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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 5 4.01 155 155 1393.1 1570 1480 69 21 149 .987 -8.7 -7.5 -8.7 -8.3 -0.3 0
BOS 4 4.52 154 154 1364.0 1518 1396 115 7 147 .995 14.9 13.1 15.9 5.5 10.4 -1
CHW 8 3.77 156 156 1425.1 1541 1434 85 22 117 .986 -0.2 -0.2 0.8 0.1 0.6 -1
CLE 3 4.19 154 154 1383.2 1493 1353 132 8 120 .995 8.7 7.5 8.7 4.0 4.7 0
DET 3 4.75 154 154 1360.0 1415 1302 94 19 115 .987 -1.4 -1.2 -2.4 -1.6 -0.8 1
KCA 7 4.94 154 154 1361.0 1474 1366 90 18 134 .988 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.0 1.3 0
NYY 5 4.17 155 155 1399.0 1540 1425 98 17 148 .989 3.4 2.9 3.4 3.2 0.2 0
WSH 5 4.55 154 154 1360.0 1658 1529 113 16 128 .990 5.8 5.1 4.8 0.5 4.1 1
LgAvg 5 4.36 155 155 1381 1526 1411 100 16 132 .990 3 0 3 0 3 0
38 4.36 1236 1236 11046.1 12209 11285 796 128 1058 .990 23.7 2.6 23.7 3.4 20.2 0

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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 6020 64% 79% 28% 305 93% 2 1489 117 1353 23 108 66 43 13 2 3 21 6 14 1 14 149 6 1 1 139 9 10 1 9 22 95%
BOS 6014 66% 78% 27% 332 97% 2 1379 107 1254 17 113 111 86 14 3 8 7 2 3 2 2 147 2 0 1 130 3 17 6 11 19 84%
CHW 6149 63% 79% 27% 295 89% 2 1451 60 1381 13 126 84 56 23 1 6 22 3 17 2 13 121 2 0 1 112 4 9 0 9 15 80%
CLE 6070 60% 76% 25% 379 96% 5 1347 150 1171 27 97 133 93 24 3 5 8 2 5 1 5 121 5 1 2 103 8 16 7 9 21 100%
DET 5912 62% 78% 25% 313 93% 1 1311 123 1177 12 101 88 55 16 0 4 19 4 11 4 10 115 6 1 1 107 9 8 4 4 15 93%
KCA 6048 66% 80% 27% 304 93% 1 1332 93 1222 19 120 81 54 21 0 8 18 5 9 4 12 132 4 2 3 123 9 9 2 7 19 79%
NYY 6119 62% 76% 29% 309 93% 5 1430 71 1346 14 123 98 77 12 2 5 17 3 12 2 13 148 2 1 0 134 3 13 4 8 22 82%
WSH 6045 61% 80% 30% 333 93% 2 1520 91 1419 15 118 109 78 26 0 4 16 6 8 2 10 128 9 1 3 116 13 11 4 7 17 88%
LgAvg 6047 63% 78% 27% 321 94% 3 1407 102 1290 18 113 96 68 19 1 5 16 4 10 2 10 133 5 1 2 121 7 12 4 8 19 88%
48377 63% 78% 27% 2570 94% 20 11259 812 10323 140 906 770 542 149 11 43 128 31 79 18 79 1061 36 7 12 964 58 93 28 64 150 88%

* 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--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 Ken Aspromonte 27 WSH 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 10.00 10.00
2 Julio Becquer 27 WSH 53 41 382.2 491 454 32 5 38 .990 3.6 11.3 2.6 0.8 1.9 1 11.43 9.17
3 Zeke Bella 28 KCA 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 4.50 1.00
4 Johnny Blanchard 26 NYY 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 3.00
5 Ray Boone 35 TOT 44 35 302.0 347 312 28 7 22 .980 -0.4 -1.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 10.13 7.73
6 Ray Boone 35 CHW 6 5 49.0 44 37 5 2 2 .955 -1.0 -24.5 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 7.71 7.00
7 Ray Boone 35 KCA 38 30 253.0 303 275 23 5 20 .983 0.6 2.8 0.6 -0.2 0.8 0 10.60 7.84
8 Bob Boyd 39 BAL 109 101 878.0 988 927 46 15 88 .985 -6.3 -8.6 -6.3 -4.3 -2.0 0 9.97 8.93
