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+

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

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	11	Apr 28	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
3	12	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	13	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14	May 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,15-9	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	15	May 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-3	GS	28	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	21 (5)	May 8 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	24 (2)	May 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
9	27 (2)	May 15 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	GS	19	4.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	52 (24)	Jun 12 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,13-10	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	58 (5)	Jun 19 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	61 (2)	Jun 22	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	GF	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	74 (12)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-0	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	79 (4)	Jul 10 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	87 (7)	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	0	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
16	89 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	91 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	95 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
19	99 (3)	Jul 31 (2)	PHA		DET	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	107 (7)	Aug 10	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	GF	11	3.0	2	2	0	4	1
21	111 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
22	113 (1)	Aug 16	PHA		BOS	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	114	Aug 17	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	116 (1)	Aug 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	117	Aug 21	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
26	118	Aug 23	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	119	Aug 24	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
28	120	Aug 25	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	121	Aug 26	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	122	Aug 27	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
31	126 (3)	Aug 31 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	129 (2)	Sep 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	5	2	1	8	1
33	131 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-13	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	134 (2)	Sep 8 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
35	135	Sep 9	PHA		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	138 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	141 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	144 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	145	Sep 19	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	146	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
41	147	Sep 21	PHA		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	149 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,0-4	CG	35	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	153 (3)	Oct 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	154	Oct 2	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
							44gm		346.0	163	24	4	191	4