John Boccabella
John Dominic Boccabella
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 29, 1941 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Marin Catholic (Kentfield, CA)
School: Santa Clara University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1963
Final Game: September 19, 1974
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1963 CHC NL 22 1B 24 21 189.1 247 234 12 1 29 .996 1.8 11.4 1.8 -0.3 2.1 0 11.69 10.25 .989 9.81 8.36
1964 CHC NL 23 1B 5 2 34.0 44 41 3 0 3 1.000 0.1 3.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 11.65 8.80 .991 10.03 8.84
1964 CHC NL 23 LF 2 2 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.70 1.35
1964 CHC NL 23 OF 2 2 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.70
1965 CHC NL 24 1B 2 1 12.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 30.0 0.3 -0.3 0.6 0 9.00 6.00 .992 10.05 8.60
1965 CHC NL 24 LF 1 1 7.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 1.67 1.40
1965 CHC NL 24 OF 1 1 7.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.80
1966 CHC NL 25 LF 33 28 245.0 55 51 3 1 1 .982 -0.6 -2.9 0.4 0.0 0.4 -1 1.98 1.64 .962 1.74 1.35
1966 CHC NL 25 OF 33 28 245.0 52 48 3 1 1 .981 -0.6 -2.9 0.4 0.0 0.4 -1 1.87 1.55 .973 2.03 1.78
1966 CHC NL 25 1B 30 17 178.2 197 182 15 0 12 1.000 2.2 14.8 2.2 0.2 2.0 0 9.92 6.57 .989 9.90 8.50
1966 CHC NL 25 C 5 4 38.0 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -31.6 -1 6.39 5.40 .985 6.84 5.82 2 5 1 2 67%
1967 CHC NL 26 OF 9 3 41.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.7 49.8 1.7 0.9 0.8 0 2.41 1.22 .973 2.02 1.81
1967 CHC NL 26 RF 5 2 26.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 41.5 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 2.77 1.60 .975 2.04 1.76
1967 CHC NL 26 LF 4 1 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 64.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 2.40 1.00 .975 1.74 1.50
1967 CHC NL 26 1B 3 2 16.0 23 22 1 0 3 1.000 0.1 7.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 12.94 7.67 .991 9.96 8.83
1967 CHC NL 26 C 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 6.90 5.80 0 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 27 C 4 4 28.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -42.9 -1 8.68 6.75 .989 6.88 6.12 1 1 3 0 0%
1968 CHC NL 27 LF 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.58 1.40
1968 CHC NL 27 OF 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.80
1969 MON NL 28 C 32 19 196.2 156 137 19 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.14 4.88 .989 7.06 6.25 5 12 12 11 48%
1970 MON NL 29 1B 33 25 221.0 269 234 33 2 25 .993 6.9 37.5 5.9 1.5 4.5 1 10.87 8.09 .992 9.68 8.37
1970 MON NL 29 C 24 14 124.0 90 79 10 1 2 .989 1.0 9.7 1 6.46 3.71 .987 6.85 5.94 0 4 8 5 38%
1970 MON NL 29 3B 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 18.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.60
1971 MON NL 30 1B 37 28 217.1 230 207 22 1 26 .996 -0.4 -2.2 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 9.48 6.19 .992 9.88 8.58
1971 MON NL 30 C 37 21 231.1 141 127 11 3 2 .979 -1.0 -5.2 -1 5.37 3.73 .988 6.34 5.63 4 8 11 6 35%
1971 MON NL 30 3B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 .900 2.70 2.30
1972 MON NL 31 C 73 44 451.2 355 316 33 6 6 .983 6.0 15.9 6 6.95 4.78 .987 6.61 5.87 0 11 26 24 48%
1972 MON NL 31 1B 7 7 61.0 56 51 5 0 6 1.000 1.0 19.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 0 8.26 8.00 .991 9.72 8.41
1972 MON NL 31 3B 1 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 1.00 .900 2.70 2.60
1973 MON NL 32 C 117 106 956.0 689 610 65 14 10 .980 0.0 0.0 0 6.35 5.77 .987 6.34 5.58 11 33 53 34 39%
1973 MON NL 32 1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 8.40
1974 SFG NL 33 C 26 21 183.2 117 110 6 1 1 .991 -1.0 -6.5 -1 5.68 4.46 .985 6.12 5.37 1 4 12 3 20%
9 Seasons C 319 234 2218.1 1604 1433 146 25 21 .984 3.0 1.6 3 6.41 4.95 .987 6.49 5.74 24 78 126 85 40%
9 Seasons 1B 142 103 929.1 1078 982 92 4 104 .996 12.0 15.5 11.0 2.0 9.1 1 10.40 7.56 .991 9.82 8.48
5 Seasons OF 46 35 306.0 65 60 3 2 1 .969 0.2 0.8 1.2 0.2 1.0 -1 1.85 1.37 .974 2.03 1.78
5 Seasons LF 41 33 280.0 61 56 3 2 1 .967 -0.7 -3.0 0.3 -0.7 1.0 -1 1.90 1.44 .964 1.74 1.37
1 Season RF 5 2 26.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 41.5 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 2.77 1.60 .975 2.04 1.76
3 Seasons 3B 4 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 65.5 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 9.82 1.00 .925 2.70 2.45
12 Seasons TOT 511 372 3457.1 2751 2477 243 31 126 .989 15.4 5.3 12.4 2.1 10.4 -1 1 3 7.08 5.32 .977 6.98 6.12 24 78 126 85 40%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1963 CHC NL 22 24 21 24 24 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 CHC NL 23 9 4 9 9 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1
1965 CHC NL 24 6 2 6 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
1966 CHC NL 25 75 49 75 75 0 5 30 0 0 0 33 0 0 33 18 0
1967 CHC NL 26 25 6 25 25 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 5 9 16 0
1968 CHC NL 27 7 5 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
1969 MON NL 28 40 19 40 40 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1970 MON NL 29 61 39 61 61 0 24 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1971 MON NL 30 74 49 74 74 0 37 37 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1972 MON NL 31 83 51 83 83 0 73 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1973 MON NL 32 118 106 118 118 0 117 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 SFG NL 33 29 21 29 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12 Seasons 551 372 551 548 0 319 142 0 4 0 41 0 5 46 0 77 1
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 -- C*

