Joe Astroth
1945–1956 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Athletics
544G
.254AVG
.334OBP
.324SLG
More career statistics
401H
13HR
156RBI
6SB
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 · Doubles | 51 | 50 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,791 | 1,790 |
| Batting · Runs | 163 | 162 |
| Batting · RBI | 156 | 157 |
| Batting · Walks | 177 | 176 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 544 | 1,791 | 1,579 | 163 | 401 | 51 | 10 | 13 | 156 | 177 | 124 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 511 | .254 | .334 | .324 | .658 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1952-06-04 to 1952-06-24
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1955-06-18 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1950-09-23 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1953-06-13 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 276 | 888 | 207 | 7 | 80 | 89 | 55 | .265 | .333 | .345 |
| Away | 268 | 902 | 194 | 6 | 77 | 87 | 69 | .243 | .312 | .302 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 127 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 12 | .213 | .268 | .287 |
| May | 81 | 263 | 40 | 1 | 22 | 30 | 17 | .173 | .266 | .203 |
| June | 101 | 356 | 82 | 3 | 36 | 38 | 14 | .260 | .337 | .346 |
| July | 99 | 317 | 65 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 16 | .232 | .303 | .300 |
| August | 115 | 376 | 100 | 3 | 24 | 28 | 38 | .294 | .340 | .368 |
| September | 106 | 339 | 85 | 4 | 38 | 37 | 26 | .289 | .360 | .364 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .545 | .583 | .636 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 90 | 299 | 72 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 20 | .266 | .318 | .328 |
| chicago-white-sox | 79 | 246 | 46 | 1 | 30 | 28 | 15 | .219 | .301 | .267 |
| boston-red-sox | 78 | 253 | 59 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 22 | .274 | .352 | .321 |
| detroit-tigers | 77 | 261 | 70 | 1 | 29 | 25 | 15 | .304 | .364 | .378 |
| cleveland-guardians | 71 | 231 | 52 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 15 | .243 | .299 | .304 |
| new-york-yankees | 71 | 214 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 19 | .188 | .243 | .245 |
| st-louis-browns | 53 | 203 | 47 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 12 | .272 | .374 | .393 |
| baltimore-orioles | 25 | 83 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | .257 | .325 | .392 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 10 | 17 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .059 | – | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 148 | 36 | – | 12 | 1 | .243 | – | – |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Athletics | 39 | 110 | 36 | 1 | 18 | – | .327 | – | – |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 187 | 46 | 2 | 19 | – | .246 | – | – |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 337 | 84 | 1 | 36 | 2 | .249 | – | – |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Athletics | 82 | 260 | 77 | 3 | 24 | 1 | .296 | – | – |
| 1954 | Philadelphia Athletics | 77 | 226 | 50 | 1 | 24 | – | .221 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 101 | 274 | 69 | 5 | 23 | 2 | .252 | – | – |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics | 8 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | – | – |