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Keith Osik \OH-sik\

Keith Richard Osik

Positions: Catcher and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 22, 1968 in Port Jefferson, NY
High Schools: Shoreham-Wading River HS (Shoreham-Wading River, NY), Wading River HS (Wading River, NY)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 24th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 17, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1996 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Brewers/Orioles/Nationals 1996-2005

Final Game: October 1, 2005 (Age 36)
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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
1990	21	PIT-min	A-	29	114	97	13	27	4	0	1	20	2	6	11	12	.278	.354	.351	.704		34		2	1	3	1		WLD · NYPL
1991	22	PIT-min	A+,AA	104	394	343	40	94	15	2	6	40	2	3	43	53	.274	.358	.382	.740		131	14	3	3	2	0		SAL,CAR · CARL,SOUL
1992	23	PIT-min	AA	129	496	425	41	110	17	1	5	45	2	9	52	69	.259	.357	.339	.696		144	12	15	0	4	1		CAR · SOUL
1993	24	PIT-min	AA	103	415	371	47	104	21	2	10	47	0	2	30	46	.280	.348	.429	.777		159	13	9	4	1	1		CAR · SOUL
1994	25	PIT-min	AAA	83	293	260	27	55	16	0	5	33	0	1	28	41	.212	.294	.331	.624		86	5	3	0	2	0		BFL · AA
1995	26	PIT-min	AAA	90	331	301	40	101	25	1	10	59	2	2	21	42	.336	.384	.525	.909		158	5	5	0	4	2		CGY · PCL
1996	27	PIT-min	A-	3	12	10	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.300	.417	.400	.817		4	0	1	0	0	0		ERI · NYPL
1996	27	PIT	NL	48	156	140	18	41	14	1	1	14	1	0	14	22	.293	.361	.429	.790	106	60	3	1	1	0	1	2/57
1997	28	PIT	NL	49	117	105	10	27	9	1	0	7	0	1	9	21	.257	.322	.362	.684	77	38	1	1	2	0	1	2/435
1998	29	PIT	NL	39	116	98	8	21	4	0	0	7	1	2	13	16	.214	.316	.255	.571	52	25	4	2	2	1	2	2/5
1999	30	PIT-min	AAA	4	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.167	.091	.258		1	0	1	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
1999	30	PIT	NL	66	181	167	12	31	3	1	2	13	0	0	11	30	.186	.239	.251	.490	25	42	8	1	1	1	0	2/1
2000	31	PIT	NL	46	143	123	11	36	6	1	4	22	3	0	14	11	.293	.387	.455	.843	113	56	2	5	1	0	0	25/3D1
2001	32	PIT	NL	56	137	120	9	25	4	0	2	13	1	0	13	24	.208	.299	.292	.591	53	35	1	3	0	1	0	2/3549
2002	33	PIT	NL	55	111	100	6	16	3	0	2	11	0	0	6	25	.160	.211	.250	.461	20	25	2	1	2	2	0	2/5347
2003	34	MIL	NL	80	275	241	22	60	12	0	2	21	0	1	31	44	.249	.342	.324	.665	77	78	7	3	0	0	0	2
2004	35	TBD-FLA-min	AAA	45	157	138	11	30	3	1	2	13	0	0	11	17	.217	.281	.297	.578		41	7	2	4	2	1		DHM,ABQ · IL,PCL
2004	35	BAL	AL	11	25	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.080	.080	.080	.160	-58	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
2005	36	WSN-min	AAA	17	50	44	3	9	2	0	0	3	1	0	4	7	.205	.265	.250	.515		11	2	0	1	1	0		NOR · PCL
2005	36	WSN	NL	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
10 Yrs				456	1265	1123	96	259	55	4	13	108	6	4	111	202	.231	.308	.321	.630	64	361	29	17	9	5	4
162 Game Avg.				162	449	399	34	92	20	1	5	38	2	1	39	72	.231	.308	.321	.630	64	128	10	6	3	2	1

