Johnny Ostrowski

John Thaddeus Ostrowski

Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 17, 1917 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1943
Teams (by GP): Cubs/WhiteSox/Senators/RedSox 1943-1950

Final Game: October 1, 1950
Died: November 13, 1992 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, IL
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1939	21	LAD-min	D	115	470	470		126	19	7	14						.268	.268	.428	.696		201					SUP · NORL
1940	22	CIN-LAD-min	D,B	124	505	505		167	37	10	30						.331	.331	.622	.952		314					TRA,MAC · ALSL,SALL
1941	23	CHC-min	B	138	483	483		129	18	20	14						.267	.267	.474	.741		229					MAC · SALL
1942	24	CHC-min	B	114	404	404		107	23	8	9						.265	.265	.428	.693		173					MAC,JAC · SALL,SEAL
1943	25	CHC-min	AA	143	523	472	76	133	23	6	21	82	7		40	109	.282	.339	.489	.829		231		1	10		LOS · PCL
1943	25	CHC	NL	10	33	29	2	6	0	1	0	3	0		3	8	.207	.303	.276	.579	69	8	2	1	0	/7O5
1944	26	CHC-min	AA	124	530	475	62	134	27	7	10	67	7		37	74	.282	.338	.432	.769		205		3	15		LOS · PCL
1944	26	CHC	NL	8	14	13	2	2	1	0	0	2	0		1	4	.154	.214	.231	.445	26	3	0	0	0	/7O
1945	27	NYY-min	AA	144	608	558	102	166	28	4	13	99	14		48	70	.297	.353	.432	.785		241	11	0	2		KCY · AA
1945	27	CHC	NL	7	10	10	4	3	2	0	0	1	0		0	0	.300	.300	.500	.800	122	5	0	0	0	/5
1946	28	CHC	NL	64	181	160	20	34	4	2	3	12	1		20	31	.213	.300	.319	.619	77	51	2	0	1	5/48

1947	29	CHC-min	AAA	173	729	654	109	191	39	12	24	110	3		64	92	.292	.357	.498	.855		326		2	9		LOS · PCL
1948	30	CHC-min	AAA	109	435	397	59	117	21	3	15	56	4		34	84	.295	.353	.476	.829		189		2	2		LOS · PCL
1948	30	BOS	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1949	31	CHC-min	AAA	129	530	478	92	150	28	2	32	90	1		45	105	.314	.375	.582	.957		278		2	5		LOS · PCL
1949	31	CHW	AL	49	175	158	19	42	9	4	5	31	4	3	15	41	.266	.333	.468	.802	115	74	4	1	1	O7/59
1950	32	TOT	AL	77	223	190	26	44	4	2	6	25	2	0	29	40	.232	.339	.368	.708	85	70	5	2	2	79/8
1950	32	CHW	AL	21	56	45	9	10	1	1	2	2	0	0	9	8	.222	.364	.422	.786	103	19	1	1	1	O/978
1950	32	WSH	AL	55	163	141	16	32	2	1	4	23	2	0	20	31	.227	.327	.340	.668	75	48	4	1	1	O7/89
1950	32	CHW	AL	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	221	3	0	0	0	/O
1951	33	BAL-min	AAA	127	439	377	40	81	15	2	13	56	0		58	86	.215	.321	.369	.690		139		1	3		TTO · IL
1952	34	SAC,OLD	Opn	138	468	415	57	105	16	4	22	69	1		48	84	.253	.330	.470	.800		195		0	5		SAC,OLD · PCL
1953	35	CHW-min	AA	22	64	64		18	4	0	1						.281	.281	.391	.672		25					MEM · SOUA
7 Yrs				216	637	561	73	131	20	9	14	74	7	3	68	125	.234	.321	.376	.697	89	211	13	4	4
162 Game Avg.				162	478	421	55	98	15	7	11	56	5		51	94	.234	.321	.376	.697	89	158	10	3	3

CHC (4 yrs)				89	238	212	28	45	7	3	3	18	1		24	43	.212	.295	.316	.611	75	67	4	1	1
CHW (2 yrs)				71	235	207	29	54	11	5	7	33	4	3	24	50	.261	.343	.464	.807	114	96	5	2	2
WSH (1 yr)				55	163	141	16	32	2	1	4	23	2	0	20	31	.227	.327	.340	.668	75	48	4	1	1
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				127	399	349	45	86	13	6	11	56	6	3	44	82	.246	.336	.413	.748	97	144	9	3	3
NL (4 yrs)				89	238	212	28	45	7	3	3	18	1		24	43	.212	.295	.316	.611	75	67	4	1	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1943	25	CHC	NL	10	33	-1	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.2	.474	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	/7O5
1944	26	CHC	NL	8	14	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/7O
1945	27	CHC	NL	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/5
1946	28	CHC	NL	64	181	-5	-0	0	0	0	-5	-0.6	6	2	0.1	.491	.497	0.1	0.0	2	$	5/48

