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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 4 4.01 155 155 1400.1 422 394 13 15 4 .964 -5.4 -4.6 -4.4 -7.7 3.3 -1
BOS 6 4.52 154 154 1364.0 402 383 14 5 4 .988 2.0 1.8 -2.0 -0.7 -1.3 4
CHW 6 3.77 156 156 1425.1 474 462 9 3 3 .994 26.1 22.0 24.1 8.3 15.7 2
CLE 5 4.19 154 154 1383.2 421 407 6 8 2 .981 12.0 10.4 12.0 3.5 8.6 0
DET 4 4.75 154 154 1360.0 429 418 5 6 0 .986 -1.6 -1.4 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 -1
KCA 5 4.94 154 154 1361.0 439 409 21 9 3 .979 8.2 7.2 -0.8 -5.1 4.4 9
NYY 4 4.17 155 155 1399.0 416 406 8 2 4 .995 5.2 4.5 3.2 1.2 2.0 2
WSH 5 4.55 154 154 1360.0 390 372 8 10 0 .974 -9.0 -7.9 -4.0 -1.4 -2.5 -5
LgAvg 5 4.36 155 155 1382 424 406 11 7 3 .983 5 1 3 0 4 1
38 4.36 1236 1236 11053.1 3393 3251 84 58 20 .983 37.5 4.1 27.5 -2.8 30.5 10

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 15 1 12 2 0 13 0 3 4 3 60 34 3 52 5 1 8 1 0 21 4 0 36 27 3 177 71 40.1% 99 7 4.0% 6 6020 64% 79% 28% 746 54%
BOS 5 0 5 0 2 14 0 5 2 4 46 28 1 49 7 1 16 5 3 22 3 0 29 24 2 162 67 41.4% 88 7 4.3% 7 6014 66% 78% 26% 659 59%
CHW 3 0 3 0 1 9 0 2 2 2 75 44 1 41 6 2 20 9 0 18 6 0 31 25 0 185 90 48.6% 92 3 1.6% 6 6149 63% 79% 27% 869 54%
CLE 8 0 7 1 0 6 1 4 0 1 67 40 0 49 8 0 22 11 0 28 3 0 32 23 1 198 85 42.9% 112 1 0.5% 5 6070 60% 76% 29% 744 55%
DET 6 0 3 3 1 5 0 1 3 1 34 16 2 27 4 0 5 2 0 18 1 0 28 24 0 112 47 42.0% 63 2 1.8% 3 5912 62% 78% 28% 584 72%
KCA 8 0 7 1 3 21 1 5 8 7 64 36 3 52 5 2 17 7 1 23 7 2 36 30 0 192 85 44.3% 99 8 4.2% 13 6048 66% 80% 27% 696 61%
NYY 2 0 2 0 2 8 0 0 1 5 67 44 1 59 7 3 6 2 0 26 3 2 39 30 0 197 86 43.7% 105 6 3.0% 2 6119 62% 76% 26% 742 55%
WSH 10 0 8 2 2 8 0 3 4 1 69 31 1 54 7 0 19 7 0 23 5 0 32 30 0 197 80 40.6% 116 1 0.5% 7 6045 61% 80% 25% 723 52%
LgAvg 7 0 6 1 1 11 0 3 3 3 60 34 2 48 6 1 14 6 1 22 4 1 33 27 1 178 76 43.0% 97 4 2.5% 6 6047 63% 78% 27% 720 57%
57 1 47 9 11 84 2 23 24 24 482 273 12 383 49 9 113 44 4 179 32 4 263 213 6 1420 611 43.0% 774 35 2.5% 49 48377 63% 78% 27% 5763 57%

* 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 Bob Allison 24 WSH 133 132 1144.2 332 317 7 8 0 .976 -6.9 -7.2 -1.9 0.3 -2.2 -5 2.55 2.44
2 Jim Busby 32 BOS 26 16 158.1 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -2.6 -19.7 -2.6 0.4 -3.0 0 2.33 1.58
3 Neil Chrisley 27 DET 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00
4 Dan Dobbek 24 WSH 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 90.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 4.50 4.00
5 Larry Doby 35 CHW 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
6 Tito Francona 25 CLE 61 59 514.2 136 130 2 4 0 .971 -3.9 -9.1 -3.9 -3.3 -0.6 0 2.31 2.16
7 Gary Geiger 22 BOS 61 58 474.0 134 128 4 2 1 .985 0.3 0.8 -1.7 -4.2 2.5 2 2.51 2.16
8 Lenny Green 26 WSH 14 10 108.0 33 31 1 1 0 .970 1.7 18.9 0.7 -0.2 0.9 1 2.67 2.29
9 Johnny Groth 32 DET 18 11 107.1 39 38 0 1 0 .974 1.0 11.2 2.0 1.2 0.8 -1 3.19 2.11
10 Carroll Hardy 26 CLE 14 8 85.2 40 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 16.8 2.2 0.5 1.7 -1 4.20 2.86
11 Woodie Held 27 CLE 6 3 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -21.4 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 2.25 1.17
12 Whitey Herzog 27 KCA 12 11 79.2 34 32 0 2 0 .941 3.1 46.7 3.1 0.6 2.6 0 3.62 2.67
13 Joe Hicks 26 CHW 2 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 102.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 3.86 1.50
14 Jackie Jensen 32 BOS 7 7 56.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -42.6 -2.0 -0.2 -1.8 0 2.24 2.00
15 Al Kaline 24 DET 122 121 1045.0 331 323 4 4 0 .988 4.1 4.7 2.1 -0.3 2.4 2 2.82 2.68
16 Marty Keough 24 BOS 69 52 491.1 155 149 5 1 1 .994 2.9 7.1 1.9 2.1 -0.2 1 2.82 2.23
17 Tony Kubek 23 NYY 15 10 103.1 30 29 1 0 1 1.000 0.9 10.5 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 1 2.61 2.00