9 Chico Carrasquel 31 BAL 1 0 3.0 4 3 0 1 1 .750 -0.5 -200.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 9.00 3.00
10 Norm Cash 24 CHW 31 25 226.1 249 231 14 4 19 .984 -0.4 -2.1 -0.4 -1.1 0.7 0 9.74 7.90
11 Gordy Coleman 24 CLE 3 3 27.0 22 18 3 1 1 .955 -1.9 -84.4 -1.9 0.0 -1.9 0 7.00 7.00
12 Larry Doby 35 CHW 2 2 16.0 15 13 1 1 3 .933 -0.8 -60.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 7.88 7.00
13 Walt Dropo 36 BAL 54 37 355.0 408 386 18 4 42 .990 0.3 1.0 0.3 -1.3 1.6 0 10.24 7.48
14 Tito Francona 25 CLE 35 33 293.1 316 296 19 1 21 .997 1.1 4.5 1.1 1.7 -0.6 0 9.66 9.00
15 Dick Gernert 30 BOS 75 54 526.0 604 552 49 3 54 .995 7.3 16.7 7.3 2.8 4.5 0 10.28 8.01
16 Kent Hadley 24 KCA 95 71 661.1 706 656 42 8 66 .989 -2.8 -5.1 -2.8 -0.3 -2.4 0 9.50 7.35
17 Bob Hale 25 BAL 8 5 44.2 50 48 2 0 5 1.000 0.1 2.7 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 10.07 6.25
18 Gail Harris 27 DET 93 83 752.0 791 728 57 6 59 .992 -3.4 -5.4 -4.4 -5.2 0.8 1 9.39 8.44
19 Whitey Herzog 27 KCA 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 10.00 10.00
20 Elston Howard 30 NYY 50 48 416.0 477 444 26 7 39 .985 -0.4 -1.2 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 0 10.17 9.40
21 Ron Jackson 25 CHW 5 3 26.0 31 30 1 0 3 1.000 1.4 64.6 1.4 0.9 0.5 0 10.73 6.20
22 Marty Keough 24 BOS 3 2 18.0 17 17 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 8.50 5.67
23 Ted Kluszewski 34 CHW 29 29 207.0 230 220 10 0 13 1.000 1.1 6.4 1.1 1.4 -0.4 0 10.00 7.93
24 Whitey Lockman 32 BAL 22 12 112.2 120 116 3 1 13 .992 -2.3 -24.5 -2.3 -2.1 -0.1 0 9.51 5.41
25 Sherm Lollar 34 CHW 24 23 184.0 195 177 17 1 19 .995 1.6 10.4 1.6 2.2 -0.6 0 9.49 8.08
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Bobo Osborne 23 DET 56 40 393.0 411 377 27 7 36 .983 3.2 9.8 3.2 4.0 -0.8 0 9.25 7.21
27 Jay Porter 26 WSH 2 1 16.0 19 16 3 0 1 1.000 0.1 7.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 10.69 9.50
28 Vic Power 31 CLE 121 118 1063.1 1155 1039 110 6 98 .995 9.5 10.7 9.5 2.3 7.2 0 9.73 9.50
29 Pete Runnels 31 BOS 44 42 363.1 415 387 28 0 48 1.000 4.9 16.2 4.9 1.4 3.5 0 10.28 9.43
30 Norm Siebern 25 NYY 2 2 20.0 17 15 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 7.65 8.50
31 Roy Sievers 32 WSH 93 92 784.1 928 846 72 10 72 .989 2.1 3.2 2.1 -0.3 2.3 0 10.53 9.87
32 Harry Simpson 33 TOT 5 5 38.0 42 39 2 1 2 .976 0.4 12.6 0.4 0.6 -0.2 0 9.71 8.20
33 Harry Simpson 33 KCA 4 4 31.0 32 30 2 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -7.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 9.29 8.00
34 Harry Simpson 33 CHW 1 1 7.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.6 102.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 11.57 9.00
35 Bill Skowron 28 NYY 72 71 607.1 675 626 43 6 68 .991 2.3 4.5 2.3 1.9 0.4 0 9.91 9.29
36 Marv Throneberry 25 NYY 54 34 352.2 368 337 27 4 40 .989 1.5 5.1 1.5 0.0 1.5 0 9.29 6.74
