Ron Oester

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: May 5, 1956 in Cincinnati, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 9th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Withrow HS (Cincinnati, OH).

High School: Withrow HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: September 10, 1978 (Age 22-128d, 14,114th in major league history)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 34-151d)
vs. HOU 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Ed Keating

Full Name: Ronald John Oester

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1990 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

4214

1118

.265

458

RBI

344

OBP

.323

SLG

.356

OPS

.679

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 42 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 9 tying, 9 go ahead

1 Tm
CIN	42

Platoon
vs RHP	37
vs LHP	5

Home/Road
Home	22
Away	20

Outs
0	16
1	13
2	13

11 Opps
ATL	7
LAD	6
SDP	6
MON	4
CHC	4
NYM	3
PIT	3
SFG	3
HOU	3
STL	2
PHI	1

38 Pitchers
Phil Niekro	3
Ed Whitson	2
Doyle Alexander	2
John Montefusco	1
Pete Falcone	1
Floyd Chiffer	1
Charlie Kerfeld	1
Bob Welch	1
Orel Hershiser	1
Steve Rogers	1
Bobby Castillo	1
Tom Niedenfuer	1
Tommy Boggs	1
Joe Niekro	1
Ray Burris	1
Steve Bedrosian	1
Scott Holman	1
Fred Norman	1
Jon Perlman	1
Ron Darling	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Nolan Ryan	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Lee Tunnell	1
Alejandro Peña	1
Tom Hausman	1
Jim Winn	1
Rick Ownbey	1
John Tudor	1
Dave Stewart	1
Chuck Rainey	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Dave LaPoint	1
Dick Ruthven	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Renie Martin	1
Randy Jones	1
Rick Mahler	1

10 Parks
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	22
Qualcomm St (SAN)	4
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1

Where Hit
9	17
7	5
8	4
78	4
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	41
1	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	7
12-	2
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1
-2-	1

63 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	27
1 on	10
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	15

Inning
1	2
2	6
3	1
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	9
8	4
9	1
Extra	4

1-3	9
4-6	15
7-end	18

RelScore
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	6
-1	10
-2	4
-3	5
-4..	10

Ahead	7
Tied	6
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	41
0-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	40
SS	2

