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Joe Astroth
Joseph Henry Astroth

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 187 lb.
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debut August 13, 1945
Final Game May 13, 1956
Born September 1, 1922 in East Alton, IL

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 22 PHA AL  10   17    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .059  .111  .059  -50    1   0           1   0
 1946 23 PHA AL   4    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .143  .143  .143  -20    1   0           0   1
 1949 26 PHA AL  55  148   18   36   4  1   0   12   1  0  21  13  .243  .337  .284   67   42   1           0   6
 1950 27 PHA AL  39  110   11   36   3  1   1   18   0  0  18   3  .327  .422  .400  113   44   0           0   7
 1951 28 PHA AL  64  187   30   46  10  2   2   19   0  1  18  13  .246  .312  .353   78   66   0           0   4
 1952 29 PHA AL 104  337   24   84   7  2   1   36   2  2  25  27  .249  .305  .291   62   98   6           2  18
 1953 30 PHA AL  82  260   28   77  15  2   3   24   1  0  27  12  .296  .367  .404  105  105   0           2  11
 1954 31 PHA AL  77  226   22   50   8  1   1   23   0  0  21  19  .221  .296  .279   59   63   2   0       3   2
 1955 32 KCA AL 101  274   29   69   4  1   5   23   2  3  47  33  .252  .372  .328   90   90  10   1   6   6  11
 1956 33 KCA AL   8   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .077  .077  .077  -59    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     544 1579  163  401  51 10  13  156   6  6 177 124  .254  .334  .324   78  511  20   1   6  14  60
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        470   49  119  15  3   4   46   2  2  53  37  .254  .334  .324   78  152   6   0   2   4  18
 Career High    104  337   30   84  15  2   5   36   2  3  47  33  .296  .372  .404  105  105  10   1   6   6  18
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 22 PHA AL   18   16    0   0.0    89| .059  .262| .111  .334| .059  .356| .170  .689| -50  .000  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1946 23 PHA AL    7    7    0   0.0    95| .143  .263| .143  .337| .143  .377| .286  .714| -20  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1949 26 PHA AL  170  119   14   3.1   104| .243  .267| .337  .358| .284  .388| .621  .747|  67  .332  -6.5  -0.6 100%
 1950 27 PHA AL  128   81   19   6.2   112| .327  .276| .422  .363| .400  .414| .822  .776| 113  .602   3.1   0.3   0%
 1951 28 PHA AL  205  146   20   3.7   104| .246  .270| .312  .351| .353  .396| .665  .747|  78  .408  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1952 29 PHA AL  370  279   29   2.8   101| .249  .267| .305  .348| .291  .390| .596  .737|  62  .329 -18.1  -1.9  50%
 1953 30 PHA AL  289  194   38   5.3   106| .296  .274| .367  .351| .404  .404| .771  .755| 105  .575   2.2   0.2 100%
 1954 31 PHA AL  252  180   18   2.7    99| .221  .265| .296  .341| .279  .388| .575  .729|  59  .300 -13.0  -1.3   0%
 1955 32 KCA AL  338  230   35   4.1   103| .252  .267| .372  .347| .328  .398| .700  .746|  90  .446  -2.3  -0.2  40%
 1956 33 KCA AL   14   13    0   0.0   106| .077  .267| .077  .349| .077  .408| .154  .757| -59  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1791 1265  173   3.7   103| .254  .269| .334  .350| .324  .395| .658  .745|  78  .414 -48.4  -4.9  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 22 PHA AL C 8 20 4 4 0 .857 .988 3.00 4.31 0 1946 23 PHA AL C 4 7 1 1 0 .889 .988 2.00 4.80 0 1949 26 PHA AL C 44 163 24 4 4 .979 .985 4.25 4.10 2 1950 27 PHA AL C 38 123 9 2 3 .985 .985 3.47 4.21 4 1951 28 PHA AL C 57 228 18 2 2 .992 .982 4.32 4.40 7 1952 29 PHA AL C 102 436 36 4 9 .992 .985 4.63 4.70 7 1953 30 PHA AL C 79 341 47 5 13 .987 .985 4.91 4.44 7 1954 31 PHA AL C 71 300 39 4 5 .988 .986 4.77 4.76 4 1955 32 KCA AL C 100 420 50 5 9 .989 .988 4.70 4.73 11 1956 33 KCA AL C 8 19 5 0 1 1.000 .988 3.00 5.03 5.14 5.91 5 42.0 0 2 2 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 22 PHA AL C 8 20 4 4 0 .857 .988 3.00 4.31 0 1946 23 PHA AL C 4 7 1 1 0 .889 .988 2.00 4.80 0 1949 26 PHA AL C 44 163 24 4 4 .979 .985 4.25 4.10 2 1950 27 PHA AL C 38 123 9 2 3 .985 .985 3.47 4.21 4 1951 28 PHA AL C 57 228 18 2 2 .992 .982 4.32 4.40 7 1952 29 PHA AL C 102 436 36 4 9 .992 .985 4.63 4.70 7 1953 30 PHA AL C 79 341 47 5 13 .987 .985 4.91 4.44 7 1954 31 PHA AL C 71 300 39 4 5 .988 .986 4.77 4.76 4 1955 32 KCA AL C 100 420 50 5 9 .989 .988 4.70 4.73 11 1956 33 KCA AL C 8 19 5 0 1 1.000 .988 3.00 5.03 5.14 5.91 5 42.0 0 2 2 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 511 2057 233 31 46 .987 .986 4.48 4.55 5 42.0 42 2 2 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 511 2057 233 31 46 .987 .986 4.48 4.55
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
1955 AL-6-9

Sac. Hits
1955 AL-10-9

Intentional Walks
1955 AL-6-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1952 AL-18-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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