Joe Ostrowski Stats

Joe Ostrowski was born on Wednesday, November 15, 1916, in West Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Ostrowski was 31 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 18, 1948, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Joe Ostrowski baseball stats page.

"Reaching that category of being a member of a team (the New York Yankees) I admired all my life was a dream come true." - Joe Ostrowski in The Times Leader (1999)

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Joe Ostrowski
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Joseph Paul Ostrowski
Nickname:   Professor
Born On:   11-15-1916
Place of Birth Data Born In:   West Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Zodiac:   Scorpio
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-03-2003
Place of Death Data Died In:   Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   St. Joseph Church Cemetery, West Wyoming, Pennsylvania
College:   University of Scranton
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   07-18-1948 (Age 31)
Last Game:   08-20-1952
Draft:   Not Applicable
Joe Ostrowski

Joe Ostrowski Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1948 Browns 26 9 11 4 6 .400 5.97 3 0 3 78.1 347 108 52 54 6 17 - 20 1 0 1 -
1949 Browns 40 13 12 8 8 .500 4.79 4 0 2 141.0 634 185 75 94 16 27 - 34 1 0 0 -
1950 Browns 9 7 2 2 4 .333 2.51 2 0 0 57.1 237 57 16 22 2 7 - 15 0 0 0 -
1950 Yankees 21 4 9 1 1 .500 5.15 1 0 3 43.2 185 50 25 26 11 15 - 15 0 0 0 -
1951 Yankees 34 3 18 6 4 .600 3.49 2 0 5 95.1 396 103 37 44 4 18 - 30 0 1 0 -
1952 Yankees 20 1 8 2 2 .500 5.63 0 0 2 40.0 190 56 25 31 5 14 - 17 0 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
5 Years 150 37 60 23 25 .479 4.54 12 0 15 455.2 1,989 559 230 271 44 98 - 131 2 2 1 -
Joe Ostrowski

Joe Ostrowski Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1948 Browns 26 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 - 5 3 - 0 0 .222 .364 .222
1949 Browns 40 37 3 7 2 0 0 0 3 11 - 9 0 - 0 0 .189 .375 .243
1950 Browns 9 18 2 4 3 0 0 0 4 4 - 7 0 - 0 0 .222 .364 .389
1950 Yankees 21 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 1 1 - 0 0 .111 .273 .111
1951 Yankees 34 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 7 0 - 0 1 .107 .194 .107
1952 Yankees 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 2 - 0 1 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
5 Years 150 118 11 19 5 0 0 0 11 24 - 31 6 - 0 2 .161 .303 .203
Joe Ostrowski

Joe Ostrowski Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1948 Browns P 26 9 235 28 1.1 28 5 23 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.22 -
1949 Browns P 40 13 423 31 0.8 30 8 22 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.91 -
1950 Browns P 9 7 172 11 1.2 10 2 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.57 -
1950 Yankees P 21 4 131 10 0.5 10 2 8 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.06 -
1951 Yankees P 34 3 286 19 0.6 19 5 14 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.79 -
1952 Yankees P 20 1 120 5 0.3 5 2 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 150 37 1,367 104 0.7 102 24 78 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.01 --
5 Years 150 37 1,367 104 0.7 102 24 78 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.01 --
Joe Ostrowski

Joe Ostrowski Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1948 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.6 9.0 1.18 2.30 1.95
1949 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.1 12.3 1.26 2.17 1.72
1950 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.6 4.5 2.14 2.35 1.10
1950 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 3.09 3.09
1951 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 28.0 1.67 2.83 1.70
1952 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 1.21 3.83 3.15
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
5 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.8 10.7 1.34 2.59 1.94
Joe Ostrowski

Joe Ostrowski Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1948 St. Louis Browns 30 Undetermined - -
1949 St. Louis Browns 21 Undetermined - -
1950 St. Louis Browns 21 Undetermined - -
1950 New York Yankees 35 Undetermined - -
1951 New York Yankees 35 Undetermined - Stats
1952 New York Yankees 35 Undetermined - -


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