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Joe Orsulak
Joseph Michael Orsulak
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: May 31, 1962 in Glen Ridge, NJ
High School: Parsippany (Parsippany, NJ)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed August 20, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1983
Final Game: September 25, 1997
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Career Home Runs

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

Joe Orsulak: 57 Career Home Runs

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 23 go ahead
5 Tms
BAL35
NYM17
PIT2
FLA2
MON1
 
vs RHP57
 
Home29
Away28
 
Leverage
High Lev13
Medium Lev22
Low Lev22
24 Opps
LAD5
FLA5
CHW5
TEX4
NYY4
CAL3
SEA3
DET3
KCR3
MIL3
MIN2
COL2
OAK2
HOU2
TOR2
SFG1
STL1
SDP1
CHC1
NYM1
48 Pitchers
Scott Sanderson3
Jack McDowell2
Walt Terrell2
Charlie Hough2
Mike Jackson2
Mike Moore2
Eric King2
Tom Gordon2
Kurt Miller1
Curt Schilling1
Gary Mielke1
Terry Mathews1
Jaime Navarro1
Cal Eldred1
Pedro Astacio1
Bill Wegman1
Eric Hetzel1
Doyle Alexander1
Xavier Hernandez1
Kevin Brown1
21 Parks
Memor. Stad15
Shea Stad11
County Stad3
Dodger Stad3
Dolphin Stad3
Yankee Stad2
Arlington2
Kingdome2
Tiger Stad2
Camden Yards2
Angel Stad2
Comiskey Pk1
US Cellular1
Stade Olymp.1
Fenway Pk1
Astrodome1
Wrigley Fld1
SkyDome1
Busch Stad1
KauffmanStad1
Where Hit
948
895
Unk3
71
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
316
212
58
47
17
7+3
62
Unk2
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms53
2·HR gms2
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
2nd14
6th13
1st12
5th5
4th5
3rd4
7th2
8th2
Outs
023
220
114
 
DefPos
RF26
LF16
CF9
PH4
1B2
Bases
---34
1--8
12-5
-2-3
1-33
1232
--31
-231
 
93 RBI
RISP15
0 on34
1 on12
2 on9
3 on2
Any on23
Inning
19
26
34
49
58
64
77
88
91
Extra1
 
1-319
4-621
7-end17
RelScore
+4..3
+31
+24
+19
Tied21
-15
-24
-33
-4..7
 
Ahead17
Tied21
Behind19
Before event, for batter
Count
1-09
1-19
0-07
3-25
3-15
2-05
1-24
0-13
0-22
Unk2
2-12
2-22
3-02

