Mike Goliat

Mike Mitchell Goliat

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 5, 1921 in Yatesboro, PA
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1949
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Browns 1949-1952

Final Game: April 27, 1952
Died: January 13, 2004 in Seven Hills, OH
Buried: All Saints Cemetery, Northfield, OH
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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
1949	PHI	NL	27	2B	50	49	49		292	140	143	9	31	.969		5.66	.976		5.57
1949	PHI	NL	27	1B	5	5	3		49	47	2	0	2	1.000		9.80	.991		9.62
1950	PHI	NL	28	2B	145	139	126	1221.1	759	345	393	21	89	.972	5.44	5.09	.974	5.65	5.59
1951	TOT	MLB	29	2B	39	38	32	326.1	202	94	102	6	26	.970	5.41	5.03	.976	5.70	5.68
1951	PHI	NL	29	2B	37	36	30	308.1	189	88	95	6	24	.968	5.34	4.95	.976	5.70	5.68
1951	PHI	NL	29	3B	2	2	2	19.0	11	3	7	1	0	.909	4.74	5.00	.953	3.36	3.35
1951	SLB	AL	29	2B	2	2	2	18.0	13	6	7	0	2	1.000	6.50	6.50	.978	5.70	5.70
1952	SLB	AL	30	2B	3	0	0	10.0	8	4	4	0	3	1.000	7.20	2.67	.978	5.58	5.57
	4 Seasons			2B	237	226	207	1557.2	1261	583	642	36	149	.971	5.44	5.17	.975	5.66	5.60
	1 Season			1B	5	5	3		49	47	2	0	2	1.000		9.80	.991		9.62
	1 Season			3B	2	2	2	19.0	11	3	7	1	0	.909	4.74	5.00	.953	3.36	3.35
	4 Seasons			TOT	244	233	212	1576.2	1321	633	651	37	151	.972	5.43	5.26	.975	5.63	5.66

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
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1949	PHI	NL	27	2B
1949	PHI	NL	27	1B
1950	PHI	NL	28	2B
1951	PHI	NL	29	2B
1951	PHI	NL	29	3B
1951	SLB	AL	29	2B
1952	SLB	AL	30	2B
	4 Seasons			2B
	1 Season			1B
	1 Season			3B
	4 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	PH
1949	PHI	NL	27	55	54	55	55	5	50	0	0
1950	PHI	NL	28	145	139	145	139	0	139	0	6
1951	PHI	NL	29	41	38	41	39	0	37	2	2
1951	SLB	AL	29	5	2	5	2	0	2	0	3
1952	SLB	AL	30	3	0	3	3	0	3	0	1
	4 Seasons			249	233	249	238	5	231	2	12

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 -- 2B*

											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
1949	PHI	NL	27	1225	63%	85%	27%	131	91%	0	92	36	31	25	101	83	12	0	1	7	0	5	2	7	23	7	5	4	0	16	4	12	7	4	2
1950	PHI	NL	28	4775	67%	83%	27%	439	92%	1	307	101	153	53	363	313	38	1	2	21	0	21	0	19	85	31	19	16	7	74	23	50	9	6	3
1951	PHI	NL	29	1302	69%	84%	25%	109	94%	0	79	23	42	14	92	80	11	0	1	6	0	6	0	5	23	7	4	6	1	20	7	11	3	0	3
1951	SLB	AL	29	37	68%	76%	27%	4	100%	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	SLB	AL	30	42	60%	86%	26%	5	100%	0	5	2	2	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			7381	66%	83%	27%	688	92%	1	484	163	228	93	563	481	63	1	4	34	0	32	2	31	134	45	29	28	8	113	36	74	19	10	8
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%

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	PHI	NL	27	107	80%	94%	24%	7	100%	0	28	2	25	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			107	80%	94%	24%	7	100%	0	28	2	25	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%																											85%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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%
1951	PHI	NL	29	80	65%	80%	30%	8	100%	0	3	1	1	1	7	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	1 Season			80	65%	80%	30%	8	100%	0	3	1	1	1	7	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		89%																								69%

* 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

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1950 NL 145 (2nd)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1950 NL 345 (5th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1950 NL 393 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1950 NL 21 (3rd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1950 NL 145 (2nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1950 NL 345 (5th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1950 NL 393 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1950 NL 21 (3rd)

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