Rod Gilbreath
Rodney Joe Gilbreath
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 24, 1952 in Laurel, MS
High School: Watkins (Laurel, MS)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1972
Final Game: October 1, 1978
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 ATL NL 19 2B 7 6 46.1 26 13 13 0 3 1.000 1.0 25.9 1.0 0.2 0.8 0 5.05 3.71 .977 5.36 4.89
1972 ATL NL 19 3B 4 4 36.0 17 3 13 1 1 .941 2.4 80.0 2.4 0.7 1.7 0 4.00 4.00 .947 2.88 2.55
1973 ATL NL 20 3B 22 17 155.0 50 16 32 2 4 .960 -1.4 -10.8 -1.4 0.0 -1.4 0 2.79 2.18 .946 2.88 2.49
1974 ATL NL 21 2B 2 2 18.0 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 5.50 5.50 .973 5.45 4.65
1975 ATL NL 22 2B 52 38 366.2 251 121 125 5 29 .980 -4.2 -13.7 -3.2 -0.2 -3.0 -1 6.04 4.73 .975 5.54 4.92
1975 ATL NL 22 3B 10 8 62.0 21 5 15 1 0 .952 -0.3 -5.8 -0.3 -0.4 0.2 0 2.90 2.00 .943 2.98 2.58
1975 ATL NL 22 SS 1 1 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.00 2.00 .950 4.95 4.20
1976 ATL NL 23 2B 104 100 865.2 564 239 311 14 76 .975 -6.3 -8.7 -6.3 -2.2 -4.1 0 5.72 5.29 .975 5.48 4.93
1976 ATL NL 23 3B 7 3 39.2 12 6 3 3 1 .750 -3.7 -111.9 -3.7 -0.1 -3.6 0 2.04 1.29 .958 2.93 2.61
1976 ATL NL 23 SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.10 4.50
1977 ATL NL 24 2B 122 112 997.1 595 277 305 13 61 .978 -12.8 -15.4 -8.8 -7.9 -1.0 -4 5.25 4.77 .977 5.24 4.47
1977 ATL NL 24 3B 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.6 80.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 3.00 2.50
1978 ATL NL 25 3B 62 52 469.0 156 34 117 5 9 .968 0.7 1.8 1.7 -1.8 3.6 -1 2.90 2.44 .951 3.00 2.53
1978 ATL NL 25 2B 39 35 311.1 165 74 87 4 13 .976 -4.3 -16.6 -3.3 -0.3 -3.0 -1 4.65 4.13 .977 5.30 4.34
6 Seasons 2B 326 293 2605.1 1612 729 847 36 183 .978 -26.4 -12.2 -20.4 -10.4 -10.1 -6 5.44 4.83 .976 5.37 4.68
6 Seasons 3B 106 85 770.2 259 64 183 12 15 .954 -1.7 -2.6 -0.7 -1.0 0.5 -1 2.88 2.33 .950 2.96 2.53
2 Seasons SS 2 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.00 1.00 .950 5.00 4.35
7 Seasons TOT 434 379 3385.0 1873 794 1031 48 198 .974 -28.3 -10.0 -21.3 -11.6 -9.6 -7 4.85 4.21 .947 4.82 4.16

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
1972 ATL NL 19 18 10 18 18 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1973 ATL NL 20 29 17 29 29 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1974 ATL NL 21 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 ATL NL 22 90 47 90 60 0 0 0 51 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 6
1976 ATL NL 23 116 103 116 110 0 0 0 104 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
1977 ATL NL 24 128 113 128 123 0 0 0 122 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1978 ATL NL 25 116 87 116 98 0 0 0 39 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9
7 Seasons 500 379 500 440 0 0 0 325 107 2 0 0 0 0 0 63 26
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1972 ATL NL 19 217 76% 81% 23% 20 95% 0 12 6 3 3 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1974 ATL NL 21 82 63% 89% 33% 8 100% 0 5 2 2 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1975 ATL NL 22 1709 58% 82% 29% 168 95% 1 117 46 46 25 125 97 24 1 0 5 1 4 0 3 29 6 3 12 2 25 14 10 4 2 2
1976 ATL NL 23 3946 57% 79% 27% 366 92% 2 241 80 115 46 313 260 42 2 3 14 0 14 0 11 75 30 19 20 1 70 21 49 5 4 1
1977 ATL NL 24 4793 57% 75% 23% 437 92% 2 287 113 111 63 319 256 52 2 7 13 0 12 1 13 61 16 6 23 3 53 28 23 5 3 1
1978 ATL NL 25 1388 64% 79% 26% 113 96% 0 70 30 31 9 87 74 12 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 13 4 4 2 0 11 2 8 2 1 1
6 Seasons 12135 59% 78% 26% 1112 93% 5 732 277 308 147 864 706 131 5 10 36 1 33 2 30 182 56 33 57 8 162 67 91 16 10 5
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 ATL NL 19 159 55% 83% 29% 19 89% 0 3 2 1 0 15 12 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 ATL NL 20 686 57% 78% 26% 47 85% 0 16 11 1 4 31 22 7 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0%
1975 ATL NL 22 298 55% 78% 27% 20 90% 0 5 3 1 1 14 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 23 195 61% 77% 26% 12 67% 0 6 3 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1977 ATL NL 24 34 53% 71% 21% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 ATL NL 25 2135 56% 76% 25% 152 91% 3 32 26 4 2 118 86 21 3 5 5 0 4 1 4 9 6 0 6 3 2 0 5 80%
6 Seasons 3507 56% 77% 26% 253 89% 3 62 45 9 8 184 135 36 3 7 12 0 10 2 11 15 10 0 10 3 2 0 7 57%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1975 ATL NL 22 28 46% 86% 36% 4 50% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 23 16 50% 88% 38% 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
2 Seasons 44 48% 86% 36% 4 50% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 91%

* 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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