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Luis Aparicio

Luis Ernesto (Montiel) Aparicio (Little Louie)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 29, 1934 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
High School: Lico Baralt (Maracaibo, VE)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles/RedSox 1956-1973

Final Game: September 28, 1973
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1984 (341/403 ballots).
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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
1956 CHW AL 22 SS 152 151 123 1299.2 759 250 474 35 91 .954 2 2 5.01 4.76 .960 4.98 4.94 MVP-25,RoY-1
1957 CHW AL 23 SS 142 139 133 1246.0 715 246 449 20 85 .972 11 10 5.02 4.89 .963 5.11 5.13
1958 CHW AL 24 SS 145 145 132 1266.0 773 289 463 21 90 .973 18 17 5.35 5.19 .964 4.96 4.91 AS,GG
1959 CHW AL 25 SS 152 150 142 1338.2 765 282 460 23 87 .970 8 7 4.99 4.88 .959 4.87 4.84 AS,MVP-2,GG
1960 CHW AL 26 SS 153 152 143 1345.0 874 305 551 18 117 .979 27 24 5.73 5.59 .960 5.11 5.10 AS,MVP-21,GG
1961 CHW AL 27 SS 156 151 143 1331.0 781 264 487 30 86 .962 9 8 5.08 4.81 .956 4.84 4.78 AS,MVP-12,GG
1962 CHW AL 28 SS 152 141 138 1280.2 752 280 452 20 102 .973 11 11 5.14 4.82 .962 4.84 4.83 AS,GG
1963 BAL AL 29 SS 145 145 142 1274.1 690 275 403 12 76 .983 7 7 4.79 4.68 .965 4.78 4.78 AS,MVP-23
1964 BAL AL 30 SS 145 144 138 1271.2 712 260 437 15 98 .979 13 12 4.93 4.81 .968 4.78 4.77 AS,MVP-28,GG
1965 BAL AL 31 SS 141 139 136 1269.2 697 238 439 20 87 .971 15 14 4.80 4.80 .962 4.74 4.73
1966 BAL AL 32 SS 151 151 147 1366.0 761 303 441 17 104 .978 10 9 4.90 4.93 .960 4.79 4.78 MVP-9,GG
1967 BAL AL 33 SS 131 128 123 1146.2 579 221 333 25 67 .957 -4 -4 4.35 4.23 .963 4.62 4.63
1968 CHW AL 34 SS 154 151 141 1356.1 823 269 535 19 92 .977 12 11 5.33 5.22 .962 4.79 4.77 MVP-14,GG
1969 CHW AL 35 SS 154 153 140 1321.2 831 248 563 20 94 .976 10 9 5.52 5.27 .966 4.96 4.96
1970 CHW AL 36 SS 146 140 123 1196.0 752 251 483 18 99 .976 -0 -0 5.52 5.03 .967 4.93 4.91 AS,MVP-12,GG
1971 BOS AL 37 SS 121 121 114 1057.0 548 194 338 16 56 .971 -8 -9 4.53 4.40 .965 4.90 4.88 AS
1972 BOS AL 38 SS 109 109 103 935.2 503 183 304 16 54 .968 -4 -6 4.68 4.47 .967 4.99 4.97 AS,MVP-18
1973 BOS AL 39 SS 132 129 116 1104.2 615 190 404 21 68 .966 10 11 4.84 4.50 .963 5.10 5.07
18 Seasons SS 2581 2539 2377 22406.2 12930 4548 8016 366 1553 .972 149 8 5.05 4.87 .963 4.89 4.88
