Bibb Falk

Bibb August Falk (Jockey)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 27, 1899 in Austin, TX
High School: S. F. Austin HS (Austin, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1920
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians 1920-1931

Final Game: September 23, 1931
Died: June 8, 1989 in Austin, TX
Buried: Austin Memorial Park, Austin, TX
Relatives: Brother of Chet Falk
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1920	CHW	AL	21	OF	4	3	3		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		1.25	.962		2.25
1920	CHW	AL	21	RF	4	3	3		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		1.25	.958		1.90
1921	CHW	AL	22	LF	149	148	145		312	290	9	13	5	.958		2.01	.958		2.38
1921	CHW	AL	22	OF	149	148	145		310	288	9	13	5	.958		1.99	.960		2.33
1921	CHW	AL	22	CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.70
1922	CHW	AL	23	LF	129	128	126		273	253	10	10	3	.963		2.04	.969		2.40
1922	CHW	AL	23	OF	129	128	126		273	253	10	10	3	.963		2.04	.964		2.31
1923	CHW	AL	24	LF	80	72	66		162	148	6	8	3	.951		1.93	.966		2.35
1923	CHW	AL	24	OF	80	72	66		162	148	6	8	3	.951		1.93	.965		2.38
1924	CHW	AL	25	LF	134	131	128		329	294	25	10	4	.970		2.38	.964		2.34
1924	CHW	AL	25	OF	134	131	128		328	292	26	10	4	.970		2.37	.970		2.39
1925	CHW	AL	26	LF	153	153	149		338	306	18	14	4	.959		2.12	.958		2.33
1925	CHW	AL	26	OF	153	153	149		338	306	18	14	4	.959		2.12	.965		2.43
1926	CHW	AL	27	LF	155	155	147		357	338	16	3	4	.992		2.28	.965		2.30	MVP-12
1926	CHW	AL	27	OF	155	155	147		357	338	16	3	4	.992		2.28	.966		2.34	MVP-12
1927	CHW	AL	28	LF	145	141	134		403	372	22	9	9	.978		2.72	.967		2.38
1927	CHW	AL	28	OF	145	141	134		403	372	22	9	9	.978		2.72	.964		2.35
1928	CHW	AL	29	LF	79	71	66		179	165	9	5	0	.972		2.20	.974		2.30
1928	CHW	AL	29	OF	78	71	66		178	164	9	5	0	.972		2.22	.973		2.36
1929	CLE	AL	30	OF	120	111	106		245	216	15	14	4	.943		1.93	.966		2.42
1929	CLE	AL	30	RF	62	54	52		97	80	7	10	0	.897		1.40	.963		1.97
1929	CLE	AL	30	LF	59	57	54		144	132	7	5	1	.965		2.36	.964		2.39
1930	CLE	AL	31	OF	42	40	37		91	84	4	3	3	.967		2.10	.965		2.32
1930	CLE	AL	31	LF	25	24	22		63	59	1	3	1	.952		2.40	.968		2.14
1930	CLE	AL	31	RF	18	16	15		28	25	3	0	2	1.000		1.56	.961		1.96
1931	CLE	AL	32	OF	33	30	23		59	55	1	3	0	.949		1.70	.969		2.38
1931	CLE	AL	32	RF	31	30	23		57	53	1	3	0	.947		1.74	.964		2.11
1931	CLE	AL	32	LF	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.965		2.20
	12 Seasons			OF	1222	1183	1130		2749	2521	136	92	39	.967		2.17	.966		2.37
	11 Seasons			LF	1110	1080	1037		2562	2359	123	80	34	.969		2.24	.965		2.35
	4 Seasons			RF	115	103	93		187	163	11	13	2	.930		1.51	.963		2.00
	1 Season			CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.70
	12 Seasons			TOT	1222	1183	1130		2749	2521	136	92	39	.967		2.17	.966		2.37
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1920	CHW	AL	21	7	3	7	4	0	0	4	4	3	0
1921	CHW	AL	22	152	148	152	149	149	1	0	149	3	0
1922	CHW	AL	23	131	128	131	129	129	0	0	129	1	1
1923	CHW	AL	24	88	72	88	80	80	0	0	80	8	0
1924	CHW	AL	25	138	131	138	134	134	0	0	134	3	1
1925	CHW	AL	26	154	153	154	153	153	0	0	153	1	0
1926	CHW	AL	27	155	155	155	155	155	0	0	155	0	0
1927	CHW	AL	28	145	141	145	145	145	0	0	145	0	0
1928	CHW	AL	29	98	71	98	79	79	0	0	79	19	0
1929	CLE	AL	30	125	111	125	120	59	0	62	120	5	0
1930	CLE	AL	31	82	40	82	42	25	0	18	42	40	0
1931	CLE	AL	32	79	30	79	33	2	0	31	33	46	0
	12 Seasons			1354	1183	1354	1223	1110	1	115	1223	129	2

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1926 AL (12, 9%) 0.09 Career Shares (940th)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1921 AL 149 (1st) 1922 AL 129 (4th) 1924 AL 134 (3rd) 1925 AL 153 (1st) 1926 AL 155 (1st) 1927 AL 145 (1st) Career 1,110 (48th)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1921 AL 290 (4th) 1922 AL 253 (5th) 1924 AL 294 (3rd) 1925 AL 306 (3rd) 1926 AL 338 (1st) 1927 AL 372 (1st) Career 2,359 (32nd)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 AL 25 (1st) 1925 AL 18 (1st) 1926 AL 16 (1st) 1927 AL 22 (1st) Career 123 (11th)
Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1921 AL 13 (3rd) 1922 AL 10 (3rd) 1923 AL 8 (5th) 1924 AL 10 (3rd) 1925 AL 14 (3rd) 1927 AL 9 (4th) 1928 AL 5 (5th) 1929 AL 5 (5th) Career 80 (16th)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1929 AL 10 (2nd)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1921 AL 149 (4th) 1925 AL 153 (1st) 1926 AL 155 (1st)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1927 AL 372 (3rd)
Assists as OF s c a p y 1924 AL 26 (2nd) 1925 AL 18 (4th) 1927 AL 22 (2nd)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1925 AL 14 (5th) 1929 AL 14 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 AL 2.38 (4th) 1926 AL 2.28 (2nd) 1927 AL 2.72 (1st) 1928 AL 2.20 (4th) Career 2.24 (21st)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1921 AL .958 (5th) 1924 AL .970 (4th) 1925 AL .959 (4th) 1926 AL .992 (1st) 1927 AL .978 (1st) 1928 AL .972 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1927 AL 2.72 (3rd)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1926 AL .992 (1st) 1927 AL .978 (4th)

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