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Jim Busby

James Franklin Busby

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 8, 1927 in Kenedy, TX
School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1950
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles/WhiteSox/Indians/RedSox/... 1950-1962

Final Game: July 8, 1962
Died: July 8, 1996 in Augusta, GA
Buried: Millen Cemetery, Millen, GA
Relatives: Cousin of Steve Busby
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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1950 CHW AL 23 CF 12 10 8 91.0 26 23 2 1 1 .962 2.47 2.08 .981 2.95 2.89
1950 CHW AL 23 OF 12 10 8 93.0 28 25 2 1 1 .964 2.61 2.25 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 CHW AL 23 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1951 CHW AL 24 CF 139 116 112 1123.1 378 357 14 7 4 .981 2.97 2.67 .981 2.84 2.83 AS,MVP-30
1951 CHW AL 24 OF 139 116 112 1123.1 383 360 16 7 4 .982 3.01 2.71 .977 2.45 2.44 AS,MVP-30
1952 TOT AL 25 CF 144 137 128 1231.2 469 462 4 3 0 .994 3.41 3.24 .983 2.91 2.91
1952 TOT AL 25 OF 144 137 128 1231.2 479 472 4 3 0 .994 3.48 3.31 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 CHW AL 25 CF 16 12 7 108.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 3.08 2.31 .983 2.91 2.91
1952 CHW AL 25 OF 16 12 7 108.0 42 42 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 2.63 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 WSH AL 25 CF 128 125 121 1123.2 432 425 4 3 0 .993 3.44 3.35 .983 2.91 2.91
1952 WSH AL 25 OF 128 125 121 1123.2 437 430 4 3 0 .993 3.48 3.39 .980 2.40 2.40
1953 WSH AL 26 CF 150 150 148 1321.1 506 485 15 6 4 .988 16 15 3.41 3.33 .984 2.96 2.95
1953 WSH AL 26 OF 150 150 148 1321.1 503 482 15 6 4 .988 19 17 3.39 3.31 .981 2.43 2.41
1954 WSH AL 27 CF 155 155 152 1375.1 504 492 6 6 1 .988 4 4 3.26 3.21 .983 2.85 2.83 MVP-18
1954 WSH AL 27 OF 155 155 152 1375.1 503 491 6 6 1 .988 4 4 3.25 3.21 .979 2.39 2.37 MVP-18
1955 TOT AL 28 CF 146 136 128 1214.2 387 375 7 5 3 .987 1 1 2.83 2.62 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 TOT AL 28 OF 146 136 128 1214.2 387 375 7 5 3 .987 1 1 2.83 2.62 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 WSH AL 28 CF 47 47 46 415.2 135 133 1 1 0 .993 -2 -5 2.90 2.85 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 WSH AL 28 OF 47 47 46 415.2 134 132 1 1 0 .993 -2 -5 2.88 2.83 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 CHW AL 28 CF 99 89 82 799.0 252 242 6 4 3 .984 3 5 2.79 2.51 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 CHW AL 28 OF 99 89 82 799.0 253 243 6 4 3 .984 3 5 2.80 2.52 .982 2.40 2.38
1956 CLE AL 29 CF 133 122 122 1116.2 355 347 4 4 0 .989 9 9 2.83 2.64 .984 2.79 2.77
1956 CLE AL 29 OF 133 122 122 1116.2 351 344 3 4 0 .989 9 9 2.80 2.61 .979 2.34 2.32
1957 TOT AL 30 OF 111 96 87 873.0 291 277 9 5 2 .983 10 14 2.95 2.58 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 TOT AL 30 CF 110 95 87 862.0 285 273 7 5 2 .982 11 15 2.92 2.55 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 CLE AL 30 OF 26 19 13 168.0 46 44 1 1 1 .978 -0 -1 2.41 1.73 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 CLE AL 30 CF 25 18 13 157.0 43 41 1 1 1 .977 0 2 2.41 1.68 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 CLE AL 30 LF 2 1 0 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -44 2.45 1.50 .980 2.13 2.10
1957 BAL AL 30 CF 85 77 74 705.0 242 232 6 4 1 .983 11 18 3.04 2.80 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 BAL AL 30 OF 85 77 74 705.0 245 233 8 4 1 .984 11 18 3.08 2.84 .980 2.24 2.25
1958 BAL AL 31 CF 103 54 45 567.0 203 201 1 1 0 .995 10 21 3.21 1.96 .985 2.68 2.65
1958 BAL AL 31 OF 103 54 45 567.0 198 196 1 1 0 .995 10 21 3.13 1.91 .982 2.27 2.25
