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Goose Goslin

Leon Allen Goslin

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 16, 1900 in Salem, NJ
High School: Salem HS (Salem, NJ) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1921
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers/Browns 1921-1938

Final Game: September 25, 1938
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1968.
   View Goose Goslin Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: May 15, 1971 in Bridgeton, NJ
Buried: Baptist Cemetery, Salem, NJ
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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
1921 WSH AL 20 OF 14 14 13 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.21 .960 2.33
1921 WSH AL 20 RF 13 12 12 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.85 .958 1.96
1921 WSH AL 20 LF 2 2 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 .959 2.40
1922 WSH AL 21 OF 92 91 89 220 197 8 15 1 .932 2.23 .964 2.31
1922 WSH AL 21 LF 87 87 85 219 197 9 13 1 .941 2.37 .969 2.40
1922 WSH AL 21 RF 5 4 4 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.40 .953 1.84
1923 WSH AL 22 LF 149 149 144 351 310 26 15 5 .957 2.26 .966 2.35
1923 WSH AL 22 OF 149 149 144 351 310 26 15 5 .957 2.26 .965 2.38
1924 WSH AL 23 LF 154 154 151 396 365 14 17 4 .957 2.46 .964 2.34
1924 WSH AL 23 OF 154 154 151 397 369 12 16 4 .960 2.47 .970 2.39
1925 WSH AL 24 OF 150 150 134 421 385 24 12 1 .971 2.73 .965 2.43
1925 WSH AL 24 LF 140 132 124 365 337 18 10 1 .973 2.54 .958 2.33
1925 WSH AL 24 CF 20 18 10 55 48 5 2 0 .964 2.65 .971 2.89
1926 WSH AL 25 OF 147 147 142 413 373 25 15 8 .964 2.71 .966 2.34 MVP-9
1926 WSH AL 25 LF 86 86 82 220 201 9 10 1 .955 2.44 .965 2.30 MVP-9
1926 WSH AL 25 CF 61 61 60 193 172 16 5 7 .974 3.08 .969 2.72 MVP-9
1927 WSH AL 26 OF 148 148 144 381 356 8 17 3 .955 2.46 .964 2.35 MVP-6
1927 WSH AL 26 LF 145 145 141 374 350 8 16 3 .957 2.47 .967 2.38 MVP-6
1927 WSH AL 26 CF 3 3 3 7 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00 .966 2.70 MVP-6
1928 WSH AL 27 LF 125 123 81 291 266 14 11 4 .962 2.24 .974 2.30 MVP-6
1928 WSH AL 27 OF 125 124 81 291 266 14 11 4 .962 2.24 .973 2.36 MVP-6
1928 WSH AL 27 RF 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .970 1.97 MVP-6
1929 WSH AL 28 LF 142 141 140 315 298 7 10 1 .968 2.15 .964 2.39
1929 WSH AL 28 OF 142 141 140 316 299 7 10 1 .968 2.15 .966 2.42
1930 TOT AL 29 LF 148 148 145 336 309 15 12 1 .964 2.19 .968 2.14
1930 TOT AL 29 OF 148 148 145 336 309 15 12 1 .964 2.19 .965 2.32
1930 WSH AL 29 LF 47 47 45 79 72 2 5 1 .937 1.57 .968 2.14
1930 WSH AL 29 OF 47 47 45 79 72 2 5 1 .937 1.57 .965 2.32
1930 SLB AL 29 LF 101 101 100 257 237 13 7 0 .973 2.48 .968 2.14
1930 SLB AL 29 OF 101 101 100 257 237 13 7 0 .973 2.48 .965 2.32
1931 SLB AL 30 LF 151 151 149 347 319 14 14 1 .960 2.21 .966 2.20 MVP-20
1931 SLB AL 30 OF 151 151 149 347 319 14 14 1 .960 2.21 .969 2.38 MVP-20
1932 SLB AL 31 LF 149 149 143 364 330 16 18 5 .951 2.32 .964 2.21 MVP-17
1932 SLB AL 31 OF 149 149 143 364 330 16 18 5 .951 2.32 .967 2.42 MVP-17
1932 SLB AL 31 3B 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 3.00 MVP-17
1933 WSH AL 32 OF 128 126 109 288 261 17 10 7 .965 2.17 .970 2.37
1933 WSH AL 32 RF 125 123 106 285 258 17 10 7 .965 2.20 .962 2.10
1933 WSH AL 32 LF 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .970 2.28
1934 DET AL 33 OF 149 149 142 320 290 15 15 2 .953 2.05 .968 2.29 MVP-14
1934 DET AL 33 LF 145 145 138 308 282 14 12 2 .961 2.04 .968 2.17 MVP-14
1934 DET AL 33 RF 4 4 4 12 8 1 3 0 .750 2.25 .964 2.08 MVP-14
