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1959 Major League Baseball 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 7 4.01 155 155 1400.1 771 256 491 24 109 .969 5.1 4.4 1.1 0.4 0.9 4
BOS 5 4.52 154 154 1364.0 770 268 461 41 96 .947 -12.8 -11.3 -12.8 -3.4 -9.4 0
CHC 3 4.44 155 155 1391.0 807 275 520 12 95 .985 21.7 18.7 21.7 3.8 18.0 0
CHW 2 3.77 156 156 1425.1 815 299 492 24 92 .971 8.9 7.5 8.9 6.1 2.8 0
CIN 4 4.79 154 154 1357.0 846 348 477 21 112 .975 0.7 0.6 -1.3 -1.3 0.1 2
CLE 5 4.19 154 154 1383.2 749 276 441 32 88 .957 2.0 1.7 2.0 -0.0 1.8 0
DET 3 4.75 154 154 1360.0 757 268 454 35 94 .954 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 -6.0 0
KCA 4 4.94 154 154 1361.0 768 259 479 30 103 .961 -13.7 -12.1 -13.7 -10.3 -3.2 0
LAD 4 4.29 156 156 1411.2 792 263 500 29 92 .963 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.9 0.7 0
MLN 3 3.97 157 157 1400.2 829 291 510 28 93 .966 1.3 1.1 3.3 2.9 0.3 -2
NYY 6 4.17 155 155 1399.0 781 248 507 26 95 .967 6.7 5.7 6.7 4.8 2.0 0
PHI 3 4.68 155 155 1354.0 817 308 472 37 94 .955 2.1 1.9 5.1 3.1 2.0 -3
PIT 3 4.39 155 155 1393.1 865 328 504 33 103 .962 0.2 0.2 -1.8 -1.0 -0.8 2
SFG 5 3.98 154 154 1376.1 764 261 470 33 74 .957 3.7 3.2 4.7 -1.5 6.2 -1
STL 6 4.71 154 154 1363.0 782 293 458 31 100 .960 -3.4 -3.0 -6.4 -2.2 -4.2 3
WSH 6 4.55 154 154 1360.0 824 272 511 41 101 .950 -6.9 -6.1 -4.9 -4.2 -0.6 -2
LgAvg 4 4.38 155 155 1381 796 282 484 30 96 .963 1 0 1 0 1 0
66 4.38 2476 2476 22100.1 12737 4513 7747 477 1541 .963 15.4 0.8 12.4 2.3 10.6 3

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 6020 64% 79% 28% 607 92% 7 261 133 109 19 491 371 98 3 9 25 0 15 10 21 110 43 6 36 7 7 103 51 50 5 3 1
BOS 6014 66% 78% 27% 613 90% 6 260 146 99 16 462 342 103 1 15 40 4 21 15 26 95 41 2 36 5 2 90 43 44 5 2 3
CHC 5974 56% 79% 28% 605 96% 5 267 124 122 21 504 393 92 2 9 12 2 8 2 8 94 40 5 28 9 6 88 45 43 5 2 3
CHW 6149 63% 79% 27% 652 91% 10 295 151 114 29 497 386 92 2 5 24 0 18 6 13 94 35 8 30 4 2 83 43 36 6 2 3
CIN 6014 58% 80% 25% 636 91% 7 343 166 136 41 490 353 110 2 6 22 0 19 3 19 111 34 10 34 11 11 102 44 57 7 4 3
CLE 6070 60% 76% 25% 620 90% 4 282 165 98 19 439 329 90 2 6 32 2 24 6 24 89 33 5 19 9 6 80 38 34 3 1 2
DET 5912 62% 78% 25% 601 91% 6 271 142 101 28 455 342 95 3 3 35 0 24 11 31 94 34 2 33 4 7 84 37 44 8 3 5
KCA 6048 66% 80% 27% 617 91% 10 255 132 99 24 475 338 122 3 6 30 1 22 7 25 101 49 2 21 7 6 91 51 36 5 1 3
LAD 6209 64% 72% 28% 648 90% 2 264 137 106 21 507 367 122 2 7 29 2 18 9 25 92 32 5 28 8 7 86 39 44 5 5 0
MLN 5771 59% 80% 29% 617 92% 7 281 124 130 27 480 340 120 1 6 29 1 21 7 24 87 28 12 19 6 8 76 40 33 5 2 1
NYY 6119 62% 76% 29% 653 90% 6 252 128 106 18 509 395 103 1 2 26 2 15 9 22 96 39 6 38 4 3 92 46 46 3 0 2
PHI 5988 54% 79% 28% 648 87% 5 306 153 118 35 472 351 100 1 14 38 1 23 14 28 96 32 5 21 13 10 83 37 44 9 2 5
