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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 5 4.58 154 154 1360.2 440 424 9 7 3 .984 -9.4 -8.3 -0.4 3.4 -3.7 -9
BOS 3 4.85 155 155 1398.0 483 468 10 5 1 .990 32.5 27.9 26.5 11.4 15.1 6
CHW 4 4.12 154 154 1389.0 450 440 4 6 2 .987 4.7 4.1 7.7 2.7 5.0 -3
CLE 3 3.75 155 155 1384.0 452 441 7 4 0 .991 10.7 9.3 13.7 2.1 11.6 -3
DET 3 4.51 155 155 1379.0 440 413 16 11 3 .975 -6.5 -5.7 -10.5 -8.8 -1.7 4
KCA 6 5.40 154 154 1370.1 400 372 19 9 4 .978 -13.5 -11.8 -12.5 -5.6 -6.8 -1
NYY 3 4.10 154 154 1381.2 419 403 11 5 4 .988 4.0 3.5 -1.0 -1.9 0.9 5
WSH 3 5.96 155 155 1368.2 396 377 11 8 0 .980 -23.6 -20.7 -22.6 -12.9 -9.9 -1
LgAvg 4 4.66 155 155 1379 435 417 11 7 2 .984 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 4.66 1236 1236 11031.1 3480 3338 87 55 17 .984 -1.1 -0.1 0.9 -9.6 10.5 -2

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 7 0 7 0 1 9 0 2 2 3 54 29 1 55 4 1 6 4 0 21 3 1 42 22 0 178 62 34.8% 113 3 1.7% 6 6047 61% 79% 27% 745 58%
BOS 5 0 5 0 0 10 0 4 1 2 62 48 1 70 12 2 12 5 0 15 4 0 35 28 0 194 97 50.0% 94 3 1.5% 7 6145 61% 77% 27% 770 60%
CHW 6 0 5 1 0 4 0 3 1 0 78 47 0 63 3 0 15 7 0 20 6 0 36 29 2 212 92 43.4% 117 2 0.9% 2 6039 67% 79% 29% 839 53%
CLE 4 0 4 0 1 7 0 4 1 1 78 43 1 52 8 1 7 1 0 30 8 0 32 24 0 199 84 42.2% 113 2 1.0% 5 6024 63% 76% 29% 768 58%
DET 11 0 11 0 1 16 0 3 5 6 67 40 1 62 12 1 13 2 1 28 7 2 42 36 0 212 97 45.8% 110 5 2.4% 11 6205 62% 76% 28% 793 53%
KCA 9 0 7 2 1 15 1 4 5 2 68 45 1 53 3 1 9 3 0 22 1 1 30 25 1 182 77 42.3% 101 4 2.2% 11 6140 62% 78% 26% 689 54%
NYY 5 0 5 0 3 11 0 3 1 6 66 44 0 48 8 3 9 3 0 27 7 2 26 20 2 176 82 46.6% 87 7 4.0% 4 6057 62% 77% 27% 718 57%
WSH 8 0 8 0 4 11 0 5 3 1 79 49 2 65 4 0 16 4 1 19 5 0 33 26 0 212 88 41.5% 121 3 1.4% 8 6444 66% 78% 26% 754 51%
LgAvg 7 0 7 0 1 10 0 4 2 3 69 43 1 59 7 1 11 4 0 23 5 1 35 26 1 196 85 43.4% 107 4 1.9% 7 6138 63% 77% 27% 760 56%
55 0 52 3 11 83 1 28 19 21 552 345 7 468 54 9 87 29 2 182 41 6 276 210 5 1565 679 43.4% 856 29 1.9% 54 49101 63% 77% 27% 6076 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 Jim Busby 29 CLE 133 122 1116.2 355 347 4 4 0 .989 8.7 9.3 10.7 0.4 10.3 -2 2.83 2.64
2 Bob Cerv 30 NYY 15 9 100.0 30 28 1 1 1 .967 -2.1 -25.2 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 -1 2.61 1.93
3 Joe Collins 33 NYY 7 1 20.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 66.0 1.1 -0.3 1.4 0 3.60 1.14
4 Jim Delsing 30 CHW 7 0 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 -0.5 0.6 0 2.12 0.57
5 Chuck Diering 33 BAL 35 23 223.2 66 63 3 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -2.1 -1.4 -0.5 -0.9 1 2.66 1.89
6 Larry Doby 32 CHW 137 136 1205.1 387 378 4 5 2 .987 5.0 5.0 7.0 2.3 4.8 -2 2.85 2.79
7 Hoot Evers 35 BAL 2 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.38 1.50
8 Tito Francona 22 BAL 41 30 263.0 90 86 1 3 0 .967 -3.8 -17.3 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 -3 2.98 2.12
9 Johnny Groth 29 KCA 56 44 416.0 107 103 4 0 2 1.000 -5.6 -16.2 -5.6 -3.8 -1.8 0 2.31 1.91
10 Whitey Herzog 24 WSH 82 79 684.1 213 200 8 5 0 .977 -13.3 -23.3 -13.3 -9.0 -4.4 0 2.74 2.54
