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Billy Cowan

Billy Rolland Cowan

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 28, 1938 in Calhoun City, MS
High School: East HS (Bakersfield, CA)
School: University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1963
Teams (by GP): Angels/Cubs/Mets/Phillies/Yankees/... 1963-1972

Final Game: April 24, 1972
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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
1963 CHC NL 24 OF 10 8 4 70.0 12 10 1 1 1 .917 -1 -19 1.41 1.10 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 CHC NL 24 CF 7 5 2 45.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -1 -21 1.20 0.86 .981 2.38 2.36
1963 CHC NL 24 RF 2 2 1 16.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0 15 2.25 2.00 .975 1.86 1.80
1963 CHC NL 24 LF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -67 1.00 1.00 .970 1.80 1.80
1964 CHC NL 25 CF 134 127 119 1142.0 315 302 2 11 0 .965 -4 -5 2.40 2.27 .977 2.35 2.33
1964 CHC NL 25 OF 134 127 119 1142.0 309 297 2 10 0 .968 -4 -5 2.36 2.23 .973 1.99 1.98
1965 TOT NL 26 OF 71 39 35 395.0 90 88 2 0 2 1.000 -4 -12 2.05 1.27 .975 2.00 2.00
1965 TOT NL 26 CF 62 36 33 350.2 76 75 1 0 1 1.000 -2 -9 1.95 1.23 .981 2.29 2.30
1965 TOT NL 26 LF 10 3 2 44.1 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 -2 -41 1.83 0.90 .966 1.71 1.71
1965 NYM NL 26 OF 61 35 32 346.2 82 80 2 0 2 1.000 -2 -9 2.13 1.34 .975 2.00 2.00
1965 NYM NL 26 CF 59 34 32 334.2 75 74 1 0 1 1.000 -2 -7 2.02 1.27 .981 2.29 2.30
1965 NYM NL 26 LF 3 1 0 12.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -60 1.50 0.67 .965 1.72 1.70
1965 NYM NL 26 2B 2 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 40 6.00 1.00 .975 5.40 5.30
1965 NYM NL 26 SS 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -480 18.00 2.00 .965 4.50 4.90
1965 MLN NL 26 OF 10 4 3 48.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -37 1.49 0.80 .975 1.99 2.00
1965 MLN NL 26 LF 7 2 2 32.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -33 1.95 1.00 .966 1.70 1.71
1965 MLN NL 26 CF 3 2 1 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -45 0.56 0.33 .980 2.31 2.30
1967 PHI NL 28 OF 20 16 7 122.2 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 1.39 0.95 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 PHI NL 28 LF 16 13 5 99.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 1.27 0.88 .969 1.74 1.74
1967 PHI NL 28 RF 4 3 2 23.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.52 1.00 .975 2.02 2.02
1967 PHI NL 28 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1967 PHI NL 28 3B 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1969 TOT AL 30 OF 27 12 9 157.0 35 31 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -7 2.01 1.30 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 TOT AL 30 LF 12 5 4 65.0 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 2 30 2.22 1.33 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 TOT AL 30 RF 11 3 1 49.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -49 1.29 0.64 .974 1.91 1.91
1969 TOT AL 30 CF 7 4 4 43.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 2.72 1.86 .982 2.51 2.50
1969 NYY AL 30 OF 14 7 6 83.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -16 1.84 1.21 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 NYY AL 30 LF 9 5 4 51.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 1.76 1.11 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 NYY AL 30 CF 4 2 2 28.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -56 2.25 1.75 .981 2.51 2.50
1969 NYY AL 30 RF 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1969 CAL AL 30 OF 13 5 3 74.0 18 15 3 0 0 1.000 0 3 2.19 1.38 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 CAL AL 30 RF 9 3 1 45.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -51 1.40 0.78 .974 1.92 1.91
1969 CAL AL 30 1B 6 4 2 30.0 33 32 1 0 3 1.000 0 0 9.90 5.50 .992 9.63 9.62
1969 CAL AL 30 CF 3 2 2 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 64 3.60 2.00 .982 2.52 2.50
1969 CAL AL 30 LF 3 0 0 14.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 1 111 3.86 2.00 .978 1.99 2.00
1970 CAL AL 31 OF 27 18 5 154.2 28 26 0 2 0 .929 -1 -11 1.51 0.96 .980 2.14 2.13
1970 CAL AL 31 RF 23 17 5 143.2 28 26 0 2 0 .929 -1 -10 1.63 1.13 .975 1.98 1.97
1970 CAL AL 31 1B 14 9 4 74.2 75 69 6 0 7 1.000 0 5 9.04 5.36 .991 9.59 9.56
