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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	4 (2)	Apr 18 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	48	12.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
3	8 (3)	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (4)	May 2 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
5	15 (1)	May 3	PHA		CHW	L,3-14	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	19 (3)	May 7	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	28 (8)	May 16 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	34 (5)	May 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	35	May 25	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	36	May 26	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	37	May 28	PHA		WSH	L,6-12	GS	34	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	GF	21	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	41	May 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-20	CG	55	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	49 (7)	Jun 6 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
15	53 (3)	Jun 11 (2)	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	54	Jun 12	PHA		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
17	55	Jun 13 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	57 (1)	Jun 15	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	58	Jun 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
20	59	Jun 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
21	61 (1)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	62	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	65 (2)	Jun 25	PHA	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
24	66	Jun 26	PHA	@	BAL	L,4-5		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	67	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	3	1	1	5	0	C
26	69 (1)	Jun 29	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	72 (2)	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
28	73	Jul 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-8	GF	31	6.1	3	1	0	4	1	C
29	74	Jul 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	76 (1)	Jul 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
31	77	Jul 9	PHA		BOS	W,9-3	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	78	Jul 10	PHA		BOS	L,3-5	GF	12	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
33	79	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-18	CG	58	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	81 (1)	Jul 15	PHA		CLE	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
35	83 (1)	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	85 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
37	86	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-12	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	88 (1)	Jul 21	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	93 (4)	Jul 25 (2)	PHA		BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	95 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	103 (7)	Aug 2	PHA	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	104	Aug 3	PHA	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	105	Aug 4	PHA	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	106	Aug 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	115 (8)	Aug 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
46	116	Aug 15	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	117	Aug 17	PHA		NYY	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
48	118	Aug 18	PHA		NYY	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	119	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
50	120	Aug 22 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	123 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	124	Aug 24	PHA		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
53	125	Aug 25	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
54	127 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
55	128	Aug 27	PHA		CHW	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	129	Aug 28	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	130	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		DET	L,3-14	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	132 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		BAL	W,8-6	GS	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	134 (1)	Sep 3	PHA		BOS	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
60	136 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	138 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	139	Sep 6 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	140	Sep 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
64	142 (1)	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	53	10.2	10	1	0	11	0	C
65	144 (1)	Sep 11	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	146 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	PHA	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	C
67	147	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	149 (1)	Sep 18	PHA		NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
69	152 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	154 (1)	Sep 24	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
71	156 (1)	Sep 26	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
							71gm		583.0	300	39	4	343	5