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Buddy Bell

David Gus Bell

Positions: Third Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Moeller HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1972 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rangers/Reds/Astros 1972-1989
Agents: Ed Keating [*]
Final Game: June 17, 1989 (Age 37)
Relatives: Father of David Bell, Father of Mike Bell and Son of Gus Bell
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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
1972 CLE AL 20 OF 123 115 97 1033.2 287 274 10 3 4 .990 6 7 2.47 2.31 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 CLE AL 20 RF 65 55 47 510.0 115 112 3 0 1 1.000 3 7 2.03 1.77 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 CLE AL 20 CF 63 60 50 523.2 170 160 7 3 3 .982 3 7 2.87 2.65 .987 2.65 2.64
1972 CLE AL 20 3B 6 5 5 48.2 23 10 13 0 2 1.000 2 39 4.25 3.83 .954 2.98 2.97
1973 CLE AL 21 3B 154 153 148 1367.1 529 144 363 22 44 .958 12 10 3.34 3.29 .950 3.00 2.98 AS
1973 CLE AL 21 OF 2 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.80 1.00 .980 2.25 2.25 AS
1973 CLE AL 21 CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.80 AS
1973 CLE AL 21 RF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -53 1.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.10 AS
1974 CLE AL 22 3B 115 115 109 1011.0 401 112 274 15 31 .963 14 17 3.44 3.36 .954 3.12 3.10
1974 CLE AL 22 DH 1 0
1975 CLE AL 23 3B 153 149 138 1328.0 501 146 330 25 29 .950 1 1 3.23 3.11 .954 3.16 3.15
1976 CLE AL 24 3B 158 157 149 1391.0 454 104 330 20 23 .956 8 7 2.81 2.75 .953 2.94 2.95
1976 CLE AL 24 1B 2 1 1 9.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -53 6.00 3.00 .992 9.80 9.90
1977 CLE AL 25 3B 118 115 109 1017.1 379 111 253 15 23 .960 9 10 3.22 3.08 .957 2.97 2.96
1977 CLE AL 25 LF 11 11 9 97.1 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -1 -7 2.13 2.09 .976 2.11 2.09
1977 CLE AL 25 OF 11 11 9 97.1 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -1 -7 2.13 2.09 .978 2.34 2.32
1978 CLE AL 26 3B 139 139 135 1210.2 495 125 355 15 30 .970 12 12 3.57 3.45 .954 3.00 2.98
1978 CLE AL 26 DH 1 0
1979 TEX AL 27 3B 147 144 124 1232.0 491 112 364 15 22 .969 28 28 3.48 3.24 .953 3.07 3.03 MVP-10,GG
1979 TEX AL 27 SS 33 17 14 184.0 102 35 65 2 9 .980 2 10 4.89 3.03 .965 5.01 4.95 MVP-10,GG
1980 TEX AL 28 3B 120 120 112 1045.2 413 123 282 8 26 .981 13 15 3.49 3.38 .951 3.01 3.00 AS,MVP-18,GG
1980 TEX AL 28 SS 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 5.10 4.97 AS,MVP-18,GG
1981 TEX AL 29 3B 96 96 90 835.2 361 66 281 14 18 .961 27 38 3.74 3.61 .950 2.95 2.94 AS,MVP-17,GG
1981 TEX AL 29 SS 1 0 0 2.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 1 360 18.00 4.00 .968 4.95 5.00 AS,MVP-17,GG
1982 TEX AL 30 3B 145 143 126 1228.1 540 131 396 13 35 .976 15 15 3.86 3.63 .954 3.07 3.05 AS,MVP-30,GG
1982 TEX AL 30 SS 4 0 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -76 1.42 0.25 .960 4.83 4.85 AS,MVP-30,GG
1983 TEX AL 31 3B 154 153 150 1374.2 523 123 383 17 29 .967 16 14 3.31 3.29 .955 3.07 3.05 GG
1984 TEX AL 32 3B 147 146 137 1277.0 472 129 323 20 28 .958 19 18 3.19 3.07 .950 2.75 2.73 AS,MVP-22,GG,SS
1985 TOT MLB 33 3B 150 149 140 1296.1 446 124 297 25 35 .944 2 2 2.92 2.81 .951 2.86 2.85
1985 TEX AL 33 3B 83 82 79 711.0 278 70 192 16 22 .942 7 12 3.32 3.16 .953 2.85 2.82
1985 CIN NL 33 3B 67 67 61 585.1 168 54 105 9 13 .946 -5 -11 2.44 2.37 .948 2.88 2.88
1986 CIN NL 34 3B 151 150 141 1343.2 405 105 290 10 28 .975 -2 -2 2.65 2.62 .946 2.72 2.72
1986 CIN NL 34 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .980 5.40 5.20
