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Jeff Branson

Jeffery Glenn Branson

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 26, 1967 in Waynesboro, MS
High School: Southern Choctaw HS (Silas, AL)
School: University of West Alabama (Livingston, AL)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1992
Teams (by GP): Reds/Indians/Dodgers 1992-2001

Final Game: October 6, 2001
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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
1992 CIN NL 25 2B 33 17 13 179.2 112 45 61 6 19 .946 -4 -29 5.31 3.21 .981 5.18 5.18
1992 CIN NL 25 3B 8 1 1 20.1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -1 -35 1.33 0.38 .952 2.66 2.68
1992 CIN NL 25 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.60
1993 CIN NL 26 SS 59 46 40 426.1 231 88 138 5 28 .978 -2 -5 4.77 3.83 .965 4.69 4.66
1993 CIN NL 26 2B 45 36 30 330.2 190 80 105 5 28 .974 -5 -19 5.04 4.11 .980 5.16 5.13
1993 CIN NL 26 3B 14 8 7 92.0 24 7 16 1 0 .958 -2 -26 2.25 1.64 .945 2.70 2.68
1993 CIN NL 26 1B 1 1 1 9.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 27 11.00 11.00 .992 9.70 9.60
1994 CIN NL 27 2B 19 10 5 103.1 51 26 24 1 4 .980 -1 -16 4.35 2.63 .981 5.26 5.23
1994 CIN NL 27 3B 18 7 5 87.0 25 4 21 0 2 1.000 2 22 2.59 1.39 .951 2.65 2.63
1994 CIN NL 27 SS 8 1 0 28.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.54 1.38 .966 4.53 4.50
1994 CIN NL 27 1B 2 0 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 7.50 2.50 .992 9.75 9.65
1995 CIN NL 28 3B 98 83 51 680.2 238 52 179 7 23 .971 6 11 3.05 2.36 .946 2.77 2.76
1995 CIN NL 28 SS 32 11 11 160.0 98 31 65 2 15 .980 3 21 5.40 3.00 .968 4.51 4.49
1995 CIN NL 28 2B 6 0 0 5.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.38 0.33 .985 5.23 5.23
1995 CIN NL 28 1B 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 10.80 9.70
1996 CIN NL 29 3B 64 42 35 407.1 133 31 93 9 12 .932 -2 -5 2.74 1.94 .948 2.71 2.69
1996 CIN NL 29 SS 38 14 11 197.2 96 30 63 3 17 .969 -2 -9 4.23 2.45 .967 4.60 4.57
1996 CIN NL 29 2B 31 15 10 161.1 83 36 45 2 11 .976 -0 -4 4.52 2.61 .981 5.09 5.06
1997 TOT MLB 30 2B 33 21 17 217.2 116 38 74 4 17 .966 -2 -9 4.63 3.39 .980 4.97 4.95
1997 TOT MLB 30 3B 33 12 5 134.2 45 14 30 1 6 .978 2 22 2.94 1.33 .948 2.67 2.64
1997 TOT MLB 30 SS 13 2 1 45.0 18 6 12 0 2 1.000 0 13 3.60 1.38 .973 4.58 4.53
1997 CIN NL 30 3B 27 8 4 102.2 35 12 22 1 4 .971 2 22 2.98 1.26 .946 2.66 2.64
1997 CIN NL 30 2B 14 6 3 70.2 43 17 23 3 7 .930 -1 -20 5.09 2.86 .980 5.07 5.03
1997 CIN NL 30 SS 11 2 1 42.0 17 6 11 0 2 1.000 0 11 3.64 1.55 .973 4.59 4.54
1997 CLE AL 30 2B 19 15 14 147.0 73 21 51 1 10 .986 -0 -3 4.41 3.79 .980 4.93 4.89
1997 CLE AL 30 3B 6 4 1 32.0 10 2 8 0 2 1.000 1 23 2.81 1.67 .953 2.67 2.65
1997 CLE AL 30 SS 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 0.50 .970 4.50 4.50
1997 CLE AL 30 DH 1 0
1998 CLE AL 31 2B 31 11 7 124.1 75 35 37 3 14 .960 0 1 5.21 2.32 .978 4.85 4.80
1998 CLE AL 31 3B 20 7 6 77.2 23 5 16 2 1 .913 1 14 2.43 1.05 .948 2.55 2.52
1998 CLE AL 31 1B 3 1 0 10.0 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 9.90 3.67 .992 9.45 9.33
1998 CLE AL 31 SS 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -400 0.00 0.00 4.80 4.65
2000 LAD NL 33 SS 7 1 1 22.2 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 3.97 1.43 .967 4.53 4.47
2000 LAD NL 33 2B 3 2 2 19.0 10 3 6 1 2 .900 -0 -32 4.26 3.00 .982 4.97 4.90
2000 LAD NL 33 3B 3 0 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 60 3.00 0.67 .950 2.70 2.60
2001 LAD NL 34 2B 6 3 3 32.0 17 7 10 0 2 1.000 -0 -11 4.78 2.83 .983 4.84 4.80
2001 LAD NL 34 SS 2 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -33 0.00 0.00 .970 4.42 4.40
2001 LAD NL 34 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
9 Seasons 3B 259 160 110 1506.2 494 114 359 21 44 .957 7 6 2.83 1.83 .947 2.72 2.69
9 Seasons 2B 207 115 87 1173.1 656 271 363 22 97 .966 -14 -14 4.86 3.06 .980 5.08 5.05
