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1953 National League LeftField

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Team & League Standard Fielding--LF

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld%
BRO 6 4.45 155 155 83 336 313 14 9 2 .973
CHC 7 5.39 155 155 140 303 285 8 10 3 .967
CIN 3 5.08 155 155 152 361 341 11 9 1 .975
MLN 3 3.75 157 157 90 334 313 13 8 2 .976
NYG 6 4.82 155 155 141 359 334 15 10 5 .972
PHI 3 4.27 156 156 153 314 292 16 6 5 .981
PIT 8 5.76 154 154 144 355 326 22 7 4 .980
STL 4 4.54 157 157 133 317 305 7 5 0 .984
LgAvg 5 4.75 156 156 130 335 314 13 8 3 .976
38 4.75 1244 1244 1036 2679 2509 106 64 22 .976

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
BRO 9 0 8 1 2 14 0 3 4 4 91 65 4 44 10 1 28 16 3 10 2 2 13 13 0 186 106 57.0% 69 10 5.4% 4 5865 60% 79% 44% 768 42%
CHC 8 0 8 0 2 8 0 4 2 0 66 49 1 48 9 0 38 15 0 15 1 0 29 26 1 196 100 51.0% 94 2 1.0% 6 5075 62% 82% 32% 516 47%
CIN 9 0 7 2 1 11 0 4 2 2 32 23 2 29 5 1 13 9 0 14 5 0 26 23 0 114 65 57.0% 46 3 2.6% 8 5914 67% 84% 34% 521 66%
MLN 7 0 6 1 0 11 0 7 2 1 57 41 2 34 6 1 13 10 1 8 2 0 25 23 2 137 82 59.9% 50 6 4.4% 5 4745 64% 80% 31% 502 51%
NYG 9 0 7 2 3 14 0 4 2 7 67 47 2 45 9 3 24 14 1 18 7 2 26 23 1 180 100 55.6% 71 9 5.0% 5 5776 59% 81% 33% 630 52%
PHI 5 0 5 0 2 12 0 2 4 2 59 43 2 30 12 0 22 15 0 8 1 0 28 24 2 147 95 64.6% 48 4 2.7% 8 5029 59% 83% 33% 534 49%
PIT 5 0 5 0 1 14 0 4 1 7 40 30 1 37 5 2 21 16 2 12 1 3 14 13 0 124 65 52.4% 52 8 6.5% 6 4028 63% 83% 31% 425 56%
STL 4 0 3 1 0 6 0 4 1 0 60 38 2 28 7 0 10 7 0 10 3 0 29 29 0 137 84 61.3% 51 2 1.5% 4 4493 65% 81% 29% 443 54%
LgAvg 7 0 6 1 1 11 0 4 2 3 59 42 2 37 8 1 21 13 1 12 3 1 24 22 1 153 87 57.1% 60 6 3.6% 6 5116 62% 82% 34% 542 52%
56 0 49 7 11 90 0 32 18 23 472 336 16 295 63 8 169 102 7 95 22 7 190 174 6 1221 697 57.1% 481 44 3.6% 46 40925 62% 82% 34% 4339 52%

