Bob Borkowski
Robert Vilarian Borkowski
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: January 27, 1926 in Dayton, OH
High School: Kiser (Dayton, OH)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1950
Final Game: July 10, 1955
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1950 CHC NL 24 OF 65 157 150 3 4 1 .975 2.35 .978 2.14 7-29-30
1950 CHC NL 24 1B 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 .983 9.00
1951 CHC NL 25 OF 25 45 41 1 3 0 .933 1.68 .982 2.23 7-9-9
1952 CIN NL 26 OF 103 226 219 5 2 1 .991 2.17 .981 2.10 15-64-26
1952 CIN NL 26 1B 5 43 39 3 1 3 .977 8.40 .991 9.16
1953 CIN NL 27 OF 67 109 104 3 2 0 .982 1.60 .980 2.11 3-3-61
1953 CIN NL 27 1B 2 11 10 0 1 1 .909 5.00 .991 9.15
1954 CIN NL 28 OF 36 31 290.0 72 69 3 0 0 1.000 -4.4 -18.2 -4.4 -1.7 -2.6 0 2.23 2.00 .975 2.36 2.18
1954 CIN NL 28 RF 22 21 191.2 44 43 1 0 1 1.000 -3.5 -21.9 -3.5 -1.7 -1.7 0 2.07 2.00 .968 1.99 1.80
1954 CIN NL 28 LF 14 10 98.1 28 26 2 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -11.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 2.56 2.00 .971 2.21 1.98
1954 CIN NL 28 1B 3 2 19.0 13 13 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -12.6 -0.2 0.3 -0.6 0 6.16 4.33 .992 9.81 9.27
1955 TOT NL 29 OF 20 5 66.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -1.3 0.1 1 1.63 0.60 .975 2.29 2.10
1955 TOT NL 29 LF 15 3 45.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.3 -0.8 -1.1 0.1 1 1.39 0.47 .971 2.10 1.82
1955 CIN NL 29 LF 11 0 19.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.8 0.7 0 2.33 0.45 .980 2.09 1.82
1955 CIN NL 29 OF 11 0 19.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.8 0.7 0 2.33 0.45 .980 2.28 2.10
1955 CIN NL 29 1B 1 1 5.0 8 6 1 1 1 .875 -0.6 -144.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 12.60 7.00 .988 9.72 9.10
1955 BRO NL 29 OF 9 5 47.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.5 -0.6 1 1.34 0.78 .971 2.30 2.10
1955 BRO NL 29 LF 4 3 26.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 9.2 -0.8 -0.3 -0.6 1 0.69 0.50 .950 2.11 1.82
1955 BRO NL 29 RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -100.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.87
1955 BRO NL 29 CF 2 2 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 24.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.40 2.00 .975 2.70 2.50
6 Seasons OF 316 36 356.1 621 595 15 11 2 .982 -4.4 -14.8 -5.4 -3.0 -2.5 1 15.41 1.93 .979 2.35 2.13 61-107-151
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 29 13 143.2 35 33 2 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -5.8 -1.7 -1.1 -0.8 1 2.19 1.21 .971 2.18 1.90
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 25 21 197.2 44 43 1 0 1 1.000 -4.0 -24.3 -4.0 -2.2 -1.7 0 2.00 1.76 .968 1.99 1.81
5 Seasons 1B 12 3 24.0 81 73 5 3 6 .963 -0.8 -40.0 -0.8 -0.3 -0.6 0 29.25 6.50 .990 9.79 9.17
1 Season (incomplete) CF 2 2 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 24.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.40 2.00 .975 2.70 2.50
6 Seasons TOT 328 39 380.1 702 668 20 14 8 .980 -5.2 -16.4 -6.2 -3.3 -3.1 1 0 16.28 2.10 .961 2.82 2.39 61-107-151
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1950 CHC NL 24 85 85 85 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 29 30 65
1951 CHC NL 25 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 9 25
1952 CIN NL 26 126 126 126 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 64 26 103
1953 CIN NL 27 94 94 94 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 61 67
1954 CIN NL 28 73 33 73 73 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 0 23 36 36 0
1955 CIN NL 29 25 1 25 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 13 0
1955 BRO NL 29 9 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 9 0 0
6 Seasons 470 39 470 470 0 0 12 0 0 0 59 107 153 316 49 0
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 -- 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%
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 0 0 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 2 430 64% 81% 32% 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 91 65% 79% 33% 5 100%
1955 BRO NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 124 62% 77% 35% 9 22%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 7 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 14 10 71.4% 4 0 0.0% 2 645 64% 80% 33% 58 59%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.1% 63% 79% 30% 50%

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%
1954 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 3 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 21 8 38.1% 12 1 4.8% 0 841 64% 83% 38% 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 30 60% 83% 40% 2 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 3 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 23 9 39.1% 13 1 4.3% 0 871 64% 83% 38% 92 47%
MLB Averages 45.1% 3.4% 63% 79% 30% 55%

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%
1954 CIN NL 28 90 44% 78% 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
2 Seasons 112 46% 79% 24% 6 83% 0 19 0 19 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
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 63 71% 71% 35% 8 50%
1 Season 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 63 71% 71% 35% 8 50%
MLB Averages 45.4% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 59%

* 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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