37 Earl Torgeson 35 CHW 103 68 710.0 767 717 37 13 58 .983 -2.7 -4.6 -1.7 -3.0 1.3 -1 9.56 7.32
38 Preston Ward 31 KCA 22 20 155.2 171 161 7 3 14 .982 0.5 3.9 0.5 0.6 -0.1 0 9.71 7.64
39 Vic Wertz 34 BOS 64 56 456.2 482 440 38 4 44 .992 2.7 7.1 3.7 1.3 2.4 -1 9.42 7.47
40 Dick Williams 30 KCA 32 28 249.0 251 233 16 2 32 .992 2.8 13.5 2.8 -0.1 2.9 0 9.00 7.78
41 Norm Zauchin 29 WSH 19 19 168.0 210 203 6 1 17 .995 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 11.20 11.00
42 Gus Zernial 36 DET 32 31 215.0 213 197 10 6 20 .972 -1.2 -6.7 -1.2 -0.4 -0.8 0 8.67 6.47
LgAvg 20 17 149 164 152 11 2 14 .990 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.84 8.29

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 Ken Aspromonte 27 WSH 41 76% 78% 27% 1 100% 0 10 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Julio Becquer 27 WSH 1655 61% 81% 30% 98 93% 1 443 31 411 2 33 32 20 11 0 1 5 1 4 0 4 38 4 0 2 32 6 6 1 5 5 80%
3 Zeke Bella 28 KCA 9 56% 89% 11% 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
4 Johnny Blanchard 26 NYY 10 90% 70% 10% 2 100% 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Ray Boone 35 CHW 218 69% 78% 22% 12 83% 0 37 2 35 0 3 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 100%
6 Ray Boone 35 KCA 1098 63% 79% 29% 66 92% 1 265 20 242 4 25 20 15 1 0 2 5 2 2 1 3 20 0 0 0 18 0 2 1 1 7 86%
7 Bob Boyd 39 BAL 3791 67% 80% 28% 201 93% 1 927 80 834 16 68 44 31 5 1 2 15 4 11 0 10 88 3 0 0 84 4 4 0 4 17 100%
8 Chico Carrasquel 31 BAL 10 50% 80% 30% 2 50% 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Norm Cash 24 CHW 1002 64% 77% 28% 48 83% 2 234 9 225 1 17 15 6 8 0 1 4 1 3 0 2 19 1 0 0 17 2 2 0 2 1 0%
10 Gordy Coleman 24 CLE 128 48% 77% 18% 4 50% 0 18 1 16 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Larry Doby 35 CHW 91 63% 81% 23% 3 100% 0 14 0 15 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Walt Dropo 36 BAL 1525 57% 78% 29% 80 94% 1 387 27 358 3 34 17 8 7 1 0 4 2 2 0 2 42 2 1 1 38 4 4 1 3 3 67%
13 Tito Francona 25 CLE 1274 57% 79% 26% 73 95% 1 289 23 260 7 28 21 14 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 22 1 1 1 21 3 0 0 0 5 100%
14 Dick Gernert 30 BOS 2330 66% 78% 28% 142 97% 2 551 54 490 7 43 47 37 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 55 0 0 1 47 1 8 3 5 4 100%
15 Kent Hadley 24 KCA 2971 68% 80% 27% 142 94% 0 650 48 590 12 49 39 26 12 0 1 8 1 5 2 6 65 4 1 1 64 6 1 0 1 10 80%
16 Bob Hale 25 BAL 188 74% 78% 27% 8 100% 0 47 5 41 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
17 Gail Harris 27 DET 3262 61% 78% 25% 170 94% 1 736 78 649 9 40 54 31 12 0 2 6 1 5 0 4 59 4 0 1 56 6 3 2 1 6 100%
18 Whitey Herzog 27 KCA 38 68% 89% 34% 3 100% 0 10 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Elston Howard 30 NYY 1841 64% 76% 30% 90 93% 3 445 20 421 5 39 26 20 3 1 2 7 3 3 1 3 39 0 1 0 33 1 6 2 3 7 71%
20 Ron Jackson 25 CHW 114 61% 84% 27% 8 100% 0 30 1 29 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
