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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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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 Awards
1983 21 PIT NL 7 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .182 .167 .182 .348 -4 2 0 0 0 1 0 /8
1984 22 PIT NL 32 73 67 12 17 1 2 0 3 3 1 1 7 .254 .271 .328 .600 68 22 0 1 3 1 0 8/79
1985 23 PIT NL 121 436 397 54 119 14 6 0 21 24 11 26 27 .300 .342 .365 .707 99 145 5 1 9 3 3 *879 RoY-6
1986 24 PIT NL 138 437 401 60 100 19 6 2 19 24 11 28 38 .249 .299 .342 .641 75 137 4 1 6 1 2 *98/7
1988 26 BAL AL 125 416 379 48 109 21 3 8 27 9 8 23 30 .288 .331 .422 .753 113 160 7 3 8 3 2 *978
1989 27 BAL AL 123 446 390 59 111 22 5 7 55 5 3 41 35 .285 .351 .421 .771 121 164 8 2 7 6 6 *97/D
1990 28 BAL AL 124 465 413 49 111 14 3 11 57 6 8 46 48 .269 .343 .397 .740 110 164 7 1 4 1 9 *97/D
1991 29 BAL AL 143 521 486 57 135 22 1 5 43 6 2 28 45 .278 .321 .358 .679 91 174 9 4 0 3 1 *79/D8
1992 30 BAL AL 117 428 391 45 113 18 3 4 39 5 4 28 34 .289 .342 .381 .723 101 149 3 4 4 1 5 *97/D
1993 31 NYM NL 134 441 409 59 116 15 4 8 35 5 4 28 25 .284 .331 .399 .730 96 163 6 2 0 2 1 *789/3
1994 32 NYM NL 96 318 292 39 76 3 0 8 42 4 2 16 21 .260 .299 .353 .651 70 103 11 3 0 7 2 *978/3
1995 33 NYM NL 108 317 290 41 82 19 2 1 37 1 3 19 35 .283 .323 .372 .695 86 108 3 1 1 6 2 79/3
1996 34 FLA NL 120 234 217 23 48 6 1 2 19 1 1 16 38 .221 .274 .286 .559 50 62 4 0 0 1 1 798/3
1997 35 MON NL 106 170 150 13 34 12 1 1 7 0 1 18 17 .227 .310 .340 .650 71 51 2 0 2 0 0 793/D
14 Seasons 1494 4714 4293 559 1173 186 37 57 405 93 60 318 402 .273 .324 .374 .698 93 1604 69 23 44 36 34
162 Game Avg. 162 511 466 61 127 20 4 6 44 10 7 34 44 .273 .324 .374 .698 93 174 7 2 5 4 4
BAL (5 yrs) 632 2276 2059 258 579 97 15 35 221 31 25 166 192 .281 .337 .394 .731 107 811 34 14 23 14 23
PIT (4 yrs) 298 958 876 126 238 34 14 2 44 51 24 55 74 .272 .315 .349 .664 85 306 9 3 18 6 5
NYM (3 yrs) 338 1076 991 139 274 37 6 17 114 10 9 63 81 .276 .319 .377 .696 85 374 20 6 1 15 5
MON (1 yr) 106 170 150 13 34 12 1 1 7 0 1 18 17 .227 .310 .340 .650 71 51 2 0 2 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 120 234 217 23 48 6 1 2 19 1 1 16 38 .221 .274 .286 .559 50 62 4 0 0 1 1
NL (9 yrs) 862 2438 2234 301 594 89 22 22 184 62 35 152 210 .266 .312 .355 .667 81 793 35 9 21 22 11
AL (5 yrs) 632 2276 2059 258 579 97 15 35 221 31 25 166 192 .281 .337 .394 .731 107 811 34 14 23 14 23

