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1963 American League Shortstop

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Team & League Standard Fielding--SS

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rdp
BAL 4 3.83 162 162 158 1452.0 795 311 471 13 89 .984 11 9 11 0
BOS 3 4.37 161 161 158 1449.2 756 312 415 29 92 .962 -3 -3 -3 0
CHW 4 3.36 162 162 151 1469.0 861 286 554 21 113 .976 25 20 23 2
CLE 6 4.33 162 162 142 1469.0 724 277 409 38 65 .948 -12 -10 -10 -2
DET 4 4.34 162 162 157 1456.1 761 280 453 28 81 .963 -2 -1 0 -2
KCA 5 4.35 162 162 155 1458.0 822 323 476 23 98 .972 8 7 9 -1
LAA 2 4.10 161 161 152 1455.1 824 298 496 30 96 .964 2 2 2 0
MIN 2 3.74 161 161 156 1446.1 801 311 460 30 89 .963 2 2 2 0
NYY 3 3.40 161 161 159 1449.1 804 279 506 19 101 .976 16 13 14 2
WSA 5 5.01 162 162 153 1447.0 863 281 534 48 114 .944 -0 -0 -1 1
LgAvg 4 4.08 162 162 154 1455 801 296 477 28 94 .965 5 0 5 0
37 4.08 1616 1616 1541 14552.0 8011 2958 4774 279 938 .965 47 4 47 0

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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 6098 63% 78% 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 6203 57% 77% 24% 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 6059 65% 79% 28% 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 6195 61% 78% 25% 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 6204 63% 79% 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 6225 58% 80% 26% 657 94% 2 325 190 106 30 471 351 103 2 9 22 0 19 3 18 99 39 8 25 3 3 85 49 31 10 4 4
LAA 6183 58% 78% 29% 633 91% 3 296 141 122 33 490 366 104 3 9 31 0 29 2 24 97 30 7 27 10 3 84 38 41 10 2 5
MIN 6037 65% 79% 25% 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 5942 63% 77% 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 6301 63% 82% 28% 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 6145 61% 79% 27% 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
61447 61% 79% 27% 6412 92% 31 2951 1620 1093 244 4777 3618 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Player Standard Fielding--SS

