Joe Astroth

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 187lb (175cm, 84kg)

Born: September 1, 1922 in East Alton, IL us

Died: May 3, 2013 in Boca Raton, FL

Buried: South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, FL

High School: Wood River HS (Wood River, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: August 13, 1945 (Age 22-346d, 9,987th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 13, 1956 (Age 33-255d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Joseph Henry Astroth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

1579

401

.254

163

RBI

156

OBP

.334

SLG

.324

OPS

.658

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-49 / in Starts: 24-40
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	60 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 9 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 252 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	158 (78-53-27) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 252 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	162 (85-51-25)

Most Driven In
B Wilson	8
V Power	4
J DeMaestri	3
E Valo	3
J Finigan	2
G Zernial	1
E Joost	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
S Jacobs	3
J DeMaestri	2
E Valo	2
G Zernial	2
D Bollweg	2
L Limmer	2
J Taylor	1
Self	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	359	1	Apr 13	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.67	-0.049	1.67	-0.07%	-0.73	C
2	360	4 (2)	Apr 18 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(13)	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	8	1.87	0.020	5.14	0.03%	0.26	C
3	361	8 (3)	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	8	.86	-0.052	1.93	-0.07%	-0.57	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	362	13 (4)	May 2 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	8	.77	-0.058	2.47	-0.11%	-0.47	C
5	363	15 (1)	May 3	PHA		CHW	L,3-14	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.176	.188	.364	8	.02	-0.002	.07	0.00%	0.07	C
6	364	19 (3)	May 7	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.158	.308	8	1.07	-0.095	2.40	-0.13%	-0.66	C
7	365	28 (8)	May 16 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.174	.143	.317	8	.38	0.000	.48	0.00%	0.13	C
8	366	34 (5)	May 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.148	.120	.268	8	.64	-0.069	.35	-0.02%	-1.09	C
9	367	35	May 25	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.161	.138	.299	8	1.66	0.122	.55	0.02%	0.36	C
10	368	36	May 26	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.200	.156	.356	8	.81	0.099	.23	0.02%	0.65	C
11	369	37	May 28	PHA		WSH	L,6-12	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.189	.147	.336	8	.48	-0.025	.16	-0.01%	-0.44	C
12	370	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.139	.339	8	3.27	0.016	.54	0.00%	0.06	C
13	371	41	May 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-20	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.150	.372	8	.61	0.020	.15	0.00%	-0.21	C
14	372	42	May 31 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.217	.146	.364	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	373	49 (6)	Jun 6 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.220	.156	.376	8	1.60	-0.049	.20	0.00%	-0.09	C
16	374	53 (3)	Jun 11 (2)	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.208	.146	.353	8	2.01	-0.150	.06	0.00%	-1.40	C
17	375	54	Jun 12	PHA		DET	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.196	.137	.334	8	.66	-0.049	.02	0.00%	-0.48	C
18	376	55	Jun 13 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.200	.164	.364	8	1.74	-0.068	.07	0.00%	-0.33	C
19	377	57 (1)	Jun 15	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.215	.155	.371	8	.77	-0.039	.03	0.00%	-0.12	C
20	378	58	Jun 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.232	.164	.396	8	.94	0.062	.05	0.00%	0.18	C
21	379	59	Jun 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.260	.161	.422	8	.64	0.045	.02	0.00%	0.76	C
22	380	61 (1)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.260	.161	.422	8						C
23	381	62	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.286	.185	.470	8	1.40	0.165	.04	0.00%	1.21	C
24	382	65 (2)	Jun 25	PHA	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.275	.176	.451	8	.66	-0.048	.01	0.00%	-0.69	C
25	383	66	Jun 26	PHA	@	BAL	L,4-5	8-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.275	.176	.451	8						C
26	384	67	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.137	.259	.164	.423	8	1.81	-0.346	.04	-0.01%	-2.44	C
27	385	69 (1)	Jun 29	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.270	.171	.441	8	1.49	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.13	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	386	72 (2)	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.280	.188	.467	8	.62	0.103	.00	0.00%	1.39	C
29	387	73	Jul 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-8	2-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.281	.193	.474	8	.12	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
30	388	74	Jul 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.163	.273	.186	.459	8	2.27	-0.212	.01	0.00%	-1.73	C
31	389	76 (1)	Jul 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.262	.178	.440	8	1.29	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-1.10	C
32	390	77	Jul 9	PHA		BOS	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.262	.181	.443	8	.99	0.119	.00	0.00%	0.53	C
33	391	78	Jul 10	PHA		BOS	L,3-5	10-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.269	.181	.449	8	1.12	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
34	392	79	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-18	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.268	.184	.452	8	.23	0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.53	C
35	393	80	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,1-11	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.265	.182	.447	9	2.10	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.04	PH
36	394	81	Jul 15	PHA		CLE	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.267	.196	.463	8	.55	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.09	C
