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1956 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 3 4.58 154 154 1360.2 777 258 490 29 94 .963 2.4 2.1 4.4 3.8 0.5 -2
BOS 3 4.85 155 155 1398.0 812 279 493 40 117 .951 -7.1 -6.1 -5.1 -2.2 -3.0 -2
CHW 4 4.12 154 154 1389.0 808 264 508 36 93 .955 6.6 5.7 5.6 6.5 -0.7 1
CLE 3 3.75 155 155 1384.0 722 281 419 22 83 .970 3.8 3.3 4.8 -1.9 6.7 -1
DET 3 4.51 155 155 1379.0 730 252 457 21 101 .971 -0.5 -0.4 0.5 -1.7 2.2 -1
KCA 3 5.40 154 154 1370.1 829 270 526 33 114 .960 12.3 10.8 8.3 4.6 3.8 4
NYY 6 4.10 154 154 1381.2 849 329 489 31 144 .963 -1.7 -1.5 -3.7 1.7 -5.2 2
WSH 6 5.96 155 155 1368.2 833 280 509 44 108 .947 -19.9 -17.4 -14.9 -11.4 -3.3 -5
LgAvg 4 4.66 155 155 1379 795 277 486 32 107 .960 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 4.66 1236 1236 11031.1 6360 2213 3891 256 854 .960 -4.1 -0.4 -0.1 -0.6 1.0 -4

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 6047 61% 79% 24% 608 92% 7 256 119 109 29 489 358 102 1 11 30 2 26 2 21 95 40 10 17 12 3 84 50 33 7 4 2
BOS 6145 61% 77% 26% 593 89% 3 283 123 146 14 468 343 114 2 3 38 3 33 2 27 117 37 8 44 10 2 107 47 59 7 5 2
CHW 6039 67% 79% 24% 683 88% 8 269 151 103 15 506 375 109 1 5 36 1 30 5 24 93 35 7 31 5 4 83 42 41 7 4 3
CLE 6024 63% 76% 23% 591 91% 1 282 156 106 20 415 298 107 1 6 22 0 19 3 18 82 40 4 23 4 4 75 44 31 6 5 1
DET 6205 62% 76% 23% 575 94% 2 246 132 94 20 457 336 104 1 11 21 0 18 3 13 102 45 5 26 3 5 91 52 36 8 4 3
KCA 6140 62% 78% 25% 656 91% 9 277 145 106 26 510 369 113 4 12 33 0 30 3 30 114 52 5 29 3 13 104 57 45 6 1 3
NYY 6057 62% 77% 25% 620 90% 8 323 145 153 25 489 343 129 2 11 31 1 24 6 26 142 49 3 42 13 12 128 53 70 11 3 7
WSH 6444 66% 78% 25% 670 86% 10 282 135 120 27 506 352 124 2 7 44 1 28 15 37 109 46 2 30 9 8 101 50 51 6 5 1
LgAvg 6138 63% 77% 25% 625 90% 6 277 138 117 22 480 347 113 2 8 32 1 26 5 25 107 43 6 30 7 6 97 49 46 7 4 3
49101 63% 77% 25% 4996 90% 48 2218 1106 937 176 3840 2774 902 14 66 255 8 208 39 196 854 344 44 242 59 51 773 395 366 58 31 22

* 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 Luis Aparicio 22 CHW 152 151 1299.2 759 250 474 35 91 .954 2.5 2.3 1.5 5.8 -4.2 1 5.01 4.76
2 Mike Baxes 25 KCA 62 27 301.2 178 56 112 10 17 .944 2.3 9.1 2.3 1.8 0.5 0 5.01 2.71
3 Milt Bolling 25 BOS 26 17 181.0 95 31 59 5 11 .947 -3.6 -23.9 -3.6 0.4 -4.0 0 4.48 3.46
4 Jim Brideweser 29 TOT 42 13 169.1 95 31 62 2 13 .979 2.5 17.7 1.5 0.9 0.6 1 4.94 2.21
5 Jim Brideweser 29 CHW 10 2 35.1 16 4 11 1 1 .938 0.7 23.8 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 3.82 1.50
6 Jim Brideweser 29 DET 32 11 134.0 79 27 51 1 12 .987 1.8 16.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 1 5.24 2.44
7 Don Buddin 22 BOS 113 113 988.1 612 213 370 29 98 .953 -2.9 -3.5 -1.9 -4.4 2.4 -1 5.31 5.16
8 Chico Carrasquel 28 CLE 141 135 1173.0 612 240 352 20 70 .967 3.4 3.5 4.4 -1.3 5.7 -1 4.54 4.20
9 Tom Carroll 19 NYY 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00
10 Jerry Coleman 31 NYY 24 18 159.1 91 40 48 3 14 .967 -2.6 -19.6 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 -1 4.97 3.67
