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Team & League Standard Fielding--1B

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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 6 4.58 154 154 1360.2 1460 1334 103 23 117 .984 -5.5 -4.9 -4.5 -1.1 -3.4 -1
BOS 3 4.85 155 155 1398.0 1547 1426 105 16 150 .990 -2.0 -1.7 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 -1
CHW 5 4.12 154 154 1389.0 1406 1312 81 13 146 .991 -10.1 -8.7 -10.1 -4.9 -5.2 0
CLE 4 3.75 155 155 1384.0 1373 1257 104 12 124 .991 3.4 2.9 3.4 0.3 3.1 0
DET 3 4.51 155 155 1379.0 1383 1285 81 17 132 .988 -4.8 -4.2 -3.8 -0.9 -2.9 -1
KCA 4 5.40 154 154 1370.1 1558 1437 103 18 166 .988 2.8 2.5 2.8 -1.7 4.7 0
NYY 4 4.10 154 154 1381.2 1468 1344 117 7 188 .995 6.5 5.6 5.5 3.7 1.8 1
WSH 3 5.96 155 155 1368.2 1479 1365 101 13 151 .991 2.4 2.1 1.4 4.4 -3.0 1
LgAvg 4 4.66 155 155 1379 1459 1345 99 15 147 .990 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 4.66 1236 1236 11031.1 11674 10760 795 119 1174 .990 -7.3 -0.8 -6.3 0.1 -6.2 -1

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
BAL 5886 63% 81% 25% 363 92% 0 1335 86 1224 27 153 105 70 20 2 4 23 2 21 0 18 118 1 2 0 105 4 12 1 11 27 81%
BOS 6037 62% 79% 27% 328 93% 1 1376 85 1282 11 125 102 78 15 0 7 15 2 13 0 8 148 1 1 0 134 2 14 4 10 17 76%
CHW 5928 69% 80% 25% 263 93% 3 1320 78 1237 7 97 84 46 22 3 4 13 5 8 0 4 146 4 0 1 132 7 12 2 10 22 91%
CLE 5898 64% 78% 24% 327 95% 1 1247 101 1141 8 116 101 69 18 1 2 12 3 9 0 7 125 4 0 1 112 4 13 2 11 18 83%
DET 6086 64% 78% 23% 311 93% 1 1289 94 1177 17 127 78 44 19 2 3 17 1 16 0 14 133 3 2 0 121 6 12 3 8 17 94%
KCA 5973 64% 80% 26% 362 96% 1 1413 109 1284 22 148 104 55 33 1 5 17 3 13 1 10 161 13 0 0 144 15 16 7 9 20 100%
NYY 5941 64% 78% 26% 319 94% 2 1346 81 1249 16 123 111 62 35 1 2 7 1 3 3 6 188 9 3 4 166 15 21 7 14 21 95%
WSH 6274 68% 80% 26% 333 93% 0 1360 108 1240 14 112 101 71 17 0 7 13 3 8 2 9 152 5 3 0 136 9 16 4 11 23 78%
LgAvg 6003 65% 79% 25% 326 94% 1 1336 93 1229 15 125 98 62 22 1 4 15 3 11 1 10 146 5 1 1 131 8 15 4 11 21 87%
48023 65% 79% 25% 2606 94% 9 10686 742 9834 122 1001 786 495 179 10 34 117 20 91 6 76 1171 40 11 6 1050 62 116 30 84 165 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 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--1B