18 Harvey Kuenn 28 DET 24 22 206.2 58 56 1 1 0 .983 -7.0 -40.6 -5.0 -2.1 -2.9 -2 2.48 2.38
19 Jim Landis 25 CHW 148 145 1301.2 438 426 9 3 3 .993 24.6 22.7 22.6 6.8 15.8 2 3.01 2.94
20 Jerry Mallett 23 BOS 4 4 37.0 13 11 2 0 2 1.000 0.8 25.9 0.8 0.1 0.7 0 3.16 3.25
21 Mickey Mantle 27 NYY 143 143 1257.2 378 369 7 2 3 .995 4.4 4.2 3.4 0.7 2.7 1 2.69 2.63
22 Roger Maris 24 KCA 5 4 34.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -21.2 -1.6 -1.4 -0.2 1 2.38 1.80
23 Jim McAnany 22 CHW 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 6.00 1.00
24 Albie Pearson 24 TOT 29 23 214.0 58 56 0 2 0 .966 -4.4 -24.7 -3.4 -3.2 -0.1 -1 2.36 1.93
25 Albie Pearson 24 WSH 12 11 97.1 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -4.4 -54.2 -3.4 -2.1 -1.2 -1 1.85 1.67
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G
26 Albie Pearson 24 BAL 17 12 116.2 37 36 0 1 0 .973 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.1 1.1 0 2.78 2.12
27 Bubba Phillips 31 CHW 14 11 93.2 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -12.8 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 2.31 1.71
28 Jim Piersall 29 CLE 91 77 696.2 227 219 4 4 2 .982 16.9 29.1 15.9 8.3 7.7 1 2.88 2.45
29 Al Pilarcik 28 BAL 8 7 44.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -0.1 -2.7 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 2.25 1.38
30 Jim Pisoni 29 NYY 2 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -32.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
31 Barry Shetrone 20 BAL 17 14 137.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -2.0 -17.4 -2.0 -3.0 1.0 0 1.90 1.71
32 Norm Siebern 25 NYY 5 1 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 8.9 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 2.67 1.60
33 Al Smith 31 CHW 3 0 18.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 100.0 1.5 0.7 0.7 0 3.50 2.33
34 Russ Snyder 25 KCA 30 26 229.0 74 69 3 2 0 .973 -6.1 -32.0 -6.1 -6.9 0.8 0 2.83 2.40
35 Gene Stephens 26 BOS 17 17 147.0 44 41 2 1 0 .977 2.6 21.2 1.6 1.1 0.5 1 2.63 2.53
36 Chuck Tanner 29 CLE 7 7 58.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -34.8 -1.7 -1.7 0.0 0 1.69 1.57
37 Willie Tasby 26 BAL 131 122 1102.0 342 318 13 11 4 .968 -3.3 -3.6 -2.3 -3.8 1.5 -1 2.70 2.53
38 Faye Throneberry 28 WSH 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
39 Bill Tuttle 29 KCA 121 111 1000.1 317 295 17 5 3 .984 12.9 15.5 4.9 2.6 2.3 8 2.81 2.58
40 Dick Williams 30 KCA 2 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -73.3 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 2.50 2.50
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 Bob Allison 24 WSH 8 0 6 2 1 7 0 2 4 1 57 24 1 45 6 0 16 5 0 21 5 0 29 27 0 168 67 39.9% 100 1 0.6% 6 5092 61% 80% 25% 613 53%
2 Jim Busby 32 BOS 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 3 0 9 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 21 9 42.9% 12 0 0.0% 1 693 69% 80% 28% 81 52%
3 Neil Chrisley 27 DET 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 75% 50% 25% 1 100%
4 Dan Dobbek 24 WSH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 35 60% 71% 37% 4 100%
5 Larry Doby 35 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 7 71% 71% 29% 1 0%
6 Tito Francona 25 CLE 4 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 26 18 0 24 3 0 8 4 0 11 1 0 10 8 0 79 34 43.0% 45 0 0.0% 2 2307 60% 76% 29% 260 50%
7 Gary Geiger 22 BOS 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 17 12 1 12 2 0 4 0 0 5 1 0 11 11 0 49 26 53.1% 22 1 2.0% 3 2121 62% 78% 26% 216 61%
8 Lenny Green 26 WSH 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 1 455 62% 81% 26% 56 57%
9 Johnny Groth 32 DET 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 471 64% 75% 26% 44 86%