* 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--LF

Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
1 Bill Antonello 26 BRO 20 5 4 24 23 0 1 0 .958 1.15
2 Carlos Bernier 26 PIT 13 9 8 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.77
3 Bob Borkowski 27 CIN 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33
4 Tommy Brown 25 CHC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
5 Mel Clark 26 PHI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
6 Al Dark 31 NYG 13 12 11 25 24 1 0 1 1.000 1.92
7 Brandy Davis 25 PIT 9 9 8 22 21 0 1 0 .955 2.33
8 Harry Elliott 29 STL 16 15 8 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
9 Del Ennis 28 PHI 150 148 147 302 281 15 6 5 .980 1.97
10 Sid Gordon 35 MLN 137 137 72 255 239 9 7 2 .973 1.81
11 Jim Greengrass 25 CIN 153 153 150 360 340 11 9 1 .975 2.29
12 Gene Hermanski 33 TOT 9 8 6 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
13 Gene Hermanski 33 CHC 4 4 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
14 Gene Hermanski 33 PIT 5 4 4 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
15 Gil Hodges 29 BRO 19 19 11 37 34 2 1 1 .973 1.89
16 Monte Irvin 34 NYG 86 84 75 199 184 9 6 3 .970 2.24
17 Hal Jeffcoat 28 CHC 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
18 Ralph Kiner 30 TOT 157 157 141 286 268 10 8 3 .972 1.77
19 Ralph Kiner 30 PIT 41 41 38 70 65 5 0 1 1.000 1.71
20 Ralph Kiner 30 CHC 116 116 103 216 203 5 8 2 .963 1.79
21 Whitey Lockman 26 NYG 28 25 23 63 61 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
22 Peanuts Lowrey 35 STL 25 9 8 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
23 Bob Marquis 28 CIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
24 George Metkovich 32 CHC 10 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
25 Felipe Montemayor 25 PIT 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
26 Don Mueller 26 NYG 14 14 14 31 27 1 3 0 .903 2.00
27 Stan Musial 32 STL 139 133 117 255 244 6 5 0 .980 1.80
28 Jim Pendleton 29 MLN 77 17 15 72 67 4 1 0 .986 0.92
29 Rip Repulski 24 STL 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
30 Dusty Rhodes 26 NYG 27 20 18 41 38 2 1 1 .976 1.48
31 Hal Rice 29 PIT 68 66 63 177 160 12 5 3 .972 2.53
32 Jackie Robinson 34 BRO 75 73 44 156 144 9 3 0 .981 2.04
33 Hank Sauer 36 CHC 36 34 34 75 70 3 2 1 .973 2.03
34 Paul Schramka 25 CHC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
35 George Shuba 28 BRO 43 40 12 60 58 1 1 1 .983 1.37
36 Paul Smith 22 PIT 18 17 16 30 27 2 1 0 .967 1.61
37 Frank Thomas 24 PIT 9 7 6 24 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.67
38 Don Thompson 29 BRO 55 11 9 40 37 2 1 0 .975 0.71
39 Hank Thompson 27 NYG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
40 Bob Thorpe 26 MLN 10 3 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.70
41 Dick Williams 24 BRO 17 7 3 19 17 0 2 0 .895 1.00
42 Johnny Wyrostek 33 PHI 8 7 6 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
LgAvg