9 Seasons SS 162 75 64 887.1 465 164 290 11 62 .976 -1 -1 4.60 2.80 .966 4.62 4.58
4 Seasons 1B 7 2 1 25.2 27 24 3 0 0 1.000 1 23 9.47 3.86 .992 9.64 9.51
9 Seasons TOT 635 352 262 3593.0 1642 573 1015 54 203 .967 -7 -2 3.98 2.50 .967 4.01 4.02
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
1992 CIN NL 25 2B -4 -29 -4 -2 -2 0
1992 CIN NL 25 3B -1 -35 -1 0 -1 0
1992 CIN NL 25 SS
1993 CIN NL 26 SS -2 -5 -1 -2 1 -1
1993 CIN NL 26 2B -5 -19 -5 -3 -2 0
1993 CIN NL 26 3B -2 -26 -2 0 -2 0
1993 CIN NL 26 1B 0 27 0 0 0 0
1994 CIN NL 27 2B -1 -16 -1 -0 -1 0
1994 CIN NL 27 3B 2 22 2 1 0 0
1994 CIN NL 27 SS 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1994 CIN NL 27 1B 0 80 0 0 0 0
1995 CIN NL 28 3B 6 11 4 2 2 2
1995 CIN NL 28 SS 3 21 3 -0 3 0
1995 CIN NL 28 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CIN NL 28 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CIN NL 29 3B -2 -5 -2 -0 -2 0
1996 CIN NL 29 SS -2 -9 -2 -0 -1 0
1996 CIN NL 29 2B -0 -4 0 2 -1 -1
1997 CIN NL 30 3B 2 22 2 -0 2 0
1997 CIN NL 30 2B -1 -20 -1 -1 -0 0
1997 CIN NL 30 SS 0 11 0 0 0 0
1997 CLE AL 30 2B -0 -3 -0 -1 0 0
1997 CLE AL 30 3B 1 23 1 1 -0 0
1997 CLE AL 30 SS 0 40 0 0 0 0
1998 CLE AL 31 2B 0 1 0 1 -1 0
1998 CLE AL 31 3B 1 14 1 -0 1 0
1998 CLE AL 31 1B -0 -12 -0 -0 0 0
1998 CLE AL 31 SS -1 -400 -1 0 -1 0
2000 LAD NL 33 SS -0 -5 -0 0 -1 0
2000 LAD NL 33 2B -0 -32 -0 0 -0 0
2000 LAD NL 33 3B 0 60 0 0 0 0
2001 LAD NL 34 2B -0 -11 -0 -0 -0 0
2001 LAD NL 34 SS -0 -33 -0 -0 0 0
2001 LAD NL 34 3B 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3B 7 6 5 4 1 2
9 Seasons 2B -14 -14 -13 -5 -7 -1
9 Seasons SS -1 -1 -0 -2 2 -1
4 Seasons 1B 1 23 1 0 0 0
9 Seasons TOT -7 -2 -7 -3 -4 0
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
1992 CIN NL 25 72 18 72 42 0 0 0 33 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
1993 CIN NL 26 125 91 125 109 0 0 1 45 14 59 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1994 CIN NL 27 58 18 58 44 0 0 2 19 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1995 CIN NL 28 122 94 122 117 0 0 1 6 98 32 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1996 CIN NL 29 129 71 129 122 0 0 0 31 64 38 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1997 CIN NL 30 65 16 65 46 0 0 0 14 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 24 2
1997 CLE AL 30 29 19 29 25 0 0 0 19 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
1998 CLE AL 31 63 19 63 54 0 0 3 31 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
2000 LAD NL 33 18 3 18 13 0 0 0 3 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
2001 LAD NL 34 13 3 13 9 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
9 Seasons 694 352 694 581 0 0 7 207 259 162 0 0 0 0 1 176 5
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%
1992 CIN NL 25 85 52% 80% 32% 5 60% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CIN NL 26 389 55% 78% 31% 23 91% 0 7 6 1 0 16 12 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CIN NL 27 358 61% 74% 34% 26 96% 1 5 4 0 1 21 16 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1995 CIN NL 28 2880 70% 78% 31% 236 93% 4 52 45 1 6 176 141 28 3 2 7 0 5 2 5 23 17 0 19 4 3 1 9 89%
1996 CIN NL 29 1717 63% 77% 33% 132 85% 2 31 21 3 7 93 73 14 3 2 9 0 6 3 5 12 7 0 8 3 3 0 9 78%
1997 CIN NL 30 427 59% 74% 30% 34 97% 0 12 10 1 1 22 17 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 100%
1997 CLE AL 30 133 56% 83% 25% 9 100% 1 2 1 0 1 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 CLE AL 31 357 54% 69% 26% 23 87% 0 5 4 1 0 16 13 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 100%
2000 LAD NL 33 21 48% 81% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 LAD NL 34 4 100% 75% 25% 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 6371 64% 77% 31% 489 91% 8 115 92 7 16 354 278 59 8 6 21 1 14 6 14 44 31 1 35 8 6 2 27 89%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 87% 62%