OrderPos
8th	16
7th	15
2nd	5
6th	5
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1980-07-28 (2)	CIN	@	MON	Fred Norman	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---		1	2	6	0.061	12%		Home Run (LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	1980-08-12	CIN	@	SDP	Randy Jones	behind 0-1	t 7	2	12-		3	8	4	0.545	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bench Scores; D. Concepción Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1981-06-02	CIN	@	SFG	Ed Whitson	behind 0-11	t 5	0	123		4	8	4	0.009	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Nolan Scores; R. Knight Scores; D. Driessen Scores
4	4	2	1	1981-08-15	CIN		SFG	Doyle Alexander	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---		1	8	4	0.124	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	1981-09-11	CIN		LAD	Alejandro Peña	tied 2-2	b 10	1	---		1	7	4	0.428	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	4	1	1981-09-13	CIN		LAD	Bobby Castillo	behind 1-4	b 8	0	---		1	7	4	0.072	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	5	1	1981-09-25	CIN	@	ATL	Tommy Boggs	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---		1	8	4	0.083	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1982-05-28	CIN	@	MON	Scott Sanderson	behind 0-3	t 6	2	1--		2	2	4	0.168	27%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Landestoy Scores
9	9	2	1	1982-05-30	CIN	@	MON	Bill Gullickson	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	2	4	0.120	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	3	1	1982-07-10 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	Dick Tidrow	behind 2-4	t 7	1	---		1	7	4	0.114	25%		Home Run (LF-CF)
11	11	4	1	1982-08-19	CIN		NYM	Tom Hausman	tied 1-1	b 10	0	-2-		2	7	4	0.196	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); M. Soto Scores
12	12	5	1	1982-09-07	CIN		LAD	Dave Stewart	behind 3-8	b 7	0	---		1	7	4	0.029	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	6	1	1982-09-15	CIN	@	SFG	Renie Martin	behind 0-1	t 5	2	1--		2	7	4	0.300	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Krenchicki Scores
14	14	7	1	1982-09-18	CIN		ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---		1	7	4	0.066	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	8	2	1982-09-18	CIN		ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---		1	7	4	0.052	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	9	1	1982-09-30	CIN	@	SDP	Floyd Chiffer	behind 3-4	t 6	0	---		1	7	6	0.178	50%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1983-04-04	CIN		ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 0-3	b 2	1	--3		2	6	4	0.133	41%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Bench Scores
18	18	2	1	1983-04-09	CIN		CHC	Chuck Rainey	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	12-		3	6	4	0.214	86%		Home Run; J. Bench Scores/unER; D. Driessen Scores/unER; R. Oester Scores/unER
19	19	3	1	1983-04-29	CIN	@	MON	Steve Rogers	behind 0-5	t 4	1	---		1	6	4	0.037	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	4	1	1983-05-08	CIN	@	NYM	Scott Holman	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	1-3		3	6	4	0.136	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Concepción Scores; D. Driessen Scores
21	21	5	1	1983-05-26	CIN		PIT	Lee Tunnell	behind 1-6	b 6	0	---		1	5	4	0.038	9%		Home Run
22	22	6	1	1983-06-25	CIN		ATL	Pete Falcone	behind 1-8	b 7	1	---		1	7	4	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	7	1	1983-08-01	CIN	@	LAD	Bob Welch	behind 1-2	t 7	0	---		1	7	4	0.208	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	8	1	1983-08-04	CIN	@	LAD	Tom Niedenfuer	tied 3-3	t 11	0	---		1	7	4	0.349	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
25	25	9	1	1983-08-07	CIN	@	SDP	Ed Whitson	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	1--		2	6	4	0.141	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Driessen Scores
26	26	10	1	1983-08-13	CIN		SDP	John Montefusco	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---		1	7	4	0.117	53%		Home Run (Deep CF)
27	27	11	1	1983-08-17	CIN		HOU	Nolan Ryan	behind 0-3	b 2	2	1--		2	7	4	0.179	39%		Home Run; N. Esasky Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1984-08-10 (1)	CIN		HOU	Joe Niekro	behind 3-4	b 7	1	---		1	2	4	0.246	55%		Home Run
29	29	2	1	1984-08-28 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	Dick Ruthven	behind 0-5	t 6	0	---		1	2	4	0.033	8%		Home Run
30	30	3	1	1984-09-02	CIN		PIT	John Tudor	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---		1	7	4	0.115	64%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1985-09-06	CIN	@	CHC	Jon Perlman	ahead 5-4	t 5	2	1--		2	8	4	0.207	82%		Home Run; B. Díaz Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1986-05-08	CIN		ATL	Rick Mahler	behind 4-6	b 4	1	---		1	8	4	0.119	39%		Home Run (Deep CF)
33	33	2	1	1986-05-15	CIN	@	PHI	Steve Bedrosian	behind 3-5	t 9	1	1-3		3	8	4	0.656	83%		Home Run; D. Concepción Scores; T. Runnells Scores
34	34	3	1	1986-05-18	CIN		PIT	Jim Winn	ahead 5-3	b 8	2	1--		2	8	4	0.052	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Butera Scores/unER; R. Oester Scores/unER
35	35	4	1	1986-05-30	CIN		STL	Ray Burris	behind 1-3	b 5	1	1--		2	8	4	0.254	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Díaz Scores
36	36	5	2	1986-05-30	CIN		STL	Rick Ownbey	ahead 4-3	b 7	0	---		1	8	4	0.098	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	6	1	1986-08-17	CIN		SDP	LaMarr Hoyt	behind 4-8	b 6	2	---		1	8	4	0.049	11%		Home Run
38	38	7	1	1986-09-21	CIN		LAD	Orel Hershiser	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---		1	8	4	0.308	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	8	1	1986-09-26	CIN	@	SDP	Dave LaPoint	behind 4-5	t 4	1	---		1	8	4	0.136	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1987-04-24	CIN	@	HOU	Charlie Kerfeld	tied 2-2	t 11	2	--3		2	8	4	0.432	92%		Home Run; L. García Scores
41	41	2	1	1987-06-20	CIN	@	ATL	Doyle Alexander	behind 4-8	t 7	2	---		1	8	4	0.033	7%		Home Run
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1989-05-10	CIN		NYM	Ron Darling	behind 2-3	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	4	0.149	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)