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1953 American League ThirdBase

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Team & League Standard Fielding--3B

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld%
BOS 4 4.13 153 153 117 493 149 324 20 34 .959
CHW 6 3.79 156 156 104 527 155 346 26 29 .951
CLE 4 4.05 155 155 147 535 175 341 19 38 .964
DET 5 5.84 158 158 142 571 186 363 22 48 .961
NYY 4 3.62 151 151 122 579 185 369 25 47 .957
PHA 5 5.09 157 157 146 592 203 366 23 43 .961
SLB 8 5.05 154 154 129 541 189 317 35 34 .935
WSH 2 4.04 152 152 151 509 190 300 19 31 .963
LgAvg 4 4.46 155 155 132 543 179 341 24 38 .957
34 4.46 1236 1236 1058 4347 1432 2726 189 304 .957

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
BOS 5929 66% 81% 26% 470 91% 3 147 103 15 29 328 242 73 1 10 20 0 17 3 17 34 27 0 28 3 3 0 23 100%
CHW 5966 65% 80% 27% 537 86% 3 157 118 13 27 354 273 71 0 12 26 2 20 4 19 30 14 5 25 5 2 3 31 77%
CLE 5807 59% 82% 28% 530 88% 9 174 139 10 25 335 258 58 3 9 19 0 17 2 14 38 29 0 33 4 4 0 19 79%
DET 6349 64% 83% 24% 564 89% 5 183 143 16 24 360 266 79 5 13 22 0 17 5 15 48 37 1 41 6 3 2 45 58%
NYY 5414 66% 82% 27% 509 92% 7 160 111 19 30 352 259 79 7 11 25 2 20 3 21 44 30 2 36 8 4 4 21 86%
PHA 5921 67% 83% 24% 547 90% 8 186 139 15 32 350 273 60 4 14 22 0 19 3 20 42 28 0 30 7 5 2 33 61%
SLB 5591 65% 81% 24% 479 85% 7 167 125 14 28 288 219 57 0 16 31 2 18 11 21 30 21 1 25 5 3 1 41 66%
WSH 5692 61% 84% 26% 501 89% 3 191 144 20 27 302 251 37 2 15 20 0 14 6 18 31 17 8 25 6 6 0 29 72%
LgAvg 5834 64% 82% 26% 517 89% 6 171 128 15 28 334 255 64 3 13 23 1 18 5 18 37 25 2 30 6 4 2 30 72%
46669 64% 82% 26% 4137 89% 45 1365 1022 122 222 2669 2041 514 22 100 185 6 142 37 145 297 203 17 243 44 30 12 242 72%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Player Standard Fielding--3B

Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
1 Loren Babe 25 TOT 98 90 87 347 122 207 18 27 .948 3.36
2 Loren Babe 25 NYY 5 5 4 25 8 15 2 3 .920 4.60
3 Loren Babe 25 PHA 93 85 83 322 114 192 16 24 .950 3.29
4 Floyd Baker 36 TOT 38 24 19 83 22 57 4 6 .952 2.08
5 Floyd Baker 36 WSH 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
6 Floyd Baker 36 BOS 37 24 19 82 22 57 3 6 .963 2.14
7 John Baumgartner 22 DET 7 7 5 23 10 11 2 2 .913 3.00
8 Neil Berry 31 SLB 18 11 8 40 15 18 7 1 .825 1.83
9 Ray Boone 29 DET 97 97 87 336 111 211 14 32 .958 3.32
10 Andy Carey 21 NYY 40 13 12 85 29 55 1 8 .988 2.10
11 Billy Consolo 18 BOS 16 4 3 26 3 18 5 3 .808 1.31
12 Jim Dyck 31 SLB 51 46 41 176 62 101 13 12 .926 3.20
13 Bob Elliott 36 TOT 103 100 72 315 105 197 13 21 .959 2.93
14 Bob Elliott 36 SLB 45 44 36 151 51 93 7 12 .954 3.20
15 Bob Elliott 36 CHW 58 56 36 164 54 104 6 9 .963 2.72
16 Owen Friend 26 CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
17 Fred Hatfield 28 DET 54 48 44 181 56 121 4 13 .978 3.28
18 Billy Hitchcock 36 DET 12 6 6 28 9 17 2 1 .929 2.17
19 George Kell 30 BOS 124 117 90 355 114 231 10 23 .972 2.78
20 Don Kolloway 34 PHA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
21 Rocky Krsnich 25 CHW 57 39 25 141 31 100 10 7 .929 2.30
22 Don Lenhardt 30 SLB 6 4 3 14 5 8 1 0 .929 2.17
23 Ted Lepcio 23 BOS 11 8 5 30 10 18 2 2 .933 2.55
24 Johnny Lipon 30 SLB 6 2 2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.67
25 Hank Majeski 36 CLE 7 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.57
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
26 Marty Marion 35 SLB 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
27 Fred Marsh 29 CHW 32 9 5 50 17 30 3 5 .940 1.47
28 Carmen Mauro 26 PHA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
29 Gil McDougald 25 NYY 136 133 106 468 147 299 22 36 .953 3.28
30 Minnie Minoso 27 CHW 10 3 2 19 3 14 2 0 .895 1.70
31 Willy Miranda 27 SLB 6 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
32 Dave Philley 33 PHA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
33 Jerry Priddy 33 DET 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50
34 Al Rosen 29 CLE 154 154 146 531 174 338 19 38 .964 3.32
35 Connie Ryan 33 CHW 16 16 13 55 20 31 4 1 .927 3.19
36 Charlie Silvera 28 NYY 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
37 Al Smith 25 CLE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
38 Vern Stephens 32 TOT 84 79 61 250 84 158 8 16 .968 2.88
39 Vern Stephens 32 CHW 38 33 23 98 30 67 1 7 .990 2.55
40 Vern Stephens 32 SLB 46 46 38 152 54 91 7 9 .954 3.15
41 Pete Suder 37 PHA 72 72 63 270 89 174 7 19 .974 3.65
42 Eddie Yost 26 WSH 152 152 151 508 190 300 18 31 .965 3.22
LgAvg 15 13 11 47 15 29 2 3 .956 2.93

