Ron Oester
Ronald John Oester
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 5, 1956 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Withrow (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 9th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1978
Final Game: October 3, 1990
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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 Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 CIN NL 22 SS 6 1 22.0 12 3 9 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -10.9 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 4.91 2.00 .967 4.87 4.25
1979 CIN NL 23 SS 2 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 5.40 1.50 .967 5.04 4.50
1980 CIN NL 24 2B 79 71 617.1 345 144 194 7 42 .980 -1.3 -2.5 -2.3 -0.3 -1.9 1 4.93 4.28 .980 5.49 4.71 RoY-4
1980 CIN NL 24 SS 17 8 93.1 45 16 27 2 4 .956 -0.9 -11.6 -0.9 -1.5 0.6 0 4.15 2.53 .967 5.01 4.30 RoY-4
1980 CIN NL 24 3B 3 1 16.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -0.4 -30.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 2.25 1.33 .960 2.87 2.40 RoY-4
1981 CIN NL 25 2B 103 100 874.2 541 202 328 11 61 .980 8.0 11.0 7.0 4.3 2.7 1 5.45 5.15 .982 5.52 4.72
1981 CIN NL 25 SS 9 2 35.2 24 11 13 0 3 1.000 1.7 57.2 1.7 -0.1 1.8 0 6.06 2.67 .958 5.10 4.44
1982 CIN NL 26 2B 118 109 952.0 600 258 325 17 72 .972 -4.5 -5.7 -4.5 -8.0 3.5 0 5.51 4.94 .978 5.42 4.75
1982 CIN NL 26 SS 29 20 203.2 99 37 60 2 11 .980 -2.5 -14.7 -2.5 -1.9 -0.6 0 4.29 3.34 .967 5.01 4.38
1982 CIN NL 26 3B 13 10 90.0 30 9 18 3 4 .900 -1.8 -24.0 -1.8 -1.1 -0.6 0 2.70 2.08 .953 2.77 2.43
1983 CIN NL 27 2B 154 152 1344.1 745 315 413 17 80 .977 -5.2 -4.6 -6.2 -4.0 -2.3 1 4.87 4.73 .978 5.34 4.46
1984 CIN NL 28 2B 147 140 1256.0 760 357 388 15 75 .980 -9.5 -9.1 -5.5 -8.8 3.3 -4 5.34 5.07 .979 5.41 4.71
1984 CIN NL 28 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
1985 CIN NL 29 2B 149 148 1321.1 832 366 457 9 100 .989 13.8 12.5 12.8 5.2 7.6 1 5.61 5.52 .982 5.47 4.82
1986 CIN NL 30 2B 151 148 1333.0 861 367 475 19 100 .978 4.4 4.0 6.4 2.4 3.9 -2 5.68 5.58 .980 5.21 4.54
1987 CIN NL 31 2B 69 66 593.0 379 183 186 10 37 .974 -1.2 -2.4 -1.2 -1.4 0.1 0 5.60 5.35 .982 5.19 4.44
1988 CIN NL 32 2B 49 40 359.2 213 108 104 1 24 .995 2.2 7.3 3.2 2.5 0.7 -1 5.30 4.33 .980 5.22 4.58
1988 CIN NL 32 SS 5 2 29.0 11 2 9 0 2 1.000 0.2 8.3 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 3.41 2.20 .964 4.62 4.00
1989 CIN NL 33 2B 102 85 763.2 457 211 239 7 42 .985 -0.6 -0.9 1.4 1.1 0.3 -2 5.30 4.41 .981 5.12 4.43
1989 CIN NL 33 SS 2 2 18.0 14 4 10 0 2 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 7.00 7.00 .964 4.50 3.90
1990 CIN NL 34 2B 50 33 338.1 171 80 88 3 14 .982 -3.8 -13.5 -1.8 -2.7 0.9 -2 4.47 3.36 .983 5.01 4.28
1990 CIN NL 34 3B 3 1 15.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0.5 -40.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.20 0.67 .967 2.76 2.30
11 Seasons 2B 1171 1092 9753.1 5904 2591 3197 116 647 .980 2.3 0.3 9.3 -9.7 18.8 -7 5.34 4.94 .980 5.34 4.61
8 Seasons SS 71 35 407.2 208 74 130 4 24 .981 -1.6 -4.7 -1.6 -4.1 2.5 0 4.50 2.87 .965 4.96 4.32
3 Seasons 3B 19 12 121.0 38 10 23 5 4 .868 -2.7 -26.8 -2.7 -1.2 -1.4 0 2.45 1.74 .955 2.78 2.41
13 Seasons TOT 1261 1139 10282.0 6150 2675 3350 125 675 .980 -2.0 -0.2 5.0 -15.0 19.9 -7 5.27 4.78 .959 5.30 4.56