11 Joe DeMaestri 27 KCA 132 125 1053.2 640 210 407 23 95 .964 9.5 10.8 5.5 2.8 2.8 4 5.27 4.67
12 Sammy Esposito 24 CHW 19 1 48.0 30 9 21 0 1 1.000 3.5 87.5 3.5 0.6 3.0 0 5.62 1.58
13 Billy Gardner 28 BAL 25 8 118.2 72 24 46 2 1 .972 1.1 11.1 3.1 0.6 2.5 -2 5.31 2.80
14 Fred Hatfield 31 CHW 3 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00
15 Buddy Hicks 29 DET 16 4 64.0 24 6 18 0 3 1.000 -1.3 -24.4 -1.3 0.1 -1.4 0 3.38 1.50
16 Billy Hunter 28 NYY 32 19 175.0 107 49 58 0 20 1.000 1.7 11.7 0.7 1.1 -0.4 1 5.50 3.34
17 Billy Klaus 27 BOS 26 25 228.2 105 35 64 6 8 .943 -0.6 -3.1 0.4 1.8 -1.4 -1 3.90 3.81
18 Harvey Kuenn 25 DET 141 140 1181.0 627 219 388 20 86 .968 -1.0 -1.0 1.0 -2.6 3.6 -2 4.63 4.30
19 Kenny Kuhn 19 CLE 17 3 48.0 20 9 11 0 3 1.000 -2.3 -57.5 -2.3 -0.3 -2.0 0 3.75 1.18
20 Hector Lopez 26 KCA 4 2 15.0 11 4 7 0 2 1.000 0.5 40.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 6.60 2.75
21 Jerry Lumpe 23 NYY 17 14 123.0 95 32 55 8 15 .916 -1.0 -9.8 -1.0 -0.8 -0.1 0 6.37 5.12
22 Lyle Luttrell 26 WSH 37 36 311.0 180 69 100 11 19 .939 -10.8 -41.7 -8.8 -6.6 -2.2 -2 4.89 4.57
23 Fred Marsh 32 BAL 8 1 32.1 14 5 8 1 2 .929 -0.8 -29.7 -0.8 -0.1 -0.8 0 3.62 1.63
24 Gil McDougald 28 NYY 92 88 768.0 464 177 273 14 77 .970 1.2 1.9 -0.8 3.3 -4.1 2 5.27 4.89
25 Willy Miranda 30 BAL 147 145 1209.2 691 229 436 26 91 .962 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.3 -1.2 0 4.95 4.52
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Herb Plews 28 WSH 5 0 8.0 5 1 3 1 1 .800 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 4.50 0.80
27 Phil Rizzuto 39 NYY 30 15 154.1 91 31 54 6 17 .934 -0.9 -7.0 -0.9 -1.1 0.3 0 4.96 2.83
28 Tony Roig 28 WSH 19 9 87.1 51 16 31 4 5 .922 -3.0 -41.2 -2.0 0.0 -2.0 -1 4.84 2.47
29 Pete Runnels 28 WSH 3 0 6.0 6 3 3 0 2 1.000 -0.6 -120.0 -0.6 -0.2 -0.3 0 9.00 2.00
30 Jerry Snyder 26 WSH 35 32 284.1 158 47 106 5 23 .968 2.4 10.1 2.4 1.4 1.1 0 4.84 4.37
31 George Strickland 30 CLE 28 17 163.0 90 32 56 2 10 .978 2.7 19.9 2.7 -0.3 3.0 0 4.86 3.14
32 Jose Valdivielso 22 WSH 90 78 672.0 433 144 266 23 58 .947 -7.6 -13.6 -5.6 -5.8 0.2 -2 5.49 4.56
LgAvg 20 17 151 87 30 53 4 12 .959 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.98 4.16

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 Luis Aparicio 22 CHW 5659 67% 79% 24% 637 88% 6 253 141 98 14 472 355 97 0 5 35 1 29 5 23 91 34 7 30 5 4 81 41 40 7 4 3
2 Mike Baxes 25 KCA 1370 66% 79% 26% 161 88% 5 60 36 18 6 114 81 25 2 4 10 0 10 0 9 18 9 1 4 0 2 16 10 6 1 0 1
3 Milt Bolling 25 BOS 837 64% 76% 22% 71 90% 1 31 16 13 2 57 38 15 1 1 5 0 5 0 4 11 3 0 4 2 0 9 3 6 1 1 0
4 Jim Brideweser 29 DET 620 64% 76% 23% 62 95% 0 26 16 9 1 49 38 10 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 12 7 1 2 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 0
5 Jim Brideweser 29 CHW 148 66% 74% 28% 13 85% 0 4 1 3 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Don Buddin 22 BOS 4378 61% 78% 27% 438 88% 2 217 87 119 11 357 264 86 1 2 28 2 24 2 21 98 28 8 39 8 2 91 38 52 6 4 2
7 Chico Carrasquel 28 CLE 5110 62% 76% 23% 509 90% 1 240 135 87 18 347 251 89 1 5 20 0 17 3 16 69 37 4 16 4 3 64 41 23 5 4 1
