Cecil Espy
Cecil Edward Espy
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 20, 1963 in San Diego, CA
High School: Point Loma (San Diego, CA)
Drafted
by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1983
Final Game: June 13, 1993
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1983 LAD NL 20 CF 15 1 31.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 23.2 0.6 0.8 -0.2 0 3.48 0.80 .983 2.79 2.38
1983 LAD NL 20 OF 15 1 31.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 23.2 0.6 0.8 -0.2 0 3.19 0.73 .982 2.26 1.92
1987 TEX AL 24 OF 8 2 30.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0.9 36.0 0.9 0.0 1.0 0 2.70 1.13 .978 2.31 2.00
1987 TEX AL 24 LF 5 1 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0 2.12 0.80 .975 2.12 1.72
1987 TEX AL 24 RF 3 1 13.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0.8 73.8 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 3.46 1.67 .980 2.15 1.73
1988 TEX AL 25 OF 98 79 728.0 212 196 10 6 0 .972 3.8 6.3 4.8 -0.5 5.3 -1 2.55 2.10 .979 2.47 2.14 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 LF 52 43 378.2 110 101 7 2 0 .982 3.3 10.5 3.3 -0.7 4.0 0 2.57 2.08 .977 2.26 1.85 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 CF 46 31 301.1 92 88 1 3 0 .967 2.1 8.4 3.1 1.8 1.3 -1 2.66 1.93 .985 2.91 2.52 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 DH 12 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 RF 8 5 48.0 10 7 2 1 0 .900 -1.6 -40.0 -1.6 -1.6 0.0 0 1.69 1.13 .980 2.23 1.89 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 SS 3 0 5.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 -0.5 -120.0 -0.5 -0.6 0.2 0 5.40 1.00 .975 4.68 4.13 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 C 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.30 1 0 0 0 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.40 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 2B 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.72 4.40 RoY-8
1989 TEX AL 26 OF 133 109 1004.1 289 281 5 3 2 .990 6.6 7.9 6.6 3.2 3.4 0 2.56 2.15 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 TEX AL 26 CF 131 108 986.1 284 276 5 3 2 .989 6.6 8.0 6.6 3.2 3.4 0 2.56 2.15 .984 2.78 2.46
1989 TEX AL 26 DH 3
1989 TEX AL 26 LF 3 1 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 0.67 1.000 2.19 1.83
1989 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1990 TEX AL 27 OF 39 16 173.0 57 56 1 0 0 1.000 2.6 18.0 2.6 1.0 1.6 0 2.97 1.46 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 TEX AL 27 CF 28 14 133.0 49 48 1 0 0 1.000 4.5 40.6 3.5 0.8 2.7 1 3.32 1.75 .986 2.74 2.42
1990 TEX AL 27 RF 9 2 32.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -45.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 -1 1.97 0.78 .971 2.22 1.81
1990 TEX AL 27 DH 4
1990 TEX AL 27 LF 4 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.14 1.75
1990 TEX AL 27 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
1991 PIT NL 28 OF 35 17 192.0 59 54 3 2 2 .966 -1.0 -6.2 -2.0 0.3 -2.3 1 2.67 1.63 .983 2.28 1.88
1991 PIT NL 28 CF 25 11 130.1 42 41 0 1 0 .976 0.6 5.5 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 2.83 1.64 .986 2.59 2.12
1991 PIT NL 28 RF 11 6 56.2 16 12 3 1 2 .938 -1.6 -33.9 -2.6 0.0 -2.6 1 2.38 1.36 .981 2.06 1.65
1991 PIT NL 28 LF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.65
1992 PIT NL 29 OF 82 25 355.2 88 83 1 4 0 .955 -5.8 -19.6 -3.8 0.1 -3.9 -2 2.13 1.02 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 PIT NL 29 RF 56 12 210.2 48 45 1 2 0 .958 -2.0 -11.4 -1.0 1.3 -2.3 -1 1.97 0.82 .979 2.08 1.66
1992 PIT NL 29 CF 18 6 81.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 5.9 1.4 2.3 -0.9 -1 2.78 1.39 .988 2.80 2.44
1992 PIT NL 29 LF 11 7 64.0 15 13 0 2 0 .867 -4.2 -78.7 -4.2 -3.5 -0.7 0 1.83 1.18 .980 2.17 1.65
1993 CIN NL 30 LF 18 11 109.0 28 24 2 2 0 .929 1.0 11.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 1 2.15 1.44 .975 2.11 1.69
1993 CIN NL 30 OF 18 11 110.0 29 25 2 2 0 .931 1.0 10.9 0.0 -0.2 0.2 1 2.21 1.50 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 CIN NL 30 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
8 Seasons OF 428 260 2624.0 754 714 23 17 5 .977 8.7 4.0 9.7 4.7 5.1 -1 2.53 1.72 .980 2.40 2.05
6 Seasons CF 263 171 1663.0 504 490 7 7 2 .986 14.8 10.7 15.8 9.2 6.6 -1 2.69 1.89 .985 2.79 2.43
7 Seasons LF 95 63 595.2 162 147 9 6 0 .963 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 -4.4 3.0 1 2.36 1.64 .978 2.21 1.78
7 Seasons RF 89 26 365.1 86 75 7 4 3 .953 -5.6 -18.4 -4.6 -0.1 -4.5 -1 2.02 0.92 .979 2.11 1.70
3 Seasons DH 19
1 Season SS 3 0 5.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 -0.5 -120.0 -0.5 -0.6 0.2 0 5.40 1.00 .975 4.68 4.13
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.01 4.45
1 Season C 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.30 1 0 0 0
1 Season 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.40
8 Seasons TOT 436 260 2635.1 760 718 24 18 5 .976 8.2 3.7 9.2 4.1 5.3 -1 0 0 2.53 1.70 .957 2.42 2.11 1 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1983 LAD NL 20 20 1 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 2 5
1987 TEX AL 24 14 2 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 8 0 1 7
1988 TEX AL 25 123 82 123 101 0 2 1 1 0 3 52 46 8 98 3 14 16
1989 TEX AL 26 142 111 142 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 131 1 133 2 15 6
1990 TEX AL 27 52 16 52 39 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 28 9 39 0 8 10
1991 PIT NL 28 43 17 43 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 11 35 0 8 4
1992 PIT NL 29 112 25 112 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 18 56 82 0 58 1
1993 CIN NL 30 40 11 40 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1 18 0 25 0
8 Seasons 546 265 546 431 0 2 1 2 0 3 95 263 89 428 5 131 49
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%
1983 LAD NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 133 55% 82% 29% 17 71%
1988 TEX AL 25 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 8 0 0 4 3 0 6 1 0 4 2 0 27 8 29.6% 19 0 0.0% 1 1331 56% 76% 36% 145 61%
1989 TEX AL 26 3 0 2 1 2 5 0 3 1 0 46 33 0 46 7 0 14 8 0 20 1 0 23 17 1 149 66 44.3% 82 1 0.7% 4 4445 56% 71% 35% 528 53%
1990 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 7 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 26.7% 11 0 0.0% 1 617 65% 74% 38% 78 63%
1991 PIT NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 574 62% 79% 39% 56 73%
1992 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 353 56% 76% 32% 41 61%
6 Seasons 7 0 5 2 2 7 0 3 3 0 62 42 0 64 7 0 22 12 0 30 2 0 31 23 1 209 86 41.1% 122 1 0.5% 6 7453 57% 73% 35% 865 57%
MLB Averages 41.8% 1.9% 56% 77% 34% 63%

