John Candelaria
John Robert Candelaria (Candy Man)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 232 lb.

Born: November 6, 1953 in New York, NY
High School: LaSalle Academy (Brooklyn, NY)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1975
Final Game: July 7, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 PIT NL 21 P 18 18 120.2 20 3 13 4 0 .800 1.19 0.89 .955 1.86 0.72
1976 PIT NL 22 P 32 31 220.0 34 3 31 0 2 1.000 1.39 1.06 .947 1.88 0.72
1977 PIT NL 23 P 33 33 230.2 37 6 30 1 3 .973 1.40 1.09 .949 1.85 0.67 AS,CYA-5,MVP-18
1978 PIT NL 24 P 30 29 189.0 29 4 25 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.97 .948 1.91 0.72
1979 PIT NL 25 P 33 30 207.0 38 2 36 0 3 1.000 1.65 1.15 .947 1.80 0.66
1980 PIT NL 26 P 35 34 233.1 48 8 38 2 3 .958 1.77 1.31 .952 1.91 0.69
1981 PIT NL 27 P 6 6 40.2 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.77 1.33 .962 1.97 0.68
1982 PIT NL 28 P 31 30 174.2 25 1 23 1 1 .960 1.24 0.77 .952 1.96 0.70
1983 PIT NL 29 P 33 32 197.2 25 5 20 0 1 1.000 1.14 0.76 .948 1.92 0.68
1984 PIT NL 30 P 33 28 185.1 24 3 21 0 1 1.000 1.17 0.73 .950 1.88 0.67
1985 TOT MLB 31 P 50 13 125.1 21 3 16 2 0 .905 1.36 0.38 .957 1.89 0.69
1985 PIT NL 31 P 37 0 54.1 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.49 0.24 .960 1.92 0.68
1985 CAL AL 31 P 13 13 71.0 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.27 0.77 .955 1.86 0.70
1986 CAL AL 32 P 16 16 91.2 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.28 0.81 .954 1.83 0.68
1987 TOT MLB 33 P 23 23 129.0 30 6 24 0 1 1.000 2.09 1.30 .953 1.85 0.67
1987 CAL AL 33 P 20 20 116.2 27 4 23 0 1 1.000 2.08 1.35 .952 1.84 0.67
1987 NYM NL 33 P 3 3 12.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.19 1.00 .967 1.90 0.63
1988 NYY AL 34 P 25 24 157.0 26 4 22 0 0 1.000 1.49 1.04 .958 1.78 0.67
1989 TOT MLB 35 P 22 6 65.1 10 2 7 1 0 .900 1.24 0.41 .960 1.87 0.65
1989 NYY AL 35 P 10 6 49.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.70 .957 1.87 0.66
1989 MON NL 35 P 12 0 16.1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.10 0.17 .967 1.87 0.63
1990 TOT AL 36 P 47 3 79.2 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.28 .954 1.77 0.59
1990 MIN AL 36 P 34 1 58.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.93 0.18 .950 1.77 0.59
1990 TOR AL 36 P 13 2 21.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.95 0.54 .957 1.77 0.59
1991 LAD NL 37 P 59 0 33.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.53 0.03 .950 1.87 0.59
1992 LAD NL 38 P 50 0 25.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.78 0.10 .960 1.95 0.60
1993 PIT NL 39 P 24 0 19.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.83 0.54
19 Seasons P 600 356 2525.2 408 58 339 11 16 .973 1.41 0.66 .952 1.87 0.66
19 Seasons TOT 600 356 2525.2 408 58 339 11 16 .973 1.41 0.66 .925 1.87 0.66
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1975 PIT NL 21 18 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PIT NL 22 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 23 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 24 31 29 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 PIT NL 25 33 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 26 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 27 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PIT NL 28 33 30 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1983 PIT NL 29 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PIT NL 30 33 28 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 PIT NL 31 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL AL 31 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 32 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL AL 33 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYM NL 33 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 34 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MON NL 35 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 35 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MIN AL 36 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 36 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 LAD NL 37 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 LAD NL 38 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 PIT NL 39 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 603 274 473 600 600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1975 PIT NL 21 508 74% 23% 15 80% 0 3 0 2 13 10 2 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1976 PIT NL 22 897 78% 22% 30 93% 0 3 1 1 30 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 100%
1977 PIT NL 23 938 80% 20% 31 97% 0 6 1 2 30 19 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 2 100%
1978 PIT NL 24 820 82% 23% 29 86% 1 7 2 3 25 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1979 PIT NL 25 861 83% 26% 37 95% 0 2 1 0 34 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 5 80%
1980 PIT NL 26 989 85% 29% 44 93% 0 8 1 4 39 32 3 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 0 9 89%
1981 PIT NL 27 169 85% 31% 8 100% 0 0 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1982 PIT NL 28 719 76% 25% 24 92% 0 1 1 0 22 14 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1983 PIT NL 29 822 75% 21% 20 100% 0 4 1 2 20 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1984 PIT NL 30 768 78% 21% 18 100% 0 3 0 3 20 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1985 PIT NL 31 233 73% 22% 13 92% 0 2 0 1 12 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 CAL AL 31 306 74% 20% 9 89% 0 2 1 0 8 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1986 CAL AL 32 374 71% 19% 12 92% 0 3 1 1 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1987 CAL AL 33 500 81% 28% 19 100% 0 4 1 3 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1987 NYM NL 33 59 78% 25% 4 75% 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 NYY AL 34 663 78% 26% 22 91% 0 4 0 3 21 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1989 MON NL 35 70 74% 23% 1 0% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 35 209 77% 31% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 MIN AL 36 243 78% 28% 5 100% 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 36 111 72% 23% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 LAD NL 37 144 66% 24% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1992 LAD NL 38 112 68% 28% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1993 PIT NL 39 96 72% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 10611 78% 24% 359 93% 1 60 13 28 337 263 25 11 0 7 4 6 16 10 14 2 66 94%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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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