8 Tom Carroll 19 NYY 9 78% 89% 56% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Jerry Coleman 31 NYY 735 58% 75% 24% 68 87% 0 36 18 16 2 48 32 16 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 14 4 0 2 2 2 11 5 6 3 1 2
10 Joe DeMaestri 27 KCA 4688 61% 78% 25% 484 91% 4 213 105 88 20 389 284 85 2 8 23 0 20 3 21 94 41 4 25 3 11 86 45 39 5 1 2
11 Sammy Esposito 24 CHW 204 73% 77% 24% 31 97% 2 11 9 1 1 21 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 Billy Gardner 28 BAL 531 68% 76% 28% 57 93% 1 24 6 12 6 47 36 8 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
13 Fred Hatfield 31 CHW 28 54% 75% 25% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Buddy Hicks 29 DET 298 62% 79% 19% 22 91% 0 6 3 2 1 18 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
15 Billy Hunter 28 NYY 767 62% 78% 27% 78 88% 1 50 21 26 3 58 46 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 5 2 5 2 1 19 7 9 1 0 1
16 Billy Klaus 27 BOS 930 56% 75% 26% 84 89% 0 35 20 14 1 54 41 13 0 0 5 1 4 0 2 8 6 0 1 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0
17 Harvey Kuenn 25 DET 5287 62% 76% 23% 491 94% 2 214 113 83 18 390 283 91 1 9 20 0 17 3 12 87 36 4 23 3 5 76 41 32 8 4 3
18 Kenny Kuhn 19 CLE 234 65% 79% 21% 14 100% 0 10 5 5 0 12 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
19 Hector Lopez 26 KCA 82 51% 77% 24% 11 100% 0 4 4 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
20 Jerry Lumpe 23 NYY 566 66% 77% 28% 67 85% 1 31 11 18 2 55 40 14 1 0 8 0 6 2 6 15 3 1 9 0 1 14 4 10 0 0 0
21 Lyle Luttrell 26 WSH 1487 64% 78% 25% 138 88% 2 71 36 23 12 97 68 23 2 0 11 1 7 3 9 19 6 0 5 3 1 17 6 11 1 0 1
22 Fred Marsh 32 BAL 132 62% 78% 23% 8 88% 0 5 2 3 0 8 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
23 Gil McDougald 28 NYY 3335 62% 76% 24% 339 93% 5 174 83 73 18 273 185 76 1 9 14 1 11 2 12 76 31 0 23 4 6 68 31 35 6 2 3
24 Willy Miranda 30 BAL 5384 60% 79% 24% 543 92% 6 227 111 94 23 434 320 91 0 9 27 2 23 2 18 92 39 10 16 12 3 82 49 32 6 3 2
25 Herb Plews 28 WSH 38 68% 71% 21% 4 50% 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 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 Phil Rizzuto 39 NYY 645 63% 78% 27% 67 82% 1 32 12 20 0 54 40 11 0 2 6 0 5 1 5 16 5 0 3 5 2 15 5 10 1 0 1
27 Tony Roig 28 WSH 414 63% 80% 25% 42 83% 0 16 6 8 2 32 24 6 0 1 4 0 1 3 3 5 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
28 Pete Runnels 28 WSH 32 53% 81% 28% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
29 Jerry Snyder 26 WSH 1312 69% 76% 27% 132 86% 1 47 20 22 5 106 77 25 0 1 5 0 3 2 4 23 11 0 5 1 3 21 11 10 2 2 0
30 George Strickland 30 CLE 680 66% 78% 26% 68 96% 0 32 16 14 2 56 39 15 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 10 2 0 5 0 1 8 2 6 1 1 0
31 Jose Valdivielso 22 WSH 3161 67% 78% 25% 353 86% 6 144 73 63 8 265 178 70 0 5 23 0 17 6 20 59 26 2 16 5 4 56 30 26 3 3 0
LgAvg 682 63% 77% 25% 69 90% 1 31 15 13 2 53 39 13 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 12 5 1 3 1 1 11 5 5 1 0 0
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