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Don Dillard

David Donald Dillard

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 8, 1937 in Greenville, SC
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1959
Teams (by GP): Indians/Braves 1959-1965

Final Game: September 27, 1965
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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
1960 CLE AL 23 OF 1 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -48 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.20
1960 CLE AL 23 RF 1 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -48 0.00 0.00 1.98 2.00
1961 CLE AL 24 OF 39 24 21 257.0 68 68 0 0 0 1.000 1 3 2.38 1.74 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 CLE AL 24 CF 24 16 13 157.0 44 44 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -5 2.52 1.83 .982 2.60 2.56
1961 CLE AL 24 LF 14 7 7 91.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 2.08 1.50 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 CLE AL 24 RF 1 1 1 9.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2 200 6.00 6.00 .977 2.10 2.00
1962 CLE AL 25 OF 50 29 23 292.1 57 54 1 2 0 .965 -0 -1 1.69 1.10 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 CLE AL 25 LF 29 12 11 143.2 24 22 0 2 0 .917 -1 -6 1.38 0.76 .976 2.01 2.00
1962 CLE AL 25 CF 20 17 12 138.2 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 2.08 1.60 .986 2.58 2.57
1962 CLE AL 25 RF 4 0 0 10.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 96 4.50 1.25 .980 1.98 2.00
1963 MLN NL 26 OF 30 21 14 200.0 41 34 5 2 0 .951 2 11 1.76 1.30 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 MLN NL 26 LF 24 18 11 162.0 32 25 5 2 0 .938 1 10 1.67 1.25 .971 1.80 1.79
1963 MLN NL 26 CF 5 3 3 36.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 2.75 2.20 .982 2.38 2.36
1963 MLN NL 26 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1965 MLN NL 28 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1965 MLN NL 28 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
5 Seasons OF 121 75 58 755.1 166 156 6 4 0 .976 2 3 1.93 1.34 .978 2.16 2.15
4 Seasons LF 68 37 29 397.2 77 68 5 4 0 .948 1 2 1.65 1.07 .972 1.92 1.92
3 Seasons CF 49 36 28 331.2 87 86 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.36 1.78 .983 2.57 2.54
4 Seasons RF 7 2 1 26.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2 92 3.81 1.57 .978 2.01 1.97
6 Seasons TOT 121 75 58 755.1 166 156 6 4 0 .976 2 3 1.93 1.34 .978 2.16 2.15
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
1960 CLE AL 23 RF -0 -48 -0 0 -0
1961 CLE AL 24 CF -1 -5 -1 2 -3 0
1961 CLE AL 24 LF -0 -1 -0 -1 1 0
1961 CLE AL 24 RF 2 200 2 2 0 0
1962 CLE AL 25 LF -1 -6 -2 -1 -0 1
1962 CLE AL 25 CF -0 -3 -1 -0 -1 1
1962 CLE AL 25 RF 1 96 1 0 1 0
1963 MLN NL 26 LF 1 10 -1 0 -1 2
1963 MLN NL 26 CF 0 17 0 0 0 0
1963 MLN NL 26 RF -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
1965 MLN NL 28 LF 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons LF 1 2 -2 -2 -0 3
3 Seasons CF -0 -2 -1 2 -4 1
4 Seasons RF 2 92 2 2 0 0
6 Seasons TOT 2 3 -2 2 -4 4

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 CLE AL 22 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1960 CLE AL 23 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
1961 CLE AL 24 74 24 74 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 1 39 0 40 3
1962 CLE AL 25 95 29 95 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 20 4 51 0 52 2
1963 MLN NL 26 67 21 67 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 1 30 0 38 1
1965 MLN NL 28 20 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 19 0
6 Seasons 272 75 272 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 49 7 122 0 164 6
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 -- 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%
1961 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 392 60% 80% 28% 37 57%
1962 CLE AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 6 75.0% 1 1 12.5% -1 624 58% 80% 29% 38 61%
1963 MLN NL 26 2 0 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 2 9 8 0 5 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 21 13 61.9% 6 2 9.5% 3 694 73% 79% 29% 59 51%
1965 MLN NL 28 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% 0
4 Seasons 4 0 3 1 0 5 0 2 1 2 16 15 0 8 2 1 6 2 2 3 1 0 5 5 0 38 25 65.8% 10 3 7.9% 2 1713 65% 79% 29% 134 55%
MLB Averages 58.5% 2.5% 63% 79% 28% 48%

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%
1961 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 28 12 42.9% 16 0 0.0% 0 687 61% 82% 30% 83 53%
1962 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 13 7 53.8% 5 1 7.7% 0 563 59% 79% 28% 51 63%
1963 MLN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 165 60% 72% 21% 16 69%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 11 1 14 3 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 11 7 0 49 22 44.9% 26 1 2.0% 0 1415 60% 80% 28% 150 58%
MLB Averages 41.6% 2.2% 63% 79% 28% 56%

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%
1960 CLE AL 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 23 74% 78% 13% 0
1961 CLE AL 24 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 34 56% 82% 35% 6 100%
1962 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 45 67% 80% 38% 6 83%
1963 MLN 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 8 38% 88% 38% 1 0%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 110 63% 81% 32% 13 85%
MLB Averages 40.4% 3.0% 63% 79% 28% 54%

* 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.

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