George Altman
George Lee Altman (Big George)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 20, 1933 in Goldsboro, NC
School: Tennessee State University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1959
Final Game: October 1, 1967
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 CHC NL 26 OF 121 103 949.0 288 278 7 3 2 .990 8.1 10.2 8.1 -1.0 9.2 0 2.70 2.36 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 CHC NL 26 CF 120 102 941.0 285 275 7 3 2 .989 7.6 9.7 7.6 -1.5 9.2 0 2.70 2.35 .980 2.63 2.24
1959 CHC NL 26 RF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 1.91 1.60
1960 CHC NL 27 OF 79 65 600.0 147 144 2 1 0 .993 0.0 0.0 3.0 -0.9 3.9 -3 2.19 1.85 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 CHC NL 27 CF 30 25 230.0 66 65 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 4.7 1.9 0.2 1.7 -1 2.58 2.20 .980 2.59 2.32
1960 CHC NL 27 LF 27 20 197.1 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -2.4 0.6 -1.0 1.6 -1 1.78 1.44 .974 1.98 1.54
1960 CHC NL 27 RF 24 20 172.2 35 33 1 1 0 .971 -0.5 -3.5 0.5 -0.1 0.6 -1 1.77 1.42 .980 1.99 1.76
1960 CHC NL 27 1B 21 18 168.0 179 164 14 1 15 .994 -1.4 -10.0 -1.4 -0.4 -0.9 0 9.54 8.48 .990 9.57 8.20
1961 CHC NL 28 OF 130 128 1145.1 275 258 11 6 2 .978 -3.3 -3.5 0.7 -1.3 2.0 -4 2.11 2.07 .977 2.16 1.86 AS,MVP-14
1961 CHC NL 28 RF 115 114 998.0 212 197 11 4 2 .981 -7.0 -8.4 -5.0 -3.5 -1.5 -2 1.88 1.81 .974 1.93 1.60 AS,MVP-14
1961 CHC NL 28 CF 25 13 139.1 60 58 0 2 0 .967 4.2 36.2 6.2 2.7 3.5 -2 3.75 2.32 .982 2.63 2.28 AS,MVP-14
1961 CHC NL 28 1B 3 3 19.0 21 20 1 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -31.6 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 9.95 7.00 .990 9.81 8.57 AS,MVP-14
1961 CHC NL 28 LF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.91 1.50 AS,MVP-14
1962 CHC NL 29 OF 129 127 1128.0 249 234 8 7 3 .972 -1.4 -1.5 2.6 4.3 -1.7 -4 1.93 1.88 .974 2.07 1.79 AS
1962 CHC NL 29 RF 125 124 1091.0 243 230 7 6 4 .975 -0.5 -0.5 3.5 4.0 -0.5 -4 1.96 1.90 .975 1.90 1.65 AS
1962 CHC NL 29 1B 16 13 125.0 129 121 8 0 13 1.000 -0.4 -3.8 -0.4 -0.9 0.6 0 9.29 8.06 .990 9.79 8.04 AS
1962 CHC NL 29 CF 6 3 37.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0.9 -29.2 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 0 1.46 1.00 .986 2.48 2.27 AS
1963 STL NL 30 OF 124 118 1039.1 233 220 8 5 1 .979 2.4 2.8 3.4 0.1 3.4 -1 1.97 1.84 .977 2.01 1.75
1963 STL NL 30 RF 116 111 966.1 211 199 8 4 1 .981 1.9 2.4 2.9 1.1 1.8 -1 1.93 1.78 .976 1.83 1.61
1963 STL NL 30 LF 13 7 73.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 0.5 8.2 0.5 -1.0 1.6 0 2.34 1.46 .970 1.80 1.38
1964 NYM NL 31 OF 109 105 905.0 221 202 12 7 3 .968 2.1 2.8 3.1 -0.3 3.3 -1 2.13 1.96 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 NYM NL 31 LF 95 91 785.1 197 182 8 7 2 .964 2.6 4.0 3.6 -0.4 3.9 -1 2.18 2.00 .965 1.71 1.34
1964 NYM NL 31 RF 14 14 119.2 26 22 4 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -5.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 1.96 1.86 .973 1.90 1.62
1965 CHC NL 32 OF 45 43 339.2 70 66 0 4 0 .943 -3.6 -12.7 -0.6 -1.0 0.5 -3 1.75 1.47 .976 2.00 1.75
1965 CHC NL 32 LF 44 42 338.2 72 68 0 4 0 .944 -3.5 -12.4 -0.5 -1.0 0.6 -3 1.81 1.55 .967 1.71 1.38
