What years did Fritz Ostermueller play?

Fritz Ostermueller played in Major League Baseball from 1934 to 1948.

Was Fritz Ostermueller a pitcher?

Yes. Fritz Ostermueller pitched in the major leagues, recording 114 wins and 774 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Fritz Ostermueller hit?

Fritz Ostermueller hit 0 career home runs with 175 hits.

What teams did Fritz Ostermueller play for?

Fritz Ostermueller played for 4 teams: the Boston Red Sox (1934–1940), the St. Louis Browns (1941–1943), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1943–1944), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1944–1948).

What were Fritz Ostermueller's career stats?

In 390 games, Fritz Ostermueller went 114-115 with a 3.99 ERA, 774 strikeouts, 2,066.2 innings pitched, and 15 saves. At the plate he had 175 hits and 0 home runs.

What position did Fritz Ostermueller play?

Fritz Ostermueller played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Fritz Ostermueller and how much did he weigh?

Fritz Ostermueller was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 175 pounds.

What was Fritz Ostermueller's career ERA?

Fritz Ostermueller finished with a 3.99 career ERA, going 114-115 with 774 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Fritz Ostermueller have?

Fritz Ostermueller recorded 774 career strikeouts.

Is Fritz Ostermueller in the Hall of Fame?

No. Fritz Ostermueller has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Fritz Ostermueller

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1934-1948)

Fritz Ostermueller was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1934 to 1948 for 4 teams, including the Boston Red Sox, a span of 15 seasons. Across 390 career appearances, he went 114-115 with a 3.99 ERA and 774 strikeouts. He also batted .234 with 0 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 114–115

ERA 3.99

WHIP 1.45

SO 774

Pitcher PIV -1171.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 175 lb
Born: 9/15/1907 in Quincy, IL, USA
Died: 12/17/1957 in Quincy, IL, USA
MLB Debut: 1934-04-21
Last Game: 1948-09-30

Full name: Frederick Raymond Ostermueller

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Career Pitching Statistics

Fritz Ostermueller — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
114	115	390	246	113	11	15	2066.2	2,170	917	105	835	774	3.99	-1171.7

Career ERA 3.99 vs. league average 4.02 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Fritz Ostermueller Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1934	BOS	AL	10	13	33	23	10	0	3	198.2	200	77	99	75	3.49	4.29 (+19%)	-706.4
1935	BOS	AL	7	8	22	19	10	0	1	137.2	135	60	78	41	3.92	4.35 (+10%)	-43.6
1936	BOS	AL	10	16	43	23	7	1	2	180.2	210	98	84	90	4.88	4.59 (-6%)	962.7
1937	BOS	AL	3	7	25	7	2	0	1	86.2	101	48	44	29	4.98	4.34 (-15%)	-113.9
1938	BOS	AL	13	5	31	18	10	1	2	176.2	199	90	58	46	4.58	4.35 (-5%)	-1608.6
1939	BOS	AL	11	7	34	20	8	0	4	159.1	173	75	58	61	4.24	4.28 (+1%)	1491.8
1940	BOS	AL	5	9	31	16	5	0	0	143.2	166	79	70	80	4.95	4.21 (-17%)	846.1
1941	SLA	AL	0	3	15	2	0	0	0	46.0	45	23	23	20	4.50	3.94 (-14%)	-398.8
1942	SLA	AL	3	1	10	4	2	0	0	43.2	46	18	17	21	3.71	3.57 (-4%)	-442.6
1943	SLA	AL	0	2	11	3	0	0	0	28.2	36	16	13	4	5.02	3.50 (-43%)	-489.8
1943	BRO	NL	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	27.1	21	10	12	15	3.29	3.50 (+6%)	434.4
1944	BRO	NL	2	1	10	4	3	0	1	41.2	46	15	12	17	3.24	3.57 (+9%)	-91.2
1944	PIT	NL	11	7	28	24	14	1	1	204.2	201	62	65	80	2.73	3.57 (+24%)	1422.0
1945	PIT	NL	5	4	14	11	4	1	0	80.2	74	41	37	29	4.57	3.67 (-25%)	-1509.7
1946	PIT	NL	13	10	27	25	16	2	0	193.1	193	61	56	57	2.84	3.59 (+21%)	1724.5
1947	PIT	NL	12	10	26	24	12	3	0	183.0	181	78	68	66	3.84	3.97 (+3%)	-1889.1
1948	PIT	NL	8	11	23	22	10	2	0	134.1	143	66	41	43	4.42	4.10 (-8%)	-759.4
Career · 17 seasons			114	115	390	246	113	11	15	2,066.2	2,170	917	835	774	3.99	—	-1,172

