Doug DeCinces
Douglas Vernon DeCinces
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: August 29, 1950 in Burbank, CA
High School: Monroe (Sepulveda, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1973
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 BAL AL 22 3B 8 4 47.0 19 3 14 2 2 .895 0.9 23.0 0.9 0.1 0.8 0 3.26 2.13 .953 3.01 2.68
1973 BAL AL 22 2B 2 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 9.00 1.50 .967 5.40 4.65
1973 BAL AL 22 SS 1 0 3.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.8 320.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 9.00 3.00 .967 5.10 4.40
1974 BAL AL 23 3B 1 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 60.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.00 2.00 .950 3.15 2.80
1975 BAL AL 24 3B 34 25 227.1 95 19 71 5 7 .947 4.4 23.2 4.4 0.7 3.7 0 3.56 2.65 .955 3.16 2.81
1975 BAL AL 24 SS 13 5 46.2 33 13 18 2 3 .939 1.0 25.7 1.0 1.4 -0.4 0 5.98 2.38 .961 4.86 4.09
1975 BAL AL 24 2B 11 11 92.1 66 41 25 0 10 1.000 1.0 13.0 0.0 0.6 -0.6 1 6.43 6.00 .974 5.40 4.73
1975 BAL AL 24 1B 2 1 10.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 18.00 10.00 .990 9.81 8.30
1976 BAL AL 25 3B 109 103 916.1 323 96 208 19 9 .941 -7.1 -9.3 -6.1 1.7 -7.8 -1 2.99 2.79 .954 2.94 2.64
1976 BAL AL 25 2B 17 15 126.2 94 49 44 1 11 .989 -0.1 -0.9 0.9 1.8 -1.0 -1 6.61 5.47 .974 5.40 4.64
1976 BAL AL 25 1B 11 2 39.2 50 45 5 0 1 1.000 0.9 27.2 0.9 0.4 0.4 0 11.34 4.55 .992 9.85 8.88
1976 BAL AL 25 SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 5.10 4.40
1976 BAL AL 25 DH 1
1977 BAL AL 26 3B 148 146 1294.0 474 124 330 20 34 .958 7.8 7.2 5.8 -5.6 11.4 2 3.16 3.07 .957 2.97 2.72
1977 BAL AL 26 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
1977 BAL AL 26 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1977 BAL AL 26 DH 1
1978 BAL AL 27 3B 130 128 1102.2 401 111 280 10 27 .975 13.3 14.5 12.3 6.2 6.1 1 3.19 3.01 .953 3.00 2.59
1978 BAL AL 27 2B 12 12 82.0 59 27 28 4 11 .932 -2.3 -33.7 -2.3 -2.3 0.0 0 6.04 4.58 .981 5.47 4.74
1979 BAL AL 28 3B 120 119 1036.2 359 99 247 13 21 .964 9.1 10.5 8.1 2.5 5.6 1 3.00 2.88 .952 3.07 2.66
1980 BAL AL 29 3B 142 138 1189.0 479 120 340 19 41 .960 17.7 17.9 15.7 7.8 7.9 2 3.48 3.24 .951 3.01 2.59
1980 BAL AL 29 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.40
1981 BAL AL 30 3B 100 97 858.1 294 86 191 17 31 .942 0.1 0.1 -1.9 -3.8 1.9 2 2.90 2.77 .950 2.95 2.52
1981 BAL AL 30 1B 1 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 4.00 1.000 10.12 8.60
1981 BAL AL 30 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
1981 BAL AL 30 OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
1982 CAL AL 31 3B 153 152 1342.0 532 112 399 21 41 .961 13.9 12.4 11.9 7.9 4.0 2 3.43 3.34 .954 3.07 2.62 MVP-3,SS
1982 CAL AL 31 SS 2 1 11.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -1.3 -141.8 -1.3 0.0 -1.3 0 1.64 1.00 .967 4.91 4.15 MVP-3,SS
1983 CAL AL 32 3B 84 84 742.1 309 79 216 14 26 .955 -1.4 -2.3 -2.4 0.4 -2.8 1 3.58 3.51 .955 3.07 2.57 AS
1983 CAL AL 32 DH 10 AS
1984 CAL AL 33 3B 140 139 1201.1 387 107 266 14 22 .964 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 1.5 -2.2 0 2.79 2.66 .949 2.75 2.19
1984 CAL AL 33 DH 5
1985 CAL AL 34 3B 111 111 959.0 310 95 202 13 27 .958 2.8 3.5 0.8 -2.6 3.4 2 2.79 2.68 .953 2.85 2.38
1985 CAL AL 34 DH 3
1986 CAL AL 35 3B 132 128 1123.1 347 119 216 12 19 .965 -1.4 -1.5 -0.4 -1.6 1.1 -1 2.68 2.54 .947 2.74 2.37 MVP-11
1986 CAL AL 35 DH 3 MVP-11
1986 CAL AL 35 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.90 MVP-11
