Joe Ostrowski
1948–1952 · bats L / throws L · New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
150G
.161AVG
.303OBP
.203SLG
More career statistics
19H
0HR
11RBI
0SB
23–25W–L
455.2IP
131K
4.54ERA
37GS
15SV
2Rare feats
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,989 | 1,994 |
| Pitching · p k | 131 | 133 |
| Pitching · p r | 271 | 270 |
| Pitching · p w | 98 | 100 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 148 | 118 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .161 | .303 | .203 | .506 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 455.7 | 150 | 37 | 12 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 559 | 271 | 230 | 44 | 98 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 4.54 | 1.442 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1949-06-14 to 1949-07-01
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1950-06-22 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1949-05-24 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1950-06-01 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  St. Louis Browns | 26 | 18 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .222 | 78 | 20 |
| 1949 | St. Louis Browns | 40 | 37 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .189 | 141 | 35 |
| 1950 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns | 30 | 27 | 5 | – | 5 | – | .185 | 101 | 30 |
| 1951 |  New York Yankees | 34 | 28 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .107 | 95 | 31 |
| 1952 | New York Yankees | 20 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 40 | 17 |