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1961 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 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
CHC 3 5.13 156 156 1385.0 850 290 526 34 105 .960 -1.3 -1.1 -1.3 -4.3 3.0 0
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
CIN 2 4.24 154 154 1370.0 727 284 419 24 80 .967 2.4 2.1 6.4 6.5 -0.1 -4
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
LAD 5 4.53 154 154 1378.1 751 268 452 31 106 .959 -5.2 -4.5 -4.2 -6.0 1.8 -1
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
MLN 3 4.23 155 155 1391.1 790 262 508 20 113 .975 18.4 15.9 15.4 -2.6 18.1 3
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
PHI 4 5.14 155 155 1383.1 840 318 490 32 112 .962 0.9 0.8 -1.1 -2.3 1.1 2
PIT 3 4.38 154 154 1362.0 805 259 512 34 127 .958 1.6 1.4 -1.4 1.9 -3.2 3
SFG 4 4.23 155 155 1388.0 719 279 413 27 69 .962 -1.8 -1.6 -0.8 -2.1 1.3 -1
STL 5 4.31 155 155 1368.2 797 278 466 53 100 .934 -6.5 -5.7 -5.5 -5.8 0.3 -1
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 4.53 159 159 1414 799 289 476 34 102 .957 2 0 2 0 3 0
66 4.53 2860 2860 25453.2 14388 5199 8576 613 1833 .957 36.4 1.7 36.4 -21.7 58.2 0
Tm #Fld R/G G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp

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
CHC 6213 63% 80% 29% 671 89% 4 290 124 133 34 526 401 107 2 8 34 1 28 5 28 105 46 3 28 7 6 96 50 42 7 3 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
CIN 6004 60% 77% 26% 573 93% 1 288 140 128 21 427 329 85 0 4 24 2 13 9 18 81 24 9 26 6 0 69 33 33 9 5 4
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
LAD 6110 65% 72% 28% 585 90% 5 271 123 126 23 450 323 107 2 14 31 4 16 11 23 108 39 17 26 6 4 96 58 37 5 1 3
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
MLN 6002 58% 81% 28% 592 94% 6 259 116 114 29 500 380 102 0 8 19 2 12 5 14 114 44 5 37 10 2 105 50 51 7 5 2
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
PHI 6198 58% 79% 27% 636 90% 6 318 147 130 42 487 359 106 2 12 32 3 24 5 23 112 43 5 35 9 5 102 48 50 9 3 3
PIT 5908 63% 80% 29% 637 88% 4 260 113 122 24 507 352 139 1 10 35 0 28 7 32 128 62 8 33 7 5 120 70 47 7 3 3
SFG 6057 59% 76% 24% 584 92% 4 275 157 93 26 413 319 79 0 4 27 2 21 4 18 70 21 11 20 2 3 62 32 26 4 1 3
STL 6083 60% 77% 29% 611 87% 5 280 118 139 23 466 364 87 0 2 53 1 37 15 41 102 41 4 28 9 4 91 46 44 8 3 5
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 3527 63% 77% 25% 357 90% 2 163 83 66 14 267 197 60 1 4 20 1 12 7 15 57 22 3 16 5 3 51 25 24 5 2 2
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
LgAvg 2699 61% 78% 27% 272 90% 2 125 58 55 12 210 157 45 0 3 14 1 10 3 11 46 18 3 13 3 2 41 22 18 3 1 1
48575 61% 78% 27% 4889 90% 35 2241 1038 985 222 3776 2827 812 7 62 255 15 179 61 197 820 320 62 233 56 29 741 387 330 56 24 25
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

