Billy Consolo
William Angelo Consolo
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 18, 1934 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Dorsey (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1953
Final Game: September 30, 1962
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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
1953 BOS AL 18 3B 16 26 3 18 5 3 .808 1.31 .965 2.93
1953 BOS AL 18 2B 11 53 23 29 1 10 .981 4.73 .979 5.13
1954 BOS AL 19 SS 50 44 394.2 212 79 123 10 24 .953 -0.4 -1.2 -0.4 1.1 -1.4 0 4.61 4.04 .960 5.00 4.31
1954 BOS AL 19 3B 18 14 131.0 54 10 41 3 2 .944 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.9 -0.8 0 3.50 2.83 .959 3.48 3.07
1954 BOS AL 19 2B 12 10 91.0 46 24 20 2 4 .957 -2.7 -35.6 -1.7 -1.8 0.1 -1 4.35 3.67 .976 5.37 4.84
1955 BOS AL 20 2B 4 4 41.0 18 11 5 2 1 .889 -2.3 -67.3 -2.3 0.0 -2.3 0 3.51 4.00 .978 5.38 4.88
1956 BOS AL 21 2B 25 2 58.2 25 9 14 2 4 .920 -1.4 -28.6 -1.4 -1.1 -0.4 0 3.53 0.92 .976 5.45 4.74
1957 BOS AL 22 SS 42 38 350.2 225 61 149 15 30 .933 0.8 2.7 0.8 -0.3 1.1 0 5.39 5.00 .964 5.11 4.43
1957 BOS AL 22 2B 16 14 118.2 67 29 37 1 11 .985 -0.2 -2.0 -1.2 -0.8 -0.4 1 5.01 4.13 .981 5.39 4.84
1957 BOS AL 22 3B 2 1 12.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.6 56.8 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 3.55 2.50 .940 3.27 2.75
1958 BOS AL 23 2B 13 8 79.0 40 20 17 3 7 .925 -2.6 -39.5 -2.6 -1.7 -0.9 0 4.22 2.85 .980 5.26 4.68
1958 BOS AL 23 SS 11 11 94.2 57 17 38 2 9 .965 0.8 10.1 0.8 0.0 0.9 0 5.23 5.00 .963 4.96 4.17
1958 BOS AL 23 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 720.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1959 TOT AL 24 SS 77 68 579.1 368 117 232 19 45 .948 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.3 2.3 0 5.42 4.53 .960 4.87 3.97
1959 BOS AL 24 SS 2 2 18.0 11 6 3 2 1 .818 -1.7 -113.3 -1.7 0.0 -1.7 0 4.50 4.50 .964 4.85 3.95
1959 WSH AL 24 SS 75 66 561.1 357 111 229 17 44 .952 1.7 3.6 1.7 -2.3 4.0 0 5.45 4.53 .959 4.87 3.97
1959 WSH AL 24 2B 4 4 27.0 19 9 10 0 3 1.000 0.1 4.4 0.1 -0.5 0.6 0 6.33 4.75 .974 5.30 4.72
1960 WSH AL 25 SS 82 47 469.1 257 83 158 16 36 .938 -0.7 -1.8 -1.7 -2.8 1.2 1 4.62 2.94 .961 5.11 4.37
1960 WSH AL 25 2B 12 4 61.2 40 14 24 2 3 .950 1.7 33.1 1.7 1.0 0.7 0 5.55 3.17 .980 5.46 4.66
1960 WSH AL 25 3B 2 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 60.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 .900 3.15 2.70
1961 MIN AL 26 2B 3 0 10.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -12.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 0 5.40 2.00 .983 5.22 4.73
1961 MIN AL 26 SS 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 0.00 0.00 4.86 4.37
1961 MIN AL 26 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 3.60 2.80
1962 TOT MLB 27 3B 21 1 45.2 12 4 7 1 2 .917 -1.4 -36.8 -1.4 -1.0 -0.4 0 2.17 0.52 .950 3.09 2.78
1962 TOT AL 27 SS 52 43 397.2 215 73 130 12 25 .944 1.8 5.4 2.8 0.9 1.9 -1 4.59 3.90 .963 4.84 4.47
1962 PHI NL 27 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60
1962 LAA AL 27 3B 20 1 43.2 12 4 7 1 2 .917 -1.2 -33.0 -1.2 -0.8 -0.4 0 2.27 0.55 .950 3.09 2.79
1962 LAA AL 27 SS 4 1 16.0 13 1 10 2 0 .846 1.4 105.0 1.4 0.8 0.6 0 6.19 2.75 .969 4.84 4.47
1962 LAA AL 27 2B 1 0 4.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 4.00 .975 5.18 4.90
1962 KCA AL 27 SS 48 42 381.2 202 72 120 10 25 .950 0.4 1.3 1.4 0.1 1.3 -1 4.53 4.00 .962 4.84 4.47
7 Seasons SS 317 251 2291.1 1334 430 830 74 169 .945 2.4 1.3 2.4 -3.4 6.1 0 4.95 3.97 .961 4.98 4.28