Player Advanced Fielding -- 3b

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Rk Age Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1 Loren Babe 25 NYY 173 76% 82% 24% 24 92% 0 8 6 1 1 15 11 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
2 Loren Babe 25 PHA 3452 69% 83% 23% 304 90% 5 106 79 11 16 190 149 32 3 6 15 0 13 2 13 23 15 0 16 4 3 1 21 62%
3 Floyd Baker 36 BOS 963 67% 81% 27% 78 94% 1 22 16 1 5 56 48 7 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 6 100%
4 Floyd Baker 36 WSH 15 80% 87% 40% 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 John Baumgartner 22 DET 297 62% 83% 26% 23 74% 0 10 5 2 3 11 9 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 100%
6 Neil Berry 31 SLB 497 64% 83% 24% 36 81% 0 15 12 0 3 18 13 4 0 3 7 1 5 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
7 Ray Boone 29 DET 3741 64% 82% 23% 334 89% 4 109 86 10 13 208 152 49 2 4 14 0 10 4 9 31 26 0 28 2 2 0 29 55%
8 Andy Carey 21 NYY 843 69% 80% 24% 81 94% 2 26 18 3 5 58 44 9 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 4 1 7 1 0 1 5 80%
9 Billy Consolo 18 BOS 275 73% 81% 28% 26 81% 0 3 3 0 0 19 11 7 0 0 5 0 4 1 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Jim Dyck 31 SLB 1498 65% 82% 25% 132 85% 4 47 31 5 11 83 62 17 0 4 10 0 4 6 7 11 7 0 9 2 1 0 9 78%
11 Bob Elliott 36 SLB 1632 66% 82% 23% 146 87% 1 47 38 5 4 88 65 20 0 4 6 1 4 1 4 11 8 1 9 2 2 0 17 71%
12 Bob Elliott 36 CHW 1890 65% 80% 27% 164 88% 2 54 41 4 9 105 85 19 0 5 6 0 5 1 5 9 2 1 7 2 0 2 6 100%
13 Owen Friend 26 CLE 5 60% 100% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Fred Hatfield 28 DET 1958 66% 83% 24% 181 91% 1 57 47 4 6 122 90 24 3 6 4 0 3 1 2 14 9 1 11 3 1 1 12 50%
15 Billy Hitchcock 36 DET 317 61% 83% 25% 23 87% 0 7 5 0 2 16 12 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
16 George Kell 30 BOS 4384 65% 81% 26% 336 91% 2 111 78 11 22 231 168 54 1 8 10 0 9 1 9 23 17 0 18 3 3 0 13 100%
17 Don Kolloway 34 PHA 5 60% 60% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Rocky Krsnich 25 CHW 1543 64% 80% 26% 140 87% 0 32 28 0 4 99 75 19 0 2 10 1 7 2 8 7 4 0 4 3 2 1 10 90%
19 Don Lenhardt 30 SLB 185 61% 83% 26% 15 80% 0 5 4 0 1 8 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
20 Ted Lepcio 23 BOS 307 69% 81% 27% 30 97% 0 11 6 3 2 22 15 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
21 Johnny Lipon 30 SLB 97 58% 80% 23% 6 67% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
22 Hank Majeski 36 CLE 85 58% 82% 33% 3 100% 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Marty Marion 35 SLB 42 36% 86% 31% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Fred Marsh 29 CHW 534 67% 82% 30% 64 84% 0 18 16 1 2 38 26 12 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 6 5 1 6 0 0 0 5 80%
25 Carmen Mauro 26 PHA 11 64% 73% 9% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Rk Age Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
26 Gil McDougald 25 NYY 4387 66% 83% 28% 403 91% 5 126 87 15 24 278 204 65 4 9 22 2 17 3 18 33 23 1 26 7 4 3 16 88%
27 Minnie Minoso 27 CHW 186 69% 79% 28% 19 89% 1 3 2 0 1 14 11 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
28 Willy Miranda 27 SLB 51 63% 88% 22% 4 75% 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Dave Philley 33 PHA 6 33% 100% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Jerry Priddy 33 DET 36 53% 83% 33% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Al Rosen 29 CLE 5703 59% 82% 28% 527 88% 9 173 139 10 24 332 256 57 3 8 19 0 17 2 14 38 29 0 33 4 4 0 19 79%
32 Connie Ryan 33 CHW 583 56% 80% 27% 50 86% 0 20 12 2 6 31 25 5 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
33 Charlie Silvera 28 NYY 11 64% 100% 27% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Al Smith 25 CLE 14 86% 86% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Vern Stephens 32 CHW 1230 67% 81% 26% 100 83% 0 30 19 6 5 67 51 13 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 7 3 3 7 0 0 0 8 63%
36 Vern Stephens 32 SLB 1589 65% 79% 22% 139 86% 2 51 38 4 9 85 67 14 0 4 7 0 4 3 4 7 5 0 6 1 0 1 10 50%
37 Pete Suder 37 PHA 2447 64% 83% 26% 243 90% 3 80 60 4 16 160 124 28 1 8 7 0 6 1 7 19 13 0 14 3 2 1 12 58%
38 Eddie Yost 26 WSH 5677 61% 84% 26% 499 90% 3 191 144 20 27 302 251 37 2 15 19 0 13 6 17 31 17 8 25 6 6 0 29 72%
LgAvg 648 64% 82% 26% 57 89% 1 19 14 2 3 37 28 7 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 3 72%


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