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Bob Borkowski

Robert Vilarian Borkowski

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: January 27, 1926 in Dayton, OH
High School: Kiser HS (Dayton, OH)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1950
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cubs/Redlegs/Dodgers 1950-1955

Final Game: July 10, 1955
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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
1950 CHC NL 24 OF 65 57 53 528.1 157 150 3 4 1 .975 2.61 2.35 .978 2.34 2.31
1950 CHC NL 24 CF 29 24 22 233.2 85 81 2 2 0 .976 3.20 2.86 .980 2.76 2.73
1950 CHC NL 24 RF 27 25 24 229.0 52 50 1 1 1 .981 2.00 1.89 .976 1.87 1.85
1950 CHC NL 24 LF 9 8 7 65.2 18 17 0 1 0 .944 2.33 1.89 .977 2.29 2.27
1950 CHC NL 24 1B 1 0 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 6.00 .990 9.67 9.60
1951 CHC NL 25 OF 25 17 14 160.0 45 41 1 3 0 .933 2.36 1.68 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 CHC NL 25 CF 10 9 9 83.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 2.39 2.20 .983 2.90 2.87
1951 CHC NL 25 RF 8 5 3 51.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 1.76 1.25 .981 2.05 2.02
1951 CHC NL 25 LF 7 3 2 26.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 2.42 1.00 .978 2.32 2.31
1952 CIN NL 26 OF 103 79 74 760.1 226 219 5 2 1 .991 2.65 2.17 .981 2.31 2.29
1952 CIN NL 26 CF 64 52 50 491.2 161 156 3 2 1 .988 2.91 2.48 .983 2.75 2.73
1952 CIN NL 26 RF 26 19 17 185.1 43 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 1.65 .980 2.07 2.05
1952 CIN NL 26 LF 15 8 7 83.1 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 1.67 .979 2.02 2.00
1952 CIN NL 26 1B 5 5 4 42.0 43 39 3 1 3 .977 9.00 8.40 .990 9.90 9.82
1953 CIN NL 27 OF 67 58 50 506.2 109 104 3 2 0 .982 0 1 1.90 1.60 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 CIN NL 27 RF 61 54 47 473.2 104 99 3 2 0 .981 2 6 1.94 1.67 .981 2.00 1.96
1953 CIN NL 27 CF 3 2 1 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 1.69 1.00 .980 2.81 2.80
1953 CIN NL 27 LF 3 2 2 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -120 0.53 0.33 .980 2.12 2.10
1953 CIN NL 27 1B 2 1 1 13.0 11 10 0 1 1 .909 -1 -92 6.92 5.00 .990 9.90 9.70
1954 CIN NL 28 OF 36 31 30 290.0 72 69 3 0 0 1.000 -4 -18 2.23 2.00 .975 2.36 2.34
1954 CIN NL 28 RF 22 21 21 191.2 44 43 1 0 1 1.000 -4 -22 2.07 2.00 .970 1.95 1.94
1954 CIN NL 28 LF 14 10 9 98.1 28 26 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -11 2.56 2.00 .971 2.18 2.17
1954 CIN NL 28 1B 3 2 2 19.0 13 13 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -13 6.16 4.33 .991 9.81 9.73
1955 TOT NL 29 OF 20 5 3 66.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.63 0.60 .977 2.29 2.28
1955 TOT NL 29 LF 15 3 2 45.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 1.39 0.47 .971 2.04 2.03
1955 CIN NL 29 LF 11 0 0 19.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.33 0.45 .972 2.05 2.03
1955 CIN NL 29 OF 11 0 0 19.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.33 0.45 .976 2.28 2.28
1955 CIN NL 29 1B 1 1 0 5.0 8 6 1 1 1 .875 -1 -144 12.60 7.00 .991 9.72 9.70
1955 BRO NL 29 OF 9 5 3 47.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.34 0.78 .977 2.30 2.28
1955 BRO NL 29 LF 4 3 2 26.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 0.69 0.50 .970 2.04 2.02
1955 BRO NL 29 RF 3 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -100 0.00 0.00 1.95 1.97
1955 BRO NL 29 CF 2 2 1 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 2.40 2.00 .982 2.64 2.60
6 Seasons OF 316 247 224 2311.2 621 595 15 11 2 .982 -4 -2 2.37 1.93 .979 2.34 2.31
6 Seasons RF 147 124 112 1136.2 254 245 5 4 2 .984 -2 -2 1.98 1.70 .978 1.98 1.96
5 Seasons CF 108 89 83 839.1 276 266 5 5 1 .982 0 0 2.91 2.51 .982 2.77 2.74
6 Seasons LF 63 34 29 335.2 87 80 5 2 0 .977 -2 -9 2.28 1.35 .975 2.15 2.12
5 Seasons 1B 12 9 7 83.0 81 73 5 3 6 .963 -2 -26 8.46 6.50 .990 9.86 9.75
6 Seasons TOT 328 256 231 2394.2 702 668 20 14 8 .980 -6 -3 2.59 2.10 .981 2.60 2.59
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
1950 CHC NL 24 CF
1950 CHC NL 24 RF
1950 CHC NL 24 LF
1950 CHC NL 24 1B
1951 CHC NL 25 CF
1951 CHC NL 25 RF
1951 CHC NL 25 LF
1952 CIN NL 26 CF
1952 CIN NL 26 RF
1952 CIN NL 26 LF
1952 CIN NL 26 1B
1953 CIN NL 27 RF 2 6 2 2 0 0
1953 CIN NL 27 CF -0 -8 -0 -0 0 0
1953 CIN NL 27 LF -2 -120 -2 -0 -2 0
1953 CIN NL 27 1B -1 -92 -1 -1 0 0
1954 CIN NL 28 RF -4 -22 -4 -2 -2 0
1954 CIN NL 28 LF -1 -11 -1 -1 0 0
1954 CIN NL 28 1B -0 -13 -0 -1 0 0
1955 CIN NL 29 LF 0 0 0 1 -1 0
1955 CIN NL 29 1B -1 -144 -1 0 -1 0
1955 BRO NL 29 LF 0 9 -1 -1 -0 1
1955 BRO NL 29 RF -0 -100 -0 0 -0 0
