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Darrel Chaney

Darrel Lee Chaney

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: March 9, 1948 in Hammond, IN
High School: Morton HS (Hammond, IN)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Teams (by GP): Reds/Braves 1969-1979

Final Game: September 30, 1979
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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1969 CIN NL 21 SS 91 65 46 588.1 323 115 191 17 44 .947 -10 -21 4.68 3.36 .963 4.93 4.90
1970 CIN NL 22 SS 30 16 8 156.1 85 28 52 5 5 .941 -1 -5 4.61 2.67 .965 5.05 5.04
1970 CIN NL 22 2B 18 5 4 80.2 70 28 38 4 10 .943 -1 -21 7.36 3.67 .979 5.32 5.30
1970 CIN NL 22 3B 3 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.90
1971 CIN NL 23 SS 7 7 2 55.0 32 14 18 0 1 1.000 1 15 5.24 4.57 .968 5.14 5.13
1971 CIN NL 23 2B 1 1 1 8.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 4.00 .978 5.51 5.50
1971 CIN NL 23 3B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .950 2.70 2.80
1972 CIN NL 24 SS 64 47 40 450.2 241 83 149 9 24 .963 -4 -10 4.63 3.63 .967 5.04 5.06
1972 CIN NL 24 2B 12 4 4 53.0 33 14 19 0 6 1.000 0 5 5.60 2.75 .978 5.37 5.38
1972 CIN NL 24 3B 10 3 3 41.2 14 3 10 1 0 .929 -1 -35 2.81 1.30 .945 2.87 2.88
1973 CIN NL 25 SS 75 65 42 554.2 331 103 216 12 44 .964 4 9 5.18 4.25 .961 4.93 4.93
1973 CIN NL 25 2B 14 8 2 74.1 47 17 28 2 8 .957 -2 -34 5.45 3.21 .980 5.52 5.52
1973 CIN NL 25 3B 12 0 0 21.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -23 2.14 0.42 .946 2.87 2.88
1974 CIN NL 26 3B 81 2 2 195.2 62 17 42 3 2 .952 -2 -12 2.71 0.73 .948 3.04 3.04
1974 CIN NL 26 2B 38 22 10 197.2 124 58 62 4 12 .968 -2 -10 5.46 3.16 .973 5.47 5.47
1974 CIN NL 26 SS 12 8 3 71.0 48 15 31 2 7 .958 2 30 5.83 3.83 .961 4.97 4.97
1975 CIN NL 27 SS 34 27 19 238.0 155 43 106 6 18 .961 1 4 5.63 4.38 .963 4.99 4.99
1975 CIN NL 27 2B 23 8 8 99.0 72 28 44 0 9 1.000 1 16 6.55 3.13 .975 5.54 5.54
1975 CIN NL 27 3B 13 6 1 60.0 21 6 14 1 0 .952 -0 -4 3.00 1.54 .945 2.98 2.97
1976 ATL NL 28 SS 151 147 129 1264.0 746 243 466 37 88 .950 -11 -11 5.05 4.70 .964 5.05 5.04
1976 ATL NL 28 2B 1 0 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 60 2.25 1.00 .980 5.40 5.50
1976 ATL NL 28 3B 1 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 144 5.40 1.00 .950 3.24 2.90
1977 ATL NL 29 SS 41 34 28 312.2 193 73 116 4 17 .979 1 4 5.44 4.61 .963 5.02 5.03
1977 ATL NL 29 2B 24 20 14 166.1 110 40 66 4 13 .964 2 11 5.74 4.42 .977 5.24 5.24
1978 ATL NL 30 SS 77 57 51 546.1 293 97 189 7 30 .976 2 4 4.71 3.71 .966 4.88 4.84
1978 ATL NL 30 3B 8 3 3 39.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 -0 -12 2.31 1.25 .952 3.00 2.98
1978 ATL NL 30 2B 1 0 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -40 9.00 3.00 .977 5.40 5.20
1979 ATL NL 31 SS 39 24 23 245.0 127 40 80 7 15 .945 -3 -16 4.41 3.08 .965 5.00 4.98
1979 ATL NL 31 2B 5 2 2 22.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 -1 -33 2.86 1.40 .979 5.40 5.40
1979 ATL NL 31 3B 4 3 3 29.0 14 3 10 1 0 .929 0 8 4.03 3.25 .951 2.89 2.88
1979 ATL NL 31 C 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 6.10 0 0 1 0 0% 34% 0
11 Seasons SS 621 497 391 4482.0 2574 854 1614 106 293 .959 -19 -5 4.96 3.97 .964 4.99 4.98
10 Seasons 2B 137 70 45 708.0 471 190 267 14 60 .970 -3 -5 5.81 3.34 .976 5.40 5.41
9 Seasons 3B 133 17 12 393.0 128 34 88 6 3 .953 -4 -12 2.79 0.92 .948 2.99 2.99
1 Season C 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 6.10 0 0 1 0 0% 34% 0
11 Seasons TOT 892 584 448 5583.1 3173 1078 1969 126 356 .960 -26 -6 4.91 3.42 .965 4.90 4.75 0 0 1 0 0% 34% 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
1969 CIN NL 21 SS -10 -21 -12 -5 -7 2
1970 CIN NL 22 SS -1 -5 -1 0 -1 0