Play By Play

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1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1986-04-19 PIT @ CHC Scott Sanderson ahead 6-2 t 4 2 --- 1 2 8 5% 91% Home Run
2 2 2 1 1986-07-09 PIT @ SDP Lance McCullers tied 3-3 t 5 0 --- 1 1 8 15% 65% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1988 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
3 3 1 1 1988-07-03 BAL @ TEX Jose Guzman behind 0-13 t 8 1 --- 3,(2-0)  1 1 7 0% 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4 4 2 1 1988-08-13 BAL @ MIL Bill Wegman ahead 2-0 t 7 2 12- 3,(1-1)  3 1 7 15% 97% Home Run; Kennedy Scores; Ripken Scores
5 5 3 1 1988-08-21 BAL CAL Willie Fraser behind 0-2 b 6 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 9 14% 38% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
6 6 4 1 1988-08-24 (2) BAL SEA Mike Moore behind 1-2 b 5 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 9 17% 51% Home Run
7 7 5 1 1988-08-30 BAL @ CAL Jack Lazorko ahead 4-2 t 4 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 1 9 9% 83% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
8 8 6 1 1988-09-02 BAL @ SEA Mike Moore tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 6,(3-2)  1 1 9 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run
9 9 7 1 1988-09-04 BAL @ SEA Mike Jackson ahead 4-3 t 7 2 --3 3,(1-1)  2 1 9 20% 88% Home Run; Kennedy Scores
10 10 8 1 1988-09-09 BAL TOR Jim Clancy behind 0-2 b 1 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 9 10% 44% Lead-Off Home Run
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
11 11 1 1 1989-04-11 BAL @ KCR Tom Gordon behind 3-6 t 8 1 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 3 PH 12% 19% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Bradley Scores
12 12 2 1 1989-06-25 BAL @ CAL Kirk McCaskill behind 0-2 t 2 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 5 9 10% 37% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13 13 3 1 1989-07-31 BAL @ BOS Eric Hetzel tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 6 9 10% 60% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
14 14 4 1 1989-08-15 BAL @ DET Doyle Alexander tied 0-0 t 4 2 --- 3,(2-0)  1 5 9 14% 59% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15 15 5 1 1989-08-26 BAL @ NYY Walt Terrell ahead 3-2 t 5 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 4 9 12% 76% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16 16 6 2 1989-08-26 BAL @ NYY Walt Terrell ahead 4-2 t 7 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 4 9 8% 90% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
17 17 7 1 1989-09-26 BAL @ MIL Jaime Navarro behind 1-7 t 8 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 2 9 1% 1% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Hulett Scores
1990 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
18 18 1 1 1990-04-22 BAL DET Jack Morris behind 0-2 b 7 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 7 9 14% 35% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19 19 2 1 1990-05-18 BAL TEX Gary Mielke ahead 9-0 b 6 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 4 9 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20 20 3 1 1990-05-22 BAL MIN Kevin Tapani tied 1-1 b 2 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 9 11% 66% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21 21 4 2 1990-05-22 BAL MIN Juan Berenguer ahead 6-2 b 5 2 12- 1,(0-0)  3 6 9 5% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Ripken Scores; Tettleton Scores
22 22 5 1 1990-05-23 BAL CHW Eric King behind 0-3 b 4 1 12- 3,(1-1)  3 6 9 29% 53% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Ripken Scores; Tettleton Scores
23 23 6 1 1990-05-24 BAL CHW Jack McDowell behind 1-5 b 4 1 --- 5,(3-1)  1 6 9 6% 17% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24 24 7 1 1990-07-03 BAL @ TEX Bobby Witt tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 9,(3-2)  1 2 7 10% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25 25 8 1 1990-07-08 BAL @ CHW Eric King tied 2-2 t 5 2 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 2 7 27% 74% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Devereaux Scores
26 26 9 1 1990-07-17 BAL TEX Kevin Brown tied 1-1 b 4 2 1-3 5,(3-1)  3 2 9 29% 85% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Worthington Scores; Bradley Scores
27 27 10 1 1990-08-03 BAL KCR Tom Gordon ahead 3-0 b 2 2 -2- 6,(3-2)  2 2 7 9% 92% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Finley Scores
28 28 11 1 1990-08-19 BAL OAK Scott Sanderson ahead 1-0 b 5 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 2 7 17% 88% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Anderson Scores
1991 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
29 29 1 1 1991-04-23 BAL @ CHW Jack McDowell behind 1-10 t 8 0 1-- 3,(2-0)  2 2 7 0% 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Devereaux Scores; Orsulak Scores
30 30 2 1 1991-05-14 BAL OAK Joe Slusarski ahead 1-0 b 1 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 4 9 10% 71% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Orsulak Scores
