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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 4 3.83 162 162 1452.0 795 311 471 13 89 .984 10.9 9.0 10.9 3.7 7.1 0
BOS 3 4.37 161 161 1449.2 756 312 415 29 92 .962 -3.1 -2.6 -3.1 -3.2 0.2 0
CHW 4 3.36 162 162 1469.0 861 286 554 21 113 .976 24.6 20.1 22.6 13.7 8.9 2
CLE 6 4.33 162 162 1469.0 724 277 409 38 65 .948 -11.8 -9.6 -9.8 -7.0 -2.9 -2
DET 4 4.34 162 162 1456.1 761 280 453 28 81 .963 -1.8 -1.5 0.2 -6.9 7.0 -2
KCA 5 4.35 162 162 1458.0 822 323 476 23 98 .972 8.1 6.7 9.1 4.5 4.6 -1
LAA 2 4.10 161 161 1455.1 824 298 496 30 96 .964 2.0 1.6 2.0 -7.5 9.5 0
MIN 2 3.74 161 161 1446.1 801 311 460 30 89 .963 2.0 1.7 2.0 -7.5 9.6 0
NYY 3 3.40 161 161 1449.1 804 279 506 19 101 .976 16.3 13.5 14.3 10.7 3.7 2
WSA 5 5.01 162 162 1447.0 863 281 534 48 114 .944 -0.0 -0.0 -1.0 2.2 -3.2 1
LgAvg 4 4.08 162 162 1455 801 296 477 28 94 .965 5 0 5 0 4 0
37 4.08 1616 1616 14552.0 8011 2958 4774 279 938 .965 47.2 3.9 47.2 2.7 44.5 0

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 6227 61% 77% 26% 631 96% 4 307 177 113 17 471 370 91 2 7 13 1 10 2 11 89 33 12 21 8 3 81 45 33 7 3 4
BOS 6349 56% 75% 23% 589 93% 0 306 187 102 17 419 319 88 0 4 29 2 23 4 22 93 30 3 34 8 1 82 34 43 9 5 2
CHW 6209 63% 77% 27% 671 94% 4 289 136 125 28 561 426 107 1 15 21 2 16 3 14 113 36 22 26 8 7 101 58 41 8 4 4
CLE 6348 59% 76% 24% 600 89% 3 276 157 95 23 414 316 81 3 5 37 0 33 4 29 66 23 7 22 5 0 58 30 27 4 3 1
DET 6351 61% 77% 25% 621 94% 2 284 164 100 21 457 338 103 0 4 28 3 20 5 21 81 39 7 19 3 1 72 46 23 5 4 1
KCA 6417 56% 77% 25% 656 94% 2 323 189 105 30 471 351 103 2 9 22 0 19 3 18 99 39 8 25 3 3 85 49 31 10 4 4
LAA 6346 57% 76% 28% 630 91% 3 293 139 121 33 489 365 104 3 9 31 0 29 2 24 97 30 7 27 10 3 84 38 41 10 2 5
MIN 6191 63% 77% 24% 651 92% 2 309 182 104 24 455 363 78 2 8 30 2 25 3 20 87 29 7 23 6 3 71 37 32 11 6 4
NYY 6062 62% 76% 30% 650 93% 7 277 148 110 20 502 376 106 2 5 19 1 10 8 15 101 40 13 26 1 6 92 54 37 8 5 3
WSA 6496 61% 80% 27% 709 88% 4 282 138 116 31 537 393 120 2 11 48 4 26 18 32 114 54 9 24 8 5 106 66 37 8 4 3
LgAvg 6300 60% 77% 26% 641 92% 3 295 162 109 24 478 362 98 2 8 28 2 21 5 21 94 35 10 25 6 3 83 46 35 8 4 3
62996 60% 77% 26% 6408 92% 31 2946 1617 1091 244 4776 3617 981 17 77 278 15 211 52 206 940 353 95 247 60 32 832 457 345 80 40 31

* 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 Luis Aparicio 29 BAL 145 145 1274.1 690 275 403 12 76 .983 7.2 6.8 6.2 4.1 2.1 1 4.79 4.68
2 Clete Boyer 26 NYY 9 9 80.0 54 18 34 2 8 .963 1.8 27.0 1.8 -0.2 2.1 0 5.85 5.78
3 Marv Breeding 29 WSA 2 0 5.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 7.20 2.00
4 Eddie Bressoud 31 BOS 137 137 1233.2 635 260 351 24 76 .962 -2.4 -2.3 -2.4 -2.2 -0.2 0 4.46 4.46
