Joe Ostrowski
[edit] Biography
Born on November 15, 1916 in West Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Joe Ostrowski (Joseph Paul Ostrowski) played for the St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees over the course of his 5 year career. Ostrowski broke into the bigs on July 18, 1948 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 5.97 ERA in 78.1 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Ostrowski's best season was 1951, when he posted a 3.49 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1948
| STL
| A
| 26
| 9
| 4
| 6
| 5.97
| 20
| 54
| 52
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 78.1
| 108
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1949
| STL
| A
| 40
| 13
| 8
| 8
| 4.79
| 34
| 94
| 75
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 141
| 185
| 16
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 9
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 2.51
| 15
| 22
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 57.1
| 57
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| NY
| A
| 21
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 5.15
| 15
| 26
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 43.2
| 50
| 11
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| 30
| 11
| 3
| 5
| 3.65
| 30
| 48
| 41
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 101
| 107
| 13
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| NY
| A
| 34
| 3
| 6
| 4
| 3.49
| 30
| 44
| 37
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 95.1
| 103
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| NY
| A
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 5.62
| 17
| 31
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 40
| 56
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 150
| 37
| 23
| 25
| 4.54
| 131
| 271
| 230
| 12
| 0
| 15
| 455.2
| 559
| 44
| 98
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1948
| STL
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| STL
| A
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1950
| NY
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1951
| NY
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| NY
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 150
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 78
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1948
| STL
| A
| 26
| 18
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .222
| .364
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| STL
| A
| 40
| 37
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .189
| .375
| .243
| 2
| 0
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 9
| 18
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 4
| .222
| .364
| .389
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| NY
| A
| 21
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .111
| .273
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| 30
| 27
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 5
| .185
| .333
| .296
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| NY
| A
| 34
| 28
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .107
| .194
| .107
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| NY
| A
| 20
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 150
| 118
| 11
| 19
| 0
| 11
| .161
| .303
| .203
| 5
| 0
| 24
| 31
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1941).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Roy Partee, Jim Wilson, Al Widmar, Eddie Pellagrini, Pete Layden and $310000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Vern Stephens and Jack Kramer (November 17, 1947).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Tom Ferrick and Leo Thomas to New York Yankees in exchange for Jim Delsing, Don Johnson, Duane Pillette, Snuffy Stirnweiss and $50000 (June 15, 1950).
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