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Al Cowens

Alfred Edward Cowens (A. C.)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: October 25, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Centennial HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 75th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1974
Teams (by GP): Royals/Mariners/Tigers/Angels 1974-1986

Final Game: June 8, 1986
Died: March 11, 2002 in Downey, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, 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
1974 KCR AL 22 OF 102 64 54 655.1 166 151 13 2 2 .988 2 3 2.25 1.61 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 KCR AL 22 RF 75 47 41 469.2 116 104 10 2 2 .983 4 10 2.18 1.52 .976 2.18 2.17
1974 KCR AL 22 CF 24 17 13 171.0 46 46 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -14 2.42 1.92 .986 2.93 2.92
1974 KCR AL 22 LF 7 0 0 14.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.07 0.71 .974 2.15 2.11
1974 KCR AL 22 DH 4 0
1974 KCR AL 22 3B 2 0 0 3.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1 -240 3.00 0.50 .955 3.00 3.10
1975 KCR AL 23 OF 113 83 74 802.2 223 214 4 5 2 .978 6 10 2.44 1.93 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 KCR AL 23 RF 64 51 50 482.1 118 111 2 5 1 .958 3 8 2.11 1.77 .976 2.11 2.10
1975 KCR AL 23 CF 36 29 21 259.0 84 82 2 0 1 1.000 2 7 2.92 2.33 .983 2.84 2.83
1975 KCR AL 23 LF 22 3 3 61.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 2 33 2.79 0.86 .977 2.17 2.17
1975 KCR AL 23 DH 3 0
1976 KCR AL 24 OF 148 145 132 1311.0 347 329 13 5 3 .986 10 9 2.35 2.31 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 KCR AL 24 RF 142 139 127 1226.2 322 307 12 3 3 .991 12 12 2.34 2.25 .980 2.21 2.22
1976 KCR AL 24 CF 12 6 5 84.1 23 20 1 2 0 .913 -2 -23 2.24 1.75 .984 2.98 2.99
1976 KCR AL 24 DH 1 0
1977 KCR AL 25 OF 159 150 135 1352.0 327 307 14 6 1 .982 6 6 2.14 2.02 .978 2.34 2.32 MVP-2,GG
1977 KCR AL 25 RF 142 124 120 1156.0 274 254 14 6 1 .978 9 10 2.09 1.89 .974 2.08 2.07 MVP-2,GG
1977 KCR AL 25 CF 27 26 15 196.0 53 53 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -18 2.43 1.96 .983 2.83 2.81 MVP-2,GG
1977 KCR AL 25 DH 2 1 MVP-2,GG
1978 KCR AL 26 OF 127 123 108 1077.2 288 275 10 3 5 .990 8 9 2.38 2.24 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 KCR AL 26 RF 119 110 101 968.0 250 238 9 3 3 .988 8 10 2.30 2.08 .978 2.24 2.22
1978 KCR AL 26 CF 16 13 7 109.2 38 37 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -2 3.12 2.38 .984 2.97 2.94
1978 KCR AL 26 3B 5 3 2 30.0 16 5 10 1 1 .938 -0 -8 4.50 3.00 .954 3.00 2.98
1978 KCR AL 26 DH 2 2
1979 KCR AL 27 OF 134 132 130 1170.1 295 288 3 4 0 .986 -11 -12 2.24 2.17 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 KCR AL 27 RF 134 132 130 1168.1 295 287 3 5 0 .983 -11 -11 2.23 2.16 .980 2.25 2.22
1979 KCR AL 27 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -300 4.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.90
1979 KCR AL 27 DH 1 1
1980 TOT AL 28 OF 137 136 122 1208.2 277 263 11 3 2 .989 -1 -1 2.04 2.00 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 TOT AL 28 RF 129 123 114 1109.2 251 237 11 3 2 .988 0 0 2.01 1.92 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 TOT AL 28 DH 2 0
1980 CAL AL 28 OF 30 30 25 265.2 67 64 3 0 0 1.000 -2 -10 2.27 2.23 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 CAL AL 28 RF 22 17 17 166.2 42 39 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 2.27 1.91 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 CAL AL 28 CF 10 10 5 72.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 2.25 1.80 .983 2.92 2.91
1980 CAL AL 28 LF 3 3 3 27.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 2.00 2.00 .980 2.33 2.33
1980 CAL AL 28 DH 1 0
1980 DET AL 28 OF 107 106 97 943.0 210 199 8 3 2 .986 1 2 1.98 1.93 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 DET AL 28 RF 107 106 97 943.0 209 198 8 3 2 .986 1 2 1.97 1.93 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 DET AL 28 DH 1 0
1981 DET AL 29 OF 83 64 61 607.0 170 166 3 1 0 .994 2 3 2.51 2.04 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 DET AL 29 CF 65 53 51 493.0 148 146 2 0 0 1.000 1 2 2.70 2.28 .988 2.90 2.89
1981 DET AL 29 RF 19 11 10 114.0 20 18 1 1 0 .950 0 5 1.50 1.00 .980 2.16 2.15
1982 SEA AL 30 OF 145 143 135 1301.1 298 280 14 4 1 .987 3 3 2.03 2.03 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 SEA AL 30 RF 145 143 135 1301.1 295 277 14 4 1 .986 3 3 2.01 2.01 .981 2.27 2.26
1982 SEA AL 30 DH 1 0
1983 SEA AL 31 OF 70 61 58 544.0 133 124 7 2 1 .985 4 9 2.17 1.87 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 SEA AL 31 RF 64 56 54 503.0 116 108 6 2 1 .983 3 8 2.04 1.78 .978 2.25 2.23
1983 SEA AL 31 DH 35 32
1983 SEA AL 31 CF 4 4 3 31.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 35 3.77 3.25 .987 2.93 2.90
1983 SEA AL 31 LF 2 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 1.80 1.00 .975 2.34 2.30
1984 SEA AL 32 OF 130 123 114 1089.1 239 228 8 3 0 .987 -13 -14 1.95 1.82 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 SEA AL 32 RF 130 122 114 1079.1 233 221 9 3 0 .987 -13 -14 1.92 1.77 .979 2.23 2.21
1984 SEA AL 32 DH 7 4
1984 SEA AL 32 CF 2 1 0 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.70 1.50 .987 2.97 3.00
1985 SEA AL 33 OF 110 109 94 933.0 215 198 10 7 2 .967 -4 -5 2.01 1.89 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 SEA AL 33 RF 110 109 94 933.0 215 198 10 7 2 .967 -4 -5 2.01 1.89 .980 2.17 2.15
1985 SEA AL 33 DH 5 4
1986 SEA AL 34 OF 19 17 15 158.0 34 31 2 1 0 .971 -2 -15 1.88 1.74 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 SEA AL 34 RF 18 16 14 149.0 30 28 1 1 0 .967 -3 -23 1.75 1.61 .975 2.10 2.08
1986 SEA AL 34 DH 1 1
