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1956 Major League Baseball CenterField

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Team & League Standard Fielding--CF

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Tm #Fld R/G G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof
BAL 5 4.58 154 154 1360.2 440 424 9 7 3 .984 -9.4 -8.3 -0.4 3.4 -3.7 -9
BOS 3 4.85 155 155 1398.0 483 468 10 5 1 .990 32.5 27.9 26.5 11.4 15.1 6
BRO 5 3.90 154 154 1368.2 398 382 10 6 1 .985 13.9 12.2 13.9 5.4 8.6 0
CHC 4 4.51 157 157 1391.2 432 419 9 4 1 .991 4.8 4.1 1.8 4.6 -2.7 3
CHW 4 4.12 154 154 1389.0 450 440 4 6 2 .987 4.7 4.1 7.7 2.7 5.0 -3
CIN 3 4.25 155 155 1389.0 356 339 12 5 4 .986 -24.3 -21.0 -24.3 -15.2 -9.1 0
CLE 3 3.75 155 155 1384.0 452 441 7 4 0 .991 10.7 9.3 13.7 2.1 11.6 -3
DET 3 4.51 155 155 1379.0 440 413 16 11 3 .975 -6.5 -5.7 -10.5 -8.8 -1.7 4
KCA 6 5.40 154 154 1370.1 400 372 19 9 4 .978 -13.5 -11.8 -12.5 -5.6 -6.8 -1
MLN 2 3.67 155 155 1393.1 468 442 12 14 2 .970 11.4 9.8 11.4 4.6 6.8 0
NYG 3 4.22 154 154 1377.0 447 424 14 9 6 .980 13.3 11.6 11.3 6.1 5.2 2
NYY 3 4.10 154 154 1381.2 419 403 11 5 4 .988 4.0 3.5 -1.0 -1.9 0.9 5
PHI 3 4.79 154 154 1377.1 522 502 11 9 4 .983 16.0 13.9 16.0 10.4 5.6 0
PIT 5 4.16 157 157 1376.1 435 416 11 8 1 .982 -4.7 -4.1 -1.7 1.4 -3.1 -3
STL 8 4.47 156 156 1388.2 412 392 12 8 2 .981 3.1 2.7 0.1 -1.2 1.1 3
WSH 3 5.96 155 155 1368.2 396 377 11 8 0 .980 -23.6 -20.7 -22.6 -12.9 -9.9 -1
LgAvg 4 4.45 155 155 1381 434 416 11 7 2 .983 2 0 2 0 1 0
58 4.45 2478 2478 22093.1 6950 6654 178 118 38 .983 32.4 1.8 29.4 6.5 22.9 3

