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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 3.61 163 163 1471.1 1602 1458 128 16 156 .990 9.5 7.7 8.5 8.0 0.4 1
BOS 4 4.86 163 163 1442.2 1555 1421 121 13 162 .992 0.4 0.3 0.4 -5.1 5.5 0
CHW 4 4.45 163 163 1448.2 1552 1417 123 12 120 .992 2.4 2.0 2.4 1.4 0.9 0
CLE 3 4.67 161 161 1441.2 1498 1333 151 14 122 .991 -1.7 -1.4 -1.7 -2.5 0.8 0
DET 2 4.12 163 163 1459.1 1422 1281 130 11 125 .992 8.5 7.0 6.5 0.6 5.9 2
KCA 6 5.33 162 162 1415.0 1519 1382 121 16 141 .989 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 -4.3 3.5 0
LAA 5 4.84 162 162 1438.0 1506 1388 100 18 134 .988 1.1 0.9 1.1 -2.5 3.6 0
MIN 6 4.83 161 161 1432.1 1511 1394 93 24 136 .984 0.5 0.4 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0
NYY 5 3.75 163 163 1451.0 1510 1386 112 12 168 .992 8.1 6.7 7.1 5.6 1.4 1
WSA 4 4.82 161 161 1425.0 1635 1498 113 24 153 .985 -1.5 -1.3 -1.5 1.5 -2.9 0
LgAvg 4 4.53 162 162 1443 1531 1396 119 16 142 .990 3 0 2 0 2 0
41 4.53 1622 1622 14425.0 15310 13958 1192 160 1417 .990 26.6 2.2 22.6 2.4 19.9 4

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 6315 62% 75% 26% 360 93% 3 1461 124 1315 25 94 127 96 18 2 3 16 5 6 5 10 156 7 2 1 143 10 12 4 8 19 84%
BOS 6469 62% 76% 25% 354 95% 2 1422 115 1299 11 116 117 84 22 0 8 13 4 7 2 8 161 6 2 1 146 8 15 2 12 33 88%
CHW 6362 67% 79% 25% 312 95% 4 1416 113 1287 18 72 121 85 23 1 3 12 2 8 2 8 120 7 0 1 109 8 11 4 7 20 80%
CLE 6382 59% 78% 23% 410 92% 3 1305 180 1112 16 66 150 111 21 4 8 14 5 6 3 7 123 3 1 1 110 7 13 2 11 20 80%
DET 6304 61% 79% 24% 361 95% 1 1290 133 1144 12 101 131 92 25 0 5 11 1 6 4 8 125 4 2 7 109 15 16 4 11 15 87%
KCA 6290 64% 78% 26% 296 89% 3 1295 76 1208 11 92 110 83 18 1 4 16 3 10 3 10 141 1 1 4 126 5 15 5 10 34 76%
LAA 6427 62% 73% 25% 290 93% 1 1348 84 1247 19 99 96 69 19 0 5 18 6 10 2 9 134 2 1 2 122 5 11 5 6 12 92%
MIN 6377 66% 76% 25% 347 93% 1 1389 125 1243 22 114 94 67 18 1 5 24 2 17 5 16 135 1 3 2 122 5 11 4 7 19 79%
NYY 6185 68% 77% 26% 300 94% 3 1393 94 1286 14 90 115 84 19 2 7 12 3 8 1 6 168 3 0 7 157 8 11 5 6 14 79%
WSA 6368 62% 80% 27% 336 91% 5 1515 99 1404 15 105 110 78 20 2 4 24 5 15 4 11 153 4 1 0 135 6 17 2 15 24 79%
LgAvg 6348 63% 77% 25% 337 93% 3 1383 114 1255 16 95 117 85 20 1 5 16 4 9 3 9 142 4 1 3 128 8 13 4 9 21 82%
63479 63% 77% 25% 3366 93% 26 13834 1143 12545 163 949 1171 849 203 13 52 160 36 93 31 93 1416 38 13 26 1279 77 132 37 93 210 82%

* 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 Bob Allison 26 MIN 18 16 123.2 123 117 4 2 9 .984 -0.4 -3.9 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 8.81 6.72
2 Joe Altobelli 29 MIN 2 1 10.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -12.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 14.40 8.00
3 Dan Ardell 20 LAA 1 1 9.0 13 13 0 0 1 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 13.00 13.00
4 Julio Becquer 29 TOT 23 5 77.1 70 66 4 0 8 1.000 -0.4 -6.2 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 8.15 3.04
5 Julio Becquer 29 LAA 5 0 13.1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 27.0 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 8.10 2.40
6 Julio Becquer 29 MIN 18 5 64.0 58 55 3 0 8 1.000 -0.7 -13.1 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 8.16 3.22
