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Chris Arnold

Christopher Paul Arnold

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 6, 1947 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Arcadia HS (Arcadia, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1971
Team: Giants 1971-1976

Final Game: October 2, 1976
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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1971 SFG NL 23 2B 3 2 1 18.0 12 4 7 1 0 .917 0 20 5.50 3.67 .978 5.45 5.47
1972 SFG NL 24 3B 17 10 10 99.2 33 5 27 1 4 .970 1 7 2.89 1.88 .945 2.87 2.88
1972 SFG NL 24 2B 7 4 2 43.1 26 12 13 1 0 .962 -0 -11 5.19 3.57 .978 5.36 5.39
1972 SFG NL 24 SS 4 3 3 31.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 -2 -62 4.94 4.25 .967 5.05 5.05
1973 SFG NL 25 C 9 4 1 36.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 -2 -67 4.25 1.89 .987 6.35 6.34 4 3 4 0 0% 36% 0
1973 SFG NL 25 2B 1 0 0 2.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 45 3.38 1.00 .980 5.74 5.50
1973 SFG NL 25 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
1974 SFG NL 26 2B 31 30 25 259.1 154 64 86 4 16 .974 -1 -3 5.21 4.84 .973 5.47 5.47
1974 SFG NL 26 3B 7 6 3 50.0 16 7 8 1 3 .938 -2 -38 2.70 2.14 .948 3.04 3.04
1974 SFG NL 26 SS 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -150 1.12 1.00 .960 4.95 5.00
1975 SFG NL 27 2B 4 2 2 22.0 13 5 7 1 4 .923 0 0 4.91 3.00 .975 5.52 5.55
1975 SFG NL 27 OF 4 3 3 28.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.93 1.50 .978 2.28 2.28
1975 SFG NL 27 LF 3 2 2 19.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0 6 2.37 1.67 .972 2.08 2.10
1975 SFG NL 27 RF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.00 1.00 .970 2.00 2.00
1976 SFG NL 28 2B 8 3 0 38.0 32 7 25 0 2 1.000 4 114 7.58 4.00 .975 5.47 5.48
1976 SFG NL 28 3B 4 1 0 12.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 -0 -40 3.75 1.25 .952 2.92 2.92
1976 SFG NL 28 1B 1 1 0 7.0 5 5 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -51 6.43 5.00 .992 9.90 9.90
1976 SFG NL 28 SS 1 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 216 5.40 1.00 .960 5.40 5.00
6 Seasons 2B 54 41 30 383.1 238 92 139 7 22 .971 3 9 5.42 4.28 .974 5.46 5.47
4 Seasons 3B 29 17 13 162.2 55 14 38 3 7 .945 -2 -11 2.88 1.79 .947 2.93 2.93
1 Season C 9 4 1 36.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 -2 -67 4.25 1.89 .987 6.35 6.34 4 3 4 0 0% 36% 0
3 Seasons SS 6 4 4 40.2 19 8 11 0 1 1.000 -2 -68 4.20 3.17 .966 5.05 5.03
1 Season OF 4 3 3 28.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.93 1.50 .978 2.28 2.28
1 Season LF 3 2 2 19.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0 6 2.37 1.67 .972 2.08 2.10
1 Season 1B 1 1 0 7.0 5 5 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -51 6.43 5.00 .992 9.90 9.90
1 Season RF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.00 1.00 .970 2.00 2.00
6 Seasons TOT 103 70 51 657.2 341 140 190 11 33 .968 -3 -6 4.52 3.20 .970 4.77 4.72 4 3 4 0 0% 36% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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
1971 SFG NL 23 2B 0 20 0 0 0 0
1972 SFG NL 24 3B 1 7 1 1 -0 0
1972 SFG NL 24 2B -0 -11 1 -0 1 -1
1972 SFG NL 24 SS -2 -62 -2 -2 0 0
1973 SFG NL 25 C -2 -67 -2
1973 SFG NL 25 2B 0 45 0 0 0 0
1973 SFG NL 25 3B -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1974 SFG NL 26 2B -1 -3 -1 -1 -0 0
1974 SFG NL 26 3B -2 -38 -2 -0 -1 0
1974 SFG NL 26 SS -1 -150 -1 0 -1 0
1975 SFG NL 27 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 SFG NL 27 LF 0 6 0 -0 0 0
1975 SFG NL 27 RF -0 -13 -0 -0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 28 2B 4 114 4 4 -0 0
1976 SFG NL 28 3B -0 -40 -0 0 -1 0
1976 SFG NL 28 1B -0 -51 -0 0 -0 0
1976 SFG NL 28 SS 0 216 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2B 3 9 4 3 1 -1
4 Seasons 3B -2 -11 -2 1 -2 0
1 Season C -2 -67 -2
3 Seasons SS -2 -68 -2 -1 -1 0
1 Season LF 0 6 0 -0 0 0
1 Season 1B -0 -51 -0 0 -0 0
1 Season RF -0 -13 -0 -0 0 0
6 Seasons TOT -3 -6 -0 2 -3 -1 0 -2
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
1971 SFG NL 23 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 SFG NL 24 51 17 51 28 0 0 0 8 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 22 3
1973 SFG NL 25 49 4 49 11 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
1974 SFG NL 26 78 37 78 41 0 0 0 32 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
1975 SFG NL 27 29 5 29 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 23 0
1976 SFG NL 28 60 5 60 12 0 0 1 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 51 0
6 Seasons 273 70 273 103 0 9 1 56 29 6 3 0 1 4 0 181 3
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 -- 2B*

