Joe Orsulak

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: May 31, 1962 in Glen Ridge, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Parsippany Hills HS (Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ).

High School: Parsippany Hills HS (Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ)

Debut: September 1, 1983 (Age 21-093d, 14,794th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1997 (Age 35-117d)
vs. FLA 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Agents: Michael Maas, Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Joseph Michael Orsulak

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

4293

1173

.273

559

RBI

405

OBP

.324

SLG

.374

OPS

.698

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 57 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 23 go ahead

5 Tms
BAL	35
NYM	17
PIT	2
FLA	2
MON	1

Platoon
vs RHP	57

Home/Road
Home	29
Away	28

Outs
0	23
2	20
1	14

24 Opps
LAD	5
FLA	5
CHW	5
TEX	4
NYY	4
CAL	3
SEA	3
DET	3
KCR	3
MIL	3
MIN	2
COL	2
OAK	2
HOU	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
STL	1
SDP	1
CHC	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
PHI	1
BOS	1
MON	1

48 Pitchers
Scott Sanderson	3
Tom Gordon	2
Walt Terrell	2
Charlie Hough	2
Jack McDowell	2
Mike Moore	2
Michael Jackson	2
Eric King	2
Terry Mathews	1
Curt Leskanic	1
Kevin Brown	1
Cal Eldred	1
José Guzmán	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Hideo Nomo	1
Pat Rapp	1
Ramón Martínez	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Bill Wegman	1
Lance McCullers	1
Jack Morris	1
Wade Taylor	1
Armando Reynoso	1
Joe Slusarski	1
Gary Mielke	1
Jaime Navarro	1
Bret Saberhagen	1
Mark Clark	1
Kirk McCaskill	1
Juan Berenguer	1
Omar Olivares	1
Jim Clancy	1
Duane Ward	1
Kurt Miller	1
Eric Hetzel	1
Doug Drabek	1
Ismael Valdez	1
Mark Dewey	1
Jack Lazorko	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Willie Fraser	1
John Wetteland	1
Kevin Gross	1
Bobby Witt	1
Jack Armstrong	1
Xavier Hernandez	1
Kevin Tapani	1
Curt Schilling	1

21 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	15
Shea Stad (NYC)	11
SunLife Stad (MIA)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	48
89	5
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	16
2	12
5	8
4	7
1	7
7+	3
6	2
Unk	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	53
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	34
1--	8
12-	5
-2-	3
1-3	3
123	2
--3	1
-23	1

93 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	34
1 on	12
2 on	9
3 on	2
Any on	23

Inning
1	9
2	6
3	4
4	9
5	8
6	4
7	7
8	8
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	19
4-6	21
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	4
+1	9
Tied	21
-1	5
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	7

Ahead	17
Tied	21
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	9
1-1	9
0-0	7
3-2	5
3-1	5
2-0	5
1-2	4
0-1	3
0-2	2
Unk	2
2-1	2
2-2	2
3-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	26
LF	16
CF	9
PH	4
1B	2