1965 CHC NL 32 1B 2 1 8.1 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 0.1 14.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 12.96 6.00 .992 9.94 8.60
1965 CHC NL 32 RF 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1966 CHC NL 33 OF 42 34 302.1 48 42 4 2 0 .958 -4.3 -17.1 -3.3 -1.3 -1.9 -1 1.37 1.10 .975 2.03 1.78
1966 CHC NL 33 LF 41 33 294.1 47 41 4 2 0 .957 -4.2 -17.1 -3.2 -1.2 -1.9 -1 1.38 1.10 .964 1.74 1.35
1966 CHC NL 33 1B 4 3 26.0 29 27 2 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -4.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 10.04 7.25 .990 9.90 8.50
1966 CHC NL 33 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.91 1.70
1967 CHC NL 34 OF 4 1 19.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -50.5 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 0.95 0.50 1.000 2.04 1.80
1967 CHC NL 34 LF 3 0 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -55.4 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.69 0.33 1.000 1.73 1.50
1967 CHC NL 34 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
1967 CHC NL 34 RF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
9 Seasons OF 783 724 6427.2 1533 1446 52 35 11 .977 -0.8 -0.1 16.2 -2.2 18.7 -17 2.10 1.91 .976 2.09 1.81
9 Seasons RF 398 387 3370.2 732 686 31 15 7 .980 -6.5 -2.3 1.5 1.8 -0.3 -8 1.91 1.80 .975 1.89 1.63
7 Seasons LF 224 194 1709.2 377 351 12 14 2 .963 -6.1 -4.3 -0.1 -5.7 5.8 -6 1.91 1.62 .967 1.75 1.38
4 Seasons CF 181 143 1347.1 418 404 8 6 2 .986 11.8 10.5 14.8 1.7 13.2 -3 2.75 2.28 .980 2.62 2.26
6 Seasons 1B 47 38 348.1 372 346 25 1 34 .997 -2.3 -7.9 -2.3 -1.6 -0.5 0 9.59 7.89 .990 9.70 8.22
9 Seasons TOT 830 762 6776.0 1905 1792 77 36 45 .981 -3.1 -0.5 13.9 -3.8 18.2 -17 0 2.48 2.25 .960 2.48 2.18
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 CHC NL 26 135 103 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 1 121 16 3
1960 CHC NL 27 119 83 119 119 0 0 21 0 0 0 27 30 24 79 25 2
1961 CHC NL 28 138 131 138 138 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 25 115 130 7 0
1962 CHC NL 29 147 140 147 147 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 6 125 129 6 0
1963 STL NL 30 135 118 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 116 124 13 3
1964 NYM NL 31 124 105 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 14 109 19 0
1965 CHC NL 32 90 44 90 90 0 0 2 0 0 0 44 0 1 45 45 0
1966 CHC NL 33 88 37 88 88 0 0 4 0 0 0 41 0 1 42 48 0
1967 CHC NL 34 15 1 15 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 10 0
9 Seasons 991 762 991 991 0 0 47 0 0 0 224 181 398 783 189 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1959 CHC NL 26 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 37 41% 68% 41% 4 75%
1960 CHC NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 15 4 26.7% 10 1 6.7% 0 768 54% 77% 27% 70 49%
1961 CHC NL 28 4 0 1 3 0 11 0 7 1 2 59 20 1 32 6 1 15 11 1 13 4 0 14 9 1 133 50 37.6% 79 4 3.0% 7 4473 64% 80% 26% 448 46%
1962 CHC NL 29 6 0 6 0 1 7 0 0 3 2 53 23 1 39 8 2 14 6 0 18 2 0 18 10 3 142 49 34.5% 87 6 4.2% 1 4869 57% 78% 28% 467 50%
1963 STL NL 30 4 0 3 1 0 8 0 1 1 3 16 4 1 6 1 1 5 3 0 15 2 0 16 11 0 58 21 36.2% 35 2 3.4% 6 4166 61% 76% 28% 263 77%