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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1971 SFG NL 23 74 59% 95% 36% 10 90% 0 4 2 2 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SFG NL 24 182 57% 87% 30% 20 95% 0 13 5 5 3 16 13 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SFG NL 25 12 42% 67% 33% 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
1974 SFG NL 26 1110 57% 82% 30% 97 96% 0 63 20 26 17 82 68 13 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 17 6 3 6 0 15 6 9 1 1 0
1975 SFG NL 27 98 63% 80% 30% 9 89% 0 4 0 4 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 28 156 43% 89% 44% 26 92% 0 7 2 4 1 24 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1632 56% 84% 32% 163 94% 0 91 29 41 21 138 115 20 0 1 7 1 4 2 4 23 7 4 10 0 21 10 11 1 1 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 SFG NL 24 418 64% 80% 28% 34 88% 0 6 6 0 0 25 19 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 SFG NL 25 5 60% 80% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SFG NL 26 220 55% 77% 24% 16 75% 0 8 5 1 2 7 2 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 0
1976 SFG NL 28 54 63% 89% 43% 6 83% 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 697 61% 80% 28% 56 84% 0 16 13 1 2 35 24 11 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 7 5 0 5 2 1 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1973 SFG NL 25 162 3.25 6.00 3 100% 0 0 21 1 1 0 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season 162 3.25 6.00 3 100% 0 0 21 1 1 0 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 3.55 4.03 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1973 SFG NL 25 4 3 59 4 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1.04
1 Season 4 3 59 4 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1.04
MLB Averages 36% 1.29 1.26

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
1972 SFG NL 24 130 73% 94% 27% 14 93% 0 7 4 2 1 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1974 SFG NL 26 45 47% 78% 13% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 28 6 33% 67% 67% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 181 65% 89% 25% 15 93% 0 9 4 4 1 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 91%

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%
1975 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 84 62% 67% 20% 8 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 84 62% 67% 20% 8 50%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.9% 63% 81% 27% 48%

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%
1975 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 39 44% 77% 26% 3 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 39 44% 77% 26% 3 33%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.2% 63% 81% 27% 53%

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%
1976 SFG NL 28 29 38% 86% 31% 3 67% 0 6 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season 29 38% 86% 31% 3 67% 0 6 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 94% 90%

* 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

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1976 NL  4 (5th)

                                         

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