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1955 American League Shortstop

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Team & League Standard Fielding--SS

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Tm #Fld R/G G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp
BAL 5 4.83 156 156 1388.2 886 323 526 37 109 .958 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.5 -0.2 0
BOS 4 4.23 154 154 1384.1 809 265 504 40 79 .951 -12.0 -10.4 -9.0 -0.1 -9.0 -3
CHW 3 3.59 155 155 1378.0 769 259 487 23 97 .970 9.1 7.9 11.1 9.7 1.6 -2
CLE 5 3.90 154 154 1386.1 754 264 471 19 101 .975 -4.4 -3.8 -6.4 -4.1 -2.1 2
DET 4 4.27 154 154 1380.2 738 276 429 33 87 .955 -10.8 -9.4 -8.8 -3.6 -5.2 -2
KCA 5 5.88 155 155 1382.0 773 277 464 32 101 .959 -11.9 -10.3 -11.9 -12.3 0.4 0
NYY 7 3.69 154 154 1372.1 729 253 445 31 109 .957 1.8 1.6 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 2
WSH 5 5.12 154 154 1354.2 844 284 517 43 114 .949 -9.9 -8.8 -10.9 -4.4 -6.4 1
LgAvg 5 4.44 155 155 1378 788 275 480 32 100 .959 -4 0 -3 -1 -2 0
38 4.44 1236 1236 11027.0 6302 2201 3843 258 797 .959 -36.8 -4.0 -34.8 -13.5 -20.9 -2

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
BAL 6265 64% 80% 24% 715 89% 2 323 177 117 30 533 388 115 3 9 36 1 30 5 23 108 41 8 28 8 6 97 51 43 7 1 4
BOS 6112 65% 79% 25% 670 87% 8 288 158 113 17 481 348 118 0 1 39 0 37 2 34 79 26 6 25 10 5 74 33 41 4 3 1
CHW 5911 61% 79% 26% 658 88% 2 262 131 110 21 495 352 127 1 11 23 0 23 0 22 97 44 5 30 4 1 88 49 36 8 1 6
CLE 6018 62% 76% 21% 602 91% 1 325 195 111 19 407 293 99 1 6 19 0 17 2 10 102 49 6 25 8 4 94 55 38 3 1 1
DET 6066 60% 81% 26% 617 90% 1 279 157 105 17 427 331 84 0 5 33 0 23 10 29 88 38 5 18 7 4 78 43 30 7 3 4
KCA 6330 63% 79% 23% 623 90% 4 298 171 101 27 434 307 112 3 6 32 1 26 5 19 98 37 4 32 3 5 83 41 41 11 4 6
NYY 5935 67% 76% 25% 580 89% 3 251 130 104 18 444 323 105 1 9 31 1 27 3 20 110 48 2 32 8 6 100 50 47 5 2 3
WSH 6176 68% 79% 25% 711 86% 5 287 156 106 25 518 360 136 1 10 43 0 37 6 37 115 58 4 30 5 6 108 62 43 6 4 1
LgAvg 6102 64% 79% 24% 647 89% 3 289 159 108 22 467 338 112 1 7 32 0 28 4 24 100 43 5 28 7 5 90 48 40 6 2 3
48813 64% 79% 24% 5176 89% 26 2313 1275 867 174 3739 2702 896 10 57 256 3 220 33 194 797 341 40 220 53 37 722 384 319 51 19 26

