| Joe Astroth | ||
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Full Name: Joseph Henry Astroth Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5'9" Weight: 187 lbs. Born: Sep 01, 1922 in East Alton, IL Major League Debut: Aug 13, 1945 Died: |
| Joe Astroth | ||
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Full Name: Joseph Henry Astroth Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5'9" Weight: 187 lbs. Born: Sep 01, 1922 in East Alton, IL Major League Debut: Aug 13, 1945 Died: |
| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1945 1946 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 |
Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi KCA KCA |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
.059 .143 .243 .327 .246 .249 .296 .221 .252 .077 |
10 4 55 39 64 104 82 77 101 8 |
17 7 148 110 187 337 260 226 274 13 |
1 0 18 11 30 24 28 22 29 0 |
1 1 36 36 46 84 77 50 69 1 |
0 0 4 3 10 7 15 8 4 0 |
0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 |
0 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 5 0 |
1 0 12 18 19 36 24 23 23 0 |
0 0 21 18 18 25 27 21 47 0 |
1 2 13 3 13 27 12 19 33 1 |
.111 .143 .337 .422 .312 .305 .367 .296 .372 .077 |
.059 .143 .284 .400 .353 .291 .404 .279 .328 .077 |
| Totals | AVG .254 |
G 544 |
AB 1579 |
R 163 |
H 401 |
2B 51 |
3B 10 |
HR 13 |
RBI 156 |
BB 177 |
K 124 |
OBP .334 |
SLG .324 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1945 1946 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 |
Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi KCA KCA |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 6 0 |
0 1 6 7 4 18 11 2 11 0 |
1 1 42 44 66 98 105 63 90 1 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 0 |
0 0 1 0 0 6 0 2 10 1 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 1 0 |
0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 |
0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 |
-.--- -.--- 1.000 -.--- .000 .500 1.000 -.--- .400 -.--- |
--.- --.- --.- 110.0 93.5 337.0 86.7 226.0 54.8 --.- |
17.0 3.5 11.4 36.7 14.4 12.5 21.7 11.9 8.3 13.0 |
| Totals | HBP 14 |
GDP 60 |
TB 511 |
IBB 6 |
SH 20 |
SF 1 |
SB 6 |
CS 6 |
SB% .500 |
AB/HR 121.5 |
AB/K 12.7 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1945 1946 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 |
Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi KCA KCA |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
C C C C C C C C C C |
8 4 44 38 57 102 79 71 100 8 |
28 9 191 134 248 476 393 343 475 24 |
20 7 163 123 228 436 341 300 420 19 |
4 1 24 9 18 36 47 39 50 5 |
4 1 4 2 2 4 5 4 5 0 |
0 0 4 3 2 9 13 5 9 1 |
0.857 0.889 0.979 0.985 0.992 0.992 0.987 0.988 0.989 1.000 |
| Totals | G 511 |
Ch 2321 |
PO 2057 |
A 233 |
E 31 |
DP 46 |
FPCT 0.987 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
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| YEARS 1945-1954 1955-1956 |
TM Phi KC |
LG AL AL |
TEAM NAME Philadelphia Athletics Kansas City Athletics |
LEAGUE NAME American League American League |
On September 23, 1950, Astroth had six RBIs in an inning, a feat accomplished by
only nine others in modern baseball. A fine handler of pitchers, Astroth was Bobby
Shantz's personal catcher in 1952, when Shantz won 24 games and the MVP award.
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