Ernie Oravetz

Ernest Eugene Oravetz

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 4", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: January 24, 1932 in Johnstown, PA
High School: Johnstown (Johnstown, PA)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1955
Team: Senators 1955-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: December 3, 2006 in Tampa, FL
Buried: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1951	19	MIN-min	D	135	516	516		188	19	9	1						.364	.364	.442	.806		228						ORL · FLOR
1952	20	MIN-min	AA	144	559	559		171	24	8	2						.306	.306	.388	.694		217						CNG · SOUA
1955	23	WSH	AL	100	296	263	24	71	5	1	0	25	1	2	26	19	.270	.336	.297	.632	74	78	5	1	4	2	0	98
1956	24	WSH	AL	88	167	137	20	34	3	2	0	11	1	0	27	20	.248	.370	.299	.669	82	41	1	0	2	1	0	79/8
1957	25	MIN-min	AA	99	313	313		88	12	2	0						.281	.281	.332	.613		104						CNG · SOUA
1958	26	MIN-min	AA	132	493	493		158	17	5	1						.320	.320	.381	.702		188						CNG · SOUA
1959	27	MIN-min	AA	152	666	571	84	170	27	4	0	31	4		86	28	.298	.390	.359	.749		205		1	7	1	2	CNG · SOUA
1960	28	PHI-min	AA	152	690	600	87	196	26	2	0	42	5		90	26	.327	.414	.377	.791		226						CNG · SOUA
1961	29	LAD-MIN-min	AAA	130	509	458	61	131	18	6	1	50	3	4	51	16	.286	.358	.358	.716		164						SPO,SYR · PCL,IL
1962	30	MIN-TEX/NYM-min	A,AAA	105	461	383	65	119	14	3	1	25	7	1	66	17	.311	.412	.371	.782		142		1	9	2	5	CHR,SYR · SALL,IL
1963	31	MIN-min	AA	129	522	439	58	126	16	2	1	26	12	7	83	19	.287	.400	.339	.740		149						CHR · SALL
2 Seasons				188	463	400	44	105	8	3	0	36	2	2	53	39	.263	.348	.298	.645	77	119	6	1	6	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	399	345	38	90	7	3	0	31	2	2	46	34	.263	.348	.298	.645	77	103	5	1	5	3	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1955	23	WSH	AL	296	-8	-1	-2	1	-6	-2	8	-9	-0.9	-4	-0.4	-0.5	$	98
1956	24	WSH	AL	167	-3	1	0	1	-7	-1	5	-4	-0.4	3	0.3	-0.7	$	79/8
2 Seasons				463	-11	0	-2	2	-13	-3	13	-13	-1.3	-1	-0.1	-1.2	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1955	WSH	AL	23	OF	57	56	47	482.0	122	117	1	4	.967	-6	-15	2.20	2.07	.982	2.40	2.38
1955	WSH	AL	23	RF	42	39	35	342.1	63	62	1	0	1.000	-7	-26	1.66	1.50	.981	2.05	2.03
1955	WSH	AL	23	CF	17	17	12	139.2	58	54	0	4	.931	2	13	3.48	3.18	.985	2.87	2.85
1956	WSH	AL	24	OF	31	25	24	233.0	56	51	2	3	.946	-7	-36	2.05	1.71	.979	2.34	2.32
1956	WSH	AL	24	LF	21	17	16	149.0	27	23	2	2	.926	-6	-44	1.51	1.19	.977	2.10	2.09
1956	WSH	AL	24	RF	10	7	7	72.0	26	26	0	0	1.000	-0	-2	3.25	2.60	.973	2.09	2.07
1956	WSH	AL	24	CF	3	1	1	12.0	3	2	0	1	.667	-1	-140	1.50	0.67	.983	2.78	2.77
	2 Seasons			OF	88	81	71	715.0	178	168	3	7	.961	-13	-22	2.15	1.94	.981	2.38	2.36
	2 Seasons			RF	52	46	42	414.1	89	88	1	0	1.000	-8	-22	1.93	1.71	.979	2.06	2.04
	1 Season			LF	21	17	16	149.0	27	23	2	2	.926	-6	-44	1.51	1.19	.977	2.10	2.09
	2 Seasons			CF	20	18	13	151.2	61	56	0	5	.918	0	1	3.32	2.80	.985	2.86	2.84
	2 Seasons			TOT	88	81	71	715.0	178	168	3	7	.961	-13	-22	2.15	1.94	.981	2.38	2.36

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.
May 10, 1961: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Joe Altobelli and Ed Palmquist.

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