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Billy Consolo

William Angelo Consolo

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 18, 1934 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Dorsey HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1953
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Athletics/Angels/Phillies/... 1953-1962

Final Game: September 30, 1962
Died: March 27, 2008 in Westlake Village, CA
Buried: Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park, Westlake Village, CA
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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
1953 BOS AL 18 3B 16 4 3 60.0 26 3 18 5 3 .808 -2 -40 3.15 1.31 .957 3.38 3.36
1953 BOS AL 18 2B 11 7 4 71.1 53 23 29 1 10 .981 1 17 6.56 4.73 .979 5.60 5.57
1954 BOS AL 19 SS 50 44 38 395.2 212 79 123 10 24 .953 -0 -1 4.59 4.04 .960 5.00 4.97
1954 BOS AL 19 3B 18 14 12 131.0 54 10 41 3 2 .944 0 1 3.50 2.83 .959 3.48 3.46
1954 BOS AL 19 2B 12 10 7 91.0 46 24 20 2 4 .957 -3 -36 4.35 3.67 .976 5.37 5.33
1955 BOS AL 20 2B 4 4 4 41.0 18 11 5 2 1 .889 -2 -67 3.51 4.00 .976 5.38 5.32
1956 BOS AL 21 2B 25 2 2 58.2 25 9 14 2 4 .920 -1 -29 3.53 0.92 .973 5.45 5.40
1957 BOS AL 22 SS 42 38 36 350.2 225 61 149 15 30 .933 1 3 5.39 5.00 .963 5.11 5.13
1957 BOS AL 22 2B 16 14 12 118.2 67 29 37 1 11 .985 -0 -2 5.01 4.13 .980 5.39 5.41
1957 BOS AL 22 3B 2 1 1 12.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1 57 3.55 2.50 .952 3.27 3.25
1958 BOS AL 23 2B 13 8 7 79.0 40 20 17 3 7 .925 -3 -39 4.22 2.85 .978 5.26 5.21
1958 BOS AL 23 SS 11 11 8 94.2 57 17 38 2 9 .965 1 10 5.23 5.00 .964 4.96 4.91
1958 BOS AL 23 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 720 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.10
1959 TOT AL 24 SS 77 68 47 579.1 368 117 232 19 45 .948 0 0 5.42 4.53 .959 4.87 4.84
1959 BOS AL 24 SS 2 2 2 18.0 11 6 3 2 1 .818 -2 -113 4.50 4.50 .959 4.85 4.85
1959 WSH AL 24 SS 75 66 45 561.1 357 111 229 17 44 .952 2 4 5.45 4.53 .959 4.87 4.84
1959 WSH AL 24 2B 4 4 1 27.0 19 9 10 0 3 1.000 0 4 6.33 4.75 .976 5.30 5.25
1960 WSH AL 25 SS 82 47 30 469.1 257 83 158 16 36 .938 -1 -2 4.62 2.94 .960 5.11 5.10
1960 WSH AL 25 2B 12 4 4 61.2 40 14 24 2 3 .950 2 33 5.55 3.17 .979 5.46 5.45
1960 WSH AL 25 3B 2 0 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 60 1.50 0.50 .950 3.15 3.15
1961 MIN AL 26 2B 3 0 0 10.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 5.40 2.00 .978 5.22 5.17
1961 MIN AL 26 SS 3 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0.00 0.00 4.86 4.77
1961 MIN AL 26 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 3.60 3.20
1962 TOT MLB 27 3B 21 1 0 45.2 12 4 7 1 2 .917 -1 -37 2.17 0.52 .952 3.09 3.06
1962 TOT AL 27 SS 52 43 38 397.2 215 73 130 12 25 .944 2 5 4.59 3.90 .962 4.84 4.83
1962 PHI NL 27 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.90
1962 LAA AL 27 3B 20 1 0 43.2 12 4 7 1 2 .917 -1 -33 2.27 0.55 .952 3.09 3.07
1962 LAA AL 27 SS 4 1 0 16.0 13 1 10 2 0 .846 1 105 6.19 2.75 .962 4.84 4.82
1962 LAA AL 27 2B 1 0 0 4.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0 90 9.00 4.00 .980 5.18 5.20
1962 KCA AL 27 SS 48 42 38 381.2 202 72 120 10 25 .950 0 1 4.53 4.00 .962 4.84 4.83
7 Seasons SS 317 251 197 2292.1 1334 430 830 74 169 .945 2 1 4.95 3.97 .961 4.98 4.97
10 Seasons 2B 101 53 41 562.1 318 145 160 13 44 .959 -6 -13 4.88 3.02 .978 5.40 5.38
7 Seasons 3B 61 20 16 257.1 98 19 70 9 7 .908 -2 -9 3.11 1.46 .957 3.37 3.27
10 Seasons TOT 479 324 254 3112.0 1750 594 1060 96 220 .945 -6 -2 4.78 3.45 .964 4.92 4.84
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.
