Fritz Ostermueller
1934–1948 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns
399G
.234AVG
.270OBP
.274SLG
More career statistics
175H
0HR
62RBI
1SB
114–115W–L
2,066.2IP
774K
3.99ERA
246GS
15SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 80 | 81 |
| Batting · RBI | 62 | 63 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,116 | 9,111 |
| Pitching · p cg | 113 | 112 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,170 | 2,169 |
| Pitching · p hr | 105 | 102 |
| Pitching · p k | 774 | 783 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,062 | 1,059 |
| Pitching · p w | 835 | 840 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 399 | 823 | 749 | 60 | 175 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 35 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 205 | .234 | .270 | .274 | .544 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,066.7 | 390 | 246 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 15 | 2,170 | 1,062 | 917 | 105 | 835 | 774 | 0 | 0 | 3.99 | 1.454 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1944-09-24 to 1945-08-19
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1935-07-30 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1934-08-11 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1934-06-08 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 197 | 387 | 89 | 0 | 39 | 17 | 33 | .254 | .274 | .309 |
| Away | 202 | 436 | 86 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 48 | .216 | .239 | .243 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 41 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .333 | .366 | .410 |
| May | 69 | 131 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | .200 | .237 | .235 |
| June | 64 | 123 | 37 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 14 | .333 | .309 | .387 |
| July | 86 | 178 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 19 | .212 | .247 | .248 |
| August | 80 | 194 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 16 | .215 | .232 | .266 |
| September | 68 | 156 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 14 | .204 | .237 | .218 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 47 | 109 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | .167 | .211 | .198 |
| new-york-yankees | 45 | 82 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | .286 | .305 | .312 |
| cleveland-guardians | 44 | 99 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | .163 | .182 | .196 |
| st-louis-browns | 36 | 67 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .281 | .284 | .328 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 34 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | .178 | .200 | .205 |
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 52 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | .356 | .385 | .511 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 27 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .265 | .257 | .353 |
| chicago-white-sox | 27 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .194 | .184 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  Boston Red Sox | 33 | 78 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .167 | 198 | 75 |
| 1935 | Boston Red Sox | 22 | 49 | 14 | – | 7 | – | .286 | 137 | 41 |
| 1936 | Boston Red Sox | 43 | 64 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .234 | 181 | 90 |
| 1937 | Boston Red Sox | 25 | 33 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .333 | 86 | 30 |
| 1938 | Boston Red Sox | 33 | 73 | 16 | – | 9 | – | .219 | 176 | 46 |
| 1939 | Boston Red Sox | 34 | 56 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .161 | 159 | 61 |
| 1940 | Boston Red Sox | 33 | 54 | 17 | – | 1 | – | .315 | 143 | 80 |
| 1941 |  St. Louis Browns | 16 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | .214 | 46 | 20 |
| 1942 | St. Louis Browns | 10 | 16 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .188 | 43 | 21 |
| 1943 | Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns | 19 | 18 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 56 | 21 |
| 1944 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 93 | 22 | – | 6 | – | .237 | 246 | 105 |
| 1945 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 28 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .321 | 80 | 29 |
| 1946 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 65 | 21 | – | 2 | – | .323 | 193 | 56 |
| 1947 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 64 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .188 | 183 | 67 |
| 1948 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 23 | 44 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .182 | 134 | 41 |