Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Joe
Orengo		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 29, 1914 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
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
1939 24 MON NL     4 4 4 3 2 3 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 6
1940 25 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 2 3 7 6 6 9 8 8 6 5 6
1941 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1942 27 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 7 6 6 9 8 9 7 6 6
1943 28 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 10 9 10 7 6 6
1944 29 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 9 9 7 6 6
1945 30 DET AL $ 1,864,286   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 9 9 7 6 6
1946 31 NYG NL $ 2,985,714   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 9 9 6 6 6
1947 32 NYG NL $ 3,121,429   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 9 9 7 6 6
1948 33 SDP NL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 9 6 5 5
1949 34 SDP NL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 7 9 8 8 5 5 5
1950 35 SDP NL $ 6,000,000   5 5 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4
1951 36 SDP NL $ 4,260,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 6 3 3 3
1952 37 BOS AL $ 4,260,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3
1953 38 BOS AL $ 4,260,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3
1954 39 BOS AL $ 4,260,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 9 10 7 6 6
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
1939 24 AA   111 432 58 116 28 1 11 49 4 2 64 71 .269 .363 .414 .777 66.5  
    A   26 101 18 29 6 0 5 17 2 3 21 20 .287 .410 .495 .905 20.1  
1940 25 MON NL 10 9 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .333 .400 .444 .844 1.5 0.4
    AA   135 528 64 133 33 2 14 70 10 4 91 84 .252 .362 .402 .763 81.5  
1941 26 DET AL 105 242 34 59 14 2 8 33 4 0 30 42 .244 .330 .417 .747 31.9 4.1
1942 27 DET AL 134 402 52 93 17 2 6 49 3 0 52 64 .231 .317 .328 .645 42.9 2.8
1943 28 DET AL 87 273 38 65 12 1 5 27 2 0 34 67 .238 .325 .344 .669 29.8 2.5
    AAA   31 114 16 32 9 2 3 14 1 0 28 22 .281 .423 .474 .896 23.7  
1944 29 DET AL 156 578 88 143 31 1 17 82 5 3 82 117 .247 .337 .393 .730 80.2 10.1
1945 30 DET AL 130 443 71 114 25 5 18 93 1 3 67 84 .257 .352 .458 .810 71.0 12.4
1946 31 NYG NL 134 409 64 110 22 2 15 77 1 4 75 71 .269 .380 .443 .823 71.4 13.3
1947 32 NYG NL 124 333 49 92 14 2 8 43 1 0 46 62 .276 .359 .402 .762 47.7 7.4
1948 33 SDP NL 94 276 56 81 13 2 11 54 0 0 52 38 .293 .404 .475 .879 52.0 11.6
1949 34 SDP NL 128 345 52 99 22 4 8 58 0 0 72 64 .287 .409 .443 .853 62.9 13.0
1950 35 SDP NL 111 282 47 89 21 2 7 54 0 0 52 51 .316 .423 .479 .901 52.8 10.5
1951 36 SDP NL 59 168 24 49 6 1 4 23 0 0 23 41 .292 .373 .411 .784 26.9 4.6
1952 37 BOS AL 72 149 13 28 7 1 1 19 0 0 15 38 .188 .262 .268 .531 10.2 0.0
1953 38 BOS AL 107 313 25 45 7 1 0 15 0 0 31 84 .144 .220 .173 .392 8.1 0.0
1954 39 BOS AL 105 284 22 48 9 1 0 17 0 0 20 84 .169 .225 .208 .433 11.5 0.0
15 Years Sim 1556 4506 638 1118 221 27 108 645 17 10 652 911 .248 .342 .381 .723 600.9 92.8
1 Years AAA 31 114 16 32 9 2 3 14 1 0 28 22 .281 .417 .474 .890 23.7  
2 Years AA 246 960 122 249 61 3 25 119 14 6 155 155 .259 .362 .407 .770 148.1  
1 Years A 26 101 18 29 6 0 5 17 2 3 21 20 .287 .400 .495 .895 20.1  
4 Years Minors 303 1175 156 310 76 5 33 150 17 9 204 197 .264 .371 .421 .793 191.9  
162 Game Average 469 66 116 23 2 11 67 1 1 67 94 .248 .342 .381 .723 62.6  
Career Highs 156 578 88 143 31 5 18 93 5 4 82 117 .333 .423 .479 .901 80.2  
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   2517 328 582 117 12 58 348 10 8 320 559 .231 .316 .356 .673 300.0
vs LH   1989 310 536 104 15 50 297 7 2 332 352 .269 .373 .412 .785 320.0
