Johnny Ostrowski

{{Short description|American baseball player (1917–1992)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Johnny Ostrowski

|position=Left fielder / Third baseman

|image=Johnny Ostrowski.jpg

|caption=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1917|10|17}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1992|11|13|1917|10|17}}

|death_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 24

|debutyear=1943

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1950

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.234

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=14

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=74

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs (1943–1946)
• Boston Red Sox (1948)
• Chicago White Sox (1949–1950)
• Washington Senators (1950)}}John Thaddeus Ostrowski (October 17, 1917 – November 13, 1992) was an American professional baseball player. Born in Chicago, he was an outfielder and third baseman who spent all or part of seven Major League seasons (1943–1946; 1948–1950) with the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators. Listed at {{convert|5|ft|10+1/2|in|m}} tall and {{convert|170|lb}}, Ostrowski batted and threw right-handed.

Over his 216 MLB games played, Ostrowski was a .234 hitter (131-for-561) with 14 home runs and 74 RBI in 216 games, including 73 runs, 20 doubles, nine triples, seven stolen bases, and a .321 on-base percentage. However, in a 1,600-game minor league baseball career, Ostrowski hit 218 home runs and five times exceeded the 20-homer mark, including two 30 home run seasons.

Ostrowski died in Chicago at the age of 75.