Player Advanced Fielding -- lf

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%
1 Bill Antonello 26 BRO 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 293 59% 80% 47% 46 50%
2 Carlos Bernier 26 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 150 60% 80% 25% 14 50%
3 Bob Borkowski 27 CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 75 61% 89% 24% 3 33%
4 Tommy Brown 25 CHC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 100% 0% 0
5 Mel Clark 26 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 90% 76% 33% 2 0%
6 Al Dark 31 NYG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 398 55% 78% 33% 42 50%
7 Brandy Davis 25 PIT 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 211 72% 85% 29% 22 55%
8 Harry Elliott 29 STL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 15 7 46.7% 7 1 6.7% 0 476 64% 80% 30% 47 66%
9 Del Ennis 28 PHI 5 0 5 0 2 12 0 2 4 2 55 41 2 29 12 0 20 13 0 8 1 0 28 24 2 140 91 65.0% 45 4 2.9% 8 4806 59% 83% 33% 515 49%
10 Sid Gordon 35 MLN 7 0 6 1 0 8 0 4 2 1 43 30 2 25 5 1 11 10 1 7 2 0 22 20 2 108 67 62.0% 36 6 5.6% 2 3612 64% 80% 30% 392 49%
11 Jim Greengrass 25 CIN 9 0 7 2 1 11 0 4 2 2 32 23 2 27 5 1 13 9 0 13 5 0 26 23 0 111 65 58.6% 43 3 2.7% 8 5824 67% 84% 35% 518 67%
12 Gene Hermanski 33 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 63% 86% 20% 3 67%
13 Gene Hermanski 33 CHC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 55% 91% 40% 6 83%
14 Gil Hodges 29 BRO 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 16 9 0 5 0 1 4 1 0 4 1 1 3 3 0 32 14 43.8% 16 2 6.3% 0 678 62% 78% 45% 88 40%
15 Monte Irvin 34 NYG 6 0 4 2 2 9 0 2 2 4 33 26 2 21 4 3 11 8 0 8 3 1 19 16 1 92 57 62.0% 28 7 7.6% 2 3081 60% 79% 32% 325 57%
16 Hal Jeffcoat 28 CHC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 43% 100% 14% 0
17 Ralph Kiner 30 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 17 14 0 19 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 49 26 53.1% 20 3 6.1% 0 1155 64% 81% 27% 125 45%
18 Ralph Kiner 30 CHC 7 0 7 0 1 5 0 2 2 0 47 35 1 31 4 0 31 10 0 9 0 0 24 21 1 142 70 49.3% 70 2 1.4% 3 3883 62% 82% 33% 379 47%
19 Whitey Lockman 26 NYG 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 6 0 4 1 0 2 1 1 5 2 0 4 4 0 24 14 58.3% 9 1 4.2% 1 1052 54% 82% 33% 97 64%
20 Peanuts Lowrey 35 STL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 16 11 68.8% 5 0 0.0% 0 447 66% 81% 24% 47 49%
21 Bob Marquis 28 CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 67% 73% 7% 0
22 George Metkovich 32 CHC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 129 55% 81% 29% 15 33%
23 Felipe Montemayor 25 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 30 73% 90% 40% 1 0%
24 Don Mueller 26 NYG 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 5 0 11 1 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 10 35.7% 18 0 0.0% 1 545 60% 82% 34% 88 32%
25 Stan Musial 32 STL 4 0 3 1 0 5 0 4 1 0 51 32 1 20 5 0 7 5 0 7 3 0 21 21 0 106 66 62.3% 39 1 0.9% 4 3559 65% 81% 30% 348 53%
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%
26 Jim Pendleton 29 MLN 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 14 11 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 28 15 53.6% 13 0 0.0% 3 976 65% 79% 32% 102 58%
27 Rip Repulski 24 STL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 73% 82% 36% 1 100%
28 Dusty Rhodes 26 NYG 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 11 6 0 6 1 0 2 1 0 5 2 1 3 3 0 27 13 48.1% 13 1 3.7% 1 696 66% 84% 36% 78 44%
29 Hal Rice 29 PIT 3 0 3 0 1 8 0 4 0 4 16 10 0 14 2 2 12 9 0 7 1 2 7 6 0 56 28 50.0% 24 4 7.1% 4 1855 63% 84% 36% 215 59%
30 Jackie Robinson 34 BRO 3 0 3 0 1 9 0 2 1 3 35 23 3 20 4 0 12 5 3 2 1 0 4 4 0 73 37 50.7% 29 6 8.2% 3 2541 59% 78% 42% 333 46%
31 Hank Sauer 36 CHC 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 18 13 0 14 4 0 6 5 0 5 1 0 5 5 0 48 28 58.3% 20 0 0.0% 3 987 60% 83% 32% 116 47%
32 George Shuba 28 BRO 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 15 0 6 1 0 5 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 30 21 70.0% 8 1 3.3% 0 1254 62% 80% 45% 151 38%
33 Paul Smith 22 PIT 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 1 20.0% 1 375 60% 81% 25% 24 67%
34 Frank Thomas 24 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 217 59% 88% 31% 21 76%
35 Don Thompson 29 BRO 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 14 11 1 10 4 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 31 21 67.7% 9 1 3.2% 1 803 61% 79% 44% 108 36%
36 Hank Thompson 27 NYG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 75% 25% 0
37 Bob Thorpe 26 MLN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 157 64% 80% 29% 8 63%
38 Dick Williams 24 BRO 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 296 59% 77% 43% 42 40%
39 Johnny Wyrostek 33 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 202 62% 78% 33% 17 47%
LgAvg 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 17 10 57.1% 7 1 3.6% 1 568 62% 82% 34% 60 52%


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