1987 TOT MLB 36 3B 131 119 1076.0 338 86 233 19 24 .944 -3.9 -4.3 -4.9 -5.6 0.7 1 2.67 2.44 .952 2.77 2.31
1987 CAL AL 36 3B 128 118 1058.0 326 83 226 17 24 .948 -3.3 -3.7 -4.3 -5.6 1.3 1 2.63 2.41 .952 2.77 2.31
1987 CAL AL 36 1B 4 3 26.2 23 22 1 0 3 1.000 -0.4 -18.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 7.76 5.75 .991 9.58 8.50
1987 CAL AL 36 DH 1
1987 CAL AL 36 SS 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.86 4.00
1987 STL NL 36 3B 3 1 18.0 12 3 7 2 0 .833 -0.6 -40.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 5.00 3.33 .958 2.80 2.33
15 Seasons 3B 1543 1493 13121.1 4669 1256 3215 198 331 .958 55.8 5.1 43.8 9.9 33.8 12 3.07 2.90 .952 2.94 2.52
5 Seasons 2B 43 38 305.0 223 118 100 5 32 .978 -0.8 -3.1 -0.8 0.6 -1.5 0 6.43 5.07 .976 5.42 4.70
7 Seasons DH 24
6 Seasons 1B 20 6 84.1 100 93 7 0 4 1.000 0.6 8.5 0.6 0.0 0.5 0 10.67 5.00 .992 9.78 8.70
6 Seasons SS 20 6 66.1 40 15 22 3 3 .925 0.2 3.6 0.2 1.1 -0.9 0 5.02 1.85 .962 4.88 4.13
1 Season LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
1 Season OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
15 Seasons TOT 1627 1543 13579.0 5033 1483 3344 206 370 .959 56.0 4.9 44.0 11.6 32.1 0 12 3.20 2.97 .913 3.04 2.67
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1973 BAL AL 22 10 4 10 10 0 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 BAL AL 23 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 BAL AL 24 61 42 61 55 0 0 2 11 34 13 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1976 BAL AL 25 129 121 129 127 0 0 10 17 109 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
1977 BAL AL 26 150 147 150 148 0 0 1 1 148 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
1978 BAL AL 27 142 140 142 141 0 0 0 12 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1979 BAL AL 28 120 119 120 120 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BAL AL 29 145 138 145 142 0 0 1 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1981 BAL AL 30 100 97 100 100 0 0 1 0 100 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
1982 CAL AL 31 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 32 95 94 95 85 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
1984 CAL AL 33 146 144 146 140 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
1985 CAL AL 34 120 114 120 111 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
1986 CAL AL 35 140 131 140 132 0 0 0 0 132 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
1987 CAL AL 36 133 121 133 130 0 0 4 0 128 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1987 STL NL 36 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Seasons 1649 1566 1649 1598 0 0 19 43 1544 20 1 0 0 1 23 43 7
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 -- 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%
1973 BAL AL 22 190 76% 78% 26% 19 89% 0 3 3 0 0 14 8 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0%
1974 BAL AL 23 25 64% 80% 40% 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
1975 BAL AL 24 945 61% 81% 28% 92 93% 1 19 16 2 1 71 46 20 2 1 5 0 5 0 5 7 5 1 6 1 1 0 6 100%
1976 BAL AL 25 3966 63% 81% 27% 310 91% 4 90 71 7 12 207 171 33 1 4 19 0 19 0 18 9 5 0 8 1 0 1 14 93%
1977 BAL AL 26 5586 63% 80% 27% 454 93% 6 120 89 15 16 331 253 67 4 2 20 1 18 1 16 34 25 4 30 3 1 2 11 100%
1978 BAL AL 27 4713 56% 80% 29% 385 93% 5 108 84 10 15 280 220 47 3 6 10 1 8 1 8 27 18 3 22 2 2 0 11 91%
1979 BAL AL 28 4418 61% 79% 26% 367 87% 1 98 73 15 10 248 208 37 1 1 14 0 13 1 12 21 13 1 19 2 2 0 12 83%
1980 BAL AL 29 5156 61% 79% 25% 471 91% 6 119 92 12 15 342 250 78 5 3 19 0 16 3 17 42 31 2 34 5 4 1 15 87%
