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Gordon Goldsberry

Gordon Frederick Goldsberry

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 30, 1927 in Sacramento, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1949
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns 1949-1952

Final Game: September 27, 1952
Died: February 23, 1996 in Laguna Hills, CA
Cremated
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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 Awards
1949 CHW AL 21 1B 38 38 32 387 359 24 4 37 .990 10.08 .989 9.77
1950 CHW AL 22 1B 40 22 22 240.2 267 235 29 3 37 .989 9.87 6.60 .989 9.54 9.37
1950 CHW AL 22 OF 3 1 1 15.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 0.33 .980 2.52 2.47
1950 CHW AL 22 RF 3 1 1 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46 1.67 .976 2.15 2.10
1950 CHW AL 22 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.40
1951 CHW AL 23 1B 8 2 2 31.0 33 28 5 0 4 1.000 9.58 4.13 .990 9.70 9.66
1952 SLB AL 24 1B 72 59 51 541.1 574 524 40 10 56 .983 9.38 7.83 .988 9.63 9.62
1952 SLB AL 24 LF 2 1 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 2.00 .980 2.29 2.30
1952 SLB AL 24 OF 2 1 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 2.00 .980 2.37 2.40
4 Seasons 1B 158 121 107 813.0 1261 1146 98 17 134 .987 9.53 7.87 .989 9.61 9.59
2 Seasons OF 5 2 2 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 1.00 .980 2.46 2.44
2 Seasons LF 3 1 1 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 1.33 .980 2.28 2.33
1 Season RF 3 1 1 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46 1.67 .976 2.15 2.10
4 Seasons TOT 163 123 109 839.0 1266 1151 98 17 134 .987 9.29 7.66 .989 9.38 9.38
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
1949 CHW AL 21 1B
1950 CHW AL 22 1B
1950 CHW AL 22 RF
1950 CHW AL 22 LF
1951 CHW AL 23 1B
1952 SLB AL 24 1B
1952 SLB AL 24 LF
4 Seasons 1B
2 Seasons LF
1 Season RF
4 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 CHW AL 21 39 38 39 38 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1950 CHW AL 22 82 23 82 43 0 0 39 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 42 2
1951 CHW AL 23 10 2 10 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
1952 SLB AL 24 86 60 86 73 0 0 72 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 13 3
4 Seasons 217 123 217 162 0 0 157 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 0 58 10
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 -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1949 CHW AL 21 948 57% 82% 27% 66 88% 2 244 13 225 5 34 14 9 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 23 0 0 0 20 0 3 1 2 7 86%
1950 CHW AL 22 874 64% 81% 25% 57 91% 0 198 11 183 4 22 23 10 7 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 33 0 0 0 31 0 2 0 1 3 100%
1951 CHW AL 23 134 68% 80% 31% 8 100% 0 27 0 27 0 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1952 SLB AL 24 1780 61% 83% 24% 105 88% 0 404 31 366 7 40 27 12 9 0 3 9 0 9 0 8 44 0 0 0 40 1 4 0 4 6 67%
4 Seasons 3736 61% 82% 25% 236 89% 2 873 55 801 16 99 69 35 17 2 7 14 0 14 0 13 104 0 0 0 95 1 9 1 7 16 81%
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 93% 85%

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%
1950 CHW AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 35 89% 86% 40% 5 80%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 35 89% 86% 40% 5 80%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.4% 62% 82% 31% 54%

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%
1950 CHW AL 22 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 12 67% 75% 17% 0
1952 SLB AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 47 68% 85% 38% 10 40%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 59 68% 83% 34% 10 40%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 82% 31% 52%

* 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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