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
1953 BOS AL 18 3B -2 -40 -2 -2 0 0
1953 BOS AL 18 2B 1 17 1 2 -1 0
1954 BOS AL 19 SS -0 -1 -0 -1 1 0
1954 BOS AL 19 3B 0 1 0 -1 1 0
1954 BOS AL 19 2B -3 -36 -2 0 -2 -1
1955 BOS AL 20 2B -2 -67 -2 -2 0 0
1956 BOS AL 21 2B -1 -29 -1 -0 -1 0
1957 BOS AL 22 SS 1 3 1 1 -0 0
1957 BOS AL 22 2B -0 -2 -1 -0 -1 1
1957 BOS AL 22 3B 1 57 1 1 0 0
1958 BOS AL 23 2B -3 -39 -3 -1 -2 0
1958 BOS AL 23 SS 1 10 1 1 0 0
1958 BOS AL 23 3B 1 720 1 1 0 0
1959 BOS AL 24 SS -2 -113 -2 -2 0 0
1959 WSH AL 24 SS 2 4 2 4 -2 0
1959 WSH AL 24 2B 0 4 0 1 -0 0
1960 WSH AL 25 SS -1 -2 -2 1 -3 1
1960 WSH AL 25 2B 2 33 2 1 1 0
1960 WSH AL 25 3B 0 60 0 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 26 2B -0 -12 -0 -0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 26 SS 0 24 0 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 26 3B -0 -240 -0 -0 0
1962 PHI NL 27 3B -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1962 LAA AL 27 3B -1 -33 -1 -0 -1 0
1962 LAA AL 27 SS 1 105 1 1 1 0
1962 LAA AL 27 2B 0 90 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 27 SS 0 1 1 1 0 -1
7 Seasons SS 2 1 2 6 -3 0
10 Seasons 2B -6 -13 -6 -0 -6 0
7 Seasons 3B -2 -9 -2 -2 0 0
10 Seasons TOT -6 -2 -6 3 -9 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
1953 BOS AL 18 47 11 47 26 0 0 0 11 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 15
1954 BOS AL 19 91 68 91 80 0 0 0 12 18 50 0 0 0 0 0 5 11
1955 BOS AL 20 8 4 8 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1956 BOS AL 21 48 2 48 25 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
1957 BOS AL 22 68 53 68 58 0 0 0 16 2 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1958 BOS AL 23 46 19 46 24 0 0 0 13 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 24
1959 WSH AL 24 79 70 79 76 0 0 0 4 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1959 BOS AL 24 10 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1960 WSH AL 25 101 51 101 95 0 0 0 12 2 83 0 0 0 0 0 7 11
1961 MIN AL 26 12 0 12 8 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1962 KCA AL 27 54 42 54 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1962 LAA AL 27 28 2 28 25 0 0 0 1 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
1962 PHI NL 27 13 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
10 Seasons 605 324 605 472 0 0 0 102 61 318 0 0 0 0 0 50 130
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
1954 BOS AL 19 1706 63% 83% 27% 173 87% 2 81 39 30 12 123 99 23 1 2 10 0 9 1 9 24 11 1 9 1 0 23 12 10 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 22 1451 62% 81% 30% 174 87% 0 63 25 35 3 141 111 30 0 2 13 0 11 2 11 27 11 1 9 1 2 26 12 12 1 0 1
1958 BOS AL 23 400 73% 86% 29% 48 90% 1 16 9 7 0 36 21 13 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 9 7 0 0 1 1 9 7 2 0 0 0
1959 WSH AL 24 2412 64% 82% 31% 293 89% 0 112 55 55 2 231 191 35 0 3 17 0 12 5 16 44 13 4 13 5 4 41 17 22 2 1 1
1959 BOS AL 24 78 64% 82% 15% 9 78% 0 6 5 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1960 WSH AL 25 2032 64% 79% 29% 211 89% 2 86 38 36 13 163 119 39 0 3 16 1 9 6 13 36 18 3 7 4 1 36 21 12 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 26 23 61% 78% 30% 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 0
1962 KCA AL 27 1612 59% 82% 29% 165 92% 0 79 43 30 6 126 95 25 0 2 10 0 7 3 8 25 9 3 9 2 0 24 12 12 1 1 0
1962 LAA AL 27 71 62% 83% 37% 11 91% 0 1 1 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 9785 63% 81% 29% 1085 89% 5 444 215 194 36 833 648 166 1 12 72 1 52 19 61 166 69 12 48 14 8 160 81 71 4 2 2
MLB Averages 64% 80% 27% 90%

