Joe Orengo
1939–1945 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
366G
.237AVG
.332OBP
.346SLG
More career statistics
266H
17HR
122RBI
12SB
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 · Caught stealing | 1 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 219 | 220 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,306 | 1,305 |
| Batting · Runs | 129 | 130 |
| Batting · RBI | 122 | 121 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 366 | 1,306 | 1,120 | 129 | 266 | 54 | 8 | 17 | 122 | 156 | 219 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 387 | .237 | .332 | .346 | .678 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1940-09-01 to 1940-09-14
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 walks | 1940-09-18 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1940-07-15 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1943-05-30 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 195 | 666 | 128 | 12 | 66 | 82 | 108 | .227 | .315 | .349 |
| Away | 171 | 639 | 138 | 5 | 55 | 74 | 112 | .249 | .332 | .342 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 31 | 94 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 15 | .218 | .330 | .308 |
| May | 77 | 271 | 61 | 6 | 27 | 38 | 41 | .265 | .365 | .409 |
| June | 83 | 308 | 53 | 6 | 28 | 36 | 49 | .198 | .289 | .336 |
| July | 75 | 271 | 64 | 2 | 31 | 25 | 47 | .268 | .328 | .372 |
| August | 65 | 226 | 42 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 43 | .215 | .292 | .287 |
| September | 35 | 135 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 25 | .264 | .356 | .309 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 51 | 183 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 36 | .189 | .262 | .258 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 46 | 172 | 35 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 26 | .238 | .326 | .415 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 44 | 156 | 33 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 28 | .241 | .314 | .343 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 42 | 159 | 42 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 21 | .296 | .365 | .415 |
| boston-braves | 41 | 156 | 37 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 21 | .289 | .391 | .375 |
| chicago-cubs | 32 | 112 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | .260 | .330 | .344 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 26 | 90 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 | .160 | .222 | .333 |
| new-york-giants | 21 | 81 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 9 | .311 | .469 | .475 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1940 | St. Louis Cardinals | 129 | 415 | 119 | 7 | 55 | 9 | .287 | – | – |
| 1941 |  New York Giants | 77 | 252 | 54 | 4 | 25 | 1 | .214 | – | – |
| 1943 | Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants | 90 | 281 | 61 | 6 | 30 | 1 | .217 | – | – |
| 1944 |  Detroit Tigers | 46 | 154 | 31 | – | 10 | 1 | .201 | – | – |
| 1945 |  Chicago White Sox | 17 | 15 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .067 | – | – |