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Joe Ostrowski

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: November 15, 1916 in West Wyoming, PA us

Died: January 3, 2003 in Wilkes-Barre, PA

Buried: St. Joseph Church Cemetery, West Wyoming, PA

High School: West Wyoming HS (West Wyoming, PA)

School: University of Scranton (Scranton, PA)

Debut: July 8, 1948 (Age 31-236d, 10,530th in major league history)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: August 20, 1952 (Age 35-279d)
vs. CHW 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Joseph Paul Ostrowski

Nicknames: Professor or Specs

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

4.54

150

455.2

131

WHIP

1.442

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	70 (69)	Jul 8	SLB	@	DET	L,2-12		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	77 (6)	Jul 18 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-12	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	84 (6)	Jul 25 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	89 (4)	Jul 31	SLB		WSH	W,10-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	90	Aug 1 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,8-5	GF	0	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
6	92 (1)	Aug 2	SLB		WSH	W,7-5	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	93	Aug 3	SLB		BOS	L,8-15	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	95 (1)	Aug 5	SLB		BOS	L,7-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	97 (1)	Aug 7	SLB		PHA	L,1-7		0	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	99 (1)	Aug 9	SLB		CHW	W,8-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	101 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	103 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	107 (3)	Aug 15	SLB		DET	L,1-3	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	109 (1)	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS	33	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
15	111 (1)	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	114 (2)	Aug 25	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-14	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	116 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-6	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	124 (7)	Sep 3 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	127 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	SLB		DET	W,11-10	GF	0	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
20	129 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
21	136 (6)	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,2-12	GS	0	1.2	0	2	0	2	0
22	142 (5)	Sep 19 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,6-9	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	145 (2)	Sep 23	SLB		WSH	L,8-9		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	148 (2)	Sep 26	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	151 (2)	Sep 30	SLB	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	154 (2)	Oct 3 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-10		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							26gm		78.1	5	23	0	28	0