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1961 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 3.61 163 163 1471.1 821 286 500 35 115 .957 17.6 14.4 14.6 3.6 11.0 3
BOS 4 4.86 163 163 1442.2 805 295 469 41 106 .949 -2.8 -2.3 -4.8 -6.6 1.8 2
CHW 2 4.45 163 163 1448.2 840 282 526 32 89 .962 8.6 7.1 9.6 1.7 8.0 -1
CLE 3 4.67 161 161 1443.2 796 303 460 33 99 .959 2.1 1.7 4.1 0.2 3.9 -2
DET 6 4.12 163 163 1459.1 767 298 431 38 90 .950 -5.8 -4.8 -4.8 -3.7 -1.0 -1
KCA 2 5.33 162 162 1415.0 804 313 452 39 88 .951 -14.3 -12.1 -10.3 -7.1 -3.2 -4
LAA 8 4.84 162 162 1438.0 807 283 480 44 108 .945 8.0 6.7 11.0 1.9 9.2 -3
MIN 5 4.83 161 161 1432.1 777 278 463 36 92 .954 -5.0 -4.2 -4.0 5.0 -9.0 -1
NYY 4 3.75 163 163 1451.0 843 298 514 31 122 .963 19.2 15.9 15.2 -0.6 15.7 4
WSA 5 4.82 161 161 1425.0 849 325 495 29 112 .966 0.3 0.3 -1.7 -1.4 -0.5 2
LgAvg 4 4.53 162 162 1443 811 296 479 36 102 .956 3 0 3 0 4 0
42 4.53 1622 1622 14427.0 8109 2961 4790 358 1021 .956 27.9 2.3 28.9 -7.0 35.9 -1

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 6315 62% 75% 26% 638 91% 3 285 145 118 22 503 374 106 1 10 35 2 22 11 28 119 42 9 29 13 9 103 52 51 14 8 5
BOS 6469 62% 76% 25% 623 88% 5 295 139 131 28 469 356 99 3 6 41 4 22 15 35 105 39 4 38 8 8 100 44 54 4 1 2
CHW 6362 67% 79% 25% 697 90% 5 281 150 111 21 535 404 112 0 9 32 1 18 13 21 88 30 6 28 3 7 79 36 39 6 2 2
CLE 6382 59% 78% 23% 624 89% 6 302 151 123 29 463 325 112 2 9 33 2 15 16 22 101 38 4 30 8 4 88 42 43 10 4 3
DET 6304 61% 79% 24% 621 90% 3 299 159 112 29 428 321 93 2 4 38 1 26 11 33 90 30 9 11 9 6 74 39 26 11 4 7
KCA 6290 64% 78% 26% 618 89% 0 287 137 122 30 444 318 117 0 3 39 2 24 13 31 89 37 6 25 4 2 81 44 33 7 3 4
LAA 6427 62% 73% 25% 627 88% 6 276 122 127 29 483 350 115 1 7 44 2 28 14 31 108 44 7 27 13 3 97 51 44 7 2 5
MIN 6377 66% 76% 25% 631 89% 2 281 147 114 20 466 337 110 0 11 35 4 21 10 25 91 41 4 23 7 4 83 46 34 7 2 4
NYY 6185 68% 77% 26% 687 92% 3 303 171 108 24 519 379 125 1 6 31 1 22 8 27 122 57 4 28 11 3 111 62 43 9 5 4
WSA 6368 62% 80% 27% 663 90% 6 328 177 126 28 491 384 91 2 8 29 3 16 10 20 112 36 5 46 8 5 102 42 60 8 6 2
LgAvg 6348 63% 77% 25% 643 90% 4 294 150 119 26 480 355 108 1 7 36 2 21 12 27 103 39 6 29 8 5 92 46 43 8 4 4
63479 63% 77% 25% 6429 90% 39 2937 1498 1192 260 4801 3548 1080 12 73 357 22 214 121 273 1025 394 58 285 84 51 918 458 427 83 37 38

* 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 24 BAL 27 18 180.1 92 26 61 5 5 .946 1.3 8.7 2.3 2.6 -0.3 -1 4.34 3.22
2 Luis Aparicio 27 CHW 156 151 1331.0 781 264 487 30 86 .962 9.4 8.5 9.4 2.3 7.1 0 5.08 4.81
3 Reno Bertoia 26 DET 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
4 Clete Boyer 24 NYY 12 8 75.1 39 19 20 0 5 1.000 0.3 4.8 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 4.66 3.25
5 Fritz Brickell 26 LAA 17 13 119.1 71 30 34 7 11 .901 -0.4 -4.0 -0.4 -1.6 1.2 0 4.83 3.76
