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1979 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
ATL 2 4.77 160 160 1407.2 820 269 512 39 94 .952 -11.1 -9.5 -9.1 -3.7 -5.4 -2
CHC 2 4.36 162 162 1446.2 808 244 531 33 101 .959 -12.4 -10.3 -9.4 -6.8 -2.8 -3
CIN 4 4.00 161 161 1440.1 892 322 541 29 109 .967 5.6 4.7 3.6 -0.8 4.3 2
HOU 4 3.59 162 162 1447.2 787 251 508 28 106 .964 5.2 4.3 5.2 -0.8 6.2 0
LAD 3 4.43 162 162 1444.0 761 238 490 33 74 .957 -15.9 -13.2 -11.9 -0.1 -11.8 -4
MON 3 3.63 160 159 1438.1 819 286 505 28 72 .966 -5.3 -4.4 -2.3 -0.9 -1.3 -3
NYM 4 4.33 163 163 1482.2 829 311 490 28 100 .966 -11.5 -9.3 -11.5 -9.7 -1.7 0
PHI 5 4.40 163 163 1441.1 777 262 505 10 88 .987 3.0 2.5 3.0 -3.0 5.9 0
PIT 5 3.94 163 163 1493.1 834 309 501 24 120 .971 0.7 0.6 -1.3 1.7 -3.1 2
SDP 3 4.23 161 161 1453.0 904 282 599 23 97 .975 14.8 12.2 14.8 6.6 8.2 0
SFG 2 4.64 162 162 1436.0 825 268 522 35 86 .958 -10.7 -8.9 -6.7 -5.7 -1.0 -4
STL 3 4.25 163 163 1486.2 964 325 602 37 113 .962 -0.9 -0.7 0.1 2.1 -2.0 -1
LgAvg 3 4.22 162 162 1451 835 281 526 29 97 .965 -2 0 -1 -1 0 0
38 4.22 1942 1941 17417.2 10020 3367 6306 347 1160 .965 -38.5 -2.7 -25.5 -21.1 -4.5 -13

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
ATL 6461 56% 80% 27% 675 90% 5 256 139 93 24 526 382 120 0 7 38 1 37 0 26 95 43 3 31 5 3 90 47 40 4 4 0
CHC 6482 56% 77% 27% 616 90% 3 252 80 124 48 522 381 128 2 5 32 1 31 0 23 102 45 4 23 12 2 92 49 38 6 2 3
CIN 6288 57% 80% 26% 725 89% 4 322 162 124 37 552 432 94 2 14 29 2 26 1 22 107 28 11 38 10 5 97 40 55 7 2 4
HOU 6273 56% 78% 26% 589 94% 5 247 96 124 27 511 397 94 1 9 29 1 26 2 18 106 45 10 26 9 7 99 55 42 6 2 3
LAD 6459 57% 78% 24% 630 91% 3 234 121 76 36 489 363 110 1 4 33 1 29 3 25 74 29 6 19 7 1 69 35 28 3 2 1
MON 6270 63% 79% 26% 670 91% 5 283 151 97 35 493 379 94 2 4 29 0 28 1 21 74 34 3 20 4 3 68 37 28 4 4 0
NYM 6650 59% 78% 24% 628 90% 5 304 135 124 45 492 378 93 3 5 27 0 27 0 22 102 34 9 35 5 6 93 43 48 5 1 3
PHI 6324 64% 80% 26% 634 92% 0 263 117 107 39 511 405 98 1 7 10 0 10 0 8 89 33 3 34 9 2 83 36 45 5 0 5
PIT 6506 61% 78% 25% 666 89% 6 310 152 118 41 512 377 108 6 6 24 1 23 0 21 122 42 6 41 8 5 110 51 55 9 4 4
SDP 6383 65% 79% 28% 756 91% 8 273 121 107 45 603 448 128 2 8 23 2 21 0 14 98 45 9 19 7 7 89 55 33 6 4 2
SFG 6556 68% 77% 28% 702 87% 2 253 119 99 36 549 416 113 3 10 36 5 31 0 25 85 31 6 20 10 2 74 38 34 7 2 3
STL 6523 56% 80% 27% 739 88% 2 326 138 147 42 579 454 105 0 15 39 0 36 3 31 109 35 8 33 7 12 101 44 54 8 0 6
LgAvg 6431 60% 79% 26% 669 90% 4 277 128 112 38 528 401 107 2 8 29 1 27 1 21 97 37 7 28 8 5 89 44 42 6 2 3
77175 60% 79% 26% 8030 90% 48 3323 1531 1340 455 6339 4812 1285 23 94 349 14 325 10 256 1163 444 78 339 93 55 1065 530 500 70 27 34

* 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 Matt Alexander 32 PIT 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
2 Bill Almon 26 SDP 25 8 109.0 72 26 43 3 11 .958 0.6 6.6 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 1 5.70 2.76
3 Rick Auerbach 29 CIN 16 8 93.0 57 27 28 2 5 .965 0.1 1.3 0.1 -1.1 1.1 0 5.32 3.44
