Chuck Cottier
Charles Keith Cottier
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 8, 1936 in Delta, CO
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1959
Final Game: May 9, 1969
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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
1959 MLN NL 23 2B 10 9 75.2 41 18 22 1 2 .976 -0.7 -11.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 4.76 4.00 .976 5.27 4.78
1960 MLN NL 24 2B 92 65 637.1 407 180 214 13 40 .968 2.0 3.8 3.0 1.1 1.9 -1 5.56 4.28 .974 5.20 4.48
1961 TOT AL 25 2B 102 101 882.1 567 235 322 10 75 .982 14.0 19.0 13.0 11.8 1.2 1 5.68 5.46 .978 5.24 4.72
1961 DET AL 25 SS 8 0 16.1 9 7 1 1 1 .889 -1.4 -102.9 -1.4 -1.1 -0.2 0 4.41 1.00 .956 4.85 4.38
1961 DET AL 25 2B 2 1 12.0 8 2 6 0 2 1.000 0.9 90.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 6.00 4.00 .975 5.25 4.70
1961 WSA AL 25 2B 100 100 870.1 559 233 316 10 73 .982 13.1 18.1 12.1 10.9 1.2 1 5.68 5.49 .978 5.24 4.72
1962 WSA AL 26 2B 134 122 1084.2 736 368 354 14 100 .981 8.9 9.8 4.9 5.2 -0.3 4 5.99 5.39 .980 5.25 4.87
1963 WSA AL 27 2B 85 77 692.0 437 200 221 16 49 .963 -3.4 -5.9 -3.4 -4.5 1.1 0 5.48 4.95 .980 5.08 4.68
1963 WSA AL 27 SS 24 18 167.2 107 33 65 9 16 .916 -3.3 -23.6 -3.3 0.3 -3.6 0 5.26 4.08 .966 4.78 4.56
1963 WSA AL 27 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.80
1964 WSA AL 28 2B 53 42 365.1 223 109 110 4 31 .982 -1.6 -5.3 -1.6 -3.3 1.7 0 5.40 4.13 .980 5.17 4.54
1964 WSA AL 28 3B 3 2 18.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 -0.8 -0.1 0 2.00 1.33 .960 3.05 2.77
1964 WSA AL 28 SS 2 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 .950 4.95 4.55
1968 CAL AL 32 3B 27 18 168.1 54 13 39 2 2 .963 -2.0 -14.3 -2.0 -1.6 -0.4 0 2.78 1.93 .950 3.05 2.67
1968 CAL AL 32 2B 4 0 11.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.7 76.4 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 6.55 2.00 .975 5.07 4.35
1969 CAL AL 33 2B 2 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.18 4.60
8 Seasons 2B 482 416 3752.1 2421 1113 1250 58 297 .976 20.0 6.4 16.0 9.8 6.2 4 5.67 4.90 .979 5.20 4.69
3 Seasons SS 34 18 186.0 118 41 67 10 17 .915 -4.4 -28.4 -4.4 -0.5 -3.8 0 5.23 3.18 .965 4.79 4.51
3 Seasons 3B 31 20 188.1 59 13 43 3 2 .949 -2.9 -18.5 -2.9 -2.4 -0.6 0 2.68 1.81 .951 3.05 2.68
9 Seasons TOT 547 454 4126.2 2598 1167 1360 71 316 .973 12.7 3.7 8.7 6.9 1.8 4 5.51 4.62 .950 5.08 4.56

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
1959 MLN NL 23 10 9 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 24 95 65 95 95 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17
1961 WSA AL 25 101 100 101 101 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 DET AL 25 10 1 10 10 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 WSA AL 26 136 122 136 136 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1963 WSA AL 27 113 95 113 113 0 0 0 85 1 24 0 0 0 0 2 6
1964 WSA AL 28 73 44 73 73 0 0 0 53 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 15
1965 WSA AL 29 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
1968 CAL AL 32 33 18 33 33 0 0 0 4 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1969 CAL AL 33 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 580 454 580 580 0 0 0 482 31 34 0 0 0 0 15 51
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 -- 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
1959 MLN NL 23 333 67% 78% 28% 28 96% 0 17 7 7 3 23 20 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 24 2687 62% 79% 28% 293 94% 0 173 90 67 16 210 185 19 0 2 13 0 11 2 9 38 16 5 9 3 35 12 23 2 2 0
1961 WSA AL 25 3903 60% 80% 27% 401 95% 1 240 100 95 44 324 275 38 0 8 10 0 4 6 5 73 19 12 25 5 64 30 33 7 4 3
1961 DET AL 25 45 58% 84% 24% 6 100% 0 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 26 4763 62% 79% 27% 474 91% 0 369 145 151 73 354 305 40 1 3 14 0 9 5 11 100 36 19 24 7 91 31 60 7 5 2
1963 WSA AL 27 3153 60% 79% 26% 294 89% 1 201 74 89 38 225 202 19 2 1 16 0 13 3 14 49 23 8 10 1 46 12 32 1 0 1
1964 WSA AL 28 1579 56% 78% 25% 147 95% 0 108 51 42 15 111 88 17 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 30 11 6 9 0 27 9 18 2 1 1
1968 CAL AL 32 43 70% 81% 33% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 33 20 65% 75% 15% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 16526 61% 79% 27% 1650 93% 2 1112 469 453 189 1260 1084 139 3 17 58 1 40 17 43 296 106 52 80 16 269 97 169 19 12 7
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

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
1961 DET AL 25 71 63% 79% 23% 6 67% 0 7 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 WSA AL 27 754 61% 82% 28% 81 86% 1 31 14 15 2 65 39 21 0 2 9 0 3 6 8 16 10 1 4 0 0 15 11 4 1 1 0
1964 WSA AL 28 6 50% 100% 50% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 831 61% 82% 27% 89 85% 1 39 18 19 2 67 41 21 0 2 10 0 3 7 9 17 10 1 4 0 0 15 11 4 2 1 1
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

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%
1963 WSA AL 27 7 57% 100% 14% 2 100% 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 WSA AL 28 79 73% 86% 23% 5 60% 0 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CAL AL 32 739 62% 74% 25% 54 89% 1 13 12 0 1 38 31 5 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
3 Seasons 825 63% 75% 25% 61 87% 1 16 14 0 2 42 34 5 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 63%

* 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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