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Team & League Standard Fielding--CF

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Tm #Fld R/G G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof
BAL 6 4.83 156 156 1388.2 466 444 13 9 3 .981 -2.4 -2.1 -1.4 -4.5 3.1 -1
BOS 3 4.23 154 154 1384.1 462 450 6 6 3 .987 23.0 19.9 22.0 9.1 12.9 1
CHW 5 3.59 155 155 1378.0 448 430 11 7 4 .984 10.1 8.8 4.1 2.8 1.5 6
CLE 6 3.90 154 154 1386.1 392 384 5 3 1 .992 -3.1 -2.7 -6.1 -1.9 -4.2 3
DET 2 4.27 154 154 1380.2 465 446 12 7 2 .985 -4.0 -3.5 -5.0 -6.9 1.8 1
KCA 5 5.88 155 155 1382.0 458 440 8 10 1 .978 -10.4 -9.0 -4.4 1.1 -5.5 -6
NYY 3 3.69 154 154 1372.1 410 395 12 3 2 .993 10.2 8.9 7.2 -2.4 9.6 3
WSH 5 5.12 154 154 1354.2 474 458 6 10 1 .979 -3.9 -3.5 0.1 -9.0 9.1 -4
LgAvg 4 4.44 155 155 1378 447 431 9 7 2 .985 2 0 2 0 4 0
31 4.44 1236 1236 11027.0 3575 3447 73 55 17 .985 19.5 2.1 16.5 -11.7 28.3 3

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Tm Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
BAL 9 0 9 0 1 13 1 2 4 2 72 48 3 66 10 0 12 6 0 32 7 0 39 32 0 221 103 46.6% 115 3 1.4% 10 6265 64% 80% 29% 788 58%
BOS 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 3 0 2 52 37 1 53 7 0 12 6 0 28 6 1 32 27 1 177 83 46.9% 91 3 1.7% 3 6112 65% 79% 29% 730 62%
CHW 7 0 7 0 2 11 0 4 3 1 67 56 0 51 11 0 18 5 3 19 3 0 35 30 2 190 105 55.3% 80 5 2.6% 6 5911 61% 79% 28% 829 53%
CLE 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 66 40 1 66 11 0 9 7 0 15 4 1 36 32 0 192 94 49.0% 96 2 1.0% 3 6018 62% 76% 30% 734 53%
DET 7 0 7 0 0 12 0 5 7 0 80 50 4 64 16 0 12 6 0 28 8 0 33 23 2 217 103 47.5% 107 6 2.8% 6 6066 60% 81% 30% 841 54%
KCA 10 0 10 0 3 8 0 3 3 0 71 39 1 67 12 0 16 9 0 29 3 0 44 38 0 227 101 44.5% 125 1 0.4% 7 6330 63% 79% 29% 788 57%
NYY 3 0 3 0 0 12 0 4 5 2 69 46 4 41 4 0 10 7 0 21 9 1 24 16 0 165 82 49.7% 78 5 3.0% 7 5935 67% 76% 29% 680 60%
WSH 10 0 9 1 1 6 0 1 3 2 79 51 1 74 9 0 12 5 0 30 8 1 33 25 0 228 98 43.0% 128 2 0.9% 4 6176 68% 79% 27% 876 53%
LgAvg 7 0 7 0 1 9 0 3 3 1 70 46 2 60 10 0 13 6 0 25 6 1 35 28 1 202 96 47.6% 103 3 1.7% 6 6102 64% 79% 29% 783 56%
55 0 54 1 7 73 1 23 27 11 556 367 15 482 80 0 101 51 3 202 48 4 276 223 5 1617 769 47.6% 820 27 1.7% 46 48813 64% 79% 29% 6266 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Player Standard Fielding--CF

