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Joe Astroth
Joseph Henry Astroth

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

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

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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
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	-20	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	205	187	30	46	10	2	2	19	0	1	18	13	.246	.312	.353	.665	78	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	59	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 Seasons				544	1791	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

Advanced Batting

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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	89	.063	.059	.262	.111	.334	.059	.356	.170	.689	-50	.000	-3.3	-0.4	.125	.000	.000
1946	23	PHA	AL	7	7	0	0.0	95	.200	.143	.263	.143	.337	.143	.377	.286	.714	-20	.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	205	146	20	3.7	104	.256	.246	.270	.312	.351	.353	.396	.665	.747	78	.408	-6.2	-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	2.5	0.2	.696	.215	.108	1.5
1954	31	PHA	AL	252	180	18	2.7	99	.238	.221	.265	.296	.341	.279	.388	.575	.729	59	.300	-13.0	-1.3	.489	.150	.058	.0
1955	32	KCA	AL	338	230	35	4.1	102	.270	.252	.266	.372	.346	.328	.397	.700	.742	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 Seasons				1791	1265	173	3.7	103	.269	.254	.269	.334	.349	.324	.395	.658	.744	78	.414	-47.6	-4.9	.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	-47.6	-4.9	.564	.182	.070	2

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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		79%
1950	27	PHA	AL	128	0.8%	2.3%	14.1%	3.9%	14%	0.17	36.7	110.0	6.1		83%
1951	28	PHA	AL	205	1.0%	6.3%	8.8%	6.8%	30%	0.72	14.4	93.5	9.8		84%
1952	29	PHA	AL	370	0.3%	7.3%	6.8%	2.7%	12%	1.08	12.5	337.0	9.4		84%
1953	30	PHA	AL	289	1.0%	4.2%	9.3%	6.9%	26%	0.44	21.7	86.7	10.8		85%
1954	31	PHA	AL	252	0.4%	7.5%	8.3%	4.0%	20%	0.90	11.9	226.0	9.8	1.14	82%
1955	32	KCA	AL	338	1.5%	9.8%	13.9%	3.0%	15%	0.70	8.3	54.8	11.9	1.15	70%
1956	33	KCA	AL	14	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		13.0			3.00	86%
10 Seasons				1791	0.7%	6.9%	9.9%	4.1%	19%	0.70	12.7	121.5	10.1	1.18	81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Seasons				5	0	26%	224	6	6	50%	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	8	44%	27	20	7	4	2	2	23	8	15
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1954	31	PHA	AL	243	27%	50			5	2	0	3	0.71	1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	48	2	4%	17	8	47%	153	22	14%	13	6	46%	13	3	23%	9
1955	32	KCA	AL	334	26%	69			2	1	0	1	0.53	5	0	6	3	2	4	1	0	10	10	100%	74	11	15%	32	17	53%	198	18	9%	11	5	45%	17	6	35%	4
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		2	1	50%	0
10 Seasons				591	28%	401			7	3	0	4	0.66	13	0	14	4	2	5	1	0	13	20	154%	123	60	49%	51	26	51%	358	40	11%	24	11	46%	32	10	31%	13
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	528	469	60	120	17	4	3	50	1	1	57	32	.256	.338	.328	.666	78	154	18	1	1
1952	29	276	898	806	84	204	24	6	4	86	3	3	82	59	.253	.324	.313	.637	72	252	36	3	7
1953	30	358	1187	1066	112	281	39	8	7	110	4	3	109	71	.264	.335	.335	.670	80	357	47	5	7
1954	31	435	1439	1292	134	331	47	9	8	133	4	3	130	90	.256	.328	.325	.653	76	420	49	8	9	0
1955	32	536	1777	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	1791	1579	163	401	51	10	13	156	6	6	177	124	.254	.334	.324	.658	78	511	60	14	20	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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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	176	154	18	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	30	46	10	2	2	19	0	18	14	.237	.302	.340	.642	20	64
1952	29	109	379	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	264	238	24	54	9	1	1	25	0	23	20	.227	.303	.286	.589	20	77
1955	32	106	348	289	30	75	4	1	5	24	2	51	34	.260	.382	.332	.714	37	101
1956	33	8	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
10 Seasons		569	1850	1648	166	414	52	10	13	158	6	186	130	.251	.332	.319	.651	179	544
162 Game Avg.		162	527	469	47	118	15	3	4	45	2	53	37	.251	.332	.319	.651	51	544

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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 Standards Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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