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Fritz Ostermueller
Frederick Raymond Ostermueller
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 15, 1907 in Quincy, IL
High School: Quincy (Quincy, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1934
Final Game: September 30, 1948
Died: December 17, 1957 in Quincy, IL
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1934 26 BOS AL 10 13 .435 3.49 33 23 8 10 0 3 198.2 200 93 77 7 99 75 1 0 6 881 135 1.505 9.1 0.3 4.5 3.4 0.76
1935 27 BOS AL 7 8 .467 3.92 22 19 3 10 0 1 137.2 135 67 60 0 78 41 3 0 5 616 120 1.547 8.8 0.0 5.1 2.7 0.53
1936 28 BOS AL 10 16 .385 4.88 43 23 14 7 1 2 180.2 210 115 98 8 84 90 3 0 8 826 108 1.627 10.5 0.4 4.2 4.5 1.07
1937 29 BOS AL 3 7 .300 4.98 25 7 9 2 0 1 86.2 101 64 48 2 44 29 1 0 1 402 96 1.673 10.5 0.2 4.6 3.0 0.66
1938 30 BOS AL 13 5 .722 4.58 31 18 8 10 1 2 176.2 199 98 90 15 58 46 3 0 5 795 108 1.455 10.1 0.8 3.0 2.3 0.79
1939 31 BOS AL 11 7 .611 4.24 34 20 9 8 0 4 159.1 173 86 75 6 58 61 2 0 5 701 111 1.450 9.8 0.3 3.3 3.4 1.05
1940 32 BOS AL 5 9 .357 4.95 31 16 7 5 0 0 143.2 166 86 79 7 70 80 0 0 4 662 91 1.643 10.4 0.4 4.4 5.0 1.14
1941 33 SLB AL 0 3 .000 4.50 15 2 8 0 0 0 46.0 45 26 23 3 23 20 0 0 4 200 96 1.478 8.8 0.6 4.5 3.9 0.87
1942 34 SLB AL 3 1 .750 3.71 10 4 3 2 0 0 43.2 46 22 18 4 17 21 0 0 5 191 100 1.443 9.5 0.8 3.5 4.3 1.24
1943 35 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 4.18 18 4 9 0 0 0 56.0 57 27 26 1 25 19 0 0 0 239 80 1.464 9.2 0.2 4.0 3.1 0.76
1943 35 SLB AL 0 2 .000 5.02 11 3 5 0 0 0 28.2 36 16 16 1 13 4 0 0 0 127 66 1.709 11.3 0.3 4.1 1.3 0.31
1943 35 BRO NL 1 1 .500 3.29 7 1 4 0 0 0 27.1 21 11 10 0 12 15 0 0 0 112 101 1.207 6.9 0.0 4.0 4.9 1.25
1944 36 TOT NL 13 8 .619 2.81 38 28 5 17 1 2 246.1 247 96 77 10 77 97 1 0 6 1047 131 1.315 9.0 0.4 2.8 3.5 1.26
1944 36 BRO NL 2 1 .667 3.24 10 4 3 3 0 1 41.2 46 17 15 3 12 17 0 0 1 188 109 1.392 9.9 0.6 2.6 3.7 1.42
1944 36 PIT NL 11 7 .611 2.73 28 24 2 14 1 1 204.2 201 79 62 7 65 80 1 0 5 859 136 1.300 8.8 0.3 2.9 3.5 1.23
1945 37 PIT NL 5 4 .556 4.57 14 11 1 4 1 0 80.2 74 45 41 6 37 29 2 1 1 360 86 1.376 8.3 0.7 4.1 3.2 0.78
1946 38 PIT NL 13 10 .565 2.84 27 25 2 16 2 0 193.1 193 70 61 5 56 57 3 0 1 810 124 1.288 9.0 0.2 2.6 2.7 1.02
1947 39 PIT NL 12 10 .545 3.84 26 24 0 12 3 0 183.0 181 94 78 18 68 66 1 0 5 789 110 1.361 8.9 0.9 3.3 3.2 0.97
1948 40 PIT NL 8 11 .421 4.42 23 22 0 10 2 0 134.1 143 73 66 13 41 43 1 0 4 597 92 1.370 9.6 0.9 2.7 2.9 1.05
15 Seasons 114 115 .498 3.99 390 246 86 113 11 15 2066.2 2170 1062 917 105 835 774 21 1 60 9116 109 1.454 9.5 0.5 3.6 3.4 0.93
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .498 3.99 42 26 9 12 1 2 221 232 114 98 11 89 83 2 0 6 975 109 1.454 9.5 0.5 3.6 3.4 0.93
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BOS (7 yrs) 59 65 .476 4.38 219 126 58 52 2 13 1083.1 1184 609 527 45 491 422 13 0 34 4883 110 1.546 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.86
PIT (5 yrs) 49 42 .538 3.48 118 106 5 56 9 1 796.0 792 361 308 49 267 275 8 1 16 3415 111 1.330 9.0 0.6 3.0 3.1 1.03
SLB (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.34 36 9 16 2 0 0 118.1 127 64 57 8 53 45 0 0 9 518 89 1.521 9.7 0.6 4.0 3.4 0.85
BRO (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.26 17 5 7 3 0 1 69.0 67 28 25 3 24 32 0 0 1 300 106 1.319 8.7 0.4 3.1 4.2 1.33
AL (10 yrs) 62 71 .466 4.37 255 135 74 54 2 13 1201.2 1311 673 584 53 544 467 13 0 43 5401 108 1.544 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.86
NL (6 yrs) 52 44 .542 3.46 135 111 12 59 9 2 865.0 859 389 333 52 291 307 8 1 17 3715 111 1.329 8.9 0.5 3.0 3.2 1.06