PIT 5834 57% 81% 27% 622 91% 3 302 156 120 27 476 366 95 0 10 33 1 27 5 24 98 30 9 37 6 3 85 39 46 11 7 4
SFG 5995 59% 77% 27% 612 92% 1 264 125 110 30 479 355 105 0 6 33 3 19 11 26 81 36 5 23 5 0 72 42 28 7 4 3
STL 6131 56% 77% 26% 621 88% 3 297 137 129 31 471 350 103 0 7 31 2 21 8 25 104 35 8 34 6 7 95 43 48 4 2 2
WSH 6045 61% 80% 30% 672 88% 9 272 133 120 20 522 414 86 5 6 41 1 32 8 39 100 30 9 29 15 10 97 40 54 2 1 1
LgAvg 3024 63% 78% 27% 315 90% 4 134 71 53 11 241 182 49 1 3 16 1 11 5 13 49 19 3 15 3 3 45 22 22 2 1 1
48377 63% 78% 27% 5035 90% 58 2148 1130 846 173 3850 2917 789 20 52 253 10 171 72 201 779 304 40 242 55 43 720 349 344 37 13 20
LgAvg 2995 58% 78% 27% 313 91% 2 145 70 61 15 242 180 53 1 4 14 1 10 4 11 48 17 4 14 4 3 43 21 21 3 2 1
47916 58% 78% 27% 5009 91% 33 2324 1122 971 233 3879 2875 847 8 65 227 12 156 59 179 763 267 59 224 64 52 687 329 343 53 28 21

* 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 Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
1 Jerry Adair 22 BAL AL 1 2 17.0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 -1.6 -112.9 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 0 2.12 4.00
2 Luis Aparicio 25 CHW AL 152 150 1338.2 765 282 460 23 87 .970 7.7 6.9 7.7 4.2 3.5 0 4.99 4.88
3 Ken Aspromonte 27 WSH AL 12 9 89.0 45 15 27 3 5 .933 -2.2 -29.7 -2.2 -0.7 -1.5 0 4.25 3.50
4 Ernie Banks 28 CHC NL 154 154 1371.1 802 271 519 12 95 .985 23.3 20.4 23.3 4.7 18.7 0 5.18 5.13
5 Reno Bertoia 24 WSH AL 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00
6 Clete Boyer 22 NYY AL 26 22 194.1 104 40 63 1 14 .990 1.2 7.4 1.2 -0.7 1.9 0 4.77 3.96
7 Ken Boyer 28 STL NL 12 6 53.0 21 9 10 2 1 .905 -2.3 -52.1 -2.3 -1.1 -1.2 0 3.23 1.58
8 Eddie Bressoud 27 SFG NL 92 90 781.2 429 151 267 11 37 .974 7.6 11.7 7.6 0.7 7.0 0 4.81 4.54
9 Fritz Brickell 24 NYY AL 15 9 95.2 53 14 35 4 3 .925 -0.6 -7.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 -1 4.61 3.27
10 Rocky Bridges 31 DET AL 110 108 861.2 496 179 293 24 66 .952 0.0 0.0 -2.0 3.2 -5.2 2 4.93 4.29
11 Don Buddin 25 BOS AL 150 145 1225.0 682 235 412 35 89 .949 -10.3 -10.1 -10.3 -4.1 -6.2 0 4.75 4.31
12 Chico Carrasquel 31 BAL AL 89 80 691.1 372 124 237 11 63 .970 1.2 2.1 -1.8 0.1 -1.8 3 4.70 4.06
13 Tom Carroll 22 KCA AL 9 1 25.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 0.7 33.6 0.7 0.8 -0.1 0 6.12 1.89
14 Billy Consolo 24 TOT AL 77 68 579.1 368 117 232 19 45 .948 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.3 2.3 0 5.42 4.53
15 Billy Consolo 24 BOS AL 2 2 18.0 11 6 3 2 1 .818 -1.7 -113.3 -1.7 0.0 -1.7 0 4.50 4.50
16 Billy Consolo 24 WSH AL 75 66 561.1 357 111 229 17 44 .952 1.7 3.6 1.7 -2.3 4.0 0 5.45 4.53
17 Alvin Dark 37 CHC NL 1 0 8.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -124.6 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 2.08 2.00
18 Jim Davenport 25 SFG NL 1 0 1.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 1.00
