Fritz Ostermueller

Q: When was Fritz Ostermueller born?

Fritz Ostermueller was born on September 15, 1907.

Q: Where was Fritz Ostermueller born?

Fritz Ostermueller was born in Quincy, IL .

Q: How tall was Fritz Ostermueller?

Fritz Ostermueller was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Fritz Ostermueller weigh when playing?

Fritz Ostermueller weighed 175 lbs (79 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Fritz Ostermueller play?

Fritz Ostermueller played 15 seasons.

Q: Is Fritz Ostermueller in the Hall of Fame?

Fritz Ostermueller has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: What position did Fritz Ostermueller play?

Fritz Ostermueller was a Pitcher.

Q: How many strikeouts did Fritz Ostermueller have?

Fritz Ostermueller had 774 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Fritz Ostermueller played for?

Fritz Ostermueller played for 4 teams; the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Q: When did Fritz Ostermueller retire?

Fritz Ostermueller last played in 1948.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: September 15, 1907 in Quincy, IL us

Died: December 17, 1957 in Quincy, IL

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Quincy, IL

High School: Quincy HS (Quincy, IL)

Debut: April 21, 1934 (Age 26-218d, 7,708th in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 1948 (Age 41-015d)
vs. STL 5.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Frederick Raymond Ostermueller