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Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G
1 Cal Abrams 31 BAL 58 50 411.1 123 114 6 3 1 .976 -7.9 -23.0 -6.9 -4.2 -2.7 -1 2.63 2.07
2 Jim Busby 28 TOT 146 136 1214.2 387 375 7 5 3 .987 1.2 1.2 0.2 -5.9 6.2 1 2.83 2.62
3 Jim Busby 28 WSH 47 47 415.2 135 133 1 1 0 .993 -1.8 -5.2 -0.8 -5.7 4.9 -1 2.90 2.85
4 Jim Busby 28 CHW 99 89 799.0 252 242 6 4 3 .984 3.0 4.5 1.0 -0.2 1.3 2 2.79 2.51
5 Bob Cerv 29 NYY 7 5 36.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -30.0 -0.9 -1.3 0.4 0 1.25 0.71
6 Chuck Diering 32 BAL 105 71 669.1 246 236 4 6 2 .976 5.8 10.4 7.8 -0.9 8.7 -2 3.23 2.29
7 Larry Doby 31 CLE 129 129 1118.1 320 313 5 2 1 .994 0.0 0.0 -3.0 -1.3 -1.8 3 2.56 2.47
8 Hoot Evers 34 TOT 14 8 89.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.3 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 1 2.12 1.50
9 Hoot Evers 34 BAL 5 5 43.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.5 -0.5 1 2.30 2.20
10 Hoot Evers 34 CLE 9 3 46.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.6 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 1.96 1.11
11 Johnny Groth 28 TOT 66 59 518.2 168 164 2 2 1 .988 -4.9 -11.3 -1.9 0.6 -2.5 -3 2.88 2.52
12 Johnny Groth 28 CHW 26 21 187.0 61 60 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 9.6 1.5 2.0 -0.5 0 2.94 2.35
13 Johnny Groth 28 WSH 40 38 331.2 107 104 1 2 1 .981 -6.4 -23.2 -3.4 -1.4 -2.0 -3 2.85 2.63
14 Stu Locklin 26 CLE 4 2 26.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -73.8 -1.6 -1.4 -0.2 0 0.69 0.50
15 Mickey Mantle 23 NYY 145 144 1277.1 384 371 11 2 2 .995 9.9 9.3 7.9 -0.3 8.3 2 2.69 2.63
16 Ed McGhee 30 CHW 12 3 48.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0.1 -2.5 -0.1 0.9 -0.9 0 1.88 0.83
17 Minnie Minoso 29 CHW 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50
18 Irv Noren 30 NYY 11 5 59.0 21 19 1 1 0 .952 1.2 24.4 0.2 -0.8 0.9 1 3.05 1.82
19 Karl Olson 24 BOS 8 6 55.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -28.4 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 2.62 2.00
20 Ernie Oravetz 23 WSH 17 17 139.2 58 54 0 4 0 .931 1.5 12.9 2.5 -2.6 5.1 -1 3.48 3.18
21 Dave Philley 35 BAL 2 2 15.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -112.0 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 0 1.20 1.00
22 Bubba Phillips 27 DET 3 1 14.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 137.1 1.6 0.5 1.0 0 4.50 2.33
23 Jim Piersall 25 BOS 147 144 1294.1 430 422 5 3 3 .993 25.0 23.2 23.0 9.7 13.3 2 2.97 2.90
24 Don Plarski 25 KCA 6 3 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 10.4 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0 2.74 1.17
25 Dave Pope 34 TOT 51 36 347.0 113 111 1 1 0 .991 -0.6 -2.1 -0.6 3.0 -3.5 0 2.90 2.20
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G
26 Dave Pope 34 CLE 14 11 118.0 37 36 0 1 0 .973 -0.7 -7.1 0.3 1.2 -0.8 -1 2.75 2.57
27 Dave Pope 34 BAL 37 25 229.0 76 75 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 0.5 -0.9 1.8 -2.7 1 2.99 2.05
28 Jim Rivera 32 CHW 51 42 341.0 123 117 4 2 1 .984 5.7 20.1 1.7 0.1 1.6 4 3.19 2.37
29 Tom Saffell 33 KCA 9 9 76.0 28 26 1 1 0 .964 -0.8 -12.6 -0.8 -1.6 0.8 0 3.20 3.00
30 Jerry Schoonmaker 21 WSH 3 3 26.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -0.3 -13.8 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.42 2.33
31 Harry Simpson 29 KCA 91 85 770.2 251 242 4 5 1 .980 -7.9 -12.3 -3.9 3.4 -7.2 -4 2.87 2.70
32 Al Smith 27 CLE 9 7 65.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -9.2 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 1 2.63 2.11
33 Gene Stephens 22 BOS 4 4 35.0 16 13 0 3 0 .813 -0.7 -24.0 0.3 0.7 -0.4 -1 3.34 3.25
34 Bill Tuttle 25 DET 154 153 1366.2 458 439 12 7 2 .985 -5.6 -4.9 -6.6 -7.4 0.8 1 2.97 2.93
35 Tom Umphlett 25 WSH 61 49 441.2 166 161 3 2 0 .988 3.1 8.4 2.1 0.7 1.4 1 3.34 2.69
36 Elmer Valo 34 KCA 4 3 29.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 20.7 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0 3.72 3.00
37 Wally Westlake 34 CLE 2 2 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 2.77 2.00
38 Bill Wilson 26 KCA 58 55 483.1 160 153 3 4 0 .975 -2.4 -6.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 -2 2.90 2.69
39 Gene Woodling 32 BAL 4 3 21.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 57.1 1.0 0.7 0.3 0 3.43 2.00
LgAvg

