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Joe Astroth

Joseph Henry Astroth

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: September 1, 1922 in East Alton, IL
High School: Alton HS (Alton, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1945
Team: Athletics 1945-1956

Final Game: May 13, 1956
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Standard Batting

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
1945 22 PHA AL 10 18 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .059 .111 .059 .170 -50 1 0 1 0 /2
1946 23 PHA AL 4 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 1 1 0 0 /2
1949 26 PHA AL 55 170 148 18 36 4 1 0 12 1 0 21 13 .243 .337 .284 .621 67 42 6 0 1 2
1950 27 PHA AL 39 128 110 11 36 3 1 1 18 0 0 18 3 .327 .422 .400 .822 113 44 7 0 0 2
1951 28 PHA AL 64 204 187 30 46 10 2 2 19 0 1 18 13 .246 .312 .353 .665 79 66 4 0 0 2
1952 29 PHA AL 104 370 337 24 84 7 2 1 36 2 2 25 27 .249 .305 .291 .596 62 98 18 2 6 2
1953 30 PHA AL 82 289 260 28 77 15 2 3 24 1 0 27 12 .296 .367 .404 .771 105 105 11 2 0 2
1954 31 PHA AL 77 252 226 22 50 8 1 1 23 0 0 21 19 .221 .296 .279 .575 58 63 2 3 2 0 2
1955 32 KCA AL 101 338 274 29 69 4 1 5 23 2 3 47 33 .252 .372 .328 .700 90 90 11 6 10 1 6 2
1956 33 KCA AL 8 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 0 0 1 0 0 /2
10 Yrs 544 1790 1579 163 401 51 10 13 156 6 6 177 124 .254 .334 .324 .658 78 511 60 14 20 1 6
162 Game Avg. 162 533 470 49 119 15 3 4 46 2 2 53 37 .254 .334 .324 .658 78 152 18 4 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1945 22 PHA AL 10 18 -3 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.4 0 -3 -0.4 .457 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ /2
1946 23 PHA AL 4 7 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .472 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2
1949 26 PHA AL 55 170 -6 -1 -1 0 1 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.2 .489 .496 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ 2
1950 27 PHA AL 39 128 4 0 -1 0 1 4 0.4 3 8 0.8 .510 .503 0.8 0.1 8 $ 2
1951 28 PHA AL 64 204 -6 -0 0 -1 2 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .492 .497 0.1 0.1 2 $ 2
1952 29 PHA AL 104 370 -16 0 -3 1 3 -15 -1.7 10 -5 -0.7 .484 .489 -0.9 0.5 -6 $ 2
1953 30 PHA AL 82 289 1 2 -1 5 3 10 1.0 8 18 1.8 .512 .506 1.3 0.8 12 $ 2
1954 31 PHA AL 77 252 -12 0 1 -4 3 -12 -1.3 7 -5 -0.6 .483 .492 -0.2 -0.2 -1 $ 2
1955 32 KCA AL 101 338 -5 -2 -1 2 4 -2 -0.2 9 7 0.8 .498 .499 0.5 0.7 5 $ 2
1956 33 KCA AL 8 14 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .460 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ /2
10 Seasons 544 1790 -47 -1 -5 2 17 -34 -3.7 48 14 1.2 .493 .498 0.7 2.1 12 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1945 22 PHA AL 18 16 0 0.0 87 .063 .059 .259 .111 .331 .059 .352 .170 .683 -50 .000 -3.3 -0.4 .125 .000 .000
1946 23 PHA AL 7 7 0 0.0 94 .200 .143 .261 .143 .335 .143 .376 .286 .711 -19 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
1949 26 PHA AL 170 119 14 3.1 104 .267 .243 .267 .337 .358 .284 .388 .621 .747 67 .332 -6.5 -0.6 .542 .189 .041 .0
1950 27 PHA AL 128 81 19 6.2 112 .330 .327 .276 .422 .363 .400 .414 .822 .776 113 .602 3.1 0.3 .765 .236 .073 .0
1951 28 PHA AL 204 146 20 3.7 103 .256 .246 .269 .312 .350 .353 .394 .665 .744 79 .408 -6.0 -0.6 .568 .198 .107 .0
1952 29 PHA AL 370 279 29 2.8 101 .269 .249 .267 .305 .348 .291 .390 .596 .737 62 .329 -18.1 -1.9 .458 .116 .042 1.3
1953 30 PHA AL 289 194 38 5.3 105 .302 .296 .273 .367 .350 .404 .402 .771 .752 105 .575 2.4 0.2 .696 .215 .108 1.5
1954 31 PHA AL 252 180 18 2.7 100 .238 .221 .266 .296 .342 .279 .390 .575 .732 58 .300 -13.3 -1.4 .489 .150 .058 .0
1955 32 KCA AL 338 230 35 4.1 103 .270 .252 .266 .372 .346 .328 .397 .700 .743 90 .446 -1.9 -0.2 .648 .245 .077 2.9
1956 33 KCA AL 14 13 0 0.0 106 .083 .077 .267 .077 .349 .077 .408 .154 .757 -59 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
10 Yrs 1790 1265 173 3.7 103 .269 .254 .269 .334 .349 .324 .395 .658 .744 78 .414 -47.7 -5.0 .564 .182 .070 8.2
162 Game Avg. 533 377 52 3.7 103 .269 .254 .269 .334 .349 .324 .395 .658 .744 78 .414 -47.7 -5.0 .564 .182 .070 2