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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
1934 26 BOS AL 33 82 78 4 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 4 8 .167 .207 .218 .425 8 17 0 0 1
1935 27 BOS AL 22 54 49 3 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 5 .286 .327 .306 .633 60 15 1 2 1
1936 28 BOS AL 43 68 64 3 15 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 10 .234 .234 .297 .531 27 19 0 4 1
1937 29 BOS AL 25 37 33 5 11 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 .333 .353 .424 .777 92 14 0 3 1
1938 30 BOS AL 33 81 74 7 16 4 1 0 9 0 0 4 8 .216 .256 .297 .554 36 22 0 3 1
1939 31 BOS AL 34 64 56 4 9 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 5 .161 .203 .196 .400 1 11 4 0 5 1
1940 32 BOS AL 33 57 54 9 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .315 .351 .370 .721 84 20 1 0 0 1
1941 33 SLB AL 16 17 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .214 .481 27 3 1 0 2 1
1942 34 SLB AL 10 16 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .188 .188 .188 .375 5 3 1 0 0 1
1943 35 TOT MLB 19 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .111 .269 -22 2 0 0 1 1
1943 35 SLB AL 11 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 66 2 0 0 0 1
1943 35 BRO NL 8 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 0 0 1 /1
1944 36 TOT NL 40 98 93 7 22 2 0 0 6 1 3 8 .237 .260 .258 .518 44 24 1 0 2 1
1944 36 BRO NL 11 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 6 2 0 0 1 1
1944 36 PIT NL 29 83 80 7 20 2 0 0 6 1 2 6 .250 .268 .275 .543 51 22 1 0 1 1
1945 37 PIT NL 14 32 28 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 .321 .387 .321 .709 95 9 2 0 1 1
1946 38 PIT NL 28 75 64 7 21 3 0 0 2 0 5 8 .328 .386 .375 .761 114 24 3 1 5 1
1947 39 PIT NL 26 74 64 6 12 1 0 0 5 0 4 12 .188 .235 .203 .438 16 13 2 0 6 1
1948 40 PIT NL 23 48 44 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 6 .182 .200 .205 .405 9 9 1 0 3 1
15 Seasons 399 823 749 60 175 22 4 0 62 1 0 35 80 .234 .270 .274 .543 41 205 16 2 37
162 Game Avg. 162 334 304 24 71 9 2 0 25 0 14 32 .234 .270 .274 .543 41 83 1 15
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
BOS (7 yrs) 223 443 408 35 95 15 4 0 38 0 0 17 42 .233 .265 .289 .554 38 118 5 1 17
PIT (5 yrs) 120 312 280 23 70 7 0 0 21 1 15 32 .250 .291 .275 .566 55 77 9 1 16
SLB (3 yrs) 37 40 37 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .216 .237 .216 .453 25 8 2 0 2
BRO (2 yrs) 19 28 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .083 .154 .083 .237 -31 2 0 0 2
AL (10 yrs) 260 483 445 37 103 15 4 0 41 0 0 18 45 .231 .263 .283 .546 37 126 7 1 19
NL (6 yrs) 139 340 304 23 72 7 0 0 21 1 17 35 .237 .280 .260 .539 48 79 9 1 18

