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1959 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 7 4.01 155 155 1400.1 771 256 491 24 109 .969 5.1 4.4 1.1 0.4 0.9 4
BOS 5 4.52 154 154 1364.0 770 268 461 41 96 .947 -12.8 -11.3 -12.8 -3.4 -9.4 0
CHW 2 3.77 156 156 1425.1 815 299 492 24 92 .971 8.9 7.5 8.9 6.1 2.8 0
CLE 5 4.19 154 154 1383.2 749 276 441 32 88 .957 2.0 1.7 2.0 -0.0 1.8 0
DET 3 4.75 154 154 1360.0 757 268 454 35 94 .954 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 -6.0 0
KCA 4 4.94 154 154 1361.0 768 259 479 30 103 .961 -13.7 -12.1 -13.7 -10.3 -3.2 0
NYY 6 4.17 155 155 1399.0 781 248 507 26 95 .967 6.7 5.7 6.7 4.8 2.0 0
WSH 6 4.55 154 154 1360.0 824 272 511 41 101 .950 -6.9 -6.1 -4.9 -4.2 -0.6 -2
LgAvg 5 4.36 155 155 1382 779 268 480 32 97 .959 0 0 -1 0 0 0
36 4.36 1236 1236 11053.1 6235 2146 3836 253 778 .959 -10.7 -1.2 -12.7 -0.6 -11.7 2

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 6020 64% 79% 28% 607 92% 7 261 133 109 19 491 371 98 3 9 25 0 15 10 21 110 43 6 36 7 7 103 51 50 5 3 1
BOS 6014 66% 78% 27% 613 90% 6 260 146 99 16 462 342 103 1 15 40 4 21 15 26 95 41 2 36 5 2 90 43 44 5 2 3
CHW 6149 63% 79% 27% 652 91% 10 295 151 114 29 497 386 92 2 5 24 0 18 6 13 94 35 8 30 4 2 83 43 36 6 2 3
CLE 6070 60% 76% 25% 620 90% 4 282 165 98 19 439 329 90 2 6 32 2 24 6 24 89 33 5 19 9 6 80 38 34 3 1 2
DET 5912 62% 78% 25% 601 91% 6 271 142 101 28 455 342 95 3 3 35 0 24 11 31 94 34 2 33 4 7 84 37 44 8 3 5
KCA 6048 66% 80% 27% 617 91% 10 255 132 99 24 475 338 122 3 6 30 1 22 7 25 101 49 2 21 7 6 91 51 36 5 1 3
NYY 6119 62% 76% 29% 653 90% 6 252 128 106 18 509 395 103 1 2 26 2 15 9 22 96 39 6 38 4 3 92 46 46 3 0 2
WSH 6045 61% 80% 30% 672 88% 9 272 133 120 20 522 414 86 5 6 41 1 32 8 39 100 30 9 29 15 10 97 40 54 2 1 1
LgAvg 6047 63% 78% 27% 629 90% 7 269 141 106 22 481 365 99 3 7 32 1 21 9 25 97 38 5 30 7 5 90 44 43 5 2 3
48377 63% 78% 27% 5035 90% 58 2148 1130 846 173 3850 2917 789 20 52 253 10 171 72 201 779 304 40 242 55 43 720 349 344 37 13 20

* 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 Jerry Adair 22 BAL 1 2 17.0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 -1.6 -112.9 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 0 2.12 4.00
2 Luis Aparicio 25 CHW 152 150 1338.2 765 282 460 23 87 .970 7.7 6.9 7.7 4.2 3.5 0 4.99 4.88
3 Ken Aspromonte 27 WSH 12 9 89.0 45 15 27 3 5 .933 -2.2 -29.7 -2.2 -0.7 -1.5 0 4.25 3.50
4 Reno Bertoia 24 WSH 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00
5 Clete Boyer 22 NYY 26 22 194.1 104 40 63 1 14 .990 1.2 7.4 1.2 -0.7 1.9 0 4.77 3.96
6 Fritz Brickell 24 NYY 15 9 95.2 53 14 35 4 3 .925 -0.6 -7.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 -1 4.61 3.27