6 Rocky Bridges 33 LAA 25 19 162.0 92 32 57 3 12 .967 2.6 19.3 2.6 1.6 1.0 0 4.94 3.56
7 Don Buddin 27 BOS 109 108 937.0 521 204 294 23 70 .956 -4.8 -6.1 -6.8 -8.4 1.6 2 4.78 4.57
8 Wayne Causey 24 KCA 11 6 67.0 40 14 25 1 3 .975 1.0 17.9 1.0 -0.1 1.1 0 5.24 3.55
9 Billy Consolo 26 MIN 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 0.00 0.00
10 Chuck Cottier 25 DET 8 0 16.1 9 7 1 1 1 .889 -1.4 -102.9 -1.4 -1.1 -0.2 0 4.41 1.00
11 Mike de la Hoz 22 CLE 17 17 147.0 105 39 60 6 6 .943 0.4 3.3 1.4 1.2 0.2 -1 6.06 5.82
12 Joe DeMaestri 32 NYY 18 9 103.1 54 15 38 1 9 .981 3.5 40.6 3.5 1.0 2.5 0 4.62 2.94
13 Sammy Esposito 29 CHW 20 12 117.2 59 18 39 2 3 .966 -0.8 -8.2 0.2 -0.6 0.9 -1 4.36 2.85
14 Chico Fernandez 29 DET 121 113 1000.2 542 207 312 23 59 .958 2.7 3.2 2.7 1.0 1.7 0 4.67 4.29
15 Jim Fregosi 19 LAA 11 7 68.0 36 12 22 2 3 .944 0.4 7.1 1.4 -0.5 1.9 -1 4.50 3.09
16 Pumpsie Green 27 BOS 57 53 476.2 266 84 166 16 35 .940 2.2 5.5 2.2 1.6 0.6 0 4.72 4.39
17 Ken Hamlin 26 LAA 39 30 257.2 162 63 93 6 25 .963 4.5 21.0 4.5 5.1 -0.6 0 5.45 4.00
18 Ron Hansen 23 BAL 149 145 1289.0 723 256 437 30 110 .959 15.7 14.6 11.7 1.0 10.7 4 4.84 4.65
19 Billy Harrell 32 BOS 7 2 27.0 18 7 9 2 1 .889 0.2 8.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 5.33 2.29
20 Woodie Held 29 CLE 144 143 1279.2 678 258 393 27 90 .960 0.8 0.8 1.8 -1.9 3.7 -1 4.58 4.52
21 Dick Howser 25 KCA 157 156 1348.0 764 299 427 38 85 .950 -15.3 -13.6 -11.3 -7.0 -4.3 -4 4.85 4.62
22 Bob Johnson 25 WSA 57 55 481.2 295 110 172 13 31 .956 1.1 2.7 1.1 -0.9 1.9 0 5.27 4.95
23 Billy Klaus 32 WSA 18 16 141.0 73 24 47 2 8 .973 0.6 5.1 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 4.53 3.94
24 Joe Koppe 30 LAA 88 87 767.0 398 127 250 21 51 .947 -0.2 -0.3 1.8 -3.0 4.9 -2 4.42 4.28
25 Tony Kubek 25 NYY 145 145 1259.2 740 261 449 30 107 .959 14.4 13.7 10.4 -2.0 12.3 4 5.07 4.90
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Jack Kubiszyn 24 CLE 7 1 17.0 13 6 7 0 3 1.000 0.9 63.5 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 6.88 1.86
27 Gene Leek 24 LAA 7 4 42.0 40 17 19 4 6 .900 0.3 8.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 7.71 5.14
28 Ted Lepcio 30 MIN 6 0 12.0 7 0 5 2 0 .714 -0.9 -90.0 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 0 3.75 0.83
29 Jim Mahoney 27 WSA 31 28 250.1 157 57 95 5 26 .968 -0.5 -2.4 -1.5 -0.9 -0.6 1 5.46 4.90
30 Billy Martin 33 MIN 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
31 Dick McAuliffe 21 DET 55 49 426.1 208 79 115 14 29 .933 -7.2 -20.3 -6.2 -3.8 -2.4 -1 4.10 3.53
32 Billy Moran 27 LAA 2 2 19.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.8 50.5 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 2.37 2.50
33 Brooks Robinson 24 BAL 1 0 2.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 27.00 6.00
34 Pete Runnels 33 BOS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00
35 Tom Satriano 20 LAA 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 2.00