1970 CAL AL 31 LF 3 1 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 0.90 0.33 .980 1.80 1.80
1970 CAL AL 31 3B 2 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -72 1.80 0.50 .950 3.06 3.05
1970 CAL AL 31 CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.60
1971 CAL AL 32 OF 40 31 19 296.1 70 69 1 0 0 1.000 4 17 2.13 1.75 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 CAL AL 32 LF 38 31 19 294.1 67 66 1 0 0 1.000 4 16 2.05 1.76 .981 1.93 1.92
1971 CAL AL 32 1B 5 4 1 28.0 34 32 1 1 8 .971 -1 -43 10.61 6.60 .992 9.58 9.52
1971 CAL AL 32 RF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 0.50 .980 2.25 2.05
7 Seasons OF 329 251 198 2337.2 563 540 10 13 3 .977 -9 -5 2.12 1.67 .975 2.04 2.04
5 Seasons CF 211 172 158 1581.2 412 396 4 12 1 .971 -8 -6 2.28 1.90 .978 2.34 2.33
6 Seasons LF 80 54 31 521.2 108 104 4 0 1 1.000 2 5 1.86 1.35 .978 1.88 1.86
5 Seasons RF 42 25 9 234.1 44 40 2 2 0 .955 -3 -15 1.61 1.00 .975 1.96 1.95
3 Seasons 1B 25 17 7 132.2 142 133 8 1 18 .993 -1 -6 9.57 5.64 .991 9.60 9.56
2 Seasons 3B 3 0 0 5.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -64 1.59 0.33 .950 3.02 3.03
2 Seasons 2B 3 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 36 5.40 0.67 .975 5.40 5.30
1 Season SS 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -480 18.00 2.00 .965 4.50 4.90
8 Seasons TOT 361 268 205 2480.1 710 677 19 14 21 .980 -10 -5 2.53 1.93 .978 2.46 2.61
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.
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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.
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  • 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
1963 CHC NL 24 CF -1 -21 -1 0 -1 0
1963 CHC NL 24 RF 0 15 0 0 -0 0
1963 CHC NL 24 LF -0 -67 -0 -0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 25 CF -4 -5 6 -2 7 -10
1965 NYM NL 26 CF -2 -7 -2 -2 0 0
1965 NYM NL 26 LF -1 -60 -1 0 -1 0
1965 NYM NL 26 2B 0 40 0 0 0 0
1965 NYM NL 26 SS -0 -480 -0 -0 0 0
1965 MLN NL 26 LF -1 -33 0 -1 1 -1
1965 MLN NL 26 CF -1 -45 -1 0 -1 0
1967 PHI NL 28 LF -1 -12 -1 -0 -1 0
1967 PHI NL 28 RF -0 -10 -0 1 -1 0
1967 PHI NL 28 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 28 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NYY AL 30 LF 0 7 0 1 -0 0
1969 NYY AL 30 CF -1 -56 -0 0 -0 -1
1969 NYY AL 30 RF -0 -30 -0 0 -0
1969 CAL AL 30 RF -2 -51 -1 -1 0 -1
1969 CAL AL 30 1B 0 0 0 0 -0 0
1969 CAL AL 30 CF 1 64 1 0 1 0
1969 CAL AL 30 LF 1 111 0 0 0 1
1970 CAL AL 31 RF -1 -10 -0 -1 1 -1
1970 CAL AL 31 1B 0 5 0 0 0 0
1970 CAL AL 31 LF -0 -60 -0 0 -1 0
1970 CAL AL 31 3B -0 -72 -0 -0 0 0
1970 CAL AL 31 CF 0 360 0 0 0 0
1971 CAL AL 32 LF 4 16 3 2 1 1
1971 CAL AL 32 1B -1 -43 -1 -1 -0 0
1971 CAL AL 32 RF 0 120 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons CF -8 -6 3 -3 6 -11
6 Seasons LF 2 5 1 2 -1 1
5 Seasons RF -3 -15 -1 -1 -0 -2
3 Seasons 1B -1 -6 -1 -1 -0 0
2 Seasons 2B 0 36 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 3B -0 -64 -0 -0 0 0
1 Season SS -0 -480 -0 -0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT -10 -5 2 -4 6 0 -12
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
1963 CHC NL 24 14 8 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 10 0 5 1
1964 CHC NL 25 139 127 139 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 134 0 4 2
1965 NYM NL 26 82 35 82 63 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 59 0 61 0 14 12
1965 MLN NL 26 18 4 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 10 0 6 5
1967 PHI NL 28 34 16 34 20 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 0 4 20 0 8 9
1969 NYY AL 30 32 7 32 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 2 15 0 21 2
1969 CAL AL 30 28 9 28 19 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 3 9 14 0 15 4
1970 CAL AL 31 68 27 68 42 0 0 14 0 2 0 3 1 23 27 0 41 0
1971 CAL AL 32 74 35 74 45 0 0 5 0 0 0 38 0 2 40 0 38 0
1972 CAL AL 33 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 492 268 492 358 0 0 25 3 3 1 80 211 42 331 0 155 35
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 -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 CHC NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 171 54% 81% 31% 13 46%
1964 CHC NL 25 11 1 10 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 91 34 1 53 6 0 11 2 0 14 1 0 33 24 0 202 67 33.2% 134 1 0.5% 1 4848 63% 84% 27% 644 47%