1955 BRO NL 29 CF 0 24 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons RF -2 -2 -2 1 -2 0
5 Seasons CF 0 0 0 -0 0 0
6 Seasons LF -2 -9 -3 -1 -3 1
5 Seasons 1B -2 -26 -2 -2 -0 0
6 Seasons TOT -6 -3 -7 -2 -5 0 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
1950 CHC NL 24 85 57 85 65 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 29 27 64 0 18 4
1951 CHC NL 25 58 17 58 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 8 25 0 25 9
1952 CIN NL 26 126 84 126 108 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 64 26 104 0 19 6
1953 CIN NL 27 94 59 94 69 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 61 67 0 30 1
1954 CIN NL 28 73 33 73 39 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0 22 36 0 36 0
1955 CIN NL 29 25 1 25 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 13 0
1955 BRO NL 29 9 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 9 0 0 0
6 Seasons 470 256 470 327 0 0 12 0 0 0 63 108 147 316 0 141 20
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 -- 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%
1950 CHC NL 24 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 4 4 0 15 5 33.3% 9 1 6.7% 0 894 61% 85% 30% 55 82%
1951 CHC NL 25 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% 0 158 59% 80% 30% 10 80%
1952 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 16 6 37.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 810 65% 82% 34% 55 78%
1953 CIN NL 27 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 10 4 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 26 14 53.8% 12 0 0.0% 3 2048 66% 84% 34% 145 68%
1954 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 3 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 4 0 25 10 40.0% 14 1 4.0% 0 830 65% 84% 39% 90 48%
1955 BRO NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 29 62% 86% 41% 2 0%
6 Seasons 3 0 1 2 0 5 0 1 1 3 30 10 0 17 6 0 4 3 0 13 0 2 21 18 0 85 37 43.5% 46 2 2.4% 3 4769 64% 84% 34% 357 67%
MLB Averages 43.8% 3.4% 63% 81% 31% 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%
1950 CHC NL 24 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 12 7 0 5 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 9 7 0 32 16 50.0% 16 0 0.0% 2 967 65% 84% 32% 113 72%
1951 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 315 69% 83% 27% 28 75%
1952 CIN NL 26 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 4 0 5 1 0 7 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 24 10 41.7% 14 0 0.0% 1 1221 63% 85% 34% 135 64%
1953 CIN NL 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 66 64% 85% 21% 3 100%
1955 BRO NL 29 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 62 73% 73% 35% 8 50%
5 Seasons 4 0 3 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 25 13 0 11 1 0 10 5 0 4 0 0 12 10 0 62 29 46.8% 33 0 0.0% 3 2631 65% 84% 32% 287 68%
MLB Averages 45.2% 2.9% 63% 81% 31% 60%

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%
1950 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 118 65% 86% 25% 7 100%
1951 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 99 65% 76% 26% 9 56%
1952 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 2 28.6% 4 1 14.3% 2 355 68% 82% 31% 37 62%
1953 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 75 61% 89% 24% 3 33%
1954 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 2 422 65% 83% 33% 44 61%
1955 CIN NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 90 66% 80% 33% 5 100%
1955 BRO NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 123 63% 77% 35% 9 22%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 12 8 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 0 5 4 0 30 15 50.0% 14 1 3.3% 4 1282 65% 82% 31% 114 61%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.6% 63% 81% 31% 51%

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%
1950 CHC NL 24 19 58% 84% 32% 1 100% 0 5 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CIN NL 26 206 67% 81% 23% 7 100% 0 38 2 37 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0
1953 CIN NL 27 63 59% 68% 16% 2 50% 0 10 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CIN NL 28 88 45% 80% 20% 4 100% 0 13 0 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 29 22 55% 82% 41% 2 50% 0 6 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 398 60% 79% 23% 16 88% 0 72 2 70 1 8 4 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 26% 93% 85%

* 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

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.65 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1952 NL  .991 (4th)

                           

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