OrderPos
2nd	14
6th	13
1st	12
5th	5
4th	5
3rd	4
7th	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-04-19	PIT	@	CHC	Scott Sanderson	ahead 6-2	t 4	2	---		1	2	8	0.049	91%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1986-07-09	PIT	@	SDP	Lance McCullers	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---		1	1	8	0.150	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1988-07-03	BAL	@	TEX	José Guzmán	behind 0-13	t 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1988-08-13	BAL	@	MIL	Bill Wegman	ahead 2-0	t 7	2	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	1	7	0.150	97%		Home Run; T. Kennedy Scores; B. Ripken Scores
5	5	3	1	1988-08-21	BAL		CAL	Willie Fraser	behind 0-2	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	0.139	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
6	6	4	1	1988-08-24 (2)	BAL		SEA	Mike Moore	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	0.167	51%		Home Run
7	7	5	1	1988-08-30	BAL	@	CAL	Jack Lazorko	ahead 4-2	t 4	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	9	0.085	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
8	8	6	1	1988-09-02	BAL	@	SEA	Mike Moore	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(3-2) CBCBBX	1	1	9	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	7	1	1988-09-04	BAL	@	SEA	Michael Jackson	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	--3	3,(1-1) FB.X	2	1	9	0.196	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Kennedy Scores
10	10	8	1	1988-09-09	BAL		TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	9	0.100	44%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1989-04-11	BAL	@	KCR	Tom Gordon	behind 3-6	t 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	3	PH	0.123	19%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); P. Bradley Scores
12	12	2	1	1989-06-25	BAL	@	CAL	Kirk McCaskill	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	9	0.097	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	3	1	1989-07-31	BAL	@	BOS	Eric Hetzel	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	9	0.103	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
14	14	4	1	1989-08-15	BAL	@	DET	Doyle Alexander	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	9	0.139	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	5	1	1989-08-26	BAL	@	NYY	Walt Terrell	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	4	9	0.116	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	6	2	1989-08-26	BAL	@	NYY	Walt Terrell	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	9	0.076	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
17	17	7	1	1989-09-26	BAL	@	MIL	Jaime Navarro	behind 1-7	t 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	9	0.010	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Hulett Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1990-04-22	BAL		DET	Jack Morris	behind 0-2	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	7	9	0.145	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	2	1	1990-05-18	BAL		TEX	Gary Mielke	ahead 9-0	b 6	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	3	1	1990-05-22	BAL		MIN	Kevin Tapani	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.111	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	4	2	1990-05-22	BAL		MIN	Juan Berenguer	ahead 6-2	b 5	2	12-	1,(0-0) .X	3	6	9	0.051	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Ripken Scores; M. Tettleton Scores
22	22	5	1	1990-05-23	BAL		CHW	Eric King	behind 0-3	b 4	1	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	6	9	0.286	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); C. Ripken Scores; M. Tettleton Scores
23	23	6	1	1990-05-24	BAL		CHW	Jack McDowell	behind 1-5	b 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BLBBX	1	6	9	0.064	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	7	1	1990-07-03	BAL	@	TEX	Bobby Witt	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	9,(3-2) CBBCBFFFX	1	2	7	0.103	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	8	1	1990-07-08	BAL	@	CHW	Eric King	tied 2-2	t 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	2	7	0.269	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Devereaux Scores
26	26	9	1	1990-07-17	BAL		TEX	Kevin Brown	tied 1-1	b 4	2	1-3	5,(3-1) 1BBBC11X	3	2	9	0.294	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Worthington Scores; P. Bradley Scores
27	27	10	1	1990-08-03	BAL		KCR	Tom Gordon	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BCBCBX	2	2	7	0.094	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Finley Scores
28	28	11	1	1990-08-19	BAL		OAK	Scott Sanderson	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	2	7	0.168	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Anderson Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1991-04-23	BAL	@	CHW	Jack McDowell	behind 1-10	t 8	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	7	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Devereaux Scores; J. Orsulak Scores
30	30	2	1	1991-05-14	BAL		OAK	Joe Slusarski	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	9	0.096	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Orsulak Scores
31	31	3	1	1991-06-16	BAL	@	TOR	Duane Ward	ahead 9-8	t 7	0	123	3,(0-2) .SFX	4	6	PH	0.117	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Ripken Scores; R. Milligan Scores; L. Gómez Scores; J. Orsulak Scores
32	32	4	1	1991-09-06	BAL		KCR	Bret Saberhagen	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	7	0.127	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Orsulak Scores