31 31 3 1 1991-06-16 BAL @ TOR Duane Ward ahead 9-8 t 7 0 123 3,(0-2)  4 6 PH 12% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Ripken Scores; Milligan Scores; Gomez Scores; Orsulak Scores
32 32 4 1 1991-09-06 BAL KCR Bret Saberhagen behind 0-1 b 3 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 2 7 13% 53% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Orsulak Scores
33 33 5 1 1991-09-11 BAL NYY Wade Taylor tied 0-0 b 2 1 1-- 4,(1-2)  2 6 7 19% 74% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Davis Scores; Orsulak Scores
1992 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
34 34 1 1 1992-06-11 BAL @ DET Bill Gullickson ahead 1-0 t 1 2 1-3 4,(1-2)  3 6 9 22% 82% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Horn Scores; Milligan Scores; Orsulak Scores
35 35 2 1 1992-07-08 BAL CHW Charlie Hough tied 3-3 b 8 1 --- 5,(2-2)  1 6 9 30% 86% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Orsulak Scores
36 36 3 1 1992-09-08 BAL NYY Scott Sanderson behind 1-5 b 3 0 -2- 5,(3-1)  2 1 7 11% 32% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); McLemore Scores; Orsulak Scores
37 37 4 1 1992-09-18 BAL @ MIL Cal Eldred behind 0-7 t 5 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 9 1% 3% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Orsulak Scores
1993 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
38 38 1 1 1993-05-07 NYM FLA Charlie Hough ahead 1-0 b 3 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 2 8 11% 74% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
39 39 2 1 1993-05-12 NYM @ STL Omar Olivares tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 2 8 10% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40 40 3 1 1993-06-06 NYM @ HOU Doug Drabek tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 5,(1-2)  1 5 8 11% 61% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
41 41 4 1 1993-06-11 NYM PHI Curt Schilling ahead 1-0 b 4 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 8 11% 77% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42 42 5 1 1993-07-25 NYM @ LAD Ramon Martinez tied 0-0 t 6 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 2 8 17% 67% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
43 43 6 1 1993-07-28 NYM FLA Jack Armstrong tied 0-0 b 1 1 --- 3,(2-0)  1 2 7 10% 63% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
44 44 7 1 1993-08-28 NYM COL Armando Reynoso tied 0-0 b 3 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 7 12% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45 45 8 1 1993-08-30 NYM HOU Xavier Hernandez tied 4-4 b 8 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 1 7 26% 87% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1994 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
46 46 1 1 1994-04-20 NYM @ LAD Kevin Gross behind 0-1 t 4 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 3 7 13% 50% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
47 47 2 1 1994-05-01 NYM LAD Pedro Astacio behind 1-2 b 5 0 12- 2,(1-0)  3 3 3 26% 81% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Vizcaino Scores; Burnitz Scores
48 48 3 1 1994-05-03 NYM SFG Mike Jackson behind 1-4 b 7 1 123 4,(1-2)  4 8 PH 50% 77% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Bonilla Scores; Burnitz Scores; Segui Scores
49 49 4 1 1994-05-10 NYM @ MON John Wetteland tied 2-2 t 10 2 --- 3,(0-2)  1 6 7 41% 80% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50 50 5 1 1994-05-17 NYM FLA Pat Rapp behind 1-2 b 6 0 --- 7,(3-2)  1 3 9 18% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51 51 6 1 1994-06-16 NYM @ FLA Kurt Miller tied 0-0 t 1 2 1-- 5,(2-2)  2 4 9 18% 65% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Stinnett Scores
52 52 7 1 1994-06-24 NYM PIT Mark Dewey behind 1-9 b 9 0 12- 1,(0-0)  3 6 9 1% 1% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Bonilla Scores; Kent Scores
53 53 8 1 1994-07-10 NYM @ LAD Ismael Valdez ahead 3-1 t 8 2 1-- 4,(3-0)  2 5 8 11% 96% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); McReynolds Scores
1995 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
54 54 1 1 1995-08-07 NYM FLA Terry Mathews tied 2-2 b 7 2 1-3 4,(3-0)  3 7 PH 35% 94% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Everett Scores; Vizcaino Scores
1996 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
55 55 1 1 1996-04-20 FLA LAD Hideo Nomo tied 0-0 b 1 0 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 2 8 13% 73% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Veras Scores; Orsulak Scores
56 56 2 1 1996-08-14 FLA COL Curt Leskanic tied 1-1 b 8 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 6 7 26% 87% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1997 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
57 57 1 1 1997-06-02 MON @ NYM Mark Clark ahead 1-0 t 4 2 -23 7,(3-2)  3 8 3 23% 87% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Fletcher Scores/unER; Santangelo Scores/unER; Orsulak Scores/unER

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