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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1945 PHA AL 22 C 8 28 20 4 4 0 .857 3.00 .989 4.31 0
1946 PHA AL 23 C 4 9 7 1 1 0 .889 2.00 .989 4.80 0
1949 PHA AL 26 C 44 191 163 24 4 4 .979 4.25 .985 4.10 2
1950 PHA AL 27 C 38 134 123 9 2 3 .985 3.47 .985 4.21 4
1951 PHA AL 28 C 57 248 228 18 2 2 .992 4.32 .982 4.40 7
1952 PHA AL 29 C 102 476 436 36 4 9 .992 4.63 .985 4.70 7
1953 PHA AL 30 C 79 393 341 47 5 13 .987 4.91 .985 4.44 7
1954 PHA AL 31 C 71 64 583.0 343 300 39 4 5 .988 -4.0 -8.2 -4 5.23 4.77 .986 5.40 4.76 4 19 23 16 41%
1955 KCA AL 32 C 100 92 818.0 475 420 50 5 9 .989 2.0 2.9 2 5.17 4.70 .988 5.58 4.73 11 16 21 21 50%
1956 KCA AL 33 C 8 5 42.0 24 19 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.14 3.00 .987 5.91 5.03 0 2 2 2 50%
10 Seasons C 511 161 1443.0 2321 2057 233 31 46 .987 -2.0 -1.7 -2 14.28 4.48 .986 5.52 4.55 42 37 46 39 46%
10 Seasons TOT 511 161 1443.0 2321 2057 233 31 46 .987 -2.0 -1.7 -2 14.28 4.48 .972 5.52 4.55 42 37 46 39 46%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1945 PHA AL 22 10 10 10 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 PHA AL 23 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHA AL 26 55 55 55 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHA AL 27 39 39 39 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHA AL 28 64 64 64 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHA AL 29 104 104 104 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHA AL 30 82 82 82 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHA AL 31 77 64 77 77 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1955 KCA AL 32 101 92 101 101 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 KCA AL 33 8 5 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 544 161 544 544 0 511 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 PHA AL 31 2653 5.19 5.70 56 93% 0 1 288 39 2 9 238 40 8 3 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 5 0 1 1 8 88%
1955 KCA AL 32 3737 5.43 5.94 84 98% 0 0 423 64 1 21 337 50 6 3 1 6 5 0 1 4 0 8 1 0 1 4 75%
1956 KCA AL 33 210 6.64 6.86 7 100% 0 0 19 5 0 1 13 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Seasons 6600 5.37 5.87 147 96% 0 1 730 108 3 31 588 94 15 6 2 10 9 0 4 5 0 14 1 1 2 13 85%
MLB Averages 3.99 4.51 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 PHA AL 31 4 19 1070 23 16 16 41% 21 12 2 3 0 1 5 0 66 22 0.99 0.90
1955 KCA AL 32 11 16 1467 21 21 19 50% 18 17 2 2 1 2 8 0 65 40 0.91 1.10
1956 KCA AL 33 0 2 91 2 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0.07 0.81
3 Seasons 15 37 2628 46 39 37 46% 41 31 4 5 1 3 13 0 138 66 0.91 1.00
MLB Averages 45% 1.15 1.13

* 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.

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