1935 DET AL 34 OF 144 143 137 344 326 6 12 2 .965 2.31 .970 2.39
1935 DET AL 34 LF 125 122 118 274 262 4 8 1 .971 2.13 .968 2.24
1935 DET AL 34 RF 21 21 19 70 64 2 4 1 .943 3.14 .968 2.09
1936 DET AL 35 LF 144 143 140 290 266 11 13 1 .955 1.92 .963 2.12 AS
1936 DET AL 35 OF 144 143 140 290 266 11 13 1 .955 1.92 .968 2.38 AS
1937 DET AL 36 LF 40 39 31 84 78 2 4 1 .952 2.00 .966 2.16
1937 DET AL 36 OF 40 40 32 87 81 2 4 1 .954 2.08 .969 2.35
1937 DET AL 36 1B 1 1 0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 13.00 .991 9.80
1937 DET AL 36 RF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .963 2.00
1938 WSH AL 37 OF 13 9 7 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 .972 2.35
1938 WSH AL 37 LF 12 8 6 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 .972 2.17
1938 WSH AL 37 RF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .973 2.10
18 Seasons OF 2187 2176 2042 5222 4792 221 209 47 .960 2.29 .967 2.37
18 Seasons LF 1948 1927 1822 4566 4202 181 183 32 .960 2.25 .966 2.27
8 Seasons RF 173 167 147 401 362 21 18 8 .955 2.21 .963 2.08
3 Seasons CF 84 82 73 255 226 21 8 7 .969 2.94 .969 2.76
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 3.00
1 Season 1B 1 1 0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 13.00 .991 9.80
18 Seasons TOT 2189 2177 2042 5240 4805 225 210 47 .960 2.30 .967 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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.
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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.
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Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1921 WSH AL 20 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 14 0 0 0
1922 WSH AL 21 101 91 101 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 5 92 0 9 0
1923 WSH AL 22 150 149 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 0 1 0
1924 WSH AL 23 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 154 0 0 0
1925 WSH AL 24 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 20 0 150 0 0 0
1926 WSH AL 25 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 61 0 147 0 0 0
1927 WSH AL 26 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 3 0 148 0 0 0
1928 WSH AL 27 135 124 135 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 3 125 0 10 0
1929 WSH AL 28 145 141 145 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 142 0 3 0
1930 SLB AL 29 101 101 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 101 0 0 0
1930 WSH AL 29 47 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 47 0 0 0
1931 SLB AL 30 151 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 151 0 0 0
1932 SLB AL 31 150 149 150 149 0 0 0 0 1 0 149 0 0 149 0 1 0
1933 WSH AL 32 132 126 132 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 125 128 0 4 0
1934 DET AL 33 151 149 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 4 149 0 2 0
1935 DET AL 34 147 143 147 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 21 144 0 3 0
1936 DET AL 35 147 143 147 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 144 0 3 0
1937 DET AL 36 79 41 79 42 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 0 1 41 0 38 0
1938 WSH AL 37 38 9 38 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 13 0 24 1
18 Seasons 2287 2177 2287 2189 0 0 1 0 1 0 1948 84 173 2188 0 98 1
Lg 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1950 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1954 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1955 BBWAA ( 2.8%)
1956 BBWAA (13.5%)
1958 BBWAA ( 9.8%)
1960 BBWAA (11.2%)