1981 BAL AL 30 3774 58% 79% 26% 292 90% 2 86 70 5 11 193 138 48 2 2 16 0 14 2 13 30 26 1 28 2 1 1 6 100%
1982 CAL AL 31 5821 58% 80% 30% 532 89% 5 115 84 6 25 396 313 69 5 8 21 0 20 1 19 40 28 1 31 7 4 2 14 71%
1983 CAL AL 32 3304 62% 81% 30% 314 87% 3 82 53 11 18 219 168 41 3 12 14 1 13 0 12 26 18 3 23 3 1 1 5 60%
1984 CAL AL 33 5263 54% 80% 27% 350 97% 8 107 74 6 27 261 199 54 5 6 14 0 13 1 9 24 20 1 22 0 0 0 6 83%
1985 CAL AL 34 4142 50% 80% 28% 285 96% 2 92 75 3 14 207 147 50 2 8 13 0 11 2 10 28 21 1 24 3 1 2 6 83%
1986 CAL AL 35 4820 49% 76% 27% 332 92% 5 119 94 6 20 216 170 33 3 7 12 0 10 2 10 19 12 1 15 4 2 2 20 85%
1987 CAL AL 36 4641 54% 77% 27% 308 90% 4 85 60 12 13 225 177 37 3 3 17 0 15 2 15 23 17 3 21 0 0 0 15 87%
1987 STL NL 36 87 55% 83% 39% 10 80% 0 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 56851 58% 79% 27% 4523 91% 52 1246 940 110 198 3219 2475 620 40 64 198 3 177 18 167 332 241 22 285 33 19 12 142 86%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 90% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1973 BAL AL 22 16 81% 56% 13% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BAL AL 24 396 69% 81% 29% 29 100% 0 41 13 17 11 25 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 3 1 0 10 1 9 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 25 582 62% 80% 25% 48 96% 0 50 14 25 11 44 38 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 6 3 1 0 10 1 9 1 1 0
1977 BAL AL 26 3 67% 67% 33% 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
1978 BAL AL 27 389 60% 75% 29% 35 80% 0 27 6 16 5 28 23 5 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 11 2 3 4 0 10 4 6 1 0 1
5 Seasons 1386 64% 79% 27% 115 92% 0 119 33 58 28 100 85 12 0 0 5 0 4 1 3 32 14 9 6 0 30 6 24 2 1 1
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1973 BAL AL 22 9 67% 100% 44% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BAL AL 24 186 53% 79% 31% 24 92% 0 13 5 7 1 19 18 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 25 15 67% 67% 13% 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 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 31 54 50% 80% 13% 3 67% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 35 3 67% 100% 33% 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
1987 CAL AL 36 6 33% 83% 33% 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
6 Seasons 273 53% 79% 27% 31 90% 0 15 7 7 1 23 21 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1975 BAL AL 24 37 59% 92% 51% 4 100% 0 19 0 19 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 25 179 66% 84% 28% 12 92% 0 45 2 43 0 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1977 BAL AL 26 6 83% 83% 17% 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 0
1980 BAL AL 29 13 77% 85% 15% 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BAL AL 30 16 69% 63% 38% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL AL 36 122 62% 78% 19% 5 100% 0 22 3 19 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 373 65% 82% 27% 21 95% 0 93 5 87 1 10 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 100%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 89%

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%
1981 BAL 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 9 78% 78% 22% 2 50%
1 Season 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 78% 78% 22% 2 50%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 58% 78% 27% 51%

* 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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