Joe Ostrowski

Joseph Paul Ostrowski (Professor or Specs)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 15, 1916 in West Wyoming, PA
High School: West Wyoming HS (West Wyoming, PA)
School: University of Scranton (Scranton, PA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1948
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Browns 1948-1952

Final Game: August 20, 1952
Died: January 3, 2003 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Buried: St. Joseph Church Cemetery, West Wyoming, PA
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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
1941	24	BOS-min	D,C	33	65	65		10	0	1	0						.154	.154	.138	.292		9					CTV,CAN · ESHL,MATL
1942	25	BOS-min	B	39	85	85		9	1	0	0						.106	.106	.118	.224		10					GBO · PIED
1946	29	BOS-min	AAA	28	46	39	8	7	2	0	0	4	0		6	13	.179	.289	.231	.520		9	1	0	1		LOU · AA
1947	30	BOS-min	AAA	32	72	51	9	10	1	0	0	7	0		17	18	.196	.406	.216	.621		11	1	1	3		LOU · AA
1948	31	BAL-min	AAA	19	44	35	1	7	0	1	0	5	0		6	6	.200	.317	.257	.574		9		0	3		TOL · AA
1948	31	SLB	AL	26	25	18	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.222	.364	.222	.586	57	4	0	0	3	1
1949	32	SLB	AL	40	48	37	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	11	9	.189	.375	.243	.618	62	9	0	0	0	1
1950	33	TOT	AL	30	34	27	4	5	3	0	0	5	0	0	6	8	.185	.333	.296	.630	61	8	0	0	1	1
1950	33	SLB	AL	9	22	18	2	4	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	7	.222	.364	.389	.753	90	7	0	0	0	/1
1950	33	NYY	AL	21	12	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	2	1	0	0	1	1
1951	34	NYY	AL	34	31	28	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.107	.194	.107	.301	-16	3	1	0	0	1
1952	35	NYY	AL	20	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	2	1
1953	36	CHC-min	Opn	28	21	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.056	.150	.056	.206		1	0	0	1		LOS · PCL
5 Yrs				150	148	118	11	19	5	0	0	11	0	0	24	31	.161	.303	.203	.506	35	24	2	0	6
162 Game Avg.				162	160	127	12	21	5	0	0	12	0	0	26	33	.161	.303	.203	.506	35	26	2	0	6

NYY (3 yrs)				75	53	45	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	10	.089	.180	.089	.269	-25	4	2	0	3
SLB (3 yrs)				75	95	73	7	15	5	0	0	9	0	0	19	21	.205	.370	.274	.644	68	20	0	0	3

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
1948	31	SLB	AL	26	25	-1	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1949	32	SLB	AL	40	48	-2	-0	0	0	5	3	0.3	1	5	0.3	.508	.502	0.3	0.0	5	$	1
1950	33	SLB	AL	9	22	-0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.526	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	/1
1950	33	NYY	AL	21	12	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1951	34	NYY	AL	34	31	-4	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1952	35	NYY	AL	20	10	-2	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.491	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
5 Seasons				150	148	-12	-0	1	0	16	5	0.4	4	9	0.3	.503	.500	0.3	0.0	9	$

NYY (3 yrs)				75	53	-8	-0	0	0	6	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.4	.496	.499	-0.4	0.0	-1	$
SLB (3 yrs)				75	95	-3	-0	1	0	10	8	0.7	2	10	0.7	.510	.502	0.7	0.0	10	$

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
1948	31	SLB	AL	25	17	1	1.6	107	.308	.222	.275	.364	.361	.222	.398	.586	.759	57	.122	-1.0	-0.1	.571	.222	.000
1949	32	SLB	AL	48	30	3	2.7	111	.250	.189	.277	.375	.370	.243	.402	.618	.772	62	.271	-1.4	-0.1	.667	.351	.054
1950	33	TOT	AL	34	23	3	3.5	115	.263	.185	.280	.333	.368	.296	.420	.630	.788	61	.341	-1.4	-0.1	.636	.333	.111
1950	33	SLB	AL	22	14	3	5.7	117	.364	.222	.283	.364	.371	.389	.424	.753	.796	90	.562	-0.1	-0.0	.786	.389	.167
1950	33	NYY	AL	12	9	0	0.0	111	.125	.111	.275	.273	.361	.111	.412	.384	.773	2	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.375	.222	.000
1951	34	NYY	AL	31	26	1	1.0	99	.143	.107	.263	.194	.343	.107	.385	.301	.728	-16	.063	-4.6	-0.5	.231	.107	.000
1952	35	NYY	AL	10	11	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.253	.000	.332	.000	.369	.000	.701	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				148	107	8	2.0	107	.218	.161	.272	.303	.360	.203	.399	.506	.759	35	.176	-10.4	-1.0	.475	.246	.042
162 Game Avg.				160	116	9	2.0	107	.218	.161	.272	.303	.360	.203	.399	.506	.759	35	.176	-10.4	-1.0	.475	.246	.042