11 Al Kaline 21 DET 10 9 85.0 34 30 3 1 1 .971 -0.4 -5.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 3.49 3.30
12 Hector Lopez 26 KCA 20 20 173.0 49 44 3 2 0 .959 -3.6 -25.0 -2.6 -0.5 -2.1 -1 2.45 2.35
13 Mickey Mantle 24 NYY 144 144 1261.2 381 367 10 4 3 .990 5.0 4.8 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 6 2.69 2.62
14 Karl Olson 25 WSH 85 75 672.1 180 175 3 2 0 .989 -8.9 -15.9 -7.9 -2.9 -5.0 -1 2.38 2.09
15 Ernie Oravetz 24 WSH 3 1 12.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1.4 -140.0 -1.4 -1.0 -0.5 0 1.50 0.67
16 Bubba Phillips 28 CHW 7 5 42.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -68.6 -1.4 -1.3 -0.2 -1 2.79 1.86
17 Jim Piersall 26 BOS 155 155 1373.0 471 457 10 4 1 .992 31.1 27.2 25.1 10.7 14.3 6 3.06 3.01
18 Al Pilarcik 25 KCA 64 59 526.0 163 151 8 4 1 .975 -2.2 -5.0 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 1 2.72 2.48
19 Jim Pisoni 26 KCA 9 9 74.1 30 25 4 1 1 .967 0.4 6.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 0 3.51 3.22
20 Dave Pope 35 CLE 12 12 95.0 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.3 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 1 2.65 2.33
21 Jim Pyburn 23 BAL 64 34 338.2 109 102 4 3 3 .972 -6.0 -21.3 -2.0 0.5 -2.5 -4 2.82 1.66
22 Jim Rivera 33 CHW 17 13 124.2 46 45 0 1 0 .978 2.0 19.3 2.0 2.2 -0.2 0 3.25 2.65
23 Harry Simpson 30 KCA 23 22 180.0 51 49 0 2 0 .961 -2.5 -16.7 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 -1 2.45 2.13
24 Enos Slaughter 40 KCA 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
25 Jim Small 19 DET 14 13 109.0 42 41 0 1 0 .976 2.5 27.5 1.5 -0.4 1.9 1 3.39 2.93
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G
26 Al Smith 28 CLE 21 21 172.1 69 67 2 0 0 1.000 1.9 13.2 3.9 2.5 1.4 -2 3.60 3.29
27 Gene Stephens 23 BOS 2 0 12.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 0.7 70.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 4.50 3.00
28 Faye Throneberry 25 BOS 2 0 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 64.6 0.7 0.0 0.8 0 3.46 2.50
29 Bill Tuttle 26 DET 137 133 1185.0 364 342 13 9 2 .975 -8.6 -8.7 -11.6 -8.4 -3.2 3 2.70 2.59
30 Dick Williams 27 BAL 66 66 527.1 172 170 1 1 0 .994 0.5 1.1 3.5 2.1 1.5 -3 2.92 2.59
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 Jim Busby 29 CLE 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 66 37 0 35 6 0 6 1 0 21 7 0 25 19 0 153 70 45.8% 83 0 0.0% 4 4876 62% 75% 28% 617 57%
2 Bob Cerv 30 NYY 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 10 3 30.0% 6 1 10.0% 0 442 62% 74% 28% 49 57%
3 Joe Collins 33 NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 90 71% 71% 26% 12 67%
4 Jim Delsing 30 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 66 74% 85% 47% 6 67%
5 Chuck Diering 33 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 6 6 0 13 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 2 0 28 11 39.3% 16 1 3.6% 2 974 67% 78% 28% 110 60%
6 Larry Doby 32 CHW 5 0 4 1 0 4 0 3 1 0 71 44 0 55 3 0 14 7 0 17 5 0 31 24 2 188 83 44.1% 102 2 1.1% 2 5225 66% 79% 29% 720 53%
7 Hoot Evers 35 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 61% 85% 30% 3 100%
8 Tito Francona 22 BAL 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 6 1 13 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 11 5 0 43 13 30.2% 29 1 2.3% 0 1205 64% 80% 26% 159 55%