10 Carroll Hardy 26 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 2 0 20 6 30.0% 14 0 0.0% 0 398 53% 79% 31% 67 60%
11 Woodie Held 27 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 128 70% 76% 26% 15 47%
12 Whitey Herzog 27 KCA 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 347 71% 78% 32% 47 68%
13 Joe Hicks 26 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 27 74% 81% 33% 3 100%
14 Jackie Jensen 32 BOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 222 59% 81% 23% 22 50%
15 Al Kaline 24 DET 4 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 3 1 24 15 2 25 4 0 4 2 0 13 1 0 21 18 0 87 40 46.0% 45 2 2.3% 2 4491 60% 78% 29% 459 71%
16 Marty Keough 24 BOS 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 1 3 16 9 0 16 1 1 8 4 2 12 1 0 11 7 1 63 22 34.9% 37 4 6.3% 1 2186 68% 77% 27% 248 62%
17 Tony Kubek 23 NYY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 4 0 19 10 52.6% 8 1 5.3% 0 458 59% 77% 26% 61 48%
18 Harvey Kuenn 28 DET 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 18 5 27.8% 13 0 0.0% 1 946 70% 79% 27% 80 71%
19 Jim Landis 25 CHW 3 0 3 0 1 9 0 2 2 2 65 37 1 37 6 2 19 8 0 16 6 0 28 23 0 165 80 48.5% 82 3 1.8% 6 5624 64% 78% 27% 791 55%
20 Jerry Mallett 23 BOS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0.0% 2 1 33.3% 1 151 72% 78% 28% 15 73%
21 Mickey Mantle 27 NYY 2 0 2 0 2 7 0 0 1 4 60 39 1 52 6 3 6 2 0 23 3 1 35 26 0 176 76 43.2% 95 5 2.8% 2 5500 63% 76% 26% 669 56%
22 Roger Maris 24 KCA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 161 79% 80% 23% 10 90%
23 Jim McAnany 22 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 10 50% 80% 60% 3 67%
24 Albie Pearson 24 WSH 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 33.3% 10 0 0.0% 0 455 59% 79% 22% 50 40%
25 Albie Pearson 24 BAL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 17 9 52.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 514 73% 79% 25% 73 49%
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 Bubba Phillips 31 CHW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 20 10 50.0% 10 0 0.0% 0 410 60% 80% 26% 60 40%
27 Jim Piersall 29 CLE 4 0 3 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 29 16 0 18 4 0 12 6 0 10 2 0 18 13 1 87 41 47.1% 45 1 1.1% 3 2995 60% 76% 28% 377 59%
28 Al Pilarcik 28 BAL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 2 20.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 196 67% 74% 27% 28 43%
29 Jim Pisoni 29 NYY 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 41 49% 78% 37% 1 0%
30 Barry Shetrone 20 BAL 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 567 70% 79% 27% 58 50%
31 Norm Siebern 25 NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 120 68% 75% 17% 11 73%
32 Al Smith 31 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 71 44% 82% 34% 11 64%
33 Russ Snyder 25 KCA 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 13 8 0 11 2 0 4 1 1 6 0 0 9 8 0 43 19 44.2% 23 1 2.3% 2 1059 71% 80% 27% 131 55%
34 Gene Stephens 26 BOS 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 10 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 18 6 33.3% 11 1 5.6% 1 641 71% 79% 26% 77 55%
35 Chuck Tanner 29 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 242 58% 79% 31% 25 44%
36 Willie Tasby 26 BAL 11 1 10 0 0 13 0 3 4 3 46 24 3 42 3 1 6 1 0 16 3 0 31 24 3 141 55 39.0% 79 7 5.0% 6 4743 62% 80% 28% 587 55%
37 Faye Throneberry 28 WSH 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 8 25% 63% 38% 0
38 Bill Tuttle 29 KCA 4 0 3 1 1 17 1 3 8 5 50 27 3 36 3 2 12 6 0 15 6 2 24 20 0 137 62 45.3% 68 7 5.1% 10 4391 65% 80% 27% 500 61%
39 Dick Williams 30 KCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 90 60% 84% 19% 8 63%
LgAvg 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 20 8 43.0% 11 0 2.5% 1 672 63% 78% 27% 80 57%
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