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Ron
Oester		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 5, 1956 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1987   
Gold Glove 1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 22 BOS AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1979 23 BOS AL     6 6 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1980 24 BOS AL     7 7 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1981 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1982 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7
1983 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 4 7 8 7
1984 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 7
1985 29 BOS AL $ 1,514,286   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 7
1986 30 BOS AL $ 1,514,286   6 6 6 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 7 7 7
1987 31 BOS AL $ 1,514,286   7 7 6 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 7 7 7
1988 32 BSN NL $ 2,020,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1989 33 BSN NL $ 2,020,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1990 34 CLE AL $ 2,650,000   7 7 7 1 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,650,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7
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
1978 22 AAA   84 341 48 111 13 3 7 35 7 5 31 31 .326 .382 .443 .825 54.7  
    AA   52 183 18 49 7 2 2 15 4 1 33 31 .268 .380 .361 .740 27.8  
1979 23 AAA   135 536 65 133 24 1 6 47 5 8 56 60 .248 .319 .330 .649 56.7  
1980 24 AAA   137 530 66 136 19 5 11 50 6 5 60 64 .257 .332 .374 .706 67.3  
1981 25 BOS AL 91 277 33 72 19 1 3 29 4 1 20 25 .260 .309 .368 .677 29.2 4.5
    AAA   53 206 26 59 12 1 1 16 3 3 18 22 .286 .344 .369 .713 25.2  
1982 26 BOS AL 157 486 54 127 27 4 4 55 4 3 48 71 .261 .327 .358 .685 56.3 11.3
1983 27 BOS AL 85 159 23 57 16 1 2 18 3 1 18 15 .358 .421 .509 .931 30.7 8.3
1984 28 BOS AL 122 325 34 94 13 3 6 35 5 4 23 32 .289 .335 .403 .738 40.9 7.4
1985 29 BOS AL 118 373 40 83 11 2 5 34 14 2 26 38 .223 .272 .303 .575 27.6 0.0
1986 30 BOS AL 35 59 11 11 4 1 0 3 2 4 8 5 .186 .284 .288 .572 3.6 0.0
1987 31 BOS AL 66 129 24 41 7 0 1 14 6 1 14 16 .318 .385 .395 .780 19.4 4.4
1988 32 BSN NL 124 345 34 84 17 1 0 12 4 4 27 38 .243 .298 .299 .596 29.8 2.2
1989 33 BSN NL 115 345 35 88 12 1 3 23 4 0 22 48 .255 .298 .322 .620 34.2 3.6
1990 34 CLE AL 140 451 58 130 34 1 5 38 5 1 39 71 .288 .347 .401 .748 56.1 8.2
10 Years Sim 1053 2949 346 787 160 15 29 261 51 21 245 359 .267 .323 .361 .683 327.8 49.9
4 Years AAA 409 1613 205 439 68 10 25 148 21 21 165 177 .272 .339 .373 .712 203.8  
1 Years AA 52 183 18 49 7 2 2 15 4 1 33 31 .268 .380 .361 .740 27.8  
5 Years Minors 461 1796 223 488 75 12 27 163 25 22 198 208 .272 .343 .372 .715 231.6  
162 Game Average 453 53 121 24 2 4 40 7 3 37 55 .267 .323 .361 .683 50.4  
Career Highs 157 486 58 130 34 4 6 55 14 4 48 71 .358 .421 .509 .931 56.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2290 283 631 119 13 28 215 41 18 202 257 .276 .333 .376 .709 286.1
vs LH   659 63 156 41 2 1 46 10 3 43 102 .237 .284 .310 .593 56.2
Home 518 1430 170 374 83 5 14 131 23 10 122 180 .262 .319 .356 .675 162.2
Away 535 1519 176 413 77 10 15 130 28 11 123 179 .272 .326 .365 .692 180.1
RISP   708 0 174 32 1 6 217 0 0 65 85 .246 .306 .319 .626 71.1
Pinch Hitting   68 7 23 5 0 1 14 0 1 10 3 .338 .423 .456 .879 12.3
