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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 Pitching

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
1948 31 SLB AL 4 6 .400 5.97 26 9 11 3 0 3 78.1 108 54 52 6 17 20 0 1 1 347 76 1.596 12.4 0.7 2.0 2.3 1.18
1949 32 SLB AL 8 8 .500 4.79 40 13 12 4 0 2 141.0 185 94 75 16 27 34 0 0 1 634 95 1.504 11.8 1.0 1.7 2.2 1.26
1950 33 TOT AL 3 5 .375 3.65 30 11 11 3 0 3 101.0 107 48 41 13 22 30 0 0 0 422 129 1.277 9.5 1.2 2.0 2.7 1.36
1950 33 SLB AL 2 4 .333 2.51 9 7 2 2 0 0 57.1 57 22 16 2 7 15 0 0 0 237 198 1.116 8.9 0.3 1.1 2.4 2.14
1950 33 NYY AL 1 1 .500 5.15 21 4 9 1 0 3 43.2 50 26 25 11 15 15 0 0 0 185 84 1.489 10.3 2.3 3.1 3.1 1.00
1951 34 NYY AL 6 4 .600 3.49 34 3 18 2 0 5 95.1 103 44 37 4 18 30 1 0 0 396 110 1.269 9.7 0.4 1.7 2.8 1.67
1952 35 NYY AL 2 2 .500 5.63 20 1 8 0 0 2 40.0 56 31 25 5 14 17 1 0 0 190 59 1.750 12.6 1.1 3.2 3.8 1.21
5 Yrs 23 25 .479 4.54 150 37 60 12 0 15 455.2 559 271 230 44 98 131 2 1 2 1989 95 1.442 11.0 0.9 1.9 2.6 1.34
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .479 4.54 55 13 22 4 0 5 166 203 99 84 16 36 48 1 0 1 723 95 1.442 11.0 0.9 1.9 2.6 1.34
NYY (3 yrs) 9 7 .563 4.37 75 8 35 3 0 10 179.0 209 101 87 20 47 62 2 0 0 771 88 1.430 10.5 1.0 2.4 3.1 1.32
SLB (3 yrs) 14 18 .438 4.65 75 29 25 9 0 5 276.2 350 170 143 24 51 69 0 1 2 1218 100 1.449 11.4 0.8 1.7 2.2 1.35