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%
1987 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 71 48% 76% 23% 5 80%
1988 TEX AL 25 2 0 1 1 1 7 0 5 0 2 16 13 0 20 5 2 6 2 0 5 0 0 8 7 0 55 27 49.1% 26 2 3.6% 5 1737 50% 75% 38% 187 58%
1989 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 64 52% 75% 36% 5 40%
1990 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 38 61% 87% 53% 8 25%
1991 PIT 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 16 44% 69% 31% 1 100%
1992 PIT NL 29 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 295 53% 79% 37% 28 46%
1993 CIN NL 30 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 2 479 59% 79% 39% 51 51%
7 Seasons 6 0 5 1 3 9 0 6 1 2 24 20 0 29 10 2 10 5 0 8 0 0 12 11 0 83 46 55.4% 35 2 2.4% 7 2700 52% 76% 38% 285 55%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.6% 56% 77% 34% 55%

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%
1987 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 52 60% 71% 23% 5 80%
1988 TEX AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 2 224 58% 70% 35% 25 36%
1989 TEX AL 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 19 79% 79% 37% 1 0%
1990 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 142 59% 72% 37% 11 64%
1991 PIT NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 3 37.5% 3 2 25.0% 1 233 62% 79% 37% 23 61%
1992 PIT NL 29 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 10 1 10.0% 9 0 0.0% 1 881 54% 77% 39% 59 78%
1993 CIN NL 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 5 60% 80% 20% 0
7 Seasons 4 0 3 1 0 7 0 5 0 2 13 5 1 4 0 0 3 2 0 6 0 2 6 1 0 32 8 25.0% 21 3 9.4% 4 1556 57% 76% 37% 124 65%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.8% 56% 77% 34% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1988 TEX AL 25 21 62% 86% 38% 2 50% 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 21 62% 86% 38% 2 50% 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1988 TEX AL 25 8 50% 75% 13% 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
1990 TEX AL 27 4 75% 75% 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
2 Seasons 12 58% 75% 17% 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
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1988 TEX AL 25 9 0.00 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 9 0.00 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.90 4.35 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1988 TEX AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.27

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%
1988 TEX AL 25 6 50% 100% 33% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 6 50% 100% 33% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 88%

* 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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