36 Ron Stillwell 21 WSA 5 5 42.0 14 4 9 1 4 .929 -1.3 -37.1 -1.3 0.0 -1.3 0 2.79 2.60
37 George Thomas 23 DET 1 0 6.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 6.00 4.00
38 Tom Tresh 23 NYY 3 1 12.2 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.0 94.7 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 7.11 3.33
39 Jose Valdivielso 27 MIN 43 35 323.0 140 49 87 4 18 .971 -2.7 -10.0 -2.7 -0.7 -2.0 0 3.79 3.16
40 Coot Veal 28 WSA 63 57 510.0 310 130 172 8 43 .974 0.4 0.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.7 1 5.33 4.79
41 Zoilo Versalles 21 MIN 129 126 1091.2 630 229 371 30 74 .952 -1.5 -1.6 -0.5 6.2 -6.7 -1 4.95 4.65
42 Ozzie Virgil 29 DET 1 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.00 4.00
LgAvg 20 18 160 90 33 53 4 11 .956 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.84 4.37

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 24 BAL 760 66% 76% 27% 80 94% 0 28 18 8 2 61 44 15 0 0 5 0 3 2 4 10 6 1 2 0 0 9 7 2 1 1 0
2 Luis Aparicio 27 CHW 5844 67% 79% 25% 651 90% 4 266 146 101 20 493 373 104 0 8 30 1 18 11 19 85 30 6 26 3 7 76 36 37 6 2 2
3 Reno Bertoia 26 DET 3 67% 33% 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 Clete Boyer 24 NYY 316 73% 73% 22% 33 97% 0 20 14 6 0 20 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 2
5 Fritz Brickell 26 LAA 537 59% 74% 31% 54 87% 1 31 14 14 3 34 21 12 0 0 7 0 4 3 4 11 8 0 0 1 1 11 8 3 0 0 0
6 Rocky Bridges 33 LAA 751 65% 74% 25% 74 88% 0 29 9 15 5 63 46 15 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 12 5 1 3 1 1 12 6 5 0 0 0
7 Don Buddin 27 BOS 4268 62% 76% 25% 404 89% 3 201 98 85 19 298 231 60 1 4 23 2 13 8 20 70 25 3 29 2 6 66 28 37 3 0 2
8 Wayne Causey 24 KCA 297 67% 77% 20% 29 93% 0 11 4 4 3 22 13 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
9 Billy Consolo 26 MIN 24 58% 75% 29% 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
10 Chuck Cottier 25 DET 71 63% 79% 23% 6 67% 0 7 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 Mike de la Hoz 22 CLE 682 64% 80% 24% 89 88% 1 43 23 20 0 59 45 11 0 0 6 1 3 2 4 6 3 0 2 0 0 6 3 2 0 0 0
12 Joe DeMaestri 32 NYY 421 66% 80% 29% 45 98% 0 14 8 4 2 38 28 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 4 1 1 0 1 7 5 2 1 1 0
13 Sammy Esposito 29 CHW 518 69% 76% 28% 46 91% 1 15 4 10 1 42 31 8 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
14 Chico Fernandez 29 DET 4275 62% 79% 24% 443 91% 2 208 115 70 24 306 231 66 2 2 23 1 17 5 22 59 20 9 7 5 5 49 29 17 6 3 3
15 Jim Fregosi 19 LAA 302 62% 72% 25% 35 89% 0 14 8 3 3 24 18 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
16 Pumpsie Green 27 BOS 2067 63% 76% 26% 203 88% 2 85 36 43 8 162 118 37 2 1 16 2 9 5 13 34 13 1 9 6 2 33 15 17 1 1 0
17 Ken Hamlin 26 LAA 1149 63% 72% 25% 118 92% 1 62 27 31 4 91 66 22 0 2 6 0 5 1 5 25 10 3 6 2 0 21 13 8 3 0 3
18 Ron Hansen 23 BAL 5547 61% 75% 26% 552 91% 3 253 123 110 20 440 328 91 1 10 30 2 19 9 24 109 36 8 27 13 9 94 45 49 13 7 5
