Onix Concepción

Onix Cardona (Cardona) Concepcion

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 5, 1957 in Dorado, P.R.
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1980
Teams (by GP): Royals/Pirates 1980-1987

Final Game: April 7, 1987
Relatives: Cousin of Jose Lind
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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
1980	KCR	AL	22	SS	6	4	2	34.1	18	5	10	3	1	.833	-2	-84	3.93	2.50	.963	4.98	4.98
1980	KCR	AL	22	DH	1	0
1981	KCR	AL	23	SS	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.00
1982	KCR	AL	24	SS	46	42	38	376.0	212	63	138	11	25	.948	-1	-4	4.81	4.37	.965	4.87	4.84
1982	KCR	AL	24	2B	24	11	8	119.0	59	29	30	0	3	1.000	-1	-13	4.46	2.46	.981	5.35	5.33
1982	KCR	AL	24	DH	1	0
1983	KCR	AL	25	3B	31	26	21	231.0	80	19	54	7	8	.913	-3	-14	2.84	2.35	.955	3.07	3.05
1983	KCR	AL	25	2B	28	19	17	178.1	106	33	69	4	16	.962	-0	-3	5.15	3.64	.981	5.36	5.32
1983	KCR	AL	25	SS	21	19	19	170.0	96	40	52	4	11	.958	-5	-33	4.87	4.38	.963	4.75	4.72
1983	KCR	AL	25	DH	1	0
1984	KCR	AL	26	SS	85	79	68	698.1	396	105	280	11	53	.972	13	23	4.96	4.53	.962	4.76	4.72
1984	KCR	AL	26	2B	6	4	2	40.0	26	11	15	0	6	1.000	-1	-24	5.85	4.33	.980	5.24	5.22
1984	KCR	AL	26	3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
1985	KCR	AL	27	SS	128	109	76	952.2	515	127	367	21	63	.959	1	1	4.67	3.86	.964	4.64	4.60
1985	KCR	AL	27	2B	2	0	0	3.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1	240	9.00	1.50	.983	5.40	5.25
	6 Seasons			SS	287	253	203	2232.1	1237	340	847	50	153	.960	6	3	4.79	4.14	.963	4.73	4.69
	4 Seasons			2B	60	34	27	340.1	194	73	117	4	25	.979	-2	-7	5.02	3.17	.981	5.34	5.31
	2 Seasons			3B	32	26	21	233.0	80	19	54	7	8	.913	-3	-14	2.82	2.28	.955	3.07	3.04
	7 Seasons			TOT	379	313	251	2805.2	1511	432	1018	61	186	.960	1	0	4.65	3.83	.965	4.67	4.65

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
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1980	KCR	AL	22	SS	-2	-84	-2	-1	-2	0
1981	KCR	AL	23	SS	-0	-120	-0	0	-0	0
1982	KCR	AL	24	SS	-1	-4	-1	-5	4	0
1982	KCR	AL	24	2B	-1	-13	-0	-0	0	-1
1983	KCR	AL	25	3B	-3	-14	-4	-2	-1	1
1983	KCR	AL	25	2B	-0	-3	1	1	-1	-1
1983	KCR	AL	25	SS	-5	-33	-5	-2	-2	0
1984	KCR	AL	26	SS	13	23	12	7	6	1
1984	KCR	AL	26	2B	-1	-24	-1	-0	-1	0
1984	KCR	AL	26	3B	-0	-60	-0	-0	0
1985	KCR	AL	27	SS	1	1	3	2	0	-2
1985	KCR	AL	27	2B	1	240	1	0	0	0
	6 Seasons			SS	6	3	7	1	6	-1
	4 Seasons			2B	-2	-7	0	1	-1	-2
	2 Seasons			3B	-3	-14	-4	-3	-1	1
	7 Seasons			TOT	1	0	3	-0	4	-2

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	DH	PH	PR
1980	KCR	AL	22	12	4	12	6	0	0	6	1	3	5
1981	KCR	AL	23	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1982	KCR	AL	24	74	53	74	69	26	0	45	1	4	6
1983	KCR	AL	25	80	64	80	77	28	31	22	1	3	5
1984	KCR	AL	26	90	83	90	89	6	2	85	0	1	2
1985	KCR	AL	27	131	109	131	130	2	0	128	0	1	5
1987	PIT	NL	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	7 Seasons			390	313	390	372	62	33	287	3	13	24

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
1980	KCR	AL	22	157	80%	87%	28%	12	75%	0	5	0	5	0	9	5	4	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
1981	KCR	AL	23	4	100%	75%	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
1982	KCR	AL	24	1602	68%	87%	27%	166	92%	0	65	35	26	4	136	103	29	0	1	11	0	10	1	9	25	9	1	11	2	1	24	10	14	1	1	0
1983	KCR	AL	25	745	69%	88%	27%	65	95%	0	41	19	17	5	53	41	11	0	0	4	1	3	0	3	11	2	0	8	1	0	11	2	9	0	0	0
1984	KCR	AL	26	2914	64%	83%	29%	305	97%	1	102	43	45	14	277	207	67	1	1	11	0	9	2	8	52	29	1	16	1	3	51	30	20	0	0	0
1985	KCR	AL	27	4042	63%	81%	29%	403	95%	2	127	51	60	15	369	282	78	1	3	21	1	16	4	18	64	24	3	20	6	4	57	27	30	6	4	1
	6 Seasons			9464	65%	83%	28%	951	95%	3	340	148	153	38	844	638	189	2	5	50	2	41	7	41	154	65	5	55	10	8	145	70	73	7	5	1
	MLB Averages				59%	81%	28%		92%

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
1982	KCR	AL	24	520	69%	84%	24%	44	98%	0	28	14	13	1	30	25	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0
1983	KCR	AL	25	802	68%	87%	26%	85	94%	0	32	16	14	2	72	55	16	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	16	5	1	8	1	16	10	6	0	0	0
1984	KCR	AL	26	161	58%	87%	31%	12	100%	0	11	4	7	0	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	1	5	1	4	1	1	0
1985	KCR	AL	27	12	25%	92%	58%	3	100%	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			1495	67%	86%	26%	144	96%	0	71	34	34	3	118	94	21	0	1	5	0	5	0	5	25	7	4	9	2	23	12	11	2	1	0
	MLB Averages				59%	81%	28%		95%

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%
1983	KCR	AL	25	967	71%	83%	25%	80	86%	1	17	13	1	3	55	40	14	1	0	7	0	7	0	7	8	8	0	8	0	0	0	2	100%
1984	KCR	AL	26	8	75%	75%	13%	0		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			975	71%	83%	25%	80	86%	1	17	13	1	3	55	40	14	1	0	7	0	7	0	7	8	8	0	8	0	0	0	2	100%
	MLB Averages				59%	81%	28%		90%																								75%

* 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

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1984 AL 13 (3rd)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1984 AL 4.96 (5th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1984 AL .972 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1984 AL 13 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1984 AL 4.96 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1984 AL .972 (5th)

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