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1952 National League FirstBase

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Team & League Standard Fielding--1B

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld%
BRO 3 3.89 155 155 151 1476 1348 117 11 156 .993
BSN 2 4.20 155 155 150 1541 1407 115 19 126 .988
CHC 3 4.07 155 155 149 1522 1392 114 16 108 .989
CIN 6 4.28 154 154 143 1430 1347 74 9 132 .994
NYG 4 4.15 154 154 150 1589 1465 111 13 157 .992
PHI 4 3.58 154 154 148 1551 1423 114 14 131 .991
PIT 6 5.12 155 155 116 1567 1444 105 18 151 .989
STL 5 4.09 154 154 146 1564 1424 121 19 147 .988
LgAvg 4 4.17 155 155 144 1530 1406 109 15 139 .990
32 4.17 1236 1236 1153 12240 11250 871 119 1108 .990

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
BRO 5887 58% 79% 28% 365 95% 1 1343 74 1249 18 166 120 80 31 0 10 11 0 8 3 9 156 1 2 7 136 12 20 4 15 32 88%
BSN 5715 62% 82% 26% 329 94% 2 1346 69 1249 31 140 109 79 21 0 9 19 3 11 5 12 117 3 2 0 91 5 25 5 20 39 90%
CHC 4658 62% 81% 26% 278 92% 1 1105 83 1014 9 94 87 56 26 0 5 14 1 11 2 12 98 2 1 4 82 8 16 4 11 23 87%
CIN 4456 65% 83% 25% 220 95% 0 994 58 921 16 97 57 42 12 0 4 8 2 5 1 5 93 4 2 0 82 6 10 1 9 22 95%
NYG 5037 61% 80% 27% 289 92% 3 1266 73 1169 25 117 85 58 17 2 3 11 2 7 2 6 127 2 4 0 116 6 11 2 7 13 77%
PHI 4902 60% 85% 28% 307 92% 1 1238 84 1140 14 115 93 64 16 2 5 10 0 8 2 6 114 3 1 0 104 4 10 3 6 27 81%
PIT 4129 63% 82% 28% 268 92% 1 992 60 915 17 122 72 49 13 1 4 15 1 12 2 11 105 2 1 0 99 3 5 1 4 18 78%
STL 3835 67% 80% 28% 174 90% 2 914 41 864 9 68 52 33 13 0 6 14 1 10 3 9 104 3 1 0 93 4 11 0 9 10 70%
LgAvg 4827 62% 82% 27% 279 93% 1 1150 68 1065 17 115 84 58 19 1 6 13 1 9 3 9 114 3 2 1 100 6 14 3 10 23 85%
38619 62% 82% 27% 2230 93% 11 9198 542 8521 139 919 675 461 149 5 46 102 10 72 20 70 914 20 14 11 803 48 108 20 81 184 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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--1B

Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
1 Joe Adcock 24 CIN 17 11 9 120 117 3 0 7 1.000 7.06
2 Tony Bartirome 20 PIT 118 93 79 992 909 72 11 91 .989 8.31
3 Steve Bilko 23 STL 20 20 19 202 177 24 1 14 .995 10.05
4 Bob Borkowski 26 CIN 5 5 4 43 39 3 1 3 .977 8.40
5 Tommy Brown 24 TOT 8 7 5 63 58 4 1 3 .984 7.75
6 Tommy Brown 24 PHI 3 3 2 24 21 3 0 0 1.000 8.00
7 Tommy Brown 24 CHC 5 4 3 39 37 1 1 3 .974 7.60
8 Pete Castiglione 31 PIT 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
9 Phil Cavarretta 35 CHC 13 10 8 109 98 10 1 13 .991 8.31
10 George Crowe 31 BSN 55 55 50 526 476 42 8 40 .985 9.42
11 Dee Fondy 27 CHC 143 141 138 1374 1257 103 14 92 .990 9.51
12 Neal Hertweck 20 STL 2 2 2 21 20 1 0 4 1.000 10.50
13 Gil Hodges 28 BRO 153 153 149 1449 1322 116 11 152 .992 9.40
14 Bobby Hofman 26 NYG 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
15 Nippy Jones 27 PHI 8 8 5 82 73 7 2 8 .976 10.00
16 Eddie Kazak 31 CIN 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
17 Ted Kluszewski 27 CIN 133 131 123 1195 1121 66 8 116 .993 8.92
18 Whitey Lockman 25 NYG 154 154 150 1559 1435 111 13 155 .992 10.04
19 Jackie Mayo 26 PHI 6 4 4 57 48 9 0 4 1.000 9.50
20 Clyde McCullough 35 PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
21 George Metkovich 31 PIT 72 62 37 570 530 33 7 59 .988 7.82
22 Larry Miggins 26 STL 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
23 Stan Musial 31 STL 25 20 18 217 204 12 1 13 .995 8.64
24 Rocky Nelson 27 BRO 5 1 1 16 16 0 0 2 1.000 3.20
25 Eddie Pellagrini 34 CIN 8 7 7 60 58 2 0 5 1.000 7.50
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
26 Jack Phillips 30 PIT 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00
27 Bill Rigney 34 NYG 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
28 Dick Sisler 31 STL 114 112 107 1123 1022 84 17 116 .985 9.70
29 George Strickland 26 PIT 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
30 Earl Torgeson 28 BSN 105 100 100 1015 931 73 11 86 .989 9.56
31 Eddie Waitkus 32 PHI 146 139 137 1388 1281 95 12 119 .991 9.42
32 Dick Williams 23 BRO 1 1 1 11 10 1 0 2 1.000 11.00
33 George Wilson 26 NYG 2 0 0 24 24 0 0 2 1.000 12.00
34 Johnny Wyrostek 32 CIN 1 0 0 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00
LgAvg 18 17 16 169 155 12 2 15 .990 9.18

