Ernie Orsatti
HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 154 lb
BornSeptember 8, 1902 · Los Angeles, CA, USA
MLB debutSeptember 4, 1927
Final gameSeptember 28, 1935
Seasons9 (1927–1935)
St. Louis Cardinals 1927–1935
Percentile snapshot
1933 season — qualified batters
of 150 qualified 1933 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 27 | 105 | 92 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .315 | .388 | .457 | .845 | 125.4 | 124.0 | .391 | 0.6 |
| 1928 | 27 | 84 | 69 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .400 | .522 | .922 | 139.6 | 138.8 | .418 | 0.5 |
| 1929 | 113 | 389 | 346 | 64 | 115 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 33 | 43 | 7 | 0 | .332 | .394 | .460 | .853 | 111.9 | 111.0 | .388 | 1.4 |
| 1930 | 48 | 146 | 131 | 24 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .321 | .382 | .466 | .848 | 102.7 | 102.1 | .378 | 0.3 |
| 1931 | 70 | 175 | 158 | 27 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .291 | .349 | .468 | .817 | 114.8 | 115.5 | .370 | 0.7 |
| 1932 | 101 | 397 | 375 | 44 | 126 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 0 | .336 | .368 | .456 | .824 | 118.8 | 118.1 | .368 | 2.1 |
| 1933 | 120 | 481 | 436 | 55 | 130 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 0 | .298 | .348 | .374 | .721 | 103.6 | 102.3 | .337 | 1.9 |
| 1934 | 105 | 366 | 337 | 39 | 101 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 6 | 0 | .300 | .353 | .365 | .718 | 90.3 | 89.1 | .333 | 0.9 |
| 1935 | 90 | 245 | 221 | 28 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 0 | .240 | .297 | .321 | .618 | 64.0 | 64.7 | .287 | -0.4 |
Career totals
G
701
PA
2,388
AB
2,165
R
306
H
663
2B
129
3B
39
HR
10
RBI
237
BB
176
SO
218
SB
46
BA
.3062
OBP
.3600
SLG
.4157
OPS
.7757
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935-07-04 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1929-08-02 | LAD @ STL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1928-08-18 | SF @ STL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1930-07-11 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1932-07-20 | LAD @ STL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927-04-12 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927-04-13 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927-04-15 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927-04-16 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927-04-17 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.