1948	30	BOS	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1949	31	CHW	AL	49	175	1	-1	-0	-1	-2	-4	-0.4	4	1	0.1	.493	.498	0.2	-0.3	2	$	O7/59
1950	32	CHW	AL	22	60	1	0	-0	0	-1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	O/978
1950	32	WSH	AL	55	163	-6	0	-0	0	-2	-8	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.487	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	O7/89
7 Seasons				216	637	-11	-1	-1	-2	-5	-19	-2.0	18	-1	-0.2	.491	.498	-0.0	-0.7	1	$

CHC (4 yrs)				89	238	-7	-0	0	-1	-0	-8	-1.0	8	-0	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.1	-0.2	1	$
CHW (2 yrs)				71	235	2	-1	-1	-1	-3	-3	-0.3	6	3	0.3	.495	.499	0.4	-0.4	4	$
WSH (1 yr)				55	163	-6	0	-0	0	-2	-8	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.487	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	25	CHC	NL	33	25	2	2.2	88	.286	.207	.262	.303	.331	.276	.356	.579	.687	69	.249	-1.2	-0.1	.480	.172	.069
1944	26	CHC	NL	14	11	1	2.4	93	.222	.154	.267	.214	.334	.231	.375	.445	.709	26	.270	-1.3	-0.1	.364	.154	.077
1945	27	CHC	NL	10	7	2	7.6	95	.300	.300	.271	.300	.340	.500	.374	.800	.714	122	.744	0.3	0.0	.714	.200	.200
1946	28	CHC	NL	181	129	15	3.1	91	.246	.213	.260	.300	.335	.319	.364	.619	.700	77	.382	-5.1	-0.5	.563	.238	.106	1.5

1948	30	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	110		.000	.279	.000	.365	.000	.403	.000	.768	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1949	31	CHW	AL	175	124	24	5.1	103	.330	.266	.266	.333	.357	.468	.386	.802	.743	115	.554	1.9	0.2	.740	.304	.203	4.4
1950	32	TOT	AL	223	153	25	4.3	109	.264	.232	.273	.339	.359	.368	.409	.708	.768	85	.438	-4.4	-0.4	.682	.300	.137	3.0
1950	32	CHW	AL	56	37	7	5.0	111	.229	.222	.275	.364	.361	.422	.412	.786	.773	103	.505	0.3	0.0	.806	.400	.200	.0
1950	32	WSH	AL	163	114	16	3.7	109	.264	.227	.272	.327	.358	.340	.408	.668	.766	75	.371	-5.4	-0.5	.628	.270	.113	2.7
1950	32	CHW	AL	4	2	2	26.5	111	.667	.500	.275	.500	.361	.750	.412	1.250	.773	221	.956	0.7	0.1	1.500	.250	.250
7 Yrs				637	450	69	4.1	101	.277	.234	.267	.321	.349	.376	.386	.697	.735	89	.454	-10.0	-1.0	.643	.271	.143	9.3
162 Game Avg.				478	338	52	4.1	101	.277	.234	.267	.321	.349	.376	.386	.697	.735	89	.454	-10.0	-1.0	.643	.271	.143	7

CHC (4 yrs)				238	172	20	3.1	91	.253	.212	.261	.295	.335	.316	.364	.611	.699	75	.383	-7.2	-0.8	.544	.222	.104	1.5
CHW (2 yrs)				235	163	33	5.4	105	.313	.261	.268	.343	.358	.464	.392	.807	.750	114	.564	2.9	0.3	.764	.324	.203	5.1
WSH (1 yr)				163	114	16	3.7	109	.264	.227	.272	.327	.358	.340	.408	.668	.766	75	.372	-5.4	-0.5	.628	.270	.113	2.7
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	110		.000	.279	.000	.365	.000	.403	.000	.768	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				399	278	49	4.7	107	.293	.246	.270	.336	.358	.413	.399	.748	.757	97	.489	-2.8	-0.3	.705	.301	.166	7.8
NL (4 yrs)				238	172	20	3.1	91	.253	.212	.261	.295	.335	.316	.364	.611	.699	75	.383	-7.2	-0.8	.544	.222	.104	1.5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	25	CHC	NL	33	0.0%	24.2%	9.1%	3.0%	17%	2.67	3.6		9.7		64%
1944	26	CHC	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	7.1%	7.1%	50%	4.00	3.3		6.5		64%
1945	27	CHC	NL	10	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	67%				10.0		100%
1946	28	CHC	NL	181	1.7%	17.1%	11.1%	5.0%	27%	1.55	5.2	53.3	13.3		70%

