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Joe Oeschger
Joseph Carl Oeschger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.
School Saint Mary's College of California

Debut April 21, 1914
Final Game September 6, 1925
Born May 24, 1892 in Chicago, IL
Died July 28, 1986 in Rohnert Park, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1914 22 PHI NL   4   8  32  10   5   0  15  1  124.0  129   74   52   5   54   47  10   5   546       2  3.77  2.92   77 1.476
 1915 23 PHI NL   1   0   6   1   1   0   4  0   23.7   21   13    9   1    9    8   0   2    99       1  3.42  2.74   80 1.268
 1916 24 PHI NL   1   0  14   0   0   0   8  0   30.3   18    8    8   2   14   17   1   1   119       0  2.37  2.64  111 1.055
 1917 25 PHI NL  15  14  42  30  18   5  10  1  262.0  241  108   80   7   72  123   6   3  1064       1  2.75  2.81  102 1.195
 1918 26 PHI NL   6  18  30  23  13   2   7  3  184.0  159   87   62   3   83   60   7   4   778       0  3.03  2.98   98 1.315
 1919 27 TOT NL   4   4  17  12   6   1   3  0  102.7  127   52   45   1   39   24   3   2   448       0  3.94  2.98   75 1.617
         PHI NL   0   1   5   4   2   0   1  0   38.0   52   29   25   1   16    5   2   1   177       0  5.92  3.20   54 1.789
         NYG NL   0   1   5   1   0   0   2  0    8.0   12    4    4   0    2    3   0   0    33       0  4.50  2.79   62 1.750
         BSN NL   4   2   7   7   4   1   0  0   56.7   63   19   16   0   21   16   1   1   238       0  2.54  2.85  112 1.482
 1920 28 BSN NL  15  13  38  30  20   5   7  0  299.0  294  124  115  10   99   80   8   7  1250       0  3.46  3.04   88 1.314
 1921 29 BSN NL  20  14  46  36  19   3   9  0  299.0  303  128  117  11   97   68  15   5  1248       1  3.52  3.67  104 1.338
 1922 30 BSN NL   6  21  46  23  10   1  15  1  195.7  234  137  110   8   81   51   8  11   891       1  5.06  4.02   79 1.610
 1923 31 BSN NL   5  15  44  19   6   1  18  2  166.3  227  117  105   4   54   33   5   3   758       1  5.68  3.99   70 1.689
 1924 32 TOT NL   4   7  29  10   0   0   6  0   94.3  123   61   42   7   30   18   3   2   429       2  4.01  4.21  105 1.622
         NYG NL   2   0  10   2   0   0   2  0   29.0   35   17   10   1   14   10   0   1   137       1  3.10  3.67  118 1.690
         PHI NL   2   7  19   8   0   0   4  0   65.3   88   44   32   6   16    8   3   1   292       1  4.41  4.45  101 1.592
 1925 33 BRO NL   1   2  21   3   1   0  10  0   37.0   60   38   25   2   19    6   1   1   184       1  6.08  4.18   69 2.135
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .414  82 116 365 197  99  18 112  8 1818.0 1936  947  770  61  651  535  67  46  7814      10  3.81  3.36   88 1.423
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  14  44  23  11   2  13  0  219.7  234  114   93   7   78   64   8   5   945   0   1  3.81  3.36   88 1.423
 Career High     20  21  46  36  20   5  18  3  299.0  303  137  117  11   99  123  15  11  1250   0   2  2.75  4.21  105 1.195
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 22 PHI NL  32   40    2    3   0  0   0    2   0      0  15  .075  .075  .075  -56    3   1           0    
 1915 23 PHI NL   6    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1916 24 PHI NL  14    5    0    0   0  0   0    1   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
 1917 25 PHI NL  43   88    8   10   2  0   0    4   0      5  33  .114  .161  .136  -10   12   2           0    
 1918 26 PHI NL  30   60    2    5   1  0   0    2   0      5  26  .083  .154  .100  -24    6   1           0    
 1919 27 TOT NL  17   38    1    2   0  0   0    2   0      2   9  .053  .100  .053  -53    2   0           0    
         PHI NL   5   15    0    0   0  0   0    2   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         NYG NL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         BSN NL   7   22    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      2   6  .091  .167  .091  -20    2   0           0    
 1920 28 BSN NL  38  101    3   18   5  0   0    7   0  0   1  14  .178  .186  .228   20   23   5           0    
 1921 29 BSN NL  46  110    9   28   1  0   0   11   0  0   3  13  .255  .274  .264   47   29   2           0    
 1922 30 BSN NL  46   63    3   12   3  0   0    5   0  0   2   8  .190  .215  .238   19   15   1           0    
 1923 31 BSN NL  44   52    4   12   1  0   0    5   0  0   1   7  .231  .245  .250   33   13   2           0    
 1924 32 TOT NL  29   27    2    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .296  .296  .296   54    8   0           0    
         NYG NL  10    7    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .429  .429  .429  133    3   0           0    
         PHI NL  19   20    0    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .250  .250  .250   28    5   0           0    
 1925 33 BRO NL  21    8    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .125  .222  .125   -8    1   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     366  599   34   99  13  0   0   41   0  0  20 138  .165  .192  .187    7  112  16   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        265   15   44   6  0   0   18   0  0   9  61  .165  .192  .187    7   50   7   0   0   0   0