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Tm Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
BAL 7 0 7 0 1 9 0 2 2 3 54 29 1 55 4 1 6 4 0 21 3 1 42 22 0 178 62 34.8% 113 3 1.7% 6 6047 61% 79% 27% 745 58%
BOS 5 0 5 0 0 10 0 4 1 2 62 48 1 70 12 2 12 5 0 15 4 0 35 28 0 194 97 50.0% 94 3 1.5% 7 6145 61% 77% 27% 770 60%
BRO 6 0 4 2 1 10 0 4 4 1 53 29 2 34 4 0 7 3 1 22 6 0 22 16 1 138 58 42.0% 76 4 2.9% 6 5801 60% 79% 37% 658 59%
CHC 2 0 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 3 36 26 1 28 3 0 6 2 1 26 8 0 17 14 0 113 53 46.9% 58 2 1.8% 3 4232 59% 77% 31% 467 62%
CHW 6 0 5 1 0 4 0 3 1 0 78 47 0 63 3 0 15 7 0 20 6 0 36 29 2 212 92 43.4% 117 2 0.9% 2 6039 67% 79% 29% 839 53%
CIN 5 0 5 0 0 12 0 3 3 2 45 22 3 36 5 1 11 4 0 25 3 0 26 24 0 143 58 40.6% 81 4 2.8% 8 6028 62% 81% 30% 595 58%
CLE 4 0 4 0 1 7 0 4 1 1 78 43 1 52 8 1 7 1 0 30 8 0 32 24 0 199 84 42.2% 113 2 1.0% 5 6024 63% 76% 29% 768 58%
DET 11 0 11 0 1 16 0 3 5 6 67 40 1 62 12 1 13 2 1 28 7 2 42 36 0 212 97 45.8% 110 5 2.4% 11 6205 62% 76% 28% 793 53%
KCA 9 0 7 2 1 15 1 4 5 2 68 45 1 53 3 1 9 3 0 22 1 1 30 25 1 182 77 42.3% 101 4 2.2% 11 6140 62% 78% 26% 689 54%
MLN 9 0 7 2 2 9 0 1 5 1 28 14 3 36 6 1 5 0 0 13 2 0 25 19 0 107 41 38.3% 62 4 3.7% 5 4024 60% 81% 31% 487 63%
NYG 6 0 6 0 0 12 0 2 1 5 38 21 0 36 11 2 1 0 0 17 3 2 21 20 0 113 55 48.7% 54 4 3.5% 8 4605 63% 77% 28% 518 64%
NYY 5 0 5 0 3 11 0 3 1 6 66 44 0 48 8 3 9 3 0 27 7 2 26 20 2 176 82 46.6% 87 7 4.0% 4 6057 62% 77% 27% 718 57%
PHI 9 1 8 0 0 11 0 3 4 3 59 34 4 49 5 0 7 2 0 26 5 2 42 35 0 183 81 44.3% 96 6 3.3% 5 5900 65% 80% 32% 789 64%
PIT 5 0 5 0 2 6 1 3 2 1 37 20 1 28 2 1 5 2 0 15 2 0 19 13 1 104 39 37.5% 62 3 2.9% 3 3825 57% 80% 30% 449 60%
STL 8 0 8 0 3 12 0 3 2 3 58 35 2 40 8 1 6 1 2 25 4 0 37 32 0 166 80 48.2% 81 5 3.0% 7 6059 62% 79% 28% 716 56%
WSH 8 0 8 0 4 11 0 5 3 1 79 49 2 65 4 0 16 4 1 19 5 0 33 26 0 212 88 41.5% 121 3 1.4% 8 6444 66% 78% 26% 754 51%
LgAvg 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 1 1 35 22 0 29 3 1 5 2 0 11 3 0 17 13 0 98 42 43.4% 54 2 1.9% 3 3069 63% 77% 27% 380 56%
55 0 52 3 11 83 1 28 19 21 552 345 7 468 54 9 87 29 2 182 41 6 276 210 5 1565 679 43.4% 856 29 1.9% 54 49101 63% 77% 27% 6076 56%
LgAvg 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 1 1 22 13 1 18 3 0 3 1 0 11 2 0 13 11 0 67 29 43.6% 36 2 3.0% 3 2530 61% 79% 31% 292 61%
50 1 45 4 10 77 1 19 22 19 354 201 16 287 44 6 48 14 4 169 33 4 209 173 2 1067 465 43.6% 570 32 3.0% 45 40474 61% 79% 31% 4679 61%