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1948 31 SLB AL 78.1 26 9 54 6.20 4.82 -0.34 0.00 106.2 5.48 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 1 .476 .496 $
1949 32 SLB AL 141.0 40 13 94 6.00 4.82 -0.77 0.00 106.8 5.97 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.1 0.8 12 .499 .500 $
1950 33 SLB AL 57.1 9 7 22 3.45 5.28 -0.59 0.00 101.8 5.98 16 1.7 .8 -0.0 2.0 22 .684 .510 $
1950 33 NYY AL 43.2 21 4 26 5.36 4.90 0.13 0.00 93.5 4.47 -5 -0.4 .9 -0.0 -0.1 0 .480 .497 $
1951 34 NYY AL 95.1 34 3 44 4.15 4.45 0.20 0.00 94.4 4.01 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.2 0.3 7 .494 .499 $
1952 35 NYY AL 40.0 20 1 31 6.98 4.27 0.44 0.00 90.8 3.47 -16 -1.6 1.2 -0.2 -1.5 -12 .419 .490 $
5 Seasons 455.2 150 37 271 5.35 4.76 -0.28 0.00 100.8 5.11 -13 -1.3 1.0 -0.7 1.4 30 .492 .499 $
NYY (3 yrs) 179.0 75 8 101 5.08 4.52 0.24 0.00 93.4 4.00 -22 -2.3 1.2 -0.4 -1.3 -5 .470 .495 $
SLB (3 yrs) 276.2 75 29 170 5.53 4.92 -0.61 0.00 105.6 5.83 9 1.0 .8 -0.2 2.7 35 .513 .502 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1951 34 NYY AL WS W NYG 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 31 SLB AL 26 177 324 54 108 6 4 6 0 0 17 20 .333 .367 .432 .799 .342 140 9 0 6 0 3
1949 32 SLB AL 40 301 601 94 185 12 5 16 2 0 27 34 .308 .338 .424 .762 .307 255 8 0 6 0 9
1950 33 TOT AL 30 304 400 48 107 10 4 13 1 1 22 30 .268 .306 .410 .716 .263 164 9 0 3 0 6
1950 33 NYY AL 21 163 173 26 50 5 3 11 0 1 15 15 .289 .346 .543 .889 .265 94 5 0 0 0 1
1950 33 SLB AL 9 141 227 22 57 5 1 2 1 0 7 15 .251 .274 .308 .582 .262 70 4 0 3 0 5
1951 34 NYY AL 34 356 369 44 103 13 5 4 5 2 18 30 .279 .314 .374 .688 .296 138 8 1 8 0 3
1952 35 NYY AL 20 158 170 31 56 9 2 5 1 1 14 17 .329 .384 .494 .878 .345 84 3 1 4 0 5
5 Yrs 150 1296 1864 271 559 50 20 44 9 4 98 131 .300 .336 .419 .755 .305 781 37 2 27 0 26
162 Game Avg. 55 471 678 99 203 18 7 16 3 1 36 48 .300 .336 .419 .755 .305 284 13 1 10 0 9
MLB Averages .261 .339 .372 .710 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 31 SLB AL -9.9 -0.9 181 0.6 3.0 -2.5 .90 -0.0 0.7 1.9 0.2 0.90 -0.5 1 2 2
1949 32 SLB AL -6.6 -0.6 312 -1.0 4.0 -5.0 .78 -0.8 -0.5 -17.9 -1.6 0.77 -11.3 1 5 8
1950 33 TOT AL 9.6 1.0 306 0.6 4.6 -4.0 .79 -0.5 1.2 2.7 0.3 0.79 -3.7 2 3 7
1950 33 SLB AL 12.8 1.3 142 1.1 2.7 -1.6 .90 0.8 0.4 9.7 0.9 0.90 9.8 0 0 1
1950 33 NYY AL -3.2 -0.3 164 -0.5 1.9 -2.4 .70 -1.3 0.5 -7.0 -0.7 0.70 -13.5 2 3 6
1951 34 NYY AL 3.0 0.3 363 0.8 6.6 -5.8 1.03 0.9 -0.1 9.7 1.0 1.03 10.9 8 10 11
1952 35 NYY AL -12.2 -1.2 166 -1.2 1.5 -2.7 .69 -1.0 -0.8 -13.1 -1.4 0.69 -10.4 5 1 10
5 Yrs -16.1 -1.5 1328 -0.3 19.7 -19.9 .86 -1.4 1.1 -16.8 -1.6 0.86 -15.1 17 21 38