7 Rocky Bridges 31 DET 110 108 861.2 496 179 293 24 66 .952 0.0 0.0 -2.0 3.2 -5.2 2 4.93 4.29
8 Don Buddin 25 BOS 150 145 1225.0 682 235 412 35 89 .949 -10.3 -10.1 -10.3 -4.1 -6.2 0 4.75 4.31
9 Chico Carrasquel 31 BAL 89 80 691.1 372 124 237 11 63 .970 1.2 2.1 -1.8 0.1 -1.8 3 4.70 4.06
10 Tom Carroll 22 KCA 9 1 25.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 0.7 33.6 0.7 0.8 -0.1 0 6.12 1.89
11 Billy Consolo 24 TOT 77 68 579.1 368 117 232 19 45 .948 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.3 2.3 0 5.42 4.53
12 Billy Consolo 24 BOS 2 2 18.0 11 6 3 2 1 .818 -1.7 -113.3 -1.7 0.0 -1.7 0 4.50 4.50
13 Billy Consolo 24 WSH 75 66 561.1 357 111 229 17 44 .952 1.7 3.6 1.7 -2.3 4.0 0 5.45 4.53
14 Joe DeMaestri 30 KCA 115 106 905.1 509 167 320 22 63 .957 -6.7 -8.9 -5.7 -7.0 1.4 -1 4.84 4.23
15 Sammy Esposito 27 CHW 14 6 86.2 50 17 32 1 5 .980 1.2 16.6 1.2 1.9 -0.7 0 5.09 3.50
16 Jim Finigan 30 BAL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
17 Billy Gardner 31 BAL 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00
18 Pumpsie Green 25 BOS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
19 Granny Hamner 32 CLE 10 5 51.2 25 11 13 1 2 .960 0.8 18.6 0.8 0.1 0.6 0 4.18 2.40
20 Ron Hansen 21 BAL 2 2 13.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 0 5.54 4.00
21 Woodie Held 27 CLE 103 100 871.0 472 177 277 18 43 .962 -0.3 -0.4 1.7 -0.5 2.1 -2 4.69 4.41
22 Billy Klaus 30 BAL 59 41 407.0 231 77 147 7 21 .970 5.2 15.3 5.2 2.5 2.8 0 4.95 3.80
23 Tony Kubek 23 NYY 67 64 582.1 349 121 217 11 42 .968 4.3 8.9 4.3 5.3 -0.9 0 5.22 5.04
24 Gene Leek 22 CLE 1 1 8.0 7 1 5 1 0 .857 0.6 90.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 6.75 6.00
25 Ted Lepcio 28 DET 35 21 207.2 102 32 65 5 12 .951 0.5 2.9 0.5 2.1 -1.6 0 4.20 2.77
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Jerry Lumpe 26 TOT 60 49 448.0 256 89 159 8 41 .969 -7.0 -18.8 -8.0 -3.4 -4.5 1 4.98 4.13
27 Jerry Lumpe 26 NYY 4 2 23.1 15 4 11 0 2 1.000 0.4 20.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 5.79 3.75
28 Jerry Lumpe 26 KCA 56 47 424.2 241 85 148 8 39 .967 -7.4 -20.9 -8.4 -3.8 -4.5 1 4.94 4.16
29 Jim Mahoney 25 BOS 30 6 95.0 67 24 39 4 5 .940 -0.2 -2.5 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 0 5.97 2.10
30 Gil McDougald 31 NYY 52 45 394.1 203 58 140 5 25 .975 1.8 5.5 1.8 0.4 1.4 0 4.52 3.81
31 Willy Miranda 33 BAL 47 30 269.0 153 51 98 4 23 .974 0.7 3.1 -0.3 -1.9 1.6 1 4.99 3.17
32 Billy Moran 25 CLE 5 0 13.0 9 7 1 1 1 .889 -1.5 -138.5 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0 5.54 1.60
33 Bobby Richardson 23 NYY 14 13 109.0 57 11 41 5 9 .912 -0.4 -4.4 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 1 4.29 3.71
