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1956 National League 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
BRO 4 3.90 154 154 1368.2 764 305 433 26 93 .966 4.0 3.5 5.0 -3.2 8.1 -1
CHC 3 4.51 157 157 1391.2 754 313 412 29 104 .962 1.6 1.4 0.6 -4.5 5.1 1
CIN 3 4.25 155 155 1389.0 883 334 527 22 107 .975 19.5 16.8 18.5 2.1 16.4 1
MLN 4 3.67 155 155 1393.1 822 287 511 24 103 .971 11.8 10.2 10.8 2.7 8.1 1
NYG 5 4.22 154 154 1377.0 720 269 426 25 86 .965 -7.8 -6.8 -8.8 -13.4 4.5 1
PHI 3 4.79 154 154 1377.1 746 258 444 44 101 .941 -2.8 -2.4 -5.8 -2.1 -3.7 3
PIT 4 4.16 157 157 1376.1 842 324 481 37 92 .956 -1.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.5 -1.5 -1
STL 5 4.47 156 156 1388.2 786 293 457 36 104 .954 4.9 4.2 4.9 -3.0 7.8 0
LgAvg 4 4.25 155 155 1383 790 298 461 30 99 .962 4 0 3 -1 6 1
29 4.25 1242 1242 11062.0 6317 2383 3691 243 790 .962 30.1 3.3 25.1 -19.9 44.8 5

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
BRO 5801 60% 79% 31% 585 92% 1 302 162 115 26 433 333 86 2 9 26 1 16 9 19 98 29 5 34 11 4 86 34 49 8 5 3
CHC 4232 59% 77% 23% 391 90% 4 211 103 91 17 285 208 66 1 4 19 0 18 1 15 73 32 1 22 4 3 70 33 30 2 0 2
CIN 6028 62% 81% 26% 667 93% 5 331 168 135 28 518 408 93 2 6 23 0 21 2 19 107 31 5 30 16 10 96 36 57 7 2 3
MLN 4024 60% 81% 28% 431 90% 1 196 88 86 22 342 269 66 1 4 17 0 16 1 13 74 23 3 25 8 9 71 27 43 1 0 1
NYG 4605 63% 77% 26% 413 87% 1 198 93 81 23 315 244 59 1 6 19 0 17 2 16 64 19 3 18 8 9 60 22 36 2 1 1
PHI 5900 65% 80% 22% 584 89% 5 249 144 89 16 434 332 78 2 8 43 0 40 3 33 104 41 7 25 10 6 94 48 41 9 5 3
PIT 3825 57% 80% 26% 391 91% 2 204 97 89 19 291 225 54 1 9 26 1 21 4 19 73 27 7 20 4 2 63 34 26 6 2 4
STL 6059 62% 79% 27% 619 88% 6 292 139 124 29 465 336 102 3 11 38 1 34 3 24 103 41 6 30 6 3 91 47 40 11 8 3
LgAvg 5059 61% 79% 26% 510 90% 3 248 124 101 23 385 294 76 2 7 26 0 23 3 20 87 30 5 26 8 6 79 35 40 6 3 3
40474 61% 79% 26% 4081 90% 25 1983 994 810 180 3083 2355 604 13 57 211 3 183 25 158 696 243 37 204 67 46 631 281 322 46 23 20

* 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 G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
1 Ernie Banks 25 CHC 139 139 1228.0 661 279 357 25 92 .962 1.6 1.6 0.6 -5.3 5.9 1 4.66 4.58
2 Don Blasingame 24 STL 49 49 417.0 241 93 135 13 31 .946 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.8 2.7 -1 4.92 4.65
3 Eddie Bressoud 24 NYG 48 45 395.1 202 67 125 10 26 .950 -3.7 -11.2 -3.7 -3.0 -0.8 0 4.37 4.00
4 Rocky Bridges 28 CIN 7 0 22.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.3 16.4 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 4.09 1.43
5 Foster Castleman 25 NYG 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00
6 Dick Cole 30 PIT 6 4 23.0 10 2 7 1 4 .900 -0.2 -10.4 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 0 3.52 1.50
7 Alvin Dark 34 TOT 147 147 1289.2 720 267 424 29 93 .960 2.0 1.9 1.0 -6.8 7.8 1 4.82 4.70
8 Alvin Dark 34 NYG 48 48 432.1 230 89 132 9 27 .961 -3.2 -8.9 -3.2 -5.9 2.7 0 4.60 4.60
9 Alvin Dark 34 STL 99 99 857.1 490 178 292 20 66 .959 5.2 7.3 4.2 -0.9 5.1 1 4.93 4.75