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.9

114

115

ERA

3.99

390

246

2066.2

774

WHIP

1.454

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1930	22	STL-min	AA	2	2	.500	6.21	13						42.0	53	30	29		26									1.881	11.4		5.6			ROC IL
1932	24	STL-min	B,AA	21	9	.700	3.50	33						278.0	257	136	108		143									1.439	8.3		4.6			GBO,ROC PIED,IL
1933	25	STL-min	AA	16	7	.696	2.44	27						192.0	177	68	52		88									1.380	8.3		4.1			ROC IL
1934	26	BOS	AL	10	13	.435	3.49	33	23	8	9	0	3	198.2	200	93	77	7	99	1	75	1	0	6	881	136	4.40	1.505	9.1	0.3	4.5	3.4	0.76
1935	27	BOS	AL	7	8	.467	3.92	22	19	3	10	0	1	137.2	135	67	60	0	78	6	41	3	0	5	616	121	4.35	1.547	8.8	0.0	5.1	2.7	0.53
1936	28	BOS	AL	10	16	.385	4.88	43	23	14	7	1	2	180.2	210	115	98	8	84	10	90	3	0	8	826	109	4.34	1.627	10.5	0.4	4.2	4.5	1.07
1937	29	BOS	AL	3	7	.300	4.98	25	7	9	2	0	1	86.2	101	64	48	2	44	8	29	1	0	1	402	97	4.39	1.673	10.5	0.2	4.6	3.0	0.66
1938	30	BOS	AL	13	5	.722	4.58	31	18	8	10	1	2	176.2	199	98	90	15	58	4	46	3	0	5	795	108	4.67	1.455	10.1	0.8	3.0	2.3	0.79
1939	31	BOS	AL	11	7	.611	4.24	34	20	9	8	0	4	159.1	173	86	75	6	58	6	61	2	0	5	701	111	3.45	1.450	9.8	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.05
1940	32	BOS	AL	5	9	.357	4.95	31	16	7	5	0	0	143.2	166	86	79	7	70	8	80	0	0	4	662	91	3.98	1.643	10.4	0.4	4.4	5.0	1.14
1941	33	SLB	AL	0	3	.000	4.50	15	2	8	0	0	0	46.0	45	26	23	3	23	1	20	0	0	4	200	97	4.26	1.478	8.8	0.6	4.5	3.9	0.87
1942	34	SLB-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.23	22	18	3	12	1		145.0	139	58	52		45		77	2	1	4				1.269	8.6		2.8	4.8	1.71	TOL AA
1942	34	SLB	AL	3	1	.750	3.71	10	4	3	2	0	0	43.2	46	22	18	4	17	2	21	0	0	5	191	101	3.47	1.443	9.5	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.24
1943	35	TOT	MLB	1	3	.250	4.18	18	4	9	0	0	0	56.0	57	27	26	1	25	5	19	0	0	0	239	81	3.55	1.464	9.2	0.2	4.0	3.1	0.76
1943	35	SLB	AL	0	2	.000	5.02	11	3	5	0	0	0	28.2	36	16	16	1	13	3	4	0	0	0	127	68	4.19	1.709	11.3	0.3	4.1	1.3	0.31
1943	35	BRO	NL	1	1	.500	3.29	7	1	4	0	0	0	27.1	21	11	10	0	12	2	15	0	0	0	112	103	2.87	1.207	6.9	0.0	4.0	4.9	1.25
1944	36	TOT	NL	13	8	.619	2.81	38	28	5	17	1	2	246.1	247	96	77	10	77	6	97	1	0	6	1047	132	3.37	1.315	9.0	0.4	2.8	3.5	1.26
1944	36	BRO	NL	2	1	.667	3.24	10	4	3	3	0	1	41.2	46	17	15	3	12	0	17	0	0	1	188	110	3.67	1.392	9.9	0.6	2.6	3.7	1.42
1944	36	PIT	NL	11	7	.611	2.73	28	24	2	14	1	1	204.2	201	79	62	7	65	6	80	1	0	5	859	137	3.31	1.300	8.8	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.23
1945	37	PIT	NL	5	4	.556	4.57	14	11	1	4	1	0	80.2	74	45	41	6	37	5	29	2	1	1	360	87	4.40	1.376	8.3	0.7	4.1	3.2	0.78
1946	38	PIT	NL	13	10	.565	2.84	27	25	2	16	2	0	193.1	193	70	61	5	56	7	57	3	0	1	810	124	3.25	1.288	9.0	0.2	2.6	2.7	1.02
1947	39	PIT	NL	12	10	.545	3.84	26	24	0	12	3	0	183.0	181	94	78	18	68	7	66	1	0	5	789	110	4.36	1.361	8.9	0.9	3.3	3.2	0.97
1948	40	PIT	NL	8	11	.421	4.42	23	22	0	10	2	0	134.1	143	73	66	13	41	4	43	1	0	4	597	92	4.31	1.370	9.6	0.9	2.7	2.9	1.05
15 Yrs				114	115	.498	3.99	390	246	86	112	11	15	2066.2	2170	1062	917	105	835	80	774	21	1	60	9116	109	4.03	1.454	9.5	0.5	3.6	3.4	0.93
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.498	3.99	42	26	9	12	1	2	221	232	114	98	11	89	9	83	2	0	6	975	109	4.03	1.454	9.5	0.5	3.6	3.4	0.93
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BOS (7 yrs)				59	65	.476	4.38	219	126	58	51	2	13	1083.1	1184	609	527	45	491	43	422	13	0	34	4883	110	4.23	1.546	9.8	0.4	4.1	3.5	0.86
PIT (5 yrs)				49	42	.538	3.48	118	106	5	56	9	1	796.0	792	361	308	49	267	29	275	8	1	16	3415	111	3.82	1.330	9.0	0.6	3.0	3.1	1.03
SLB (3 yrs)				3	6	.333	4.34	36	9	16	2	0	0	118.1	127	64	57	8	53	6	45	0	0	9	518	90	3.95	1.521	9.7	0.6	4.0	3.4	0.85
BRO (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.26	17	5	7	3	0	1	69.0	67	28	25	3	24	2	32	0	0	1	300	107	3.35	1.319	8.7	0.4	3.1	4.2	1.33

AL (10 yrs)				62	71	.466	4.37	255	135	74	53	2	13	1201.2	1311	673	584	53	544	49	467	13	0	43	5401	108	4.20	1.544	9.8	0.4	4.1	3.5	0.86
NL (6 yrs)				52	44	.542	3.46	135	111	12	59	9	2	865.0	859	389	333	52	291	31	307	8	1	17	3715	111	3.78	1.329	8.9	0.5	3.0	3.2	1.06

