Joe Orsulak

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb

BornMay 31, 1962 · Glen Ridge, NJ, USA

MLB debutSeptember 1, 1983

Final gameSeptember 25, 1997

Seasons14 (1983–1997)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1983–1986; Baltimore Orioles 1988–1992; New York Mets 1993–1995; Florida Marlins 1996; Montreal Expos 1997

Percentile snapshot

1991 season — qualified batters

143

29.5

521

6.6

486

10.7

135

30.3

5.7

14.8

RBI

4.1

88.5

37.7

76.2

.278

56.6

OBP

.321

26.2

SLG

.358

13.9

OPS

.679

12.3

wRC+

90.3

16.4

OPS+

90.1

13.1

wOBA

.312

13.9

sWAR

0.4

4.9

of 123 qualified 1991 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

91.8

26.2

OPS+

93.0

27.8

sWAR

5.5

80.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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
1983	7	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	.182	.167	.182	.348	-22.8	-4.0	.155	-0.1
1984	32	73	67	12	17	1	2	0	3	1	7	3	1	.254	.271	.328	.600	64.4	68.6	.276	-0.1
1985	121	436	397	54	119	14	6	0	21	26	27	24	11	.300	.342	.365	.707	100.0	99.1	.327	1.3
1986	138	437	401	60	100	19	6	2	19	28	38	24	11	.249	.299	.342	.641	73.8	74.8	.297	-0.3
1988	125	416	379	48	109	21	3	8	27	23	30	9	8	.288	.331	.422	.753	111.3	111.7	.339	1.4
1989	123	446	390	59	111	22	5	7	55	41	35	5	3	.285	.351	.421	.771	118.2	119.7	.349	1.8
1990	124	465	413	49	111	14	3	11	57	46	48	6	8	.269	.343	.397	.740	107.3	109.3	.335	1.4
1991	143	521	486	57	135	22	1	5	43	28	45	6	2	.278	.321	.358	.679	90.3	90.1	.312	0.4
1992	117	428	391	45	113	18	3	4	39	28	34	5	4	.289	.342	.381	.723	102.4	103.0	.332	1.0
1993	134	441	409	59	116	15	4	8	35	28	25	5	4	.284	.331	.399	.730	97.7	96.4	.331	0.9
1994	96	318	292	39	76	3	0	8	42	16	21	4	2	.260	.299	.353	.651	67.1	70.7	.290	-0.7
1995	108	317	290	41	82	19	2	1	37	19	35	1	3	.283	.323	.372	.695	84.5	86.6	.311	0.0
1996	120	234	217	23	48	6	1	2	19	16	38	1	1	.221	.274	.286	.559	50.2	50.8	.257	-0.9
1997	106	170	150	13	34	12	1	1	7	18	17	0	1	.227	.310	.340	.650	73.5	71.1	.301	-0.5

Career totals

1,494

4,714

4,293

559

1,173

186

RBI

405

318

402

.2732

OBP

.3242

SLG

.3736

OPS

.6978

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
1989-08-26	BAL @ NYY Gameday	3	4	3	0	0	2	3	1	9
1993-08-18	NYM @ CIN Gameday	5	2	4	2	1	0	2	0	8
1990-05-22	MIN @ BAL Gameday	3	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	8
1990-05-18	TEX @ BAL Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	7
1990-04-22	DET @ BAL Gameday	5	1	4	0	0	1	1	1	7

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.