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Fritz Ostermueller — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
399	749	60	175	22	4	0	62	1	35	80	.234	.270	.274	.543	-2,235

Career AVG .234 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 12.6% below league average.

Career OBP .270 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 19.6% below league average.

Career SLG .274 vs. league average .377 across their career seasons — 27.5% below league average.

Career OPS .543 vs. league average .713 across their career seasons — 23.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Fritz Ostermueller Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1934	BOS	AL	33	78	4	13	2	1	4	0	4	8	.167	.278 (-40%)	.340 (-39%)	.392 (-45%)	.733 (-42%)	-541.3
1935	BOS	AL	22	49	3	14	1	0	7	0	2	5	.286	—	—	—	—	-107.9
1936	BOS	AL	43	64	3	15	2	1	7	0	0	10	.234	.283 (-17%)	.349 (-33%)	.404 (-27%)	.753 (-30%)	-329.2
1937	BOS	AL	25	33	5	11	3	0	6	0	1	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	BOS	AL	33	74	7	16	4	1	9	0	4	8	.216	.272 (-21%)	.341 (-25%)	.392 (-24%)	.734 (-25%)	-312.7
1939	BOS	AL	34	56	4	9	0	1	4	0	3	5	.161	.274 (-41%)	.342 (-41%)	.393 (-50%)	.735 (-46%)	-420.9
1940	BOS	AL	33	54	9	17	3	0	1	0	3	6	.315	.267 (+18%)	.335 (+5%)	.387 (-4%)	.722 (avg)	-1.8
1941	SLA	AL	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214	—	—	—	—	0.0
1942	SLA	AL	10	16	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	.188	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	SLA	AL	11	7	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	BRO	NL	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	BRO	NL	11	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	PIT	NL	29	80	7	20	2	0	6	1	2	6	.250	.261 (-4%)	.325 (-18%)	.357 (-23%)	.683 (-21%)	0.0
1945	PIT	NL	14	28	2	9	0	0	4	0	3	0	.321	—	—	—	—	0.0
1946	PIT	NL	28	64	7	21	3	0	2	0	5	8	.328	.256 (+28%)	.328 (+17%)	.358 (+5%)	.687 (+11%)	124.3
1947	PIT	NL	26	64	6	12	1	0	5	0	4	12	.188	.262 (-29%)	.336 (-30%)	.376 (-46%)	.712 (-38%)	-389.0
1948	PIT	NL	23	44	1	8	1	0	4	0	1	6	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			399	749	60	175	22	4	62	1	35	80	.234	—	—	—	—	-1,979

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Fritz Ostermueller — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	197	350	32	89	0	39	.254
Away	202	399	28	86	0	24	.216

Pitching — Home / Away

Fritz Ostermueller — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	194	1046.0	1129	474	412	388	4.08
Away	196	1020.2	1040	443	428	395	3.91

