Doug Frobel
Douglas Steven Frobel
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: June 6, 1959 in Ottawa, ON, CAN
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1982
Final Game: August 23, 1987
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 PIT NL 23 OF 12 6 73.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 4.9 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 2.21 1.50 .978 2.25 1.91
1982 PIT NL 23 RF 12 6 73.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 4.9 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 2.21 1.50 .978 2.02 1.65
1983 PIT NL 24 OF 24 15 140.0 28 27 0 1 0 .964 1.3 11.1 0.3 0.5 -0.1 1 1.74 1.13 .979 2.27 1.92
1983 PIT NL 24 LF 18 15 127.0 28 27 0 1 0 .964 2.3 21.7 1.3 1.0 0.3 1 1.91 1.50 .979 2.03 1.60
1983 PIT NL 24 RF 6 0 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 -92.3 -1.0 -0.5 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 2.01 1.63
1984 PIT NL 25 OF 112 64 704.2 206 188 9 9 3 .956 3.2 5.4 3.2 2.9 0.3 0 2.52 1.76 .980 2.27 1.91
1984 PIT NL 25 RF 112 64 704.2 210 190 11 9 3 .957 3.2 5.4 3.2 2.9 0.3 0 2.57 1.79 .980 2.07 1.69
1985 TOT NL 26 OF 42 27 298.0 64 58 2 4 1 .938 -3.0 -12.1 -3.0 -1.6 -1.6 0 1.81 1.43 .980 2.20 1.88
1985 TOT NL 26 LF 21 9 128.1 24 20 2 2 1 .917 -2.4 -22.4 -2.4 -2.3 -0.1 0 1.54 1.05 .979 1.92 1.50
1985 TOT NL 26 RF 19 17 155.2 35 33 0 2 0 .943 -1.3 -10.0 -1.3 0.0 -1.4 0 1.91 1.74 .980 2.02 1.68
1985 PIT NL 26 OF 36 23 254.0 51 46 2 3 1 .941 -2.6 -12.3 -2.6 -1.9 -0.8 0 1.70 1.33 .980 2.20 1.88
1985 PIT NL 26 LF 20 9 124.1 22 18 2 2 1 .909 -2.0 -19.3 -2.0 -1.9 -0.1 0 1.45 1.00 .977 1.92 1.50
1985 PIT NL 26 RF 16 14 129.2 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -0.6 -5.6 -0.6 0.0 -0.7 0 1.94 1.75 .979 2.02 1.68
1985 MON NL 26 OF 6 4 44.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -0.4 -10.9 -0.4 0.3 -0.8 0 2.45 2.00 .977 2.21 1.88
1985 MON NL 26 RF 3 3 26.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.7 -32.3 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 1.73 1.67 .983 2.01 1.67
1985 MON NL 26 CF 2 1 14.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 60.0 0.7 0.7 -0.1 0 3.86 3.00 .983 2.64 2.25
1985 MON NL 26 LF 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 4.50 2.00 1.000 2.02 1.50
1987 CLE AL 28 OF 12 3 41.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -20.5 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 0 1.32 0.50 .983 2.30 2.00
1987 CLE AL 28 RF 7 2 28.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -25.7 -0.6 0.1 -0.8 0 1.29 0.57 .975 2.12 1.74
1987 CLE AL 28 DH 5
1987 CLE AL 28 CF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.35
1987 CLE AL 28 LF 2 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.82 0.50 1.000 2.13 1.75
5 Seasons OF 202 115 1257.0 322 297 11 14 4 .957 1.1 1.1 0.1 1.5 -1.6 1 2.21 1.52 .980 2.25 1.91
5 Seasons RF 156 89 974.2 267 245 11 11 3 .959 0.6 0.7 0.6 2.3 -1.8 0 2.36 1.64 .979 2.06 1.69
3 Seasons LF 41 25 266.1 53 48 2 3 1 .943 -0.2 -0.9 -1.2 -1.3 0.1 1 1.69 1.22 .979 1.98 1.56
1 Season DH 5
2 Seasons CF 4 1 16.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 52.5 0.7 0.5 0.1 0 3.94 1.75 .986 2.64 2.30
5 Seasons TOT 202 115 1257.0 322 297 11 14 4 .957 1.1 1.1 0.1 1.5 -1.6 1 2.21 1.52 .936 2.25 1.91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1982 PIT NL 23 16 6 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 4 3
1983 PIT NL 24 32 15 32 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 6 24 0 6 3
1984 PIT NL 25 126 64 126 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 112 0 22 5
1985 PIT NL 26 53 23 53 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 16 36 0 20 4
1985 MON NL 26 12 4 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 0 6 0
1987 CLE AL 28 29 7 29 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 11 4 17 1
5 Seasons 268 119 268 201 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 4 156 201 4 75 16
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 -- 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%
1982 PIT NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 315 68% 80% 22% 33 55%
1983 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 58 47% 79% 16% 6 0%
1984 PIT NL 25 9 0 8 1 4 11 0 2 2 4 6 4 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 17 2 0 13 5 0 43 12 27.9% 29 2 4.7% 9 3042 64% 76% 26% 218 89%
1985 PIT NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 571 60% 77% 23% 28 100%
1985 MON NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 126 70% 76% 27% 5 100%
1987 CLE AL 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 0 132 59% 78% 19% 4 100%
5 Seasons 11 0 10 1 4 11 0 2 2 4 11 4 0 9 3 1 2 1 1 21 3 0 17 8 0 60 19 31.7% 39 2 3.3% 9 4244 63% 77% 25% 294 85%
MLB Averages 43.7% 3.1% 56% 78% 27% 62%

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%
1983 PIT NL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 11 8 72.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 522 62% 72% 24% 53 51%
1985 PIT NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 2 555 57% 74% 23% 20 100%
1985 MON NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 32 63% 84% 9% 2 100%
1987 CLE AL 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 49 55% 80% 22% 1 100%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 2 1158 60% 74% 23% 76 66%
MLB Averages 58.7% 2.8% 56% 78% 27% 58%

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%
1985 MON NL 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 71 46% 80% 24% 6 100%
1987 CLE AL 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 10 60% 90% 50% 1 100%
2 Seasons 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 81 48% 81% 27% 7 100%
MLB Averages 42.4% 2.2% 56% 78% 27% 66%

* 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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