Player Advanced Fielding -- 1b

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Rk Age Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1 Joe Adcock 24 CIN 275 60% 84% 28% 12 100% 0 66 5 59 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Tony Bartirome 20 PIT 2426 62% 81% 28% 167 93% 1 608 35 564 10 79 48 29 10 0 3 9 1 6 2 5 59 2 1 0 58 3 0 0 0 11 73%
3 Steve Bilko 23 STL 463 70% 82% 29% 32 94% 0 111 9 102 0 12 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 10 1 1 0 1 2 50%
4 Bob Borkowski 26 CIN 206 67% 81% 23% 7 100% 0 38 2 37 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0
5 Tommy Brown 24 PHI 94 63% 86% 29% 8 75% 0 22 2 20 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
6 Tommy Brown 24 CHC 108 62% 81% 24% 7 86% 0 29 4 24 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
7 Phil Cavarretta 35 CHC 371 63% 83% 28% 32 88% 0 96 9 86 1 9 10 8 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 1 1 0 11 2 2 1 1 3 100%
8 George Crowe 31 BSN 1974 58% 82% 26% 120 93% 1 453 20 424 11 51 41 32 8 0 3 8 2 5 1 4 37 1 1 0 29 2 7 2 5 11 82%
9 Dee Fondy 27 CHC 4179 61% 81% 26% 239 93% 1 980 70 904 7 84 76 47 24 0 4 12 1 9 2 10 84 1 0 4 71 6 13 3 9 20 85%
10 Neal Hertweck 20 STL 37 70% 70% 22% 2 100% 0 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Gil Hodges 28 BRO 5721 58% 79% 28% 359 95% 1 1317 73 1225 17 161 119 80 30 0 10 11 0 8 3 9 152 1 2 6 132 11 20 4 15 32 88%
12 Bobby Hofman 26 NYG 9 89% 100% 11% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Nippy Jones 27 PHI 215 53% 85% 27% 14 86% 0 53 6 47 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0
14 Eddie Kazak 31 CIN 26 65% 69% 19% 3 100% 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ted Kluszewski 27 CIN 3626 65% 83% 25% 187 95% 0 821 47 761 14 83 48 35 11 0 4 7 1 5 1 5 82 3 2 0 73 5 8 0 8 21 95%
16 Whitey Lockman 25 NYG 4942 60% 80% 27% 287 92% 3 1236 73 1140 24 115 85 58 17 2 3 11 2 7 2 6 125 2 4 0 114 6 11 2 7 12 75%
17 Jackie Mayo 26 PHI 158 49% 87% 27% 19 100% 0 43 5 37 1 9 8 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 100%
18 George Metkovich 31 PIT 1683 64% 83% 27% 101 91% 0 381 25 348 7 43 24 20 3 1 1 6 0 6 0 6 45 0 0 0 40 0 5 1 4 7 86%
19 Larry Miggins 26 STL 4 100% 50% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stan Musial 31 STL 572 74% 81% 26% 22 86% 1 127 6 120 1 10 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 1 0%
21 Rocky Nelson 27 BRO 132 48% 78% 20% 3 100% 0 16 0 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 Eddie Pellagrini 34 CIN 298 70% 85% 21% 10 100% 0 59 2 56 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 100%
23 Jack Phillips 30 PIT 12 58% 83% 33% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 Bill Rigney 34 NYG 15 67% 87% 27% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Dick Sisler 31 STL 2759 65% 80% 28% 118 90% 1 667 24 635 8 46 39 23 11 0 6 13 1 9 3 8 83 2 1 0 74 3 9 0 7 7 86%
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Rk Age Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
26 George Strickland 26 PIT 8 63% 88% 13% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Earl Torgeson 28 BSN 3741 64% 82% 26% 209 94% 1 893 49 825 20 89 68 47 13 0 6 11 1 6 4 8 80 2 1 0 62 3 18 3 15 28 93%
28 Eddie Waitkus 32 PHI 4435 61% 85% 28% 266 92% 1 1120 71 1036 13 100 81 58 13 2 3 8 0 6 2 5 103 3 1 0 94 4 9 2 6 21 81%
29 Dick Williams 23 BRO 34 76% 85% 35% 3 100% 0 10 1 9 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
30 George Wilson 26 NYG 71 58% 85% 35% 1 100% 0 24 0 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 Johnny Wyrostek 32 CIN 25 60% 76% 28% 1 100% 0 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
LgAvg 536 62% 82% 27% 31 93% 0 128 8 118 2 13 9 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 11 1 2 0 1 3 85%


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