5 Ed Brinkman 21 WSA 143 143 1262.1 740 241 462 37 97 .950 4.2 4.0 3.2 2.2 1.0 1 5.01 4.92
6 Larry Brown 23 CLE 46 45 398.0 210 71 126 13 17 .938 0.1 0.3 1.1 2.3 -1.2 -1 4.45 4.28
7 Wayne Causey 26 KCA 135 135 1189.0 683 266 402 15 81 .978 10.4 10.5 10.4 5.7 4.7 0 5.06 4.95
8 Chuck Cottier 27 WSA 24 18 167.2 107 33 65 9 16 .916 -3.3 -23.6 -3.3 0.3 -3.6 0 5.26 4.08
9 Mike de la Hoz 24 CLE 2 0 1.2 8 2 4 2 0 .750 -0.2 -144.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 32.40 3.00
10 Sammy Esposito 31 KCA 4 2 22.0 12 4 6 2 1 .833 -1.7 -92.7 -1.7 -0.9 -0.8 0 4.09 2.50
11 Chico Fernandez 31 DET 14 14 129.2 76 30 42 4 8 .947 0.7 6.5 0.7 1.2 -0.5 0 5.00 5.14
12 Jim Fregosi 21 LAA 151 150 1321.0 744 271 446 27 90 .964 0.6 0.5 -0.4 -8.8 8.4 1 4.88 4.75
13 Johnny Goryl 29 MIN 7 4 36.0 22 10 12 0 2 1.000 1.2 40.0 1.2 -0.1 1.3 0 5.50 3.14
14 Dick Green 22 KCA 6 5 52.0 34 9 23 2 3 .941 0.9 20.8 1.9 1.5 0.4 -1 5.54 5.33
15 Ron Hansen 25 CHW 144 140 1268.2 743 247 483 13 95 .983 25.0 23.6 23.0 13.7 9.3 2 5.18 5.07
16 Woodie Held 31 CLE 5 0 9.0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 4.00 0.80
17 Chuck Hinton 29 WSA 2 0 3.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 12.00 2.00
18 Dick Howser 27 TOT 54 52 450.0 225 101 113 11 21 .951 -7.4 -19.7 -6.4 -6.4 -0.1 -1 4.28 3.96
19 Dick Howser 27 KCA 10 10 89.0 46 21 23 2 6 .957 -0.9 -12.1 -0.9 -1.1 0.2 0 4.45 4.40
20 Dick Howser 27 CLE 44 42 361.0 179 80 90 9 15 .950 -6.5 -21.6 -5.5 -5.3 -0.3 -1 4.24 3.86
21 Bob Johnson 27 BAL 7 6 61.0 37 13 23 1 2 .973 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.2 2.1 -1 5.31 5.14
22 John Kennedy 22 WSA 2 1 9.0 7 3 3 1 1 .857 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.00 3.00
23 Jerry Kindall 28 CLE 46 35 347.0 167 63 97 7 15 .958 -0.2 -0.7 -0.2 -1.4 1.2 0 4.15 3.48
24 Joe Koppe 32 LAA 19 11 134.1 80 27 50 3 6 .963 1.4 12.5 2.4 1.3 1.1 -1 5.16 4.05
25 Tony Kubek 27 NYY 132 132 1185.0 643 227 403 13 80 .980 10.5 10.6 9.5 9.5 0.0 1 4.78 4.77
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Tony LaRussa 18 KCA 14 10 106.0 47 23 22 2 7 .957 -0.6 -6.8 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 3.82 3.21
27 Phil Linz 24 NYY 22 20 184.1 107 34 69 4 13 .963 4.0 26.0 3.0 1.4 1.6 1 5.03 4.68
28 Felix Mantilla 28 BOS 27 23 207.0 115 49 62 4 16 .965 -0.2 -1.2 -0.2 -1.0 0.9 0 4.83 4.11
29 Tony Martinez 23 CLE 41 40 352.1 155 59 90 6 17 .961 -4.6 -15.7 -4.6 -2.3 -2.3 0 3.81 3.63
30 Dick McAuliffe 23 DET 133 133 1177.2 598 220 356 22 68 .963 -2.7 -2.8 -1.7 -6.8 5.1 -1 4.40 4.33
31 Rico Petrocelli 20 BOS 1 1 9.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 5.00 5.00
32 Brooks Robinson 26 BAL 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.00 1.00
33 Bob Saverine 22 BAL 13 11 113.2 67 23 44 0 11 1.000 3.4 35.9 3.4 0.8 2.6 0 5.30 5.15