 Career High     46  110    9   28   5  0   0   11   0  0   5  33                          29   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 22 PHI NL   41   38    0   0.0    89| .075  .265| .075  .334| .075  .355| .150  .690| -56  .000  -8.0  -0.9     
 1915 23 PHI NL    7    7    0   0.0    81| .000  .257| .000  .320| .000  .344| .000  .664|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2     
 1916 24 PHI NL    6    6    0   0.0    81| .000  .259| .000  .318| .000  .345| .000  .663|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1     
 1917 25 PHI NL   95   80    2   0.7    81| .114  .261| .161  .319| .136  .344| .297  .663| -10  .051 -11.6  -1.4     
 1918 26 PHI NL   66   56    1   0.5    85| .083  .269| .154  .328| .100  .348| .254  .675| -24  .026  -9.1  -1.1     
 1919 27 TOT NL   40   36    0   0.0    82| .053  .265| .100  .319| .053  .348| .153  .666| -53  .000  -7.1  -0.8     
         PHI NL   15   15    0   0.0    87| .000  .272| .000  .327| .000  .357| .000  .685|-100  .000  -3.7  -0.4     
         NYG NL    1    1    0   0.0    81| .000  .263| .000  .317| .000  .346| .000  .663|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
         BSN NL   24   20    0   0.0    79| .091  .260| .167  .313| .091  .341| .258  .654| -20  .000  -3.1  -0.4     
 1920 28 BSN NL  107   88    4   1.2    87| .178  .272| .186  .325| .228  .361| .414  .686|  20  .111 -10.2  -1.1   0%
 1921 29 BSN NL  115   84    8   2.6   101| .255  .290| .274  .340| .264  .400| .538  .740|  47  .253  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1922 30 BSN NL   66   52    3   1.5   108| .190  .296| .215  .354| .238  .412| .453  .765|  19  .107  -7.5  -0.7   0%
 1923 31 BSN NL   55   42    3   1.9   104| .231  .288| .245  .346| .250  .401| .495  .748|  33  .160  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1924 32 TOT NL   27   19    2   2.8   111| .296  .300| .296  .356| .296  .417| .592  .773|  54  .295  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         NYG NL    7    4    1   6.7   102| .429  .286| .429  .341| .429  .399| .858  .740| 133  .670   0.3   0.0   0%
         PHI NL   20   15    1   1.8   114| .250  .304| .250  .361| .250  .424| .500  .785|  28  .153  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1925 33 BRO NL   10    8    0   0.0   111| .125  .296| .222  .354| .125  .423| .347  .777|  -8  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      635  516   23   1.2    93| .165  .278| .192  .334| .187  .375| .379  .709|   7  .097 -72.8  -7.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1914 22 PHI NL P 32 4 29 3 0 .917 .943 1.03 1.65 2.40 2.68 10 124.0 1915 23 PHI NL P 6 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 1.17 1.68 2.66 2.73 1 23.7 1916 24 PHI NL P 14 1 10 0 2 1.000 .957 0.79 1.63 3.27 2.67 0 30.3 1917 25 PHI NL P 42 5 57 2 2 .969 .961 1.48 1.78 2.13 2.85 30 262.0 1918 26 PHI NL P 30 8 45 3 2 .946 .965 1.77 2.03 2.59 2.93 23 184.0 1919 27 TOT NL P 17 6 22 1 0 .966 .962 1.65 1.88 2.45 2.94 12 102.7 PHI NL P 5 4 9 0 0 1.000 .963 2.60 1.88 3.08 2.94 4 38.0 NYG NL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.88 3.38 2.93 1 8.0 BSN NL P 7 1 11 1 0 .923 .960 1.71 1.89 1.90 2.94 7 56.7 1920 28 BSN NL P 38 10 70 5 3 .941 .957 2.11 1.75 2.41 2.82 30 299.0 1921 29 BSN NL P 46 11 93 5 2 .954 .953 2.26 1.52 3.13 2.67 36 299.0 1922 30 BSN NL P 46 6 51 1 3 .983 .956 1.24 1.29 2.62 2.38 23 195.7 1923 31 BSN NL P 44 7 38 0 3 1.000 .957 1.02 1.34 2.44 2.41 19 166.3 1924 32 TOT NL P 29 3 18 1 2 .955 .968 0.72 1.42 2.00 2.52 10 94.3 NYG NL P 10 1 3 1 0 .800 .976 0.40 1.42 1.24 2.51 2 29.0 PHI NL P 19 2 15 0 2 1.000 .966 0.89 1.42 2.34 2.52 8 65.3 1925 33 BRO NL P 21 2 8 1 0 .909 .962 0.48 1.35 2.43 2.43 3 37.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 22 PHI NL P 32 4 29 3 0 .917 .943 1.03 1.65 2.40 2.68 10 124.0 1915 23 PHI NL P 6 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 1.17 1.68 2.66 2.73 1 23.7 1916 24 PHI NL P 14 1 10 0 2 1.000 .957 0.79 1.63 3.27 2.67 0 30.3 1917 25 PHI NL P 42 5 57 2 2 .969 .961 1.48 1.78 2.13 2.85 30 262.0 1918 26 PHI NL P 30 8 45 3 2 .946 .965 1.77 2.03 2.59 2.93 23 184.0 1919 27 TOT NL P 17 6 22 1 0 .966 .962 1.65 1.88 2.45 2.94 12 102.7 PHI NL P 5 4 9 0 0 1.000 .963 2.60 1.88 3.08 2.94 4 38.0 NYG NL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.88 3.38 2.93 1 8.0 BSN NL P 7 1 11 1 0 .923 .960 1.71 1.89 1.90 2.94 7 56.7 1920 28 BSN NL P 38 10 70 5 3 .941 .957 2.11 1.75 2.41 2.82 30 299.0 1921 29 BSN NL P 46 11 93 5 2 .954 .953 2.26 1.52 3.13 2.67 36 299.0 1922 30 BSN NL P 46 6 51 1 3 .983 .956 1.24 1.29 2.62 2.38 23 195.7 1923 31 BSN NL P 44 7 38 0 3 1.000 .957 1.02 1.34 2.44 2.41 19 166.3 1924 32 TOT NL P 29 3 18 1 2 .955 .968 0.72 1.42 2.00 2.52 10 94.3 NYG NL P 10 1 3 1 0 .800 .976 0.40 1.42 1.24 2.51 2 29.0 PHI NL P 19 2 15 0 2 1.000 .966 0.89 1.42 2.34 2.52 8 65.3 1925 33 BRO NL P 21 2 8 1 0 .909 .962 0.48 1.35 2.43 2.43 3 37.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 365 64 447 22 19 .959 .957 1.40 1.58 2.53 2.70 197 1818.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 365 64 447 22 19 .959 .957 1.40 1.58 2.53 2.70 197 1818
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
1921 NL-20-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1918 NL-7.78-6
1921 NL-9.12-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1917 NL-4.23-8