18 Seasons TOT 2581 2539 2377 22406.2 12930 4548 8016 366 1553 .972 149 8 5.05 4.87 .963 4.89 4.88
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.
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  • 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.
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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
1956 CHW AL 22 SS 2 2 2 -4 6 1
1957 CHW AL 23 SS 11 10 9 5 3 2
1958 CHW AL 24 SS 18 17 19 8 11 -1
1959 CHW AL 25 SS 8 7 8 4 4 0
1960 CHW AL 26 SS 27 24 24 14 10 3
1961 CHW AL 27 SS 9 8 9 7 2 0
1962 CHW AL 28 SS 11 11 12 5 7 -1
1963 BAL AL 29 SS 7 7 6 2 4 1
1964 BAL AL 30 SS 13 12 12 1 12 1
1965 BAL AL 31 SS 15 14 15 5 10 0
1966 BAL AL 32 SS 10 9 9 7 2 1
1967 BAL AL 33 SS -4 -4 -3 -9 6 -1
1968 CHW AL 34 SS 12 11 10 4 6 2
1969 CHW AL 35 SS 10 9 9 3 6 1
1970 CHW AL 36 SS -0 -0 -0 1 -1 0
1971 BOS AL 37 SS -8 -9 -6 -4 -2 -2
1972 BOS AL 38 SS -4 -6 -2 1 -3 -2
1973 BOS AL 39 SS 10 11 10 6 4 0
18 Seasons SS 149 8 144 58 86 5
18 Seasons TOT 149 8 144 58 86 5
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 CHW AL 22 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 CHW AL 23 143 139 143 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1958 CHW AL 24 145 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 25 152 150 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 CHW AL 26 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 27 156 151 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHW AL 28 153 141 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1963 BAL AL 29 146 145 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 BAL AL 30 146 144 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 BAL AL 31 144 139 144 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1966 BAL AL 32 151 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 BAL AL 33 134 128 134 131 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1968 CHW AL 34 157 151 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1969 CHW AL 35 156 153 156 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1970 CHW AL 36 146 140 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 BOS AL 37 125 121 125 121 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1972 BOS AL 38 110 109 110 109 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 BOS AL 39 132 129 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 2601 2539 2601 2583 0 0 0 0 0 2583 0 0 0 0 0 14 18
