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Joe Ostrowski
Joseph Paul Ostrowski (Professor and Specs)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 15, 1916 in West Wyoming, PA
Schools: University of Scranton
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1948
Final Game: August 20, 1952
Died: January 3, 2003 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
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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
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 0 422 128 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 0 237 197 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 83 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 5.62 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 Seasons 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 99 1.449 11.4 0.8 1.7 2.2 1.35

Postseason Pitching

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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
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Standard Batting

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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
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 63 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
5 Seasons 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
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Standard Fielding

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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
1948 SLB AL 31 P 26 28 5 23 0 0 1.000 1.08 .961 0.91
1949 SLB AL 32 P 40 31 8 22 1 0 .968 0.75 .961 1.01
1950 TOT AL 33 P 30 21 4 16 1 1 .952 0.67 .952 0.96
1950 SLB AL 33 P 9 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.11 .955 0.96
1950 NYY AL 33 P 21 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.48 .950 0.96
1951 NYY AL 34 P 34 19 5 14 0 2 1.000 0.56 .953 0.99
1952 NYY AL 35 P 20 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.25 .960 1.03
5 Seasons P 150 104 24 78 2 4 .981 0.68 .958 0.98
5 Seasons TOT 150 104 24 78 2 4 .981 0.68 .938 0.98

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

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2228), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1853), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1947: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Pete Laydon, Roy Partee, Eddie Pellagrini, Al Widmar, Jim Wilson and $310,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Jack Kramer and Vern Stephens.

June 15, 1950: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Tom Ferrick and Leo Thomas to the New York Yankees for Jim Delsing, Don Johnson, Duane Pillette, Snuffy Stirnweiss and $50,000.

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