* 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--SS

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Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
1 Reno Bertoia 20 DET 5 2 27.0 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.4 17.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0 3.33 2.00
2 Milt Bolling 24 BOS 2 1 11.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -1.0 -109.1 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 3.27 2.00
3 Clete Boyer 18 KCA 12 5 58.1 27 13 13 1 4 .963 -1.8 -37.0 -1.8 -2.2 0.4 0 4.01 2.17
4 Jim Brideweser 28 CHW 26 15 132.2 79 27 48 4 12 .949 0.2 1.8 0.2 2.1 -1.9 0 5.09 2.88
5 Chico Carrasquel 27 CHW 144 135 1201.1 664 222 424 18 81 .973 9.4 9.4 11.4 8.4 3.1 -2 4.84 4.49
6 Tom Carroll 18 NYY 4 1 15.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 -0.6 -48.0 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 4.20 1.75
7 Wayne Causey 18 BAL 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.00 1.00
8 Jerry Coleman 30 NYY 29 16 158.0 87 33 51 3 17 .966 -2.6 -19.7 -2.6 -2.0 -0.6 0 4.78 2.90
9 Billy Cox 35 BAL 6 2 17.0 12 2 9 1 1 .917 0.3 21.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 5.82 1.83
10 Joe DeMaestri 26 KCA 122 118 1030.2 585 206 358 21 78 .964 -4.2 -4.9 -3.2 -5.4 2.2 -1 4.92 4.62
11 Sam Dente 33 CLE 53 22 266.0 123 33 87 3 15 .976 -2.1 -9.5 -2.1 -1.5 -0.6 0 4.06 2.26
12 Chuck Diering 32 BAL 12 2 43.0 25 9 16 0 2 1.000 0.9 25.1 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 5.23 2.08
13 Owen Friend 28 BOS 14 14 109.2 61 20 38 3 5 .951 -0.1 -1.1 0.9 0.9 0.0 -1 4.76 4.14
14 Alex George 16 KCA 5 2 18.0 12 6 5 1 1 .917 -1.5 -100.0 -1.5 -1.7 0.2 0 5.50 2.20
15 Billy Harrell 26 CLE 11 5 46.0 27 7 18 2 1 .926 -0.8 -20.9 -0.8 -1.7 1.0 0 4.89 2.27
16 Fred Hatfield 30 DET 14 12 113.0 66 19 43 4 4 .939 -1.6 -17.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 -1 4.94 4.43
17 Billy Hunter 27 NYY 98 91 712.0 380 115 249 16 60 .958 9.8 16.5 7.8 3.9 3.9 2 4.60 3.71
18 Eddie Joost 39 BOS 20 18 164.0 117 37 72 8 19 .932 -1.5 -11.0 -2.5 -1.0 -1.6 1 5.98 5.45
19 Billy Klaus 26 BOS 126 121 1099.2 626 207 391 28 55 .955 -9.4 -10.3 -6.4 0.1 -6.5 -3 4.89 4.75
20 Bobby Kline 26 WSH 69 44 391.2 265 97 153 15 35 .943 -0.7 -2.1 -1.7 -1.5 -0.2 1 5.74 3.62
21 Harvey Kuenn 24 DET 141 140 1236.2 660 253 378 29 83 .956 -9.4 -9.1 -8.4 -3.3 -5.1 -1 4.59 4.48
22 Kenny Kuhn 18 CLE 4 1 17.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -42.4 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.12 1.00
23 Jack Littrell 26 KCA 22 12 126.0 76 30 42 4 8 .947 -1.5 -14.3 -1.5 -2.3 0.8 0 5.14 3.27
24 Mickey Mantle 23 NYY 2 0 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 18.00 2.00
25 Fred Marsh 31 BAL 16 1 50.0 33 12 19 2 4 .939 0.2 4.8 0.2 1.7 -1.6 0 5.58 1.94
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Billy Martin 27 NYY 3 3 27.0 11 4 6 1 1 .909 -1.5 -66.7 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 3.33 3.33
27 Willy Miranda 29 BAL 153 151 1275.2 815 300 481 34 101 .958 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0 5.51 5.10
28 Buddy Peterson 30 CHW 6 5 44.0 26 10 15 1 4 .962 -0.5 -13.6 -0.5 -0.8 0.4 0 5.11 4.17
29 Bobby Richardson 19 NYY 4 0 7.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 5.14 1.00
30 Phil Rizzuto 38 NYY 79 43 451.1 235 93 132 10 30 .957 -3.2 -8.5 -3.2 -1.6 -1.6 0 4.49 2.85
31 Tony Roig 27 WSH 21 11 101.2 59 15 40 4 10 .932 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 1.1 0 4.87 2.62
32 Pete Runnels 27 WSH 2 0 2.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00
33 Ron Samford 25 DET 1 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.50 2.00
34 Jerry Schypinski 23 KCA 21 18 149.0 73 22 46 5 10 .932 -2.9 -23.4 -3.9 -0.7 -3.2 1 4.11 3.24
35 Al Smith 27 CLE 5 0 7.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 6.43 1.00
36 Jerry Snyder 25 WSH 20 5 64.2 18 12 5 1 0 .944 -3.3 -61.2 -3.3 -2.2 -1.1 0 2.37 0.85
37 George Strickland 29 CLE 128 126 1050.1 595 221 360 14 84 .976 -0.9 -1.0 -2.9 -0.4 -2.4 2 4.98 4.54
38 Jose Valdivielso 21 WSH 94 94 794.2 499 160 317 22 69 .956 -6.0 -9.1 -6.0 0.3 -6.3 0 5.40 5.07
LgAvg 21 17 153 88 31 53 4 11 .959 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.93 4.04