Games
1917 NL-42-9
1921 NL-46-2
1922 NL-46-3
1923 NL-44-3

Saves
1918 NL-3-1

Innings
1920 NL-299.0-6
1921 NL-299.0-5

Strikeouts
1917 NL-123-6

Games Started
1921 NL-36-2

Comp. Games
1921 NL-19-7

Shutouts
1917 NL-5-5
1920 NL-5-3
1921 NL-3-1

Home Runs Allow.
1917 NL-7-2
1918 NL-3-10
1920 NL-10-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1917 NL-72-9
1918 NL-83-2
1920 NL-99-2
1921 NL-97-1
1922 NL-81-8

Hits Allowed
1920 NL-294-6
1921 NL-303-5

Losses
1918 NL-18-1
1921 NL-14-10
1922 NL-21-2
1923 NL-15-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1917 NL-80-7
1920 NL-115-1
1921 NL-117-2
1922 NL-110-7
1923 NL-105-9

Wild Pitches
1918 NL-4-9
1920 NL-7-6
1921 NL-5-6
1922 NL-11-1

Hit Batsmen
1914 NL-10-9
1918 NL-7-7
1920 NL-8-7
1921 NL-15-1
1922 NL-8-7

Batters Faced
1920 NL-1250-5
1921 NL-1248-5

Games Finished
1914 NL-15-8
1923 NL-18-4

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 31 (749) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (789) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

May 27, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants for George Smith and Ed Sicking.

August 1, 1919: Traded by the New York Giants with Red Causey, Johnny Jones, Mickey O'Neil, and $55,000 to the Boston Braves for Art Nehf.

November 12, 1923: Traded by the Boston Braves with Billy Southworth to the New York Giants for Casey Stengel, Dave Bancroft, and Bill Cunningham.

July 1, 1924: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Giants.

April 20, 1925: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the Philadelphia Phillies.


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