Jim Delsing
James Henry Delsing
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 13, 1925 in Rudolph, WI
High School: Rudolph (Rudoph, WI) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1948
Final Game: September 30, 1960
Died: May 4, 2006 in Chesterfield, MO
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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1948 CHW AL 22 OF 15 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.47 .976 2.36 0-15-0
1949 NYY AL 23 OF 5 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 .983 2.28 0-5-0
1950 SLB AL 24 OF 53 155 150 4 1 3 .994 2.91 .979 2.34 0-53-0
1951 SLB AL 25 OF 124 361 340 15 6 5 .983 2.86 .977 2.23 4-118-4
1952 TOT AL 26 OF 117 284 273 5 6 2 .979 2.38 .980 2.18 66-44-10
1952 SLB AL 26 OF 85 213 206 4 3 2 .986 2.47 .980 2.18 34-44-10
1952 DET AL 26 OF 32 71 67 1 3 0 .958 2.13 .980 2.18 32-0-0
1953 DET AL 27 OF 133 364 354 7 3 2 .992 2.71 .981 2.18 0-133-0
1954 DET AL 28 OF 108 97 845.0 227 221 5 1 0 .996 2.3 3.3 3.3 1.4 1.8 -1 2.41 2.09 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 DET AL 28 LF 90 79 701.0 190 184 5 1 0 .995 4.5 7.7 3.5 2.3 1.2 1 2.43 2.10 .977 2.26 1.93
1954 DET AL 28 RF 16 14 109.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -20.9 0.1 -0.6 0.6 -2 2.15 1.63 .973 2.05 1.82
1954 DET AL 28 CF 5 4 35.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -10.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 3.09 2.40 .983 2.85 2.64
1955 DET AL 29 LF 101 91 805.2 182 178 3 1 1 .995 -9.0 -13.4 -9.0 -3.1 -5.9 0 2.02 1.79 .980 2.26 1.78
1955 DET AL 29 OF 101 91 805.2 182 178 3 1 1 .995 -9.0 -13.4 -9.0 -3.1 -5.9 0 2.02 1.79 .982 2.40 2.08
1956 TOT AL 30 OF 32 5 103.2 26 24 1 1 0 .962 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.17 0.78 .977 2.34 2.04
1956 TOT AL 30 LF 16 4 53.2 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0.8 -17.9 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 0 1.68 0.63 .973 2.10 1.69
1956 DET AL 30 LF 3 2 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -37.9 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 1.42 1.00 .967 2.08 1.70
1956 DET AL 30 OF 3 2 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -37.9 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 1.42 1.00 .967 2.32 2.03
1956 CHW AL 30 OF 29 3 84.2 23 21 1 1 0 .957 0.6 8.5 0.6 0.2 0.4 0 2.34 0.76 .978 2.34 2.04
1956 CHW AL 30 LF 13 2 34.2 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.2 -6.9 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 1.82 0.54 .975 2.10 1.69
1956 CHW AL 30 RF 10 1 33.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 25.5 0.7 0.8 -0.1 0 2.45 0.90 .978 2.10 1.80
1956 CHW AL 30 CF 7 0 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 -0.5 0.6 0 2.12 0.57 .975 2.81 2.50
1960 KCA AL 34 OF 10 10 82.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 11.7 0.8 -0.1 0.8 0 2.63 2.40 .983 2.25 1.95
1960 KCA AL 34 LF 9 9 75.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 17.6 1.1 -0.1 1.1 0 2.88 2.67 .983 2.14 1.67
1960 KCA AL 34 RF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.70
10 Seasons OF 698 203 1836.1 1666 1606 41 19 13 .989 -5.9 -3.9 -4.9 -1.8 -3.3 -1 8.07 2.36 .979 2.39 2.18 286-380-41
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 216 183 1635.1 407 396 8 3 1 .993 -4.2 -3.1 -5.2 -1.2 -4.1 1 2.22 1.87 .978 2.25 1.83
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 27 16 149.0 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -12.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 -2 2.11 1.30 .974 2.05 1.81
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 12 4 52.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -4.6 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 0 2.77 1.33 .981 2.84 2.56
10 Seasons TOT 698 203 1836.1 1666 1606 41 19 13 .989 -5.9 -3.9 -4.9 -1.8 -3.3 -1 8.07 2.36 .968 2.39 2.18 286-380-41
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1948 CHW AL 22 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15
1949 NYY AL 23 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
1950 SLB AL 24 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 53
1950 NYY AL 24 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 SLB AL 25 131 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 118 4 124
1952 SLB AL 26 93 93 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 44 10 85
1952 DET AL 26 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 32
1953 DET AL 27 138 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 133
1954 DET AL 28 122 97 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 5 16 108 18 1
1955 DET AL 29 114 91 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 3 0 101 19 0
1956 CHW AL 30 55 3 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 10 29 23 14
1956 DET AL 30 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 0
1960 KCA AL 34 16 10 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 10 6 0
10 Seasons 822 203 822 822 0 0 0 0 0 0 283 383 41 698 73 15
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 -- 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%
1954 DET AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 2 28 22 0 26 4 1 16 10 1 3 1 0 10 9 0 83 46 55.4% 35 2 2.4% 3 3025 64% 81% 30% 393 48%
1955 DET AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 35 31 0 35 10 0 18 7 0 13 6 1 9 9 0 110 63 57.3% 46 1 0.9% 2 3572 62% 80% 28% 423 43%
1956 CHW AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 2 2 40.0% -2 162 71% 79% 25% 19 47%
1956 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 82 68% 87% 27% 13 23%
1960 KCA AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 336 66% 83% 29% 40 60%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 8 0 4 1 3 67 56 0 67 15 1 39 18 3 18 7 1 21 20 0 212 116 54.7% 91 5 2.4% 3 7177 63% 81% 29% 888 46%
MLB Averages 56.4% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

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%
1954 DET AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 5 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 18 5 27.8% 13 0 0.0% 0 498 67% 81% 28% 57 46%
1956 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 140 64% 78% 26% 16 56%
1960 KCA AL 34 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 32 66% 75% 31% 1 0%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 5 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 19 5 26.3% 14 0 0.0% 0 670 66% 80% 28% 74 47%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

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%
1954 DET AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 165 56% 82% 27% 25 48%
1956 CHW 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 66 74% 85% 47% 6 67%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 231 61% 83% 33% 31 52%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 57%

* 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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