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age 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
1956 CHW AL 22 5556 68% 81% 25% 637 88% 6 253 141 98 14 472 355 97 0 5 35 1 29 5 23 91 34 7 30 5 4 81 41 40 7 4 3
1957 CHW AL 23 5197 71% 82% 29% 587 92% 4 241 135 92 14 451 329 108 1 10 20 0 16 4 17 87 42 5 30 2 4 87 48 36 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 24 5299 65% 80% 27% 627 92% 0 290 169 102 19 471 355 98 0 9 21 1 17 3 13 90 32 4 31 8 4 82 36 43 6 5 0
1959 CHW AL 25 5639 64% 80% 28% 611 90% 9 278 142 109 26 465 359 88 2 5 23 0 17 6 12 88 32 8 29 3 2 78 40 34 6 2 3
1960 CHW AL 26 5703 70% 81% 28% 721 90% 5 297 155 121 21 558 418 118 1 8 18 0 16 2 12 117 46 13 38 2 1 105 59 43 8 5 1
1961 CHW AL 27 5730 68% 81% 26% 651 90% 4 266 146 101 20 493 373 104 0 8 30 1 18 11 19 85 30 6 26 3 7 76 36 37 6 2 2
1962 CHW AL 28 5438 62% 80% 27% 569 94% 3 283 142 125 17 451 325 104 2 8 20 2 12 6 15 102 36 13 23 16 2 92 50 41 8 8 0
1963 BAL AL 29 5344 63% 78% 26% 544 96% 4 271 157 99 15 402 319 75 2 7 12 1 9 2 10 75 25 11 20 7 2 69 36 30 5 1 4
1964 BAL AL 30 5218 62% 78% 26% 548 94% 3 264 142 100 22 431 317 98 2 16 15 1 12 2 11 96 35 8 29 7 3 87 43 40 4 1 3
1965 BAL AL 31 5222 62% 78% 27% 528 94% 1 233 111 104 18 436 339 86 4 5 20 1 19 0 15 88 29 10 28 7 2 80 40 38 7 3 2
1966 BAL AL 32 5642 65% 77% 26% 588 92% 5 299 155 107 37 443 328 93 2 6 17 1 14 2 11 104 35 7 28 7 2 86 44 39 12 5 6
1967 BAL AL 33 4752 64% 76% 26% 457 91% 5 226 110 89 28 335 254 64 4 9 25 1 20 4 17 67 21 12 16 6 0 59 33 25 5 2 2
1968 CHW AL 34 5638 63% 81% 31% 663 93% 4 265 136 96 33 532 412 97 0 6 19 0 16 3 17 93 34 6 20 10 3 77 40 34 12 3 7
1969 CHW AL 35 5725 68% 82% 30% 674 93% 4 251 112 110 30 559 429 108 3 8 20 1 16 3 12 97 41 9 24 7 4 88 50 35 5 3 2
1970 CHW AL 36 5210 64% 83% 31% 597 90% 5 256 106 123 27 481 368 94 2 5 18 0 14 4 12 102 40 11 28 9 3 96 51 41 5 5 0
1971 BOS AL 37 4539 64% 79% 28% 460 89% 3 194 100 80 14 339 258 70 3 4 16 0 14 2 13 55 25 5 13 4 6 55 30 23 0 0 0
1972 BOS AL 38 4006 61% 77% 28% 381 95% 3 183 90 67 25 306 221 70 0 4 16 0 8 8 7 54 21 8 11 3 0 45 29 14 9 4 2
1973 BOS AL 39 4680 68% 80% 26% 527 90% 3 193 93 77 23 408 298 99 1 7 21 0 18 3 17 70 35 6 13 6 4 66 41 23 2 2 0
18 Seasons 94538 65% 80% 28% 10370 92% 71 4543 2342 1800 403 8033 6057 1671 29 130 366 11 285 70 253 1561 593 149 437 112 53 1409 747 616 107 55 37
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 91%
Lg 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

