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Ossie Orwoll
Oswald Christian Orwoll

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 174 lb.
School Luther College

Debut April 13, 1928
Final Game August 21, 1929
Born November 17, 1900 in Portland, OR
Died May 8, 1967 in Decorah, IA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 27 PHA AL  64  170   28   52  13  2   0   22   3  1  16  24  .306  .366  .406  100   69   5           0    
 1929 28 PHA AL  30   51    6   13   2  1   0    6   0  0   2  11  .255  .283  .333   56   17   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       94  221   34   65  15  3   0   28   3  1  18  35  .294  .347  .389   90   86   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        381   59  112  26  5   0   48   5  2  31  60  .294  .347  .389   90  148   9   0   0   0   0
 Career High     64  170   28   52  13  2   0   22   3  1  16  24                          69   5   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 27 PHA AL  191  124   25   5.4   111| .306  .292| .366  .358| .406  .415| .772  .773| 100  .558   0.4   0.0  75%
 1929 28 PHA AL   53   38    5   3.5   116| .255  .297| .283  .364| .333  .429| .616  .793|  56  .347  -3.7  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       244  162   30   4.9   112| .294  .293| .347  .359| .389  .418| .736  .778|  90  .514  -3.4  -0.4  75%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1928 27 PHA AL   6   5  27   8   3   0  15  2  106.0  110   59   54   7   50   53   2   3   479       0  4.58  4.00   87 1.509
 1929 28 PHA AL   0   2  12   0   0   0   7  1   30.0   32   23   16   6    6   12   0   0   125       0  4.80  4.24   88 1.267
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .462   6   7  39   8   3   0  22  3  136.0  142   82   70  13   56   65   2   3   604       0  4.63  4.05   87 1.456
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  10  56  11   4   0  31  4  196.7  205  118  101  18   81   94   2   4   873   0   0  4.63  4.05   87 1.456
 Career High      6   5  27   8   3   0  15  2  106.0  110   59   54   7   50   53   2   3   479   0   0  4.58  4.00   87 1.509

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 27 PHA AL 1B 34 322 21 6 32 .983 .990 10.09 9.90 P 27 6 20 1 0 .963 .956 0.96 1.37 2.21 2.44 8 106.0 1929 28 PHA AL P 12 0 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.50 1.29 1.80 2.34 0 30.0 OF 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 2.28 1 8 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1928 27 PHA AL 1B 34 322 21 6 32 .983 .990 10.09 9.90 1929 28 PHA AL OF 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 2.28 1 8 0 1928 27 PHA AL P 27 6 20 1 0 .963 .956 0.96 1.37 2.21 2.44 8 106.0 1929 28 PHA AL P 12 0 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.50 1.29 1.80 2.34 0 30.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 39 6 26 1 1 .970 .955 0.82 1.35 8 136.0 1B 34 322 21 6 32 .983 .990 10.09 9.90 OF 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 2.28 1 8 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 82 346 47 7 33 .983 .986 4.79 5.00
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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.

Games Finished
1928 AL-15-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November 29, 1930: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Homer Summa to the Portland (PCL) for Herb Lahti (minors).


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