4 Dale Berra 22 PIT 22 15 170.1 83 25 53 5 11 .940 0.9 6.3 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 1 4.12 3.55
5 Larry Bowa 33 PHI 146 147 1271.1 683 229 448 6 80 .991 4.1 3.9 4.1 -1.7 5.7 0 4.79 4.64
6 Darrel Chaney 31 ATL 39 24 245.0 127 40 80 7 15 .945 -3.3 -16.2 -2.3 -3.2 0.9 -1 4.41 3.08
7 Dave Concepcion 31 CIN 148 148 1297.1 806 284 495 27 102 .967 5.1 4.7 3.1 0.6 2.5 2 5.40 5.26
8 Ivan DeJesus 26 CHC 160 156 1383.2 774 235 507 32 97 .959 -14.1 -12.2 -11.1 -6.9 -4.3 -3 4.83 4.64
9 Barry Evans 22 SDP 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.80 0.50
10 Sergio Ferrer 28 NYM 5 0 12.0 9 4 5 0 2 1.000 -0.5 -50.0 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 6.75 1.80
11 Doug Flynn 28 NYM 20 12 132.1 77 33 41 3 9 .961 -2.5 -22.7 -2.5 -0.9 -1.5 0 5.03 3.70
12 Tim Foli 28 TOT 135 130 1167.0 684 259 410 15 98 .978 4.8 4.9 2.8 3.0 -0.3 2 5.16 4.96
13 Tim Foli 28 NYM 3 1 16.0 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -15.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 5.62 3.33
14 Tim Foli 28 PIT 132 129 1151.0 674 255 404 15 97 .978 5.0 5.2 3.0 3.2 -0.3 2 5.15 4.99
15 Pepe Frias 30 ATL 137 136 1162.2 693 229 432 32 79 .954 -7.8 -8.1 -6.8 -0.5 -6.3 -1 5.12 4.82
16 Phil Garner 30 PIT 14 8 80.0 31 12 18 1 8 .968 -1.9 -28.5 -1.9 -1.7 -0.2 0 3.38 2.14
17 Julio Gonzalez 26 HOU 21 15 138.1 88 31 54 3 11 .966 -1.4 -12.1 -1.4 -0.4 -1.0 0 5.53 4.05
18 Bud Harrelson 35 PHI 17 4 54.0 27 9 15 3 1 .889 -0.4 -8.9 -0.4 -1.4 1.0 0 4.00 1.41
19 Mick Kelleher 31 CHC 14 6 63.0 34 9 24 1 4 .971 1.7 32.4 1.7 0.1 1.5 0 4.71 2.36
20 Junior Kennedy 28 CIN 5 5 45.0 26 10 16 0 2 1.000 0.5 13.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 5.20 5.20
21 Rafael Landestoy 26 HOU 3 1 13.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -27.7 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 0 3.46 1.67
22 Johnnie LeMaster 25 SFG 106 94 837.2 483 160 303 20 52 .959 -7.6 -10.9 -4.6 -5.0 0.4 -3 4.97 4.37
23 Pete Mackanin 27 PHI 2 0 3.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.7 280.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 9.00 1.50
24 Ted Martinez 31 LAD 21 12 127.0 52 16 34 2 4 .962 -2.7 -25.5 -1.7 0.1 -1.9 -1 3.54 2.38
25 Jim Mason 28 MON 33 14 171.1 87 31 53 3 9 .966 -2.2 -15.4 -2.2 -0.5 -1.7 0 4.41 2.55
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Rudy Meoli 28 PHI 16 11 104.0 61 23 37 1 5 .984 -0.7 -8.1 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 5.19 3.75
27 Roger Metzger 31 SFG 78 68 598.1 342 108 219 15 34 .956 -3.1 -6.2 -2.1 -0.7 -1.4 -1 4.92 4.19
28 Ken Oberkfell 23 STL 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 4.50 0.50
29 Ron Oester 23 CIN 2 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 5.40 1.50
30 Mike Phillips 28 STL 25 13 170.0 112 33 76 3 11 .973 0.4 2.8 1.4 0.6 0.8 -1 5.77 4.36
31 Craig Reynolds 26 HOU 143 140 1235.1 659 208 428 23 88 .965 8.0 7.8 8.0 1.0 7.1 0 4.63 4.45
32 Bill Russell 30 LAD 150 148 1296.0 700 218 452 30 70 .957 -12.2 -11.3 -9.2 -0.2 -8.9 -3 4.65 4.47
33 Mike Schmidt 29 PHI 2 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 2 1.000 -0.7 -93.3 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.00 1.50