1958 BAL AL 31 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.10
1959 BOS AL 32 OF 34 19 15 197.1 51 49 1 1 0 .980 -2 -12 2.28 1.47 .980 2.22 2.21
1959 BOS AL 32 CF 26 16 12 158.1 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -3 -20 2.33 1.58 .983 2.72 2.70
1959 BOS AL 32 LF 7 3 3 37.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 29 2.19 1.29 .980 2.07 2.04
1959 BOS AL 32 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1960 TOT AL 33 OF 72 45 31 420.0 137 133 2 2 1 .985 8 23 2.89 1.88 .982 2.25 2.25
1960 BOS AL 33 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1960 BOS AL 33 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1960 BAL AL 33 OF 71 45 31 419.0 137 133 2 2 1 .985 8 23 2.90 1.90 .982 2.25 2.25
1960 BAL AL 33 CF 70 45 31 419.0 139 135 2 2 1 .986 8 23 2.94 1.96 .987 2.66 2.65
1961 BAL AL 34 CF 71 26 14 264.1 74 71 2 1 0 .986 1 6 2.49 1.03 .982 2.60 2.56
1961 BAL AL 34 OF 71 26 14 264.1 79 76 2 1 0 .987 1 6 2.66 1.10 .977 2.25 2.22
1962 HOU NL 35 OF 10 2 1 26.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -31 1.35 0.40 .975 2.06 2.05
1962 HOU NL 35 CF 8 2 1 25.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.42 0.50 .980 2.45 2.45
1962 HOU NL 35 C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.70 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HOU NL 35 LF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -720 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1962 HOU NL 35 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
13 Seasons OF 1280 1068 991 9824.1 3394 3284 68 42 16 .988 60 7 3.07 2.62 .980 2.37 2.34
13 Seasons CF 1267 1064 988 9770.0 3372 3265 65 42 16 .988 57 7 3.07 2.63 .984 2.83 2.80
4 Seasons LF 11 4 3 49.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.19 1.09 .980 2.08 2.04
3 Seasons RF 3 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -48 0.00 0.00 1.98 1.97
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.10
1 Season C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.70 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons TOT 1282 1068 991 9826.1 3394 3284 68 42 16 .988 60 7 3.07 2.61 .980 2.37 2.34 0 0 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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 CHW AL 23 CF
1950 CHW AL 23 RF
1951 CHW AL 24 CF
1952 CHW AL 25 CF
1952 WSH AL 25 CF
1953 WSH AL 26 CF 16 15 19 7 12 -3
1954 WSH AL 27 CF 4 4 9 4 5 -5
1955 WSH AL 28 CF -2 -5 -1 5 -6 -1
1955 CHW AL 28 CF 3 5 1 1 -0 2
1956 CLE AL 29 CF 9 9 11 10 0 -2
1957 CLE AL 30 CF 0 2 0 0 -0 0
1957 CLE AL 30 LF -0 -44 -0 -0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 30 CF 11 18 10 5 4 1
1958 BAL AL 31 CF 10 21 12 3 9 -2
1958 BAL AL 31 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 32 CF -3 -20 -3 -3 0 0
1959 BOS AL 32 LF 1 29 1 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 32 RF -0 -120 -0 -0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 33 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 33 CF 8 23 8 2 6 0
1961 BAL AL 34 CF 1 6 1 -1 3 0
1962 HOU NL 35 CF -0 -24 -0 -0 -0 0
1962 HOU NL 35 C 0 0 0
1962 HOU NL 35 LF -0 -720 -0 0 -0
1962 HOU NL 35 RF 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons CF 57 7 67 33 34 -10
4 Seasons LF 0 7 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons RF -0 -48 -0 -0 0 0
1 Season 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season C 0 0 0
13 Seasons TOT 60 7 67 33 35 -7 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
1950 CHW AL 23 18 10 18 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 12 0 0 7
1951 CHW AL 24 143 116 143 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 139 0 4 7
1952 WSH AL 25 129 125 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 0 1 0
1952 CHW AL 25 16 12 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 0 0 1