1964 NYM NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 12 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 16 5 31.3% 10 1 6.3% 3 536 59% 78% 34% 55 44%
1965 CHC NL 32 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 5 40% 80% 20% 0
1966 CHC NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 65% 74% 24% 4 25%
1967 CHC NL 34 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 27 52% 78% 26% 3 33%
9 Seasons 15 0 11 4 1 31 0 9 6 9 146 52 3 81 15 4 38 20 2 50 9 1 51 33 4 366 129 35.2% 223 14 3.8% 17 14915 60% 78% 28% 1314 54%
MLB Averages 41.5% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1960 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 19 11 57.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 875 61% 76% 27% 79 49%
1961 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 44 73% 82% 25% 5 20%
1963 STL NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 342 65% 80% 28% 21 90%
1964 NYM NL 31 7 0 5 2 2 8 0 4 2 2 42 27 2 33 7 0 21 13 0 10 0 1 17 17 0 123 64 52.0% 56 3 2.4% 5 3557 58% 81% 33% 422 45%
1965 CHC NL 32 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 12 1 0 12 5 0 7 1 0 6 5 0 50 22 44.0% 28 0 0.0% 0 1511 59% 79% 30% 162 42%
1966 CHC NL 33 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 7 3 0 13 0 4 6 3 0 6 1 0 4 4 0 36 11 30.6% 21 4 11.1% 0 1277 71% 79% 25% 118 39%
1967 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 55 58% 80% 24% 6 17%
7 Seasons 14 0 12 2 3 12 0 4 3 5 71 47 2 65 10 4 42 23 0 26 3 1 32 31 0 236 114 48.3% 115 7 3.0% 5 7661 61% 80% 30% 813 45%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.4% 61% 77% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1959 CHC NL 26 3 0 3 0 1 7 0 3 1 2 35 15 2 26 1 1 9 2 0 17 5 0 21 16 1 108 39 36.1% 65 4 3.7% 3 4053 58% 79% 28% 456 61%
1960 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 3 0 25 7 28.0% 18 0 0.0% 1 974 53% 80% 28% 114 58%
1961 CHC NL 28 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 5 2 0 17 4 23.5% 13 0 0.0% 0 614 62% 82% 32% 87 67%
1962 CHC NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 171 67% 73% 24% 22 27%
4 Seasons 6 0 5 1 2 8 0 4 1 2 56 22 2 35 2 1 13 2 0 26 6 0 29 21 1 159 53 33.3% 102 4 2.5% 4 5812 58% 79% 28% 679 60%
MLB Averages 40.2% 2.0% 61% 77% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1960 CHC NL 27 790 56% 76% 25% 31 97% 0 163 6 155 2 12 12 10 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16 0 1 0 14 1 2 0 2 0
1961 CHC NL 28 80 65% 90% 31% 2 100% 1 20 1 18 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 29 571 61% 78% 34% 32 97% 1 126 14 112 0 9 8 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1965 CHC NL 32 35 66% 80% 37% 1 100% 0 12 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 33 80 65% 75% 25% 2 100% 0 17 0 16 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 34 6 83% 100% 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
6 Seasons 1562 59% 78% 29% 68 97% 2 340 21 315 4 22 23 17 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 34 1 1 0 32 2 2 0 2 2 100%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93% 86%

* 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.

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