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Rick Auerbach

Frederick Steven Auerbach

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 15, 1950 in Woodland Hills, CA
High Schools: Estancia HS (Costa Mesa, CA), Taft HS (Woodland Hills, CA)
School: Los Angeles Pierce College (Woodland Hills, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1971 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Reds/Dodgers/Mariners 1971-1981

Final Game: August 12, 1981 (Age 31)
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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
1971 MIL AL 21 SS 78 72 61 626.1 325 120 193 12 31 .963 1 2 4.50 4.01 .965 4.90 4.88
1972 MIL AL 22 SS 153 151 146 1320.2 738 256 452 30 90 .959 -4 -4 4.82 4.63 .967 4.99 4.97
1973 MIL AL 23 SS 2 2 2 19.1 12 4 6 2 0 .833 -1 -87 4.66 5.00 .963 5.07 5.05
1974 LAD NL 24 SS 19 8 1 82.1 40 12 26 2 4 .950 -4 -63 4.15 2.00 .961 4.96 4.97
1974 LAD NL 24 2B 16 10 5 88.0 62 25 31 6 2 .903 -0 -7 5.73 3.50 .973 5.47 5.47
1974 LAD NL 24 3B 3 0 0 8.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0 30 4.50 1.33 .948 3.04 3.03
1975 LAD NL 25 SS 81 53 28 486.1 223 77 137 9 17 .960 1 3 3.96 2.64 .963 4.99 4.99
1975 LAD NL 25 2B 1 0 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -80 7.50 5.00 .976 5.55 5.50
1975 LAD NL 25 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.00
1976 LAD NL 26 SS 12 8 5 81.0 53 23 27 3 8 .943 0 7 5.56 4.17 .964 5.04 5.04
1976 LAD NL 26 3B 8 0 0 15.0 7 2 3 2 1 .714 -1 -88 3.00 0.63 .951 2.94 2.92
1976 LAD NL 26 2B 7 4 4 50.0 37 16 20 1 4 .973 1 14 6.48 5.14 .975 5.47 5.47
1977 CIN NL 27 2B 19 5 3 69.0 42 19 22 1 4 .976 -2 -26 5.35 2.16 .977 5.24 5.24
1977 CIN NL 27 SS 12 5 3 68.0 46 18 24 4 3 .913 1 16 5.56 3.50 .963 5.02 5.03
1978 CIN NL 28 SS 26 10 7 118.0 68 24 42 2 8 .971 2 18 5.03 2.54 .966 4.88 4.84
1978 CIN NL 28 2B 10 0 0 18.0 8 3 4 1 1 .875 -0 -7 3.50 0.70 .978 5.30 5.25
1978 CIN NL 28 3B 3 0 0 7.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -103 3.86 1.00 .953 2.96 2.97
1979 CIN NL 29 3B 18 9 7 106.0 30 2 26 2 2 .933 -0 -5 2.38 1.56 .951 2.89 2.88
1979 CIN NL 29 SS 16 8 7 93.0 57 27 28 2 5 .965 0 1 5.32 3.44 .965 5.00 4.98
1979 CIN NL 29 2B 3 0 0 8.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1 -135 2.25 0.67 .980 5.40 5.40
1980 CIN NL 30 3B 3 1 1 20.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 -0 -18 1.35 1.00 .948 2.88 2.87
1980 CIN NL 30 SS 3 2 2 18.0 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 1 60 7.00 4.67 .966 5.00 5.03
1980 CIN NL 30 2B 1 0 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.40 1.00 .980 5.40 5.50
1981 SEA AL 31 SS 38 29 21 254.2 146 44 99 3 26 .979 -1 -3 5.05 3.76 .967 4.99 4.98
11 Seasons SS 440 348 283 3167.2 1722 608 1045 69 193 .960 -4 -1 4.70 3.76 .966 4.97 4.96
7 Seasons 2B 57 19 12 240.2 158 71 77 10 12 .937 -3 -14 5.53 2.60 .975 5.39 5.35
6 Seasons 3B 36 10 8 158.0 48 7 36 5 3 .896 -2 -15 2.45 1.19 .951 2.91 2.91
11 Seasons TOT 533 377 303 3566.1 1928 686 1158 84 208 .956 -9 -3 4.65 3.46 .966 4.91 4.86
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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 MIL AL 21 SS 1 2 -0 -0 0 1
1972 MIL AL 22 SS -4 -4 -5 -0 -5 1
1973 MIL AL 23 SS -1 -87 -1 0 -1 0
1974 LAD NL 24 SS -4 -63 -3 -1 -2 -1
1974 LAD NL 24 2B -0 -7 0 -0 1 -1
1974 LAD NL 24 3B 0 30 0 -0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 25 SS 1 3 1 4 -2 0
1975 LAD NL 25 2B -0 -80 -0 0 -0 0
1975 LAD NL 25 3B 0 120 0 -0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 26 SS 0 7 -0 -0 -0 1
1976 LAD NL 26 3B -1 -88 -1 -1 -0 0
1976 LAD NL 26 2B 1 14 1 1 -0 0
1977 CIN NL 27 2B -2 -26 -2 -1 -0 0
1977 CIN NL 27 SS 1 16 1 1 -0 0
1978 CIN NL 28 SS 2 18 1 1 -0 1
1978 CIN NL 28 2B -0 -7 -0 -0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 28 3B -1 -103 -1 -0 -0 0
1979 CIN NL 29 3B -0 -5 -0 -1 0 0
1979 CIN NL 29 SS 0 1 0 1 -1 0
1979 CIN NL 29 2B -1 -135 -1 -1 0 0
1980 CIN NL 30 3B -0 -18 -0 0 -0 0
1980 CIN NL 30 SS 1 60 1 0 1 0
1980 CIN NL 30 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 SEA AL 31 SS -1 -3 -3 0 -3 2
11 Seasons SS -4 -1 -9 5 -14 5
7 Seasons 2B -3 -14 -2 -2 0 -1
6 Seasons 3B -2 -15 -2 -2 0 0
11 Seasons TOT -9 -3 -13 1 -14 4
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 MIL AL 21 79 72 79 78 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1972 MIL AL 22 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 MIL AL 23 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1974 LAD NL 24 45 18 45 36 0 0 0 15 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 4 16
1975 LAD NL 25 85 53 85 83 0 0 0 1 2 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
1976 LAD NL 26 36 12 36 26 0 0 0 7 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 10
1977 CIN NL 27 33 10 33 29 0 0 0 18 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1978 CIN NL 28 63 10 63 39 0 0 0 11 3 26 0 0 0 0 0 17 13
1979 CIN NL 29 62 17 62 36 0 0 0 3 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 28 5
1980 CIN NL 30 24 3 24 7 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1981 SEA AL 31 38 29 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 624 377 624 528 0 0 0 56 37 441 0 0 0 0 0 75 64
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 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
1971 MIL AL 21 2625 57% 80% 27% 263 89% 2 121 56 38 27 197 150 40 0 3 12 0 11 1 11 31 10 3 12 0 2 28 13 15 0 0 0
1972 MIL AL 22 5566 62% 82% 28% 567 92% 5 255 119 113 23 451 354 83 0 3 30 3 20 7 19 90 32 10 31 2 6 83 42 39 5 3 1
1973 MIL AL 23 94 77% 83% 30% 11 82% 0 5 3 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 LAD NL 24 365 62% 81% 31% 32 81% 1 10 3 7 0 28 20 6 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 25 1950 57% 77% 26% 211 91% 2 79 60 18 1 141 109 27 0 0 9 1 8 0 5 19 10 1 4 1 1 18 11 6 1 1 0
1976 LAD NL 26 325 58% 85% 26% 43 84% 0 22 9 11 2 27 21 6 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 8 3 3 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 27 278 56% 74% 23% 33 85% 0 18 7 8 3 23 17 6 0 1 4 0 4 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 28 487 58% 79% 30% 48 88% 2 22 9 12 1 42 34 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 10 2 1 5 0 1 9 3 6 1 0 0
1979 CIN NL 29 372 55% 87% 28% 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
1980 CIN NL 30 78 49% 97% 31% 14 86% 0 3 1 2 0 13 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1981 SEA AL 31 1112 65% 84% 27% 106 96% 2 45 16 22 7 98 72 21 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 27 14 4 9 0 0 27 18 9 0 0 0
11 Seasons 13252 60% 81% 27% 1380 90% 14 607 299 242 67 1055 817 199 1 10 70 6 54 10 48 199 74 23 67 4 11 185 97 83 7 4 1
MLB Averages 61% 82% 28% 91%

