Joe
Ostrowski
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 15, 1916 in Usa, PA, WEST WYOMING
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1948   
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 31 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 3 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5
1949 32 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 4 4
1950 33 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3
1951 34 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 1 1 1 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 1 1 1 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 31 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1949 32 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 33 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 34 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1948 31 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 30 0 0 0 0 58.7 70 27 5 6 7 4.14 .299 .318 .432 .750 4.6
  SDP NL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 5.3 8 2 1 0 0 3.38 .348 .348 .565 .913 0.3
  TOT   1 0 1.000 36 0 0 0 0 64.0 78 29 6 6 7 4.08 .304 .321 .444 .764 4.8
1949 32 SDP NL 2 1 .667 15 0 0 0 0 25.7 26 8 2 8 9 2.81 .268 .321 .402 .723 3.0
1950 33 SDP NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.3 3 0 0 3 1 0.00 .136 .240 .227 .467 1.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
1951 34 SDP NL 2 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 12.0 18 10 2 1 4 7.50 .353 .377 .588 .966 0.2
    AAA   1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 16.3 14 9 4 4 10 4.96 .233 .281 .450 .731  
1952 35 AAA   3 2 .600 61 0 0 0 3 66.3 90 46 11 18 37 6.24 .320 .361 .480 .842  
4 Years Sim 5 1 .833 65 0 0 0 0 108.0 125 47 10 18 21 3.92 .293 .323 .440 .763 9.1
3 Years AAA 4 2 .667 69 0 0 0 3 83.7 104 55 15 22 47 5.92 .302 .344 .471 .815  
Season Average 1 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 0 27.0 31 11 2 4 5 3.92 .293 .323 .440 .763  
Career Highs 2 1 1.000 36 0 0 0 0 64.0 78 29 6 8 9 7.50 .353 .377 .588 .966  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   68 28 6 13 11   .282 .319 .440 .759
vs LH   57 19 4 5 10   .306 .325 .441 .765
Home 4 0 1.000 43 0 0 0 0 74.3 83 29 6 11 12 3.51 .287 .313 .422 .735
Away 1 1 .500 22 0 0 0 0 33.7 42 18 4 7 9 4.81 .304 .338 .478 .816
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 10.3 6 1 1 0 0 0.87 .162 .162 .297 .459
May 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 22.0 25 6 1 2 4 2.46 .284 .300 .386 .686
June 2 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 0 25.0 36 18 6 4 5 6.48 .346 .370 .577 .947
July 2 0 1.000 15 0 0 0 0 23.0 29 14 2 3 5 5.48 .315 .337 .489 .826
August 1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 0 19.7 19 2 0 6 5 0.92 .260 .316 .329 .645
Sep/Oct 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 6 0 3 2 6.76 .303 .361 .424 .785
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
1948 31 SEM AL 30 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.1 0.0
  SDP NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   36 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.1 0.0
1949 32 SDP NL 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
1950 33 SDP NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1951 34 SDP NL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
4 Years Sim 65 21 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .182 .143 .325 -0.1 0.0
162 Game Average 52 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .143 .182 .143 .325 -0.3  
Career Highs 36 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.1  
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   12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .083 .154 .083 .237 -0.2
vs LH   9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3
Home 42 16 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .125 .176 .125 .301 0.0
Away 17 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
RISP   8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
June 14 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
July 12 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.6
August 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Sep/Oct 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1948 31 SEM AL P 30 0 58.7 6 11 1 1 .944 2.61    
  SDP NL P 6 0 5.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38    
  TOT   P 36 0 64.0 7 12 1 1 .950 2.67    
1949 32 SDP NL P 15 0 25.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1950 33 SDP NL P 3 0 6.3 2 4 0 0 1.000 8.53    
1951 34 SDP NL P 11 0 12.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
Career Totals   65 0 108.0 14 22 1 1 .973 3.00    
Career Highs   36 0 64.0 7 12 1 1 1.000 8.53    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1950 33 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 2 2 1 0 0 27.27 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 2 2 1 0 0 27.27 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 65th overall pick, by Seattle in 1948
Had first career hit on 5/24/1948, off Johnny Antonelli (NYG)
Earned first career win on 6/22/1948
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 7/31/1948 (Going to SDP: LF Eddie Waitkus, 3B Bob Dillinger, P Joe Ostrowski. Going to SEM: 3B Mel Ott, 1B George Vico)
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by San Diego on 10/19/1952