1953 WSH AL 26 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 27 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 28 99 89 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 99 0 0 4
1955 WSH AL 28 47 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 47 0 0 0
1956 CLE AL 29 135 122 135 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 133 0 5 1
1957 BAL AL 30 86 77 86 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 85 0 3 3
1957 CLE AL 30 30 19 30 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 0 26 0 5 1
1958 BAL AL 31 113 54 113 103 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 103 0 103 0 6 19
1959 BOS AL 32 61 19 61 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 26 1 34 0 20 15
1960 BAL AL 33 79 45 79 71 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 70 0 4 16
1960 BOS AL 33 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 34 75 26 75 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 71 0 4 13
1962 HOU NL 35 15 2 15 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 10 0 4 5
13 Seasons 1352 1068 1352 1281 0 2 0 0 1 0 11 1267 3 1279 0 56 92
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 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 CHW AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 9 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15 6 40.0% 8 1 6.7% 1 405 63% 78% 29% 47 51%
1951 CHW AL 24 6 0 5 1 1 13 0 6 4 2 51 40 2 34 5 0 11 4 0 14 2 2 33 27 1 143 78 54.5% 60 5 3.5% 8 4439 59% 83% 31% 573 60%
1952 WSH AL 25 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 82 42 3 51 3 0 12 3 0 14 4 0 28 21 0 187 73 39.0% 111 3 1.6% 1 4782 51% 83% 33% 726 58%
1952 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 6 3 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 5 4 0 24 13 54.2% 11 0 0.0% 0 482 52% 77% 26% 68 54%
1953 WSH AL 26 6 0 5 1 0 15 0 3 6 3 88 52 2 65 4 1 16 5 1 25 2 1 50 40 0 244 103 42.2% 136 5 2.0% 10 5590 61% 84% 32% 852 58%
1954 WSH AL 27 6 0 3 3 1 6 0 3 0 2 107 63 0 67 4 1 13 5 0 23 6 0 51 41 0 261 119 45.6% 141 1 0.4% 5 5958 71% 83% 31% 900 55%
1955 CHW AL 28 4 0 4 0 1 6 0 3 2 0 45 29 2 30 7 0 6 2 0 13 2 0 30 26 2 124 66 53.2% 54 4 3.2% 2 3364 59% 80% 28% 456 54%
1955 WSH AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 34 23 1 20 1 0 4 2 0 7 2 0 12 8 0 77 36 46.8% 40 1 1.3% 0 1854 73% 79% 28% 254 53%
1956 CLE AL 29 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 83 45 0 35 6 0 6 1 0 21 7 0 32 25 0 177 84 47.5% 93 0 0.0% 4 4776 63% 77% 29% 617 57%
1957 BAL AL 30 4 0 4 0 2 6 0 1 4 1 42 25 3 31 3 1 3 1 0 6 2 0 10 8 0 92 39 42.4% 49 4 4.3% 2 2876 67% 81% 30% 402 59%
1957 CLE AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 6 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 24 10 41.7% 13 1 4.2% 0 686 65% 74% 27% 69 59%
1958 BAL AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 41 20 0 19 3 0 2 0 0 7 2 0 17 13 0 86 38 44.2% 48 0 0.0% 1 2331 68% 81% 32% 336 60%
1959 BOS AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 4 0 9 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 24 10 41.7% 14 0 0.0% 1 684 70% 81% 28% 81 52%
1960 BAL AL 33 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 25 14 0 10 0 0 3 1 0 8 2 1 8 7 0 54 24 44.4% 29 1 1.9% 1 1746 67% 79% 30% 231 59%
1961 BAL AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 22 10 0 9 1 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 4 4 0 41 17 41.5% 23 1 2.4% 1 1114 59% 80% 28% 141 52%
1962 HOU NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 102 53% 79% 33% 13 31%
13 Seasons 41 0 36 5 8 64 0 24 22 10 656 385 13 399 43 3 86 27 2 144 33 4 291 230 5 1576 718 45.6% 831 27 1.7% 37 41189 63% 81% 30% 5766 57%
MLB Averages 43.8% 2.5% 63% 81% 30% 58%

