Johnny
Ostrowski
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 17, 1917 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1949   
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
1943 25 BRK NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 6 6 5 4 4
1944 26 BRK NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
1945 27 BRK NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 6 6 5 4 4
1946 28 BRK NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 6 6 5 4 5
1947 29 BRK NL     4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 5 4 4
1948 30 BRK NL     4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 5 4 4
1949 31 BRK NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 5 4 4
1950 32 BRK NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 5 4 4
1951 33 BRK NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 5 4 5
1952 34 BRK NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 6 8 7 7 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 5 4 5
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
1943 25 AA   110 388 57 96 15 3 17 76 17 12 77 88 .247 .372 .433 .805 66.3  
    A   26 106 25 37 5 2 4 13 5 7 25 20 .349 .473 .547 1.020 25.0  
1944 26 AAA   108 428 72 102 14 5 18 55 16 6 57 89 .238 .328 .421 .748 62.7  
    AA   26 93 17 37 3 1 6 23 2 1 18 15 .398 .495 .645 1.141 26.1  
1945 27 AAA   137 522 71 115 19 8 19 65 11 17 75 116 .220 .318 .397 .715 66.8  
1946 28 AAA   136 501 63 114 16 5 16 59 10 15 62 91 .228 .313 .375 .688 59.2  
1947 29 AAA   137 521 90 147 32 5 19 85 11 16 82 112 .282 .380 .472 .852 89.9  
1948 30 AAA   137 500 75 114 21 6 19 67 18 15 91 107 .228 .347 .408 .755 75.0  
1949 31 BRK NL 117 306 49 85 20 10 5 34 0 0 49 64 .278 .376 .458 .834 49.6 8.3
1950 32 BRK NL 114 304 37 56 6 1 8 41 0 1 42 85 .184 .282 .289 .571 26.6 0.1
1951 33 BRK NL 64 176 25 35 5 0 4 16 4 2 28 53 .199 .312 .295 .608 18.9 1.4
    AAA   56 222 34 45 11 1 7 25 13 3 35 47 .203 .311 .356 .667 28.3  
1952 34 AAA   136 491 87 116 10 8 25 70 20 12 91 111 .236 .356 .442 .798 82.7  
3 Years Sim 295 786 111 176 31 11 17 91 4 3 119 202 .224 .326 .356 .682 95.0 9.9
7 Years AAA 847 3185 492 753 123 38 123 426 99 84 493 673 .236 .341 .415 .756 464.8  
2 Years AA 136 481 74 133 18 4 23 99 19 13 95 103 .277 .395 .474 .869 92.4  
1 Years A 26 106 25 37 5 2 4 13 5 7 25 20 .349 .473 .547 1.020 25.0  
10 Years Minors 1009 3772 591 923 146 44 150 538 123 104 613 796 .245 .352 .426 .778 582.2  
162 Game Average 431 60 96 17 6 9 49 2 1 65 110 .224 .326 .356 .682 52.2  
Career Highs 117 306 49 85 20 10 8 41 4 2 49 85 .278 .376 .458 .834 49.6  
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   200 34 48 7 1 7 25 0 0 24 48 .240 .319 .390 .709 26.2
vs LH   586 77 128 24 10 10 66 4 3 95 154 .218 .328 .345 .673 72.2
Home 150 403 58 87 13 3 9 43 3 3 62 102 .216 .320 .330 .650 46.8
Away 145 383 53 89 18 8 8 48 1 0 57 100 .232 .332 .384 .716 51.6
RISP   170 0 39 5 2 5 67 0 0 25 44 .229 .323 .371 .694 22.3
Pinch Hitting   65 7 18 2 0 4 14 0 0 3 15 .277 .309 .492 .801 9.7
Close/Late   77 21 19 3 3 1 9 0 0 15 17 .247 .370 .403 .772 12.3
Mar/Apr 51 135 28 38 8 1 6 19 1 0 26 36 .281 .398 .489 .886 26.6
May 60 157 18 33 4 4 3 24 0 1 19 35 .210 .295 .344 .639 16.6
June 60 166 22 35 5 4 3 20 3 2 24 43 .211 .307 .343 .651 19.1
July 37 97 14 17 5 0 2 7 0 0 20 30 .175 .316 .289 .605 10.6
August 42 110 18 27 6 2 2 16 0 0 14 29 .245 .331 .391 .722 14.6
Sep/Oct 45 121 11 26 3 0 1 5 0 0 16 29 .215 .309 .264 .574 10.9
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
1949 31 BRK NL LF 69 68 569.0 109 3 6 0 .949 1.77   0.7
    3B 13 7 73.3 4 15 1 3 .950 2.33   0.2
1950 32 BRK NL LF 73 71 600.7 97 2 7 0 .934 1.48   0.5
    3B 20 13 121.0 7 15 3 2 .880 1.64   0.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1951 33 BRK NL LF 39 38 312.0 55 1 5 1 .918 1.62   0.4
    3B 14 9 85.7 7 32 3 0 .929 4.10   0.2
  LF 181 177 1481.7 261 6 18 1 .937 1.62   1.7
  3B 47 29 280.0 18 62 7 5 .920 2.57   0.5
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   229 206 1764.7 279 68 25 6 .933 1.77   2.2
Career Highs   94 84 724.7 113 33 10 3 .949 2.15    
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
1949-1-10
Strikeouts
1950-9-85
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Liz Funk (968)
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  6. Curt Ford (966)
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  8. Jose Gonzalez (964)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 41st overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1943
Had first career hit on 4/7/1949, off Cal Mclish (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1949, off Cliff Melton (STL)
Injured on 5/13/1950 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/6/1952 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 6 days