34 Charley Smith 25 CHW 1 1 9.0 8 3 5 0 4 1.000 0.3 40.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 8.00 8.00
35 Coot Veal 30 DET 12 9 83.2 50 14 35 1 1 .980 -0.2 -2.9 0.8 -1.7 2.4 -1 5.27 4.08
36 Zoilo Versalles 23 MIN 159 157 1410.1 779 301 448 30 87 .961 0.8 0.7 0.8 -7.4 8.3 0 4.78 4.71
37 Pete Ward 25 CHW 1 0 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 10.80 2.00
38 Al Weis 25 CHW 27 21 189.2 108 35 65 8 13 .926 -0.7 -4.4 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 4.75 3.70
39 Don Wert 24 DET 8 6 65.1 37 16 20 1 4 .973 0.4 7.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 4.96 4.50
LgAvg 18 17 157 87 32 52 3 10 .966 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.80 4.58

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 Luis Aparicio 29 BAL 5458 62% 77% 25% 544 96% 4 271 157 99 15 402 319 75 2 7 12 1 9 2 10 75 25 11 20 7 2 69 36 30 5 1 4
2 Clete Boyer 26 NYY 327 65% 78% 30% 43 95% 0 19 11 7 1 34 20 11 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 8 3 1 1 0 0 6 4 1 2 2 0
3 Marv Breeding 29 WSA 23 61% 78% 30% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Eddie Bressoud 31 BOS 5381 56% 75% 23% 496 92% 0 254 154 84 15 355 273 72 0 4 24 0 20 4 19 77 24 2 29 8 0 68 27 37 7 4 2
5 Ed Brinkman 21 WSA 5653 61% 79% 28% 617 88% 2 245 121 100 27 465 349 97 2 8 37 3 22 12 23 97 44 8 19 8 5 90 55 32 7 3 3
6 Larry Brown 23 CLE 1697 59% 78% 26% 174 89% 1 71 38 29 4 125 105 17 0 1 13 0 13 0 10 17 4 2 8 1 0 16 6 9 0 0 0
7 Wayne Causey 26 KCA 5254 56% 77% 25% 542 95% 2 266 158 85 24 393 288 89 2 9 14 0 11 3 11 82 34 6 19 2 2 69 42 23 10 4 4
8 Chuck Cottier 27 WSA 754 61% 82% 28% 81 86% 1 31 14 15 2 65 39 21 0 2 9 0 3 6 8 16 10 1 4 0 0 15 11 4 1 1 0
9 Mike de la Hoz 24 CLE 8 50% 75% 38% 2 50% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sammy Esposito 31 KCA 97 59% 79% 22% 9 67% 0 4 2 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 Chico Fernandez 31 DET 541 62% 79% 26% 64 88% 1 32 17 13 2 44 32 9 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 1 2 1 0 7 3 3 0 0 0
12 Jim Fregosi 21 LAA 5741 57% 76% 28% 565 90% 2 265 126 110 29 440 327 95 2 9 28 0 26 2 21 91 26 7 26 10 3 79 34 40 9 2 4
13 Johnny Goryl 29 MIN 156 75% 80% 28% 17 100% 0 10 5 5 0 12 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
14 Dick Green 22 KCA 231 57% 80% 32% 29 86% 0 8 3 5 0 23 19 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
15 Ron Hansen 25 CHW 5347 63% 78% 27% 588 94% 3 246 119 107 20 489 375 89 1 13 13 2 9 2 9 95 31 20 19 6 7 85 51 32 7 3 4
16 Woodie Held 31 CLE 36 64% 61% 19% 3 67% 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 Chuck Hinton 29 WSA 20 40% 80% 10% 3 100% 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Dick Howser 27 KCA 380 56% 77% 25% 34 94% 0 21 12 6 3 24 21 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 0 3 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