19 Joe DeMaestri 30 KCA AL 115 106 905.1 509 167 320 22 63 .957 -6.7 -8.9 -5.7 -7.0 1.4 -1 4.84 4.23
20 Sammy Esposito 27 CHW AL 14 6 86.2 50 17 32 1 5 .980 1.2 16.6 1.2 1.9 -0.7 0 5.09 3.50
21 Chico Fernandez 27 PHI NL 40 34 294.2 168 77 84 7 23 .958 -4.3 -17.5 -4.3 -1.7 -2.6 0 4.92 4.03
22 Jim Finigan 30 BAL AL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
23 Billy Gardner 31 BAL AL 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00
24 Alex Grammas 33 STL NL 130 123 1006.0 611 216 373 22 80 .964 5.7 6.8 2.7 2.3 0.4 3 5.27 4.53
25 Dick Gray 27 STL NL 13 6 56.2 24 10 13 1 3 .958 -1.7 -36.0 -1.7 -1.7 0.0 0 3.65 1.77
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Pumpsie Green 25 BOS AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
27 Dick Groat 28 PIT NL 145 145 1302.0 803 301 473 29 97 .964 -0.8 -0.7 -2.8 -0.6 -2.2 2 5.35 5.34
28 Ken Hamlin 24 PIT NL 3 2 16.2 10 4 6 0 2 1.000 0.1 7.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 5.40 3.33
29 Granny Hamner 32 TOT MLB 25 19 168.2 82 24 54 4 6 .951 1.0 7.1 2.0 1.4 0.5 -1 4.16 3.12
30 Granny Hamner 32 PHI NL 15 14 117.0 57 13 41 3 4 .947 0.2 2.1 1.2 1.3 -0.1 -1 4.15 3.60
31 Granny Hamner 32 CLE AL 10 5 51.2 25 11 13 1 2 .960 0.8 18.6 0.8 0.1 0.6 0 4.18 2.40
32 Ron Hansen 21 BAL AL 2 2 13.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 0 5.54 4.00
33 Woodie Held 27 CLE AL 103 100 871.0 472 177 277 18 43 .962 -0.3 -0.4 1.7 -0.5 2.1 -2 4.69 4.41
34 Bobby Henrich 20 CIN NL 5 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 2.25 0.40
35 Ray Jablonski 32 STL NL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00
36 Eddie Kasko 27 CIN NL 84 82 723.0 464 182 271 11 61 .976 2.2 3.7 0.2 0.6 -0.3 2 5.64 5.39
37 Billy Klaus 30 BAL AL 59 41 407.0 231 77 147 7 21 .970 5.2 15.3 5.2 2.5 2.8 0 4.95 3.80
38 Joe Koppe 28 PHI NL 113 107 942.1 592 218 347 27 67 .954 6.2 7.9 8.2 3.5 4.7 -2 5.40 5.00
39 Tony Kubek 23 NYY AL 67 64 582.1 349 121 217 11 42 .968 4.3 8.9 4.3 5.3 -0.9 0 5.22 5.04
40 Gene Leek 22 CLE AL 1 1 8.0 7 1 5 1 0 .857 0.6 90.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 6.75 6.00
41 Ted Lepcio 28 DET AL 35 21 207.2 102 32 65 5 12 .951 0.5 2.9 0.5 2.1 -1.6 0 4.20 2.77
42 Bob Lillis 29 LAD NL 20 16 132.1 86 27 52 7 10 .919 -2.9 -26.3 -2.9 0.3 -3.2 0 5.37 3.95
43 Johnny Logan 32 MLN NL 138 137 1201.0 709 260 431 18 78 .975 2.1 2.1 4.1 1.0 3.1 -2 5.18 5.01
44 Jerry Lumpe 26 TOT AL 60 49 448.0 256 89 159 8 41 .969 -7.0 -18.8 -8.0 -3.4 -4.5 1 4.98 4.13
45 Jerry Lumpe 26 NYY AL 4 2 23.1 15 4 11 0 2 1.000 0.4 20.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 5.79 3.75
46 Jerry Lumpe 26 KCA AL 56 47 424.2 241 85 148 8 39 .967 -7.4 -20.9 -8.4 -3.8 -4.5 1 4.94 4.16
47 Jim Mahoney 25 BOS AL 30 6 95.0 67 24 39 4 5 .940 -0.2 -2.5 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 0 5.97 2.10