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 PIT NL 21 CF 4 1 19.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -63.2 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 1.89 1.00 .975 2.79 2.38
1983 PIT NL 21 OF 4 1 19.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -63.2 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 1.89 1.00 .975 2.27 1.92
1984 PIT NL 22 OF 25 11 142.2 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 1.7 14.3 1.7 1.6 0.2 0 2.65 1.68 .979 2.27 1.91
1984 PIT NL 22 CF 12 8 87.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 31.7 2.3 1.0 1.4 0 2.79 2.25 .985 2.71 2.41
1984 PIT NL 22 LF 8 3 42.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -36.9 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 0 1.70 1.00 .975 2.02 1.52
1984 PIT NL 22 RF 5 0 13.1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 63.0 0.7 0.9 -0.2 0 4.72 1.40 .971 2.09 1.68
1985 PIT NL 23 OF 115 93 884.0 245 229 10 6 1 .976 -5.9 -8.0 -5.9 -5.4 -0.3 0 2.43 2.08 .979 2.20 1.88 RoY-6
1985 PIT NL 23 CF 72 63 561.0 162 150 8 4 1 .975 -4.2 -9.0 -5.2 -5.5 0.4 1 2.53 2.19 .981 2.66 2.26 RoY-6
1985 PIT NL 23 LF 41 15 192.2 50 47 1 2 0 .960 -0.9 -5.6 0.1 0.8 -0.7 -1 2.24 1.17 .978 1.92 1.50 RoY-6
1985 PIT NL 23 RF 16 15 130.1 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -7.4 -0.8 -0.7 0.0 0 1.93 1.75 .979 2.02 1.68 RoY-6
1986 PIT NL 24 OF 120 91 839.0 208 193 11 4 2 .981 -3.7 -5.3 -4.7 -6.4 1.7 1 2.19 1.70 .979 2.19 1.82
1986 PIT NL 24 RF 73 50 457.0 105 96 7 2 1 .981 1.3 3.4 0.3 -1.6 1.9 1 2.03 1.41 .977 1.99 1.63
1986 PIT NL 24 CF 46 35 336.1 90 87 2 1 1 .989 -4.4 -15.7 -4.4 -4.3 -0.2 0 2.38 1.93 .984 2.59 2.05
1986 PIT NL 24 LF 9 6 45.2 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -0.6 -15.8 -0.6 -0.5 0.0 0 2.17 1.22 .975 1.97 1.44
1988 BAL AL 26 OF 117 87 821.1 239 228 6 5 2 .979 -3.2 -4.7 1.8 0.2 1.4 -5 2.56 2.00 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 BAL AL 26 RF 76 49 478.1 140 131 4 5 2 .964 -1.7 -4.3 2.3 -1.3 3.5 -4 2.54 1.78 .974 2.24 1.89
1988 BAL AL 26 LF 37 29 257.0 69 69 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 0.5 1.1 0.2 0.8 -1 2.42 1.86 .977 2.26 1.85
1988 BAL AL 26 CF 14 9 86.0 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -22.3 -1.6 1.3 -2.9 0 2.93 2.00 .986 2.91 2.52
1989 BAL AL 27 OF 109 99 889.2 264 250 10 4 2 .985 -4.2 -5.7 -2.2 -3.8 1.6 -2 2.63 2.39 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 BAL AL 27 RF 91 80 719.1 220 210 7 3 1 .986 -1.6 -2.7 -0.6 -4.5 3.9 -1 2.72 2.38 .979 2.33 1.90
1989 BAL AL 27 LF 20 19 170.1 47 42 4 1 1 .979 -2.6 -18.3 -1.6 0.7 -2.3 -1 2.43 2.30 .977 2.16 1.83
1989 BAL AL 27 DH 5
1990 BAL AL 28 OF 109 100 874.0 275 267 5 3 2 .989 10.7 14.7 9.7 5.4 4.3 1 2.80 2.50 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 BAL AL 28 RF 80 70 631.1 207 202 3 2 1 .990 11.2 21.3 12.2 8.3 3.9 -1 2.92 2.56 .978 2.23 1.81
1990 BAL AL 28 LF 30 30 242.2 68 64 3 1 1 .985 -0.5 -2.5 -2.5 -2.9 0.4 2 2.48 2.23 .978 2.19 1.74
1990 BAL AL 28 DH 5
1991 BAL AL 29 OF 132 118 1055.0 296 273 22 1 4 .997 8.5 9.7 2.5 1.6 0.9 6 2.52 2.23 .983 2.37 2.03
1991 BAL AL 29 LF 85 78 651.1 174 161 13 0 2 1.000 4.9 9.0 0.9 2.8 -1.9 4 2.40 2.05 .978 2.17 1.72
1991 BAL AL 29 RF 67 40 397.2 120 110 9 1 2 .992 3.2 9.7 1.2 -1.2 2.4 2 2.69 1.78 .980 2.19 1.76
1991 BAL AL 29 DH 2
1991 BAL AL 29 CF 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 80.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1992 BAL AL 30 OF 110 98 917.1 241 228 9 4 1 .983 -6.2 -8.1 -4.2 -2.6 -1.6 -2 2.33 2.15 .983 2.47 2.17
1992 BAL AL 30 RF 98 88 812.1 214 203 8 3 1 .986 -2.1 -3.1 -1.1 -2.5 1.4 -1 2.34 2.15 .982 2.23 1.87
1992 BAL AL 30 LF 14 10 105.0 27 25 1 1 0 .963 -4.1 -46.9 -3.1 -0.1 -3.0 -1 2.23 1.86 .981 2.29 1.94
1992 BAL AL 30 DH 1
1993 NYM NL 31 OF 114 94 853.1 229 215 9 5 1 .978 -1.5 -2.1 -0.5 -3.2 2.7 -1 2.36 1.96 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 NYM NL 31 LF 66 49 458.1 124 115 4 5 0 .960 8.3 21.7 7.3 2.0 5.3 1 2.34 1.80 .975 2.11 1.69
1993 NYM NL 31 CF 39 34 283.1 79 77 2 0 1 1.000 -8.2 -34.7 -6.2 -4.4 -1.8 -2 2.51 2.03 .985 2.75 2.37
1993 NYM NL 31 RF 24 11 111.2 28 24 4 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -17.2 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 0 2.26 1.17 .975 2.17 1.78
