Fritz Ostermueller

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: September 15, 1907 in Quincy, IL us

Died: December 17, 1957 in Quincy, IL

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Quincy, IL

High School: Quincy HS (Quincy, IL)

Debut: April 21, 1934 (Age 26-218d, 7,707th in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 1948 (Age 41-015d)
vs. STL 5.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Frederick Raymond Ostermueller

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.9

114

115

ERA

3.99

390

246

2066.2

774

WHIP

1.454

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1930	22	STL-min	AA	2	2	.500	6.21	13						42.0	53	30	29		26									1.881	11.4		5.6			ROC IL
1932	24	STL-min	B,AA	21	9	.700	3.50	33						278.0	257	136	108		143									1.439	8.3		4.6			GBO,ROC PIED,IL
1933	25	STL-min	AA	16	7	.696	2.44	27						192.0	177	68	52		88									1.380	8.3		4.1			ROC IL
1934	26	BOS	AL	10	13	.435	3.49	33	23	8	9	0	3	198.2	200	93	77	7	99	1	75	1	0	6	881	136	4.39	1.505	9.1	0.3	4.5	3.4	0.76
1935	27	BOS	AL	7	8	.467	3.92	22	19	3	10	0	1	137.2	135	67	60	0	78	6	41	3	0	5	616	121	4.35	1.547	8.8	0.0	5.1	2.7	0.53
1936	28	BOS	AL	10	16	.385	4.88	43	23	14	7	1	2	180.2	210	115	98	8	84	10	90	3	0	8	826	109	4.34	1.627	10.5	0.4	4.2	4.5	1.07
1937	29	BOS	AL	3	7	.300	4.98	25	7	9	2	0	1	86.2	101	64	48	2	44	8	29	1	0	1	402	97	4.39	1.673	10.5	0.2	4.6	3.0	0.66
1938	30	BOS	AL	13	5	.722	4.58	31	18	8	10	1	2	176.2	199	98	90	15	58	4	46	3	0	5	795	108	4.67	1.455	10.1	0.8	3.0	2.3	0.79
1939	31	BOS	AL	11	7	.611	4.24	34	20	9	8	0	4	159.1	173	86	75	6	58	6	61	2	0	5	701	111	3.45	1.450	9.8	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.05
1940	32	BOS	AL	5	9	.357	4.95	31	16	7	5	0	0	143.2	166	86	79	7	70	8	80	0	0	4	662	91	3.43	1.643	10.4	0.4	4.4	5.0	1.14
1941	33	SLB	AL	0	3	.000	4.50	15	2	8	0	0	0	46.0	45	26	23	3	23	1	20	0	0	4	200	97	3.81	1.478	8.8	0.6	4.5	3.9	0.87
1942	34	SLB-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.23	22	18	3	12	1		145.0	139	58	52		45		77	2	1	4				1.269	8.6		2.8	4.8	1.71	TOL AA
1942	34	SLB	AL	3	1	.750	3.71	10	4	3	2	0	0	43.2	46	22	18	4	17	2	21	0	0	5	191	101	3.47	1.443	9.5	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.24
1943	35	TOT	MLB	1	3	.250	4.18	18	4	9	0	0	0	56.0	57	27	26	1	25	5	19	0	0	0	239	81	3.55	1.464	9.2	0.2	4.0	3.1	0.76
1943	35	SLB	AL	0	2	.000	5.02	11	3	5	0	0	0	28.2	36	16	16	1	13	3	4	0	0	0	127	68	4.19	1.709	11.3	0.3	4.1	1.3	0.31
1943	35	BRO	NL	1	1	.500	3.29	7	1	4	0	0	0	27.1	21	11	10	0	12	2	15	0	0	0	112	103	2.87	1.207	6.9	0.0	4.0	4.9	1.25
1944	36	TOT	NL	13	8	.619	2.81	38	28	5	17	1	2	246.1	247	96	77	10	77	6	97	1	0	6	1047	132	3.36	1.315	9.0	0.4	2.8	3.5	1.26
1944	36	BRO	NL	2	1	.667	3.24	10	4	3	3	0	1	41.2	46	17	15	3	12	0	17	0	0	1	188	110	3.66	1.392	9.9	0.6	2.6	3.7	1.42
1944	36	PIT	NL	11	7	.611	2.73	28	24	2	14	1	1	204.2	201	79	62	7	65	6	80	1	0	5	859	137	3.30	1.300	8.8	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.23
1945	37	PIT	NL	5	4	.556	4.57	14	11	1	4	1	0	80.2	74	45	41	6	37	5	29	2	1	1	360	87	4.39	1.376	8.3	0.7	4.1	3.2	0.78
1946	38	PIT	NL	13	10	.565	2.84	27	25	2	16	2	0	193.1	193	70	61	5	56	7	57	3	0	1	810	124	3.24	1.288	9.0	0.2	2.6	2.7	1.02
1947	39	PIT	NL	12	10	.545	3.84	26	24	0	12	3	0	183.0	181	94	78	18	68	7	66	1	0	5	789	110	4.36	1.361	8.9	0.9	3.3	3.2	0.97
1948	40	PIT	NL	8	11	.421	4.42	23	22	0	10	2	0	134.1	143	73	66	13	41	4	43	1	0	4	597	92	4.31	1.370	9.6	0.9	2.7	2.9	1.05
15 Yrs				114	115	.498	3.99	390	246	86	112	11	15	2066.2	2170	1062	917	105	835	80	774	21	1	60	9116	109	3.98	1.454	9.5	0.5	3.6	3.4	0.93
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.498	3.99	42	26	9	12	1	2	221	232	114	98	11	89	9	83	2	0	6	975	109	3.98	1.454	9.5	0.5	3.6	3.4	0.93
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BOS (7 yrs)				59	65	.476	4.38	219	126	58	51	2	13	1083.1	1184	609	527	45	491	43	422	13	0	34	4883	110	4.16	1.546	9.8	0.4	4.1	3.5	0.86
PIT (5 yrs)				49	42	.538	3.48	118	106	5	56	9	1	796.0	792	361	308	49	267	29	275	8	1	16	3415	111	3.81	1.330	9.0	0.6	3.0	3.1	1.03
SLB (3 yrs)				3	6	.333	4.34	36	9	16	2	0	0	118.1	127	64	57	8	53	6	45	0	0	9	518	90	3.78	1.521	9.7	0.6	4.0	3.4	0.85
BRO (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.26	17	5	7	3	0	1	69.0	67	28	25	3	24	2	32	0	0	1	300	107	3.35	1.319	8.7	0.4	3.1	4.2	1.33

AL (10 yrs)				62	71	.466	4.37	255	135	74	53	2	13	1201.2	1311	673	584	53	544	49	467	13	0	43	5401	108	4.12	1.544	9.8	0.4	4.1	3.5	0.86
NL (6 yrs)				52	44	.542	3.46	135	111	12	59	9	2	865.0	859	389	333	52	291	31	307	8	1	17	3715	111	3.77	1.329	8.9	0.5	3.0	3.2	1.06

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