34 Rodney Scott 25 MON 39 35 318.0 166 61 97 8 11 .952 -7.3 -27.5 -6.3 -5.5 -0.7 -1 4.47 4.05
35 Jimmy Sexton 27 HOU 11 6 61.0 35 10 23 2 6 .943 -1.1 -21.6 -1.1 -1.8 0.8 0 4.87 3.00
36 Ozzie Smith 24 SDP 155 153 1339.0 831 256 555 20 86 .976 14.3 12.8 15.3 7.1 8.2 -1 5.45 5.23
37 Chris Speier 29 MON 112 110 949.0 566 194 355 17 52 .970 4.2 5.3 6.2 5.1 1.1 -2 5.21 4.90
38 Frank Taveras 29 TOT 164 161 1412.1 779 287 464 28 92 .964 -11.6 -9.9 -10.6 -10.0 -0.6 -1 4.79 4.58
39 Frank Taveras 29 PIT 11 11 90.0 46 17 26 3 4 .935 -3.3 -44.0 -2.3 -1.6 -0.7 -1 4.30 3.91
40 Frank Taveras 29 NYM 153 150 1322.1 733 270 438 25 88 .966 -8.3 -7.5 -8.3 -8.4 0.1 0 4.82 4.63
41 Garry Templeton 23 STL 150 150 1314.2 851 292 525 34 102 .960 -1.3 -1.2 -1.3 1.7 -3.0 0 5.59 5.45
42 Derrel Thomas 28 LAD 3 2 21.0 9 4 4 1 0 .889 -1.0 -57.1 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 3.43 2.67
LgAvg 17 15 137 79 26 50 3 9 .964 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.01 4.47

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 Matt Alexander 32 PIT 6 100% 67% 50% 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 Bill Almon 26 SDP 476 73% 79% 28% 61 84% 0 24 12 10 2 45 34 10 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 11 4 1 3 1 1 10 5 5 0 0 0
3 Rick Auerbach 29 CIN 383 54% 85% 27% 52 85% 0 27 16 10 2 29 25 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
4 Tony Bernazard 22 MON 45 60% 80% 29% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dale Berra 22 PIT 737 59% 79% 26% 80 93% 0 27 21 4 2 56 36 17 1 0 5 1 4 0 2 11 9 0 1 1 0 11 9 2 0 0 0
6 Larry Bowa 33 PHI 5576 64% 79% 26% 552 93% 0 229 101 91 37 454 359 87 1 7 6 0 6 0 5 81 32 3 30 8 2 76 35 40 4 0 4
7 Darrel Chaney 31 ATL 1107 55% 79% 26% 100 87% 1 41 14 19 8 85 65 13 0 2 7 0 7 0 6 15 3 1 5 2 1 14 4 8 1 1 0
8 Dave Concepcion 31 CIN 5694 57% 79% 26% 649 89% 3 284 140 110 34 505 391 89 2 14 27 2 24 1 21 100 26 10 34 10 5 90 37 51 7 2 4
9 Ivan DeJesus 26 CHC 6227 56% 77% 27% 588 90% 3 243 77 120 46 498 361 124 2 4 31 1 30 0 22 98 43 3 23 11 2 88 46 37 6 2 3
10 Barry Evans 22 SDP 22 59% 59% 14% 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
11 Sergio Ferrer 28 NYM 57 46% 82% 25% 5 80% 0 3 1 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
12 Doug Flynn 28 NYM 602 57% 79% 22% 57 88% 1 29 13 11 5 41 32 8 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 9 3 2 2 0 2 9 5 4 0 0 0
13 Tim Foli 28 PIT 5018 61% 78% 25% 532 89% 6 255 120 101 35 412 309 81 5 6 15 0 15 0 15 98 29 6 35 7 5 90 38 48 7 3 3
14 Tim Foli 28 NYM 73 66% 75% 21% 6 100% 0 4 2 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 Pepe Frias 30 ATL 5354 56% 80% 27% 575 91% 4 215 125 74 16 441 317 107 0 5 31 1 30 0 20 80 40 2 26 3 2 76 43 32 3 3 0
16 Phil Garner 30 PIT 337 58% 76% 21% 23 87% 0 11 5 4 2 18 13 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 3 0 2 0 0 5 3 2 2 1 1
17 Julio Gonzalez 26 HOU 621 55% 83% 28% 57 96% 2 31 9 18 4 53 46 5 0 1 5 0 4 1 2 11 2 2 5 1 1 11 4 7 0 0 0
18 Bud Harrelson 35 PHI 228 63% 79% 29% 29 79% 0 11 7 3 1 17 14 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
