Dick Cole
Richard Roy Cole
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 6, 1926 in Long Beach, CA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1951
Final Game: July 21, 1957
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 TOT NL 25 2B 48 226 106 115 5 28 .978 4.60 .976 5.05
1951 STL NL 25 2B 14 64 21 41 2 10 .969 4.43 .977 5.05
1951 PIT NL 25 2B 34 162 85 74 3 18 .981 4.68 .976 5.05
1951 PIT NL 25 SS 8 26 12 14 0 1 1.000 3.25 .954 4.47
1953 PIT NL 27 SS 77 343 139 192 12 40 .965 4.30 .958 4.63
1953 PIT NL 27 2B 7 27 16 11 0 2 1.000 3.86 .970 4.83
1953 PIT NL 27 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 9.20
1954 PIT NL 28 SS 66 62 544.1 294 101 178 15 29 .949 -3.6 -7.9 -3.6 0.1 -3.7 0 4.61 4.23 .960 5.15 4.63
1954 PIT NL 28 3B 55 50 434.0 170 48 112 10 7 .941 -3.6 -10.0 -3.6 -2.2 -1.4 0 3.32 2.91 .952 3.17 2.82
1954 PIT NL 28 2B 17 18 160.0 92 43 46 3 5 .967 -0.8 -6.0 0.2 -0.4 0.7 -1 5.01 5.24 .976 5.57 5.31
1955 PIT NL 29 3B 33 29 262.0 92 25 61 6 7 .935 -1.4 -6.4 -1.4 0.5 -1.9 0 2.95 2.61 .952 3.13 2.81
1955 PIT NL 29 2B 24 22 189.1 131 60 67 4 13 .969 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.7 -0.6 0 6.04 5.29 .974 5.48 5.00
1955 PIT NL 29 SS 12 4 58.1 48 18 30 0 5 1.000 1.1 22.6 1.1 0.8 0.3 0 7.41 4.00 .962 5.01 4.57
1956 PIT NL 30 3B 18 7 69.0 19 4 14 1 2 .947 0.5 8.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 0 2.35 1.00 .958 3.05 2.64
1956 PIT NL 30 2B 12 5 58.0 31 14 17 0 3 1.000 -1.9 -39.3 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 -1 4.81 2.58 .981 5.32 4.66
1956 PIT NL 30 SS 6 4 23.0 10 2 7 1 4 .900 -0.2 -10.4 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 0 3.52 1.50 .960 4.93 4.53
1957 MLN NL 31 2B 10 3 34.2 21 11 9 1 5 .952 -2.0 -69.2 -2.0 -1.1 -1.0 0 5.19 2.00 .976 5.37 4.97
1957 MLN NL 31 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.80
1957 MLN NL 31 3B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -180.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 .900 2.92 2.70
5 Seasons SS 169 70 625.2 721 272 421 28 79 .961 -2.7 -5.2 -2.7 1.3 -4.0 0 9.97 4.10 .959 5.13 4.61
6 Seasons 2B 118 48 442.0 528 250 265 13 56 .975 -4.6 -12.5 -2.6 -0.7 -1.9 -2 10.49 4.36 .976 5.48 5.02
4 Seasons 3B 107 86 769.0 282 78 187 17 16 .940 -5.1 -8.0 -5.1 -1.9 -3.1 0 3.10 2.48 .952 3.14 2.79
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 0.50 1.000 9.90 9.00
6 Seasons TOT 396 204 1837.2 1532 601 873 58 151 .962 -12.5 -8.2 -10.5 -1.3 -9.1 -2 7.22 3.72 .926 4.39 4.26
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp 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
1951 PIT NL 25 42 42 42 0 0 0 34 0 8 0 0 0 0
1951 STL NL 25 15 15 15 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 27 97 97 97 0 0 1 7 0 77 0 0 0 0
1954 PIT NL 28 138 130 138 138 0 0 0 17 55 66 0 0 0 0 7 0
1955 PIT NL 29 77 55 77 77 0 0 0 24 33 12 0 0 0 0 12 0
1956 PIT NL 30 72 16 72 72 0 0 0 12 18 6 0 0 0 0 35 0
1957 MLN NL 31 15 3 15 15 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
6 Seasons 456 204 456 456 0 0 2 118 107 169 0 0 0 0 58 2
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 -- 3B*

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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%
1954 PIT NL 28 1314 60% 83% 25% 99 86% 0 27 21 4 2 63 50 11 0 2 9 1 6 2 7 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 3 33%
1955 PIT NL 29 681 60% 79% 27% 44 89% 0 12 9 1 2 31 23 7 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1956 PIT NL 30 206 62% 82% 35% 16 94% 0 4 4 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1957 MLN NL 31 27 74% 59% 15% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2228 60% 81% 27% 161 87% 0 44 35 5 4 105 79 23 0 3 14 1 10 3 12 10 8 1 10 0 0 0 5 60%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1954 PIT NL 28 1430 62% 80% 24% 135 85% 1 50 26 17 7 97 72 20 0 1 11 0 9 2 11 16 6 1 4 0 1 14 9 5 2 1 1
1955 PIT NL 29 202 67% 82% 30% 23 100% 0 16 6 10 0 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 4 1 0 1
1956 PIT NL 30 105 53% 71% 22% 8 88% 0 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1737 62% 80% 25% 166 87% 1 69 33 29 7 124 95 22 0 1 12 0 10 2 12 24 8 1 7 1 1 21 11 9 3 1 2
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1954 PIT NL 28 466 59% 81% 22% 36 94% 0 25 9 12 4 28 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1955 PIT NL 29 379 56% 81% 25% 32 94% 0 23 5 11 7 26 17 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 4 0 5 4 1 2 1 1
1956 PIT NL 30 222 53% 81% 24% 21 86% 0 11 5 6 0 15 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1957 MLN NL 31 165 67% 75% 21% 6 83% 0 11 2 6 3 8 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1
4 Seasons 1232 58% 80% 23% 95 92% 0 70 21 35 14 77 57 15 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 17 4 2 5 0 12 5 7 4 2 2
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1957 MLN NL 31 4 50% 75% 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
1 Season 4 50% 75% 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
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* 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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