Player Advanced Fielding -- cf

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Rk Age Tm Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1 Cal Abrams 31 BAL 3 0 3 0 1 6 0 1 1 2 26 15 2 22 3 0 2 1 0 7 2 0 14 12 0 71 33 46.5% 36 2 2.8% 4 1888 65% 80% 30% 220 54%
2 Jim Busby 28 WSH 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 23 16 0 20 1 0 4 2 0 7 2 0 10 7 0 64 28 43.8% 36 0 0.0% 1 1903 71% 77% 28% 254 53%
3 Jim Busby 28 CHW 4 0 4 0 1 6 0 3 2 0 30 24 0 30 7 0 6 2 0 13 2 0 24 20 2 103 55 53.4% 46 2 1.9% 4 3416 58% 79% 28% 456 54%
4 Bob Cerv 29 NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 164 62% 73% 24% 16 31%
5 Chuck Diering 32 BAL 6 0 6 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 25 18 0 26 4 0 4 2 0 16 3 0 16 12 0 87 39 44.8% 48 0 0.0% 4 2980 62% 80% 30% 385 62%
6 Larry Doby 31 CLE 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 50 32 1 49 8 0 8 6 0 9 4 1 28 25 0 144 75 52.1% 67 2 1.4% 3 4830 61% 76% 30% 586 54%
7 Hoot Evers 34 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 189 58% 76% 26% 22 45%
8 Hoot Evers 34 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 6 60.0% 3 1 10.0% 0 204 64% 79% 25% 29 38%
9 Johnny Groth 28 CHW 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 8 0 8 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 25 11 44.0% 13 1 4.0% 0 803 62% 80% 31% 118 52%
10 Johnny Groth 28 WSH 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 12 0 19 1 0 1 0 0 8 2 1 8 4 0 56 19 33.9% 36 1 1.8% 0 1544 67% 79% 27% 219 47%
11 Stu Locklin 26 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 118 64% 75% 26% 8 25%
12 Mickey Mantle 23 NYY 2 0 2 0 0 11 0 4 4 2 65 43 4 37 4 0 8 5 0 21 9 1 21 13 0 152 74 48.7% 73 5 3.3% 6 5509 67% 76% 29% 634 60%
13 Ed McGhee 30 CHW 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 184 62% 83% 26% 20 50%
14 Minnie Minoso 29 CHW 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 0 0 0 0 0 12 50% 83% 17% 2 50%
15 Irv Noren 30 NYY 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 262 66% 74% 32% 30 67%
16 Karl Olson 24 BOS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11.1% 8 0 0.0% 1 251 58% 80% 30% 30 53%
17 Ernie Oravetz 23 WSH 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 14 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 28 10 35.7% 18 0 0.0% 0 654 65% 79% 26% 96 56%
18 Dave Philley 35 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 1 70 71% 81% 24% 13 15%
19 Bubba Phillips 27 DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 50 76% 84% 46% 11 64%
20 Jim Piersall 25 BOS 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 49 35 1 44 6 0 12 6 0 26 6 1 31 26 1 162 79 48.8% 80 3 1.9% 2 5699 65% 79% 29% 674 63%
21 Don Plarski 25 KCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 100 58% 79% 30% 10 70%
22 Dave Pope 34 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 9 0 14 3 0 3 1 0 9 2 0 7 7 0 45 22 48.9% 23 0 0.0% 1 1037 63% 80% 26% 128 59%
23 Dave Pope 34 CLE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 18 5 27.8% 13 0 0.0% 0 511 69% 75% 35% 67 54%
24 Jim Rivera 32 CHW 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 25 22 0 13 4 0 9 2 2 3 1 0 9 8 0 59 37 62.7% 20 2 3.4% 2 1496 68% 78% 27% 233 52%
25 Tom Saffell 33 KCA 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 17 9 52.9% 8 0 0.0% 1 355 77% 82% 25% 51 53%
Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Rk Age Tm Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
26 Jerry Schoonmaker 21 WSH 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 120 72% 82% 23% 15 47%
27 Harry Simpson 29 KCA 5 0 5 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 46 27 0 31 5 0 9 6 0 15 2 0 26 21 0 127 61 48.0% 66 0 0.0% 4 3484 60% 80% 30% 442 55%
28 Al Smith 27 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 19 10 52.6% 9 0 0.0% 0 310 53% 75% 30% 43 44%
29 Gene Stephens 22 BOS 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 162 75% 74% 22% 26 50%
30 Bill Tuttle 25 DET 7 0 7 0 0 12 0 5 7 0 79 49 4 64 16 0 12 6 0 28 8 0 33 23 2 216 102 47.2% 107 6 2.8% 6 6016 60% 80% 29% 830 54%
31 Tom Umphlett 25 WSH 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 27 19 1 21 5 0 4 2 0 11 3 0 12 11 0 75 40 53.3% 34 1 1.3% 2 1955 69% 81% 28% 292 55%
32 Elmer Valo 34 KCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 128 60% 80% 27% 21 57%
33 Wally Westlake 34 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 60 58% 73% 17% 8 50%
34 Bill Wilson 26 KCA 4 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 17 6 1 28 5 0 7 3 0 10 1 0 14 13 0 76 28 36.8% 47 1 1.3% 2 2263 66% 77% 28% 264 59%
35 Gene Woodling 32 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 86 73% 85% 31% 13 62%
LgAvg 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 4 3 0 22 11 47.6% 11 0 1.7% 1 678 64% 79% 29% 87 56%
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