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1978 CIN NL 22 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 CIN NL 23 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1980 CIN NL 24 100 80 100 89 0 0 0 80 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1981 CIN NL 25 105 102 105 105 0 0 0 103 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 CIN NL 26 151 139 151 147 0 0 0 118 14 29 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1983 CIN NL 27 157 152 157 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1984 CIN NL 28 150 140 150 147 0 0 0 147 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1985 CIN NL 29 152 148 152 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1986 CIN NL 30 153 148 153 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1987 CIN NL 31 69 66 69 69 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 CIN NL 32 54 42 54 52 0 0 0 49 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1989 CIN NL 33 109 87 109 104 0 0 0 102 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1990 CIN NL 34 64 34 64 53 0 0 0 50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
13 Seasons 1276 1139 1276 1228 0 0 0 1172 20 71 0 0 0 0 0 61 12
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 -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1980 CIN NL 24 2705 55% 79% 25% 236 93% 0 139 47 59 33 191 163 27 0 2 7 0 6 1 3 42 13 7 16 1 37 17 20 2 0 2
1981 CIN NL 25 3879 51% 76% 26% 418 92% 0 208 84 87 37 331 281 47 1 3 11 0 7 4 8 64 18 11 26 3 59 30 29 4 2 2
1982 CIN NL 26 4273 56% 75% 24% 385 95% 1 249 84 117 49 329 290 31 0 3 17 1 15 1 13 71 20 17 22 2 64 25 39 5 4 1
1983 CIN NL 27 6003 51% 75% 23% 507 94% 2 321 126 125 70 419 364 34 0 6 18 1 15 2 13 83 32 14 19 5 73 24 46 10 7 3
1984 CIN NL 28 5649 59% 76% 22% 482 98% 1 352 135 133 84 387 339 35 0 9 15 1 12 2 11 76 28 9 17 4 59 21 38 12 5 5
1985 CIN NL 29 5757 58% 77% 24% 544 99% 0 367 145 151 71 464 408 42 0 6 10 0 10 0 6 100 31 29 19 9 91 28 60 8 4 4
1986 CIN NL 30 5915 61% 78% 30% 566 94% 7 361 118 151 93 481 409 51 4 4 19 1 12 6 9 99 27 21 24 10 85 33 50 12 9 3
1987 CIN NL 31 2625 58% 79% 26% 252 94% 0 177 78 62 37 184 159 21 0 2 10 0 6 4 6 36 14 5 13 0 32 13 19 2 2 0
1988 CIN NL 32 1485 70% 77% 32% 136 93% 0 107 41 50 16 103 87 14 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 25 8 7 4 2 23 6 16 2 0 2
1989 CIN NL 33 3423 62% 76% 31% 308 95% 1 208 81 81 46 240 209 25 0 6 7 0 6 1 4 41 15 10 11 1 38 12 26 2 1 1
1990 CIN NL 34 1498 52% 75% 29% 116 93% 0 77 25 33 19 88 74 12 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 13 2 2 6 1 11 7 4 2 0 2
11 Seasons 43212 57% 77% 26% 3950 95% 12 2566 964 1049 555 3217 2783 339 5 45 118 4 92 22 75 650 208 132 177 38 572 216 347 61 34 25
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 CIN NL 22 92 65% 68% 25% 9 100% 0 3 2 1 0 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1979 CIN NL 23 21 86% 81% 38% 3 67% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CIN NL 24 407 71% 77% 21% 37 95% 0 16 9 6 1 29 26 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 3 2 0 0 0
1981 CIN NL 25 132 55% 70% 25% 21 95% 0 12 9 3 0 13 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1982 CIN NL 26 885 61% 76% 21% 82 85% 0 35 18 12 5 57 42 14 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 11 4 0 4 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 1
1984 CIN NL 28 3 0% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CIN NL 32 117 71% 67% 25% 12 83% 0 2 2 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1989 CIN NL 33 83 41% 77% 33% 10 90% 0 4 0 4 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1740 63% 75% 23% 174 89% 0 73 40 27 6 129 102 25 0 0 4 1 2 1 2 25 8 2 8 1 3 23 11 12 2 1 1
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1980 CIN NL 24 77 45% 75% 19% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CIN NL 26 426 40% 77% 25% 33 73% 0 9 6 0 3 18 13 5 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 2 100%
1990 CIN NL 34 56 45% 70% 30% 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
3 Seasons 559 42% 76% 25% 41 71% 0 10 6 1 3 23 16 6 0 2 5 0 5 0 5 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 3 67%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 89% 70%

* 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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