Joe Oeschger
[edit] Biography
Born on May 24, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, Joe Oeschger (Joseph Carl Oeschger) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 12 year career. Oeschger broke into the bigs on April 21, 1914 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.77 ERA in 124 innings pitched in 1914, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Oeschger's best season was 1917, when he posted a 2.75 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 123 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1914
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 10
| 4
| 8
| 3.77
| 47
| 74
| 52
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 124
| 129
| 5
| 54
| 0
| 5
| 10
|
| 1915
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3.42
| 8
| 13
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 23.2
| 21
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1916
| PHI
| N
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2.37
| 17
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 30.1
| 18
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1917
| PHI
| N
| 42
| 30
| 15
| 14
| 2.75
| 123
| 108
| 80
| 18
| 5
| 1
| 262
| 241
| 7
| 72
| 0
| 3
| 6
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| 30
| 23
| 6
| 18
| 3.03
| 60
| 87
| 62
| 13
| 2
| 3
| 184
| 159
| 3
| 83
| 0
| 4
| 7
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 5.92
| 5
| 29
| 25
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 52
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1919
| NY
| N
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4.50
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| BOS
| N
| 7
| 7
| 4
| 2
| 2.54
| 16
| 19
| 16
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 56.2
| 63
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1919
| TOT
| N
| 17
| 12
| 4
| 4
| 3.94
| 24
| 52
| 45
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 102.2
| 127
| 1
| 39
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1920
| BOS
| N
| 38
| 30
| 15
| 13
| 3.46
| 80
| 124
| 115
| 20
| 5
| 0
| 299
| 294
| 10
| 99
| 0
| 7
| 8
|
| 1921
| BOS
| N
| 46
| 36
| 20
| 14
| 3.52
| 68
| 128
| 117
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 299
| 303
| 11
| 97
| 0
| 5
| 15
|
| 1922
| BOS
| N
| 46
| 23
| 6
| 21
| 5.06
| 51
| 137
| 110
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 195.2
| 234
| 8
| 81
| 2
| 11
| 8
|
| 1923
| BOS
| N
| 44
| 19
| 5
| 15
| 5.68
| 33
| 117
| 105
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 166.1
| 227
| 4
| 54
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1924
| PHI
| N
| 19
| 8
| 2
| 7
| 4.41
| 8
| 44
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 65.1
| 88
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1924
| NY
| N
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 3.10
| 10
| 17
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 35
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| 29
| 10
| 4
| 7
| 4.01
| 18
| 61
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 94.1
| 123
| 7
| 30
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1925
| BRO
| N
| 21
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 6.08
| 6
| 38
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 60
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 365
| 197
| 82
| 116
| 3.81
| 535
| 947
| 770
| 99
| 18
| 8
| 1818
| 1936
| 61
| 651
| 2
| 46
| 67
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1914
| PHI
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 29
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1915
| PHI
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| PHI
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| PHI
| N
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 57
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 45
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| NY
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| BOS
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1919
| TOT
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1920
| BOS
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 70
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1921
| BOS
| N
| P
| 46
| 36
| 299
| 11
| 93
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1922
| BOS
| N
| P
| 46
| 23
| 195.2
| 6
| 51
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 10
| 1
| .983
|
| 1923
| BOS
| N
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 38
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| PHI
| N
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| NY
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1925
| BRO
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 365
| 59
| 494.2
| 64
| 447
| 22
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 10
| 1
| .959
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1914
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 40
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .075
| .075
| .075
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| PHI
| N
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| PHI
| N
| 43
| 88
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .114
| .161
| .136
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 33
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| 30
| 60
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .083
| .154
| .100
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| NY
| N
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| BOS
| N
| 7
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .167
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| TOT
| N
| 17
| 38
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .053
| .100
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| BOS
| N
| 38
| 101
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .178
| .186
| .228
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| BOS
| N
| 46
| 110
| 9
| 28
| 0
| 11
| .255
| .274
| .264
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| BOS
| N
| 46
| 63
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 5
| .190
| .215
| .238
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1923
| BOS
| N
| 44
| 52
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 5
| .231
| .245
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| PHI
| N
| 19
| 20
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| NY
| N
| 10
| 7
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .429
| .429
| .429
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| 29
| 27
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .296
| .296
| .296
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| BRO
| N
| 21
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .125
| .222
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 366
| 599
| 34
| 99
| 0
| 41
| .165
| .192
| .187
| 13
| 0
| 20
| 138
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Giants in exchange for George Smith and Ed Sicking (May 27, 1919).
- Traded by New York Giants with Red Causey, Johnny Jones, Mickey O'Neil and $55000 to Boston Braves in exchange for Art Nehf (August 1, 1919).
- Traded by Boston Braves with Billy Southworth to New York Giants in exchange for Casey Stengel, Dave Bancroft and Bill Cunningham (November 12, 1923).
- Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from New York Giants (July 1, 1924).
- Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Robins from Philadelphia Phillies (April 20, 1925).
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