Joe Astroth

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Full Name: Joseph Henry Astroth	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/187	First Game: August 13, 1945
Birthdate: September 1, 1922	Final Game: May 13, 1956
Birthplace: East Alton, Illinois	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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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.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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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