37	395	83 (1)	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.261	.190	.451	8	.52	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
38	396	84	Jul 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.258	.189	.447	9	.42	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH
39	397	85	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.254	.185	.439	8	1.22	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.65	C
40	398	86	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-12	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.262	.196	.458	8	.04	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.00	C
41	399	88 (1)	Jul 21	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.264	.200	.464	8	.42	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.13	C
42	400	93 (4)	Jul 25 (2)	PHA		BAL	W,6-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.265	.220	.485	8	1.75	0.406	.00	0.00%	1.57	C
43	401	95 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.265	.230	.494	8	.61	0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
44	402	96	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.270	.236	.506	9	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	403	103 (6)	Aug 2	PHA	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.270	.236	.506	8	.22	0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.76	C
46	404	104	Aug 3	PHA	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.185	.264	.231	.495	8	.85	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.38	C
47	405	105	Aug 4	PHA	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.268	.237	.505	8	1.11	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.91	C
48	406	106	Aug 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.268	.237	.505	8	.56	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
49	407	115 (8)	Aug 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.268	.237	.505	8						C
50	408	116	Aug 15	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.263	.232	.495	8	1.29	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
51	409	117	Aug 17	PHA		NYY	L,1-11	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.275	.243	.518	8	.44	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.64	C
52	410	118	Aug 18	PHA		NYY	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.274	.238	.512	8	1.22	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.82	C
53	411	119	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.274	.238	.512	8	.39	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.14	C
54	412	120	Aug 22 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.277	.239	.516	8	1.40	-0.084	.00	0.00%	0.07	C
55	413	122 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,5-8	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.282	.244	.525	9	.80	0.036	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
56	414	123	Aug 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.281	.244	.525	8	.99	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.63	C
57	415	124	Aug 24	PHA		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.282	.245	.527	8	.30	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
58	416	125	Aug 25	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.281	.246	.527	8	.73	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
59	417	127 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.280	.241	.522	8	.47	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.84	C
60	418	128	Aug 27	PHA		CHW	L,0-11	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.276	.237	.513	8	.04	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
61	419	129	Aug 28	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.286	.244	.530	8	1.00	0.061	.00	0.00%	0.40	C
62	420	130	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		DET	L,3-14	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.285	.250	.535	8	.23	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
63	421	132 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		BAL	W,8-6	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.207	.284	.250	.534	8						C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	422	134 (1)	Sep 3	PHA		BOS	L,1-11	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.285	.251	.536	8	.41	0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
65	423	136 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-12	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.294	.277	.571	8	.22	-0.013	.00	0.00%	1.27	C
66	424	138 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.290	.273	.563	8	.56	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.96	C
67	425	139	Sep 6 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.290	.273	.563	8						C
68	426	140	Sep 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.290	.279	.570	8	1.34	0.005	.00	0.00%	1.23	C
69	427	142 (1)	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.288	.274	.562	8	1.11	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
70	428	144 (1)	Sep 11	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.211	.284	.270	.554	8	1.26	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.01	C
71	429	146 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	PHA	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.288	.279	.567	8	2.04	0.267	.00	0.00%	1.18	C
72	430	147	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.284	.275	.559	8	.84	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
73	431	148	Sep 17	PHA		NYY	L,3-10	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.283	.274	.557	2	3.48	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.75	PH
74	432	149	Sep 18	PHA		NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.291	.276	.567	8	1.26	0.073	.00	0.00%	1.12	C
75	433	152 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.292	.273	.565	8	1.67	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.18	C
76	434	154 (1)	Sep 24	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.294	.276	.570	8	1.74	0.271	.00	0.00%	1.54	C
77	435	156 (1)	Sep 26	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.296	.279	.575	8	1.17	0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
							28-49		252	226	22	50	8	1	1	24	21	4	19	3	2	0	4	3	0	0	.221	.296	.279	.575		.98	0.041	.25	-0.35%	-4.21

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