1965 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 7 0 13 2 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 11 9 0 43 20 46.5% 23 0 0.0% 1 1394 59% 84% 28% 151 49%
1965 MLN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 65 55% 85% 20% 8 13%
1969 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 1 11.1% 7 1 11.1% 0 123 55% 77% 15% 14 50%
1969 CAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 67 66% 63% 21% 10 60%
1970 CAL AL 31 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 0 3 67% 100% 67% 1 100%
5 Seasons 12 1 11 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 113 45 2 72 8 0 16 3 0 16 2 0 47 34 0 264 92 34.8% 170 2 0.8% 2 6671 62% 83% 27% 841 47%
MLB Averages 42.0% 2.3% 64% 79% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 38 55% 87% 24% 4 25%
1965 MLN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 117 65% 74% 27% 12 50%
1965 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 61 61% 82% 21% 3 33%
1967 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 7 6 85.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 399 62% 80% 23% 26 54%
1969 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 192 63% 83% 32% 20 50%
1969 CAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 2 1 25.0% 1 61 66% 85% 39% 7 86%
1970 CAL AL 31 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 0 44 61% 86% 32% 4 25%
1971 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 12 1 8 2 0 3 2 0 5 3 0 6 6 0 37 25 67.6% 11 1 2.7% 0 1226 62% 78% 28% 122 55%
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 22 18 2 10 2 0 4 3 0 8 3 0 13 11 1 57 37 64.9% 17 3 5.3% 1 2138 62% 79% 27% 198 54%
MLB Averages 58.7% 2.8% 64% 79% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 59 71% 81% 24% 3 100%
1967 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 99 67% 73% 23% 9 44%
1969 CAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 1 12.5% 7 0 0.0% 1 198 55% 81% 26% 16 38%
1969 NYY AL 30 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 0 14 79% 86% 7% 0
1970 CAL AL 31 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 17 7 41.2% 10 0 0.0% 0 584 63% 81% 29% 58 45%
1971 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 8 63% 88% 13% 2 50%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 12 4 0 7 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 28 11 39.3% 17 0 0.0% 2 962 63% 80% 27% 88 45%
MLB Averages 40.8% 3.2% 64% 79% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 CAL AL 30 140 59% 84% 26% 9 89% 0 34 2 31 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1970 CAL AL 31 327 69% 80% 22% 19 95% 0 68 7 61 0 6 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1971 CAL AL 32 119 69% 82% 28% 5 80% 0 32 3 29 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0
3 Seasons 586 66% 82% 24% 33 91% 0 134 12 121 1 12 8 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 18 0 0 0 16 0 2 1 1 4 75%
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 94% 87%

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
1965 NYM NL 26 13 69% 92% 54% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 28 1 100% 100% 100% 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
2 Seasons 14 71% 93% 57% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 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%
1967 PHI NL 28 2 100% 100% 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
1970 CAL AL 31 25 56% 64% 12% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 27 59% 67% 11% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 89% 66%

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
1965 NYM NL 26 7 100% 114% 0% 1 100% 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 100% 114% 0% 1 100% 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 91%

* 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

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 NL  134 (5th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 NL  302 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 NL  11 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1964 NL  10 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1971 AL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1964 NL  2.40 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 NL  2.27 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1964 NL  2.23 (4th)

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