19 Dick Howser 27 CLE 1550 59% 77% 25% 149 86% 0 80 46 28 6 92 70 20 0 0 9 0 7 2 7 16 4 1 7 1 0 13 5 8 0 0 0
20 Bob Johnson 27 BAL 270 58% 76% 28% 28 93% 0 12 5 6 1 22 16 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
21 John Kennedy 22 WSA 46 37% 74% 24% 6 67% 1 2 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 Jerry Kindall 28 CLE 1500 58% 76% 24% 144 92% 1 62 40 14 7 103 70 27 2 2 7 0 7 0 6 15 7 2 4 0 0 13 9 4 2 1 1
23 Joe Koppe 32 LAA 605 55% 75% 27% 65 92% 1 28 13 11 4 49 38 9 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 6 4 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1
24 Tony Kubek 27 NYY 4955 61% 76% 30% 518 92% 5 223 118 94 11 400 306 79 2 1 13 0 7 6 11 80 30 9 23 1 6 74 40 34 5 3 2
25 Tony LaRussa 18 KCA 455 54% 76% 25% 42 86% 0 24 14 7 3 25 17 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 3 1 2 0 0 7 4 2 0 0 0
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 Phil Linz 24 NYY 780 64% 74% 28% 89 96% 2 35 19 9 8 68 50 16 0 3 4 1 1 2 2 13 7 3 2 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1
27 Felix Mantilla 28 BOS 921 51% 78% 24% 87 97% 0 49 30 18 2 62 45 15 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 16 6 1 5 0 1 14 7 6 2 1 0
28 Tony Martinez 23 CLE 1557 62% 73% 22% 128 89% 1 60 32 23 5 91 70 16 1 2 6 0 5 1 4 17 8 2 3 2 0 15 10 5 2 2 0
29 Dick McAuliffe 23 DET 5143 61% 76% 24% 483 94% 0 222 128 80 15 358 262 86 0 3 22 3 16 3 16 68 35 6 15 2 1 61 41 18 5 4 1
30 Rico Petrocelli 20 BOS 47 66% 72% 11% 6 83% 0 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Brooks Robinson 26 BAL 10 60% 60% 40% 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
32 Bob Saverine 22 BAL 489 57% 76% 26% 58 97% 0 24 15 8 1 46 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 1 1 1 1 10 7 3 2 2 0
33 Charley Smith 25 CHW 35 77% 77% 23% 4 100% 0 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
34 Coot Veal 30 DET 375 66% 82% 29% 41 93% 0 14 7 4 3 35 31 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
35 Zoilo Versalles 23 MIN 6035 63% 77% 24% 634 91% 2 299 177 99 24 443 355 74 2 8 30 2 25 3 20 85 28 6 23 6 3 69 35 32 11 6 4
36 Pete Ward 25 CHW 8 63% 75% 25% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
37 Al Weis 25 CHW 819 62% 75% 27% 77 94% 1 39 15 16 8 66 48 15 0 2 8 0 7 1 5 13 2 2 6 1 0 11 4 7 1 1 0
38 Don Wert 24 DET 292 61% 78% 24% 33 97% 1 16 12 3 1 20 13 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
LgAvg 700 60% 77% 26% 71 92% 0 33 18 12 3 53 40 11 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 10 4 1 3 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 0
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