1986 SEA AL 34 LF 1 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1 120 3.00 3.00 .977 2.20 2.20
13 Seasons OF 1477 1350 1232 12210.1 3012 2854 112 46 19 .985 11 1 2.19 2.01 .981 2.45 2.43
13 Seasons RF 1291 1183 1104 10660.1 2535 2388 102 45 16 .982 13 1 2.10 1.93 .978 2.19 2.18
10 Seasons CF 197 159 120 1428.0 427 419 6 2 2 .995 -5 -4 2.68 2.16 .985 2.90 2.88
5 Seasons LF 35 8 8 122.0 35 33 2 0 0 1.000 2 21 2.58 1.00 .977 2.22 2.18
2 Seasons 3B 7 3 2 33.0 18 5 11 2 1 .889 -1 -29 4.36 2.29 .954 3.00 3.01
13 Seasons TOT 1484 1353 1234 12243.1 3030 2859 123 48 20 .984 10 1 2.19 2.01 .980 2.45 2.43
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
1974 KCR AL 22 RF 4 10 2 -2 3 2
1974 KCR AL 22 CF -2 -14 -2 1 -3 0
1974 KCR AL 22 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 22 3B -1 -240 -1 0 -1 0
1975 KCR AL 23 RF 3 8 2 0 2 1
1975 KCR AL 23 CF 2 7 2 1 0 0
1975 KCR AL 23 LF 2 33 2 1 1 0
1976 KCR AL 24 RF 12 12 14 5 9 -2
1976 KCR AL 24 CF -2 -23 -3 -2 -1 1
1977 KCR AL 25 RF 9 10 2 3 -1 7
1977 KCR AL 25 CF -3 -18 -2 0 -2 -1
1978 KCR AL 26 RF 8 10 4 6 -2 4
1978 KCR AL 26 CF -0 -2 -0 2 -2 0
1978 KCR AL 26 3B -0 -8 -0 -0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 27 RF -11 -11 -7 -1 -5 -4
1979 KCR AL 27 CF -0 -300 -0 -0 0 0
1980 CAL AL 28 RF -1 -9 -2 0 -3 1
1980 CAL AL 28 CF -1 -12 -1 0 -1 0
1980 CAL AL 28 LF -0 -18 -0 -0 0 0
1980 DET AL 28 RF 1 2 -3 -4 2 4
1981 DET AL 29 CF 1 2 1 2 -0 0
1981 DET AL 29 RF 0 5 -0 -1 0 1
1982 SEA AL 30 RF 3 3 -3 -5 2 6
1983 SEA AL 31 RF 3 8 0 1 -0 3
1983 SEA AL 31 CF 1 35 1 -0 1 0
1983 SEA AL 31 LF -0 -12 -0 0 -0 0
1984 SEA AL 32 RF -13 -14 -12 -7 -5 -1
1984 SEA AL 32 CF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SEA AL 33 RF -4 -5 -4 -2 -2 0
1986 SEA AL 34 RF -3 -23 -4 -2 -2 1
1986 SEA AL 34 LF 1 120 -0 -0 0 1
13 Seasons RF 13 1 -10 -9 -1 23
10 Seasons CF -5 -4 -5 3 -8 0
5 Seasons LF 2 21 1 0 1 1
2 Seasons 3B -1 -29 -1 -0 -1 0
13 Seasons TOT 10 1 -14 -5 -9 0 24
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
1974 KCR AL 22 110 64 110 103 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 24 75 106 4 9 8
1975 KCR AL 23 120 83 120 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 36 64 122 3 11 8
1976 KCR AL 24 152 145 152 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 142 154 1 5 2
1977 KCR AL 25 162 151 162 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 142 169 2 6 0
1978 KCR AL 26 132 128 132 129 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 16 119 135 2 3 1
1979 KCR AL 27 136 133 136 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 134 135 1 3 0
1980 DET AL 28 108 106 108 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 107 1 2 0
1980 CAL AL 28 34 30 34 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 22 35 1 4 0
1981 DET AL 29 85 64 85 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 19 84 0 12 0
1982 SEA AL 30 146 143 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 145 1 0 1
1983 SEA AL 31 110 93 110 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 64 70 35 7 4
1984 SEA AL 32 139 127 139 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 130 132 7 9 0
1985 SEA AL 33 122 113 122 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 110 5 9 0
1986 SEA AL 34 28 18 28 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 19 1 8 1
13 Seasons 1584 1398 1584 1476 0 0 0 0 7 0 35 197 1291 1523 64 88 25
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 -- 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%
1974 KCR AL 22 2 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 4 46 17 3 15 4 1 4 1 3 6 3 1 12 9 0 83 34 41.0% 41 8 9.6% 2 1990 61% 84% 26% 215 52%
1975 KCR AL 23 5 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 27 12 0 18 3 1 2 1 0 8 1 1 10 8 0 65 25 38.5% 38 2 3.1% 0 2050 57% 82% 26% 203 55%
1976 KCR AL 24 3 0 3 0 1 12 0 2 3 5 90 34 1 43 7 3 10 4 1 14 3 1 35 23 0 192 71 37.0% 115 6 3.1% 6 5082 58% 84% 28% 631 50%
1977 KCR AL 25 6 0 6 0 1 14 0 7 2 2 90 53 0 56 18 3 19 11 1 19 5 0 26 13 0 210 100 47.6% 106 4 1.9% 10 4866 58% 81% 26% 568 47%
1978 KCR AL 26 3 0 3 0 0 9 0 3 1 3 59 29 1 26 10 0 10 9 0 26 9 2 33 15 2 154 72 46.8% 77 5 3.2% 4 4047 61% 84% 30% 462 53%
1979 KCR AL 27 5 0 4 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 76 38 0 37 8 1 19 10 0 20 0 0 32 19 0 184 75 40.8% 108 1 0.5% 2 5053 63% 84% 29% 556 52%
1980 DET AL 28 3 0 3 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 60 27 3 30 9 1 9 7 1 10 4 1 17 11 0 126 58 46.0% 62 6 4.8% 2 4070 57% 82% 28% 425 48%
1980 CAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 15 7 0 7 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 31 15 48.4% 16 0 0.0% 3 759 49% 84% 29% 87 48%
1981 DET AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 14 7 50.0% 6 1 7.1% 0 463 56% 84% 27% 48 40%
1982 SEA AL 30 4 0 4 0 0 14 0 8 1 2 65 35 3 43 11 2 19 15 0 17 6 0 32 18 0 176 85 48.3% 87 5 2.8% 9 5549 60% 79% 24% 562 52%
1983 SEA AL 31 2 0 2 0 1 6 0 4 2 0 23 12 0 9 3 0 9 5 0 4 1 0 12 9 1 57 30 52.6% 26 1 1.8% 5 2163 60% 80% 24% 236 48%
1984 SEA AL 32 3 0 2 1 1 9 0 3 2 4 6 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 14 0 0 22 14 0 45 17 37.8% 27 1 2.2% 8 4782 60% 78% 24% 235 94%
1985 SEA AL 33 7 0 7 0 3 10 0 4 1 2 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 0 17 7 0 36 13 36.1% 22 1 2.8% 9 4072 58% 80% 24% 211 95%
1986 SEA AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 9 0 8 3 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 5 2 0 34 17 50.0% 17 0 0.0% 1 682 56% 80% 30% 80 36%
13 Seasons 45 0 42 3 7 102 0 33 21 30 585 281 13 299 78 13 109 67 6 156 40 6 258 153 3 1407 619 44.0% 748 41 2.9% 61 45628 59% 81% 27% 4519 54%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 60% 82% 27% 56%

