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Joe
Astroth		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 192
 
Born: September 1, 1922 in Usa, IL, EAST ALTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 22 MON NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 5 5 8 8 8
1946 23 MON NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 5 5 9 9 9
1947 24 MON NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 5 9 8 9
1948 25 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 5 9 9 9
1949 26 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 5 6 9 9 9
1950 27 MON NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1951 28 MON NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1952 29 MON NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 5 6 9 9 9
1953 30 MON NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 5 6 9 9 9
1954 31 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 6 9 9 9
1955 32 MON NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 5 9 8 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1945 22 AA   86 307 29 79 16 0 0 24 5 6 41 21 .257 .345 .309 .654 34.1  
1946 23 AA   134 491 58 138 19 0 4 42 5 2 75 22 .281 .376 .344 .721 68.8  
1947 24 AA   137 495 53 146 23 0 5 46 5 5 86 25 .295 .399 .372 .771 77.8  
1948 25 MON NL 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
    AAA   80 289 30 61 7 0 4 31 5 6 37 28 .211 .301 .277 .577 25.5  
1949 26 MON NL 9 24 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .208 .296 .208 .505 1.8 0.1
    AAA   87 180 27 52 5 0 5 18 3 1 22 13 .289 .366 .400 .766 27.2  
1950 27 AAA   137 469 74 127 18 2 7 61 5 7 80 35 .271 .377 .362 .740 68.1  
1951 28 AAA   137 379 48 89 10 0 6 38 3 8 64 19 .235 .345 .309 .654 44.2  
1952 29 AAA   137 411 50 100 13 3 3 52 3 8 49 17 .243 .324 .311 .635 42.1  
1953 30 AAA   106 275 34 66 12 2 3 31 0 5 33 11 .240 .321 .331 .652 29.1  
1954 31 MON NL 16 21 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .095 .208 .143 .351 0.5 0.0
    AAA   39 41 3 5 1 0 0 7 0 0 6 4 .122 .234 .146 .380 1.3  
1955 32 AAA   137 494 44 104 11 2 6 36 2 6 44 38 .211 .275 .277 .552 37.1  
3 Years Sim 31 51 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 .176 .263 .196 .459 2.9 0.3
8 Years AAA 860 2538 310 604 77 9 34 274 21 41 335 165 .238 .329 .316 .645 274.7  
3 Years AA 357 1293 140 363 58 0 9 112 15 13 202 68 .281 .381 .346 .727 180.7  
11 Years Minors 1217 3831 450 967 135 9 43 386 36 54 537 233 .252 .347 .326 .673 455.3  
162 Game Average 266 20 47 5 0 0 5 0 0 31 26 .176 .263 .196 .459 15.4  
Career Highs 16 24 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .111 .238 .111 .349 0.5
vs LH   33 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .212 .278 .242 .520 2.2
Home 14 30 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .133 .257 .133 .390 1.2
Away 17 21 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .238 .273 .286 .558 1.5
RISP   11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.5
Pinch Hitting   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
Close/Late   7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .444 .429 .873 1.4
Mar/Apr 9 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .091 .231 .091 .322 0.2
May 5 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5
June 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
July 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Sep/Oct 9 24 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .208 .296 .208 .505 1.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1948 25 MON NL CF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 26 MON NL C 8 7 64.0 24 0 1 0 .960 3.38 1 0 .000 1 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 31 MON NL C 7 5 44.0 31 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 4 2 .500 0 0.4
    CF 3 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 16 12 111.0 55 3 1 0 .983 4.70 5 2 .400 1 0.6
  CF 8 0 16.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   26 12 132.0 57 3 2 0 .968 4.09 5 2 .400 1 0.6
Career Highs   11 7 66.0 31 2 1 0 1.000 5.82 4 2 .500 1  
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Montreal in 1945
Injured on 5/7/1945 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 9 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/26/1948, off Dick Mulligan (PIT)
 
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