* 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 24 BAL AL 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 Ruben Amaro 25 PHI NL 132 127 1083.0 641 243 379 19 91 .970 2.1 2.3 -0.9 -4.7 3.8 3 5.17 4.71
3 Luis Aparicio 27 CHW AL 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
4 Bob Aspromonte 23 LAD NL 4 3 24.0 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -40.0 0.2 0.4 -0.2 -1 5.62 3.75
5 Ernie Banks 30 CHC NL 104 102 883.1 550 173 358 19 68 .965 9.1 12.4 9.1 4.0 5.1 0 5.41 5.11
6 Reno Bertoia 26 DET AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
7 Ernie Bowman 25 SFG NL 12 3 49.1 25 6 17 2 1 .920 1.5 36.5 1.5 0.3 1.2 0 4.20 1.92
8 Clete Boyer 24 NYY AL 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
9 Eddie Bressoud 29 SFG NL 34 25 240.2 110 46 60 4 12 .964 -4.4 -21.9 -4.4 -0.3 -4.1 0 3.96 3.12
10 Fritz Brickell 26 LAA AL 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
11 Rocky Bridges 33 LAA AL 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
12 Jerry Buchek 19 STL NL 31 30 230.0 114 42 62 10 20 .912 -6.1 -31.8 -6.1 -4.5 -1.6 0 4.07 3.35
13 Don Buddin 27 BOS AL 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
14 Leo Cardenas 22 CIN NL 63 46 449.1 222 83 133 6 21 .973 -0.8 -2.1 2.2 -1.1 3.3 -3 4.33 3.43
15 Wayne Causey 24 KCA AL 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
16 Billy Consolo 26 MIN AL 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 0.00 0.00
17 Chuck Cottier 25 DET AL 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
18 Mike de la Hoz 22 CLE AL 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
19 Joe DeMaestri 32 NYY AL 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
20 Sammy Esposito 29 CHW AL 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
21 Chico Fernandez 29 DET AL 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
22 Jim Fregosi 19 LAA AL 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
23 Julio Gotay 22 STL NL 10 10 87.2 51 16 25 10 6 .804 -5.5 -75.3 -4.5 -3.4 -1.1 -1 4.21 4.10
24 Alex Grammas 35 STL NL 65 35 350.2 226 81 136 9 29 .960 4.9 16.8 4.9 0.5 4.4 0 5.57 3.34
25 Pumpsie Green 27 BOS AL 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
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 Dick Groat 30 PIT NL 144 143 1255.2 740 235 473 32 117 .957 1.0 1.0 -2.0 1.4 -3.4 3 5.07 4.92
27 Ken Hamlin 26 LAA AL 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
28 Ron Hansen 23 BAL AL 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
29 Billy Harrell 32 BOS AL 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
30 Woodie Held 29 CLE AL 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
31 Dick Howser 25 KCA AL 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
32 Bob Johnson 25 WSA AL 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
33 Eddie Kasko 29 CIN NL 112 108 920.2 505 201 286 18 59 .964 3.2 4.2 4.2 7.6 -3.4 -1 4.76 4.35
34 Jerry Kindall 26 CHC NL 47 38 340.0 206 82 111 13 27 .937 -10.0 -35.3 -10.0 -9.5 -0.5 0 5.11 4.11
35 Billy Klaus 32 WSA AL 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
36 Joe Koppe 30 TOT MLB 93 87 778.0 403 129 252 22 52 .945 -0.7 -1.1 1.3 -3.1 4.5 -2 4.41 4.10
37 Joe Koppe 30 PHI NL 5 0 11.0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 -0.5 -54.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 3.27 0.80
38 Joe Koppe 30 LAA AL 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
39 Tony Kubek 25 NYY AL 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
40 Jack Kubiszyn 24 CLE AL 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
41 Harvey Kuenn 30 SFG NL 1 0 1.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00
42 Gene Leek 24 LAA AL 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
43 Ted Lepcio 30 MIN AL 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
44 Bob Lillis 31 TOT NL 57 43 386.2 224 73 134 17 19 .924 -2.0 -6.2 -2.0 -2.2 0.2 0 4.82 3.63
45 Bob Lillis 31 LAD NL 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.9 -360.0 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
46 Bob Lillis 31 STL NL 56 43 383.2 223 73 134 16 19 .928 -1.1 -3.4 -1.1 -1.3 0.2 0 4.86 3.70
47 Johnny Logan 34 TOT NL 8 6 55.0 28 9 18 1 4 .964 -0.6 -13.1 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 4.42 3.38
48 Johnny Logan 34 MLN NL 2 1 10.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.70 1.50
49 Johnny Logan 34 PIT NL 6 5 45.0 25 9 15 1 3 .960 -0.9 -24.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 4.80 4.00
50 Jim Mahoney 27 WSA AL 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
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 Bobby Malkmus 29 PHI NL 34 16 178.1 136 48 81 7 12 .949 1.2 8.1 2.2 2.4 -0.3 -1 6.51 3.79
52 Felix Mantilla 26 MLN NL 19 0 29.0 15 5 9 1 2 .933 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 4.34 0.74
53 Billy Martin 33 MIN AL 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
54 Dick McAuliffe 21 DET AL 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
55 Roy McMillan 31 MLN NL 154 154 1352.1 772 257 496 19 110 .975 18.1 16.1 15.1 -2.6 17.7 3 5.01 4.89
56 Billy Moran 27 LAA AL 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
57 Jose Pagan 26 SFG NL 132 127 1097.0 582 227 334 21 55 .964 1.1 1.2 2.1 -2.1 4.2 -1 4.60 4.25
58 Brooks Robinson 24 BAL AL 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
59 Andre Rodgers 26 CHC NL 24 16 161.2 94 35 57 2 10 .979 -0.4 -3.0 -0.4 1.2 -1.6 0 5.12 3.83
60 Pete Runnels 33 BOS AL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00
61 Tom Satriano 20 LAA AL 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
62 Dick Schofield 26 PIT NL 9 6 61.1 40 15 24 1 7 .975 1.5 29.3 1.5 0.5 1.1 0 5.72 4.33
63 Charley Smith 23 TOT NL 17 15 133.0 70 28 36 6 8 .914 -2.7 -24.4 -2.7 -0.7 -2.0 0 4.33 3.76
64 Charley Smith 23 LAD NL 3 3 22.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 -0.8 -43.6 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 4.50 3.67
65 Charley Smith 23 PHI NL 14 12 111.0 58 25 28 5 8 .914 -1.9 -20.5 -1.9 0.1 -2.0 0 4.30 3.79
66 Daryl Spencer 32 TOT NL 40 39 340.2 196 72 116 8 28 .959 1.3 4.6 1.3 2.8 -1.5 0 4.97 4.70
67 Daryl Spencer 32 STL NL 37 37 316.2 183 66 109 8 26 .956 1.3 4.9 1.3 2.9 -1.6 0 4.97 4.73
68 Daryl Spencer 32 LAD NL 3 2 24.0 13 6 7 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 4.88 4.33
69 Ron Stillwell 21 WSA AL 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
70 George Thomas 23 DET AL 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
71 Tom Tresh 23 NYY AL 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
72 Jose Valdivielso 27 MIN AL 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
73 Coot Veal 28 WSA AL 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
74 Zoilo Versalles 21 MIN AL 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
75 Ozzie Virgil 29 DET AL 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
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
76 Maury Wills 28 LAD NL 148 146 1305.1 710 253 428 29 104 .959 -2.7 -2.5 -2.7 -4.6 1.9 0 4.70 4.60
LgAvg 19 17 151 86 31 51 4 11 .958 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.87 4.35

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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