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John Orsino

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: April 22, 1938 in Teaneck, NJ us

Died: November 1, 2016 in Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Buried: South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, FL

School: University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT)

Debut: July 14, 1961 (Age 23-083d, 11,868th in major league history)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 10, 1967 (Age 29-141d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: John Joseph Orsino

Nicknames: Horse

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

1014

252

.249

114

RBI

123

OBP

.319

SLG

.420

OPS

.739

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BAL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 14	BAL		CHW	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,9-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 18	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 19	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 21	BAL	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
7	7	Apr 22	BAL	@	WSA	W,18-4	CG	34	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
8	8	Apr 23	BAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	9	Apr 24	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	CG	52	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	10	Apr 27	BAL		WSA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
11	11	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	12	Apr 29	BAL		WSA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	13	Apr 30	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	15	May 2 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	16	May 2 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	17	May 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
18	18	May 5	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
19	19	May 6	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	20	May 8	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	61	15.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
21	22 (1)	May 9 (2)	BAL		DET	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
22	23	May 10	BAL		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	29 (5)	May 16	BAL		NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
24	30	May 17	BAL		NYY	W,9-2	GS	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B C
25	31	May 18	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
26	32	May 19	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	35 (2)	May 22	BAL	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	36	May 23 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,7-3	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
29	37	May 23 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,8-3	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
30	38	May 24	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
31	39	May 25	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	GS	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B C
32	40	May 26	BAL		KCA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
33	42 (1)	May 28 (2)	BAL		CAL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
34	43	May 29	BAL		CAL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	44	May 30	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	45	May 31 (1)	BAL		MIN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	47 (1)	Jun 2	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-4	GF	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
38	48	Jun 4	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
39	54 (5)	Jun 11	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	55	Jun 12	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	56	Jun 13	BAL	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	57	Jun 15	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	59 (1)	Jun 17	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	53	14.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	60	Jun 18	BAL		WSA	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	62 (1)	Jun 20	BAL		WSA	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	70 (7)	Jun 27 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
47	71	Jun 28	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	72	Jun 29	BAL		DET	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	73	Jun 30	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	74	Jul 1	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	75	Jul 2	BAL		CLE	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	76	Jul 3	BAL		CLE	W,8-4	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	86 (9)	Jul 16	BAL	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	88 (1)	Jul 19	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
55	89	Jul 20	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	91 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	92	Jul 22	BAL		KCA	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
58	93	Jul 23	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	94	Jul 24	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	104 (9)	Aug 4 (1)	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	GS	35	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
61	108 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-5		7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
62	109	Aug 8 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
63	123 (13)	Aug 25	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
64	124	Aug 26	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
65	125	Aug 27	BAL	@	WSA	L,1-2	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
66	126	Aug 28	BAL	@	WSA	L,4-5	GF	12	2.0	4	1	1	6	0	PH C
							67gm		543.2	372	26	6	404	4