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%
1974 KCR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 5 0 23 14 60.9% 9 0 0.0% 0 727 51% 83% 25% 86 53%
1975 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 4 0 21 9 42.9% 11 1 4.8% 1 1095 58% 81% 26% 111 75%
1976 KCR AL 24 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 5 50.0% 4 1 10.0% 0 370 67% 83% 29% 39 54%
1977 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 0 31 13 41.9% 18 0 0.0% 0 832 65% 84% 27% 93 57%
1978 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 5 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 21 8 38.1% 12 1 4.8% 0 477 62% 86% 30% 77 48%
1979 KCR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 16 75% 100% 31% 5 20%
1980 CAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 304 43% 84% 31% 31 58%
1981 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 38 22 1 20 1 0 6 4 0 8 1 0 16 13 0 88 41 46.6% 46 1 1.1% 1 2076 54% 80% 27% 264 56%
1983 SEA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 135 73% 85% 30% 26 50%
1984 SEA AL 32 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 43 81% 70% 16% 3 100%
10 Seasons 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 2 2 87 51 2 50 8 0 10 5 1 19 3 1 45 30 0 211 97 46.0% 110 4 1.9% 2 6075 58% 82% 27% 735 58%
MLB Averages 44.5% 2.5% 60% 82% 27% 61%