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
1953 BOS AL 18 317 70% 78% 22% 27 93% 0 23 3 16 4 29 23 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 3 2 3 0 8 3 5 2 0 1
1954 BOS AL 19 405 59% 80% 25% 29 97% 0 24 11 11 2 20 15 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1955 BOS AL 20 184 70% 78% 25% 13 77% 0 11 6 3 2 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1956 BOS AL 21 259 63% 79% 22% 21 76% 0 11 4 6 1 16 10 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
1957 BOS AL 22 513 61% 83% 28% 44 91% 0 29 10 16 3 36 31 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11 4 2 4 0 10 4 6 0 0 0
1958 BOS AL 23 352 67% 81% 26% 22 77% 0 22 4 13 5 17 14 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 7 2 2 2 0 6 2 4 1 0 1
1959 WSH AL 24 108 56% 86% 32% 11 91% 0 8 3 3 2 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
1960 WSH AL 25 259 58% 79% 29% 34 91% 0 16 8 4 4 24 20 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 26 39 77% 87% 31% 6 83% 0 5 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 27 16 63% 69% 31% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 Seasons 2452 64% 81% 26% 209 88% 0 150 52 74 24 162 132 25 1 3 13 0 11 2 11 44 16 8 14 0 39 14 24 4 1 2
MLB Averages 64% 80% 27% 93%

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%
1953 BOS AL 18 275 73% 81% 28% 26 81% 0 3 3 0 0 19 11 7 0 0 5 0 4 1 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1954 BOS AL 19 598 64% 81% 23% 60 83% 1 10 8 2 0 41 37 3 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 70%
1957 BOS AL 22 53 75% 85% 26% 6 100% 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1958 BOS AL 23 3 100% 100% 67% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 WSH AL 25 25 80% 92% 36% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 26 6 67% 67% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 27 173 66% 77% 26% 14 79% 0 5 5 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0%
1962 PHI NL 27 9 78% 78% 11% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1142 67% 81% 25% 110 84% 1 20 18 2 0 74 60 12 1 0 9 0 6 3 7 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 13 69%
MLB Averages 64% 80% 27% 89% 61%

* 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 as SS s c a p y
1959 AL  19 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1959 AL  5.42 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1959 AL  4.53 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1953 AL  born 1934-08-18 (4th)
1954 AL  born 1934-08-18 (8th)

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