1993 NYM NL 31 1B 4 1 12.2 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 28.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 12.08 4.25 .994 9.73 8.00
1994 NYM NL 32 OF 90 67 650.0 140 129 8 3 2 .979 -7.0 -12.9 -8.0 0.0 -8.0 1 1.90 1.52 .980 2.24 1.90
1994 NYM NL 32 RF 63 48 467.2 104 93 8 3 2 .971 -5.9 -15.1 -6.9 -0.5 -6.4 1 1.94 1.60 .975 2.18 1.82
1994 NYM NL 32 LF 18 8 82.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -14.6 -1.0 0.8 -1.8 0 1.54 0.78 .979 1.91 1.44
1994 NYM NL 32 CF 13 11 100.1 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 2.06 1.77 .983 2.63 2.40
1994 NYM NL 32 1B 6 1 14.0 19 19 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -8.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 12.21 3.17 .989 9.71 8.12
1995 NYM NL 33 OF 86 60 573.2 115 108 3 4 0 .965 -4.2 -8.8 -2.2 -0.9 -1.3 -2 1.74 1.29 .979 2.15 1.82
1995 NYM NL 33 LF 56 41 384.0 71 65 2 4 0 .944 -4.5 -14.1 -2.5 -0.7 -1.8 -2 1.57 1.20 .973 1.87 1.43
1995 NYM NL 33 RF 31 19 189.2 43 42 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 1.9 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 2.04 1.39 .977 2.08 1.76
1995 NYM NL 33 1B 1 0 3.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 144.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 10.80 4.00 1.000 9.72 8.40
1996 FLA NL 34 OF 59 37 355.1 87 77 6 4 0 .954 3.6 12.2 2.6 -1.2 3.8 1 2.10 1.41 .978 2.13 1.80
1996 FLA NL 34 LF 30 21 188.2 50 42 6 2 0 .960 3.6 22.9 1.6 0.8 0.8 2 2.29 1.60 .976 1.85 1.45
1996 FLA NL 34 RF 19 2 65.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -1.2 -22.2 -1.2 -2.0 0.8 0 2.22 0.84 .976 2.06 1.71
1996 FLA NL 34 CF 14 14 101.2 23 22 0 1 0 .957 1.2 14.2 2.2 0.0 2.2 -1 1.95 1.57 .983 2.48 2.13
1996 FLA NL 34 1B 2 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 2.50 1.000 9.54 8.35
1997 MON NL 35 OF 63 19 240.1 44 41 3 0 0 1.000 1.1 5.5 1.1 3.6 -2.5 0 1.65 0.70 .980 2.13 1.77
1997 MON NL 35 LF 37 5 97.1 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.2 39.5 2.2 4.0 -1.8 1 1.76 0.51 .979 1.95 1.48
1997 MON NL 35 RF 26 14 143.0 25 23 2 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -17.6 -1.1 -0.4 -0.7 -1 1.57 0.96 .976 2.04 1.64
1997 MON NL 35 1B 15 11 112.2 123 112 10 1 4 .992 1.0 10.7 1.0 -0.3 1.3 0 9.75 8.13 .993 9.52 8.16
1997 MON NL 35 DH 1
14 Seasons OF 1253 975 9114.2 2429 2281 105 43 17 .982 -11.3 -1.5 -9.3 -12.1 2.9 -2 2.36 1.90 .980 2.32 1.97
13 Seasons RF 669 486 4616.2 1258 1183 55 20 10 .984 -0.3 -0.1 3.7 -6.5 10.2 -4 2.41 1.85 .978 2.19 1.80
13 Seasons LF 451 314 2917.1 733 681 35 17 4 .977 4.6 1.9 0.6 7.6 -7.0 4 2.21 1.59 .977 2.08 1.63
9 Seasons CF 215 175 1580.2 437 416 15 6 3 .986 -15.6 -11.8 -13.6 -13.2 -0.3 -2 2.45 2.00 .983 2.67 2.26
5 Seasons 1B 28 13 147.2 168 154 13 1 6 .994 1.7 13.8 1.7 0.2 1.5 0 10.18 5.96 .993 9.56 8.15
5 Seasons DH 14
14 Seasons TOT 1286 988 9262.1 2599 2437 118 44 23 .983 -9.6 -1.2 -7.6 -11.9 4.4 -2 0 2.48 1.99 .964 2.42 2.07
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1994 NL--7--6th
1995 NL--6--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1983 NL--born 1962-05-31--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (2126), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed August 20, 1980.

November 6, 1987: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Baltimore Orioles for Terry Crowley Jr. (minors) and Rico Rossy.

October 28, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 11, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

March 26, 1997: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Dustin Hermanson to the Montreal Expos for Cliff Floyd.

October 6, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Pittsburgh Pirates$60,000
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$135,000
1988Baltimore Orioles$120,000
1989Baltimore Orioles$300,000
1990Baltimore Orioles$610,000
1991Baltimore Orioles$1,100,000
1992Baltimore Orioles$1,300,000
1993New York Mets$660,000
1994New York Mets$850,000
1995New York Mets$894,445
1996Florida Marlins$625,000
1997Montreal Expos$650,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,304,445
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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