Ira Flagstead

Ira James Flagstead (Pete)

Positions: Outfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 22, 1893 in Montague, MI
High School: Olympia HS (Olympia, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1917
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Pirates/Senators 1917-1930

Final Game: July 29, 1930
Died: March 13, 1940 in Olympia, WA
Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Olympia, WA
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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	G	Awards
1917	DET	AL	23	OF	2				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20	0-0-2
1919	DET	AL	25	OF	83	79	76		163	140	15	8	2	.951		1.87	.958		2.26
1919	DET	AL	25	RF	83	79	76		161	138	15	8	2	.950		1.84	.951		1.94
1919	DET	AL	25	CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.60
1920	DET	AL	26	OF	82	73	73		183	164	13	6	4	.967		2.16	.962		2.25
1920	DET	AL	26	RF	77	67	67		168	152	12	4	4	.976		2.13	.958		1.91
1920	DET	AL	26	CF	5	5	5		13	10	1	2	0	.846		2.20	.966		2.56
1920	DET	AL	26	LF	1	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.963		2.30
1921	DET	AL	27	SS	55	51	44		277	111	139	27	20	.903		4.55	.941		5.34
1921	DET	AL	27	OF	12	6	4		26	22	4	0	2	1.000		2.17	.960		2.33
1921	DET	AL	27	2B	8	7	6		36	17	18	1	5	.972		4.38	.956		5.55
1921	DET	AL	27	LF	6	4	3		10	9	1	0	0	1.000		1.67	.958		2.38
1921	DET	AL	27	RF	4	1	0		8	6	2	0	1	1.000		2.00	.958		1.95
1921	DET	AL	27	CF	3	1	1		8	7	1	0	1	1.000		2.67	.962		2.67
1921	DET	AL	27	3B	1	0	0		4	0	4	0	0	1.000		4.00	.952		3.40
1922	DET	AL	28	OF	32	19	17		60	54	4	2	1	.967		1.81	.964		2.31
1922	DET	AL	28	CF	19	13	11		41	38	2	1	0	.976		2.11	.968		2.70
1922	DET	AL	28	RF	11	6	6		19	16	2	1	1	.947		1.64	.954		1.85
1922	DET	AL	28	LF	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.40
1923	BOS	AL	29	OF	102	100	98		258	218	31	9	8	.965		2.44	.965		2.38
1923	BOS	AL	29	RF	100	98	97		252	213	30	9	8	.964		2.43	.960		2.12
1923	BOS	AL	29	CF	3	2	1		8	7	1	0	0	1.000		2.67	.968		2.70
1923	BOS	AL	29	SS	1	1	0		3	0	2	1	0	.667		2.00	.947		5.00
1924	BOS	AL	30	OF	144	143	141		393	374	9	10	2	.975		2.66	.970		2.39		MVP-15
1924	BOS	AL	30	CF	143	143	141		393	374	9	10	2	.975		2.68	.975		2.80		MVP-15
1924	BOS	AL	30	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00		MVP-15
1925	BOS	AL	31	OF	144	143	141		464	429	24	11	6	.976		3.15	.965		2.43		MVP-7
1925	BOS	AL	31	CF	143	142	140		461	426	24	11	6	.976		3.15	.971		2.89		MVP-7
1925	BOS	AL	31	LF	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.960		2.30		MVP-7
1926	BOS	AL	32	CF	98	98	96		283	264	14	5	4	.982		2.84	.969		2.72		MVP-23
1926	BOS	AL	32	OF	98	98	96		283	264	14	5	4	.982		2.84	.966		2.34		MVP-23
1927	BOS	AL	33	OF	129	127	118		350	326	19	5	4	.986		2.67	.964		2.35		MVP-18
1927	BOS	AL	33	CF	127	126	117		347	323	19	5	4	.986		2.69	.966		2.71		MVP-18
1927	BOS	AL	33	RF	2	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.953		1.95		MVP-18
1928	BOS	AL	34	CF	135	134	125		375	347	18	10	4	.973		2.70	.972		2.79		MVP-14
1928	BOS	AL	34	OF	135	134	125		374	346	18	10	4	.973		2.70	.973		2.36		MVP-14
1929	TOT	MLB	35	OF	33	29	23		81	75	4	2	1	.975		2.39	.968		2.43
1929	TOT	MLB	35	LF	20	17	14		39	38	0	1	0	.974		1.90	.967		2.31
1929	TOT	MLB	35	CF	12	11	8		40	35	4	1	1	.975		3.25	.971		2.89
1929	TOT	AL	35	OF	24	21	15		57	51	4	2	1	.965		2.29	.966		2.42
1929	TOT	AL	35	LF	14	11	8		22	21	0	1	0	.955		1.50	.964		2.39
1929	TOT	AL	35	CF	11	10	7		35	30	4	1	1	.971		3.09	.970		2.89
1929	BOS	AL	35	LF	13	11	8		22	21	0	1	0	.955		1.62	.964		2.39
1929	BOS	AL	35	OF	13	11	8		22	21	0	1	0	.955		1.62	.966		2.42
1929	BOS	AL	35	CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.90
1929	WSH	AL	35	OF	11	10	7		35	30	4	1	1	.971		3.09	.966		2.42
1929	WSH	AL	35	CF	10	10	7		35	30	4	1	1	.971		3.40	.970		2.89
1929	WSH	AL	35	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.40
1929	PIT	NL	35	OF	9	8	8		24	24	0	0	0	1.000		2.67	.973		2.47
1929	PIT	NL	35	LF	6	6	6		17	17	0	0	0	1.000		2.83	.971		2.10
1929	PIT	NL	35	RF	2	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.970		2.35
1929	PIT	NL	35	CF	1	1	1		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		5.00	.976		2.90
1930	PIT	NL	36	OF	40	36	29		77	70	4	3	1	.961		1.85	.968		2.40
1930	PIT	NL	36	LF	21	17	12		22	20	1	1	0	.955		1.00	.968		2.01
1930	PIT	NL	36	CF	15	15	14		45	42	2	1	1	.978		2.93	.971		2.78
1930	PIT	NL	36	RF	5	4	3		10	8	1	1	0	.900		1.80	.966		2.40
	13 Seasons			OF	1036	987	941		2712	2482	159	71	39	.974		2.55	.966		2.36	51-704-287
	12 Seasons			CF	704	690	659		2014	1873	95	46	23	.977		2.80	.971		2.78
	9 Seasons (incomplete)			RF	285	257	251		623	538	62	23	16	.963		2.11	.957		2.00
	2 Seasons			SS	56	52	44		280	111	141	28	20	.900		4.50	.941		5.33
	6 Seasons			LF	51	40	31		76	72	2	2	0	.974		1.45	.966		2.20
	1 Season			2B	8	7	6		36	17	18	1	5	.972		4.38	.956		5.55
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0		4	0	4	0	0	1.000		4.00	.952		3.40
	13 Seasons			TOT	1101	1046	991		3032	2610	322	100	64	.967		2.66	.964		2.53	51-704-287
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1917	DET	AL	23	4		4		0	0	0	0	0	2	2
1919	DET	AL	25	97	79	97	84	0	0	0	0	1	83	84	13	0
1920	DET	AL	26	111	73	111	83	0	0	0	1	5	77	83	28	0
1921	DET	AL	27	85	64	85	76	8	1	55	6	3	4	12	9	0
1922	DET	AL	28	44	19	44	32	0	0	0	2	19	11	32	9	3
1923	BOS	AL	29	109	101	109	102	0	0	1	0	3	100	102	7	0
1923	DET	AL	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1924	BOS	AL	30	149	143	149	144	0	0	0	0	143	1	144	5	0
1925	BOS	AL	31	148	143	148	144	0	0	0	1	143	0	144	3	1
1926	BOS	AL	32	98	98	98	98	0	0	0	0	98	0	98	0	0
1927	BOS	AL	33	131	127	131	129	0	0	0	0	127	2	129	2	0
1928	BOS	AL	34	140	134	140	135	0	0	0	0	135	0	135	5	0
1929	PIT	NL	35	26	8	26	9	0	0	0	6	1	2	9	17	0
1929	WSH	AL	35	18	10	18	11	0	0	0	1	10	0	11	7	0
1929	BOS	AL	35	14	11	14	13	0	0	0	13	1	0	13	1	0
1930	PIT	NL	36	44	36	44	40	0	0	0	21	15	5	40	4	0
	13 Seasons			1219	1046	1219	1100	8	1	56	51	704	287	1038	111	4

