Joe Astroth
Catcher, Baseball Player
1922 –
Who is Joe Astroth?
Joseph Henry Astroth was a American professional baseball player. He was a catcher for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics. Astroth attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, batted and threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighed 187 pounds.
In 10 seasons he played in 544 games, posting a .254 career batting average, 13 home runs, and 156 runs batted in. Astroth played in more than 100 games in two seasons, 1952 and 1955. In 1951, Astroth had a career-high 30 runs scored in 64 games played. The following season, he posted his highest RBI total with 36. Astroth's career-high in home runs was five in the 1955 season.
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1922
East Alton - Also known as
- Joseph Henry Astroth
- Profession
- Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Lived in
- East Alton
- Died
- Mar 28, 2024
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on July 23, 2013
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