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1945 22 PHA AL 18 0.0% 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 17.0 17.0 89%
1946 23 PHA AL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 71%
1949 26 PHA AL 170 0.0% 7.7% 12.4% 2.9% 14% 0.62 11.4 12.3 0.92 79%
1950 27 PHA AL 128 0.8% 2.3% 14.1% 3.9% 14% 0.17 36.7 110.0 6.1 0.97 83%
1951 28 PHA AL 204 1.0% 6.4% 8.8% 6.9% 30% 0.72 14.4 93.5 9.8 1.08 84%
1952 29 PHA AL 370 0.3% 7.3% 6.8% 2.7% 12% 1.08 12.5 337.0 9.4 1.26 84%
1953 30 PHA AL 289 1.0% 4.2% 9.3% 6.9% 26% 0.44 21.7 86.7 10.8 1.15 85%
1954 31 PHA AL 252 0.4% 7.5% 8.3% 4.0% 20% 0.90 11.9 226.0 9.8 1.19 82%
1955 32 KCA AL 338 1.5% 9.8% 13.9% 3.0% 15% 0.70 8.3 54.8 11.9 1.16 70%
1956 33 KCA AL 14 0.0% 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 13.0 3.00 86%
10 Yrs 1790 0.7% 6.9% 9.9% 4.1% 19% 0.70 12.7 121.5 10.1 1.15 81%
MLB Averages 1.9% 10.2% 9.6% 6.3% 28% 1.07 8.7 47.7 8.2 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1945 22 PHA AL -3.3 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 23 PHA AL -1.1 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 26 PHA AL -6.5 -0.6 103 -1.1 1.1 -2.3 1.02 -0.8 -0.3 -11.6 -1.2 1.00 -10.4 1.83 9
1950 27 PHA AL 3.1 0.3 104 0.6 1.9 -1.3 .86 0.3 0.5 5.6 0.5 1.00 2.8 1.20 1
1951 28 PHA AL -6.0 -0.6 170 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 .80 -0.6 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.89 -4.3 0.85 6
1952 29 PHA AL -18.1 -1.9 337 -1.0 5.1 -6.1 1.02 -1.3 0.3 -12.5 -1.3 0.99 -15.7 0.00 1
1953 30 PHA AL 2.1 0.2 288 0.4 5.7 -5.3 1.10 0.6 -0.2 1.2 0.1 0.95 4.8 1.20 3
1954 31 PHA AL -13.0 -1.4 250 0.1 3.9 -3.8 .98 -0.8 0.9 -4.0 -0.4 0.99 -6.7 1.13 6
1955 32 KCA AL -1.9 -0.2 342 -0.9 4.3 -5.1 .90 -0.2 -0.7 -2.3 -0.2 0.95 -4.2 0.52 2
1956 33 KCA AL -3.0 -0.3 14 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .89 -0.3 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 0.86 -3.3 0
10 Yrs -47.8 -5.0 1608 -2.7 24.0 -26.7 .97 -3.2 0.4 -26.0 -2.7 0.96 -36.9 1.22 28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1949 26 PHA AL 0 0 32% 43 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 42% 7 6 1 1 1 0 4 0 4
1950 27 PHA AL 0 0 19% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 5 4 1 2 1 1 3 0 3
1951 28 PHA AL 4 0 45% 51 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 68% 7 2 5 4 2 2 8 1 6
1952 29 PHA AL 7 0 21% 110 2 2 50% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 44% 11 7 3 3 1 2 4 1 3
1953 30 PHA AL 2 0 24% 135 1 0 100% 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 7 52% 19 13 6 1 0 1 9 0 8
1954 31 PHA AL 4 0 29% 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 52% 11 7 4 2 1 1 12 4 8
1955 32 KCA AL 1 0 21% 129 2 3 40% 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 38% 16 13 3 2 1 1 11 4 7
1956 33 KCA AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 18 0 26% 604 6 6 50% 1 2 3 3 1 0 5 0 22 22 49% 76 52 23 15 7 8 51 10 39