7 Steve Bilko 32 LAA 86 72 653.1 645 577 61 7 56 .989 1.3 2.4 1.3 -1.6 2.9 0 8.79 7.42
8 Bob Boyd 41 KCA 8 7 55.0 46 44 2 0 4 1.000 -1.1 -24.0 -1.1 -1.2 0.1 0 7.53 5.75
9 Norm Cash 26 DET 157 157 1390.0 1369 1231 127 11 121 .992 8.6 7.4 6.6 0.4 6.2 2 8.79 8.65
10 Bob Cerv 35 NYY 3 3 23.0 27 24 3 0 2 1.000 1.0 52.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 10.57 9.00
11 Walt Dropo 38 BAL 12 9 69.2 68 62 6 0 11 1.000 0.3 5.2 0.3 0.4 -0.2 0 8.78 5.67
12 Tito Francona 27 CLE 14 13 112.2 116 106 6 4 9 .966 -2.8 -29.8 -2.8 -1.0 -1.8 0 8.95 8.00
13 Jim Gentile 27 BAL 144 137 1225.1 1323 1209 100 14 129 .989 7.9 7.7 6.9 7.5 -0.6 1 9.61 9.09
14 Don Gile 26 BOS 6 5 42.0 48 44 2 2 3 .958 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 0.9 0 9.86 7.67
15 Billy Goodman 35 CHW 2 0 2.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 45.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 20.25 3.00
16 Bob Hale 27 NYY 5 1 15.0 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 8.0 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0 9.60 3.20
17 Billy Harrell 32 BOS 3 1 9.1 14 12 2 0 2 1.000 0.3 38.6 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 13.50 4.67
18 Ron Henry 24 MIN 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 27.00 1.00
19 Elston Howard 32 NYY 9 9 86.0 95 90 4 1 12 .989 -0.6 -8.4 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 9.84 10.44
20 Deron Johnson 22 KCA 3 2 19.0 13 11 2 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -25.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 6.16 4.33
21 Hal Jones 25 CLE 10 9 83.0 78 73 3 2 12 .974 -2.4 -34.7 -2.4 -0.2 -2.2 0 8.24 7.60
22 Marty Keough 26 WSA 10 9 79.1 102 95 6 1 8 .990 0.4 6.1 0.4 -0.5 0.9 0 11.46 10.10
23 Harmon Killebrew 25 MIN 119 115 997.1 1053 972 67 14 91 .987 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 9.38 8.73
24 Lou Klimchock 21 KCA 11 10 82.0 84 78 4 2 4 .976 1.0 14.6 1.0 0.8 0.1 0 9.00 7.45
25 Ted Kluszewski 36 LAA 66 59 496.2 554 520 28 6 51 .989 1.3 3.1 1.3 -1.0 2.3 0 9.93 8.30
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Dale Long 35 WSA 95 94 817.0 904 827 62 15 87 .983 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.7 -1.4 0 9.79 9.36
27 J.C. Martin 24 CHW 60 34 347.2 347 314 29 4 27 .988 -0.4 -1.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 8.88 5.72
28 Don Mincher 23 MIN 29 24 237.0 260 234 18 8 28 .969 0.7 3.5 0.7 -0.1 0.8 0 9.57 8.69
29 Bobo Osborne 25 DET 11 6 69.1 53 50 3 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -1.7 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 6.88 4.82
30 Dave Philley 41 BAL 1 1 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 4.50 3.00
31 Vic Power 33 CLE 141 139 1246.0 1304 1154 142 8 101 .994 3.5 3.4 3.5 -1.3 4.8 0 9.36 9.19
32 Pete Runnels 33 BOS 113 75 735.0 755 701 50 4 92 .995 -3.4 -5.6 -3.4 -4.4 1.1 0 9.20 6.65
33 Norm Siebern 27 KCA 109 107 929.1 994 907 76 11 88 .989 -3.1 -4.0 -3.1 -5.1 2.0 0 9.52 9.02
34 Roy Sievers 34 CHW 132 129 1097.1 1198 1096 94 8 93 .993 2.7 3.0 2.7 1.8 0.8 0 9.76 9.02
35 Bill Skowron 30 NYY 149 147 1291.0 1340 1228 102 10 146 .993 7.9 7.3 6.9 5.1 1.8 1 9.27 8.93
36 R.C. Stevens 26 WSA 25 14 140.1 167 147 20 0 18 1.000 3.1 26.5 3.1 2.4 0.7 0 10.71 6.68
37 Haywood Sullivan 30 KCA 16 10 94.2 115 101 12 2 12 .983 0.7 8.9 0.7 1.0 -0.3 0 10.74 7.06
