Doug Frobel

Douglas Steven Frobel

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: June 6, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1982
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Indians/Expos 1982-1987

Final Game: August 23, 1987
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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
1982	PIT	NL	23	OF	12	6	3	73.1	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	0	5	2.21	1.50	.978	2.25	2.26
1982	PIT	NL	23	RF	12	6	3	73.1	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	0	5	2.21	1.50	.978	2.01	2.02
1983	PIT	NL	24	OF	24	15	8	140.0	28	27	0	1	0	.964	1	11	1.74	1.13	.980	2.27	2.26
1983	PIT	NL	24	LF	18	15	8	127.0	28	27	0	1	0	.964	2	22	1.91	1.50	.977	2.03	2.02
1983	PIT	NL	24	RF	6	0	0	13.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-92	0.00	0.00		2.01	2.00
1984	PIT	NL	25	OF	112	64	55	704.2	206	188	9	9	3	.956	3	5	2.52	1.76	.979	2.27	2.26
1984	PIT	NL	25	RF	112	64	55	704.2	210	190	11	9	3	.957	3	5	2.57	1.79	.979	2.07	2.06
1985	TOT	NL	26	OF	42	27	23	298.0	64	58	2	4	1	.938	-3	-12	1.81	1.43	.979	2.20	2.20
1985	TOT	NL	26	LF	21	9	7	128.1	24	20	2	2	1	.917	-2	-22	1.54	1.05	.977	1.92	1.92
1985	TOT	NL	26	RF	19	17	15	155.2	35	33	0	2	0	.943	-1	-10	1.91	1.74	.977	2.01	2.01
1985	PIT	NL	26	OF	36	23	20	254.0	51	46	2	3	1	.941	-3	-12	1.70	1.33	.979	2.20	2.20
1985	PIT	NL	26	LF	20	9	7	124.1	22	18	2	2	1	.909	-2	-19	1.45	1.00	.977	1.92	1.92
1985	PIT	NL	26	RF	16	14	13	129.2	29	28	0	1	0	.966	-1	-6	1.94	1.75	.977	2.01	2.01
1985	MON	NL	26	OF	6	4	3	44.0	13	12	0	1	0	.923	-0	-11	2.45	2.00	.979	2.21	2.20
1985	MON	NL	26	RF	3	3	2	26.0	6	5	0	1	0	.833	-1	-32	1.73	1.67	.977	2.01	2.00
1985	MON	NL	26	CF	2	1	1	14.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1	60	3.86	3.00	.982	2.64	2.65
1985	MON	NL	26	LF	1	0	0	4.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-120	4.50	2.00	.975	2.02	1.90
1987	CLE	AL	28	OF	12	3	3	41.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-20	1.32	0.50	.980	2.30	2.29
1987	CLE	AL	28	RF	7	2	2	28.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-26	1.29	0.57	.980	2.12	2.10
1987	CLE	AL	28	DH	5	4
1987	CLE	AL	28	CF	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.50	0.50	.990	2.70	2.70
1987	CLE	AL	28	LF	2	1	1	11.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-11	0.82	0.50	.970	2.13	2.10
	5 Seasons			OF	202	115	92	1257.0	322	297	11	14	4	.957	1	1	2.21	1.52	.979	2.25	2.25
	5 Seasons			RF	156	89	75	974.2	267	245	11	11	3	.959	1	1	2.36	1.64	.979	2.06	2.05
	3 Seasons			LF	41	25	16	266.1	53	48	2	3	1	.943	-0	-1	1.69	1.22	.977	1.98	1.97
	2 Seasons			CF	4	1	1	16.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1	52	3.94	1.75	.983	2.64	2.68
	5 Seasons			TOT	202	115	92	1257.0	322	297	11	14	4	.957	1	1	2.21	1.52	.979	2.25	2.25
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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	Rof
1982	PIT	NL	23	RF	0	5	0	0	-0	0
1983	PIT	NL	24	LF	2	22	1	0	1	1
1983	PIT	NL	24	RF	-1	-92	-1	-0	-0	0
1984	PIT	NL	25	RF	3	5	3	0	3	0
1985	PIT	NL	26	LF	-2	-19	-2	-0	-2	0
1985	PIT	NL	26	RF	-1	-6	-1	-1	0	0
1985	MON	NL	26	RF	-1	-32	-1	-1	0	0
1985	MON	NL	26	CF	1	60	1	-0	1	0
1985	MON	NL	26	LF	-0	-120	-0	0	-0	0
1987	CLE	AL	28	RF	-1	-26	-1	-1	0	0
1987	CLE	AL	28	CF	0	0	0	0	-0	0
1987	CLE	AL	28	LF	-0	-11	-0	-0	0	0
	5 Seasons			RF	1	1	1	-2	2	0
	3 Seasons			LF	-0	-1	-1	0	-1	1
	2 Seasons			CF	1	52	1	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			TOT	1	1	0	-2	2	1

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1982	PIT	NL	23	16	6	16	12	0	0	12	12	0	4	3
1983	PIT	NL	24	32	15	32	24	18	0	6	24	0	6	3
1984	PIT	NL	25	126	64	126	112	0	0	112	112	0	22	5
1985	PIT	NL	26	53	23	53	36	20	0	16	36	0	20	4
1985	MON	NL	26	12	4	12	6	1	2	3	6	0	6	0
1987	CLE	AL	28	29	7	29	11	2	2	7	11	5	17	1
	5 Seasons			268	119	268	201	41	4	156	201	5	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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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%
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	305	70%	82%	23%	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	9	5	2	6	1	1	1	0	1	17	2	0	17	7	0	50	15	30.0%	31	4	8.0%	7	2925	66%	79%	27%	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	549	62%	80%	24%	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	3	2	0	4	2	50.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	117	75%	82%	29%	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	123	63%	84%	20%	4	100%
	5 Seasons			11	0	10	1	4	11	0	2	2	4	14	5	2	9	3	1	2	1	1	21	3	0	22	11	0	68	23	33.8%	41	4	5.9%	7	4077	66%	80%	26%	294	85%
	MLB Averages																														42.2%			3.2%			59%	81%	28%		62%

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%
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	499	65%	76%	25%	53	51%
1985	PIT	NL	26	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	50.0%	1	1	25.0%	1	536	59%	77%	24%	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	1	1	0	2	1	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	31	65%	87%	10%	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	47	57%	83%	23%	1	100%
	3 Seasons			3	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	3	3	0	17	11	64.7%	5	1	5.9%	1	1113	62%	77%	24%	76	66%
	MLB Averages																														60.1%			3.0%			59%	81%	28%		58%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				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	61	54%	93%	28%	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	71	55%	93%	31%	7	100%
	MLB Averages																														43.3%			2.4%			59%	81%	28%		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 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1984 NL 11 (2nd)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1984 NL 9 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1984 NL 9 (3rd)	Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1984 NL 3 (4th)
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1984 NL 2.57 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1984 NL 1.79 (5th)

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