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Don Baylor

Don Edward Baylor

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 28, 1949 in Austin, TX
High School: S. F. Austin HS (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1970
Teams (by GP): Angels/Orioles/Yankees/RedSox/Athletics/... 1970-1988
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1988
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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
1970 BAL AL 21 OF 6 3 3 48.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 20 2.81 2.50 .980 2.14 2.13
1970 BAL AL 21 RF 4 1 1 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 33 2.86 1.75 .974 1.96 1.98
1970 BAL AL 21 CF 3 2 2 26.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 3.12 3.00 .984 2.63 2.60
1971 BAL AL 22 OF 1 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 93 4.00 4.00 .982 2.20 2.20
1971 BAL AL 22 RF 1 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 93 4.00 4.00 .980 2.00 2.00
1972 BAL AL 23 OF 84 72 55 669.1 158 152 2 4 0 .975 2 4 2.07 1.83 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 BAL AL 23 RF 45 32 26 304.0 67 65 0 2 0 .970 2 6 1.92 1.44 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 BAL AL 23 LF 39 29 26 272.1 63 60 2 1 0 .984 2 7 2.05 1.59 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 BAL AL 23 CF 13 11 3 93.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -1 -17 2.52 2.00 .987 2.65 2.64
1972 BAL AL 23 1B 9 8 3 64.0 57 54 2 1 5 .982 -1 -19 7.88 6.22 .991 9.75 9.71
1973 BAL AL 24 OF 110 96 90 894.1 213 204 5 4 0 .981 6 8 2.10 1.90 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 BAL AL 24 LF 109 96 90 890.1 211 202 5 4 0 .981 6 8 2.09 1.90 .977 2.00 1.99
1973 BAL AL 24 1B 6 5 3 38.0 31 24 5 2 2 .935 -1 -25 6.87 4.83 .992 9.85 9.80
1973 BAL AL 24 RF 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 90 4.50 1.00 .975 2.02 2.05
1973 BAL AL 24 DH 1 1
1974 BAL AL 25 OF 129 120 102 1095.2 224 218 1 5 0 .978 -10 -11 1.80 1.70 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 BAL AL 25 LF 114 97 90 921.2 190 184 1 5 0 .974 -5 -7 1.81 1.62 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 BAL AL 25 RF 26 23 12 171.0 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -30 1.68 1.23 .976 2.18 2.17
1974 BAL AL 25 1B 8 7 1 50.0 43 42 1 0 2 1.000 -1 -14 7.74 5.38 .992 9.70 9.66
1974 BAL AL 25 DH 2 0
1974 BAL AL 25 CF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -160 0.00 0.00 3.00 2.90
1975 BAL AL 26 OF 135 133 126 1190.0 281 268 8 5 0 .982 -8 -8 2.09 2.04 .979 2.37 2.36 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 LF 127 124 119 1114.2 263 252 8 3 0 .989 -4 -5 2.10 2.05 .977 2.18 2.17 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 DH 7 4 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 RF 6 5 4 42.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -2 -62 0.85 0.67 .976 2.10 2.10 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 CF 4 4 3 33.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -2 -58 3.27 3.00 .983 2.84 2.82 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 1B 2 2 1 14.0 18 18 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -17 11.57 9.00 .990 9.84 9.80 MVP-20
1976 OAK AL 27 OF 76 72 62 640.0 156 152 1 3 0 .981 -2 -4 2.15 2.01 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 OAK AL 27 1B 69 62 55 559.1 682 629 44 9 40 .987 3 6 10.83 9.75 .992 9.85 9.89
1976 OAK AL 27 RF 50 45 38 397.0 104 103 0 1 0 .990 0 2 2.34 2.06 .980 2.21 2.22
1976 OAK AL 27 LF 27 26 24 236.0 51 48 1 2 0 .961 -2 -12 1.87 1.81 .978 2.23 2.24
1976 OAK AL 27 DH 23 21
1976 OAK AL 27 CF 2 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -51 1.29 0.50 .980 2.96 3.00
1977 CAL AL 28 OF 77 77 52 642.1 147 139 3 5 0 .966 -14 -25 1.99 1.84 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 CAL AL 28 DH 61 61
1977 CAL AL 28 LF 48 47 33 397.0 91 85 2 4 0 .956 -6 -19 1.97 1.81 .976 2.11 2.09
1977 CAL AL 28 RF 19 19 12 153.1 38 36 1 1 0 .974 -4 -32 2.17 1.95 .974 2.08 2.07
1977 CAL AL 28 1B 18 16 13 142.1 156 141 13 2 14 .987 -1 -6 9.74 8.56 .990 10.02 9.95
1977 CAL AL 28 CF 11 11 7 92.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -42 1.57 1.45 .983 2.83 2.81
1978 CAL AL 29 DH 102 102 MVP-7