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%
1957 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 57 81% 77% 30% 6 50%
1959 BOS AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 154 72% 83% 33% 19 47%
1960 BOS AL 33 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 5 60% 60% 60% 0
1962 HOU NL 35 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 5 20% 80% 40% 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 221 73% 81% 33% 25 48%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 49%

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 CHW AL 23 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 7 71% 71% 43% 0
1959 BOS AL 32 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 9 67% 89% 11% 0
1962 HOU NL 35 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 3 67% 100% 33% 0
3 Seasons 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 19 68% 84% 26% 0
MLB Averages 42.1% 3.2% 63% 81% 30% 54%

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%
1958 BAL AL 31 3 67% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 67% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1960 BAL AL 33 5 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HOU NL 35 7 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 12 4.50 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.99 4.50 95% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1960 BAL AL 33 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HOU NL 35 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 42% 1.18 1.16

* 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

All-Star Games
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (30, 1%)
1954 AL (18, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1953 AL  19 (3rd)
1956 AL  9 (5th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  139 (2nd)
1952 AL  144 (2nd)
1953 AL  150 (2nd)
1954 AL  155 (1st)
1955 AL  146 (3rd)
1956 AL  133 (5th)
1957 AL  110 (4th)
Career  1,267 (47th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  357 (3rd)
1952 AL  462 (1st)
1953 AL  485 (1st)
1954 AL  492 (1st)
1955 AL  375 (3rd)
1956 AL  347 (4th)
1957 AL  273 (4th)
Career  3,265 (45th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  14 (2nd)
1953 AL  15 (2nd)
1955 AL  7 (3rd)
1957 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  65 (72nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  7 (4th)
1953 AL  6 (2nd)
1954 AL  6 (2nd)
1955 AL  5 (3rd)
1956 AL  4 (4th)
1957 AL  5 (3rd)
Career  42 (80th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1951 AL  139 (4th)
1952 AL  144 (3rd)
1953 AL  150 (4th)
1954 AL  155 (1st)
1955 AL  146 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1951 AL  360 (4th)
1952 AL  472 (1st)
1953 AL  482 (1st)
1954 AL  491 (1st)
1955 AL  375 (3rd)
1956 AL  344 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1951 AL  16 (3rd)
1953 AL  15 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  16 (1st)
1954 AL  4 (4th)
1956 AL  9 (2nd)
1957 AL  11 (1st)
1958 AL  10 (3rd)
1960 AL  8 (2nd)
1961 AL  1 (5th)
Career  57 (20th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.97 (3rd)
1952 AL  3.41 (1st)
1953 AL  3.41 (1st)
1954 AL  3.26 (1st)
1955 AL  2.83 (5th)
1956 AL  2.83 (3rd)
1957 AL  2.92 (2nd)
1958 AL  3.21 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  2.67 (4th)
1952 AL  3.24 (1st)
1953 AL  3.33 (1st)
1954 AL  3.21 (1st)
1955 AL  2.62 (5th)
1956 AL  2.64 (3rd)
1957 AL  2.55 (4th)
Career  2.63 (62nd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  .981 (4th)
1952 AL  .994 (1st)
1953 AL  .988 (3rd)
1954 AL  .988 (3rd)
1955 AL  .987 (4th)
1956 AL  .989 (4th)
1957 AL  .982 (4th)
1958 AL  .995 (1st)
Career  .988 (66th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1953 AL  19 (2nd)
1956 AL  9 (4th)
1957 AL  11 (3rd)
1960 AL  8 (4th)
Career  61 (52nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1951 AL  3.01 (4th)
1952 AL  3.48 (1st)
1953 AL  3.39 (1st)
1954 AL  3.25 (1st)
1955 AL  2.83 (5th)
1956 AL  2.80 (4th)
1957 AL  2.95 (2nd)
1958 AL  3.13 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1951 AL  2.71 (4th)
1952 AL  3.31 (1st)
1953 AL  3.31 (1st)
1954 AL  3.21 (1st)
1955 AL  2.62 (5th)
1956 AL  2.61 (5th)
1957 AL  2.58 (4th)
Career  2.62 (34th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1952 AL  .994 (3rd)
1954 AL  .988 (5th)
1958 AL  .995 (1st)

                           

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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