48 Felix Mantilla 24 MLN NL 23 20 190.2 113 29 76 8 13 .929 0.4 2.5 0.4 2.5 -2.2 0 4.96 4.57
49 Gil McDougald 31 NYY AL 52 45 394.1 203 58 140 5 25 .975 1.8 5.5 1.8 0.4 1.4 0 4.52 3.81
50 Roy McMillan 29 CIN NL 73 72 621.0 378 163 205 10 50 .974 -0.8 -1.5 -0.8 -1.6 0.8 0 5.33 5.04
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
51 Willy Miranda 33 BAL AL 47 30 269.0 153 51 98 4 23 .974 0.7 3.1 -0.3 -1.9 1.6 1 4.99 3.17
52 Billy Moran 25 CLE AL 5 0 13.0 9 7 1 1 1 .889 -1.5 -138.5 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0 5.54 1.60
53 Charlie Neal 28 LAD NL 1 0 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 2.00
54 Jose Pagan 24 SFG NL 5 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 1.29 0.20
55 Jim Pendleton 35 CIN NL 3 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.60 0.67
56 Bobby Richardson 23 NYY AL 14 13 109.0 57 11 41 5 9 .912 -0.4 -4.4 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 1 4.29 3.71
57 Andre Rodgers 24 SFG NL 66 64 578.1 329 110 197 22 35 .933 -4.5 -9.3 -3.5 -2.1 -1.5 -1 4.78 4.65
58 Pete Runnels 31 BOS AL 9 1 25.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -24.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 3.60 1.11
59 Ron Samford 29 WSH AL 64 56 488.1 284 92 177 15 33 .947 -3.6 -8.8 -1.6 2.4 -4.0 -2 4.96 4.20
60 Dick Schofield 24 PIT NL 8 8 74.2 52 23 25 4 4 .923 0.9 14.5 0.9 -0.5 1.4 0 5.79 6.00
61 Wally Shannon 26 STL NL 21 7 88.0 44 27 17 0 7 1.000 -2.6 -35.5 -2.6 0.0 -2.6 0 4.50 2.10
62 Daryl Spencer 30 SFG NL 4 0 8.0 4 0 4 0 2 1.000 0.9 135.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 4.50 1.00
63 George Strickland 33 CLE AL 50 48 440.0 236 80 145 11 42 .953 2.4 6.5 0.4 1.4 -1.0 2 4.60 4.50
64 Lee Tate 27 STL NL 39 12 158.1 82 31 45 6 9 .927 -2.3 -17.4 -2.3 -1.5 -0.8 0 4.32 1.95
65 Tony Taylor 23 CHC NL 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -76.4 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.45 1.50
66 Wayne Terwilliger 34 KCA AL 2 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.50 0.50
67 Jose Valdivielso 25 WSH AL 21 4 59.0 31 13 18 0 6 1.000 -0.8 -16.3 -0.8 -1.2 0.4 0 4.73 1.48
68 Coot Veal 26 DET AL 72 25 290.2 159 57 96 6 16 .962 -0.5 -2.1 1.5 0.7 0.8 -2 4.74 2.13
69 Zoilo Versalles 19 WSH AL 29 19 161.1 106 41 59 6 13 .943 -2.3 -17.1 -2.3 -2.4 0.2 0 5.58 3.45
70 Maury Wills 26 LAD NL 82 70 635.0 353 121 220 12 39 .966 1.0 1.9 1.0 -4.6 5.6 0 4.83 4.16
71 Casey Wise 26 MLN NL 5 0 9.0 7 2 3 2 2 .714 -1.2 -160.0 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 0 5.00 1.00
72 Don Zimmer 28 LAD NL 88 70 636.1 351 115 226 10 43 .972 1.7 3.2 1.7 3.4 -1.7 0 4.82 3.88
LgAvg 19 16 146 84 30 51 3 10 .963 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.98 4.23

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
LgAvg
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