1978 CAL AL 29 LF 39 39 29 327.0 79 77 0 2 0 .975 -7 -27 2.12 1.97 .974 2.21 2.19 MVP-7
1978 CAL AL 29 OF 39 39 29 327.0 78 76 0 2 0 .974 -7 -27 2.09 1.95 .979 2.47 2.45 MVP-7
1978 CAL AL 29 1B 17 17 11 141.0 131 118 9 4 6 .969 -2 -15 8.11 7.47 .992 10.05 9.95 MVP-7
1979 CAL AL 30 OF 97 97 83 829.2 206 198 3 5 0 .976 -14 -21 2.18 2.07 .981 2.46 2.43 AS,MVP-1
1979 CAL AL 30 LF 78 78 68 667.2 167 161 3 3 0 .982 -11 -20 2.21 2.10 .980 2.22 2.20 AS,MVP-1
1979 CAL AL 30 DH 65 65 AS,MVP-1
1979 CAL AL 30 RF 20 19 15 162.0 43 40 1 2 0 .953 -3 -25 2.28 2.05 .980 2.25 2.22 AS,MVP-1
1979 CAL AL 30 1B 1 0 0 4.0 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -90 11.25 5.00 .992 10.12 10.00 AS,MVP-1
1980 CAL AL 31 OF 54 54 41 465.2 127 119 4 4 0 .969 -8 -19 2.38 2.28 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 CAL AL 31 LF 37 36 29 311.1 89 84 3 2 0 .978 -6 -24 2.51 2.35 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 CAL AL 31 DH 36 36
1980 CAL AL 31 RF 19 18 12 154.1 37 34 1 2 0 .946 -1 -9 2.04 1.84 .975 2.13 2.12
1981 CAL AL 32 DH 97 97
1981 CAL AL 32 1B 4 4 3 33.0 35 32 3 0 2 1.000 0 11 9.55 8.75 .993 10.06 10.02
1981 CAL AL 32 LF 1 1 1 9.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 133 6.00 6.00 .978 2.40 2.40
1981 CAL AL 32 OF 1 1 1 9.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 133 6.00 6.00 .983 2.50 2.50
1982 CAL AL 33 DH 155 155 MVP-23
1983 NYY AL 34 DH 136 128 SS
1983 NYY AL 34 OF 5 4 2 42.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 2.14 2.00 .981 2.51 2.48 SS
1983 NYY AL 34 RF 4 3 1 32.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -52 2.53 2.25 .978 2.25 2.22 SS
1983 NYY AL 34 LF 2 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 1.00 .975 2.34 2.30 SS
1983 NYY AL 34 1B 1 1 1 8.0 16 13 2 1 0 .938 1 90 16.88 15.00 .992 9.90 9.80 SS
1984 NYY AL 35 DH 128 118
1984 NYY AL 35 OF 5 4 3 36.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -0 -3 2.00 1.60 .983 2.50 2.50
1984 NYY AL 35 RF 5 3 3 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.57 1.60 .979 2.22 2.20
1984 NYY AL 35 LF 1 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 .980 2.25 2.30
1985 NYY AL 36 DH 140 126 SS
1986 BOS AL 37 DH 143 143 MVP-13,SS
1986 BOS AL 37 1B 13 13 5 101.0 70 65 4 1 7 .986 -0 -5 6.15 5.31 .991 9.42 9.33 MVP-13,SS
1986 BOS AL 37 LF 3 3 3 24.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 2.25 2.00 .977 2.25 2.23 MVP-13,SS
1986 BOS AL 37 OF 3 3 3 24.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 2.25 2.00 .980 2.40 2.37 MVP-13,SS
1987 TOT AL 38 DH 111 104
1987 BOS AL 38 DH 97 90
1987 MIN AL 38 DH 14 14
1988 OAK AL 39 DH 80 73
15 Seasons OF 822 776 653 6922.0 1640 1575 27 38 0 .977 -55 -9 2.08 1.95 .980 2.38 2.37
13 Seasons LF 625 578 513 5189.0 1219 1167 25 27 0 .978 -36 -8 2.07 1.91 .977 2.14 2.12
12 Seasons RF 201 169 125 1479.0 356 344 3 9 0 .975 -13 -10 2.11 1.73 .978 2.16 2.15
11 Seasons 1B 148 135 96 1154.2 1244 1141 83 20 80 .984 -2 -2 9.54 8.27 .992 9.85 9.83
6 Seasons CF 34 29 15 254.0 66 64 0 2 0 .970 -7 -31 2.27 1.88 .985 2.75 2.74
19 Seasons TOT 970 911 749 8076.2 2884 2716 110 58 80 .980 -57 -8 3.15 2.91 .985 3.45 3.50
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-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
1970 BAL AL 21 RF 1 33 1 0 0 0
1970 BAL AL 21 CF 0 9 0 0 0 0
1971 BAL AL 22 RF 1 93 1 0 1 0
1972 BAL AL 23 RF 2 6 1 0 0 1
1972 BAL AL 23 LF 2 7 3 3 -0 -1
1972 BAL AL 23 CF -1 -17 -0 0 -0 -1
1972 BAL AL 23 1B -1 -19 -1 -0 -1 0
1973 BAL AL 24 LF 6 8 5 3 2 1
1973 BAL AL 24 1B -1 -25 -1 -0 -0 0
1973 BAL AL 24 RF 0 90 0 0 0 0
1974 BAL AL 25 LF -5 -7 -3 3 -6 -2
1974 BAL AL 25 RF -4 -30 -3 -2 -1 -1
1974 BAL AL 25 1B -1 -14 -1 -0 -0 0
1974 BAL AL 25 CF -0 -160 -0 -0 0 0
1975 BAL AL 26 LF -4 -5 2 -0 2 -6
1975 BAL AL 26 RF -2 -62 -2 -1 -1 0
1975 BAL AL 26 CF -2 -58 -1 -0 -0 -1
1975 BAL AL 26 1B -0 -17 -0 0 -0 0
1976 OAK AL 27 1B 3 6 3 0 2 0
1976 OAK AL 27 RF 0 2 2 0 1 -1
1976 OAK AL 27 LF -2 -12 -2 -1 -1 0
1976 OAK AL 27 CF -0 -51 -0 -0 -0 0
1977 CAL AL 28 LF -6 -19 -2 -3 1 -4
1977 CAL AL 28 RF -4 -32 -2 -2 0 -2
1977 CAL AL 28 1B -1 -6 -1 -0 -0 0
1977 CAL AL 28 CF -3 -42 -2 -2 -0 -1
1978 CAL AL 29 LF -7 -27 -4 0 -5 -3
1978 CAL AL 29 1B -2 -15 -2 -1 -1 0
1979 CAL AL 30 LF -11 -20 -7 -3 -4 -4