10 Chico Fernandez 24 BRO 25 16 163.2 92 34 56 2 11 .978 0.3 2.2 1.3 -0.8 2.0 -1 4.95 3.60
11 Alex Grammas 30 TOT 17 8 87.0 34 15 18 1 3 .971 0.2 2.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.41 1.94
12 Alex Grammas 30 STL 5 3 31.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 0.9 34.8 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 3.48 2.40
13 Alex Grammas 30 CIN 12 5 56.0 22 12 9 1 2 .955 -0.7 -15.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 3.38 1.75
14 Dick Groat 25 PIT 141 136 1205.0 741 287 420 34 74 .954 -0.6 -0.6 0.4 -0.1 0.6 -1 5.28 5.01
15 Granny Hamner 29 PHI 110 101 904.1 511 177 302 32 69 .937 -4.7 -6.2 -6.7 -2.1 -4.6 2 4.77 4.35
16 Ted Kazanski 22 PHI 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
17 Jerry Kindall 21 CHC 18 18 158.2 90 33 53 4 12 .956 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0 4.88 4.78
18 Johnny Logan 29 MLN 148 147 1299.2 757 266 467 24 94 .968 10.7 9.9 9.7 2.2 7.5 1 5.08 4.95
19 Felix Mantilla 21 MLN 15 8 87.2 60 19 41 0 8 1.000 0.9 12.3 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 6.16 4.00
20 Roy McMillan 26 CIN 150 150 1311.0 851 319 511 21 105 .975 19.9 18.2 18.9 2.5 16.4 1 5.70 5.53
21 Eddie Miksis 29 CHC 2 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 1.50
22 Bobby Morgan 30 STL 6 2 31.0 17 8 8 1 2 .941 0.2 7.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 4.65 2.67
23 Charlie Neal 25 BRO 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00
24 Eddie O'Brien 25 PIT 23 17 147.1 90 35 53 2 14 .978 -0.3 -2.4 -0.3 1.2 -1.5 0 5.38 3.83
25 Johnny O'Brien 25 PIT 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Danny O'Connell 29 MLN 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 18.00 2.00
27 Jim Pendleton 32 MLN 3 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 5.40 1.00
28 Pee Wee Reese 37 BRO 136 135 1157.0 653 263 367 23 79 .965 4.4 4.6 4.4 -2.1 6.5 0 4.90 4.63
29 Dick Schofield 21 STL 9 3 52.1 26 11 13 2 4 .923 -1.4 -32.1 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 0 4.13 2.67
30 Roy Smalley 30 PHI 60 53 472.0 235 81 142 12 32 .949 1.9 4.8 0.9 0.0 0.9 1 4.25 3.72
31 Daryl Spencer 27 NYG 66 61 545.1 288 113 169 6 33 .979 -0.7 -1.5 -1.7 -4.4 2.7 1 4.65 4.27
32 Hank Thompson 30 NYG 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
33 Don Zimmer 25 BRO 8 3 45.0 18 8 9 1 3 .944 -0.7 -18.7 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.40 2.13
LgAvg 16 15 135 77 29 45 3 10 .962 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.97 4.55

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
1 Ernie Banks 25 CHC 3566 59% 77% 23% 326 91% 4 175 89 72 14 235 167 58 1 4 15 0 14 1 12 60 29 1 17 2 2 58 30 22 2 0 2
2 Don Blasingame 24 STL 1813 62% 79% 27% 185 88% 1 90 47 30 13 134 97 30 1 6 14 1 13 0 8 31 11 2 8 3 1 27 13 12 4 3 1
3 Eddie Bressoud 24 NYG 1092 60% 79% 28% 94 84% 1 37 18 16 3 69 54 13 1 0 5 0 5 0 4 15 6 0 4 2 1 14 6 8 0 0 0
4 Rocky Bridges 28 CIN 93 62% 81% 19% 9 100% 0 3 2 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Foster Castleman 25 NYG 9 44% 67% 11% 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