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
1974 LAD NL 24 363 66% 84% 31% 43 91% 0 22 9 10 3 31 29 2 0 0 5 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 25 38 66% 68% 11% 3 67% 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1976 LAD NL 26 197 57% 80% 30% 20 100% 0 18 5 9 4 18 15 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 27 325 68% 83% 23% 32 88% 0 20 10 9 1 21 19 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
1978 CIN NL 28 76 66% 78% 24% 5 100% 0 3 0 2 1 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1979 CIN NL 29 38 68% 71% 21% 1 0% 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CIN NL 30 6 67% 67% 17% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1043 65% 81% 27% 105 90% 0 71 26 34 11 76 66 9 0 0 9 0 5 4 5 12 4 3 3 0 10 3 7 2 2 0
MLB Averages 61% 82% 28% 94%

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%
1974 LAD NL 24 31 58% 74% 10% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 25 8 38% 100% 75% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 26 68 57% 87% 34% 8 63% 0 3 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1978 CIN NL 28 35 57% 63% 14% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CIN NL 29 461 59% 82% 25% 32 84% 0 2 2 0 0 26 18 6 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 80%
1980 CIN NL 30 81 47% 80% 33% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 684 57% 81% 26% 48 81% 0 5 4 1 0 37 23 10 1 1 5 0 5 0 5 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 5 80%
MLB Averages 61% 82% 28% 89% 67%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1972 AL  30 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1972 AL  153 (2nd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1972 AL  256 (2nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1972 AL  30 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1972 AL  90 (3rd)

                                         

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