1970 CIN NL 22 2B -1 -21 -1 -2 0 0
1970 CIN NL 22 3B -0 -30 -0 0 -0
1971 CIN NL 23 SS 1 15 2 2 0 -1
1971 CIN NL 23 2B
1971 CIN NL 23 3B -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1972 CIN NL 24 SS -4 -10 -3 -3 0 -1
1972 CIN NL 24 2B 0 5 -1 -1 0 1
1972 CIN NL 24 3B -1 -35 -1 0 -1 0
1973 CIN NL 25 SS 4 9 3 3 1 1
1973 CIN NL 25 2B -2 -34 -1 -1 -0 -1
1973 CIN NL 25 3B -0 -23 -0 -0 -0 0
1974 CIN NL 26 3B -2 -12 -1 -0 -1 -1
1974 CIN NL 26 2B -2 -10 -1 0 -1 -1
1974 CIN NL 26 SS 2 30 2 1 0 0
1975 CIN NL 27 SS 1 4 1 0 1 0
1975 CIN NL 27 2B 1 16 1 -0 2 0
1975 CIN NL 27 3B -0 -4 -0 -0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 28 SS -11 -11 -10 -5 -5 -1
1976 ATL NL 28 2B 0 60 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 28 3B 0 144 0 0 0 0
1977 ATL NL 29 SS 1 4 1 -0 2 0
1977 ATL NL 29 2B 2 11 2 2 1 -1
1978 ATL NL 30 SS 2 4 3 4 -1 -1
1978 ATL NL 30 3B -0 -12 -0 0 -1 0
1978 ATL NL 30 2B -0 -40 -0 0 -0 0
1979 ATL NL 31 SS -3 -16 -2 1 -3 -1
1979 ATL NL 31 2B -1 -33 -1 -0 -0 0
1979 ATL NL 31 3B 0 8 0 -0 0 0
1979 ATL NL 31 C 0 0 0
11 Seasons SS -19 -5 -17 -3 -14 -2
10 Seasons 2B -3 -5 -1 -2 1 -2
9 Seasons 3B -4 -12 -3 -1 -2 -1
1 Season C 0 0 0
11 Seasons TOT -26 -6 -21 -6 -14 -5 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
1969 CIN NL 21 93 65 93 91 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1970 CIN NL 22 57 21 57 51 0 0 0 18 3 30 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
1971 CIN NL 23 10 8 10 9 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1972 CIN NL 24 83 54 83 79 0 0 0 12 10 64 0 0 0 0 0 3 9
1973 CIN NL 25 105 73 105 98 0 0 0 14 12 75 0 0 0 0 0 4 12
1974 CIN NL 26 117 32 117 117 0 0 0 38 81 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
1975 CIN NL 27 71 41 71 68 0 0 0 22 13 35 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1976 ATL NL 28 153 147 153 152 0 0 0 1 1 151 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1977 ATL NL 29 74 54 74 62 0 0 0 25 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1978 ATL NL 30 89 60 89 81 0 0 0 1 8 77 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1979 ATL NL 31 63 29 63 48 0 1 0 5 4 39 0 0 0 0 0 15 3
11 Seasons 915 584 915 856 0 1 0 137 133 621 0 0 0 0 0 73 56
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 -- 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
1969 CIN NL 21 2592 68% 79% 27% 253 85% 1 114 49 52 13 194 146 44 1 3 17 1 11 5 12 45 18 1 14 2 5 42 19 21 2 1 1
1970 CIN NL 22 674 64% 82% 28% 76 92% 0 31 17 12 2 59 39 17 0 0 5 0 2 3 2 5 1 1 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 0
1971 CIN NL 23 221 61% 81% 27% 29 100% 1 15 9 5 1 19 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN NL 24 1853 68% 81% 28% 216 88% 1 84 41 34 9 153 119 29 0 2 9 0 8 1 9 24 9 1 7 0 2 21 10 10 2 1 1
1973 CIN NL 25 2313 71% 80% 27% 280 89% 1 101 52 44 5 216 160 51 1 2 12 0 12 0 7 44 18 3 12 2 2 42 21 17 1 1 0
1974 CIN NL 26 293 61% 80% 25% 36 92% 1 15 5 10 0 32 27 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 3 7 2 5 0 0 0
1975 CIN NL 27 1054 59% 84% 28% 123 89% 0 41 14 24 3 112 91 18 0 0 6 0 4 2 6 19 3 2 7 1 2 17 5 11 1 1 0
1976 ATL NL 28 5444 59% 82% 29% 580 90% 6 238 99 104 34 465 348 102 5 8 37 0 33 4 28 88 38 7 26 8 2 81 44 36 7 3 4
1977 ATL NL 29 1407 56% 81% 26% 137 91% 1 66 19 34 14 116 91 22 1 1 4 1 3 0 3 17 4 3 9 0 0 16 7 9 1 1 0
1978 ATL NL 30 2392 62% 81% 26% 249 93% 0 104 43 43 18 201 162 36 0 0 7 0 5 2 7 31 9 7 9 0 1 27 17 10 3 1 2
1979 ATL NL 31 1045 58% 83% 28% 100 87% 1 41 14 19 8 85 65 13 0 2 7 0 7 0 6 15 3 1 5 2 1 14 4 8 1 1 0
11 Seasons 19288 63% 81% 28% 2079 90% 13 850 362 381 107 1652 1258 345 8 18 106 2 85 19 80 296 105 27 92 16 18 273 132 129 18 10 8
MLB Averages 62% 81% 28% 91%