1962 BBWAA ( 8.8%)
1968 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1968
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1936 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 AL (9, 14%)
1927 AL (6, 23%)
1928 AL (6, 20%)
1931 AL (20, 2%)
1932 AL (17, 9%)
1934 AL (14, 8%)
0.76 Career Shares (318th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  149 (2nd)
1924 AL  154 (1st)
1925 AL  140 (2nd)
1926 AL  86 (5th)
1927 AL  145 (1st)
1928 AL  125 (3rd)
1929 AL  142 (1st)
1930 AL  148 (1st)
1931 AL  151 (1st)
1932 AL  149 (3rd)
1934 AL  145 (1st)
1936 AL  144 (2nd)
Career  1,948 (7th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  310 (3rd)
1924 AL  365 (1st)
1925 AL  337 (1st)
1926 AL  201 (3rd)
1927 AL  350 (2nd)
1928 AL  266 (3rd)
1929 AL  298 (2nd)
1930 AL  309 (1st)
1931 AL  319 (1st)
1932 AL  330 (2nd)
1934 AL  282 (3rd)
1935 AL  262 (5th)
1936 AL  266 (3rd)
Career  4,202 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  26 (1st)
1924 AL  14 (2nd)
1925 AL  18 (1st)
1928 AL  14 (2nd)
1930 AL  15 (1st)
1931 AL  14 (1st)
1932 AL  16 (1st)
1934 AL  14 (2nd)
1936 AL  11 (5th)
Career  181 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 AL  13 (1st)
1923 AL  15 (1st)
1924 AL  17 (1st)
1926 AL  10 (4th)
1927 AL  16 (1st)
1928 AL  11 (1st)
1929 AL  10 (4th)
1930 AL  12 (1st)
1931 AL  14 (1st)
1932 AL  18 (1st)
1934 AL  12 (2nd)
1935 AL  8 (4th)
1936 AL  13 (3rd)
Career  183 (1st)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1926 AL  16 (2nd)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  125 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  258 (1st)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  17 (2nd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  10 (3rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1923 AL  149 (4th)
1924 AL  154 (2nd)
1925 AL  150 (5th)
1927 AL  148 (4th)
1930 AL  148 (4th)
1931 AL  151 (2nd)
1932 AL  149 (5th)
1934 AL  149 (3rd)
1936 AL  144 (5th)
Career  2,187 (28th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1924 AL  369 (5th)
1925 AL  385 (5th)
1926 AL  373 (4th)
1927 AL  356 (5th)
Career  4,792 (30th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1923 AL  26 (2nd)
1925 AL  24 (1st)
1926 AL  25 (1st)
1930 AL  15 (2nd)
1931 AL  14 (4th)
1932 AL  16 (1st)
1933 AL  17 (3rd)
1934 AL  15 (2nd)
Career  221 (38th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1922 AL  15 (2nd)
1923 AL  15 (2nd)
1924 AL  16 (1st)
1926 AL  15 (1st)
1927 AL  17 (2nd)
1928 AL  11 (3rd)
1930 AL  12 (5th)
1931 AL  14 (4th)
1932 AL  18 (3rd)
1934 AL  15 (2nd)
1935 AL  12 (4th)
Career  209 (30th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 AL  2.37 (4th)
1923 AL  2.26 (4th)
1924 AL  2.46 (3rd)
1925 AL  2.54 (1st)
1926 AL  2.44 (1st)
1927 AL  2.47 (2nd)
1928 AL  2.24 (3rd)
1930 AL  2.19 (3rd)
1931 AL  2.21 (4th)
1932 AL  2.32 (2nd)
1934 AL  2.04 (5th)
1936 AL  1.92 (5th)
Career  2.25 (17th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  .957 (5th)
1925 AL  .973 (2nd)
1926 AL  .955 (4th)
1927 AL  .957 (5th)
1929 AL  .968 (4th)
1930 AL  .964 (5th)
1931 AL  .960 (5th)
1932 AL  .951 (5th)
1934 AL  .961 (5th)
1935 AL  .971 (4th)
1936 AL  .955 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  2.20 (2nd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  .965 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1926 AL  2.71 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1938 AL  born 1900-10-16 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1921 AL  born 1900-10-16 (9th)

             

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