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1979 BBWAA (27.8%)
1980 BBWAA (32.2%)
1981 BBWAA (36.9%)
1982 BBWAA (41.9%)
1983 BBWAA (67.4%)
1984 BBWAA (84.6%)
Selected to HOF in 1984 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1958 (SS)
1959-1 (SS)
1959-2 (SS)
1960-1 *
1960-2
1961-2 (SS)
1962-1 (SS)
1962-2 (SS)
1963 *
1964
1970 (SS)
1971 (SS)
1972

Awards (yr lg award)
1956 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 AL (25, 2%)
1959 AL (2, 76%)
1960 AL (21, 2%)
1961 AL (12, 6%)
1963 AL (23, 1%)
1964 AL (28, 1%)
1966 AL (9, 18%)
1968 AL (14, 5%)
1970 AL (12, 10%)
1972 AL (18, 3%)
1.24 Career Shares (183rd)

Gold Gloves
1958 AL (SS)
1959 AL (SS)
1960 AL (SS)
1961 AL (SS)
1962 AL (SS)
1964 AL (SS)
1966 AL (SS)
1968 AL (SS)
1970 AL (SS)
All multiple winners

Assists† s c a p y
1956 AL  474 (1st)
1957 AL  449 (4th)
1958 AL  463 (1st)
1959 AL  460 (1st)
1960 AL  551 (1st)
1961 AL  487 (1st)
1962 AL  452 (5th)
1964 AL  437 (5th)
1965 AL  439 (5th)
1966 AL  441 (4th)
1968 AL  535 (1st)
1969 AL  563 (2nd)
1970 AL  483 (3rd)
Career  8,016 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1956 AL  35 (1st)
1958 AL  21 (5th)
1961 AL  30 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1958 AL  18 (2nd)
1960 AL  27 (1st)
1965 AL  15 (4th)
Career  149 (20th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1956 AL  152 (1st)
1957 AL  142 (1st)
1958 AL  145 (1st)
1959 AL  152 (1st)
1960 AL  153 (1st)
1961 AL  156 (2nd)
1962 AL  152 (3rd)
1963 AL  145 (3rd)
1965 AL  141 (5th)
1966 AL  151 (3rd)
1968 AL  154 (3rd)
1969 AL  154 (3rd)
1970 AL  146 (4th)
Career  2,581 (2nd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1956 AL  250 (1st)
1957 AL  246 (3rd)
1958 AL  289 (1st)
1959 AL  282 (1st)
1960 AL  305 (2nd)
1961 AL  264 (2nd)
1962 AL  280 (3rd)
1963 AL  275 (2nd)
1965 AL  238 (5th)
1966 AL  303 (1st)
1968 AL  269 (3rd)
Career  4,548 (6th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1956 AL  474 (1st)
1957 AL  449 (1st)
1958 AL  463 (1st)
1959 AL  460 (1st)
1960 AL  551 (1st)
1961 AL  487 (1st)
1962 AL  452 (3rd)
1963 AL  403 (5th)
1964 AL  437 (4th)
1965 AL  439 (4th)
1966 AL  441 (3rd)
1968 AL  535 (1st)
1969 AL  563 (2nd)
1970 AL  483 (3rd)
Career  8,016 (2nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1956 AL  35 (1st)
1957 AL  20 (4th)
1958 AL  21 (3rd)
1959 AL  23 (3rd)
1961 AL  30 (2nd)
1967 AL  25 (4th)
Career  366 (47th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1956 AL  3 (5th)
1957 AL  11 (3rd)
1958 AL  18 (1st)
1959 AL  8 (1st)
1960 AL  27 (1st)
1961 AL  9 (3rd)
1962 AL  11 (2nd)
1963 AL  7 (4th)
1964 AL  13 (4th)
1965 AL  15 (2nd)
1966 AL  10 (4th)
1968 AL  12 (3rd)
1973 AL  11 (4th)
Career  149 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1956 AL  5.01 (5th)
1957 AL  5.02 (5th)
1958 AL  5.35 (2nd)
1959 AL  4.99 (2nd)
1960 AL  5.73 (1st)
1961 AL  5.08 (1st)
1962 AL  5.14 (2nd)
1963 AL  4.79 (5th)
1964 AL  4.93 (5th)
1965 AL  4.80 (5th)
1966 AL  4.90 (3rd)
1968 AL  5.34 (1st)
1969 AL  5.52 (1st)
1970 AL  5.52 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1956 AL  4.76 (3rd)
1957 AL  4.89 (4th)
1958 AL  5.19 (3rd)
1959 AL  4.88 (1st)
1960 AL  5.59 (1st)
1961 AL  4.81 (2nd)
1962 AL  4.82 (3rd)
1964 AL  4.81 (3rd)
1965 AL  4.80 (3rd)
1966 AL  4.93 (2nd)
1968 AL  5.22 (1st)
1969 AL  5.27 (2nd)
1970 AL  5.03 (3rd)
Career  4.87 (90th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1957 AL  .972 (3rd)
1958 AL  .973 (3rd)
1959 AL  .970 (2nd)
1960 AL  .979 (1st)
1961 AL  .962 (1st)
1962 AL  .973 (1st)
1963 AL  .983 (1st)
1964 AL  .979 (1st)
1965 AL  .971 (2nd)
1966 AL  .978 (1st)
1968 AL  .977 (3rd)
1969 AL  .976 (2nd)
1970 AL  .976 (3rd)
Career  .972 (60th)

Oldest s c a p y
1970 AL  born 1934-04-29 (6th)
1971 AL  born 1934-04-29 (5th)
1972 AL  born 1934-04-29 (2nd)
1973 AL  born 1934-04-29 (2nd)

                                         

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