Ernie
Orsatti
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 8, 1902 in Los Angeles, CA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1927 24 PHA AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 2 4 4 9 10 10 3 5 4 5 7 6
1928 25 PHA AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 2 4 3 8 10 10 3 5 4 5 7 6
1929 26 PHA AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 2 4 3 9 10 10 3 5 4 5 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 9 2 4 3 8 10 10 3 5 4 5 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 9 2 4 4 9 10 10 3 5 4 5 7 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1927 24 PHA AL 128 412 58 133 26 7 1 63 2 3 44 36 .323 .387 .427 .814 61.6 14.6
1928 25 PHA AL 145 555 60 180 50 8 4 78 1 2 58 39 .324 .386 .465 .851 90.1 18.0
1929 26 PHA AL 141 545 83 175 42 12 2 48 1 1 52 45 .321 .381 .453 .834 84.7 17.0
3 Years Sim 414 1512 201 488 118 27 7 189 4 6 154 120 .323 .385 .450 .835 236.3 49.6
162 Game Average 591 78 190 46 10 2 73 1 2 60 46 .323 .385 .450 .835 92.5  
Career Highs 145 555 83 180 50 12 4 78 2 3 58 45 .324 .387 .465 .851 90.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1084 156 356 85 20 6 141 4 5 119 80 .328 .395 .460 .855 182.8
vs LH   428 45 132 33 7 1 48 0 1 35 40 .308 .358 .425 .784 61.1
Home 211 766 102 233 58 12 3 88 4 3 76 65 .304 .366 .423 .789 113.0
Away 203 746 99 255 60 15 4 101 0 3 78 55 .342 .404 .479 .882 131.0
RISP   339 0 108 34 4 1 150 0 0 51 25 .319 .401 .451 .852 59.7
Pinch Hitting   41 6 13 2 0 0 6 1 0 6 4 .317 .396 .366 .762 6.5
Close/Late   170 17 46 9 1 0 15 0 0 19 12 .271 .344 .335 .679 20.1
Mar/Apr 49 190 28 60 11 1 3 28 0 0 20 12 .316 .379 .432 .811 30.1
May 75 270 32 84 22 3 0 31 2 1 28 26 .311 .377 .415 .791 40.2
June 72 272 38 81 19 9 0 35 0 1 28 22 .298 .362 .434 .796 40.4
July 76 259 34 103 27 4 1 38 1 0 28 22 .398 .455 .544 1.000 55.3
August 69 237 28 73 16 3 2 28 0 0 23 20 .308 .369 .426 .795 35.6
Sep/Oct 73 284 41 87 23 7 1 29 1 4 27 18 .306 .365 .447 .813 42.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1927 24 PHA AL LF 39 32 290.3 69 4 3 1 .961 2.26 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    CF 34 31 261.7 68 5 3 0 .961 2.51 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 30 21 203.7 266 20 3 18 .990 12.64 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 14 11 110.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0  
1928 25 PHA AL CF 81 79 696.3 208 7 8 1 .964 2.78 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    LF 37 35 309.3 73 3 1 0 .987 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 25 24 220.7 51 1 3 0 .945 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 .500 9.00 2 0 .000 0 0.0
1929 26 PHA AL LF 66 62 538.7 147 6 2 3 .987 2.56 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 38 35 311.3 88 2 3 0 .968 2.60 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 22 22 177.0 235 15 4 20 .984 12.71 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 15 12 112.3 40 0 0 0 1.000 3.20 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 153 145 1269.3 364 14 14 1 .964 2.68 0 0 .000 0 4.8
  LF 142 129 1138.3 289 13 6 4 .981 2.39 0 0 .000 0 4.8
  RF 54 47 443.0 115 1 3 0 .975 2.36 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 52 43 380.7 501 35 7 38 .987 12.67 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 .500 9.00 2 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   402 364 3232.3 1270 63 31 43 .977 3.71 2 0 .000 0 10.7
Career Highs   144 138 1227.3 510 29 13 23 .983 4.74 2 0 .000 0  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1928-2-.324
1929-5-.321
On-Base Pct
1928-3-.386
1929-8-.381
Slugging Pct
1928-6-.465
OPS
1928-3-.851
1929-10-.834
XR
1928-3-90.1
1929-9-84.7
At-Bats
1928-8-555
Hits
1928-2-180
1929-4-175
Total Bases
1928-6-258
1929-9-247
Singles
1928-5-118
1929-5-119
Doubles
1928-1-50
1929-4-42
Strikeouts
1929-8-45
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 60th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1921
Had first career hit on 4/16/1921, off Smokey Joe Williams (PHI)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1921, off Ed Hovlik (BSN)
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/24/1926 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1927
Had first career hit on 4/13/1927, off Slim Harriss (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1927, off Jesse Haines (CHA)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Washington on 4/15/1928
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1928, hitting .577 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1928, hitting .565 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 7/27/1928
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1928, hitting .452 with 0 HR, 20 RBI