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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 Wayne Belardi 25 DET 31 25 240.0 260 240 17 3 21 .988 -1.6 -8.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 -1 9.64 8.29
2 Bob Boyd 36 BAL 60 54 487.1 498 469 24 5 46 .990 -3.3 -8.1 -2.3 -2.0 -0.4 -1 9.10 8.22
3 Joe Collins 33 NYY 43 25 256.1 281 251 30 0 37 1.000 3.2 15.0 3.2 1.7 1.5 0 9.87 6.53
4 Walt Dropo 33 CHW 117 91 869.0 911 855 50 6 95 .993 -5.3 -7.3 -5.3 -3.4 -1.9 0 9.37 7.74
5 Tito Francona 22 BAL 21 8 82.1 90 86 3 1 7 .989 -1.0 -14.6 -1.0 -1.4 0.5 0 9.73 4.24
6 Dick Gernert 27 BOS 37 35 313.1 347 307 37 3 36 .991 2.4 9.2 2.4 0.2 2.2 0 9.88 9.30
7 Bob Hale 22 BAL 51 41 355.0 405 366 29 10 33 .975 -1.1 -3.7 -1.1 2.0 -3.1 0 10.01 7.75
8 Whitey Herzog 24 WSH 5 3 31.0 37 34 1 2 3 .946 0.4 15.5 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 10.16 7.00
9 Ron Jackson 22 CHW 19 15 137.0 149 138 11 0 16 1.000 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.0 -1.1 0 9.79 7.84
10 George Kell 33 TOT 6 4 31.1 27 23 4 0 4 1.000 0.7 26.8 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 7.76 4.50
11 George Kell 33 CHW 4 4 28.0 22 19 3 0 4 1.000 0.6 25.7 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 7.07 5.50
12 George Kell 33 BAL 2 0 3.1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 36.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 13.50 2.50
13 Sam Mele 34 CLE 8 6 56.0 64 59 5 0 5 1.000 0.7 15.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0 10.29 8.00
14 Minnie Minoso 30 CHW 1 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.40 1.00
15 Irv Noren 31 NYY 1 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 9.00 5.00
16 Dave Philley 36 CHW 51 44 353.1 323 299 17 7 31 .978 -5.3 -18.0 -5.3 -3.1 -2.2 0 8.05 6.20
17 Jack Phillips 34 DET 56 55 458.2 463 422 32 9 49 .981 -0.5 -1.3 -0.5 0.7 -1.3 0 8.91 8.11
18 Rance Pless 30 KCA 15 12 115.0 144 137 7 0 18 1.000 1.0 10.4 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 11.27 9.60
19 Vic Power 28 KCA 76 72 630.2 738 671 62 5 73 .993 1.2 2.3 1.2 -1.8 3.1 0 10.46 9.64
20 Rudy Regalado 26 CLE 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00
21 Eddie Robinson 35 TOT 61 53 476.2 515 481 25 9 56 .983 1.9 4.8 1.9 -1.6 3.5 0 9.55 8.30
22 Eddie Robinson 35 NYY 14 12 109.0 127 121 6 0 13 1.000 1.1 12.1 1.1 0.1 1.0 0 10.49 9.07
23 Eddie Robinson 35 KCA 47 41 367.2 388 360 19 9 43 .977 0.8 2.6 0.8 -1.7 2.5 0 9.28 8.06
24 Pete Runnels 28 WSH 81 79 698.0 746 693 49 4 73 .995 -0.7 -1.2 -0.7 1.3 -2.0 0 9.57 9.16
25 Roy Sievers 29 WSH 76 73 639.2 696 638 51 7 75 .990 2.7 5.1 1.7 3.1 -1.4 1 9.69 9.07
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Harry Simpson 30 KCA 32 29 257.0 288 269 15 4 32 .986 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 1.5 -1.6 0 9.95 8.88
27 Bill Skowron 25 NYY 120 117 1011.1 1055 968 80 7 138 .993 2.4 2.8 1.4 1.9 -0.5 1 9.33 8.73
28 Earl Torgeson 32 DET 83 75 680.1 660 623 32 5 62 .992 -2.7 -4.8 -2.7 -1.0 -1.6 0 8.66 7.89
29 Gus Triandos 25 BAL 52 48 396.2 419 373 39 7 27 .983 -1.0 -3.0 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 0 9.35 7.92
30 Mickey Vernon 38 BOS 108 102 898.2 999 930 58 11 96 .989 -2.8 -3.7 -1.8 0.7 -2.5 -1 9.89 9.15
31 Preston Ward 28 CLE 60 16 240.1 250 226 21 3 20 .988 3.3 16.5 3.3 0.3 3.0 0 9.25 4.12
32 Vic Wertz 31 CLE 133 133 1086.2 1057 971 77 9 99 .991 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 8.68 7.88
33 Dick Williams 27 BAL 10 3 36.0 43 36 7 0 4 1.000 0.8 26.7 0.8 -0.1 0.9 0 10.75 4.30
34 Norm Zauchin 26 BOS 31 18 186.0 201 189 10 2 18 .990 -1.6 -10.3 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 0 9.63 6.42
LgAvg 19 16 146 155 142 11 2 15 .990 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.43 7.99

