    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   4   5  .222  .364  .222   57    4   3           0   0
 1949 32 SLB AL  40   37    3    7   2  0   0    3   0  0  11   9  .189  .375  .243   63    9   0           0   0
 1950 33 TOT AL  30   27    4    5   3  0   0    5   0  0   6   8  .185  .333  .296   61    8   1           0   0
         SLB AL   9   18    2    4   3  0   0    4   0  0   4   7  .222  .364  .389   90    7   0           0   0
         NYY AL  21    9    2    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .111  .273  .111    2    1   1           0   0
 1951 34 NYY AL  34   28    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   7  .107  .194  .107  -16    3   0           0   1
 1952 35 NYY AL  20    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      150  118   11   19   5  0   0   11   0  0  24  31  .161  .303  .203   35   24   6   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        127   12   21   5  0   0   12   0  0  26  33  .161  .303  .203   35   26   6   0   0   0   2
 Career High     40   37    4    7   3  0   0    5   0  0  11   9                           9   3   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 31 SLB AL   25   17    1   1.6   107| .222  .275| .364  .361| .222  .398| .586  .759|  57  .122  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1949 32 SLB AL   48   30    3   2.7   110| .189  .276| .375  .368| .243  .400| .618  .769|  63  .269  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1950 33 TOT AL   34   23    3   3.5   115| .185  .280| .333  .368| .296  .420| .629  .788|  61  .341  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         SLB AL   22   14    3   5.7   117| .222  .283| .364  .371| .389  .424| .753  .796|  90  .562  -0.1   0.0   0%
         NYY AL   12    9    0   0.0   111| .111  .275| .273  .361| .111  .412| .384  .773|   2  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1951 34 NYY AL   31   26    1   1.0    99| .107  .263| .194  .343| .107  .385| .301  .728| -16  .063  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1952 35 NYY AL   10   11    0   0.0    91| .000  .253| .000  .332| .000  .369| .000  .701|-100  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       148  107    8   2.0   107| .161  .272| .303  .359| .203  .399| .506  .758|  35  .176 -10.4  -1.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 31 SLB AL P 26 5 23 0 0 1.000 .962 1.08 0.91 3.22 2.02 9 78.3 1949 32 SLB AL P 40 8 22 1 0 .968 .962 0.75 1.01 1.91 2.12 13 141.0 1950 33 TOT AL P 30 4 16 1 1 .952 .952 0.67 0.96 1.78 2.03 11 101.0 SLB AL P 9 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 1.11 0.96 1.57 2.03 7 57.3 NYY AL P 21 2 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.48 0.96 2.06 2.04 4 43.7 1951 34 NYY AL P 34 5 14 0 2 1.000 .955 0.56 0.99 1.79 2.07 3 95.3 1952 35 NYY AL P 20 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.25 1.03 1.12 2.09 1 40.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 31 SLB AL P 26 5 23 0 0 1.000 .962 1.08 0.91 3.22 2.02 9 78.3 1949 32 SLB AL P 40 8 22 1 0 .968 .962 0.75 1.01 1.91 2.12 13 141.0 1950 33 TOT AL P 30 4 16 1 1 .952 .952 0.67 0.96 1.78 2.03 11 101.0 SLB AL P 9 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 1.11 0.96 1.57 2.03 7 57.3 NYY AL P 21 2 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.48 0.96 2.06 2.04 4 43.7 1951 34 NYY AL P 34 5 14 0 2 1.000 .955 0.56 0.99 1.79 2.07 3 95.3 1952 35 NYY AL P 20 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.25 1.03 1.12 2.09 1 40.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 150 24 78 2 4 .981 .959 0.68 0.98 2.01 2.07 37 455.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 150 24 78 2 4 .981 .959 0.68 0.98 2.01 2.07 37 456
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     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.

Saves
1951 AL-5-6

Games Finished
1951 AL-18-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2077) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1832) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1947: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Pete Laydon, Roy Partee, Eddie Pellagrini, Al Widmar, Jim Wilson, and $310,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Vern Stephens and Jack Kramer.

June 15, 1950: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Tom Ferrick and Leo Thomas to the New York Yankees for Jim Delsing, Don Johnson, Duane Pillette, Snuffy Stirnweiss, and $50,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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