* 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--CF

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Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G
1 Sandy Amoros 26 BRO NL 5 3 33.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -10.9 -0.3 -0.7 0.3 0 2.45 1.80
2 Richie Ashburn 29 PHI NL 154 154 1368.1 521 501 11 9 4 .983 16.3 14.3 16.3 10.4 5.9 0 3.37 3.32
3 Frank Baumholtz 37 PHI NL 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00
4 Gus Bell 27 CIN NL 149 149 1330.0 341 324 12 5 4 .985 -23.3 -21.0 -23.3 -14.1 -9.2 0 2.27 2.26
5 Bob Bowman 25 PHI NL 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00
6 Jackie Brandt 22 TOT NL 24 13 128.0 39 38 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -9.4 1.0 0.1 0.8 -2 2.74 1.63
7 Jackie Brandt 22 STL NL 20 10 103.0 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 -1.7 -19.8 0.3 -0.1 0.3 -2 2.80 1.60
8 Jackie Brandt 22 NYG NL 4 3 25.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 33.6 0.7 0.2 0.5 0 2.52 1.75
9 Bill Bruton 30 MLN NL 145 138 1246.1 422 397 11 14 2 .967 12.5 12.0 12.5 4.5 8.0 0 2.95 2.81
10 Jim Busby 29 CLE AL 133 122 1116.2 355 347 4 4 0 .989 8.7 9.3 10.7 0.4 10.3 -2 2.83 2.64
11 Bob Cerv 30 NYY AL 15 9 100.0 30 28 1 1 1 .967 -2.1 -25.2 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 -1 2.61 1.93
12 Gino Cimoli 26 BRO NL 8 1 26.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 41.5 0.9 1.1 -0.1 0 3.12 1.13
13 Roberto Clemente 21 PIT NL 23 18 165.1 55 51 1 3 0 .945 1.6 11.6 2.6 2.1 0.5 -1 2.83 2.26
14 Joe Collins 33 NYY AL 7 1 20.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 66.0 1.1 -0.3 1.4 0 3.60 1.14
15 Bobby Del Greco 23 TOT NL 107 90 785.1 231 223 4 4 0 .983 3.9 6.0 0.9 1.5 -0.6 3 2.60 2.12
16 Bobby Del Greco 23 PIT NL 8 3 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 2.88 1.00
17 Bobby Del Greco 23 STL NL 99 87 760.1 223 215 4 4 0 .982 3.9 6.2 0.9 1.3 -0.4 3 2.59 2.21
18 Jim Delsing 30 CHW AL 7 0 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 -0.5 0.6 0 2.12 0.57
19 Don Demeter 21 BRO NL 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00
20 Chuck Diering 33 BAL AL 35 23 223.2 66 63 3 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -2.1 -1.4 -0.5 -0.9 1 2.66 1.89
21 Larry Doby 32 CHW AL 137 136 1205.1 387 378 4 5 2 .987 5.0 5.0 7.0 2.3 4.8 -2 2.85 2.79
22 Solly Drake 25 CHC NL 53 52 461.1 143 138 4 1 1 .993 1.6 4.2 0.6 3.0 -2.4 1 2.77 2.68
23 Hoot Evers 35 BAL AL 2 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.38 1.50
24 Tito Francona 22 BAL AL 41 30 263.0 90 86 1 3 0 .967 -3.8 -17.3 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 -3 2.98 2.12
25 Carl Furillo 34 BRO NL 3 3 20.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 64.9 1.1 1.1 0.1 0 3.10 2.33
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G
26 Johnny Groth 29 KCA AL 56 44 416.0 107 103 4 0 2 1.000 -5.6 -16.2 -5.6 -3.8 -1.8 0 2.31 1.91
27 Chuck Harmon 32 TOT NL 5 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -13.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.00 0.80
28 Chuck Harmon 32 CIN NL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
29 Chuck Harmon 32 STL NL 4 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -15.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.25 1.00
30 Whitey Herzog 24 WSH AL 82 79 684.1 213 200 8 5 0 .977 -13.3 -23.3 -13.3 -9.0 -4.4 0 2.74 2.54
31 Al Kaline 21 DET AL 10 9 85.0 34 30 3 1 1 .971 -0.4 -5.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 3.49 3.30
32 Whitey Lockman 29 TOT NL 26 22 195.0 55 51 1 3 0 .945 -2.2 -13.5 -1.2 -1.4 0.2 -1 2.40 2.00
33 Whitey Lockman 29 NYG NL 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.00 1.00
34 Whitey Lockman 29 STL NL 25 21 186.0 54 50 1 3 0 .944 -2.1 -13.5 -1.1 -1.4 0.3 -1 2.47 2.04
35 Hector Lopez 26 KCA AL 20 20 173.0 49 44 3 2 0 .959 -3.6 -25.0 -2.6 -0.5 -2.1 -1 2.45 2.35