Last 10 Games — Batting

Fritz Ostermueller — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO
1948-09-30	PIT	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0
1948-09-24	PIT	CIN	L	2	0	0	0	1
1948-09-18	PIT	BSN	L	2	0	0	0	0
1948-09-14	PIT	BRO	L	0	0	0	1	0
1948-09-07	PIT	STL	W	2	1	1	0	0
1948-08-30	PIT	BSN	W	3	0	0	0	0
1948-08-28	PIT	PHI	L	0	0	0	0	0
1948-08-20	PIT	STL	L	2	0	1	0	0
1948-08-14	PIT	STL	L	1	1	0	0	0
1948-08-06	PIT	NY1	L	2	0	0	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Fritz Ostermueller — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1948-09-30	PIT	STL	L	5.0	7	3	3	3	0	0
1948-09-24	PIT	CIN	L	7.0	8	4	3	2	1	0
1948-09-18	PIT	BSN	L	8.0	9	2	1	0	2	0
1948-09-14	PIT	BRO	L	3.0	4	4	4	1	1	1
1948-09-07	PIT	STL	W	9.0	7	2	2	3	2	1
1948-08-30	PIT	BSN	W	9.0	9	1	1	0	2	0
1948-08-28	PIT	PHI	L	0.2	3	3	3	3	0	0
1948-08-20	PIT	STL	L	5.1	8	6	4	2	1	0
1948-08-14	PIT	STL	L	3.1	6	5	5	2	2	1
1948-08-06	PIT	NY1	L	7.0	9	7	6	3	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Fritz Ostermueller — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	390	0	108	373	23	15

Season-by-Season Fielding

Fritz Ostermueller — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1934	BOS	P	33	8	52	2	2
1935	BOS	P	22	9	27	5	1
1936	BOS	P	43	10	42	1	1
1937	BOS	P	25	9	17	3	0
1938	BOS	P	31	15	30	4	3
1939	BOS	P	34	12	22	2	2
1940	BOS	P	31	2	21	1	0
1941	SLA	P	15	3	10	1	0
1942	SLA	P	10	2	6	0	0
1943	SLA	P	11	0	8	0	0
1943	BRO	P	7	0	4	0	0
1944	BRO	P	10	3	5	1	1
1944	PIT	P	28	6	36	1	1
1945	PIT	P	14	8	14	1	0
1946	PIT	P	27	9	33	1	0
1947	PIT	P	26	9	25	0	4
1948	PIT	P	23	3	21	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Fritz Ostermueller Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	390

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Fritz Ostermueller: the record in brief

The profile opens with Fritz Ostermueller's first major league game on April 21, 1934; the last one listed came on September 30, 1948. By club, Ostermueller's seasons break down as the Boston Red Sox (1934 to 1940), the St. Louis Browns (1941 to 1943), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1943 through 1944), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1944 through 1948). Ostermueller, born on September 15, 1907, in Quincy, IL, USA, is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit left-handed. Ostermueller's listed size is 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds. The bio records the death on December 17, 1957, in Quincy, IL, USA. The given name on file is Frederick Raymond Ostermueller.

Ostermueller went 114-115 with a 3.99 ERA in 390 games, 246 of them starts. Also on Ostermueller's record: 774 strikeouts, 113 complete games, 11 shutouts, and 15 saves. Ostermueller's 3.99 ERA was close to the 4.02 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 13, in 1938. 1936 produced Ostermueller's most strikeouts, 90.

Frequently Asked Questions about Fritz Ostermueller

What years did Fritz Ostermueller play?: Fritz Ostermueller played in Major League Baseball from 1934 to 1948.
Was Fritz Ostermueller a pitcher?: Yes. Fritz Ostermueller pitched in the major leagues, recording 114 wins and 774 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Fritz Ostermueller hit?: Fritz Ostermueller hit 0 career home runs with 175 hits.
What teams did Fritz Ostermueller play for?: Fritz Ostermueller played for 4 teams: the Boston Red Sox (1934–1940), the St. Louis Browns (1941–1943), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1943–1944), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1944–1948).
What were Fritz Ostermueller's career stats?: In 390 games, Fritz Ostermueller went 114-115 with a 3.99 ERA, 774 strikeouts, 2,066.2 innings pitched, and 15 saves. At the plate he had 175 hits and 0 home runs.
What position did Fritz Ostermueller play?: Fritz Ostermueller played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Fritz Ostermueller and how much did he weigh?: Fritz Ostermueller was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 175 pounds.
What was Fritz Ostermueller's career ERA?: Fritz Ostermueller finished with a 3.99 career ERA, going 114-115 with 774 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Fritz Ostermueller have?: Fritz Ostermueller recorded 774 career strikeouts.
Is Fritz Ostermueller in the Hall of Fame?: No. Fritz Ostermueller has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.