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1948 31 SLB AL 26 9 3 6 0 1 1 3 6 .333 0 0 3 0 3 33% 39.4 63 18 1 0 6 1 3.6 3.7 5.6
1949 32 SLB AL 40 13 6 6 1 2 2 7 6 .538 0 0 4 0 6 46% 43.6 72 8 10 8 5 5 5.5 5.4 6.5
1950 33 TOT AL 30 11 3 5 3 0 3 5 6 .455 0 0 3 0 6 55% 51.9 73 32 6 0 2 4 4.9 5.1 6.8
1950 33 SLB AL 9 7 2 4 1 0 3 3 4 .429 0 0 2 0 5 71% 56.7 73 42 0 0 1 2 3.5 3.9 8.0
1950 33 NYY AL 21 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 1 25% 43.5 54 32 6 0 1 2 7.4 7.5 4.9
1951 34 NYY AL 34 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 2 0 2 67% 56.0 64 49 9 3 2 1 9.3 12.2 8.7
1952 35 NYY AL 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 27 27 9 5 0 1 4.0 9.0 3.3
5 Yrs 150 37 14 17 6 4 6 17 20 .459 0 0 12 0 17 46% 46 73 8 35 16 15 12 5.1 5.9 6.5
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 104 -9 4.6 4.6 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1948 31 SLB AL 26 17 11 1 0 2 3 0 150% 2 0 5 4 80% .898 1 2 2 2 0 4 2 4 6 2 2 3 5.0
1949 32 SLB AL 40 27 12 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 4 44% .782 1 5 8 1 1 14 5 11 13 2 8 5 6.3
1950 33 TOT AL 30 19 11 0 0 1 3 0 300% 2 1 10 3 30% .793 2 3 7 2 0 11 6 7 6 6 3 5 4.1
1950 33 SLB AL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2.5
1950 33 NYY AL 21 17 9 0 0 1 3 0 300% 2 1 10 3 30% .701 2 3 6 2 0 10 6 6 6 5 3 4 4.2
1951 34 NYY AL 34 31 18 4 4 8 5 2 63% 8 0 34 10 29% 8 1.035 8 10 11 10 5 14 15 14 17 8 16 5 6.7
1952 35 NYY AL 20 19 8 2 2 3 2 1 67% 4 0 15 6 40% 9 .690 5 1 10 4 1 12 6 11 11 4 10 3 5.8
5 Yrs 150 113 60 9 8 14 15 3 107% 16 1 73 27 37% .859 17 21 38 19 7 55 34 47 53 22 39 21 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1948 31 SLB AL 349 37% 3.4% 11.3% 9.6% 9.0% 15% 1.22 168% 42 9 21%
1949 32 SLB AL 634 38% 5.3% 11.3% 9.0% 11.0% 18% 0.80 183% 61 8 13%
1950 33 TOT AL 425 37% 4.3% 9.9% 7.2% 8.9% 25% 0.90 117% 52 9 17%
1950 33 SLB AL 237 35% 1.4% 10.6% 5.0% 5.7% 14% 0.90 149% 20 4 20%
1950 33 NYY AL 188 37% 6.8% 9.2% 9.2% 11.7% 38% 0.90 90% 32 5 16%
1951 34 NYY AL 396 37% 1.1% 8.4% 5.1% 6.2% 21% 0.91 94% 73 8 11%
1952 35 NYY AL 189 44% 3.2% 10.8% 8.9% 10.1% 29% 1.08 94% 39 3 8%
5 Yrs 1993 38% 3.4% 10.1% 7.6% 8.8% 20% 0.94 130% 267 37 14%
MLB Averages 49% 2.4% 12.8% 12.9% 7.1% 24% 0.95 100% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1948 31 SLB AL 177 108 6 0 4 2 0 2 0 20 12 0 60% 3 1 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 172
1949 32 SLB AL 301 185 16 0 8 5 2 0 7 23 15 1 65% 9 1 0 116 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 333
1950 33 TOT AL 304 107 13 0 2 7 5 4 8 16 7 0 44% 6 0 0 112 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121
1950 33 SLB AL 141 57 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 40% 5 0 0 50 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96
1950 33 NYY AL 163 50 11 0 2 7 4 4 7 11 5 0 45% 1 0 0 62 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
1951 34 NYY AL 356 103 4 0 16 1 3 3 1 35 15 4 43% 3 0 1 132 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 40
1952 35 NYY AL 158 56 5 0 5 3 2 4 1 13 7 1 54% 5 0 0 69 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31
5 Yrs 1296 559 44 0 35 18 12 13 17 107 56 6 52% 26 2 1 499 9 4 69% 9 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 697
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1948 31 4 6 .400 5.97 26 9 11 3 0 3 78.1 108 54 52 6 17 20 0 1 1 347 76 1.596 12.4 0.7 2.0 2.3 1.18 76
1949 32 12 14 .462 5.21 66 22 23 7 0 5 219.1 293 148 127 22 44 54 0 1 2 981 87 1.536 12.0 0.9 1.8 2.2 1.23 87
1950 33 15 19 .441 4.72 96 33 34 10 0 8 320.1 400 196 168 35 66 84 0 1 2 1403 97 1.455 11.2 1.0 1.9 2.4 1.27 97
1951 34 21 23 .477 4.44 130 36 52 12 0 13 415.2 503 240 205 39 84 114 1 1 2 1799 100 1.412 10.9 0.8 1.8 2.5 1.36 100
1952 35 23 25 .479 4.54 150 37 60 12 0 15 455.2 559 271 230 44 98 131 2 1 2 1989 95 1.442 11.0 0.9 1.9 2.6 1.34 95

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1948 31 3 5 .375 5.40 80.0 106 53 48 6 17 20 0 1.538 11.9 1.9 2.3 1.18 0.7 26
1949 32 8 8 .500 4.09 152.0 181 77 69 16 26 37 0 1.362 10.7 1.5 2.2 1.42 0.9 40
1950 33 7 4 .636 3.17 105.0 104 41 37 13 21 31 0 1.190 8.9 1.8 2.7 1.48 1.1 30
1951 34 5 5 .500 3.75 96.0 109 44 40 4 19 30 1 1.333 10.2 1.8 2.8 1.58 0.4 34
1952 35 1 3 .250 7.15 39.0 64 34 31 6 16 17 1 2.051 14.8 3.7 3.9 1.06 1.4 20
5 Yrs 24 25 .490 4.29 472.0 564 249 225 45 99 135 2 1.405 10.8 2.6 1.36 0.9 150

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1951 AL  5 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1951 AL  18 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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