Billy Goodman
William Dale Goodman
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 22, 1926 in Concord, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1947
Final Game: September 30, 1962
Died: October 1, 1984 in Sarasota, FL
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 BOS AL 21 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 2.40 0-0-1
1948 BOS AL 22 1B 117 1178 1101 69 8 118 .993 10.00 .991 8.55 MVP-27,RoY-4
1948 BOS AL 22 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 MVP-27,RoY-4
1948 BOS AL 22 3B 2 5 0 4 1 2 .800 2.00 .960 2.95 MVP-27,RoY-4
1949 BOS AL 23 1B 117 1157 1069 79 9 148 .992 9.81 .989 8.55 AS
1950 BOS AL 24 OF 45 107 104 2 1 1 .991 2.36 .979 2.34 45-0-0 MVP-2
1950 BOS AL 24 3B 27 93 29 58 6 4 .935 3.22 .961 3.04 MVP-2
1950 BOS AL 24 1B 21 206 193 12 1 15 .995 9.76 .989 8.51 MVP-2
1950 BOS AL 24 2B 5 30 16 13 1 7 .967 5.80 .977 5.40 MVP-2
1950 BOS AL 24 SS 1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00 .967 4.70 MVP-2
1951 BOS AL 25 1B 62 586 554 29 3 61 .995 9.40 .990 8.49 MVP-18
1951 BOS AL 25 2B 44 255 117 129 9 32 .965 5.59 .978 5.35 MVP-18
1951 BOS AL 25 OF 38 81 70 9 2 2 .975 2.08 .977 2.23 2-0-36 MVP-18
1951 BOS AL 25 3B 1 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00 .950 2.90 MVP-18
1952 BOS AL 26 2B 103 640 284 340 16 95 .975 6.06 .978 5.13 MVP-16
1952 BOS AL 26 1B 23 204 184 17 3 17 .985 8.74 .988 8.88 MVP-16
1952 BOS AL 26 3B 5 14 3 10 1 0 .929 2.60 .957 2.98 MVP-16
1952 BOS AL 26 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .975 2.17 4-0-0 MVP-16
1953 BOS AL 27 2B 112 588 267 306 15 88 .974 5.12 .979 5.13 AS,MVP-21
1953 BOS AL 27 1B 20 170 151 13 6 18 .965 8.20 .989 8.85 AS,MVP-21
1954 BOS AL 28 2B 72 68 621.2 389 173 208 8 59 .979 6.0 11.6 6.0 0.8 5.2 0 5.52 5.29 .976 5.37 4.84 MVP-19
1954 BOS AL 28 1B 27 22 202.2 214 195 16 3 26 .986 -0.7 -4.1 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 0 9.37 7.81 .990 9.60 8.00 MVP-19
1954 BOS AL 28 LF 13 12 101.0 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -1.8 -21.4 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 -1 1.34 1.15 .975 2.26 1.93 MVP-19
1954 BOS AL 28 OF 13 12 101.0 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -1.8 -21.4 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 -1 1.34 1.15 .981 2.39 2.17 MVP-19
1954 BOS AL 28 3B 12 12 97.0 36 11 23 2 5 .944 -1.6 -19.8 -1.6 0.4 -2.0 0 3.15 2.83 .958 3.48 3.07 MVP-19
1955 BOS AL 29 2B 143 143 1260.1 744 348 373 23 93 .969 -4.2 -4.0 -2.2 0.3 -2.5 -2 5.15 5.04 .976 5.37 4.87
1955 BOS AL 29 1B 5 5 43.0 53 47 5 1 3 .981 0.5 14.0 0.5 0.7 -0.2 0 10.88 10.40 .991 9.63 8.16
1955 BOS AL 29 LF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 1.80
1955 BOS AL 29 OF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.10
1956 BOS AL 30 2B 95 95 787.0 498 215 266 17 69 .966 6.6 10.1 7.6 -0.8 8.4 -1 5.50 5.06 .973 5.44 4.74
1957 BAL AL 31 3B 54 49 415.1 153 54 93 6 9 .961 -2.6 -7.5 -2.6 -2.7 0.0 0 3.19 2.72 .950 3.23 2.77
1957 BAL AL 31 OF 9 6 54.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -0.5 -11.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 -1 1.50 1.00 .980 2.23 1.97
1957 BAL AL 31 1B 8 7 57.0 61 56 3 2 7 .967 -0.9 -18.9 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 9.32 7.38 .992 9.66 8.36
1957 BAL AL 31 2B 5 4 38.0 28 14 12 2 4 .929 -0.9 -28.4 -0.9 -0.3 -0.7 0 6.16 5.20 .982 5.40 4.84
1957 BAL AL 31 RF 5 3 32.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 22.5 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 1.12 0.80 .975 1.94 1.68
1957 BAL AL 31 SS 5 0 11.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -65.5 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 2.45 0.60 .967 5.07 4.44
1957 BAL AL 31 LF 4 3 22.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -1.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -1 2.05 1.25 .983 2.09 1.70
1958 CHW AL 32 3B 111 108 855.1 284 67 204 13 16 .954 1.0 1.4 2.0 0.2 1.7 -1 2.85 2.44 .951 3.11 2.59
1958 CHW AL 32 1B 3 3 16.0 21 19 2 0 2 1.000 0.3 22.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 11.81 7.00 .990 9.62 8.47