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 BOS AL 26 P 33 62 8 52 2 2 .968 1.82 .955 1.11
1935 BOS AL 27 P 22 41 9 27 5 1 .878 1.64 .954 1.12
1936 BOS AL 28 P 43 53 10 42 1 1 .981 1.21 .955 1.04
1937 BOS AL 29 P 25 29 9 17 3 0 .897 1.04 .955 1.09
1938 BOS AL 30 P 31 49 15 30 4 3 .918 1.45 .953 1.12
1939 BOS AL 31 P 34 36 12 22 2 2 .944 1.00 .950 0.98
1940 BOS AL 32 P 31 24 2 21 1 0 .958 0.74 .954 1.05
1941 SLB AL 33 P 15 14 3 10 1 0 .929 0.87 .964 1.16
1942 SLB AL 34 P 10 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.80 .950 1.30
1943 TOT MLB 35 P 18 12 0 12 0 0 1.000 0.67 .958 1.23
1943 SLB AL 35 P 11 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.73 .962 1.27
1943 BRO NL 35 P 7 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.57 .950 1.16
1944 TOT NL 36 P 38 52 9 41 2 2 .962 1.32 .962 1.09
1944 BRO NL 36 P 10 9 3 5 1 1 .889 0.80 .967 1.09
1944 PIT NL 36 P 28 43 6 36 1 1 .977 1.50 .960 1.09
1945 PIT NL 37 P 14 23 8 14 1 0 .957 1.57 .965 1.06
1946 PIT NL 38 P 27 43 9 33 1 0 .977 1.56 .958 1.01
1947 PIT NL 39 P 26 34 9 25 0 4 1.000 1.31 .965 0.91
1948 PIT NL 40 P 23 24 3 21 0 0 1.000 1.04 .962 0.91
15 Seasons P 390 504 108 373 23 15 .954 1.23 .957 1.06
15 Seasons TOT 390 504 108 373 23 15 .954 1.23 .911 1.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1934 AL  3.488 (7th)
1944 NL  2.813 (6th)
1946 NL  2.840 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1946 NL  13 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1938 AL  .722 (4th)
1944 NL  .619 (8th)
1946 NL  .565 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 AL  2.955 (9th)
1946 NL  2.607 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  4.483 (7th)
1944 NL  3.544 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 AL  43 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1934 AL  3 (9th)
1939 AL  4 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 NL  246.3 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL  97 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL  17 (8th)
1946 NL  16 (4th)
1947 NL  12 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1947 NL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  18 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  99 (10th)
Career  835 (208th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  247 (9th)
1946 NL  193 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1936 AL  1.071 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  .317 (4th)
1936 AL  .399 (7th)
1939 AL  .339 (2nd)
1946 NL  .233 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1934 AL  13 (10th)
1936 AL  16 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1934 AL  6 (4th)
1935 AL  5 (10th)
1936 AL  8 (6th)
1938 AL  5 (10th)
1939 AL  5 (8th)
1942 AL  5 (6th)
1944 NL  6 (5th)
1947 NL  5 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 NL  1047 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1934 AL  135 (3rd)
1944 NL  131 (6th)
1946 NL  124 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1946 NL  born 1907-09-15 (10th)
1947 NL  born 1907-09-15 (5th)
1948 NL  born 1907-09-15 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 50 (503), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 3, 1940: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Boston Red Sox.

July 15, 1943: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Archie McKain to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bobo Newsom.

June 1, 1944: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cincinnati Reds.

October 4, 1948: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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