Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Ron
Oester		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 5, 1956 in Cincinnati, OH, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
Gold Glove Award 1982    1984    1988    1989    1990    1991   
All-Star Selections 1984    1988    1990    1991   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 23 PIT NL 79 322 45 104 21 1 1 37 3 1 17 34 .323 .355 .404 .759 40.1 9.9
1980 24 PIT NL 147 468 35 111 13 5 2 48 1 2 25 84 .237 .274 .299 .573 33.4 1.8
1981 25 PIT NL 149 487 57 136 29 5 4 62 0 2 37 65 .279 .330 .384 .714 54.2 9.1
1982 26 PIT NL 149 513 54 148 26 8 5 69 2 0 41 70 .288 .339 .400 .739 68.0 16.0
1983 27 PIT NL 100 359 48 102 22 2 1 38 0 1 50 60 .284 .372 .365 .737 46.6 8.4
1984 28 PIT NL 149 519 72 156 30 3 4 41 3 2 59 81 .301 .371 .393 .764 71.8 16.4
1985 29 PIT NL 149 537 63 141 34 4 4 38 2 1 51 73 .263 .326 .363 .689 59.2 8.0
1986 30 PIT NL 153 511 59 130 20 7 9 62 0 1 58 73 .254 .329 .374 .702 59.9 9.3
1987 31 PIT NL 152 597 106 184 26 9 13 71 1 0 80 91 .308 .388 .447 .835 101.4 25.0
1988 32 PIT NL 141 544 80 185 35 4 11 64 0 1 50 110 .340 .395 .480 .875 93.6 22.1
1989 33 PIT NL 159 614 92 192 35 7 17 78 1 1 71 119 .313 .382 .476 .857 105.8 26.0
1990 34 PIT NL 157 574 89 188 40 3 11 73 0 0 85 131 .328 .413 .465 .878 101.3 24.6
1991 35 PIT NL 155 588 65 160 23 1 15 67 0 0 56 165 .272 .334 .391 .726 72.5 10.6
1992 36 PIT NL 87 160 14 39 5 0 1 11 0 0 12 62 .244 .297 .294 .590 14.0 1.0
14 Years Sim 1926 6793 879 1976 359 59 98 759 13 12 692 1218 .291 .355 .404 .760 921.8 188.3
162 Game Average 571 73 166 30 4 8 63 1 1 58 102 .291 .355 .404 .760 77.5  
Career Highs 159 614 106 192 40 9 17 78 3 2 85 165 .340 .413 .480 .878 105.8  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1979 23 PIT NL SS 79 76 669.7 101 282 7 53 .982 5.15   5.8
1980 24 PIT NL SS 137 134 1118.3 150 465 12 87 .981 4.95   9.1
1981 25 PIT NL SS 145 145 1197.7 167 491 13 84 .981 4.94   10.8
1982 26 PIT NL SS 148 146 1270.3 199 517 11 106 .985 5.07   9.2
1983 27 PIT NL SS 97 91 818.0 104 350 10 56 .978 5.00   5.9
1984 28 PIT NL SS 141 127 1140.3 161 510 6 79 .991 5.30   10.5
    LF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1985 29 PIT NL SS 148 142 1239.7 194 561 13 94 .983 5.48   13.4
1986 30 PIT NL SS 149 140 1240.0 187 497 7 76 .990 4.96   8.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1987 31 PIT NL SS 148 145 1295.7 178 509 16 94 .977 4.77   8.4
1988 32 PIT NL SS 141 128 1130.3 187 470 11 86 .984 5.23   7.4
1989 33 PIT NL SS 154 148 1305.0 192 513 11 99 .985 4.86   8.2
1990 34 PIT NL SS 153 144 1308.7 183 507 9 108 .987 4.75   7.3
1991 35 PIT NL SS 153 145 1300.3 180 553 10 103 .987 5.07   6.1
1992 36 PIT NL SS 43 29 267.3 33 105 4 17 .972 4.65   1.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  SS 1836 1740 15301.3 2216 6330 140 1142 .984 5.03   111.6
  LF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 2 0 2.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
Career Totals   1841 1740 15314.9 2219 6332 140 1142 .984 5.03   111.7
Career Highs   154 148 1308.7 199 561 16 108 .991 5.48    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 23 PIT NL 3 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583
1981 25 PIT NL 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .300 .222 .522
1982 26 PIT NL 4 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250
1983 27 PIT NL 4 15 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .200 .294 .467 .761
1984 28 PIT NL 9 38 5 16 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 4 .421 .450 .500 .950
1985 29 PIT NL 14 48 13 14 2 1 1 8 0 0 11 6 .292 .424 .438 .861
1986 30 PIT NL 4 11 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .364 .385 .455 .839
1987 31 PIT NL 4 16 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .125 .176 .375 .551
1990 34 PIT NL 4 16 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .375 .708
Career Post-Season Batting 49 181 24 50 11 1 3 18 0 1 20 30 .276 .347 .398 .744
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1987-10-.308
1988-2-.340
1989-7-.313
1990-6-.328
 On-Base Pct
1984-6-.371
1987-7-.388
1988-3-.395
1989-4-.382
1990-3-.413
 Slugging Pct
1988-8-.480
1989-8-.476
 OPS
1987-9-.835
1988-4-.875
1989-4-.857
1990-5-.878
 XR
1987-4-101.4
1988-7-93.6
1989-3-105.8
1990-8-101.3
 Games
1989-6-159
At-Bats
1987-10-597
1989-10-614
 Runs
1987-2-106
1989-10-92
 Hits
1987-3-184
1988-3-185
1989-2-192
1990-6-188
 Total Bases
1988-9-261
1989-4-292
 Singles
1987-6-136
1988-7-135
1990-9-134
 Doubles
1988-9-35
1990-4-40
Walks
1987-9-80
1990-6-85
 Strikeouts
1991-9-165
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Rafael Ramirez (940)
  2. Mark McLemore (910)
  3. U L Washington (908)
  4. Joey Cora (896)
  5. Omar Vizquel (889)
  6. Rance Mulliniks (881)
  7. Fernando Vina (871)
  8. Chris Smith (870)
  9. Bret Barberie (854)
  10. Carlos Baerga (854)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 61st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1978
Drafted in 3rd round, 61st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1978
Had first career hit on 7/4/1979, off Dennis Eckersley (CHC)
Hit first career homerun on 9/7/1979, off Craig Swan (NYM)
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1982.Injured on 4/13/1983 with a Broken Foot, out for 9-10 weeks
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1984
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1984
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1985
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/22/1987
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 4/6/1988
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1988, hitting .556 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1988, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1988
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1989
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 4/19/1990
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1990, hitting .412 with 3 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1990
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Diego on 7/13/1991
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1991
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.