Ping Bodie

Frank Stephen Bodie
born Francesco Stephano Pezzolo

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 8, 1887 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1911
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Athletics 1911-1921

Final Game: July 24, 1921
Died: December 17, 1961 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, 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	G	Awards
1911	CHW	AL	23	OF	128				289	256	24	9	9	.969		2.19	.950		1.99	0-107-21
1911	CHW	AL	23	2B	16				78	31	40	7	4	.910		4.44	.949		5.16
1912	CHW	AL	24	OF	130				226	208	11	7	3	.969		1.68	.951		2.04	8-72-50
1913	CHW	AL	25	OF	119				248	226	14	8	1	.968		2.02	.953		2.01	43-76-0
1914	CHW	AL	26	OF	95				197	175	14	8	2	.959		1.99	.956		2.00	2-92-1
1917	PHA	AL	29	OF	145				301	258	32	11	7	.963		2.00	.967		2.22	145-0-0
1917	PHA	AL	29	1B	1				9	9	0	0	1	1.000		9.00	.989		11.10
1918	NYY	AL	30	OF	90	90	86		204	181	17	6	3	.971		2.20	.962		2.26	90-0-0
1918	NYY	AL	30	LF	87	87	84		197	174	17	6	3	.970		2.20	.961		2.20
1918	NYY	AL	30	CF	4	3	2		7	7	0	0	0	1.000		1.75	.967		2.62
1919	NYY	AL	31	OF	134	134	130		319	293	13	13	7	.959		2.28	.958		2.26
1919	NYY	AL	31	CF	128	128	124		316	284	19	13	7	.959		2.37	.961		2.64
1919	NYY	AL	31	RF	5	5	5		8	8	0	0	0	1.000		1.60	.951		1.94
1919	NYY	AL	31	LF	2	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.960		2.20
1920	NYY	AL	32	CF	129	129	123		285	264	12	9	2	.968		2.14	.966		2.55
1920	NYY	AL	32	OF	129	129	123		285	264	12	9	2	.968		2.14	.962		2.25
1921	NYY	AL	33	OF	25	21	20		36	32	2	2	1	.944		1.36	.960		2.33
1921	NYY	AL	33	CF	21	18	17		28	24	2	2	1	.929		1.24	.962		2.67
1921	NYY	AL	33	LF	4	3	3		8	8	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.958		2.38
	9 Seasons			OF	995	374	359		2105	1893	139	73	35	.965		2.04	.958		2.14	381-629-77
	4 Seasons (incomplete)			CF	282	278	266		636	579	33	24	10	.962		2.17	.963		2.60
	3 Seasons (incomplete)			LF	93	91	88		206	183	17	6	3	.971		2.15	.961		2.21
	1 Season			2B	16				78	31	40	7	4	.910		4.44	.949		5.16
	1 Season (incomplete)			RF	5	5	5		8	8	0	0	0	1.000		1.60	.951		1.94
	1 Season			1B	1				9	9	0	0	1	1.000		9.00	.989		11.10
	9 Seasons			TOT	1012	374	359		2192	1933	179	80	40	.964		2.09	.957		2.19	381-629-77
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	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.

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1911	CHW	AL	23	145		145		0	16	0	107	21	128
1912	CHW	AL	24	138		138		0	0	8	72	50	130
1913	CHW	AL	25	127		127		0	0	43	76	0	119
1914	CHW	AL	26	107		107		0	0	2	92	1	95
1917	PHA	AL	29	148		148		1	0	145	0	0	145
1918	NYY	AL	30	91		91		0	0	90	0	0	90
1919	NYY	AL	31	134	134	134	134	0	0	2	128	5	134	0	0
1920	NYY	AL	32	129	129	129	129	0	0	0	129	0	129	0	0
1921	NYY	AL	33	31	21	31	25	0	0	4	21	0	25	6	0
	9 Seasons			1050	284	1050	288	1	16	294	625	77	995	6	0

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1937 BBWAA ( 1.0%) 1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 AL 87 (4th)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 AL 174 (4th)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 AL 17 (2nd)
Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 AL 6 (5th)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 128 (3rd) 1920 AL 129 (4th)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 284 (3rd) 1920 AL 264 (5th)	Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 19 (3rd) 1920 AL 12 (4th)
Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 13 (1st) 1920 AL 9 (4th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1919 AL 293 (4th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1917 AL 32 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1919 AL 13 (4th)
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 AL 2.20 (5th)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 AL .970 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 2.37 (5th)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL .959 (4th) 1920 AL .968 (4th)
Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1911 AL .969 (4th)

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