1979 CAL AL 30 RF -3 -25 1 -0 1 -4
1979 CAL AL 30 1B -0 -90 -0 0 -0 0
1980 CAL AL 31 LF -6 -24 -4 -2 -2 -2
1980 CAL AL 31 RF -1 -9 -0 -0 0 -1
1981 CAL AL 32 1B 0 11 0 -0 0 0
1981 CAL AL 32 LF 1 133 1 1 0 0
1983 NYY AL 34 RF -1 -52 -0 -0 -0 -1
1983 NYY AL 34 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 34 1B 1 90 1 0 1 0
1984 NYY AL 35 RF 0 13 0 0 0 0
1984 NYY AL 35 LF -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1986 BOS AL 37 1B -0 -5 -0 -1 1 0
1986 BOS AL 37 LF -0 -20 -0 0 -0 0
13 Seasons LF -36 -8 -14 -0 -14 -21
12 Seasons RF -13 -10 -4 -5 1 -9
11 Seasons 1B -2 -2 -2 -4 1 0
6 Seasons CF -7 -31 -4 -3 -1 -3
19 Seasons TOT -57 -8 -24 -11 -12 0 -33
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
1970 BAL AL 21 8 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 6 0 0 2
1971 BAL AL 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1972 BAL AL 23 102 80 102 90 0 0 9 0 0 0 39 13 45 84 0 17 2
1973 BAL AL 24 118 102 118 114 0 0 6 0 0 0 109 0 2 111 1 14 0
1974 BAL AL 25 137 127 137 133 0 0 8 0 0 0 114 1 26 141 2 7 3
1975 BAL AL 26 145 139 145 136 0 0 2 0 0 0 127 4 6 137 7 3 3
1976 OAK AL 27 157 155 157 136 0 0 69 0 0 0 27 2 50 79 23 1 1
1977 CAL AL 28 154 154 154 93 0 0 18 0 0 0 48 11 19 78 61 0 0
1978 CAL AL 29 158 158 158 56 0 0 17 0 0 0 39 0 0 39 102 0 0
1979 CAL AL 30 162 162 162 97 0 0 1 0 0 0 78 0 20 98 65 0 0
1980 CAL AL 31 90 90 90 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 19 56 36 0 0
1981 CAL AL 32 103 102 103 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 97 1 0
1982 CAL AL 33 157 155 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 2 0
1983 NYY AL 34 144 133 144 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 136 11 0
1984 NYY AL 35 134 122 134 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 128 12 0
1985 NYY AL 36 142 126 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 16 0
1986 BOS AL 37 160 159 160 16 0 0 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 143 1 0
1987 BOS AL 38 108 90 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 17 1
1987 MIN AL 38 20 14 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 1
1988 OAK AL 39 92 73 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 19 0
19 Seasons 2292 2145 2292 948 0 0 148 0 0 0 625 34 201 846 1287 126 13
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 -- 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%
1972 BAL AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 16 9 1 11 2 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 37 19 51.4% 17 1 2.7% 1 1112 67% 79% 29% 127 49%
1973 BAL AL 24 4 0 4 0 2 5 0 4 1 0 35 26 0 30 10 0 19 12 0 8 0 0 17 15 0 109 63 57.8% 46 0 0.0% 5 3649 70% 84% 28% 439 47%
1974 BAL AL 25 5 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 62 50 0 36 7 0 24 13 0 9 1 0 13 13 0 144 84 58.3% 60 0 0.0% 1 3826 71% 83% 29% 470 39%
1975 BAL AL 26 3 0 3 0 1 8 0 7 1 0 57 42 0 36 2 0 23 14 0 14 0 0 18 16 0 148 74 50.0% 74 0 0.0% 8 4611 62% 83% 27% 526 50%
1976 OAK AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 9 0 3 0 0 7 4 0 1 0 0 10 10 0 31 23 74.2% 8 0 0.0% 1 973 54% 86% 30% 104 47%
1977 CAL AL 28 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 31 20 1 14 1 0 8 4 1 9 0 0 6 6 0 68 31 45.6% 35 2 2.9% 0 1691 58% 80% 24% 193 45%
1978 CAL AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 18 0 11 2 0 8 4 0 4 0 0 5 3 0 53 27 50.9% 26 0 0.0% 0 1421 54% 80% 29% 174 44%
1979 CAL AL 30 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 36 23 1 31 8 0 15 8 1 11 1 0 18 14 0 111 54 48.6% 55 2 1.8% 1 2897 55% 83% 28% 336 49%
1980 CAL AL 31 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 27 22 1 10 3 0 15 5 0 7 0 0 12 10 0 71 40 56.3% 30 1 1.4% 2 1374 62% 82% 28% 181 48%
1981 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 38 66% 95% 32% 8 75%
1983 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 38 82% 87% 32% 8 25%
1984 NYY AL 35 1 0 1 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 32 72% 84% 13% 1 0%
1986 BOS AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 109 50% 80% 29% 13 46%
13 Seasons 27 0 26 1 7 25 0 14 8 2 304 223 4 183 36 0 126 70 2 66 2 0 103 90 0 782 421 53.8% 355 6 0.8% 19 21771 63% 83% 28% 2580 46%
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.9% 61% 81% 28% 51%

