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Jocko Conlan

John Bertrand Conlan
in HOF as an Umpire

Positions: Centerfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 6, 1899 in Chicago, IL
High School: LaSalle HS (Chicago, IL)(All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1934 (Age 34)
Team: WhiteSox 1934-1935

Final Game: September 29, 1935 (Age 35)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Umpire in 1974.
   View Jocko Conlan Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: April 16, 1989 in Scottsdale, AZ
Buried: Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ
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Hall of Fame

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 CHW AL 34 OF 54 52 50 133 122 5 6 1 .955 2.35 .968 2.29
1934 CHW AL 34 CF 53 49 49 129 119 4 6 1 .953 2.32 .972 2.64
1934 CHW AL 34 RF 3 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 .965 2.07
1935 CHW AL 35 OF 37 30 27 77 71 3 3 1 .961 2.00 .970 2.39
1935 CHW AL 35 CF 22 19 17 54 51 1 2 0 .963 2.36 .974 2.84
1935 CHW AL 35 RF 15 11 10 23 20 2 1 1 .957 1.47 .968 2.09
2 Seasons OF 91 82 77 210 193 8 9 2 .957 2.21 .969 2.33
2 Seasons CF 75 68 66 183 170 5 8 1 .956 2.33 .973 2.70
2 Seasons RF 18 14 11 27 23 3 1 1 .963 1.44 .967 2.09
2 Seasons TOT 91 82 77 210 193 8 9 2 .957 2.21 .969 2.33
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1934 CHW AL 34 63 52 63 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 3 54 0 9 0
1935 CHW AL 35 65 30 65 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 15 37 0 28 2
2 Seasons 128 82 128 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 18 91 0 37 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1974 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1974
by Veteran's Committee

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1934 AL  1 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 AL  1 (3rd)

             

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