Player Advanced Fielding -- ss

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1 Reno Bertoia 20 DET 105 58% 82% 34% 11 100% 0 5 5 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Milt Bolling 24 BOS 48 54% 79% 21% 6 67% 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Clete Boyer 18 KCA 276 58% 79% 25% 20 75% 0 14 5 7 2 12 10 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
4 Jim Brideweser 28 CHW 566 59% 80% 26% 70 87% 0 29 14 12 3 50 35 13 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 12 3 2 2 0 0 10 5 3 2 1 1
5 Chico Carrasquel 27 CHW 5173 61% 79% 26% 572 88% 2 223 114 93 16 431 306 111 1 11 18 0 18 0 17 81 40 3 25 4 1 74 43 30 6 0 5
6 Tom Carroll 18 NYY 77 74% 73% 18% 10 70% 0 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Wayne Causey 18 BAL 14 50% 86% 21% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Jerry Coleman 30 NYY 689 67% 76% 25% 67 90% 0 33 22 11 0 51 38 10 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 17 4 0 7 2 0 14 4 9 3 2 1
9 Billy Cox 35 BAL 80 66% 81% 26% 10 90% 0 2 1 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
10 Joe DeMaestri 26 KCA 4679 63% 79% 23% 470 91% 3 226 132 75 19 330 226 92 3 5 21 0 18 3 11 75 31 3 20 3 4 62 34 28 9 4 4
11 Sam Dente 33 CLE 1158 63% 75% 20% 110 92% 0 56 41 12 3 66 44 19 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 15 11 0 2 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 0
12 Chuck Diering 32 BAL 185 65% 84% 35% 24 83% 0 9 4 5 0 17 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
13 Owen Friend 28 BOS 479 68% 75% 25% 50 88% 0 19 12 5 2 38 27 9 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
14 Alex George 16 KCA 80 78% 80% 30% 9 89% 0 6 4 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Billy Harrell 26 CLE 207 73% 77% 29% 22 86% 0 7 2 5 0 19 16 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
16 Fred Hatfield 30 DET 502 63% 80% 29% 56 89% 1 22 14 8 0 41 33 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 4 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
17 Billy Hunter 27 NYY 3032 69% 76% 26% 304 91% 1 116 53 52 12 251 185 58 1 6 16 1 14 1 9 60 32 1 17 2 3 56 33 22 0 0 0
18 Eddie Joost 39 BOS 734 65% 80% 27% 91 87% 1 42 24 15 3 66 44 20 0 0 8 0 8 0 7 20 8 1 5 2 2 19 10 9 1 0 1
19 Billy Klaus 26 BOS 4851 65% 79% 25% 523 88% 7 226 121 93 12 374 275 88 0 1 27 0 25 2 23 54 17 5 19 6 3 50 22 28 3 3 0
20 Bobby Kline 26 WSH 1795 69% 79% 25% 215 87% 0 95 50 34 11 153 105 43 0 1 15 0 11 4 14 36 17 2 9 0 2 33 19 11 3 3 0
21 Harvey Kuenn 24 DET 5442 60% 80% 26% 549 90% 0 251 137 97 17 380 295 75 0 5 29 0 19 10 25 84 37 5 16 6 4 74 42 27 7 3 4
22 Kenny Kuhn 18 CLE 79 75% 73% 28% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Jack Littrell 26 KCA 583 64% 77% 23% 60 93% 0 29 18 9 3 42 32 9 0 1 4 1 3 0 3 8 2 1 3 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 1
24 Mickey Mantle 23 NYY 11 55% 73% 27% 2 100% 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Fred Marsh 31 BAL 230 63% 80% 22% 24 92% 0 10 6 2 2 20 15 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
26 Billy Martin 27 NYY 124 60% 75% 27% 13 54% 1 4 2 2 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
27 Willy Miranda 29 BAL 5756 63% 80% 24% 655 89% 2 302 166 109 28 486 350 108 3 9 33 1 27 5 23 100 38 7 28 7 4 90 47 40 7 1 4
28 Buddy Peterson 30 CHW 172 66% 77% 27% 16 88% 0 10 3 5 2 14 11 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
29 Bobby Richardson 19 NYY 30 43% 60% 17% 2 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
30 Phil Rizzuto 38 NYY 1972 65% 75% 24% 182 89% 1 91 49 36 6 128 92 32 0 3 10 0 8 2 7 30 11 1 6 4 3 27 12 14 2 0 2
31 Tony Roig 27 WSH 460 77% 74% 23% 50 88% 1 17 6 7 4 43 28 13 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 10 5 0 3 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 1
32 Pete Runnels 27 WSH 11 45% 73% 36% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Ron Samford 25 DET 17 59% 94% 24% 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 0 0 0 0
34 Jerry Schypinski 23 KCA 712 64% 81% 24% 64 80% 1 23 12 9 2 45 37 7 0 0 5 0 3 2 3 10 3 0 6 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 1
35 Al Smith 27 CLE 27 56% 78% 22% 3 67% 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
36 Jerry Snyder 25 WSH 286 69% 72% 20% 17 59% 0 12 6 5 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 George Strickland 29 CLE 4547 60% 76% 21% 464 91% 1 259 151 93 15 317 229 77 1 3 14 0 13 1 6 85 37 6 23 6 4 78 43 34 2 1 1
38 Jose Valdivielso 21 WSH 3624 67% 80% 25% 426 87% 4 163 94 60 9 316 222 79 1 9 22 0 20 2 18 69 36 2 18 4 4 66 38 28 2 1 0
LgAvg 678 64% 79% 24% 72 89% 0 32 18 12 2 52 38 12 0 1 4 0 3 0 3 11 5 1 3 1 1 10 5 4 1 0 0
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