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%
1970 BAL AL 21 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 87 46% 82% 31% 9 78%
1971 BAL AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 24% 79% 39% 7 57%
1972 BAL AL 23 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 24 15 62.5% 9 0 0.0% 0 1202 67% 81% 30% 111 59%
1973 BAL AL 24 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 15 67% 87% 27% 2 100%
1974 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 4 23.5% 13 0 0.0% 0 700 74% 88% 28% 66 48%
1975 BAL AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 163 60% 83% 22% 14 29%
1976 OAK AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 8 0 8 2 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 8 6 0 46 20 43.5% 26 0 0.0% 0 1642 59% 86% 32% 180 57%
1977 CAL AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 7 0 6 1 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 5 1 0 38 11 28.9% 27 0 0.0% 1 671 54% 83% 27% 86 43%
1979 CAL AL 30 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14 1 0 9 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 32 4 12.5% 28 0 0.0% 1 693 45% 76% 28% 82 50%
1980 CAL AL 31 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11 3 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 20 6 30.0% 14 0 0.0% 1 642 57% 85% 32% 68 51%
1983 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 138 79% 78% 28% 11 82%
1984 NYY 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 0 124 69% 81% 21% 8 100%
12 Seasons 9 0 9 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 98 33 0 40 4 0 17 9 0 10 2 0 27 15 0 192 63 32.8% 129 0 0.0% 3 6110 60% 83% 30% 644 54%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 61% 81% 28% 55%

