Duke Carmel

Leon James Carmel

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 202 lb.

Born: April 23, 1937 in New York, NY
High School: Ben Franklin HS (Manhattan, NY)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1959
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Mets/Yankees 1959-1965

Final Game: May 2, 1965
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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	Awards
1959	STL	NL	22	OF	10	6	3	60.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-2	2.25	1.50	.977	2.20	2.19
1959	STL	NL	22	CF	8	6	3	54.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-2	2.17	1.63	.980	2.62	2.60
1959	STL	NL	22	RF	3	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-90	0.00	0.00		2.02	1.93
1959	STL	NL	22	LF	2	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	180	9.00	1.00	.970	2.25	2.00
1960	STL	NL	23	1B	2	1	1	11.0	12	10	2	0	1	1.000	-0	-11	9.82	6.00	.990	9.57	9.55
1960	STL	NL	23	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1960	STL	NL	23	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1963	TOT	NL	26	OF	59	27	23	298.0	88	85	1	2	0	.977	4	15	2.60	1.46	.977	2.01	2.00
1963	TOT	NL	26	CF	28	25	21	218.1	78	74	1	3	0	.962	4	24	3.09	2.68	.982	2.37	2.36
1963	TOT	NL	26	1B	19	17	17	156.0	199	185	10	4	13	.980	-0	-2	11.25	10.26	.989	9.81	9.78
1963	STL	NL	26	OF	38	6	5	116.2	39	38	0	1	0	.974	2	19	2.93	1.00	.977	2.01	2.00
1963	STL	NL	26	LF	25	2	2	66.2	12	11	0	1	0	.917	-1	-11	1.48	0.44	.971	1.80	1.79
1963	STL	NL	26	RF	8	0	0	13.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.38	0.25	.975	1.80	1.82
1963	STL	NL	26	CF	7	4	3	37.0	22	22	0	0	0	1.000	2	78	5.35	3.14	.982	2.36	2.36
1963	STL	NL	26	1B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		9.90	9.80
1963	NYM	NL	26	CF	21	21	18	181.1	56	52	1	3	0	.946	2	13	2.63	2.52	.982	2.37	2.36
1963	NYM	NL	26	OF	21	21	18	181.1	49	47	1	1	0	.980	2	13	2.38	2.29	.977	2.01	2.00
1963	NYM	NL	26	1B	18	17	17	154.0	199	185	10	4	13	.980	-0	-2	11.40	10.83	.989	9.81	9.78
1965	NYY	AL	28	1B	2	1	1	11.0	8	7	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-11	6.55	4.00	.991	9.57	9.55
	3 Seasons			OF	70	33	26	359.0	103	100	1	2	0	.981	4	12	2.53	1.44	.977	2.04	2.03
	2 Seasons			CF	36	31	24	272.1	91	87	1	3	0	.967	4	19	2.91	2.44	.982	2.42	2.41
	2 Seasons			LF	27	2	2	68.2	14	13	0	1	0	.929	-0	-5	1.70	0.48	.971	1.81	1.81
	3 Seasons			1B	23	19	19	178.0	219	202	13	4	14	.982	-1	-3	10.87	9.35	.989	9.78	9.74
	3 Seasons			RF	12	0	0	18.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-20	1.00	0.17	.975	1.85	1.87
	4 Seasons			TOT	93	52	45	537.0	322	302	14	6	14	.981	3	7	5.30	3.40	.985	4.61	3.94
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.

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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	Rof
1959	STL	NL	22	CF	-0	-2	-0	0	-0		0
1959	STL	NL	22	RF	-0	-90	-0	-0	0		0
1959	STL	NL	22	LF	0	180	0	0	0		0
1960	STL	NL	23	1B	-0	-11	-0	0	-0	0
1960	STL	NL	23	RF	0	0	0	0	0
1963	STL	NL	26	LF	-1	-11	-1	-1	0		0
1963	STL	NL	26	RF	0	0	0	0	-0		0
1963	STL	NL	26	CF	2	78	3	4	-0		-1
1963	STL	NL	26	1B	0	0	0	0	0
1963	NYM	NL	26	CF	2	13	2	3	-1		0
1963	NYM	NL	26	1B	-0	-2	-0	0	-0	0
1965	NYY	AL	28	1B	-0	-11	-0	-0	0	0
	2 Seasons			CF	4	19	5	7	-1		-1
	2 Seasons			LF	-0	-5	-0	-1	1		0
	3 Seasons			1B	-1	-3	-1	0	-1	0
	3 Seasons			RF	-0	-20	-0	-0	-0		0
	4 Seasons			TOT	3	7	4	6	-2	0	-1

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1959	STL	NL	22	10	6	10	10	0	2	8	3	10	0	0
1960	STL	NL	23	4	1	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	3
1963	STL	NL	26	57	6	57	38	1	25	7	8	38	18	13
1963	NYM	NL	26	47	38	47	38	18	0	21	0	21	9	0
1965	NYY	AL	28	6	1	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0
	4 Seasons			124	52	124	90	23	27	36	12	70	31	16

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%
1959	STL	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	10	5	50.0%	5	0	0.0%	0	233	47%	78%	25%	25	52%
1963	NYM	NL	26	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	5	0	10	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	5	0	30	12	40.0%	18	0	0.0%	1	770	68%	82%	28%	93	56%
1963	STL	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	165	63%	76%	31%	24	92%
	2 Seasons			3	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	8	0	12	2	0	3	1	0	6	0	0	10	6	0	42	17	40.5%	25	0	0.0%	1	1168	63%	81%	28%	142	61%
	MLB Averages																														41.6%			2.2%			63%	79%	28%		56%

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%
1960	STL	NL	23	51	63%	84%	18%	5	100%	0	10	0	10	0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%
1963	NYM	NL	26	658	56%	83%	33%	42	98%	1	181	12	169	2	21	9	7	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	11	0	2	0	2	2	100%
1963	STL	NL	26	7	29%	86%	14%	0		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	NYY	AL	28	50	72%	74%	18%	2	100%	0	6	1	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	3 Seasons			766	57%	82%	31%	49	98%	1	198	13	185	2	25	12	9	0	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	11	0	3	0	3	4	100%
	MLB Averages				63%	79%	28%		93%																											85%

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%
1959	STL	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	9	44%	78%	22%	4	50%
1963	STL	NL	26	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	5	4	80.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	278	65%	74%	24%	15	73%
	2 Seasons			1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	6	5	83.3%	1	0	0.0%	0	287	64%	74%	24%	19	68%
	MLB Averages																														58.5%			2.5%			63%	79%	28%		48%

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%
1959	STL	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	22	50%	68%	18%	2	0%
1960	STL	NL	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	3	33%	33%	33%	0
1963	STL	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	58	71%	69%	29%	3	67%
	3 Seasons			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	83	64%	67%	27%	5	40%
	MLB Averages																														40.4%			3.0%			63%	79%	28%		54%

* 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

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Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1963 NL 4 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1963 NL 4 (5th)

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