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%
1974 KCR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 66 58% 82% 24% 11 36%
1975 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 245 52% 81% 30% 30 63%
1980 CAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 105 51% 84% 31% 12 50%
1983 SEA AL 31 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 43 56% 84% 26% 6 33%
1986 SEA AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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% 1 36 39% 83% 39% 6 50%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 7 6 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 57.1% 6 0 0.0% 2 495 52% 82% 30% 65 52%
MLB Averages 59.6% 3.0% 60% 82% 27% 52%

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%
1974 KCR AL 22 22 64% 77% 27% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 KCR AL 26 136 57% 82% 22% 17 82% 0 5 4 0 1 10 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 158 58% 81% 23% 19 79% 0 5 4 0 1 11 8 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 60% 82% 28% 90% 71%

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (2, 55%)
0.55 Career Shares (414th)

Gold Gloves
1977 AL (OF)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  142 (2nd)
1977 AL  142 (2nd)
1979 AL  134 (3rd)
1980 AL  129 (5th)
1982 AL  145 (3rd)
1984 AL  130 (5th)
Career  1,291 (38th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  307 (1st)
1977 AL  254 (3rd)
1979 AL  287 (2nd)
1982 AL  277 (5th)
Career  2,388 (37th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  10 (3rd)
1976 AL  12 (2nd)
1977 AL  14 (1st)
1978 AL  9 (5th)
1980 AL  11 (2nd)
1982 AL  14 (1st)
1984 AL  9 (4th)
1985 AL  10 (4th)
Career  102 (40th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 AL  6 (5th)
1979 AL  5 (3rd)
1985 AL  7 (1st)
Career  45 (68th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1976 AL  148 (5th)
1977 AL  159 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1974 AL  13 (5th)
1976 AL  13 (5th)
1977 AL  14 (2nd)
1982 AL  14 (4th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 AL  1.000 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  4 (5th)
1976 AL  12 (1st)
1977 AL  9 (1st)
1978 AL  8 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1976 AL  2.34 (4th)
Career  2.10 (59th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  2.25 (2nd)
1979 AL  2.16 (5th)
Career  1.93 (91st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  .991 (2nd)
1977 AL  .978 (5th)
1978 AL  .988 (2nd)
1980 AL  .988 (1st)
1982 AL  .986 (3rd)
1984 AL  .987 (5th)
Career  .982 (64th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1978 AL  .990 (5th)
1981 AL  .994 (4th)

                           

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