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%
1972 BAL AL 23 260 60% 78% 27% 9 78% 0 54 0 53 1 3 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 0%
1973 BAL AL 24 164 57% 76% 20% 10 70% 0 24 1 22 0 3 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 BAL AL 25 209 77% 81% 24% 3 100% 0 41 2 38 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BAL AL 26 62 74% 82% 32% 1 100% 0 18 0 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 OAK AL 27 2387 58% 84% 30% 140 96% 0 629 32 589 10 63 44 34 4 1 2 9 4 5 0 5 41 0 1 1 36 2 5 1 4 3 100%
1977 CAL AL 28 597 59% 80% 26% 38 92% 0 142 9 130 1 16 14 8 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 14 0 1 0 11 2 3 2 1 0
1978 CAL AL 29 618 46% 78% 23% 34 88% 1 119 5 112 2 16 9 7 1 1 1 4 2 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 4 75%
1979 CAL AL 30 17 53% 94% 24% 1 100% 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CAL AL 32 152 66% 80% 26% 8 88% 1 32 1 31 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 34 38 53% 82% 50% 3 100% 0 13 0 12 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BOS AL 37 422 58% 71% 18% 21 90% 0 65 7 57 1 8 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 0%
11 Seasons 4926 58% 81% 27% 268 93% 2 1142 58 1066 17 114 85 63 10 2 5 20 6 14 0 12 83 0 3 1 73 6 10 3 7 10 70%
MLB Averages 61% 81% 28% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1970 BAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 115 58% 76% 30% 16 56%
1972 BAL AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 373 61% 79% 29% 48 54%
1974 BAL AL 25 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 13 69% 85% 31% 2 0%
1975 BAL AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 151 74% 85% 25% 20 60%
1976 OAK AL 27 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 27 59% 89% 41% 1 100%
1977 CAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 3 25.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 384 54% 82% 25% 40 40%
6 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 6 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 6 3 0 34 11 32.4% 23 0 0.0% 0 1063 60% 81% 27% 127 50%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.4% 61% 81% 28% 60%

* 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
1994 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1995 BBWAA ( 2.6%)

All-Star Games
1979 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 AL MVP
1985 ML Roberto Clemente Award
1995 NL Mgr of the year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 AL (20, 2%)
1978 AL (7, 13%)
1979 AL (1, 89%)
1982 AL (23, 2%)
1986 AL (13, 8%)
1 MVP
1.14 Career Shares (210th)

Silver Sluggers
1983 AL (DH)
1985 AL (DH)
1986 AL (DH)
All multiple winners

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  9 (5th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  114 (5th)
1975 AL  127 (2nd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  202 (5th)
1975 AL  252 (2nd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  8 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  6 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1973 AL  2.09 (4th)
1975 AL  2.10 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  1.90 (5th)
1975 AL  2.05 (2nd)
Career  1.91 (97th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  .981 (4th)
1975 AL  .989 (2nd)
Career  .978 (95th)

Youngest s c a p y
1970 AL  born 1949-06-28 (10th)

                           

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