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Joe Vosmik

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: April 4, 1910 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: January 27, 1962 in Cleveland, OH

Buried: Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

High School: East Tech HS (Cleveland, OH)

Debut: September 13, 1930 (Age 20-162d, 7,126th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 23, 1944 (Age 34-110d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Joseph Franklin Vosmik

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.1

5472

1682

.307

818

RBI

874

OBP

.369

SLG

.438

OPS

.807

OPS+

104

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1929	19	CLE-min	D	112	407	407		155	39	24	9						.381	.381	.661	1.042		269						FDK · BLRI
1930	20	CLE	AL	9	28	26	1	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	.231	.259	.308	.567	41	8		0	0	0	/8H7
1931	21	CLE	AL	149	640	591	80	189	36	14	7	117	7	7	38	30	.320	.363	.464	.827	112	274		2	9	1	*7/H8
1932	22	CLE	AL	153	690	621	106	194	39	12	10	97	2	3	58	42	.312	.376	.462	.838	109	287		5	6	5	*7
1933	23	CLE	AL	119	485	438	53	115	20	10	4	56	0	2	42	13	.263	.331	.381	.713	85	167		3	2	2	*7/H9
1934	24	CLE	AL	104	449	405	71	138	33	2	6	78	1	1	35	10	.341	.393	.477	.870	123	193		0	9	2	*7/H
1935	25	CLE	AL	152	689	620	93	216	47	20	10	110	2	1	59	30	.348	.408	.537	.946	141	333		4	5	4	*7/8H	AS,MVP-3
1936	26	CLE	AL	138	591	506	76	145	29	7	7	94	5	1	79	21	.287	.383	.413	.796	94	209		0	6	11	*7/H9
1937	27	SLB	AL	144	655	594	81	193	47	9	4	93	2	3	49	38	.325	.377	.455	.832	109	270		1	11	4	*7/H
1938	28	BOS	AL	146	690	621	121	201	37	6	9	86	0	3	59	26	.324	.384	.446	.830	103	277		2	7	0	*7/8	MVP-21
1939	29	BOS	AL	145	640	554	89	153	29	6	7	84	4	3	66	33	.276	.356	.388	.744	87	215	27	3	17	4	*7/H
1940	30	BRO	NL	116	431	404	45	114	14	6	1	42	0	4	22	21	.282	.321	.354	.675	81	143	8	1	4	0	97H/8
1941	31	BOS-min	AA	42	161	144	15	42	9	2	1	20	1		15	14	.292	.358	.403	.761		58		0	2			LOU · AA
1941	31	BRO	NL	25	61	56	0	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	.196	.250	.196	.446	24	11	2	0	1	0	9/H7

1944	34	WSH	AL	14	38	36	2	7	2	0	0	9	0	0	2	3	.194	.237	.250	.487	42	9	1	0	0	0	/97H
1947	37	CLE-min	C	30	56	48	7	17	4	0	1	10	2		6	1	.354	.446	.500	.946		24		2	0			TUC · AZTX
1949	39	CLE-min	AA	24	28	20	0	7	1	0	1	7	0	0	8	3	.350	.536	.550	1.086		11		0	0			OKC · TL
13 Yrs				1414	6087	5472	818	1682	335	92	65	874	23	28	514	272	.307	.369	.438	.807	104	2396	38	21	77	33
162 Game Avg.				162	697	627	94	193	38	11	7	100	3	3	59	31	.307	.369	.438	.807	104	275		2	9	4

CLE (7 yrs)				824	3572	3207	480	1003	206	65	44	556	17	15	312	147	.313	.376	.459	.835	111	1471		14	37	25
BRO (2 yrs)				141	492	460	45	125	14	6	1	46	0	4	26	25	.272	.312	.335	.647	74	154	10	1	5	0
BOS (2 yrs)				291	1330	1175	210	354	66	12	16	170	4	6	125	59	.301	.371	.419	.790	96	492		5	24	4
WSH (1 yr)				14	38	36	2	7	2	0	0	9	0	0	2	3	.194	.237	.250	.487	42	9	1	0	0	0
SLB (1 yr)				144	655	594	81	193	47	9	4	93	2	3	49	38	.325	.377	.455	.832	109	270		1	11	4

AL (11 yrs)				1273	5595	5012	773	1557	321	86	64	828	23	24	488	247	.311	.374	.447	.821	107	2242		20	72	33
NL (2 yrs)				141	492	460	45	125	14	6	1	46	0	4	26	25	.272	.312	.335	.647	74	154	10	1	5	0