Player Advanced Fielding -- 1b

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Rk Age Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1 Wayne Belardi 25 DET 1029 66% 79% 23% 55 96% 0 242 18 220 4 23 14 7 5 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 21 0 0 0 18 0 3 1 2 6 100%
2 Bob Boyd 36 BAL 2065 65% 79% 24% 111 95% 0 467 29 431 8 54 25 15 7 0 1 5 1 4 0 3 45 0 0 0 39 0 5 0 5 10 100%
3 Joe Collins 33 NYY 1094 64% 78% 27% 58 98% 0 251 8 239 4 25 29 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 2 0 1 34 3 3 0 3 6 100%
4 Walt Dropo 33 CHW 3658 68% 81% 25% 164 93% 2 860 56 800 4 54 53 26 17 2 2 6 2 4 0 3 96 3 0 1 87 5 8 2 6 13 85%
5 Tito Francona 22 BAL 363 64% 82% 23% 17 100% 0 88 6 78 4 8 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0
6 Dick Gernert 27 BOS 1405 60% 79% 25% 84 93% 1 300 18 278 4 27 35 28 4 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 37 1 0 0 30 1 7 2 5 4 100%
7 Bob Hale 22 BAL 1499 66% 82% 27% 94 88% 0 362 19 338 5 37 29 19 5 1 2 10 0 10 0 8 33 0 1 0 30 2 3 0 3 5 60%
8 Whitey Herzog 24 WSH 138 62% 80% 28% 15 87% 0 34 4 30 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
9 Ron Jackson 22 CHW 615 69% 81% 25% 32 100% 0 139 8 131 0 15 11 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 13 0 2 0 2 4 100%
10 George Kell 33 BAL 19 42% 84% 32% 2 100% 0 4 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
11 George Kell 33 CHW 112 70% 77% 24% 8 88% 0 19 1 18 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 100%
12 Sam Mele 34 CLE 244 52% 80% 25% 18 94% 0 59 5 54 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
13 Minnie Minoso 30 CHW 12 50% 42% 0% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Irv Noren 31 NYY 24 67% 79% 21% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Dave Philley 36 CHW 1531 69% 80% 23% 59 88% 1 301 13 287 3 25 17 9 5 1 1 7 3 4 0 1 30 1 0 0 28 2 2 0 2 3 100%
16 Jack Phillips 34 DET 1981 62% 77% 24% 120 89% 0 422 31 386 4 49 30 19 6 1 1 9 1 8 0 8 49 3 0 0 45 3 4 0 3 6 83%
17 Rance Pless 30 KCA 514 65% 79% 29% 26 100% 0 136 6 128 2 15 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 18 1 1 0 1 2 100%
18 Vic Power 28 KCA 2746 64% 80% 27% 160 98% 1 659 54 592 13 51 60 31 18 1 1 5 0 5 0 3 71 6 0 0 62 7 8 3 5 9 100%
19 Rudy Regalado 26 CLE 5 60% 60% 20% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
20 Eddie Robinson 35 NYY 461 72% 78% 30% 21 95% 0 121 6 115 0 9 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 1 1 100%
21 Eddie Robinson 35 KCA 1576 63% 81% 24% 101 92% 0 348 29 318 3 48 19 9 7 0 3 8 2 5 1 4 40 2 0 0 36 3 4 2 2 2 100%
22 Pete Runnels 28 WSH 3187 67% 81% 26% 164 95% 0 694 60 629 6 55 47 32 7 0 3 4 1 2 1 3 74 0 1 0 64 2 10 1 8 15 80%
23 Roy Sievers 29 WSH 2949 70% 78% 26% 154 92% 0 632 44 581 8 49 53 38 10 0 4 7 2 4 1 4 75 5 2 0 70 7 5 2 3 8 75%
24 Harry Simpson 30 KCA 1137 63% 80% 25% 75 96% 0 270 20 246 4 34 19 11 7 0 1 4 1 3 0 3 31 4 0 0 28 4 3 2 1 7 100%
25 Bill Skowron 25 NYY 4362 62% 78% 25% 239 93% 2 970 67 891 12 89 75 38 30 0 1 7 1 3 3 6 138 7 3 3 120 12 17 7 10 13 92%
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Rk Age Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
26 Earl Torgeson 32 DET 3076 64% 77% 22% 136 95% 1 625 45 571 9 55 34 18 8 0 2 5 0 5 0 4 63 0 2 0 58 3 5 2 3 5 100%
27 Gus Triandos 25 BAL 1781 59% 81% 25% 122 90% 0 379 28 342 10 46 41 29 7 0 0 7 1 6 0 6 29 1 1 0 26 2 3 0 3 9 67%
28 Mickey Vernon 38 BOS 3805 63% 78% 27% 199 93% 0 889 57 829 5 75 57 43 10 0 1 10 2 8 0 5 94 0 1 0 87 1 7 2 5 8 75%
29 Preston Ward 28 CLE 1034 61% 79% 26% 72 94% 1 231 22 206 3 27 21 11 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 20 0 0 0 18 0 2 0 2 0
30 Vic Wertz 31 CLE 4615 65% 77% 24% 236 95% 0 956 74 880 5 81 74 54 13 1 1 9 3 6 0 5 100 4 0 1 90 4 10 2 8 17 82%
31 Dick Williams 27 BAL 159 48% 81% 21% 17 100% 0 35 4 31 0 7 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 100%
32 Norm Zauchin 26 BOS 827 60% 80% 26% 45 91% 0 187 10 175 2 23 10 7 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 5 60%
LgAvg 667 65% 79% 25% 36 94% 0 148 10 137 2 14 11 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 16 1 0 0 15 1 2 0 1 2 87%


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