PIT (7 yrs)				359	961	853	74	197	43	4	11	87	6	3	80	149	.231	.306	.329	.635	64	281	21	14	9	5	4
WSN (1 yr)				6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				11	25	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.080	.080	.080	.160	-58	2	1	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				80	275	241	22	60	12	0	2	21	0	1	31	44	.249	.342	.324	.665	77	78	7	3	0	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				445	1240	1098	96	257	55	4	13	108	6	4	111	195	.234	.313	.327	.640	66	359	28	17	9	5	4
AL (1 yr)				11	25	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.080	.080	.080	.160	-58	2	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1996	27	PIT	NL	48	156	1	0	0	-2	2	2	0.1	5	6	0.6	.503	.501	0.8	-0.0	8	$109,000	2/57
1997	28	PIT	NL	49	117	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.1	0.2	2	$175,000	2/435
1998	29	PIT	NL	39	116	-7	-2	-1	1	2	-6	-0.7	4	-3	-0.4	.483	.496	-0.4	0.3	-4	$275,000	2/5
1999	30	PIT	NL	66	181	-20	-1	-1	1	3	-18	-1.9	6	-13	-1.3	.472	.489	-1.4	0.3	-14	$350,000	2/1
2000	31	PIT	NL	46	143	3	1	-0	-4	1	2	0.1	4	6	0.6	.503	.501	0.9	-0.2	10	$400,000	25/3D1
2001	32	PIT	NL	56	137	-7	-1	1	-1	2	-7	-0.7	4	-2	-0.3	.488	.496	-0.2	0.0	-1	$887,500	2/3549
2002	33	PIT	NL	55	111	-10	0	0	0	1	-8	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.485	.495	-0.6	0.2	-5	$625,000	2/5347
2003	34	MIL	NL	80	275	-5	-2	-0	5	5	2	0.2	9	11	1.0	.503	.501	0.5	0.9	6	$455,000	2
2004	35	BAL	AL	11	25	-6	-0	-0	1	0	-5	-0.4	1	-4	-0.4	.458	.497	-0.5	0.2	-5	$500,000	2
2005	36	WSN	NL	6	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1		/2
10 Seasons				456	1265	-57	-5	0	2	18	-41	-4.5	39	-1	-0.6	.491	.497	-0.8	1.8	-3	$3,776,500