33	33	5	1	1991-09-11	BAL		NYY	Wade Taylor	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	4,(1-2) BC1FX	2	6	7	0.187	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Davis Scores; J. Orsulak Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1992-06-11	BAL	@	DET	Bill Gullickson	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1-3	4,(1-2) CCBX	3	6	9	0.219	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Horn Scores; R. Milligan Scores; J. Orsulak Scores
35	35	2	1	1992-07-08	BAL		CHW	Charlie Hough	tied 3-3	b 8	1	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	6	9	0.298	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Orsulak Scores
36	36	3	1	1992-09-08	BAL		NYY	Scott Sanderson	behind 1-5	b 3	0	-2-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	1	7	0.116	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. McLemore Scores; J. Orsulak Scores
37	37	4	1	1992-09-18	BAL	@	MIL	Cal Eldred	behind 0-7	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.014	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Orsulak Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1993-05-07	NYM		FLA	Charlie Hough	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	8	0.106	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
39	39	2	1	1993-05-12	NYM	@	STL	Omar Olivares	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	0.102	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	3	1	1993-06-06	NYM	@	HOU	Doug Drabek	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(1-2) CFBFX	1	5	8	0.109	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
41	41	4	1	1993-06-11	NYM		PHI	Curt Schilling	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	8	0.108	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	5	1	1993-07-25	NYM	@	LAD	Ramón Martínez	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	2	8	0.169	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
43	43	6	1	1993-07-28	NYM		FLA	Jack Armstrong	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	7	0.103	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
44	44	7	1	1993-08-28	NYM		COL	Armando Reynoso	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	0.125	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	8	1	1993-08-30	NYM		HOU	Xavier Hernandez	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	3,(2-0) ...BBX	1	1	7	0.264	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1994-04-20	NYM	@	LAD	Kevin Gross	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	7	0.128	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
47	47	2	1	1994-05-01	NYM		LAD	Pedro Astacio	behind 1-2	b 5	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	3	0.262	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Vizcaíno Scores; J. Burnitz Scores
48	48	3	1	1994-05-03	NYM		SFG	Michael Jackson	behind 1-4	b 7	1	123	4,(1-2) ..CFBX	4	8	PH	0.497	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Bonilla Scores; J. Burnitz Scores; D. Segui Scores
49	49	4	1	1994-05-10	NYM	@	MON	John Wetteland	tied 2-2	t 10	2	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	6	7	0.409	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	5	1	1994-05-17	NYM		FLA	Pat Rapp	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	7,(3-2) CBFBBFX	1	3	9	0.180	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	6	1	1994-06-16	NYM	@	FLA	Kurt Miller	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	5,(2-2) BBCF>X	2	4	9	0.180	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Stinnett Scores
52	52	7	1	1994-06-24	NYM		PIT	Mark Dewey	behind 1-9	b 9	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	9	0.005	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Bonilla Scores; J. Kent Scores
53	53	8	1	1994-07-10	NYM	@	LAD	Ismael Valdez	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	1--	4,(3-0) BBBX	2	5	8	0.106	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); K. McReynolds Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1995-08-07	NYM		FLA	Terry Mathews	tied 2-2	b 7	2	1-3	4,(3-0) .BBBX	3	7	PH	0.347	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Everett Scores; J. Vizcaíno Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1996-04-20	FLA		LAD	Hideo Nomo	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	2,(1-0) 1.BX	2	2	8	0.127	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Q. Veras Scores; J. Orsulak Scores
56	56	2	1	1996-08-14	FLA		COL	Curt Leskanic	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ...SBX	1	6	7	0.260	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1997-06-02	MON	@	NYM	Mark Clark	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	-23	7,(3-2) 2BBSSFBX	3	8	3	0.231	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Fletcher Scores/unER; F. Santangelo Scores/unER; J. Orsulak Scores/unER

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LAD	5
FLA	5
CHW	5
TEX	4
NYY	4
CAL	3
SEA	3
DET	3
KCR	3
MIL	3
MIN	2
COL	2
OAK	2
HOU	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
STL	1
SDP	1
CHC	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
PHI	1
BOS	1
MON	1

LAD	5
FLA	5
CHW	5
TEX	4
NYY	4
CAL	3
SEA	3
DET	3
KCR	3
MIL	3
MIN	2
COL	2
OAK	2
HOU	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
STL	1
SDP	1
CHC	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
PHI	1
BOS	1
MON	1

LAD	5
FLA	5
CHW	5
TEX	4
NYY	4
CAL	3
SEA	3
DET	3
KCR	3
MIL	3
MIN	2
COL	2
OAK	2
HOU	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
STL	1
SDP	1
CHC	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
PHI	1
BOS	1
MON	1