Fritz Ostermueller 1940 Game by Game Pitching Logs

Fritz Ostermueller pitched in 31 Major League games during the 1940 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Ostermueller pitched in, specifically relating to his 1940 pitching statistics. Notes: The Date / Box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Ostermueller started that game. Cumulative monthly totals are provided where applicable.

"'Old Folks,' as his Pirate teammates called him, was one of the slowest-working pitchers in the game. As a result of an elbow injury suffered in 1943, he developed a long, drawn-out windup. The delivery took time, but as Fritz said, 'I don't care if it takes me three hours to pitch a game. I don't have anything else to do all day.'" - The Sporting News (December 17, 1957)
Fritz Ostermueller 1940 Game by Game Pitching Logs

In Chronological Order / Fritz Ostermueller Stats

04-24-1940vs Senators0000.001.11000000000
04-27-1940at Athletics0000.000.10101010000
 April 1940 Totals
0 0 0 0.00 1.2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
05-03-1940vs Browns0000.000.10101010000
05-05-1940vs Indians0000.003.02400010000
05-12-1940 *at Yankees0100.757.02713030000
05-22-1940 *at Indians0002.130.20322110000
 May 1940 Totals
0 1 0 2.13 11.0 4 15 3 6 1 6 0 0 0 0
06-03-1940 *vs White Sox0104.864.04666020000
06-18-1940 *at Browns0005.966.021066040000
06-20-1940at Browns0006.461.01222010000
06-22-1940at Indians0006.201.02100010000
06-29-1940vs Senators0106.433.11533030000
 June 1940 Totals
0 2 0 6.43 15.1 10 24 17 17 0 11 0 0 0 0
07-01-1940vs Athletics0006.064.25622110000
07-04-1940vs Yankees0005.857.17644130000
07-13-1940vs White Sox0005.325.24511020000
07-17-1940vs Tigers1004.735.22200020000
07-21-1940 *vs Indians0104.408.06422010000
07-27-1940 *at Browns0104.913.01855210000
 July 1940 Totals
1 2 0 4.91 34.1 25 31 14 14 4 10 0 0 0 0
08-01-1940 *at Indians1004.549.03722030000
08-05-1940 *vs Yankees1004.159.03711040000
08-09-1940 *at Senators0004.274.01533030000
08-16-1940 *vs Senators0004.386.031044130000
08-21-1940 *vs Indians0104.308.08634140000
08-25-1940 *vs Browns0104.546.221366040000
08-30-1940 *at Athletics0004.723.23644020000
 August 1940 Totals
2 2 0 4.72 46.1 23 54 23 24 2 23 0 0 0 0
09-04-1940 *vs Athletics1004.5911.031044060000
09-08-1940vs Yankees0104.724.13644040000
09-12-1940 *at Indians0104.953.11556020000
09-15-1940at White Sox0004.914.23422030000
09-18-1940at Browns0005.082.23444010000
09-21-1940at Yankees0005.080.00100000000
09-27-1940 *vs Senators1004.959.041134030000
 September 1940 Totals
2 2 0 4.95 35.0 17 41 22 24 0 19 0 0 0 0
 1940 Yearly Totals 5 9 0 4.97 143.2 80 166 79 86 7 70 0 0 0 0
Fritz Ostermueller 1940 Game by Game Pitching Logs


Did you know that Fritz Ostermueller pitched 17 games at home, had an ERA of 3.98, pitched 97.1 innings, allowed 102 hits, had 43 earned runs, 46 runs, and 4 home runs, walked 44 batters (0 intentionally), threw 0 wild pitches, hit batters 0 times, and balked 0 times?

On the road, Fritz Ostermueller pitched 14 games, had an ERA of 7.03, pitched 46.1 innings, allowed 64 hits, had 36 earned runs, 40 runs, and 3 home runs, walked 26 batters (0 intentionally), threw 0 wild pitches, hit batters 0 times, and balked 0 times.

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