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)) 1924 AL (15, 8%) 1925 AL (7, 16%) 1926 AL (23, 3%) 1927 AL (18, 5%) 1928 AL (14, 8%) 0.40 Career Shares (514th)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 AL 143 (4th) 1925 AL 143 (3rd) 1927 AL 127 (4th) 1928 AL 135 (3rd)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 AL 374 (3rd) 1925 AL 426 (3rd) 1926 AL 264 (5th) 1927 AL 323 (4th) 1928 AL 347 (4th)	Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 AL 9 (4th) 1925 AL 24 (1st) 1926 AL 14 (4th) 1927 AL 19 (1st) 1928 AL 18 (2nd) Career 95 (36th)
Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 AL 10 (2nd) 1925 AL 11 (4th) 1928 AL 10 (3rd) Career 46 (68th)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 15 (4th) 1923 AL 30 (1st)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 8 (5th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1924 AL 374 (4th) 1925 AL 429 (3rd)
Assists as OF s c a p y 1923 AL 31 (1st) 1925 AL 24 (1st) 1927 AL 19 (4th) 1928 AL 18 (5th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1928 AL 10 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1925 AL 3.15 (1st) 1926 AL 2.84 (2nd) 1927 AL 2.69 (3rd) 1928 AL 2.70 (5th) Career 2.80 (24th)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1925 AL .976 (4th) 1926 AL .982 (1st) 1927 AL .986 (1st) 1928 AL .973 (4th)
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 1.84 (4th) 1920 AL 2.13 (1st) 1923 AL 2.43 (1st)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL .950 (5th) 1920 AL .976 (2nd) 1923 AL .964 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1925 AL 3.15 (1st) 1926 AL 2.84 (2nd) 1927 AL 2.67 (4th) Career 2.55 (63rd)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1925 AL .976 (5th) 1926 AL .982 (2nd) 1927 AL .986 (1st)

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