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1949 26 PHA AL 170 33% 36 9 2 0 1 1.83 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 22 6 27% 9 1 11% 78 5 6% 6 2 33% 5 2 40% 0
1950 27 PHA AL 128 32% 36 1 0 0 0 1.20 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 7 33% 6 0 0% 76 14 18% 8 4 50% 4 2 50% 0
1951 28 PHA AL 204 23% 46 6 1 0 0 0.85 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0% 29 4 14% 11 4 36% 90 17 19% 8 5 63% 9 6 67% 0
1952 29 PHA AL 370 24% 84 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 4 6 150% 72 18 25% 31 9 29% 224 29 13% 20 12 60% 12 7 58% 0
1953 30 PHA AL 289 28% 77 3 0 0 0 1.20 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 56 11 20% 20 6 30% 173 22 13% 12 6 50% 5 3 60% 0
1954 31 PHA AL 252 27% 50 6 2 0 3 1.13 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 48 2 4% 17 8 47% 158 22 14% 13 6 46% 9 3 33% 0
1955 32 KCA AL 338 27% 69 2 1 0 1 0.52 5 0 6 3 2 4 1 0 10 10 100% 74 11 15% 32 17 53% 199 18 9% 11 5 45% 10 7 70% 0
1956 33 KCA AL 14 86% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
10 Yrs 1765 27% 401 28 6 0 5 1.22 13 1 47 8 5 7 6 0 19 20 105% 323 60 19% 128 46 36% 1005 127 13% 78 40 51% 55 30 55% 0
MLB Averages 50% 131% 16% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 22 10 18 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .059 .111 .059 .170 -50 1 0 1 0
1946 23 14 25 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .083 .120 .083 .203 -41 2 1 1 0
1947 24 14 25 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .083 .120 .083 .203 -41 2 1 1 0
1948 25 14 25 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .083 .120 .083 .203 -41 2 1 1 0
1949 26 69 195 172 19 38 4 1 0 13 1 0 21 16 .221 .309 .256 .565 54 44 7 1 1
1950 27 108 323 282 30 74 7 2 1 31 1 0 39 19 .262 .354 .312 .666 78 88 14 1 1
1951 28 172 527 469 60 120 17 4 3 50 1 1 57 32 .256 .338 .328 .666 78 154 18 1 1
1952 29 276 897 806 84 204 24 6 4 86 3 3 82 59 .253 .324 .313 .637 72 252 36 3 7
1953 30 358 1186 1066 112 281 39 8 7 110 4 3 109 71 .264 .335 .335 .670 80 357 47 5 7
1954 31 435 1438 1292 134 331 47 9 8 133 4 3 130 90 .256 .328 .325 .653 76 420 49 8 9 0
1955 32 536 1776 1566 163 400 51 10 13 156 6 6 177 123 .255 .336 .326 .662 79 510 60 14 19 1 6
1956 33 544 1790 1579 163 401 51 10 13 156 6 6 177 124 .254 .334 .324 .658 78 511 60 14 20 1 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1945 22 11 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .053 .000 .053 0 10
1946 23 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1949 26 57 177 154 19 37 4 1 0 12 1 22 14 .240 .335 .279 .614 15 55
1950 27 41 131 113 11 36 3 1 1 17 0 18 3 .319 .412 .389 .802 18 39
1951 28 67 212 194 29 46 10 2 2 18 0 18 14 .237 .302 .340 .642 20 64
1952 29 109 385 351 25 87 7 2 1 37 2 26 28 .248 .303 .288 .591 30 104
1953 30 86 300 270 28 79 15 2 3 24 1 28 13 .293 .363 .396 .760 39 82
1954 31 80 266 238 24 54 9 1 1 25 0 23 20 .227 .303 .286 .589 20 77
1955 32 106 350 285 30 71 4 1 5 24 2 48 34 .249 .368 .323 .690 33 101
1956 33 8 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
10 Yrs 569 1862 1644 166 410 52 10 13 157 6 183 130 .249 .330 .317 .646 175 544
162 Game Avg. 162 530 468 47 117 15 3 4 45 2 52 37 .249 .330 .317 .646 50 544

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 AL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1955 AL  10 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  6 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1952 AL  18 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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