34 Pete Runnels 31 BOS 9 1 25.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -24.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 3.60 1.11
35 Ron Samford 29 WSH 64 56 488.1 284 92 177 15 33 .947 -3.6 -8.8 -1.6 2.4 -4.0 -2 4.96 4.20
36 George Strickland 33 CLE 50 48 440.0 236 80 145 11 42 .953 2.4 6.5 0.4 1.4 -1.0 2 4.60 4.50
37 Wayne Terwilliger 34 KCA 2 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.50 0.50
38 Jose Valdivielso 25 WSH 21 4 59.0 31 13 18 0 6 1.000 -0.8 -16.3 -0.8 -1.2 0.4 0 4.73 1.48
39 Coot Veal 26 DET 72 25 290.2 159 57 96 6 16 .962 -0.5 -2.1 1.5 0.7 0.8 -2 4.74 2.13
40 Zoilo Versalles 19 WSH 29 19 161.1 106 41 59 6 13 .943 -2.3 -17.1 -2.3 -2.4 0.2 0 5.58 3.45
LgAvg 19 16 139 78 27 48 3 10 .960 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.83 3.93

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 Jerry Adair 22 BAL 75 51% 72% 28% 11 64% 0 6 4 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2 Luis Aparicio 25 CHW 5763 63% 79% 27% 611 90% 9 278 142 109 26 465 359 88 2 5 23 0 17 6 12 88 32 8 29 3 2 78 40 34 6 2 3
3 Ken Aspromonte 27 WSH 415 58% 78% 29% 39 90% 0 15 9 5 2 29 24 5 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
4 Reno Bertoia 24 WSH 3 67% 100% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Clete Boyer 22 NYY 873 56% 78% 28% 93 89% 0 40 24 14 2 62 48 14 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14 6 3 3 2 0 14 9 5 0 0 0
6 Fritz Brickell 24 NYY 428 68% 79% 30% 47 91% 0 14 7 6 1 37 30 7 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
7 Rocky Bridges 31 DET 3745 65% 78% 25% 383 90% 4 180 91 68 21 295 227 55 3 3 24 0 16 8 22 66 21 1 25 4 5 58 23 34 6 2 4
8 Don Buddin 25 BOS 5411 66% 78% 27% 544 90% 6 228 127 89 13 414 299 99 1 13 34 4 17 13 20 88 40 2 31 4 2 83 42 38 5 2 3
9 Chico Carrasquel 31 BAL 2968 63% 79% 27% 289 92% 4 127 66 51 10 236 166 58 1 5 11 0 7 4 10 63 31 2 19 1 4 58 33 24 3 2 0
10 Tom Carroll 22 KCA 112 63% 85% 30% 14 93% 0 6 4 2 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 Billy Consolo 24 BOS 81 62% 79% 15% 9 78% 0 6 5 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 Billy Consolo 24 WSH 2468 62% 80% 31% 293 89% 0 112 55 55 2 231 191 35 0 3 17 0 12 5 16 44 13 4 13 5 4 41 17 22 2 1 1
13 Joe DeMaestri 30 KCA 3984 66% 80% 27% 417 91% 7 165 88 66 11 322 241 71 1 4 22 1 15 6 17 61 27 2 16 4 2 54 29 23 4 1 2
14 Sammy Esposito 27 CHW 386 67% 79% 26% 41 95% 1 17 9 5 3 32 27 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 3 0 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
15 Jim Finigan 30 BAL 8 38% 50% 13% 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
16 Billy Gardner 31 BAL 7 43% 100% 29% 1 100% 0 0 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