9 Johnny Groth 29 KCA 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 23 16 0 22 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 3 1 57 20 35.1% 35 2 3.5% 2 1915 63% 77% 25% 209 50%
10 Whitey Herzog 24 WSH 5 0 5 0 1 8 0 3 2 1 40 24 1 34 2 0 12 4 1 13 3 0 18 16 0 117 49 41.9% 66 2 1.7% 6 3222 67% 80% 26% 404 51%
11 Al Kaline 21 DET 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 1 3 3 0 21 6 28.6% 14 1 4.8% 2 387 60% 72% 28% 59 53%
12 Hector Lopez 26 KCA 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 7 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 5 0 19 7 36.8% 12 0 0.0% 3 781 65% 78% 25% 77 61%
13 Mickey Mantle 24 NYY 4 0 4 0 2 10 0 2 1 6 61 42 0 45 8 3 9 3 0 26 7 2 23 18 1 164 78 47.6% 80 6 3.7% 4 5525 62% 77% 27% 657 57%
14 Karl Olson 25 WSH 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 39 25 1 31 2 0 4 0 0 5 2 0 14 10 0 93 39 41.9% 53 1 1.1% 2 3162 66% 76% 25% 346 51%
15 Ernie Oravetz 24 WSH 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 60 73% 78% 35% 4 50%
16 Bubba Phillips 28 CHW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 201 74% 82% 21% 27 48%
17 Jim Piersall 26 BOS 4 0 4 0 0 10 0 4 1 2 62 48 1 69 12 2 12 5 0 15 4 0 35 28 0 193 97 50.3% 93 3 1.6% 7 6039 61% 77% 27% 754 60%
18 Al Pilarcik 25 KCA 4 0 3 1 0 7 0 1 3 1 25 20 1 23 2 0 5 1 0 9 1 1 16 13 0 78 37 47.4% 39 2 2.6% 5 2360 61% 78% 27% 277 55%
19 Jim Pisoni 26 KCA 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 1 265 49% 82% 25% 41 54%
20 Dave Pope 35 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 15 7 46.7% 7 1 6.7% 0 425 68% 80% 28% 50 56%
21 Jim Pyburn 23 BAL 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 15 10 0 13 0 0 3 2 0 7 1 1 13 5 0 51 18 35.3% 32 1 2.0% 3 1542 56% 79% 28% 195 52%
22 Jim Rivera 33 CHW 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 547 73% 76% 29% 86 52%
23 Harry Simpson 30 KCA 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 17 8 47.1% 9 0 0.0% 0 815 64% 80% 26% 85 58%
24 Enos Slaughter 40 KCA 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 4 50% 100% 50% 0
25 Jim Small 19 DET 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 21 14 66.7% 7 0 0.0% 0 480 65% 79% 33% 76 54%
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 Al Smith 28 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 11 2 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 6 4 0 31 7 22.6% 23 1 3.2% 1 723 65% 79% 31% 101 69%
27 Gene Stephens 23 BOS 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 0 0 0 0 0 51 57% 84% 29% 10 60%
28 Faye Throneberry 25 BOS 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 55 56% 84% 38% 6 83%
29 Bill Tuttle 26 DET 9 0 9 0 1 13 0 3 4 4 54 32 1 53 11 1 9 0 1 20 6 1 34 28 0 170 77 45.3% 89 4 2.4% 9 5338 62% 76% 27% 658 54%
30 Dick Williams 27 BAL 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 7 0 16 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 12 10 0 55 20 36.4% 35 0 0.0% 1 2293 60% 78% 27% 278 62%
LgAvg 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 3 0 22 9 43.4% 12 0 1.9% 1 682 63% 77% 27% 84 56%
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