38 Lee Thomas 25 LAA 34 30 265.2 282 267 10 5 26 .982 -1.9 -8.6 -1.9 0.2 -2.1 0 9.38 8.15
39 Marv Throneberry 27 TOT 41 31 295.2 340 302 35 3 37 .991 2.6 10.6 2.6 0.9 1.7 0 10.26 8.22
40 Marv Throneberry 27 KCA 30 26 235.0 267 241 25 1 31 .996 2.2 11.2 2.2 0.4 1.8 0 10.19 8.87
41 Marv Throneberry 27 BAL 11 5 60.2 73 61 10 2 6 .973 0.4 7.9 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 10.53 6.45
42 Earl Torgeson 37 TOT 9 3 37.0 33 30 2 1 7 .970 -0.3 -9.7 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 7.78 3.56
43 Earl Torgeson 37 CHW 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00
44 Earl Torgeson 37 NYY 8 3 36.0 32 29 2 1 7 .969 -0.3 -10.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 7.75 3.88
45 Vic Wertz 36 BOS 86 82 656.1 738 664 67 7 65 .991 3.5 6.4 3.5 -0.1 3.6 0 10.02 8.50
46 Dick Williams 32 BAL 20 11 109.2 135 123 12 0 10 1.000 1.1 12.0 1.1 -0.2 1.3 0 11.08 6.75
47 Bud Zipfel 22 WSA 44 44 388.1 462 429 25 8 40 .983 -5.2 -16.1 -5.2 -2.1 -3.1 0 10.52 10.32
LgAvg 20 18 156 165 151 13 2 15 .990 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.45 8.38

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 Bob Allison 26 MIN 571 68% 75% 23% 33 94% 0 118 16 102 0 11 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 2 100%
2 Joe Altobelli 29 MIN 62 61% 73% 23% 5 100% 0 15 3 12 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dan Ardell 20 LAA 42 74% 74% 29% 3 67% 0 13 1 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Julio Becquer 29 MIN 296 68% 79% 22% 10 100% 0 55 4 51 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 0
5 Julio Becquer 29 LAA 60 60% 70% 20% 4 100% 0 11 2 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Steve Bilko 32 LAA 2921 61% 73% 23% 131 95% 1 557 36 519 5 35 58 45 9 0 1 7 4 3 0 3 56 1 0 0 52 1 4 1 3 7 100%
7 Bob Boyd 41 KCA 269 66% 78% 22% 12 92% 0 47 6 41 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Norm Cash 26 DET 5968 61% 79% 24% 346 95% 1 1231 126 1094 10 98 126 88 24 0 5 11 1 6 4 8 121 4 2 7 105 15 16 4 11 15 87%
9 Bob Cerv 35 NYY 101 70% 79% 29% 7 100% 0 25 2 23 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 Walt Dropo 38 BAL 315 65% 73% 22% 12 92% 0 60 2 57 1 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 1 100%
11 Tito Francona 27 CLE 532 57% 76% 23% 26 88% 0 104 9 95 1 10 6 3 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 2 9 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 2 100%
12 Jim Gentile 27 BAL 5256 62% 75% 26% 299 93% 2 1212 106 1085 23 82 99 73 15 2 2 14 4 6 4 9 129 6 2 1 118 9 10 3 7 14 86%
13 Don Gile 26 BOS 184 57% 76% 27% 14 86% 0 45 3 42 0 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 100%
14 Billy Goodman 35 CHW 15 80% 80% 40% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Bob Hale 27 NYY 61 64% 79% 30% 2 100% 0 15 0 15 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Bob Hale 27 CLE 10 70% 90% 20% 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
17 Billy Harrell 32 BOS 48 40% 81% 27% 5 100% 0 11 1 10 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
18 Ron Henry 24 MIN 5 60% 80% 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 1 0%
19 Elston Howard 32 NYY 370 77% 77% 26% 14 93% 0 90 9 78 3 1 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 0