10 Seasons 2B 101 46 491.0 318 145 160 13 44 .959 -7.2 -17.6 -7.2 -4.7 -2.5 0 5.59 3.02 .979 5.37 4.80
7 Seasons 3B 61 16 197.1 98 19 70 9 7 .908 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 4.06 1.46 .958 3.37 2.90
10 Seasons TOT 479 313 2979.2 1750 594 1060 96 220 .945 -4.8 -1.9 -4.8 -7.9 3.4 0 5.00 3.45 .909 4.94 4.21
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
1953 BOS AL 18 47 47 47 0 0 0 11 16 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 19 91 68 91 91 0 0 0 12 18 50 0 0 0 0 5 11
1955 BOS AL 20 8 4 8 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1956 BOS AL 21 48 2 48 48 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
1957 BOS AL 22 68 53 68 68 0 0 0 16 2 42 0 0 0 0 0 11
1958 BOS AL 23 46 19 46 46 0 0 0 13 1 11 0 0 0 0 2 24
1959 WSH AL 24 79 70 79 79 0 0 0 4 0 75 0 0 0 0 2 3
1959 BOS AL 24 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1
1960 WSH AL 25 100 51 100 100 0 0 0 12 2 82 0 0 0 0 7 11
1961 MIN AL 26 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4
1962 KCA AL 27 54 42 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 6 0
1962 LAA AL 27 28 2 28 28 0 0 0 1 20 4 0 0 0 0 4 7
1962 PHI NL 27 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
10 Seasons 603 313 603 603 0 0 0 101 61 317 0 0 0 0 41 114
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 -- 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 BOS AL 19 1716 61% 80% 27% 171 87% 2 79 38 30 11 122 99 22 1 2 10 0 9 1 9 24 11 1 9 1 0 23 12 10 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 22 1474 61% 80% 29% 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 23 410 71% 83% 28% 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 2468 62% 80% 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 81 62% 79% 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 2093 63% 77% 28% 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 24 58% 75% 29% 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 1658 57% 79% 28% 163 91% 0 77 41 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 9995 61% 79% 29% 1081 89% 5 440 212 194 35 832 648 165 1 12 72 1 52 19 61 166 69 12 48 14 8 160 81 71 4 2 2
MLB Averages 62% 78% 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 BOS AL 19 418 57% 78% 24% 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 20 190 68% 75% 24% 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 21 262 63% 78% 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 22 522 60% 81% 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 23 360 66% 79% 25% 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 24 111 55% 84% 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 25 262 58% 78% 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 41 73% 83% 29% 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
9 Seasons 2182 61% 79% 26% 182 87% 0 127 49 58 20 133 109 20 1 2 12 0 10 2 10 34 13 6 11 0 31 11 19 2 1 1
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

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 BOS AL 19 611 62% 79% 22% 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 54 74% 83% 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 26 77% 88% 35% 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 27 177 64% 76% 25% 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
6 Seasons 886 64% 79% 24% 84 85% 1 17 15 2 0 55 49 5 1 0 4 0 2 2 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 12 67%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 59%

* 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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