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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%
1966 CHC NL 25 181 3.08 3.79 1 100% 0 0 25 1 0 0 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 26 38 5.00 5.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 27 135 6.11 7.07 2 100% 0 0 25 2 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MON NL 28 929 5.22 5.67 12 100% 0 0 137 8 2 1 126 18 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1970 MON NL 29 578 6.02 6.68 5 100% 0 0 82 4 1 0 77 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
1971 MON NL 30 1033 4.44 4.96 6 100% 1 0 122 4 0 2 116 11 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1972 MON NL 31 1982 3.64 3.90 17 100% 1 0 315 10 2 7 296 29 6 0 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 MON NL 32 4196 3.70 4.49 45 93% 1 1 599 19 3 28 548 61 16 3 0 2 14 1 7 6 1 10 1 1 2 9 100%
1974 SFG NL 33 843 4.61 5.19 7 100% 0 0 108 6 0 7 95 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 9915 4.13 4.73 95 97% 3 1 1415 54 8 45 1307 133 29 4 0 8 24 1 11 12 1 20 1 2 3 15 100%
MLB Averages 3.51 3.98 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1966 CHC NL 25 2 5 80 1 2 2 67% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 1.27 0.82
1967 CHC NL 26 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 27 1 1 50 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.46
1969 MON NL 28 5 12 366 12 11 11 48% 9 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 33 12 0.94 0.94
1970 MON NL 29 0 4 212 8 5 5 38% 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 6 1.37 1.06
1971 MON NL 30 4 8 385 11 6 5 35% 7 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 34 8 1.61 0.87
1972 MON NL 31 0 11 713 26 24 21 48% 22 20 4 3 0 1 1 0 50 31 1.33 1.36
1973 MON NL 32 11 33 1565 53 34 32 39% 49 30 4 3 0 1 0 0 134 40 1.37 1.31
1974 SFG NL 33 1 4 303 12 3 3 20% 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 5 1.05 1.22
9 Seasons 24 78 3688 126 85 79 40% 110 75 15 7 1 3 1 0 311 104 1.29 1.22
MLB Averages 37% 1.27 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1963 CHC NL 22 783 60% 79% 38% 49 96% 1 233 11 220 2 24 12 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 29 0 0 0 24 0 5 2 3 4 100%
1964 CHC NL 23 153 50% 86% 29% 11 91% 0 39 4 33 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1965 CHC NL 24 59 47% 66% 17% 4 100% 0 13 1 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 25 782 63% 78% 29% 51 92% 1 177 12 162 3 22 15 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 9 0 3 1 2 4 100%
1967 CHC NL 26 64 83% 83% 39% 1 100% 0 22 0 22 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MON NL 29 1015 56% 76% 27% 72 99% 0 236 10 225 1 33 31 20 9 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 25 2 1 1 23 4 2 1 1 2 100%
1971 MON NL 30 1014 54% 76% 27% 54 96% 0 209 12 195 3 18 24 16 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 24 0 1 0 1 3 67%
1972 MON NL 31 278 51% 73% 25% 18 94% 0 59 2 57 0 7 8 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0
1973 MON NL 32 2 100% 50% 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
9 Seasons 4150 57% 77% 29% 260 96% 2 988 52 925 12 110 94 64 18 3 3 5 1 4 0 1 103 3 1 1 91 5 12 5 7 14 86%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 88%

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%
1964 CHC NL 23 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 43 58% 79% 26% 0
1965 CHC NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 31 61% 77% 29% 4 25%
1966 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 20 15 0 12 3 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 6 6 0 45 26 57.8% 19 0 0.0% 3 1111 69% 78% 27% 139 37%
1967 CHC NL 26 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 53 43% 85% 23% 4 100%
1968 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 20 95% 85% 20% 4 0%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 22 17 0 14 4 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 6 6 0 49 29 59.2% 20 0 0.0% 3 1258 68% 78% 27% 151 38%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.6% 61% 77% 26% 47%

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%
1967 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 108 66% 85% 28% 11 73%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 108 66% 85% 28% 11 73%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 53%

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%
1970 MON NL 29 5 40% 100% 40% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MON NL 30 12 58% 67% 0% 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
2 Seasons 17 53% 76% 12% 2 100% 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 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 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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