20 Deron Johnson 22 KCA 71 54% 69% 11% 3 100% 0 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
21 Hal Jones 25 CLE 320 59% 68% 19% 9 89% 0 53 5 48 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 12 0 1 0 11 1 1 0 1 0
22 Marty Keough 26 WSA 368 64% 82% 26% 23 96% 0 95 9 82 4 9 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 1 100%
23 Harmon Killebrew 25 MIN 4379 65% 76% 25% 223 93% 0 969 73 875 21 71 68 51 12 0 4 14 1 11 2 9 90 1 3 1 82 5 7 1 6 13 85%
24 Lou Klimchock 21 KCA 358 70% 80% 27% 15 87% 0 71 4 67 0 5 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0%
25 Ted Kluszewski 36 LAA 2237 64% 73% 27% 97 91% 0 505 25 472 7 38 27 17 8 0 2 6 2 4 0 3 51 1 1 0 49 3 1 0 1 5 80%
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 Dale Long 35 WSA 3661 63% 79% 26% 186 90% 4 842 55 780 8 57 59 42 10 1 3 15 3 10 2 5 87 3 0 0 77 4 9 1 8 15 80%
27 J.C. Martin 24 CHW 1527 65% 79% 23% 87 92% 2 313 36 275 3 19 28 20 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 27 1 0 1 26 2 1 0 1 6 83%
28 Don Mincher 23 MIN 1064 67% 76% 25% 75 92% 1 232 29 203 1 28 18 9 5 1 0 8 1 5 2 6 28 0 0 1 25 0 2 2 0 3 67%
29 Bobo Osborne 25 DET 336 65% 76% 20% 15 100% 0 59 7 50 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
30 Dave Philley 41 BAL 26 42% 62% 23% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Vic Power 33 CLE 5520 59% 78% 23% 375 93% 3 1148 166 969 14 55 142 107 19 3 7 8 3 4 1 4 102 3 0 0 90 5 12 2 10 18 78%
32 Pete Runnels 33 BOS 3272 63% 76% 24% 168 96% 0 699 57 639 4 62 49 31 12 0 3 4 1 3 0 3 91 5 0 0 85 5 6 0 6 17 94%
33 Norm Siebern 27 KCA 4094 63% 77% 25% 193 89% 2 836 47 780 8 63 69 52 11 1 2 11 1 8 2 8 88 1 1 1 79 4 9 2 7 24 88%
34 Roy Sievers 34 CHW 4816 68% 79% 26% 224 96% 2 1097 77 1006 15 52 93 65 17 1 3 8 2 4 2 4 93 6 0 0 83 6 10 4 6 14 79%
35 Bill Skowron 30 NYY 5507 67% 77% 26% 271 94% 3 1234 82 1142 11 83 105 77 17 2 6 10 3 6 1 5 146 2 0 7 137 8 9 4 5 14 79%
36 R.C. Stevens 26 WSA 613 59% 80% 28% 40 95% 1 147 8 138 1 13 19 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 1 0 17 2 1 0 1 2 100%
37 Haywood Sullivan 30 KCA 408 67% 81% 28% 19 95% 0 95 6 90 0 4 9 6 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 12 0 0 1 11 0 1 1 0 1 100%
38 Lee Thomas 25 LAA 1167 63% 75% 26% 55 91% 0 262 20 235 7 23 10 7 2 0 2 5 0 3 2 3 26 0 0 2 20 1 6 4 2 0
39 Marv Throneberry 27 BAL 241 60% 78% 32% 20 90% 0 61 6 56 0 2 10 9 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0
40 Marv Throneberry 27 KCA 1090 65% 79% 27% 54 87% 1 236 10 223 3 17 25 19 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 32 0 0 2 28 1 4 2 2 6 50%
41 Earl Torgeson 37 CHW 4 25% 50% 25% 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
42 Earl Torgeson 37 NYY 146 63% 75% 23% 6 83% 0 29 1 28 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0
43 Vic Wertz 36 BOS 2965 63% 76% 27% 167 94% 2 667 54 608 7 45 64 50 9 0 5 7 3 3 1 3 65 1 2 1 57 3 8 2 5 13 77%
44 Dick Williams 32 BAL 477 60% 78% 28% 29 93% 1 125 10 114 1 7 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 4 75%
45 Bud Zipfel 22 WSA 1726 59% 80% 28% 87 91% 0 431 27 404 2 26 26 20 6 0 0 8 2 4 2 5 40 0 0 0 34 0 6 0 6 6 67%
LgAvg 705 63% 77% 25% 37 93% 0 154 13 139 2 11 13 9 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 16 0 0 0 14 1 1 0 1 2 82%
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