1958 CHW AL 32 2B 1 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 72.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 7.20 4.00 .975 5.22 4.70
1958 CHW AL 32 SS 1 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 100.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.50 3.00 .967 4.95 4.20
1959 CHW AL 33 3B 74 67 496.0 202 57 135 10 10 .950 8.7 21.0 8.7 6.0 2.7 0 3.48 2.59 .952 3.21 2.72
1959 CHW AL 33 2B 3 0 17.2 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 0.6 40.8 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 4.58 3.00 .978 5.30 4.73
1960 CHW AL 34 3B 20 16 116.0 56 17 38 1 2 .982 3.5 36.2 3.5 3.0 0.5 0 4.27 2.75 .950 3.14 2.72
1960 CHW AL 34 2B 7 5 43.0 23 9 14 0 5 1.000 0.3 8.4 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 4.81 3.29 .978 5.46 4.66
1961 CHW AL 35 3B 7 5 48.2 18 4 13 1 1 .944 -0.7 -17.3 -0.7 0.8 -1.5 0 3.14 2.43 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 CHW AL 35 1B 2 0 2.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 45.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 20.25 3.00 .983 9.45 8.30
1961 CHW AL 35 2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 5.10 4.70
1962 HOU NL 36 2B 31 15 147.0 72 25 45 2 6 .972 -1.4 -11.4 -1.4 -2.6 1.1 0 4.29 2.26 .974 5.30 4.68
1962 HOU NL 36 3B 17 10 99.0 40 11 22 7 2 .825 -0.7 -8.5 -0.7 -1.0 0.2 0 3.00 1.94 .955 2.95 2.56
1962 HOU NL 36 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -720.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 8.10 8.00
14 Seasons 2B 624 330 2922.2 3282 1475 1714 93 459 .972 7.4 3.0 10.4 -1.8 12.0 -3 9.82 5.11 .977 5.39 4.96
12 Seasons 1B 406 37 321.2 3856 3575 245 36 415 .991 -0.9 -3.4 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 0 106.88 9.41 .990 9.61 8.52
11 Seasons 3B 330 267 2127.1 905 254 603 48 52 .947 7.6 4.3 8.6 6.7 1.6 -1 3.63 2.60 .953 3.17 2.72
7 Seasons OF 111 18 155.0 220 203 12 5 3 .977 -2.3 -17.8 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -2 12.48 1.94 .978 2.33 2.24 69-0-42
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 18 15 123.0 22 19 1 2 0 .909 -2.9 -28.3 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 -2 1.46 1.11 .977 2.23 1.87
3 Seasons SS 7 0 17.0 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -7.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 6.35 1.71 .967 5.03 4.44
1 Season (incomplete) RF 5 3 32.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 22.5 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 1.12 0.80 .975 1.94 1.68
16 Seasons TOT 1478 652 5543.2 8275 5511 2582 182 930 .978 11.7 2.5 17.7 5.1 12.1 -2 -4 13.14 5.48 .958 4.69 5.23 69-0-42
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1947 BOS AL 21 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1948 BOS AL 22 127 127 127 0 0 117 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 23 122 122 122 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 24 110 110 110 0 0 21 5 27 1 45 0 0 45
1951 BOS AL 25 141 141 141 0 0 62 44 1 0 2 0 36 38
1952 BOS AL 26 138 138 138 0 0 23 103 5 0 4 0 0 4
1953 BOS AL 27 128 128 128 0 0 20 112 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 28 127 114 127 127 0 0 27 72 12 0 13 0 0 13 10 2
1955 BOS AL 29 149 148 149 149 0 0 5 143 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1956 BOS AL 30 105 95 105 105 0 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1957 BAL AL 31 73 66 73 73 0 0 8 5 54 5 4 0 5 9 7 0
1957 BOS AL 31 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1958 CHW AL 32 116 111 116 116 0 0 3 1 111 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1959 CHW AL 33 104 67 104 104 0 0 0 3 74 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
1960 CHW AL 34 30 21 30 30 0 0 0 7 20 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1961 CHW AL 35 41 5 41 41 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
1962 HOU NL 36 82 25 82 82 0 0 1 31 17 0 0 0 0 0 54 0
16 Seasons 1623 652 1623 1623 0 0 406 624 330 7 68 0 43 111 179 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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
