Joe Astroth

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 187lb (175cm, 84kg)

Born: September 1, 1922 in East Alton, IL us

Died: May 3, 2013 in Boca Raton, FL

Buried: South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, FL

High School: Wood River HS (Wood River, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: August 13, 1945 (Age 22-346d, 9,987th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 13, 1956 (Age 33-255d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Joseph Henry Astroth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

1579

401

.254

163

RBI

156

OBP

.334

SLG

.324

OPS

.658

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
3	5	Apr 19 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	7 (1)	Apr 21	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	11 (1)	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	12	Apr 28	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15 (2)	May 2	PHA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	16	May 3 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	19 (2)	May 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
11	20	May 8	PHA		WSH	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
12	23 (2)	May 10 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	24	May 12	PHA		SLB	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
14	27 (2)	May 15	PHA		DET	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
15	29 (1)	May 17 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	32 (2)	May 20	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	33	May 21	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	35 (1)	May 22 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	51	11.1	5	1	0	6	1	C
19	36	May 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-6	GF	7	1.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	37	May 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	38	May 25	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
22	40 (1)	May 28	PHA		BOS	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	41	May 29	PHA		NYY	L,7-12	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	43 (1)	Jun 2	PHA	@	DET	T,7-7	CG	62	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	44	Jun 3	PHA	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	45	Jun 4 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	47 (1)	Jun 5	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	48	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	49	Jun 7 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	50	Jun 7 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	51	Jun 9	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	C
32	52	Jun 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	53	Jun 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	54	Jun 12	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
35	55	Jun 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	56	Jun 14 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	57	Jun 14 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	58	Jun 16	PHA		CLE	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	59	Jun 17	PHA		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	60	Jun 18	PHA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	51	12.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
41	61	Jun 19	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	62	Jun 20	PHA		CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	63	Jun 21 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	64	Jun 21 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,4-9	GS	27	5.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
45	65	Jun 23	PHA		DET	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
46	66	Jun 24	PHA		DET	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
47	67	Jun 25	PHA		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
48	68	Jun 26	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
49	69	Jun 27	PHA		SLB	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	C
50	70	Jun 28 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
51	71	Jun 28 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	72	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	73	Jul 1	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
54	74	Jul 3	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	75	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	104 (28)	Aug 2 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
57	105	Aug 4	PHA		CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
58	110 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	112 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
60	114 (1)	Aug 12	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	116 (1)	Aug 15	PHA		NYY	W,9-8	GS	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	118 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
63	120 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	122 (1)	Aug 19	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
65	126 (3)	Aug 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
66	127	Aug 26	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	128	Aug 27 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	132 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	37	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
69	133	Aug 31 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	135 (1)	Sep 1	PHA	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	C
71	137 (1)	Sep 3	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
72	138	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
73	140 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-13	CG	50	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	142 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-8	GS	35	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	144 (1)	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	L,4-9	GS	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
76	149 (4)	Sep 17	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	151 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
78	154 (2)	Sep 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	156 (1)	Sep 26	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							79gm		662.0	341	47	5	393	13