1987 CIN NL 35 3B 142 141 129 1228.1 341 93 241 7 17 .979 -6 -6 2.45 2.35 .951 2.82 2.80
1988 TOT NL 36 3B 79 78 62 672.2 188 37 138 13 10 .931 -3 -5 2.34 2.22 .947 2.77 2.78
1988 TOT NL 36 1B 9 8 4 58.0 55 51 2 2 4 .964 -0 -8 8.22 5.89 .991 9.96 9.99
1988 CIN NL 36 3B 13 13 8 107.2 31 6 24 1 2 .968 -0 -4 2.51 2.31 .947 2.77 2.78
1988 CIN NL 36 1B 2 2 0 8.0 11 8 2 1 0 .909 0 60 11.25 5.00 .991 10.01 10.00
1988 HOU NL 36 3B 66 65 54 565.0 157 31 114 12 8 .924 -2 -5 2.31 2.20 .947 2.77 2.78
1988 HOU NL 36 1B 7 6 4 50.0 44 43 0 1 4 .977 -1 -19 7.74 6.14 .991 9.95 9.99
1989 TEX AL 37 DH 22 14
1989 TEX AL 37 3B 9 7 4 58.0 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.33 1.67 .943 2.73 2.70
1989 TEX AL 37 1B 1 1 0 6.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1 120 12.00 8.00 .992 9.75 9.70
18 Seasons 3B 2183 2160 2008 18966.1 6977 1798 4925 254 430 .964 167 11 3.19 3.08 .952 2.96 2.94
3 Seasons OF 136 127 107 1141.0 313 299 10 4 4 .987 5 6 2.44 2.27 .983 2.23 2.22
2 Seasons RF 66 56 48 519.0 116 113 3 0 1 1.000 3 6 2.01 1.76 .980 2.12 2.11
2 Seasons CF 64 60 50 524.2 171 161 7 3 3 .982 3 8 2.88 2.63 .987 2.65 2.64
4 Seasons SS 41 17 14 195.1 107 36 69 2 10 .981 1 9 4.84 2.56 .965 5.00 4.94
3 Seasons 1B 12 10 5 73.0 69 63 4 2 4 .971 -0 -3 8.26 5.58 .991 9.92 9.95
1 Season LF 11 11 9 97.1 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -1 -7 2.13 2.09 .976 2.11 2.09
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .980 5.40 5.20
18 Seasons TOT 2373 2314 2134 20376.2 7467 2196 5009 262 448 .965 174 10 3.18 3.04 .954 2.96 2.97
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
1972 CLE AL 20 RF 3 7 4 4 0 -1
1972 CLE AL 20 CF 3 7 3 3 0 0
1972 CLE AL 20 3B 2 39 2 0 1 0
1973 CLE AL 21 3B 12 10 11 9 2 1
1973 CLE AL 21 CF 0 240 0 0 0 0
1973 CLE AL 21 RF -0 -53 -0 0 -0 0
1974 CLE AL 22 3B 14 17 13 9 4 1
1975 CLE AL 23 3B 1 1 1 4 -3 0
1976 CLE AL 24 3B 8 7 8 6 2 0
1976 CLE AL 24 1B -0 -53 -0 0 -1 0
1977 CLE AL 25 3B 9 10 8 4 4 1
1977 CLE AL 25 LF -1 -7 -1 -0 -0 0
1978 CLE AL 26 3B 12 12 12 10 3 0
1979 TEX AL 27 3B 28 28 30 20 10 -2
1979 TEX AL 27 SS 2 10 2 2 -1 0
1980 TEX AL 28 3B 13 15 12 7 4 1
1980 TEX AL 28 SS -0 -120 -0 -0 0 0
1981 TEX AL 29 3B 27 38 27 19 7 0
1981 TEX AL 29 SS 1 360 1 1 0 0
1982 TEX AL 30 3B 15 15 15 14 1 0
1982 TEX AL 30 SS -0 -76 -0 -0 -0 0
1983 TEX AL 31 3B 16 14 17 6 11 -1
1984 TEX AL 32 3B 19 18 19 7 12 0
1985 TEX AL 33 3B 7 12 5 2 4 2
1985 CIN NL 33 3B -5 -11 -6 -3 -4 1
1986 CIN NL 34 3B -2 -2 -2 -5 3 0
1986 CIN NL 34 2B 0 360 0 0 0 0
1987 CIN NL 35 3B -6 -6 -6 -1 -6 0
1988 CIN NL 36 3B -0 -4 -0 0 -0 0
1988 CIN NL 36 1B 0 60 0 0 0 0
1988 HOU NL 36 3B -2 -5 -2 1 -3 0
1988 HOU NL 36 1B -1 -19 -1 0 -1 0
1989 TEX AL 37 3B 0 0 0 2 -2 0
1989 TEX AL 37 1B 1 120 1 1 0 0
18 Seasons 3B 167 11 163 112 51 4
2 Seasons RF 3 6 4 4 -0 -1
2 Seasons CF 3 8 3 3 0 0
4 Seasons SS 1 9 1 2 -1 0
3 Seasons 1B -0 -3 -0 1 -1 0
1 Season LF -1 -7 -1 -0 -0 0
1 Season 2B 0 360 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons TOT 174 10 171 122 49 4 -1
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
1972 CLE AL 20 132 120 132 129 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 63 65 123 0 5 0
1973 CLE AL 21 156 154 156 156 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
1974 CLE AL 22 116 115 116 115 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1975 CLE AL 23 153 149 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1976 CLE AL 24 159 158 159 159 0 0 2 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 CLE AL 25 129 126 129 127 0 0 0 0 118 0 11 0 0 11 0 3 0
1978 CLE AL 26 142 139 142 139 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