Rk Age Tm G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rdp RF/9 RF/G
1 Luis Aparicio 29 BAL 145 145 142 1274.1 690 275 403 12 76 .983 7 7 6 1 4.79 4.68
2 Clete Boyer 26 NYY 9 9 9 80.0 54 18 34 2 8 .963 2 27 2 0 5.85 5.78
3 Marv Breeding 29 WSA 2 0 0 5.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -0 -72 -0 0 7.20 2.00
4 Eddie Bressoud 31 BOS 137 137 134 1233.2 635 260 351 24 76 .962 -2 -2 -2 0 4.46 4.46
5 Ed Brinkman 21 WSA 143 143 134 1262.1 740 241 462 37 97 .950 4 4 3 1 5.01 4.92
6 Larry Brown 23 CLE 46 45 40 398.0 210 71 126 13 17 .938 0 0 1 -1 4.45 4.28
7 Wayne Causey 26 KCA 135 135 129 1189.0 683 266 402 15 81 .978 10 10 10 0 5.06 4.95
8 Chuck Cottier 27 WSA 24 18 18 167.2 107 33 65 9 16 .916 -3 -24 -3 0 5.26 4.08
9 Mike de la Hoz 24 CLE 2 0 0 1.2 8 2 4 2 0 .750 -0 -144 -0 0 32.40 3.00
10 Sammy Esposito 31 KCA 4 2 1 22.0 12 4 6 2 1 .833 -2 -93 -2 0 4.09 2.50
11 Chico Fernandez 31 DET 14 14 11 129.2 76 30 42 4 8 .947 1 6 1 0 5.00 5.14
12 Jim Fregosi 21 LAA 151 150 142 1321.0 744 271 446 27 90 .964 1 1 -0 1 4.88 4.75
13 Johnny Goryl 29 MIN 7 4 2 36.0 22 10 12 0 2 1.000 1 40 1 0 5.50 3.14
14 Dick Green 22 KCA 6 5 5 52.0 34 9 23 2 3 .941 1 21 2 -1 5.54 5.33
15 Ron Hansen 25 CHW 144 140 134 1268.2 743 247 483 13 95 .983 25 24 23 2 5.18 5.07
16 Woodie Held 31 CLE 5 0 0 9.0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 -0 -53 -0 0 4.00 0.80
17 Chuck Hinton 29 WSA 2 0 0 3.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 -0 0 12.00 2.00
18 Dick Howser 27 TOT 54 52 47 450.0 225 101 113 11 21 .951 -7 -20 -6 -1 4.28 3.96
19 Dick Howser 27 KCA 10 10 10 89.0 46 21 23 2 6 .957 -1 -12 -1 0 4.45 4.40
20 Dick Howser 27 CLE 44 42 37 361.0 179 80 90 9 15 .950 -6 -22 -6 -1 4.24 3.86
21 Bob Johnson 27 BAL 7 6 5 61.0 37 13 23 1 2 .973 0 0 1 -1 5.31 5.14
22 John Kennedy 22 WSA 2 1 1 9.0 7 3 3 1 1 .857 -0 -40 -0 0 6.00 3.00
23 Jerry Kindall 28 CLE 46 35 30 347.0 167 63 97 7 15 .958 -0 -1 -0 0 4.15 3.48
24 Joe Koppe 32 LAA 19 11 10 134.1 80 27 50 3 6 .963 1 13 2 -1 5.16 4.05
25 Tony Kubek 27 NYY 132 132 130 1185.0 643 227 403 13 80 .980 10 11 10 1 4.78 4.77
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Tony LaRussa 18 KCA 14 10 10 106.0 47 23 22 2 7 .957 -1 -7 -1 0 3.82 3.21
27 Phil Linz 24 NYY 22 20 20 184.1 107 34 69 4 13 .963 4 26 3 1 5.03 4.68
28 Felix Mantilla 28 BOS 27 23 23 207.0 115 49 62 4 16 .965 -0 -1 -0 0 4.83 4.11
29 Tony Martinez 23 CLE 41 40 35 352.1 155 59 90 6 17 .961 -5 -16 -5 0 3.81 3.63
30 Dick McAuliffe 23 DET 133 133 131 1177.2 598 220 356 22 68 .963 -3 -3 -2 -1 4.40 4.33
31 Rico Petrocelli 20 BOS 1 1 1 9.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0 -67 -0 0 5.00 5.00
32 Brooks Robinson 26 BAL 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 0 0 3.00 1.00
33 Bob Saverine 22 BAL 13 11 11 113.2 67 23 44 0 11 1.000 3 36 3 0 5.30 5.15
34 Charley Smith 25 CHW 1 1 1 9.0 8 3 5 0 4 1.000 0 40 0 0 8.00 8.00
35 Coot Veal 30 DET 12 9 9 83.2 50 14 35 1 1 .980 -0 -3 1 -1 5.27 4.08
36 Zoilo Versalles 23 MIN 159 157 154 1410.1 779 301 448 30 87 .961 1 1 1 0 4.78 4.71
37 Pete Ward 25 CHW 1 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 10.80 2.00
38 Al Weis 25 CHW 27 21 16 189.2 108 35 65 8 13 .926 -1 -4 -1 0 4.75 3.70
39 Don Wert 24 DET 8 6 6 65.1 37 16 20 1 4 .973 0 7 0 0 4.96 4.50
LgAvg 18 17 17 157 87 32 52 3 10 .966 1 0 1 0 4.80 4.58

Player Advanced Fielding -- ss

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
1 Luis Aparicio 29 BAL 5344 63% 78% 26% 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 323 66% 79% 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 21 67% 86% 33% 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 5256 58% 76% 24% 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 5492 63% 82% 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 1658 60% 79% 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 5098 58% 80% 26% 543 95% 2 268 159 86 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 723 63% 85% 29% 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 7 57% 86% 43% 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 93 61% 83% 23% 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 530 63% 81% 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 5605 58% 78% 29% 568 90% 2 268 128 111 29 441 328 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 154 76% 81% 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 223 59% 83% 33% 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 5216 65% 80% 28% 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 CLE 1505 61% 80% 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
19 Dick Howser 27 KCA 371 57% 79% 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
20 Bob Johnson 27 BAL 265 59% 77% 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 45 38% 76% 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 1467 59% 78% 25% 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 578 57% 79% 29% 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 4858 62% 78% 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 440 56% 79% 26% 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 761 66% 76% 29% 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 900 52% 80% 25% 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 1522 63% 75% 23% 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 5023 62% 78% 25% 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 479 58% 78% 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 365 68% 84% 30% 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 5883 64% 79% 25% 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 800 63% 77% 28% 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 286 62% 80% 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 683 61% 79% 27% 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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