17 Pumpsie Green 25 BOS 5 60% 60% 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
18 Granny Hamner 32 CLE 217 65% 74% 26% 19 89% 0 10 5 4 1 13 11 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
19 Ron Hansen 21 BAL 69 80% 75% 23% 10 80% 0 2 2 0 0 7 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 Woodie Held 27 CLE 3831 59% 76% 25% 400 89% 3 182 111 62 9 272 208 53 2 3 18 2 13 3 14 44 15 2 11 5 5 41 17 21 0 0 0
21 Billy Klaus 30 BAL 1750 65% 80% 30% 183 92% 1 75 35 34 6 147 120 23 1 1 7 0 4 3 5 21 5 1 10 2 1 21 8 13 0 0 0
22 Tony Kubek 23 NYY 2521 63% 77% 31% 282 89% 3 118 53 52 13 222 166 47 0 2 11 2 6 3 9 43 16 2 16 2 3 41 19 22 1 0 1
23 Gene Leek 22 CLE 33 39% 88% 21% 8 88% 0 2 2 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Ted Lepcio 28 DET 918 57% 75% 25% 81 91% 2 33 16 13 4 65 47 14 0 0 5 0 4 1 4 12 5 0 2 0 2 11 5 4 1 1 0
25 Jerry Lumpe 26 NYY 99 70% 76% 25% 11 100% 0 4 2 2 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
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 Jerry Lumpe 26 KCA 1921 67% 79% 27% 185 91% 3 84 40 31 13 142 87 50 2 2 8 0 7 1 8 39 22 0 5 2 4 36 22 12 1 0 1
27 Jim Mahoney 25 BOS 412 66% 81% 28% 52 88% 0 23 12 8 3 39 36 2 0 2 4 0 4 0 4 5 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
28 Gil McDougald 31 NYY 1711 62% 73% 27% 169 92% 3 62 33 27 2 137 112 23 1 0 5 0 4 1 5 25 10 1 13 0 0 24 11 13 1 0 0
29 Willy Miranda 33 BAL 1143 67% 80% 30% 113 95% 2 51 26 22 3 97 78 14 1 2 4 0 2 2 4 23 5 2 7 4 2 21 7 13 2 1 1
30 Billy Moran 25 CLE 66 61% 86% 21% 6 83% 0 7 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
31 Bobby Richardson 23 NYY 487 65% 76% 29% 51 86% 0 14 9 5 0 40 29 11 0 0 5 0 2 3 5 9 5 0 4 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 0
32 Pete Runnels 31 BOS 105 77% 84% 34% 8 100% 0 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
33 Ron Samford 29 WSH 2171 60% 82% 29% 233 87% 6 90 44 36 10 181 139 32 3 1 15 0 13 2 15 32 10 1 8 8 5 32 11 21 0 0 0
34 George Strickland 33 CLE 1923 61% 75% 26% 187 92% 1 81 43 29 9 148 104 36 0 3 11 0 9 2 8 42 17 3 8 3 1 37 20 12 3 1 2
35 Wayne Terwilliger 34 KCA 31 61% 81% 23% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Jose Valdivielso 25 WSH 267 66% 75% 23% 23 100% 2 13 6 5 2 19 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0
37 Coot Veal 26 DET 1249 59% 79% 25% 137 91% 0 58 35 20 3 95 68 26 0 0 6 0 4 2 5 16 8 1 6 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 1
38 Zoilo Versalles 19 WSH 721 63% 79% 31% 83 83% 1 42 19 19 4 61 46 10 1 2 6 0 5 1 6 13 4 2 4 1 1 13 6 6 0 0 0
LgAvg 672 63% 78% 27% 70 90% 1 30 16 12 2 53 41 11 0 1 4 0 2 1 3 11 4 1 3 1 1 10 5 5 1 0 0
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