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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 19 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	6	Apr 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-9	GF	31	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	7	Apr 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
4	10 (2)	Apr 30	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	11	May 1	PHA		CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	12	May 2	PHA		CHW	W,13-12	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	13	May 3	PHA		CHW	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	14	May 4 (1)	PHA		DET	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
9	15	May 4 (2)	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	16	May 6	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	17	May 7	PHA		SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
12	18	May 8	PHA		SLB	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	19	May 9	PHA		WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	20	May 10	PHA		WSH	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	21	May 11	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	CG	48	11.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
16	22	May 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
17	23	May 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,7-12	CG	48	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	24	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	25	May 18 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	27 (1)	May 21	PHA	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	28	May 25 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	33 (4)	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	57	14.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	36 (2)	Jun 3	PHA		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	37	Jun 4	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
25	40 (2)	Jun 7	PHA		CLE	L,0-14	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	41	Jun 8 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	46 (4)	Jun 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	48 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	10.2	7	1	0	8	0
29	49	Jun 17 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-13	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	51 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	53 (1)	Jun 20	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
32	55 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	56	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
34	57	Jun 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	58	Jun 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	59	Jun 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,12-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	60	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	61	Jul 1	PHA		WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	62	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	63	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
41	64	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	66 (1)	Jul 5	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	67	Jul 6 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	69 (1)	Jul 10	PHA		CLE	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
45	70	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
46	72 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	75 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
48	78 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	81 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		DET	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	83 (1)	Jul 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
51	84	Jul 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	85	Jul 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	87 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
54	88	Jul 26	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-9	GF	8	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	89	Jul 27 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	92 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	93	Jul 30	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	94	Jul 31 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
59	95	Jul 31 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	97 (1)	Aug 2	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	99 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
62	100	Aug 5	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	102 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	103	Aug 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
65	105 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
66	106	Aug 11 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	107	Aug 12	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	108	Aug 13	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
69	110 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
70	111	Aug 15	PHA		WSH	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	112	Aug 16	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
72	114 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
73	116 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	117	Aug 20	PHA		DET	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	119 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	120	Aug 23	PHA		SLB	L,11-12	CG	51	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	121	Aug 24 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,7-11	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
78	122	Aug 24 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
79	123	Aug 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	47	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
80	124	Aug 27	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	126 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	128 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	130 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
84	131	Sep 1 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
85	132	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	9	1	0	10	1	C
86	133	Sep 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	135 (1)	Sep 4	PHA		NYY	L,2-12	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	136	Sep 5	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	137	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
90	140 (2)	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
91	141	Sep 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
92	143 (1)	Sep 12	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
93	144	Sep 13	PHA	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	145	Sep 14 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
95	148 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
96	149	Sep 19	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	150	Sep 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	151	Sep 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
99	152	Sep 23	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
100	153	Sep 26	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
101	154	Sep 27	PHA		NYY	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
102	155	Sep 28	PHA		NYY	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							102gm		843.2	436	36	4	476	9