Joe Orengo
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[edit] Biography
Joe Orengo (Joseph Charles Orengo) was born on November 29, 1914 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1939 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1940, his rookie year, he hit .287 with 7 home runs and 56 RBI. Orengo played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that Joe Orengo's best season was 1940, when he hit for a .287 average and knocked in 56 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | STL | N | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | STL | N | 129 | 415 | 58 | 119 | 7 | 56 | .287 | .383 | .412 | 23 | 4 | 65 | 90 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 1941 | NY | N | 77 | 252 | 23 | 54 | 4 | 25 | .214 | .298 | .321 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1943 | NY | N | 83 | 266 | 28 | 58 | 6 | 29 | .218 | .311 | .331 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1943 | BRO | N | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .368 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1943 | TOT | N | 90 | 281 | 29 | 61 | 6 | 30 | .217 | .315 | .331 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 48 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 1944 | DET | A | 46 | 154 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 10 | .201 | .297 | .266 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1945 | CHI | A | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .067 | .222 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 303 | 951 | 110 | 234 | 17 | 111 | .246 | .340 | .363 | 44 | 8 | 133 | 188 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 19 | |
| Total | AL | 63 | 169 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 11 | .189 | .290 | .249 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 366 | 1120 | 129 | 266 | 17 | 122 | .237 | .332 | .346 | 54 | 8 | 156 | 219 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | STL | N | SS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 1940 | STL | N | SS | 19 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 59 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .942 |
| 1940 | STL | N | 2B | 77 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 216 | 21 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .952 |
| 1940 | STL | N | 3B | 34 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1941 | NY | N | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1941 | NY | N | 3B | 59 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 132 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
| 1941 | NY | N | SS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .984 |
| 1943 | NY | N | 1B | 82 | 0 | 0 | 730 | 61 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .992 |
| 1943 | BRO | N | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1944 | DET | A | SS | 29 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 86 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .903 |
| 1944 | DET | A | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1944 | DET | A | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .911 |
| 1944 | DET | A | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1945 | CHI | A | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| 1945 | CHI | A | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Total | 1B | 87 | 0 | 0 | 785 | 64 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .992 | ||
| Total | SS | 64 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 185 | 25 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .924 | ||
| Total | 2B | 86 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 241 | 21 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 | ||
| Total | 3B | 117 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 221 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants (November 25, 1940).
- Traded by New York Giants with Bill Lohrman and Bill Sayles to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Johnny Allen and Dolph Camilli (July 31, 1943).
- Selected by Detroit Tigers from St Paul (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 1, 1943).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Skeeter Webb (December 12, 1944).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (February 15, 1946).
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