NYY (3 yrs)				53	46	1	0.6	100	.114	.089	.263	.180	.345	.089	.388	.269	.733	-25	.023	-7.9	-0.8	.209	.111	.000
SLB (3 yrs)				95	61	7	3.0	111	.288	.205	.278	.370	.368	.274	.407	.644	.775	68	.314	-2.5	-0.2	.672	.329	.068

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	34	NYY	AL	WS	NYG	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	31	SLB	AL	25	0.0%	20.0%	16.0%	0.0%	0%	1.25	3.6		9.0	1.00	52%
1949	32	SLB	AL	48	0.0%	18.8%	22.9%	4.2%	29%	0.82	4.1		12.3	3.50	58%
1950	33	TOT	AL	34	0.0%	23.5%	17.7%	8.8%	60%	1.33	3.4		5.4	4.50	56%
1950	33	SLB	AL	22	0.0%	31.8%	18.2%	13.6%	75%	1.75	2.6		4.5	3.00	50%
1950	33	NYY	AL	12	0.0%	8.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	0.50	9.0		9.0	6.00	67%
1951	34	NYY	AL	31	0.0%	22.6%	9.7%	0.0%	0%	2.33	4.0		28.0	6.50	68%
1952	35	NYY	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			5.00	60%
5 Yrs				148	0.0%	21.0%	16.2%	3.4%	26%	1.29	3.8		10.7	3.70	59%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.9%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	0.99	9.0	47.5	8.0	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1948	31	SLB	AL	-1.0	-0.1	12	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.77	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	1.08	0.3
1949	32	SLB	AL	-1.4	-0.1	23	0.3	0.4	-0.2	.76	0.2	0.2	2.7	0.3	0.80	1.9
1950	33	TOT	AL	-1.4	-0.1	26	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.96	0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.03	-0.3
1950	33	SLB	AL	-0.1	-0.0	15	0.1	0.3	-0.3	1.10	0.1	-0.0	1.1	0.1	0.98	0.8
1950	33	NYY	AL	-1.3	-0.1	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.77	-0.1	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.10	-1.0
1951	34	NYY	AL	-4.6	-0.5	28	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.67	-0.3	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.91	-3.6
1952	35	NYY	AL	-2.1	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.75	-0.2	-0.1	-1.5	-0.2	0.86	-1.6
5 Yrs				-10.5	-1.0	97	0.0	1.2	-1.2	.79	-0.2	0.3	-2.2	-0.2	0.93	-3.3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	31	SLB	AL	0	25%	8	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1949	32	SLB	AL	0	17%	15	0	1	20%	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	1
1950	33	TOT	AL	0	36%	13	0	1	33%	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
1950	33	SLB	AL	0	25%	7	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1950	33	NYY	AL	0	67%	6	0	0	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1951	34	NYY	AL	1	33%	10	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1952	35	NYY	AL	1		3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2	26%	49	1	2	33%	5	5	2	1	1	5	2	3

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	31	SLB	AL	25	50%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	2	22%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	32	SLB	AL	48	74%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		9	2	22%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
1950	33	TOT	AL	34	73%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		7	0	0%	5	1	20%	23	4	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1950	33	SLB	AL	22	60%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	12	3	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	33	NYY	AL	12	91%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		4	0	0%	3	1	33%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1951	34	NYY	AL	31	74%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	3	100%	16	3	19%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
1952	35	NYY	AL	10	63%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				148	70%	19			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	600%	16	2	13%	12	4	33%	59	11	19%	4	4	100%	4	4	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			102%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1948	31	26	25	18	2	4	0	2	4	5	.222	.364	.222	.586	57	4	0	3
1949	32	66	73	55	5	11	2	5	15	14	.200	.371	.236	.608	60	13	0	3
1950	33	96	107	82	9	16	5	10	21	22	.195	.359	.256	.615	61	21	0	4
1951	34	130	138	110	11	19	5	11	24	29	.173	.321	.218	.539	43	24	1	4
1952	35	150	148	118	11	19	5	11	24	31	.161	.303	.203	.506	35	24	2	6

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	31	27	24	18	1	3	0	1	3	5	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	26
1949	32	42	49	38	3	7	2	3	11	9	.184	.367	.237	.604	3	40
1950	33	31	33	27	3	4	2	4	5	8	.148	.281	.222	.503	2	30
1951	34	36	34	30	4	4	0	2	4	7	.133	.235	.133	.369	1	34
1952	35	21	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20
5 Yrs		157	150	121	11	18	4	10	23	31	.149	.285	.182	.467	7	150
162 Game Avg.		162	155	125	11	19	4	10	24	32	.149	.285	.182	.467	7	150

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