Bobby Avila
Roberto Francisco (Gonzales) Avila
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 2, 1924 in Veracruz, 30, Mexico (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1949
Final Game: September 29, 1959
Died: October 26, 2004 in Veracruz, 30, Mexico
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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
1949 CLE AL 25 2B 5 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 2.40 .975 5.12
1950 CLE AL 26 2B 62 293 153 135 5 46 .983 4.65 .976 5.39
1950 CLE AL 26 SS 2 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 .967 4.75
1951 CLE AL 27 2B 136 780 349 417 14 87 .982 5.63 .978 5.35 MVP-10
1952 CLE AL 28 2B 149 814 355 431 28 81 .966 5.28 .978 5.13 AS,MVP-29
1953 CLE AL 29 2B 140 802 346 445 11 114 .986 5.65 .979 5.13
1954 CLE AL 30 2B 141 139 1224.1 781 356 406 19 100 .976 4.8 4.7 4.8 3.5 1.2 0 5.60 5.40 .976 5.37 4.84 AS,MVP-3
1954 CLE AL 30 SS 7 0 25.0 11 5 4 2 2 .818 -1.3 -62.4 -1.3 -1.5 0.2 0 3.24 1.29 .964 5.00 4.31 AS,MVP-3
1955 CLE AL 31 2B 141 139 1236.1 703 348 342 13 108 .982 -10.5 -10.2 -12.5 -3.3 -9.1 2 5.02 4.89 .976 5.37 4.87 AS
1956 CLE AL 32 2B 135 130 1154.0 689 322 351 16 83 .977 7.3 7.6 7.3 0.4 7.0 0 5.25 4.99 .973 5.44 4.74
1957 CLE AL 33 2B 107 105 915.0 543 280 254 9 72 .983 -2.2 -2.9 -5.2 -3.9 -1.3 3 5.25 4.99 .980 5.39 4.84
1957 CLE AL 33 3B 16 13 125.0 31 13 16 2 2 .935 -2.8 -26.9 -2.8 -0.5 -2.3 0 2.09 1.81 .952 3.23 2.77
1958 CLE AL 34 2B 82 71 638.2 357 175 177 5 62 .986 -2.6 -4.9 -3.6 0.8 -4.4 1 4.96 4.29 .978 5.26 4.68
1958 CLE AL 34 3B 33 25 193.1 70 18 48 4 6 .943 -1.0 -6.2 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 0 3.07 2.00 .951 3.11 2.59
1959 TOT MLB 35 2B 70 56 535.2 302 131 161 10 31 .967 -7.4 -16.6 -6.4 -7.4 1.1 -1 4.91 4.17 .976 5.27 4.77
1959 TOT AL 35 2B 19 11 125.0 60 28 30 2 10 .967 -1.4 -13.4 -1.4 -0.5 -0.8 0 4.18 3.05 .975 5.28 4.73
1959 BAL AL 35 OF 10 9 60.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -6.0 -0.3 -1.0 0.6 0 1.80 1.20 .983 2.22 1.96
1959 BAL AL 35 RF 9 9 58.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -6.2 -0.3 -1.0 0.6 0 1.86 1.33 .975 1.89 1.64
1959 BAL AL 35 2B 8 2 37.0 20 9 10 1 2 .950 0.3 9.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0 4.62 2.38 .975 5.28 4.72
1959 BAL AL 35 3B 1 0 1.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 270.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6.75 1.00 .900 3.38 2.70
1959 BAL AL 35 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1959 BOS AL 35 2B 11 9 88.0 40 19 20 1 8 .975 -1.7 -23.2 -1.7 -0.8 -0.9 0 3.99 3.55 .975 5.29 4.73
1959 MLN NL 35 2B 51 45 410.2 242 103 131 8 21 .967 -6.0 -17.5 -5.0 -6.9 1.9 -1 5.13 4.59 .976 5.27 4.78
11 Seasons 2B 1168 640 5704.0 6076 2820 3126 130 785 .979 -10.6 -2.2 -15.6 -9.9 -5.5 5 9.38 5.09 .977 5.37 4.98
3 Seasons 3B 50 38 319.2 102 31 65 6 8 .941 -3.5 -13.1 -3.5 -0.2 -3.3 0 2.70 1.92 .951 3.16 2.65
1 Season OF 10 9 60.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -6.0 -0.3 -1.0 0.6 0 1.80 1.20 .983 2.22 1.96
1 Season RF 9 9 58.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -6.2 -0.3 -1.0 0.6 0 1.86 1.33 .975 1.89 1.64
2 Seasons SS 9 0 25.0 17 9 6 2 3 .882 -1.3 -62.4 -1.3 -1.5 0.2 0 5.40 1.67 .965 5.00 4.41
1 Season LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
11 Seasons TOT 1237 687 6108.2 6207 2872 3197 138 796 .978 -15.7 -3.1 -20.7 -12.6 -8.0 0 5 8.94 4.91 .954 5.22 4.86
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
1949 CLE AL 25 31 31 31 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE AL 26 80 80 80 0 0 0 62 0 2 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE AL 27 141 141 141 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 28 150 150 150 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 29 141 141 141 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 30 143 139 143 143 0 0 0 141 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 1
1955 CLE AL 31 141 139 141 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 CLE AL 32 138 130 138 138 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1957 CLE AL 33 129 118 129 129 0 0 0 107 16 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1958 CLE AL 34 113 96 113 113 0 0 0 82 33 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
1959 MLN NL 35 51 45 51 51 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1959 BOS AL 35 22 9 22 22 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
1959 BAL AL 35 20 11 20 20 0 0 0 8 1 0 1 0 9 10 3 2
11 Seasons 1300 687 1300 1300 0 0 0 1168 50 9 1 0 9 10 43 7
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 -- 2B*

