Sid Bream

Sidney Eugene Bream

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 3, 1960 in Carlisle, PA
High School: Carlisle HS (Carlisle, PA)
School: Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1983
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Dodgers/Astros 1983-1994

Final Game: July 27, 1994
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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
1983	LAD	NL	22	1B	4	0	0	10.0	8	8	0	0	1	1.000	-0	-12	7.20	2.00	.992	9.99	9.93
1984	LAD	NL	23	1B	14	11	6	99.0	106	95	11	0	9	1.000	4	42	9.64	7.57	.992	9.86	9.83
1985	TOT	NL	24	1B	41	37	35	337.4	405	367	35	3	29	.993	-2	-7	10.73	9.80	.993	10.06	10.05
1985	LAD	NL	24	1B	16	14	13	128.2	163	148	14	1	8	.994	1	7	11.33	10.13	.993	10.07	10.05
1985	PIT	NL	24	1B	25	23	22	208.2	242	219	21	2	21	.992	-3	-16	10.35	9.60	.993	10.06	10.05
1986	PIT	NL	25	1B	153	137	126	1255.0	1503	1320	166	17	107	.989	11	11	10.66	9.71	.992	9.94	9.95
1986	PIT	NL	25	LF	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-144	0.00	0.00		2.16	1.95
1986	PIT	NL	25	OF	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-144	0.00	0.00		2.16	2.20
1987	PIT	NL	26	1B	144	131	123	1188.0	1380	1236	127	17	109	.988	9	9	10.33	9.47	.991	9.88	9.83
1988	PIT	NL	27	1B	138	119	111	1110.0	1264	1118	140	6	88	.995	10	11	10.20	9.12	.991	9.96	9.98
1989	PIT	NL	28	1B	13	13	10	95.2	119	111	7	1	5	.992	-2	-21	11.10	9.08	.992	9.76	9.76
1990	PIT	NL	29	1B	142	100	83	975.1	1083	971	104	8	80	.993	10	12	9.92	7.57	.992	9.59	9.53
1991	ATL	NL	30	1B	85	72	50	640.2	721	668	50	3	53	.996	1	3	10.09	8.45	.992	9.79	9.75
1992	ATL	NL	31	1B	120	106	68	907.2	939	856	73	10	69	.989	-2	-2	9.21	7.74	.993	9.75	9.76
1993	ATL	NL	32	1B	90	69	53	638.0	692	627	62	3	62	.996	4	7	9.72	7.66	.992	9.68	9.61
1994	HOU	NL	33	1B	10	7	4	62.1	72	60	11	1	8	.986	-1	-17	10.25	7.10	.992	9.73	9.67
	12 Seasons			1B	954	802	669	7319.0	8292	7437	786	69	620	.992	43	7	10.11	8.62	.992	9.83	9.80
	1 Season			OF	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-144	0.00	0.00		2.16	2.20
	1 Season			LF	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-144	0.00	0.00		2.16	1.95
	12 Seasons			TOT	956	802	669	7320.2	8292	7437	786	69	620	.992	43	7	10.11	8.60	.992	9.83	9.78

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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1983	LAD	NL	22	1B	-0	-12	-0	-0	0	0
1984	LAD	NL	23	1B	4	42	4	2	1	0
1985	LAD	NL	24	1B	1	7	1	1	0	0
1985	PIT	NL	24	1B	-3	-16	-3	-2	-1	0
1986	PIT	NL	25	1B	11	11	10	5	5	1
1986	PIT	NL	25	LF	-0	-144	-0	0	-0
1987	PIT	NL	26	1B	9	9	9	3	6	0
1988	PIT	NL	27	1B	10	11	8	4	4	2
1989	PIT	NL	28	1B	-2	-21	-2	-0	-2	0
1990	PIT	NL	29	1B	10	12	10	4	6	0
1991	ATL	NL	30	1B	1	3	1	-0	2	0
1992	ATL	NL	31	1B	-2	-2	-2	-2	0	0
1993	ATL	NL	32	1B	4	7	4	2	2	0
1994	HOU	NL	33	1B	-1	-17	-1	-1	0	0
	12 Seasons			1B	43	7	40	16	23	3
	1 Season			LF	-0	-144	-0	0	-0
	12 Seasons			TOT	43	7	40	16	23	3