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos
1934	26	BOS	AL	-0.2	33	82	78	4	13	2	1	0	4	0	0	4	8	.167	.207	.218	.425	8	.204	-4	17		0	0	0	1
1935	27	BOS	AL	0.2	22	54	49	3	14	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	5	.286	.327	.306	.633	61	.303	57	15		1	2	0	1
1936	28	BOS	AL	-0.1	43	68	64	3	15	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	10	.234	.234	.297	.531	27	.238	4	19		0	4	0	1
1937	29	BOS	AL	0.4	25	37	33	5	11	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	.333	.353	.424	.777	91	.360	93	14		0	3	0	1
1938	30	BOS	AL	-0.1	33	81	74	7	16	4	1	0	9	0	0	4	8	.216	.256	.297	.554	36	.258	24	22		0	3	0	1/H
1939	31	BOS	AL	-0.4	34	64	56	4	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	5	.161	.203	.196	.400	1	.194	-19	11	4	0	5	0	1
1940	32	BOS	AL	0.5	33	57	54	9	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.315	.351	.370	.721	84	.333	85	20	1	0	0	0	1/H
1941	33	SLB	AL	0.0	16	17	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	27	.241	16	3	1	0	2	0	1/H
1942	34	SLB	AL	-0.1	10	16	16	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.188	.375	5	.177	-9	3	1	0	0	0	1
1943	35	2TM	2LG	-0.1	19	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.158	.111	.269	-22	.139	-44	2	0	0	1	0	1/H
1943	35	SLB	AL	0.0	11	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	65	.270	57	2	0	0	0	0	1
1943	35	BRO	NL	-0.1	8	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	.062	-102	0	0	0	1	0	/1H
1944	36	2TM	NL	0.3	40	98	93	7	22	2	0	0	6	1	0	3	8	.237	.260	.258	.518	44	.245	39	24	1	0	2	0	1/H
1944	36	BRO	NL	0.0	11	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	6	.183	-5	2	0	0	1	0	1/H
1944	36	PIT	NL	0.3	29	83	80	7	20	2	0	0	6	1	0	2	6	.250	.268	.275	.543	51	.256	46	22	1	0	1	0	1/H
1945	37	PIT	NL	0.3	14	32	28	2	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	.321	.387	.321	.709	95	.348	104	9	2	0	1	0	1
1946	38	PIT	NL	0.9	28	75	64	7	21	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	.328	.386	.375	.761	114	.362	120	24	3	1	5	0	1/H
1947	39	PIT	NL	0.0	26	74	64	6	12	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	12	.188	.235	.203	.438	16	.208	-2	13	2	0	6	0	1
1948	40	PIT	NL	-0.1	23	48	44	1	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.182	.200	.205	.405	9	.189	-11	9	1	0	3	0	1
15 Yrs				1.6	399	823	749	60	175	22	4	0	62	1	0	35	80	.234	.270	.274	.543	41	.257	31	205	16	2	37	0	1H
162 Game Avg				0.6	162	334	304	24	71	9	2	0	25	0	0	14	32	.234	.270	.274	.543	41	.257	31	83		1	15	0

BOS (7 Yrs)				0.4	223	443	408	35	95	15	4	0	38	0	0	17	42	.233	.265	.289	.554	38	.259	27	118	5	1	17	0	1/H
PIT (5 Yrs)				1.4	120	312	280	23	70	7	0	0	21	1	0	15	32	.250	.291	.275	.566	55	.269	48	77	9	1	16	0	1/H
SLB (3 Yrs)				0.0	37	40	37	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.216	.237	.216	.453	24	.219	12	8	2	0	2	0	1/H
BRO (2 Yrs)				-0.2	19	28	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.083	.154	.083	.237	-31	.127	-48	2	0	0	2	0	1/H

AL (10 Yrs)				0.4	260	483	445	37	103	15	4	0	41	0	0	18	45	.231	.263	.283	.546	37	.256	26	126	7	1	19	0	1/H
NL (6 Yrs)				1.2	139	340	304	23	72	7	0	0	21	1	0	17	35	.237	.280	.260	.539	48	.258	40	79	9	1	18	0	1/H