6 Dick Cole 30 PIT 105 53% 71% 22% 8 88% 0 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
7 Alvin Dark 34 STL 3742 62% 79% 26% 392 88% 5 179 82 82 15 301 214 68 2 5 21 0 18 3 15 65 28 3 20 3 1 58 31 25 6 5 1
8 Alvin Dark 34 NYG 1668 65% 77% 27% 159 87% 0 74 38 26 9 120 88 29 0 2 9 0 8 1 9 22 7 0 6 3 4 21 7 13 1 0 1
9 Chico Fernandez 24 BRO 698 55% 80% 34% 69 87% 0 33 13 19 1 55 42 12 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 11 2 1 5 2 0 10 3 7 1 1 0
10 Alex Grammas 30 STL 142 62% 77% 26% 12 83% 0 2 0 2 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 Alex Grammas 30 CIN 234 60% 78% 21% 25 88% 0 13 11 1 1 12 7 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
12 Dick Groat 25 PIT 3223 57% 81% 26% 337 91% 2 172 87 70 16 242 190 43 1 7 22 1 17 4 16 56 22 5 14 4 2 48 27 20 5 1 4
13 Granny Hamner 29 PHI 3927 63% 79% 22% 387 89% 4 169 98 61 10 286 223 48 1 4 31 0 29 2 22 72 27 6 19 6 3 65 33 28 6 3 2
14 Jerry Kindall 21 CHC 655 59% 77% 24% 64 86% 0 35 14 18 3 48 39 8 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 12 3 0 5 1 1 11 3 7 0 0 0
15 Johnny Logan 29 MLN 3838 60% 81% 28% 410 90% 1 187 86 80 21 324 257 60 1 4 17 0 16 1 13 69 20 3 24 7 9 66 24 41 1 0 1
16 Felix Mantilla 21 MLN 160 59% 71% 24% 17 82% 0 7 1 5 1 15 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
17 Roy McMillan 26 CIN 5701 63% 81% 27% 633 93% 5 315 155 133 27 499 394 89 2 6 22 0 20 2 18 105 29 5 30 16 10 94 34 57 7 2 3
18 Eddie Miksis 29 CHC 11 36% 100% 45% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
19 Bobby Morgan 30 STL 135 64% 83% 29% 11 100% 0 8 4 3 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
20 Charlie Neal 25 BRO 13 85% 85% 46% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Eddie O'Brien 25 PIT 497 60% 81% 25% 46 96% 0 29 9 17 3 43 32 9 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 14 3 2 6 0 0 12 5 6 1 1 0
22 Danny O'Connell 29 MLN 4 75% 100% 25% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
23 Jim Pendleton 32 MLN 22 95% 82% 32% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Pee Wee Reese 37 BRO 4903 60% 79% 30% 500 92% 1 261 144 94 24 367 282 73 2 7 23 1 13 9 17 84 26 4 29 8 4 74 30 41 6 4 2
25 Dick Schofield 21 STL 227 57% 82% 27% 19 79% 0 13 6 7 0 13 11 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 1
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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
26 Roy Smalley 30 PHI 1973 67% 81% 23% 197 89% 1 80 46 28 6 148 109 30 1 4 12 0 11 1 11 32 14 1 6 4 3 29 15 13 3 2 1
27 Daryl Spencer 27 NYG 1830 63% 77% 25% 160 89% 0 87 37 39 11 126 102 17 0 4 5 0 4 1 3 27 6 3 8 3 4 25 9 15 1 1 0
28 Hank Thompson 30 NYG 6 83% 83% 17% 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
29 Don Zimmer 25 BRO 187 66% 80% 28% 15 87% 0 8 5 2 1 10 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
LgAvg 562 61% 79% 26% 57 90% 0 28 14 11 3 43 33 8 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 10 3 1 3 1 1 9 4 4 1 0 0
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