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Dell Alston

Wendell Alston

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 22, 1952 in Valhalla, NY
School: Concordia College-Bronxville (Bronxville, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1977
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics/Yankees 1977-1980

Final Game: October 4, 1980
Relatives: Cousin of Garvin Alston
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 NYY AL 24 DH 10 9
1977 NYY AL 24 OF 2 1 1 15.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 1.80 1.50 .977 2.34 2.30
1977 NYY AL 24 RF 2 1 1 15.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 1.80 1.50 .973 2.10 2.05
1978 OAK AL 25 OF 50 43 29 362.2 90 86 0 4 0 .956 -4 -13 2.13 1.72 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 OAK AL 25 RF 29 25 17 208.0 54 52 0 2 0 .963 -2 -12 2.25 1.79 .978 2.24 2.22
1978 OAK AL 25 LF 23 18 12 154.2 38 36 0 2 0 .947 -2 -15 2.09 1.57 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 OAK AL 25 1B 9 0 0 17.2 20 20 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -14 10.19 2.22 .992 10.09 9.96
1978 OAK AL 25 DH 3 1
1979 CLE AL 26 OF 30 9 8 130.2 32 29 2 1 0 .969 -1 -9 2.14 1.03 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 CLE AL 26 LF 18 7 7 87.2 23 22 0 1 0 .957 0 1 2.26 1.22 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 CLE AL 26 RF 12 2 1 43.0 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -31 1.88 0.75 .980 2.26 2.22
1979 CLE AL 26 DH 7 0
1980 CLE AL 27 OF 26 12 10 136.0 38 35 1 2 0 .947 -2 -14 2.38 1.38 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 CLE AL 27 LF 12 6 4 62.0 14 11 1 2 0 .857 -2 -43 1.74 1.00 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 CLE AL 27 RF 12 3 3 46.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -34 1.76 0.75 .976 2.13 2.12
1980 CLE AL 27 DH 8 0
1980 CLE AL 27 CF 4 3 3 28.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2 81 4.50 3.50 .983 2.92 2.90
4 Seasons OF 108 65 48 644.1 163 152 4 7 0 .957 -7 -13 2.18 1.44 .979 2.46 2.44
4 Seasons RF 55 31 22 312.0 75 70 3 2 0 .973 -5 -19 2.11 1.33 .978 2.22 2.19
3 Seasons LF 53 31 23 304.1 75 69 1 5 0 .933 -4 -16 2.07 1.32 .977 2.24 2.23
1 Season 1B 9 0 0 17.2 20 20 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -14 10.19 2.22 .992 10.09 9.96
1 Season CF 4 3 3 28.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2 81 4.50 3.50 .983 2.92 2.90
4 Seasons TOT 117 65 48 662.0 183 172 4 7 2 .962 -7 -13 2.39 1.50 .981 2.67 3.02
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1977 NYY AL 24 RF -0 -40 -0 -0 0 0
1978 OAK AL 25 RF -2 -12 1 -0 1 -3
1978 OAK AL 25 LF -2 -15 -1 -1 0 -1
1978 OAK AL 25 1B -0 -14 -0 -0 0 0
1979 CLE AL 26 LF 0 1 1 -0 2 -1
1979 CLE AL 26 RF -1 -31 -2 -0 -2 1
1980 CLE AL 27 LF -2 -43 -1 -1 -0 -1
1980 CLE AL 27 RF -1 -34 -1 -1 -0 0
1980 CLE AL 27 CF 2 81 2 -0 2 0
4 Seasons RF -5 -19 -3 -2 -1 -2
3 Seasons LF -4 -16 -1 -2 1 -3
1 Season 1B -0 -14 -0 -0 0 0
1 Season CF 2 81 2 -0 2 0
4 Seasons TOT -7 -13 -2 -4 2 0 -5

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 NYY AL 24 22 10 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 8 4
1978 OAK AL 25 58 44 58 52 0 0 9 0 0 0 23 0 29 52 3 3 6
1978 NYY AL 25 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 CLE AL 26 54 9 54 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 12 30 7 15 14
1980 CLE AL 27 52 12 52 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 12 28 8 10 20
4 Seasons 189 75 189 111 0 0 9 0 0 0 53 4 55 112 28 39 44
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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
Year Tm Lg Age 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%
1977 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0% 4 1 20.0% 0 72 28% 83% 25% 10 30%
1978 OAK AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 28 6 21.4% 22 0 0.0% 0 902 55% 79% 26% 97 54%
1979 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 5 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 2 199 59% 81% 22% 25 36%
1980 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 207 67% 82% 31% 21 43%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 21 3 0 18 4 0 4 3 1 5 2 0 5 4 0 53 16 30.2% 36 1 1.9% 2 1380 56% 80% 26% 153 48%
MLB Averages 41.4% 3.0% 60% 82% 27% 51%

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
Year Tm Lg Age 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%
1978 OAK AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 24 15 62.5% 9 0 0.0% 0 679 52% 79% 30% 79 46%
1979 CLE AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 376 69% 82% 28% 49 45%
1980 CLE AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 3 1 16.7% 0 263 73% 77% 24% 29 41%
3 Seasons 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 14 1 13 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 6 6 0 44 24 54.5% 19 1 2.3% 0 1318 61% 80% 28% 157 45%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.8% 60% 82% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age 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%
1978 OAK AL 25 77 69% 82% 26% 3 100% 0 19 1 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 77 69% 82% 26% 3 100% 0 19 1 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 82% 28% 94% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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
Year Tm Lg Age 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%
1980 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 112 66% 88% 33% 22 64%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 112 66% 88% 33% 22 64%
MLB Averages 43.8% 2.4% 60% 82% 27% 57%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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