19 Billy Harrell 32 BOS 123 57% 80% 30% 16 88% 0 9 5 3 1 9 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 Woodie Held 29 CLE 5631 58% 77% 23% 529 89% 5 253 127 99 28 396 274 100 2 9 27 1 12 14 18 92 35 4 28 6 3 79 39 38 10 4 3
21 Dick Howser 25 KCA 5993 64% 78% 26% 589 88% 0 276 133 118 27 422 305 108 0 3 38 2 23 13 30 87 36 6 25 4 2 79 42 33 7 3 4
22 Bob Johnson 25 WSA 2153 58% 80% 27% 235 91% 3 105 61 37 8 170 138 25 1 1 13 1 7 5 9 31 10 2 14 1 0 28 13 15 3 3 0
23 Billy Klaus 32 WSA 634 61% 82% 27% 64 94% 0 26 16 7 3 49 41 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 2 0 4 1 0 7 2 5 1 0 1
24 Joe Koppe 30 LAA 3439 62% 74% 24% 310 88% 4 121 55 54 14 244 177 56 1 3 21 2 11 8 13 51 20 2 13 8 1 45 22 22 4 2 2
25 Tony Kubek 25 NYY 5396 67% 77% 26% 601 92% 3 266 148 97 21 454 334 108 1 6 30 1 21 8 26 107 51 2 27 10 2 100 54 40 6 4 2
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 Jack Kubiszyn 24 CLE 69 48% 77% 23% 6 100% 0 6 1 4 1 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0
27 Gene Leek 24 LAA 160 68% 73% 28% 24 79% 0 16 6 10 0 19 16 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 6 0 0 5 1 0 6 0 6 0 0 0
28 Ted Lepcio 30 MIN 48 71% 75% 23% 7 43% 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Jim Mahoney 27 WSA 1125 64% 78% 26% 107 93% 0 62 29 29 4 90 66 21 0 4 5 0 3 2 3 26 7 2 11 2 2 25 9 16 1 1 0
30 Billy Martin 33 MIN 3 67% 100% 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
31 Dick McAuliffe 21 DET 1892 60% 78% 24% 165 87% 1 79 37 37 5 118 86 27 0 2 14 0 9 5 10 29 10 0 4 4 1 25 10 9 3 1 2
32 Billy Moran 27 LAA 75 68% 69% 28% 10 90% 0 2 2 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Brooks Robinson 24 BAL 8 50% 75% 25% 6 100% 0 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Pete Runnels 33 BOS 11 64% 91% 9% 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
35 Tom Satriano 20 LAA 14 50% 86% 7% 2 100% 0 1 1 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 Ron Stillwell 21 WSA 172 60% 79% 30% 13 69% 0 4 2 2 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
37 George Thomas 23 DET 26 42% 81% 15% 3 100% 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
38 Tom Tresh 23 NYY 52 65% 65% 25% 8 100% 0 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
39 Jose Valdivielso 27 MIN 1423 68% 77% 23% 119 92% 1 50 27 19 4 91 60 27 0 1 4 1 3 0 3 18 12 0 4 1 0 17 12 5 1 0 1
40 Coot Veal 28 WSA 2284 65% 80% 27% 244 89% 3 131 69 51 13 173 132 35 1 3 8 2 4 2 5 43 15 1 17 2 3 38 16 22 3 2 1
41 Zoilo Versalles 21 MIN 4879 65% 76% 25% 504 88% 1 229 119 94 16 372 274 83 0 10 29 3 17 9 20 73 29 4 19 6 4 66 34 29 6 2 3
42 Ozzie Virgil 29 DET 37 51% 57% 19% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LgAvg 705 63% 77% 25% 71 90% 0 33 17 13 3 53 39 12 0 1 4 0 2 1 3 11 4 1 3 1 1 10 5 5 1 0 0
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