Close/Late   354 44 101 14 1 6 37 0 0 32 38 .285 .343 .381 .724 46.4
Mar/Apr 137 330 46 91 19 2 0 28 9 3 30 46 .276 .334 .345 .680 38.7
May 171 440 52 113 19 2 4 38 6 1 42 53 .257 .322 .336 .658 49.2
June 195 551 58 139 26 4 9 61 6 5 50 72 .252 .315 .363 .678 62.8
July 176 491 62 132 35 1 3 33 8 1 43 67 .269 .328 .363 .690 58.3
August 193 570 62 145 24 4 8 50 10 5 37 65 .254 .299 .353 .652 59.4
Sep/Oct 181 567 66 167 37 2 5 51 12 6 43 56 .295 .343 .393 .736 73.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1981 25 BOS AL 2B 72 66 550.7 119 226 6 58 .983 5.64   1.6
    SS 18 15 133.0 34 68 2 11 .981 6.90   0.8
1982 26 BOS AL 2B 153 152 1307.3 308 604 9 128 .990 6.28   6.3
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 27 BOS AL 2B 52 12 187.3 40 60 4 15 .962 4.80   0.5
    SS 19 13 118.7 15 54 2 9 .972 5.23   0.5
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 28 BOS AL 2B 79 44 462.0 86 188 2 34 .993 5.34   2.2
    SS 16 9 104.7 13 51 2 7 .970 5.50   0.5
    3B 4 4 28.0 4 9 1 0 .929 4.18   0.2
1985 29 BOS AL 2B 114 106 885.0 201 420 15 88 .976 6.32   5.0
    SS 5 4 34.0 3 10 3 0 .813 3.44   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 30 BOS AL SS 17 13 128.3 8 59 3 10 .957 4.70   0.5
    2B 6 1 19.0 5 10 0 1 1.000 7.11   0.2
    3B 4 0 6.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.50   0.0
1987 31 BOS AL 2B 44 17 207.0 49 100 3 20 .980 6.48   1.2
    SS 18 12 137.0 20 69 3 18 .967 5.85   0.8
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 32 BSN NL SS 118 115 944.0 137 416 17 78 .970 5.27   7.6
    2B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1989 33 BSN NL SS 110 109 922.0 130 395 15 76 .972 5.12   4.7
    2B 4 2 23.0 5 10 0 2 1.000 5.87   0.1
1990 34 CLE AL SS 137 135 1160.7 148 472 13 70 .979 4.81   6.1
  SS 459 425 3685.3 508 1594 60 279 .972 5.13   21.5
  2B 526 400 3646.3 813 1619 39 346 .984 6.00   17.1
  3B 11 5 46.0 4 13 2 0 .895 3.33   0.2
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   998 830 7380.6 1325 3226 102 625 .978 5.55   38.8
Career Highs   155 153 1318.3 308 607 19 128 .990 6.25    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1987 31 BOS AL 15 51 7 16 4 1 0 5 1 0 5 4 .314 .368 .431 .800
Career Post-Season Batting 15 51 7 16 4 1 0 5 1 0 5 4 .314 .368 .431 .800
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1982-1-157
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Howdy Groskloss (960)
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  4. Steve Mesner (956)
  5. Bucky Dent (956)
  6. Denny Doyle (954)
  7. Otto Miller (948)
  8. Bill Mazeroski (948)
  9. Ed Kranepool (946)
  10. Red Schoendienst (944)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1978
Injured on 6/15/1979 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 6/1/1981, off Craig Minetto (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/23/1981, off Bart Johnson (WAS)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1982
Injured on 3/22/1984 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,514,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,514,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,514,286 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1987
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/16/1988 to a 2-year deal worth $2,020,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/13/1990 to a 2-year deal worth $2,650,000 per year
 
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