Home 775 2236 338 548 111 19 55 318 5 6 305 447 .245 .335 .386 .720 301.0
Away 780 2270 300 570 110 8 53 327 12 4 347 464 .251 .349 .377 .725 319.0
RISP   1234 0 323 66 7 30 505 0 0 198 252 .262 .355 .400 .755 187.9
Pinch Hitting   161 24 38 7 0 4 25 0 0 22 29 .236 .323 .354 .677 20.0
Close/Late   538 62 127 25 4 16 69 0 0 83 101 .236 .337 .387 .723 75.0
Mar/Apr 282 812 124 187 36 4 19 104 4 0 125 172 .230 .332 .355 .687 104.7
May 279 778 130 201 46 1 20 106 3 3 122 171 .258 .358 .397 .755 115.6
June 230 673 96 168 30 5 20 107 3 1 109 134 .250 .354 .398 .752 100.9
July 243 749 73 174 35 6 16 100 2 2 77 145 .232 .301 .359 .660 83.7
August 251 701 97 170 30 7 14 98 0 2 113 128 .243 .346 .365 .712 95.3
Sep/Oct 271 793 118 218 44 4 19 130 5 2 106 161 .275 .358 .412 .770 119.8
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
1940 25 MON NL LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1941 26 DET AL 3B 87 60 543.7 28 184 8 18 .964 3.51   2.0
    SS 6 2 27.3 9 17 0 8 1.000 8.56   0.5
    2B 5 0 12.0 3 5 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1942 27 DET AL 3B 125 110 973.7 59 286 23 25 .938 3.19   3.6
    SS 3 1 14.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 4.50   0.1
    CF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1943 28 DET AL 3B 56 56 470.0 42 117 8 8 .952 3.04   1.0
    2B 24 15 144.3 41 52 4 17 .959 5.80   0.5
    RF 3 3 25.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24   0.1
    SS 6 0 14.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 29 DET AL 3B 148 146 1276.0 106 325 18 25 .960 3.04   2.2
    2B 9 0 17.0 4 6 1 1 .909 5.29   0.0
    SS 2 0 10.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1945 30 DET AL 3B 114 113 997.3 65 273 16 30 .955 3.05   3.5
    2B 8 0 17.3 4 10 1 2 .933 7.27   0.1
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 5.0 5 1 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1946 31 NYG NL 3B 66 64 562.3 35 173 12 18 .945 3.33   3.0
    LF 17 16 147.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.6
    RF 11 10 85.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    SS 17 8 85.0 13 33 1 8 .979 4.87   0.5
    1B 9 5 50.0 72 1 1 7 .986 13.14   0.1
    CF 3 3 22.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    2B 5 0 10.0 4 2 0 2 1.000 5.40   0.0
1947 32 NYG NL 3B 44 35 324.7 14 79 3 5 .969 2.58   1.5
    SS 24 9 104.7 15 41 2 9 .966 4.82   0.6
    RF 16 10 101.7 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.21   1.2
    CF 12 11 91.0 27 0 1 0 .964 2.67    
    LF 10 10 87.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    1B 10 9 75.3 81 8 0 5 1.000 10.63   0.2
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 1 0 .667 18.00   0.0
1948 33 SDP NL 3B 31 27 240.3 18 52 6 9 .921 2.62   0.6
    1B 28 27 227.0 284 18 0 20 1.000 11.97   0.3
    SS 13 7 69.0 20 35 2 8 .965 7.17   0.5
    RF 7 6 51.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.59   0.1
    CF 6 2 33.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.43    
    2B 4 2 22.0 8 11 2 5 .905 7.77   0.1
    LF 5 0 11.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77    
1949 34 SDP NL LF 57 48 449.7 98 1 0 0 1.000 1.98   1.1
    1B 19 13 125.0 150 14 1 17 .994 11.81   0.2
    3B 15 14 118.0 6 34 2 2 .952 3.05   0.5
    RF 5 4 39.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.62    
    SS 7 2 27.0 3 11 1 2 .933 4.67   0.1
    CF 8 0 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
    2B 4 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1950 35 SDP NL LF 78 73 625.0 144 4 3 2 .980 2.13   1.7
    SS 12 0 17.7 3 8 1 2 .917 5.61   0.1
    RF 5 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 5 0 5.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 11.82   0.0
    CF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 36 SDP NL LF 42 42 356.7 79 1 0 0 1.000 2.02   1.0
