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Luis Aparicio League
6-23-2064
Joe Otten Shortstop
Retired (1962, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .196 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .537 Status Deceased (1995) Option Years 0  
H 312 Age at Death 67 Date of Birth 07-01-1928
HR 30 Drafted Round 4, Pick 54
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(1 games)
RBI 150
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B  Velocity C-   Mentor vR C+
Speed D  Bunt B+ Control D+   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B A  (87.9%) LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 1
2B A+ (98.5%) CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 3
3B A+ (99.0%) RF D- (6.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 22 18.00 2 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 4 / 4 1 / 1 3 / 4 2 / 3 15 / 18
1950 Majors 22 6.01 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 3 / 6
1951 Minors 23 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2
1951 Majors 23 31.33 5 / 6 3 / 3 5 / 5 3 / 3 7 / 7 2 / 6 0 / 1 25 / 31
1952 Minors 24 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1952 Majors 24 47.11 4 / 4 5 / 6 4 / 6 10 / 11 6 / 6 3 / 6 3 / 8 35 / 47
1953 Majors 25 30.29 2 / 3 2 / 7 5 / 9 1 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 11 / 30
1954 Minors 26 7.00 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 4 / 7
1954 Majors 26 14.11 3 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 4 8 / 14
1955 Minors 27 12.00 2 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 6 / 12
1955 Majors 27 0.88 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1955 Pos (CF) 27 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 8
1956 Majors 28 8.15 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 8
1957 Majors 29 11.99 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 11
1958 Majors 30 3.70 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3
1959 Majors 31 3.20 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3
1960 Majors 32 2.80 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1961 Majors 33 16.44 140 4 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 3 2 / 16
1962 Minors 34 6.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 6
1962 Majors 34 20.68 126 11 0 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 20
Total 266 15 0 20 / 27 16 / 33 18 / 36 25 / 31 20 / 36 8 / 38 5 / 36 113 / 245
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Joe Otten has retired from the New York Mosaic
1962-08-29The New York Mosaic have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team. The New York Mosaic have sent Mikhail Kuzmenko to the minors.
1962-07-20The New York Mosaic have promoted Helmut Volinski to the major league team. The New York Mosaic have designated Joe Otten for assignment.
1958-04-05The New York Mosaic have acquired Joe Otten from the waiver wire.
1958-04-01The Cincinnati Reds have sent Joe McAuley to the minors. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Carlos Petralli for assignment. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Joe Otten for assignment.
1957-06-19The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Carlos Petralli for assignment.
1957-06-19The Cincinnati Reds have acquired Joe Otten from the waiver wire.
1957-04-05The Pittsburgh Pisces have waived Joe Otten.
1957-04-01The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Jim Smith to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have designated Joe Otten for assignment.
1956-04-05The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have designated Bob Cavet for assignment.
1955-05-24The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Joe Otten to the minors.
1955-04-18The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Marvin Unger to the minors.
1955-03-25The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Mike Evers to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Joe Otten to the minors.
1954-09-06The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team.
1954-07-23The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Jim Schwartz to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Joe Otten to the minors.
1954-06-08The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Gabe Rivera to the minors.
1954-05-17The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Bob Clark to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Joe Otten to the minors.
1953-09-07The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Riggs Edens to the minors.
1953-09-07The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Joe Otten to the minors.
1953-08-12The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team.
1953-08-05The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Hilgendorf to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Joe Otten to the minors.
1952-10-03The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Brian Auker to the minors.
1952-09-28The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Les Busse to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Joe Otten to the minors.
1951-04-18The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have designated Alex Garcia for assignment.
1950-07-25The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Joe Otten to the minors.
1950-06-29The Pittsburgh Pisces have promoted Joe Otten to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pisces have sent Bill Blackburne to the minors.
1950-04-05The Pittsburgh Pisces have acquired Joe Otten from the waiver wire.
1950-04-01The Washington Crushers have waived Joe Otten.