1979 TEX AL 27 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 147 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX AL 28 129 120 129 120 0 0 0 0 120 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1981 TEX AL 29 97 96 97 96 0 0 0 0 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 TEX AL 30 148 143 148 145 0 0 0 0 145 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 TEX AL 31 156 153 156 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 TEX AL 32 148 147 148 146 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 TEX AL 33 84 82 84 83 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 CIN NL 33 67 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CIN NL 34 155 150 155 151 0 0 0 1 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1987 CIN NL 35 143 141 143 142 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 HOU NL 36 74 71 74 71 0 0 7 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 CIN NL 36 21 15 21 15 0 0 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1989 TEX AL 37 34 22 34 10 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 22 11 0
18 Seasons 2405 2329 2405 2340 0 0 12 1 2183 41 11 64 66 136 24 59 1
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 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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 CLE AL 20 199 54% 82% 30% 20 95% 0 9 6 1 2 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
1973 CLE AL 21 5951 59% 81% 28% 489 92% 4 139 103 15 21 356 264 72 6 15 22 0 17 5 18 41 28 5 36 4 2 1 9 44%
1974 CLE AL 22 4306 59% 83% 29% 404 91% 2 112 89 8 15 283 211 60 1 7 15 0 13 2 12 31 25 3 29 2 1 0 10 40%
1975 CLE AL 23 5669 63% 81% 26% 477 94% 2 145 115 10 20 330 270 47 1 8 25 0 24 1 24 29 20 1 22 4 4 0 11 82%
1976 CLE AL 24 5841 59% 80% 26% 444 92% 9 100 82 4 14 331 272 42 7 9 20 0 18 2 13 23 18 1 21 0 0 0 11 64%
1977 CLE AL 25 4332 54% 81% 26% 372 90% 2 110 90 5 15 251 210 36 0 6 15 0 13 2 11 24 14 4 20 2 1 1 16 69%
1978 CLE AL 26 5218 63% 82% 27% 474 94% 7 126 98 8 20 356 287 49 3 12 15 0 13 2 8 29 20 1 24 5 4 0 12 75%
1979 TEX AL 27 5197 57% 81% 30% 478 91% 4 111 74 17 20 359 286 59 2 13 15 0 11 4 12 22 13 0 15 6 4 2 13 54%
1980 TEX AL 28 4518 54% 81% 27% 406 92% 1 121 91 10 20 284 239 36 3 14 8 0 5 3 7 26 18 3 23 2 2 0 24 79%
1981 TEX AL 29 3454 59% 82% 33% 361 91% 2 67 54 6 7 277 235 36 3 10 14 0 11 3 13 18 14 1 16 2 0 2 10 70%
1982 TEX AL 30 5305 62% 84% 29% 536 92% 0 130 102 10 18 397 324 57 6 9 14 0 12 2 12 35 24 4 30 3 2 1 22 82%
1983 TEX AL 31 5757 62% 82% 29% 541 88% 0 123 103 8 12 382 306 67 2 7 17 0 13 4 14 30 23 2 27 3 3 0 10 70%
1984 TEX AL 32 5481 55% 82% 26% 445 96% 1 131 113 4 14 318 263 46 2 7 20 1 18 1 17 28 19 0 21 6 1 4 6 83%
1985 TEX AL 33 3031 56% 82% 29% 269 95% 0 71 62 3 6 193 161 30 2 4 16 0 15 1 14 22 17 0 19 1 0 1 5 100%
1985 CIN NL 33 2437 56% 80% 25% 152 95% 0 53 43 3 7 104 82 20 0 3 9 1 8 0 8 13 12 0 12 0 0 0 3 100%
1986 CIN NL 34 5702 62% 81% 31% 387 91% 2 105 80 11 14 287 230 41 2 7 10 0 7 3 7 28 19 2 23 5 4 1 16 69%
1987 CIN NL 35 5227 64% 81% 28% 350 89% 3 93 74 4 15 244 195 36 6 11 7 0 7 0 6 17 11 0 14 3 1 2 14 71%
1988 HOU NL 36 2377 58% 79% 33% 164 82% 3 31 23 2 6 116 87 24 1 3 12 0 7 5 11 8 7 0 7 1 0 1 2 0%
1988 CIN NL 36 465 64% 82% 32% 32 84% 2 6 3 1 2 24 18 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0%
1989 TEX AL 37 252 61% 75% 32% 15 93% 0 3 2 0 1 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
18 Seasons 80719 59% 81% 28% 6816 92% 44 1786 1407 130 249 4917 3963 764 48 146 255 2 213 40 208 428 304 27 361 51 30 17 196 70%
MLB Averages 60% 81% 28% 89% 70%
Lg 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%