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
1992 CIN NL 25 724 59% 79% 32% 73 81% 0 45 13 25 7 61 53 5 0 2 6 0 4 2 3 19 7 5 3 1 17 4 12 1 1 0
1993 CIN NL 26 1391 57% 78% 31% 118 94% 0 79 28 38 13 103 91 8 1 2 5 0 4 1 4 27 11 4 3 2 23 5 16 4 2 2
1994 CIN NL 27 446 63% 77% 34% 33 94% 0 25 10 12 3 25 23 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
1995 CIN NL 28 30 63% 80% 20% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CIN NL 29 734 63% 74% 29% 45 93% 0 36 7 21 9 46 39 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 11 7 2 1 1 11 2 9 0 0 0
1997 CLE AL 30 636 59% 75% 31% 53 92% 1 22 5 15 2 50 44 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 4 2 3 0 9 3 6 1 0 1
1997 CIN NL 30 317 64% 78% 31% 31 87% 0 16 7 8 1 23 19 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 7 3 0 2 1 6 3 3 1 0 1
1998 CLE AL 31 566 52% 76% 29% 44 84% 0 35 11 23 1 37 31 6 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 14 8 2 3 0 14 3 11 0 0 0
2000 LAD NL 33 85 41% 69% 26% 8 88% 0 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2001 LAD NL 34 141 42% 77% 30% 12 92% 0 7 2 3 2 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
9 Seasons 5070 58% 77% 31% 418 90% 1 269 84 147 39 362 314 36 2 6 22 1 15 6 14 96 40 18 19 5 88 24 61 7 3 4
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1992 CIN NL 25 6 50% 67% 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
1993 CIN NL 26 1924 51% 78% 31% 187 87% 1 86 41 35 10 137 98 36 0 2 5 0 2 3 1 28 14 1 8 1 2 26 15 11 2 2 0
1994 CIN NL 27 125 62% 74% 30% 10 90% 0 4 2 2 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CIN NL 28 687 70% 81% 35% 76 95% 2 31 18 12 1 62 45 14 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 15 6 1 6 0 0 14 7 6 1 0 1
1996 CIN NL 29 870 62% 75% 31% 80 89% 1 30 16 13 1 63 45 13 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 17 8 2 3 2 0 15 10 5 2 2 0
1997 CIN NL 30 172 64% 75% 28% 16 100% 0 6 6 0 0 11 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1997 CLE AL 30 14 50% 79% 36% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CLE AL 31 12 75% 75% 50% 1 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
2000 LAD NL 33 85 39% 73% 31% 8 100% 0 5 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 LAD NL 34 17 29% 71% 12% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3912 57% 77% 32% 380 89% 4 162 87 62 13 285 204 69 2 5 11 0 7 4 6 62 30 4 17 3 2 57 34 22 5 4 1
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 89%

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%
1993 CIN NL 26 39 79% 82% 31% 3 100% 0 10 1 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CIN NL 27 18 83% 61% 17% 2 100% 0 4 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CIN NL 28 5 40% 60% 20% 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
1998 CLE AL 31 44 50% 73% 27% 4 100% 0 10 1 9 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
4 Seasons 106 66% 74% 26% 9 100% 0 24 2 21 1 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 93% 84%

* 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

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1995 NL  6 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1995 NL  3.05 (2nd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1995 NL  .971 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1995 NL  3 (4th)

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