Boots Day
Charles Frederick Day
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 31, 1947 in Ilion, NY
High School: Central (Ilion, NY)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1969
Final Game: September 24, 1974
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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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 STL NL 21 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1969 STL NL 21 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1970 TOT NL 22 OF 42 26 259.2 85 81 2 2 0 .976 5.9 27.3 4.9 2.1 2.8 1 2.88 1.98 .975 2.07 1.78
1970 TOT NL 22 CF 36 26 253.1 86 82 2 2 0 .977 6.3 29.8 5.3 2.4 2.9 1 2.98 2.33 .978 2.34 2.07
1970 CHC NL 22 OF 7 2 21.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -1.1 -62.9 -1.1 -0.5 -0.6 0 3.00 1.00 .975 2.06 1.79
1970 CHC NL 22 CF 6 2 21.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 -1.1 -62.9 -1.1 -0.5 -0.6 0 2.57 1.00 .986 2.36 2.07
1970 MON NL 22 OF 35 24 238.2 77 75 1 1 0 .987 7.0 35.2 6.0 2.6 3.4 1 2.87 2.17 .975 2.07 1.78
1970 MON NL 22 CF 30 24 232.1 79 77 1 1 0 .987 7.4 38.2 6.4 2.9 3.5 1 3.02 2.60 .977 2.34 2.07
1970 MON NL 22 LF 5 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -75.8 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.71 1.38
1971 MON NL 23 OF 120 92 859.0 277 262 10 5 1 .982 9.8 13.7 8.8 7.6 1.3 1 2.85 2.27 .979 2.19 1.92
1971 MON NL 23 CF 119 92 857.0 286 272 9 5 1 .983 9.9 13.9 8.9 7.7 1.3 1 2.95 2.36 .982 2.64 2.30
1971 MON NL 23 LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.55
1972 MON NL 24 OF 117 101 909.1 237 225 7 5 3 .979 -2.0 -2.6 0.0 1.5 -1.5 -2 2.30 1.98 .978 2.18 1.96
1972 MON NL 24 CF 99 88 785.1 208 198 6 4 3 .981 -2.2 -3.4 -1.2 0.7 -1.9 -1 2.34 2.06 .980 2.60 2.35
1972 MON NL 24 RF 19 13 124.0 32 30 1 1 0 .969 0.2 1.9 1.2 0.8 0.4 -1 2.25 1.63 .978 2.03 1.74
1973 MON NL 25 OF 51 41 360.0 88 86 2 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -6.7 -1.0 0.5 -1.7 -1 2.20 1.73 .976 2.23 1.96
1973 MON NL 25 CF 48 40 328.1 79 79 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -5.1 -0.4 0.9 -1.4 -1 2.17 1.65 .980 2.63 2.27
1973 MON NL 25 LF 12 0 19.2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.3 0 2.75 0.50 .983 2.06 1.67
1973 MON NL 25 RF 2 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -60.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0.00 0.00 2.03 1.75
1974 MON NL 26 OF 16 10 86.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 16.7 1.2 1.2 0.0 0 1.88 1.13 .978 2.27 1.96
1974 MON NL 26 LF 14 10 81.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 14.8 1.0 1.2 -0.2 0 1.89 1.21 .976 1.99 1.55
1974 MON NL 26 RF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 1.98 1.65
6 Seasons OF 347 270 2476.0 705 672 21 12 4 .983 12.8 6.2 13.8 12.8 0.9 -1 2.52 2.00 .978 2.18 1.92
5 Seasons CF 303 246 2226.0 659 631 17 11 4 .983 12.5 6.7 12.5 11.6 0.9 0 2.62 2.14 .980 2.59 2.28
4 Seasons LF 33 10 109.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 5.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 0 1.90 0.70 .978 1.98 1.57
3 Seasons RF 23 14 141.0 33 31 1 1 0 .970 -0.2 -1.7 0.8 0.8 -0.0 -1 2.04 1.39 .979 2.03 1.73
6 Seasons TOT 347 270 2476.0 705 672 21 12 4 .983 12.8 6.2 13.8 12.8 0.9 -1 2.52 2.00 .961 2.18 1.92
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1969 STL NL 21 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 5
1970 MON NL 22 41 24 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30 0 35 12 1
1970 CHC NL 22 11 2 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 2 6
1971 MON NL 23 127 92 127 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 119 0 120 18 2
1972 MON NL 24 128 101 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 19 117 21 2
1973 MON NL 25 101 41 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 48 2 51 57 0
1974 MON NL 26 52 10 52 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 16 0 35 1
6 Seasons 471 270 471 435 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 303 23 347 0 151 17
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 -- CF*

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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%
1969 STL NL 21 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 11 73% 36% 9% 0
1970 MON NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 5 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 0 5 5 0 26 12 46.2% 13 1 3.8% 0 1009 55% 75% 26% 115 68%
1970 CHC NL 22 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 90 54% 81% 22% 16 38%
1971 MON NL 23 4 0 4 0 0 9 0 4 3 1 41 22 1 24 5 1 4 0 1 15 4 1 21 17 0 105 48 45.7% 53 4 3.8% 5 3786 54% 77% 25% 433 64%
1972 MON NL 24 4 0 4 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 28 17 0 33 3 1 7 3 0 7 1 0 20 13 2 95 37 38.9% 55 3 3.2% 3 3388 57% 76% 24% 378 53%
1973 MON NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 2 0 4 4 0 22 9 40.9% 13 0 0.0% 0 1345 58% 75% 24% 106 69%
5 Seasons 10 0 10 0 1 17 0 8 4 1 81 47 2 68 8 2 16 3 1 34 9 1 51 40 2 250 107 42.8% 135 8 3.2% 9 9629 56% 76% 24% 1048 61%
MLB Averages 43.0% 2.1% 61% 77% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1970 MON NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 29 48% 72% 21% 1 0%
1971 MON NL 23 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 9 33% 67% 11% 1 0%
1973 MON NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 93 55% 83% 25% 9 67%
1974 MON NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 342 57% 77% 26% 23 74%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 62.5% 2 1 12.5% 0 473 55% 78% 25% 34 68%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 61% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1972 MON NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27.3% 7 1 9.1% 0 520 58% 76% 24% 42 64%
1973 MON NL 25 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 52 54% 77% 17% 0
1974 MON NL 26 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 17 47% 59% 18% 1 100%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27.3% 7 1 9.1% 0 589 57% 76% 23% 43 65%
MLB Averages 42.8% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 53%

* 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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