PIT (7 yrs)				359	961	-45	-2	0	-4	13	-37	-4.1	30	-7	-1.2	.489	.497	-0.7	0.7	-4	$2,821,500
WSN (1 yr)				6	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1
BAL (1 yr)				11	25	-6	-0	-0	1	0	-5	-0.4	1	-4	-0.4	.458	.497	-0.5	0.2	-5	$500,000
MIL (1 yr)				80	275	-5	-2	-0	5	5	2	0.2	9	11	1.0	.503	.501	0.5	0.9	6	$455,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1992	23	PIT-min	AA	0		0.00	2	2	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	10		0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	10.1		CAR · SOUL
1994	25	PIT-min	AAA	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4		3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	13.5		BFL · AA
1995	26	PIT-min	AAA	0		4.50	2	1	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	8		1.000	4.5	4.5	4.5	13.5	3.00	CGY · PCL
1999	30	PIT	NL	0		36.00	1	1	1.0	2	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	8	17	4.000	18.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2000	31	PIT	NL	0		45.00	1	1	1.0	5	5	5	1	0	1	2	1	10	14	5.000	45.0	9.0	0.0	9.0
2 Yrs				0		40.50	2	2	2.0	7	9	9	1	2	2	3	1	18	15	4.500	31.5	4.5	9.0	9.0	1.00
162 Game Avg.				0		40.50	68	68	68	238	306	306	34	68	68	102	34	612	15	4.500	31.5	4.5	9.0	9.0	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1999	30	PIT	NL	1.0	1	4	36.00	5.05	0.03	-0.38	96.0	4.46	-4	-0.3	.0	0.1	-0.1	-3	.246	.498	$350,000
2000	31	PIT	NL	1.0	1	5	45.00	5.50	-0.80	-0.41	100.0	5.89	-4	-0.3	.0	0.1	-0.1	-4	.209	.498	$400,000
2 Seasons				2.0	2	9	40.50	5.27	-0.39	-0.40	98.0	5.17	-8	-0.5	.0	0.3	-0.3	-8	.228	.498	$750,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1996	PIT	NL	27	C	41	39	29	336.2	264	235	23	6	2	.977	-3		-11		6.90	6.29	.989	7.50	7.45	1	18	43	15	26%	28%	1
1996	PIT	NL	27	3B	2	0	0	3.0	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	1		240		9.00	1.50	.947	2.70	2.70
1996	PIT	NL	27	LF	2	1	1	12.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0		40		0.75	0.50	.980	1.88	1.85
1996	PIT	NL	27	OF	2	1	1	12.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0		40		0.75	0.50	.980	2.10	2.10
1997	PIT	NL	28	C	32	23	20	218.0	175	160	13	2	3	.989	0		0		7.14	5.41	.990	7.68	7.62	4	12	14	10	42%	32%	0
1997	PIT	NL	28	2B	4	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0		0		3.60	0.50	.980	5.04	5.03
1997	PIT	NL	28	1B	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		240		9.00	2.00	.995	9.45	9.40
1997	PIT	NL	28	3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
1998	PIT	NL	29	C	26	20	19	192.1	155	143	12	0	1	1.000	1		6		7.25	5.96	.990	7.51	7.47	4	5	12	7	37%	32%	0
1998	PIT	NL	29	3B	7	7	7	64.2	28	9	18	1	4	.964	0		2		3.76	3.86	.957	2.73	2.71
1999	PIT	NL	30	C	50	43	33	382.2	312	289	22	1	4	.997	1		3		7.31	6.22	.990	7.41	7.35	1	16	27	12	31%	29%	0
1999	PIT	NL	30	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70			0	0			0
2000	PIT	NL	31	C	26	17	15	168.1	128	118	9	1	1	.992	-1		-7		6.79	4.88	.990	7.45	7.38	1	7	14	4	22%	32%	0
2000	PIT	NL	31	3B	12	9	6	78.2	24	9	14	1	2	.958	-2		-24		2.63	1.92	.950	2.63	2.61
2000	PIT	NL	31	1B	5	3	1	30.0	29	29	0	0	3	1.000	-1		-44		8.70	5.80	.992	9.24	9.16
2000	PIT	NL	31	DH	1	1
2000	PIT	NL	31	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70			0	0			0
2001	PIT	NL	32	C	39	30	22	264.1	201	188	12	1	1	.995	-1		-5		6.81	5.13	.992	7.74	7.65	1	11	20	8	29%	33%	0
2001	PIT	NL	32	1B	5	1	0	16.0	21	21	0	0	3	1.000	-0		-8		11.81	4.20	.993	9.28	9.16
2001	PIT	NL	32	3B	3	1	1	11.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	-1		-98		3.27	1.33	.950	2.54	2.53
2001	PIT	NL	32	2B	2	0	0	4.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0		120		6.75	1.50	.983	4.95	4.80
2001	PIT	NL	32	OF	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		600		18.00	2.00	.980	1.80	2.20
2001	PIT	NL	32	RF	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		600		18.00	2.00	.980	1.80	2.10
2002	PIT	NL	33	C	27	17	14	171.2	134	118	15	1	1	.993	-1		-7		6.97	4.93	.991	7.53	7.47	2	5	15	4	21%	32%	1
2002	PIT	NL	33	3B	4	4	2	28.1	18	2	16	0	1	1.000	2		76		5.72	4.50	.957	2.70	2.70
2002	PIT	NL	33	1B	3	0	0	8.2	9	7	2	0	1	1.000	-0		-14		9.35	3.00	.992	9.45	9.30
2002	PIT	NL	33	2B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-60		0.00	0.00		4.95	4.90
2002	PIT	NL	33	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-120		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90
2002	PIT	NL	33	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-120		0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
2003	MIL	NL	34	C	78	71	60	630.1	528	479	44	5	5	.991	2	5	4	9	7.47	6.71	.992	7.33	7.26	6	21	39	18	32%	31%	2
2004	BAL	AL	35	C	11	6	4	59.1	46	43	3	0	1	1.000	-1	1	-20	26	6.98	4.18	.992	7.11	7.07	2	3	3	1	25%	32%	0
2005	WSN	NL	36	C	5	0	0	8.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-150	0	9.00	1.60	.992	7.31	7.16	0	0	3	0	0%	29%	0
	10 Seasons			C	335	266	216	2431.2	1951	1781	153	17	19	.991	-4	6	-2	10	7.16	5.77	.991	7.47	7.41	22	98	190	79	29%	31%	4
	6 Seasons			3B	29	21	16	187.2	77	22	53	2	8	.974	-0		-0		3.60	2.59	.954	2.67	2.64
	4 Seasons			1B	14	4	1	56.2	61	59	2	0	7	1.000	-1		-19		9.69	4.36	.992	9.29	9.21
	3 Seasons			2B	7	0	0	11.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	0		33		4.09	0.71	.982	4.99	4.94
	3 Seasons			OF	4	1	1	14.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1		69		1.93	0.75	.980	2.06	2.15
	2 Seasons			LF	3	1	1	13.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0		28		0.69	0.33	.980	1.87	1.87
	2 Seasons			P	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70			0	0			0
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		600		18.00	2.00	.980	1.80	2.10
	10 Seasons			TOT	391	292	234	2703.0	2097	1867	211	19	34	.991	-4	6	-2	10	6.92	5.31	.989	7.14	6.99	22	98	190	79	29%	31%	4
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 47th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 24th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 17, 1990.
October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
January 14, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 19, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
June 3, 2004: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
June 18, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
July 15, 2004: Released by the Florida Marlins.
August 2, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 18, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
March 25, 2005: Released by the Washington Nationals.
August 11, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
October 2, 2005: Released by the Washington Nationals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1996	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$109,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	$175,000	1997 AP survey
1998	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	$275,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	$350,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	31	Pittsburgh Pirates	$400,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	$887,500	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	33	Pittsburgh Pirates	$625,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	34	Milwaukee Brewers	$455,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	35	Baltimore Orioles	$500,000	4/7/04 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,776,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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