1948	30	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1949	31	CHW	AL	175	2.9%	23.4%	8.6%	10.3%	43%	2.73	3.9	31.6	5.1	1.21	64%
1950	32	TOT	AL	223	2.7%	17.9%	13.0%	5.4%	27%	1.38	4.8	31.7	7.6	0.67	65%
1950	32	CHW	AL	60	3.3%	15.0%	15.0%	8.3%	42%	1.00	5.4	24.5	24.5	0.45	63%
1950	32	WSH	AL	163	2.5%	19.0%	12.3%	4.3%	22%	1.55	4.5	35.3	6.1	0.76	65%
7 Yrs				637	2.2%	19.6%	10.7%	6.8%	33%	1.84	4.5	40.1	7.6	0.79	66%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.3%	9.5%	6.0%	26%	0.99	9.5	61.2	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	25	CHC	NL	-1.2	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	26	CHC	NL	-1.3	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	27	CHC	NL	0.3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	28	CHC	NL	-5.1	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	30	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	31	CHW	AL	1.9	0.2	99	0.6	2.4	-1.8	1.10	1.2	-0.6	10.7	1.1	1.04	11.2	1.09	2
1950	32	TOT	AL	-4.4	-0.4	220	0.2	4.3	-4.2	1.15	-0.5	0.6	-2.9	-0.3	0.99	-5.2	1.43	16
1950	32	CHW	AL	1.0	0.1	54	-0.2	0.7	-1.0	.99	-0.0	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	0.89	-0.8	1.51	5
1950	32	WSH	AL	-5.4	-0.5	166	0.4	3.6	-3.2	1.21	-0.4	0.8	-0.8	-0.1	1.02	-4.4	1.39	11
7 Yrs				-10.0	-1.0	319	0.8	6.7	-5.9	1.14	0.7	-0.0	7.8	0.8	1.01	6.0	1.39	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	30	BOS	AL			0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	31	CHW	AL	1	26%	33	4	3	57%	1	1	1	1	0	14%	3	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	1
1950	32	TOT	AL	1	29%	78	2	0	100%	2	0	0	2	1	46%	17	9	8	3	2	1	8	4	4
1950	32	CHW	AL	1	40%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	33%	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0
1950	32	WSH	AL	0	25%	59	2	0	100%	2	0	0	2	1	50%	13	7	6	2	1	1	7	3	4
7 Yrs				2	31%	111	7	3	78%	3	1	1	3	1	40%	20	11	8	6	5	1	9	4	5

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	30	BOS	AL	1		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1949	31	CHW	AL	175	19%	42			2	0	0	0	1.09	5	0	3	2	0	1	4	0	1	1	100%	21	4	19%	13	3	23%	74	20	27%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1950	32	TOT	AL	223	55%	44			16	0	0	0	1.43	6	0	7	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	100%	48	5	10%	22	5	23%	152	19	13%	18	8	44%	5	4	80%	0
1950	32	CHW	AL	60	35%	12			5	0	0	0	1.51	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	5	0	0%	29	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1950	32	WSH	AL	163	62%	32			11	0	0	0	1.39	4	0	6	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	100%	36	4	11%	17	5	29%	123	19	15%	15	8	53%	3	3	100%	0
7 Yrs				399	44%	131			18	0	0	0	1.39	14	0	10	5	3	4	7	0	3	4	133%	69	13	19%	35	8	23%	226	39	17%	23	10	43%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			338%			36%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	25	10	33	29	2	6	0	1	0	3	0		3	8	.207	.303	.276	.579	69	8	2	1	0
1944	26	18	47	42	4	8	1	1	0	5	0		4	12	.190	.277	.262	.539	56	11	2	1	0
1945	27	25	57	52	8	11	3	1	0	6	0		4	12	.212	.281	.308	.588	69	16	2	1	0
1946	28	89	238	212	28	45	7	3	3	18	1		24	43	.212	.295	.316	.611	75	67	4	1	1
1947	29	89	238	212	28	45	7	3	3	18	1		24	43	.212	.295	.316	.611	75	67	4	1	1
1948	30	90	239	213	28	45	7	3	3	18	1	0	24	44	.211	.294	.315	.609	74	67	4	1	1
1949	31	139	414	371	47	87	16	7	8	49	5	3	39	85	.235	.311	.380	.691	92	141	8	2	2
1950	32	216	637	561	73	131	20	9	14	74	7	3	68	125	.234	.321	.376	.697	89	211	13	4	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	25	10	36	31	3	7	0	1	0	4	0	4	8	.226	.333	.290	.624	3	10
1944	26	8	16	14	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	2	4	.214	.313	.357	.670	1	8
1945	27	7	11	11	6	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.364	.364	.636	1.000	2	7
1946	28	67	193	170	23	38	4	2	3	14	1	22	32	.224	.313	.324	.636	18	64

1948	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1949	31	51	181	164	20	43	9	4	5	32	4	15	43	.262	.328	.457	.785	25	49
1950	32	80	230	197	25	44	4	2	6	24	2	29	42	.223	.329	.355	.684	23	77
7 Yrs		224	668	588	80	139	22	9	14	78	7	72	130	.236	.324	.376	.700	72	216
162 Game Avg.		162	483	425	58	101	16	7	10	56	5	52	94	.236	.324	.376	.700	52	216

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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