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Eddie Bockman

Joseph Edward Bockman

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 26, 1920 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1946
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Indians/Yankees 1946-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: September 29, 2011 in Millbrae, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1946 NYY AL 25 3B 4 3 3 15 8 6 1 3 .933 3.50 .948 3.05
1947 CLE AL 26 3B 12 7 7 37 10 25 2 4 .946 2.92 .959 3.01
1947 CLE AL 26 2B 4 2 1 14 7 6 1 2 .929 3.25 .978 5.45
1947 CLE AL 26 LF 1 1 0 7 5 2 0 2 1.000 7.00 .976 2.40
1947 CLE AL 26 OF 1 1 0 7 5 2 0 2 1.000 7.00 .979 2.50
1947 CLE AL 26 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
1948 PIT NL 27 3B 51 44 37 156 50 100 6 9 .962 2.94 .941 3.10
1948 PIT NL 27 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 5.40
1949 PIT NL 28 3B 68 56 51 194 59 127 8 14 .959 2.74 .952 3.18
1949 PIT NL 28 2B 5 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.80 .975 5.56
4 Seasons 3B 135 110 98 402 127 258 17 30 .958 2.85 .948 3.13
3 Seasons 2B 10 2 1 19 11 7 1 2 .947 1.80 .977 5.50
1 Season OF 1 1 0 7 5 2 0 2 1.000 7.00 .979 2.50
1 Season LF 1 1 0 7 5 2 0 2 1.000 7.00 .976 2.40
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
4 Seasons TOT 147 113 99 428 143 267 18 34 .958 2.79 .950 3.30
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
1946 NYY AL 25 3B
1947 CLE AL 26 3B
1947 CLE AL 26 2B
1947 CLE AL 26 LF
1947 CLE AL 26 SS
1948 PIT NL 27 3B
1948 PIT NL 27 2B
1949 PIT NL 28 3B
1949 PIT NL 28 2B
4 Seasons 3B
3 Seasons 2B
1 Season LF
1 Season SS
4 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1946 NYY AL 25 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CLE AL 26 46 10 46 18 0 0 0 4 12 1 1 0 0 1 0 23 5
1948 PIT NL 27 70 44 70 52 0 0 0 1 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5
1949 PIT NL 28 79 56 79 73 0 0 0 5 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
4 Seasons 199 113 199 147 0 0 0 10 135 1 1 0 0 1 0 43 11
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 -- 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%
1948 PIT NL 27 686 65% 86% 27% 68 84% 1 24 19 3 2 39 30 8 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 1 3 1 1 0 4 25%
1949 PIT NL 28 1254 66% 84% 26% 95 87% 1 30 22 2 6 63 46 15 0 4 6 0 5 1 4 9 7 0 8 1 1 0 10 40%
2 Seasons 1940 66% 85% 26% 163 86% 2 54 41 5 8 102 76 23 0 5 8 0 7 1 6 13 9 1 11 2 2 0 14 36%
MLB Averages 61% 82% 27% 89% 69%

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
1949 PIT NL 28 32 63% 88% 25% 3 100% 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 32 63% 88% 25% 3 100% 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 82% 27% 93%

* 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.

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