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%
1972 CLE AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 17 8 0 9 1 2 6 3 0 3 0 0 6 3 0 41 15 36.6% 24 2 4.9% 1 2087 59% 79% 25% 197 58%
1973 CLE AL 21 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 39 77% 85% 28% 1 100%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 17 8 0 9 1 2 6 3 0 3 0 0 6 3 0 41 15 36.6% 24 2 4.9% 1 2126 59% 79% 25% 198 58%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.0% 60% 81% 29% 55%

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%
1972 CLE AL 20 3 0 2 1 1 7 0 1 1 4 26 15 1 20 1 2 5 1 0 10 2 2 14 9 0 75 28 37.3% 42 5 6.7% 2 2216 57% 79% 27% 285 58%
1973 CLE AL 21 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 4 25% 100% 50% 1 100%
2 Seasons 3 0 2 1 1 7 0 1 1 4 26 15 1 20 1 2 5 1 0 10 2 2 14 9 0 75 28 37.3% 42 5 6.7% 2 2220 57% 79% 28% 286 58%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.4% 60% 81% 29% 60%

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
1979 TEX AL 27 809 59% 82% 26% 88 94% 0 35 21 9 5 63 54 9 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 10 4 0 3 0 0 8 4 3 0 0 0
1980 TEX AL 28 13 46% 100% 31% 1 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
1981 TEX AL 29 8 63% 100% 50% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1982 TEX AL 30 31 48% 84% 16% 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 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 861 59% 83% 26% 93 94% 0 36 21 10 5 67 57 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 11 4 1 3 0 0 9 5 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 81% 28% 91%

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 CLE AL 24 44 43% 82% 16% 1 100% 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 HOU NL 36 205 61% 77% 27% 9 89% 0 43 2 40 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CIN NL 36 43 65% 79% 33% 5 100% 0 7 1 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1989 TEX AL 37 21 38% 67% 43% 3 100% 0 7 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 313 58% 77% 27% 18 94% 1 62 3 58 1 10 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 60% 81% 28% 94% 88%

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%
1977 CLE AL 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 435 58% 81% 25% 49 47%
1 Season 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 435 58% 81% 25% 49 47%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.9% 60% 81% 29% 51%

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
1986 CIN NL 34 4 50% 100% 50% 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
1 Season 4 50% 100% 50% 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
MLB Averages 60% 81% 28% 94%

* 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

Hall of Fame
1995 BBWAA ( 1.7%)