21 Marty Keough 24 BOS 68 79% 82% 24% 3 100% 0 16 2 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
22 Ted Kluszewski 34 CHW 860 66% 81% 30% 40 95% 0 222 13 208 1 17 9 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 12 0 3 0 3 1 100%
23 Whitey Lockman 32 BAL 474 59% 80% 28% 13 85% 0 116 4 109 3 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 11 0 2 0 2 2 100%
24 Sherm Lollar 34 CHW 795 54% 79% 28% 45 93% 0 190 11 180 0 17 16 9 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21 0 0 1 20 1 1 0 1 2 50%
25 Bobo Osborne 23 DET 1743 64% 78% 26% 96 94% 0 381 29 350 2 41 24 17 4 0 2 7 1 4 2 3 36 2 1 0 33 3 3 1 2 7 86%
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 Jay Porter 26 WSH 79 61% 78% 33% 4 100% 0 16 0 16 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
27 Vic Power 31 CLE 4668 61% 75% 25% 302 97% 4 1040 126 895 19 69 110 78 20 2 4 6 2 3 1 4 98 4 0 1 81 5 16 7 9 16 100%
28 Pete Runnels 31 BOS 1588 66% 77% 27% 84 98% 0 379 23 351 5 35 27 16 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 48 2 0 0 43 2 5 2 3 6 100%
29 Norm Siebern 25 NYY 92 28% 78% 22% 9 89% 0 15 3 12 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
30 Roy Sievers 32 WSH 3516 62% 80% 29% 190 93% 0 847 44 795 12 67 69 53 13 0 3 10 5 3 2 5 72 4 1 1 68 6 3 2 1 11 91%
31 Harry Simpson 33 KCA 128 68% 77% 26% 6 83% 0 27 3 23 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
32 Harry Simpson 33 CHW 29 66% 76% 34% 3 100% 0 9 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Bill Skowron 28 NYY 2619 63% 76% 30% 127 94% 1 627 28 591 8 53 41 29 9 1 1 6 0 6 0 6 68 2 0 0 63 2 4 1 3 7 100%
34 Marv Throneberry 25 NYY 1557 61% 76% 27% 81 91% 1 340 19 320 1 27 29 26 0 0 2 4 0 3 1 4 40 0 0 0 37 0 3 1 2 5 60%
35 Earl Torgeson 35 CHW 3040 64% 78% 27% 136 88% 0 715 24 680 11 61 37 29 6 1 2 13 0 11 2 9 58 1 0 0 55 1 3 0 3 6 83%
36 Gus Triandos 28 BAL 32 41% 69% 34% 1 100% 0 9 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Preston Ward 31 KCA 674 61% 78% 27% 33 94% 0 154 9 143 2 18 5 3 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 13 0 0 1 12 1 1 0 1 1 100%
38 Vic Wertz 34 BOS 2028 66% 78% 26% 103 96% 0 433 28 399 5 34 37 33 4 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 42 0 0 0 39 0 3 1 2 9 67%
39 Dick Williams 30 KCA 1130 68% 79% 24% 54 94% 0 225 12 214 0 26 15 8 6 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 32 0 1 1 27 2 5 1 4 0
40 Norm Zauchin 29 WSH 754 60% 80% 29% 40 93% 1 204 15 188 1 17 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 17 1 0 0 15 1 2 1 1 0
41 Gus Zernial 36 DET 907 63% 78% 24% 47 89% 0 194 16 178 1 20 10 7 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 3 20 0 0 0 18 0 2 1 1 2 100%
LgAvg 672 63% 78% 27% 36 94% 0 156 11 143 2 13 11 8 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 15 1 0 0 13 1 1 0 1 2 88%
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