    CF 5 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1952 37 BOS AL SS 47 36 293.7 62 115 9 35 .952 5.42   1.1
    3B 5 3 31.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.1
    RF 4 3 26.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.1
    2B 7 0 13.3 3 5 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    CF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1953 38 BOS AL SS 66 64 528.0 102 217 10 50 .970 5.44   1.9
    2B 22 14 136.7 33 64 5 16 .951 6.39   0.2
    3B 12 10 92.7 7 20 1 0 .964 2.62   0.1
    LF 4 4 31.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.87   0.0
    RF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    1B 2 1 11.0 17 1 0 3 1.000 14.73   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1954 39 BOS AL SS 80 77 624.3 105 275 24 59 .941 5.48   1.8
    1B 8 5 44.0 52 7 1 8 .983 12.07   0.1
    RF 8 3 35.7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.51   0.1
    2B 6 2 25.0 6 10 0 1 1.000 5.76   0.1
    LF 4 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  3B 708 638 5638.6 383 1549 97 140 .952 3.08   18.2
  SS 286 206 1817.6 337 769 50 185 .957 5.48   7.4
  LF 221 194 1729.0 380 6 3 2 .992 2.01   4.5
  1B 87 60 550.7 681 50 3 63 .996 11.95   1.0
  2B 97 33 407.7 107 168 14 46 .952 6.07   1.2
  RF 63 42 400.3 84 2 2 0 .977 1.93   1.5
  CF 50 16 198.0 55 0 1 0 .982 2.50   0.0
Career Totals   1512 1189 10741.9 2027 2544 170 436 .964 3.83   33.8
Career Highs   160 146 1306.0 349 336 26 69 1.000 6.40    
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
1941 26 DET AL 4 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .222 .364 .333 .697
1947 32 NYG NL 5 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .053 .100 .105 .205
1950 35 SDP NL 11 29 2 7 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 10 .241 .313 .379 .692
Career Post-Season Batting 20 57 5 10 4 1 0 3 0 0 6 18 .175 .254 .281 .535
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
1944-8-156
 Triples
1945-10-5
 RBIs
1945-10-93
 Strikeouts
1944-2-117
1945-7-84
1946-10-71
1953-9-84
1954-10-84
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joe Foy (943)
  2. Hank Majeski (942)
  3. Joe Garagiola (930)
  4. Dan Driessen (919)
  5. Jose Pagan (914)
  6. Ray Knight (912)
  7. Ray Jablonski (910)
  8. Jim Tabor (908)
  9. Merv Rettenmund (908)
  10. Graig Nettles (906)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 40th overall pick, by Montreal in 1939
Injured on 4/12/1939 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/13/1939 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/4/1940, off Ray Prim (NYG)
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 3/3/1941 (Going to MON: P Carl Hubbell. Going to DET: SS Joe Orengo, RF Dave Philley)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1941, off Ken Raffensberger (CLE)
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1945, hitting .625 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 6/6/1945 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/24/1945 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,985,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 2/1/1946 (Going to NYG: P Johnny Vander meer, 3B Joe Orengo, LF Dick Siebert. Going to DET: 2B Eddie Stanky, RF Mel Ott)
Injured on 6/16/1946 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,121,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/9/1948 to a 3-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Injured on 6/9/1948 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 8/11/1948 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/18/1951 to a 4-year deal worth $4,260,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Boston (A) on 2/7/1952 (Going to SDP: 1B Charlie Keller. Going to BOS: 3B Joe Orengo)
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.