All-Star Games
1973 *
1980 *
1981 *
1982 *
1984 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1988 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (10, 12%)
1980 AL (18, 2%)
1981 AL (17, 2%)
1982 AL (30, 1%)
1984 AL (22, 1%)
0.18 Career Shares (784th)

Gold Gloves
1979 AL (3B)
1980 AL (3B)
1981 AL (3B)
1982 AL (3B)
1983 AL (3B)
1984 AL (3B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1984 AL (3B)

Assists† s c a p y
Career  5,009 (88th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1979 AL  30 (1st)
1981 AL  27 (1st)
1983 AL  16 (4th)
Career  174 (10th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1973 AL  154 (4th)
1975 AL  153 (4th)
1976 AL  158 (1st)
1978 AL  139 (2nd)
1979 AL  147 (3rd)
1981 AL  96 (5th)
1982 AL  145 (4th)
1983 AL  154 (1st)
1984 AL  147 (4th)
1986 NL  151 (2nd)
1987 NL  142 (4th)
Career  2,183 (6th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1973 AL  144 (1st)
1975 AL  146 (1st)
1976 AL  104 (5th)
1978 AL  125 (2nd)
1979 AL  112 (4th)
1980 AL  123 (2nd)
1982 AL  131 (1st)
1983 AL  123 (2nd)
1984 AL  129 (4th)
1986 NL  105 (2nd)
1987 NL  93 (4th)
Career  1,798 (19th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1973 AL  363 (2nd)
1975 AL  330 (5th)
1976 AL  330 (3rd)
1978 AL  355 (1st)
1979 AL  364 (2nd)
1980 AL  282 (4th)
1981 AL  281 (1st)
1982 AL  396 (2nd)
1983 AL  383 (1st)
1984 AL  323 (3rd)
1986 NL  290 (2nd)
Career  4,925 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1973 AL  22 (4th)
1975 AL  25 (3rd)
1976 AL  20 (3rd)
1981 AL  14 (3rd)
1983 AL  17 (3rd)
1984 AL  20 (1st)
Career  254 (48th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1973 AL  44 (1st)
1974 AL  31 (4th)
1976 AL  23 (3rd)
1978 AL  30 (1st)
1981 AL  18 (4th)
1982 AL  35 (3rd)
1983 AL  29 (5th)
1984 AL  28 (2nd)
1986 NL  28 (2nd)
Career  430 (5th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1972 AL  3 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1972 AL  3 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1972 AL  4 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1973 AL  12 (3rd)
1974 AL  14 (2nd)
1976 AL  8 (2nd)
1977 AL  9 (2nd)
1978 AL  12 (2nd)
1979 AL  29 (1st)
1980 AL  13 (2nd)
1981 AL  27 (1st)
1982 AL  15 (1st)
1983 AL  16 (1st)
1984 AL  19 (2nd)
1985 AL  7 (4th)
Career  167 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1973 AL  3.34 (2nd)
1974 AL  3.44 (3rd)
1975 AL  3.23 (5th)
1977 AL  3.22 (5th)
1978 AL  3.57 (1st)
1979 AL  3.48 (3rd)
1980 AL  3.49 (1st)
1981 AL  3.74 (1st)
1982 AL  3.86 (1st)
1983 AL  3.31 (2nd)
1984 AL  3.19 (1st)
1985 AL  3.32 (1st)
Career  3.18 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1973 AL  3.29 (2nd)
1974 AL  3.36 (3rd)
1975 AL  3.11 (5th)
1977 AL  3.08 (3rd)
1978 AL  3.45 (1st)
1979 AL  3.24 (2nd)
1980 AL  3.38 (1st)
1981 AL  3.61 (1st)
1982 AL  3.63 (1st)
1983 AL  3.29 (2nd)
1984 AL  3.07 (2nd)
1985 AL  3.16 (1st)
1986 NL  2.62 (3rd)
Career  3.08 (71st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1973 AL  .958 (4th)
1974 AL  .963 (3rd)
1976 AL  .956 (4th)
1978 AL  .970 (5th)
1979 AL  .969 (2nd)
1980 AL  .981 (1st)
1981 AL  .961 (3rd)
1982 AL  .976 (1st)
1983 AL  .967 (3rd)
1984 AL  .958 (5th)
1986 NL  .975 (3rd)
1987 NL  .979 (1st)
Career  .964 (32nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1972 AL  born 1951-08-27 (6th)

                                         

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