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	OF	PH	PR
1983	LAD	NL	22	15	0	15	4	4	0	0	11	0
1984	LAD	NL	23	27	11	27	14	14	0	0	14	1
1985	PIT	NL	24	26	23	26	25	25	0	0	2	0
1985	LAD	NL	24	24	14	24	16	16	0	0	8	0
1986	PIT	NL	25	154	137	154	153	153	2	2	6	0
1987	PIT	NL	26	149	131	149	144	144	0	0	9	1
1988	PIT	NL	27	148	119	148	138	138	0	0	18	0
1989	PIT	NL	28	19	13	19	13	13	0	0	6	0
1990	PIT	NL	29	147	100	147	142	142	0	0	16	0
1991	ATL	NL	30	91	72	91	85	85	0	0	11	0
1992	ATL	NL	31	125	106	125	120	120	0	0	17	0
1993	ATL	NL	32	117	69	117	90	90	0	0	34	0
1994	HOU	NL	33	46	7	46	10	10	0	0	38	0
	12 Seasons			1088	802	1088	954	954	2	2	190	2

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 -- 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%
1983	LAD	NL	22	41	54%	83%	27%	2	100%	0	8	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1984	LAD	NL	23	404	71%	76%	29%	26	100%	0	94	3	90	1	14	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1985	PIT	NL	24	915	61%	79%	28%	41	100%	0	219	11	203	5	14	20	11	5	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	21	1	0	0	18	1	2	1	1	5	100%
1985	LAD	NL	24	519	62%	79%	34%	34	97%	1	148	5	139	4	15	14	10	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	3	100%
1986	PIT	NL	25	5313	57%	81%	32%	357	95%	4	1326	46	1248	30	150	162	112	25	5	6	17	0	16	1	16	107	1	10	1	100	14	7	1	6	39	95%
1987	PIT	NL	26	5016	52%	80%	32%	339	94%	3	1238	74	1140	24	133	119	85	18	5	5	17	0	15	2	15	109	4	4	0	97	8	12	1	10	13	92%
1988	PIT	NL	27	4630	58%	83%	34%	305	96%	3	1120	78	1016	21	94	139	97	24	2	1	6	2	3	1	3	87	5	5	1	79	15	8	3	5	32	94%
1989	PIT	NL	28	403	62%	88%	38%	29	90%	1	112	10	101	0	9	7	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	4	75%
1990	PIT	NL	29	4028	62%	82%	34%	248	95%	1	975	69	895	11	80	101	72	14	1	2	8	1	5	2	5	79	2	1	0	74	3	5	1	4	24	83%
1991	ATL	NL	30	2649	65%	80%	34%	156	95%	2	668	58	594	16	42	52	36	6	2	3	3	1	2	0	2	53	1	1	0	48	1	4	0	4	6	100%
1992	ATL	NL	31	3745	61%	80%	31%	203	92%	0	855	73	773	12	58	73	45	9	3	3	10	5	3	2	3	69	2	1	0	61	4	7	2	3	11	91%
1993	ATL	NL	32	2615	63%	78%	34%	139	96%	0	631	44	571	16	37	58	43	8	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	62	0	2	0	57	2	5	1	4	9	100%
1994	HOU	NL	33	267	49%	84%	37%	18	89%	0	61	2	57	2	6	11	8	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	6	0	2	1	1	1	100%
	12 Seasons			30545	59%	81%	33%	1897	95%	15	7455	474	6834	142	653	767	533	112	20	26	69	12	49	8	48	618	16	24	2	563	48	52	11	38	148	93%
	MLB Averages				58%	80%	31%		94%																											87%

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%
1986	PIT	NL	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	0	0	0		0	0		0	14	64%	64%	7%	0
	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	14	64%	64%	7%	0
	MLB Averages																														60.8%			2.8%			58%	80%	36%		55%

* 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

Awards (yr lg award) 1990 ML Hutch Award	Putouts† s c a p y 1986 NL 1,320 (2nd)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1986 NL 153 (2nd) 1987 NL 144 (4th) 1988 NL 138 (5th) 1990 NL 142 (5th)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1986 NL 1,320 (2nd)
Assists as 1B s c a p y 1986 NL 166 (1st) 1987 NL 127 (2nd) 1988 NL 140 (1st) 1990 NL 104 (4th) Career 786 (87th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1986 NL 17 (1st) 1987 NL 17 (1st) 1992 NL 10 (3rd)	Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 1986 NL 11 (1st) 1987 NL 9 (1st) 1988 NL 10 (1st) 1990 NL 10 (1st) 1993 NL 4 (4th) Career 43 (21st)	Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y 1986 NL 10.66 (2nd) 1987 NL 10.33 (3rd) 1988 NL 10.20 (3rd) 1990 NL 9.92 (4th) 1991 NL 10.09 (3rd) Career 10.11 (15th)
Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1986 NL 9.71 (3rd) 1987 NL 9.47 (5th)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1988 NL .995 (3rd) 1991 NL .996 (3rd) 1993 NL .996 (3rd)

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