Joe Orsulak
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Joe Orsulak was an outfielder for the Mets from 1993 to 1995. He played in 338 games and hit .276 in his three seasons with the team. Orsulak had 17 home runs and 114 runs batted in as a Met.
After ten years with the Pirates and Orioles, Joe signed with the Mets as a free agent in December of 1992. In the 1993 season, he collected 116 hits in 134 games and scored 59 runs. On June 30, Orsulak had a double and three singles in the Mets' 7-1 win over the Florida Marlins in Miami. His sixth inning homer at Los Angeles put the Mets on top in an eventual 4-0 win over the Dodgers on July 25. At Cincinnati on August 18, Joe had a single, two doubles and a triple in the Mets' 12-2 victory over the Reds. He also had a two-run single, a triple and a pair of runs scored in an 8-3 Mets win at Chicago on September 2.
Orsulak hit .260 in 96 games in the strike-shortened 1994 season. He hit 8 home runs and led the Mets with 7 sacrifice flies. During the year, Joe had some big hits on three consecutive Tuesday nights. He hit a grand slam in the Mets' 6-5 loss to the Giants at Shea Stadium on May 3. At Montreal on May 10, Orsulak homered in the top of the tenth inning to give the Mets a 3-2 win over the Expos. He delivered a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth to give the Mets a 4-3 win over the Marlins at Shea on May 17. Joe also had a run-scoring single that put the Mets ahead to stay in a 6-2 victory at Philadelphia on August 10.
In 1995, Orsulak had a .283 batting average in 108 games played. He drove in 37 runs and again led the team in sacrifice flies with 6. Joe singled home the winning run in the 11th inning for a 5-4 Mets triumph over the Cardinals at Shea on April 29. On June 15, his run-scoring single in the bottom of the 10th gave the Mets a 5-4 victory over the Marlins. Also against Florida, Joe hit a pinch-hit three-run homer on August 7 that broke a tie and gave the Mets a 5-2 win. He doubled with two outs in the 11th inning to drive in the tying run and later scored for a 5-4 Mets win over the Giants on August 21. Orsulak also had three singles and three RBIs in a 7-6 Met win over the Padres on August 26.
Orsulak signed with the Marlins as a free agent following the '95 season. He played for Florida in 1996 and ended his career with the Expos in 1997.