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1934	26	BOS	AL	P	33	23	9	199.0	62	8	52	2	2	.968	.956	2.71	2.14	1.82	2.11	6	8	7	46.7	37.5	0
1935	27	BOS	AL	P	22	19	10	138.0	41	9	27	5	1	.878	.949	2.35	2.15	1.64	2.14	5	5	5	50.0	43.0	0
1936	28	BOS	AL	P	43	23	7	181.0	53	10	42	1	1	.981	.956	2.59	1.99	1.21	1.96	8	11	5	31.3	37.0	1
1937	29	BOS	AL	P	25	7	2	87.0	29	9	17	3	0	.897	.954	2.69	2.05	1.04	2.01	1	8	2	20.0	39.1	0
1938	30	BOS	AL	P	31	18	10	177.0	49	15	30	4	3	.918	.952	2.29	2.11	1.45	2.06	5	3	4	57.1	36.9	0
1939	31	BOS	AL	P	34	20	8	159.0	36	12	22	2	2	.944	.951	1.92	1.92	1.00	1.89	5	6	4	40.0		0
1940	32	BOS	AL	P	31	16	5	144.0	24	2	21	1	0	.958	.956	1.44	2.04	0.74	2.01	4	4	1	20.0	42.2	0
1941	33	SLB	AL	P	15	2	0	46.0	14	3	10	1	0	.929	.960	2.54	2.13	0.87	2.11	4	1	2	66.7	41.7	0
1942	34	SLB	AL	P	10	4	2	44.0	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	.958	1.64	2.31	0.80	2.30	5	4	1	20.0		0
1943	35	2TM	2LG	P	18	4	0	56.0	12	0	12	0	0	1.000	.962	1.93	2.27	0.67	2.28	0	7	4	36.4	12.5	1
1943	35	SLB	AL	P	11	3	0	29.0	8	0	8	0	0	1.000	.963	2.48	2.27	0.73	2.30	0	5	3	37.5		0
1943	35	BRO	NL	P	7	1	0	27.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	.960	1.33	2.27	0.57	2.26	0	2	1	33.3	46.0	1
1944	36	2TM	NL	P	38	28	17	247.0	52	9	41	2	2	.962	.961	1.82	2.14	1.32	2.13	6	3	9	75.0	44.9	0
1944	36	BRO	NL	P	10	4	3	42.0	9	3	5	1	1	.889	.961	1.71	2.14	0.80	2.13	1	0	0			0
1944	36	PIT	NL	P	28	24	14	205.0	43	6	36	1	1	.977	.961	1.84	2.14	1.50	2.13	5	3	9	75.0	44.9	0
1945	37	PIT	NL	P	14	11	4	81.0	23	8	14	1	0	.957	.963	2.44	2.18	1.57	2.17	1	7	0	0.0	37.6	0
1946	38	PIT	NL	P	27	25	16	193.0	43	9	33	1	0	.977	.960	1.96	2.24	1.56	2.22	1	7	7	50.0	44.3	1
1947	39	PIT	NL	P	26	24	12	183.0	34	9	25	0	4	1.000	.966	1.67	2.10	1.31	2.07	5	9	1	10.0	45.3	0
1948	40	PIT	NL	P	23	22	10	134.1	24	3	21	0	0	1.000	.963	1.61	2.11	1.04	2.08	4	7	3	30.0	41.7	0
15 Yrs					390	246	112	2069.1	504	108	373	23	15	.954	.957	2.09	2.11	1.23	2.08	60	90	55	37.9	34.5	3

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Fritz Ostermueller born?

Fritz Ostermueller was born on September 15, 1907.

Where was Fritz Ostermueller born?

Fritz Ostermueller was born in Quincy, IL.

How tall was Fritz Ostermueller?

Fritz Ostermueller was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

How much did Fritz Ostermueller weigh when playing?

Fritz Ostermueller weighed 175 lbs (79 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Fritz Ostermueller play?

Fritz Ostermueller played 15 seasons.

Is Fritz Ostermueller in the Hall of Fame?

Fritz Ostermueller has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Fritz Ostermueller play?

Fritz Ostermueller was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Fritz Ostermueller have?

Fritz Ostermueller had 774 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Fritz Ostermueller played for?

Fritz Ostermueller played for 4 teams; the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates.

When did Fritz Ostermueller retire?

Fritz Ostermueller last played in 1948.

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