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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
1954 CLE AL 30 5133 59% 80% 25% 520 94% 2 361 156 144 61 399 339 51 1 9 19 0 14 5 11 99 34 16 25 5 88 32 54 8 3 5
1955 CLE AL 31 5378 62% 76% 21% 455 92% 4 378 167 157 54 316 270 37 1 4 14 0 11 3 12 108 43 17 21 6 95 28 63 6 3 3
1956 CLE AL 32 4964 62% 76% 24% 435 94% 1 328 123 152 53 347 292 43 0 6 16 0 15 1 14 83 30 20 17 3 74 20 54 9 5 3
1957 CLE AL 33 4117 64% 77% 24% 328 90% 1 283 99 137 47 256 216 32 0 5 9 1 6 2 6 72 30 17 18 3 69 21 47 1 1 0
1958 CLE AL 34 2777 64% 78% 24% 203 93% 0 174 59 87 28 172 144 24 0 5 5 1 4 0 4 63 23 11 15 5 56 19 37 7 2 4
1959 MLN NL 35 1620 58% 80% 28% 150 91% 0 97 29 53 15 125 110 12 0 2 8 0 8 0 8 20 9 4 1 0 18 2 15 2 0 1
1959 BOS AL 35 399 69% 77% 26% 24 75% 0 20 3 14 3 20 18 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 4 1 1 0 7 1 5 1 0 1
1959 BAL AL 35 158 69% 78% 27% 13 92% 0 9 4 4 1 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 24546 62% 77% 24% 2128 93% 8 1650 640 748 262 1645 1399 201 2 31 73 2 60 11 57 455 173 86 98 23 409 124 276 34 14 17
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1957 CLE AL 33 553 66% 72% 21% 29 90% 1 14 10 2 2 15 10 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1958 CLE AL 34 873 68% 76% 21% 75 81% 2 19 16 0 3 47 35 8 3 2 4 0 4 0 4 5 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 33%
1959 BAL AL 35 5 40% 40% 20% 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
3 Seasons 1431 67% 74% 21% 105 84% 3 33 26 2 5 63 46 11 4 3 6 0 6 0 6 7 5 0 5 1 0 1 5 60%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

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 BAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 269 72% 78% 29% 22 55%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 269 72% 78% 29% 22 55%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1954 CLE AL 30 98 66% 82% 29% 10 70% 1 7 3 3 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1 Season 98 66% 82% 29% 10 70% 1 7 3 3 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 90%

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%
1959 BAL AL 35 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 8 25% 25% 0% 0
1 Season 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 8 25% 25% 0% 0
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

* 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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