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Solly Drake

Solomon Louis Drake

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 23, 1930 in Little Rock, AR
High School: Dunbar HS (Little Rock, AR)
School: Philander Smith College (Little Rock, AR)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/Dodgers 1956-1959

Final Game: September 27, 1959
Relatives: Brother of Sammy Drake
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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
1956 CHC NL 25 CF 53 52 50 461.1 144 139 4 1 1 .993 2 4 2.79 2.70 .982 2.76 2.73
1956 CHC NL 25 OF 53 52 50 461.1 146 142 3 1 1 .993 2 4 2.83 2.74 .977 2.28 2.25
1959 TOT NL 28 OF 41 11 6 149.1 38 37 0 1 0 .974 -2 -18 2.23 0.90 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 TOT NL 28 CF 12 10 5 90.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -21 2.60 2.17 .980 2.62 2.60
1959 TOT NL 28 RF 12 1 1 28.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1 -34 1.27 0.33 .978 1.94 1.93
1959 LAD NL 28 OF 4 1 1 14.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0 -17 1.29 0.50 .977 2.19 2.20
1959 LAD NL 28 RF 3 1 1 12.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0 -20 1.50 0.67 .977 1.95 1.93
1959 LAD NL 28 CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1959 PHI NL 28 OF 37 10 5 135.1 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -18 2.33 0.95 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 PHI NL 28 LF 22 0 0 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 2.03 0.32 .971 2.03 2.02
1959 PHI NL 28 CF 11 10 5 88.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -22 2.66 2.36 .980 2.62 2.60
1959 PHI NL 28 RF 9 0 0 16.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -44 1.10 0.22 .980 1.93 1.93
2 Seasons OF 94 63 56 610.2 184 179 3 2 1 .989 -1 -1 2.68 1.94 .977 2.26 2.22
2 Seasons CF 65 62 55 551.1 170 165 4 1 1 .994 0 0 2.76 2.60 .982 2.74 2.71
1 Season LF 22 0 0 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 2.03 0.32 .971 2.03 2.02
1 Season RF 12 1 1 28.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1 -34 1.27 0.33 .978 1.94 1.93
2 Seasons TOT 94 63 56 610.2 184 179 3 2 1 .989 -1 -1 2.68 1.94 .977 2.26 2.22
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
1956 CHC NL 25 CF 2 4 1 -2 3 1
1959 LAD NL 28 RF -0 -20 -0 -0 -0 0
1959 LAD NL 28 CF 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 28 LF 0 8 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 28 CF -2 -22 0 1 -0 -2
1959 PHI NL 28 RF -1 -44 -1 -0 -0 0
2 Seasons CF 0 0 1 -2 3 -1
1 Season LF 0 8 0 0 0 0
1 Season RF -1 -34 -1 -0 -1 0
2 Seasons TOT -1 -1 0 -2 2 -1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 CHC NL 25 65 52 65 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 53 0 8 5
1959 PHI NL 28 67 10 67 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 11 9 37 0 21 20
1959 LAD NL 28 9 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 3 4
2 Seasons 141 63 141 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 65 12 94 0 32 29
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 -- 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%
1956 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 19 11 1 10 0 0 2 1 1 12 3 0 16 14 0 59 29 49.2% 28 2 3.4% 1 1850 61% 78% 30% 199 67%
1959 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 3 20.0% 12 0 0.0% 0 365 48% 84% 32% 52 50%
1959 LAD 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 7 57% 86% 14% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 28 13 1 14 0 0 3 1 1 12 3 0 17 15 0 74 32 43.2% 40 2 2.7% 1 2222 59% 79% 30% 251 63%
MLB Averages 43.9% 2.3% 63% 80% 30% 57%

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%
1959 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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% 0 74 54% 84% 31% 4 50%
1959 LAD NL 28 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 56 84% 73% 27% 3 67%
1 Season 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 130 67% 79% 29% 7 57%
MLB Averages 41.5% 3.1% 63% 80% 30% 53%

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%
1959 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 120 53% 83% 38% 9 78%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 120 53% 83% 38% 9 78%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 63% 80% 30% 48%

* 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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