Joe Astroth
[edit] Biography
Joe Astroth (Joseph Henry Astroth) was born on September 1, 1922 in East Alton, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on August 13, 1945 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1949, his rookie year, he hit .243 with 0 home runs and 12 RBI. Astroth played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Joe Astroth's best season was 1953, when he hit for a .296 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1945
| PHI
| A
| 10
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .059
| .111
| .059
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| 55
| 148
| 18
| 36
| 0
| 12
| .243
| .337
| .284
| 4
| 1
| 21
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 110
| 11
| 36
| 1
| 18
| .327
| .422
| .400
| 3
| 1
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 64
| 187
| 30
| 46
| 2
| 19
| .246
| .312
| .353
| 10
| 2
| 18
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 104
| 337
| 24
| 84
| 1
| 36
| .249
| .305
| .291
| 7
| 2
| 25
| 27
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 18
|
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| 82
| 260
| 28
| 77
| 3
| 24
| .296
| .367
| .404
| 15
| 2
| 27
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 11
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 77
| 226
| 22
| 50
| 1
| 23
| .221
| .296
| .279
| 8
| 1
| 21
| 19
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 101
| 274
| 29
| 69
| 5
| 23
| .252
| .372
| .328
| 4
| 1
| 47
| 33
| 6
| 10
| 2
| 6
| 11
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .077
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 544
| 1579
| 163
| 401
| 13
| 156
| .254
| .334
| .324
| 51
| 10
| 177
| 124
| 14
| 20
| 6
| 6
| 60
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1945
| PHI
| A
| C
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| C
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| C
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 163
| 24
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| C
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 123
| 9
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| C
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 228
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| C
| 102
| 0
| 0
| 436
| 36
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| C
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 341
| 47
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| C
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 300
| 39
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| C
| 100
| 0
| 0
| 420
| 50
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| C
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 511
| 0
| 0
| 2057
| 233
| 31
| 46
| 0
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
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- Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1945).
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