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Jim Fridley

James Riley Fridley (Big Jim)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 6, 1924 in Phillippi, WV
School: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Indians/Redlegs 1952-1958

Final Game: September 27, 1958
Died: February 28, 2003 in Port Charlotte, FL
Cremated
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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
1952 CLE AL 27 OF 54 42 31 406.0 92 87 3 2 0 .978 2.00 1.67 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 CLE AL 27 LF 36 24 18 214.1 46 43 2 1 0 .978 1.89 1.25 .979 2.28 2.28
1952 CLE AL 27 RF 22 18 13 191.2 42 40 1 1 0 .976 1.93 1.86 .976 1.91 1.91
1954 BAL AL 29 OF 67 59 53 524.0 135 132 1 2 0 .985 -3 -6 2.28 1.99 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 BAL AL 29 LF 64 58 52 509.2 131 128 1 2 0 .985 -2 -5 2.28 2.02 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 BAL AL 29 RF 3 1 1 14.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -50 2.51 1.33 .975 2.07 2.03
1958 CIN NL 33 LF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 0.90 0.50 .980 1.98 2.00
1958 CIN NL 33 OF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 0.90 0.50 .980 2.25 2.25
3 Seasons OF 123 102 85 940.0 228 220 4 4 0 .982 -3 -4 2.14 1.82 .979 2.39 2.38
3 Seasons LF 102 83 71 734.0 178 172 3 3 0 .983 -2 -4 2.15 1.72 .978 2.26 2.25
2 Seasons RF 25 19 14 206.0 46 44 1 1 0 .978 -1 -3 1.97 1.80 .976 1.92 1.92
3 Seasons TOT 123 102 85 940.0 228 220 4 4 0 .982 -3 -4 2.14 1.82 .979 2.39 2.38
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
1952 CLE AL 27 LF
1952 CLE AL 27 RF
1954 BAL AL 29 LF -2 -5 -2 -2 0 0
1954 BAL AL 29 RF -1 -50 -1 0 -1 0
1958 CIN NL 33 LF -0 -24 -0 0 -0 0
3 Seasons LF -2 -4 -2 -2 0 0
2 Seasons RF -1 -3 -1 0 -1 0
3 Seasons TOT -3 -4 -3 -2 -1 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 CLE AL 27 62 42 62 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 22 54 0 8 4
1954 BAL AL 29 85 59 85 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 3 67 0 21 1
1958 CIN NL 33 5 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0
3 Seasons 152 102 152 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 25 123 0 33 5
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%
1952 CLE AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 9 8 1 8 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 23 14 60.9% 7 2 8.7% 0 872 56% 81% 29% 92 49%
1954 BAL AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 33 26 0 21 4 0 10 6 0 9 4 0 8 8 0 81 48 59.3% 33 0 0.0% 1 2236 60% 80% 29% 269 48%
1958 CIN NL 33 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 44 36% 64% 30% 1 100%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 42 34 1 29 5 1 12 8 0 10 5 0 11 10 0 104 62 59.6% 40 2 1.9% 1 3152 59% 80% 29% 362 49%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.6% 64% 81% 30% 49%

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%
1952 CLE AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 6 1 8 3 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 33 17 51.5% 15 1 3.0% 0 830 48% 82% 27% 92 45%
1954 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 63 63% 83% 32% 12 33%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 6 1 9 4 0 5 4 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 38 19 50.0% 18 1 2.6% 0 893 49% 82% 28% 104 43%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.4% 64% 81% 30% 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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