1954 BOS AL 28 2581 65% 79% 28% 231 93% 1 160 51 84 25 203 169 28 0 4 7 1 4 2 4 57 21 11 16 3 55 19 35 1 0 1
1955 BOS AL 29 5546 65% 79% 25% 469 92% 0 365 139 171 55 351 287 54 0 13 23 2 19 2 17 93 24 20 25 6 83 31 51 8 4 4
1956 BOS AL 30 3419 61% 77% 27% 327 92% 0 207 71 93 43 261 203 55 0 3 17 0 16 1 14 67 19 9 28 3 62 31 29 3 0 3
1957 BAL AL 31 161 77% 80% 27% 16 81% 0 14 5 7 2 11 7 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 32 21 57% 81% 19% 2 100% 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 33 75 68% 79% 29% 5 100% 0 4 1 2 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 34 196 77% 78% 28% 12 100% 0 10 0 8 2 14 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 0 5 4 1 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 35 12 75% 83% 42% 1 100% 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
1962 HOU NL 36 667 57% 81% 31% 57 95% 0 31 10 14 7 47 43 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 6 0 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1
9 Seasons 12678 64% 79% 27% 1120 92% 1 794 277 380 137 895 726 148 1 21 51 3 43 5 38 233 67 43 76 13 215 90 121 13 4 9
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 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%
1954 BOS AL 28 458 68% 79% 27% 38 82% 0 11 7 3 1 23 16 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 4 0 4 1 0 1 5 60%
1957 BAL AL 31 1778 65% 77% 24% 150 87% 1 56 43 3 10 92 72 14 1 9 6 0 4 2 4 9 5 1 7 2 2 0 13 62%
1958 CHW AL 32 3695 63% 80% 27% 290 87% 7 68 50 3 15 207 167 26 5 2 14 0 12 2 12 16 9 0 11 2 2 0 19 58%
1959 CHW AL 33 2127 65% 76% 26% 194 90% 2 57 43 9 5 133 103 24 3 0 10 0 10 0 9 10 3 2 7 2 2 0 6 50%
1960 CHW AL 34 521 73% 80% 27% 55 85% 1 17 10 2 5 38 32 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 33%
1961 CHW AL 35 218 66% 78% 27% 19 84% 0 4 4 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 HOU NL 36 453 58% 76% 25% 37 84% 0 11 7 1 3 24 18 6 0 2 7 0 6 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
7 Seasons 9250 65% 78% 26% 783 87% 11 224 164 21 39 530 420 81 9 14 41 0 35 6 34 45 23 4 33 8 7 1 49 57%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1954 BOS AL 28 896 68% 78% 25% 43 91% 0 195 12 181 2 13 16 10 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 26 1 1 1 21 3 5 1 3 1 100%
1955 BOS AL 29 191 65% 76% 31% 11 91% 0 48 2 46 0 3 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 31 230 59% 79% 23% 10 80% 0 56 2 52 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1958 CHW AL 32 74 58% 77% 32% 6 100% 0 19 2 17 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 CHW AL 35 15 80% 80% 40% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HOU NL 36 5 20% 80% 40% 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
6 Seasons 1411 66% 78% 26% 71 90% 0 323 18 301 4 23 26 18 6 0 1 6 1 5 0 5 39 2 1 1 34 4 5 1 3 3 100%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

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%
1954 BOS AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 5 0 7 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 8 40.0% 12 0 0.0% 1 474 66% 78% 25% 50 32%
1955 BOS AL 29 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 3 67% 67% 0% 0
1957 BAL AL 31 1 0 1 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 94 68% 77% 27% 10 50%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 5 0 8 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 8 36.4% 14 0 0.0% 1 571 66% 78% 25% 60 35%
MLB Averages 56.6% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1957 BAL AL 31 52 62% 79% 27% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 32 24 33% 79% 33% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 76 53% 79% 29% 5 100% 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

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%
1957 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 86 66% 86% 37% 5 80%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 86 66% 86% 37% 5 80%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

* 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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