36 Mickey Mantle 24 NYY AL 144 144 1261.2 381 367 10 4 3 .990 5.0 4.8 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 6 2.69 2.62
37 Willie Mays 25 NYG NL 152 150 1343.0 439 416 14 9 6 .979 12.7 11.3 10.7 5.9 4.8 2 2.88 2.83
38 Eddie Miksis 29 CHC NL 25 21 191.2 51 50 0 1 0 .980 -1.2 -7.5 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 0 2.35 2.00
39 Wally Moon 26 STL NL 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 2.25 2.00
40 Eddie O'Brien 25 PIT NL 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -240.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
41 Karl Olson 25 WSH AL 85 75 672.1 180 175 3 2 0 .989 -8.9 -15.9 -7.9 -2.9 -5.0 -1 2.38 2.09
42 Ernie Oravetz 24 WSH AL 3 1 12.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1.4 -140.0 -1.4 -1.0 -0.5 0 1.50 0.67
43 Charlie Peete 27 STL NL 21 13 130.2 40 37 3 0 1 1.000 2.1 19.3 1.1 0.5 0.5 1 2.76 1.90
44 Bubba Phillips 28 CHW AL 7 5 42.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -68.6 -1.4 -1.3 -0.2 -1 2.79 1.86
45 Jim Piersall 26 BOS AL 155 155 1373.0 471 457 10 4 1 .992 31.1 27.2 25.1 10.7 14.3 6 3.06 3.01
46 Al Pilarcik 25 KCA AL 64 59 526.0 163 151 8 4 1 .975 -2.2 -5.0 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 1 2.72 2.48
47 Jim Pisoni 26 KCA AL 9 9 74.1 30 25 4 1 1 .967 0.4 6.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 0 3.51 3.22
48 Dave Pope 35 CLE AL 12 12 95.0 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.3 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 1 2.65 2.33
49 Jim Pyburn 23 BAL AL 64 34 338.2 109 102 4 3 3 .972 -6.0 -21.3 -2.0 0.5 -2.5 -4 2.82 1.66
50 Rip Repulski 27 STL NL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G
51 Jim Rivera 33 CHW AL 17 13 124.2 46 45 0 1 0 .978 2.0 19.3 2.0 2.2 -0.2 0 3.25 2.65
52 Frank Robinson 20 CIN NL 8 6 57.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -21.1 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 0 2.37 1.88
53 Harry Simpson 30 KCA AL 23 22 180.0 51 49 0 2 0 .961 -2.5 -16.7 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 -1 2.45 2.13
54 Enos Slaughter 40 KCA AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
55 Jim Small 19 DET AL 14 13 109.0 42 41 0 1 0 .976 2.5 27.5 1.5 -0.4 1.9 1 3.39 2.93
56 Al Smith 28 CLE AL 21 21 172.1 69 67 2 0 0 1.000 1.9 13.2 3.9 2.5 1.4 -2 3.60 3.29
57 Duke Snider 29 BRO NL 150 147 1287.1 372 356 10 6 1 .984 12.0 11.2 12.0 3.9 8.1 0 2.56 2.44
58 Gene Stephens 23 BOS AL 2 0 12.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 0.7 70.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 4.50 3.00
59 Bobby Thomson 32 MLN NL 23 17 147.0 46 45 1 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -9.0 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 0 2.82 2.00
60 Faye Throneberry 25 BOS AL 2 0 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 64.6 0.7 0.0 0.8 0 3.46 2.50
61 Bill Tuttle 26 DET AL 137 133 1185.0 364 342 13 9 2 .975 -8.6 -8.7 -11.6 -8.4 -3.2 3 2.70 2.59
62 Bill Virdon 25 TOT NL 154 148 1296.2 404 387 12 5 1 .988 -2.7 -2.5 -3.7 -1.7 -2.0 1 2.77 2.59
63 Bill Virdon 25 STL NL 24 22 183.2 57 54 2 1 0 .982 1.8 11.8 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 2 2.74 2.33
64 Bill Virdon 25 PIT NL 130 126 1113.0 347 333 10 4 1 .988 -4.5 -4.9 -3.5 -0.9 -2.6 -1 2.77 2.64
65 Gale Wade 27 CHC NL 3 2 18.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 -0.4 -0.3 0 3.50 2.33
66 Lee Walls 23 PIT NL 11 10 70.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 -1.2 -20.6 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 -1 3.09 2.18
67 Pete Whisenant 26 CHC NL 83 82 720.2 230 224 5 1 0 .996 5.2 8.7 3.2 1.5 1.7 2 2.86 2.76
68 Dick Williams 27 BAL AL 66 66 527.1 172 170 1 1 0 .994 0.5 1.1 3.5 2.1 1.5 -3 2.92 2.59
LgAvg

Player Advanced Fielding -- cf

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Rk Age Tm Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
LgAvg
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