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
1970 CIN NL 22 384 60% 82% 30% 38 95% 0 28 6 19 3 37 28 8 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 10 2 2 3 0 10 3 7 0 0 0
1971 CIN NL 23 34 50% 91% 38% 2 100% 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN NL 24 222 61% 86% 32% 23 91% 0 14 6 5 3 19 16 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 2 1 6 3 3 0 0 0
1973 CIN NL 25 327 68% 80% 28% 29 90% 0 18 5 10 3 27 25 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 8 3 1 1 0 7 1 6 1 0 1
1974 CIN NL 26 852 69% 77% 26% 84 88% 1 58 22 29 7 61 53 5 0 2 4 0 2 2 2 12 4 2 2 0 9 3 6 2 1 1
1975 CIN NL 27 420 60% 83% 31% 48 90% 0 27 8 17 2 42 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 1 1 7 2 5 1 1 0
1976 ATL NL 28 14 79% 79% 43% 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 0 0 0
1977 ATL NL 29 761 65% 82% 29% 79 95% 0 45 12 23 10 72 60 10 0 1 4 0 2 2 2 13 6 1 4 1 13 6 7 0 0 0
1978 ATL NL 30 18 56% 83% 22% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1979 ATL NL 31 90 47% 80% 23% 6 100% 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 3122 64% 81% 29% 312 92% 1 195 61 104 30 268 228 33 0 6 14 0 8 6 8 59 22 7 14 3 54 19 34 4 2 2
MLB Averages 62% 81% 28% 94%

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%
1970 CIN NL 22 14 57% 79% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CIN NL 23 3 100% 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
1972 CIN NL 24 191 73% 81% 30% 14 93% 0 3 2 1 0 11 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 CIN NL 25 93 67% 73% 17% 5 40% 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1974 CIN NL 26 810 62% 81% 30% 62 82% 0 16 11 3 2 38 32 6 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
1975 CIN NL 27 242 66% 86% 31% 22 86% 0 6 6 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 28 11 45% 73% 36% 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
1978 ATL NL 30 173 54% 84% 21% 10 80% 0 2 1 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1979 ATL NL 31 126 64% 94% 37% 15 93% 0 4 4 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1663 64% 82% 29% 129 84% 0 33 24 6 3 82 71 10 1 2 6 0 6 0 6 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 67%
MLB Averages 62% 81% 28% 89% 66%

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%
1979 ATL NL 31 3 27.00 27.00 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 27.00 27.00 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 3.69 4.17 95% 90%

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
1979 ATL NL 31 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.18
1 Season 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.18
MLB Averages 36% 1.29 1.25

* 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

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1976 NL  37 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1976 NL  151 (2nd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1976 NL  243 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1976 NL  37 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1973 NL  4 (5th)

                                         

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