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Joe
Orsulak		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 196
 
Born: May 31, 1962 in Usa, NJ, GLEN RIDGE
 
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
1983 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 3 8 9 9
1984 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 3 8 9 9
1985 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 9 9
1986 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 5 7 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1987 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 5 7 6 3 4 4 8 9 9
1988 26 NYA AL $ 1,892,857   7 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1989 27 NYA AL $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 3 9 9 9
1990 28 NYA AL $ 1,900,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 3 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 7 6 3 4 4 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
1983 21 NYA AL 27 107 13 25 6 1 0 5 2 1 6 6 .234 .278 .308 .587 9.8 1.0
    AAA   133 515 54 132 18 4 9 49 4 2 50 36 .256 .322 .359 .681 60.9  
1984 22 NYA AL 103 330 25 85 25 2 3 48 6 3 16 17 .258 .292 .373 .665 34.1 4.4
1985 23 NYA AL 52 179 27 56 13 3 2 19 10 2 16 13 .313 .367 .453 .820 30.3 7.5
    AAA   83 356 51 97 19 4 8 52 3 4 34 28 .272 .336 .416 .752 48.3  
1986 24 NYA AL 136 475 60 139 36 6 7 56 4 7 41 27 .293 .351 .438 .789 64.6 12.2
1987 25 NYA AL 143 507 66 134 30 8 6 64 9 3 33 35 .264 .311 .391 .701 57.1 8.4
1988 26 NYA AL 134 382 47 113 20 0 6 39 6 5 29 23 .296 .346 .395 .742 50.1 9.3
1989 27 NYA AL 118 357 34 91 17 3 3 47 10 3 29 17 .255 .316 .345 .661 37.2 4.4
1990 28 NYA AL 114 326 36 86 13 3 8 31 2 5 20 17 .264 .306 .396 .702 35.2 4.6
8 Years Sim 827 2663 308 729 160 26 35 309 49 29 190 155 .274 .324 .393 .717 318.4 51.8
2 Years AAA 216 871 105 229 37 8 17 101 7 6 84 64 .263 .329 .382 .712 109.2  
162 Game Average 521 60 142 31 5 6 60 9 5 37 30 .274 .324 .393 .717 62.4  
Career Highs 143 507 66 139 36 8 8 64 10 7 41 35 .313 .367 .453 .820 64.6  
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   2277 254 638 137 22 29 265 45 23 161 121 .280 .330 .398 .727 286.4
vs LH   386 54 91 23 4 6 44 4 6 29 34 .236 .289 .363 .652 38.7
Home 399 1237 143 330 69 15 16 138 23 10 104 73 .267 .324 .386 .710 152.5
Away 428 1426 165 399 91 11 19 171 26 19 86 82 .280 .323 .399 .722 172.6
RISP   687 0 174 36 5 8 253 0 0 45 28 .253 .297 .355 .652 71.2
Pinch Hitting   79 7 17 3 0 0 8 1 1 6 3 .215 .267 .253 .521 5.1
Close/Late   308 24 86 22 2 8 45 0 0 23 19 .279 .329 .442 .771 42.9
Mar/Apr 141 457 49 124 33 2 11 48 9 3 34 31 .271 .327 .425 .752 60.9
May 168 539 68 162 37 8 4 72 14 6 39 35 .301 .347 .421 .768 74.9
June 127 417 47 112 24 4 7 44 7 3 28 25 .269 .313 .396 .709 50.6
July 110 353 40 97 18 3 3 48 5 6 27 15 .275 .326 .368 .695 40.5
August 132 428 45 114 24 6 3 46 5 7 34 15 .266 .323 .371 .694 48.4
Sep/Oct 149 469 59 120 24 3 7 51 9 4 28 34 .256 .301 .365 .666 49.8
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
1983 21 NYA AL CF 27 27 242.7 70 3 2 1 .973 2.71   0.5
1984 22 NYA AL CF 97 95 788.7 233 6 0 1 1.000 2.73   2.7
    RF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 23 NYA AL CF 50 49 410.7 129 9 2 3 .986 3.02   2.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 24 NYA AL CF 118 116 1016.3 289 9 2 1 .993 2.64   2.4
    LF 11 5 55.7 14 0 1 0 .933 2.26    
    RF 4 4 35.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54    
1987 25 NYA AL CF 125 118 1005.3 302 9 3 2 .990 2.78   4.0
    RF 5 4 34.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    1B 3 3 23.3 24 3 0 3 1.000 10.42   0.1
    LF 5 0 13.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1988 26 NYA AL CF 105 96 852.3 206 13 3 3 .986 2.31   4.1
    LF 10 1 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    RF 5 2 23.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
    1B 3 2 16.0 20 4 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.1
1989 27 NYA AL CF 78 73 644.3 199 10 0 4 1.000 2.92   3.2
    LF 14 4 60.7 10 2 0 1 1.000 1.78    
    RF 8 5 50.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.52    
    1B 3 3 24.0 27 0 0 5 1.000 10.13   0.0
1990 28 NYA AL CF 35 30 252.3 70 1 0 1 1.000 2.53   1.1
    RF 19 16 138.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
    LF 22 14 138.0 27 2 1 0 .967 1.89    
    1B 8 5 42.7 47 5 0 5 1.000 10.97   0.1
  CF 635 604 5212.6 1498 60 12 16 .992 2.69   20.1
  LF 63 24 293.0 56 4 2 1 .968 1.84    
  RF 46 31 289.0 59 2 0 0 1.000 1.90    
  1B 17 13 106.0 118 12 0 14 1.000 11.04   0.3
Career Totals   761 672 5900.6 1731 78 14 31 .992 2.76   20.4
Career Highs   138 125 1107.0 337 17 3 10 1.000 3.03    
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
1988 26 NYA AL 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
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.
Triples
1986-7-6
1987-5-8
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Tommy O'Brien (965)
  2. Gary Woods (960)
  3. Johnny Lindell (954)
  4. Glenn Wilson (952)
  5. Jimmy Wasdell (952)
  6. John Lowenstein (952)
  7. Mitch Webster (951)
  8. Billy Hatcher (950)
  9. Kirby Puckett (948)
  10. Jim Mosolf (947)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 83rd overall pick, by St. Louis in 1976
Injured on 6/27/1979 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/26/1981 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/17/1982 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1983
Had first career hit (double) on 9/4/1983, off Mike Garman (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1984, off John Butcher (PHN)
Injured on 6/11/1985 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 8/4/1986
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
 
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