19 Mick Kelleher 31 CHC 255 61% 71% 28% 28 93% 0 9 3 4 2 24 20 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
20 Junior Kennedy 28 CIN 190 48% 82% 24% 21 95% 1 10 6 3 1 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
21 Rafael Landestoy 26 HOU 56 52% 79% 32% 2 100% 0 2 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 Johnnie LeMaster 25 SFG 3863 69% 77% 28% 409 89% 2 152 68 63 21 326 240 76 2 3 20 2 18 0 13 51 18 4 15 5 1 44 22 22 4 1 2
23 Pete Mackanin 27 PHI 11 73% 100% 36% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Ted Martinez 31 LAD 570 57% 80% 24% 51 88% 0 15 12 1 2 32 22 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
25 Jim Mason 28 MON 740 64% 80% 25% 68 88% 0 32 13 13 6 50 38 10 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 10 4 0 1 1 0 8 4 3 1 1 0
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 Rudy Meoli 28 PHI 463 68% 80% 26% 47 87% 0 23 9 13 1 35 29 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 1 0 5 0 4 1 0 1
27 Roger Metzger 31 SFG 2693 66% 78% 28% 293 85% 0 101 51 36 15 223 176 37 1 7 16 3 13 0 12 34 13 2 5 5 1 30 16 12 3 1 1
28 Ken Oberkfell 23 STL 10 80% 90% 30% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Ron Oester 23 CIN 21 86% 81% 38% 3 67% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Mike Phillips 28 STL 717 64% 80% 29% 83 90% 0 32 17 14 1 64 48 15 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 10 5 1 3 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1
31 Craig Reynolds 26 HOU 5326 56% 77% 26% 507 94% 3 202 84 96 22 431 329 86 1 7 22 1 20 1 14 88 42 7 17 8 5 81 49 30 6 2 3
32 Bill Russell 30 LAD 5788 57% 78% 24% 573 91% 3 216 109 73 33 453 337 100 1 4 30 1 26 3 23 70 26 6 19 7 1 66 32 28 3 2 1
33 Mike Schmidt 29 PHI 46 67% 83% 28% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
34 Rodney Scott 25 MON 1404 60% 78% 25% 135 90% 1 60 35 19 6 93 73 17 0 0 8 0 8 0 6 11 4 1 4 0 1 10 5 5 1 1 0
35 Jimmy Sexton 27 HOU 270 52% 77% 22% 23 91% 0 12 3 9 0 23 19 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 6 1 1 3 0 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
36 Ozzie Smith 24 SDP 5885 64% 80% 28% 694 91% 8 249 109 97 43 557 413 118 2 8 20 2 18 0 11 87 41 8 16 6 6 79 50 28 6 4 2
37 Chris Speier 29 MON 4081 63% 80% 26% 465 91% 4 189 103 63 23 347 266 67 2 4 18 0 17 1 13 53 26 2 15 3 2 50 28 20 2 2 0
38 Frank Taveras 29 PIT 408 53% 76% 24% 31 87% 0 17 6 9 2 26 19 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 5 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
39 Frank Taveras 29 NYM 5918 59% 78% 24% 560 91% 4 268 119 109 40 441 336 85 3 5 24 0 24 0 20 90 31 7 30 5 4 81 38 41 5 1 3
40 Garry Templeton 23 STL 5796 55% 80% 27% 654 88% 2 294 121 133 41 514 406 89 0 13 36 0 33 3 28 99 30 7 30 7 12 92 38 51 7 0 5
41 Derrel Thomas 28 LAD 101 64% 77% 22% 6 83% 0 3 0 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LgAvg 715 60% 79% 26% 74 90% 0 31 14 12 4 59 45 12 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 11 4 1 3 1 1 10 5 5 1 0 0
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