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Billy Grabarkewitz

Billy Cordell Grabarkewitz (Grabs)

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 18, 1946 in Lockhart, TX
High School: Alamo Heights HS (San Antonio, TX)
Schools: St. Mary's University (San Antonio, TX), Texas State University (San Marcos, TX)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 12th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1969 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Angels/Phillies/Cubs/Athletics 1969-1975

Final Game: April 25, 1975 (Age 29)
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 LAD NL 23 SS 18 16 12 141.1 65 18 44 3 4 .954 -2 -18 3.95 3.44 .963 4.93 4.90
1969 LAD NL 23 3B 6 1 1 17.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1 42 3.71 1.17 .946 2.91 2.90
1969 LAD NL 23 2B 3 1 0 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 0.67 .975 5.20 5.13
1970 LAD NL 24 3B 97 95 78 825.2 290 88 190 12 19 .959 2 3 3.03 2.87 .945 2.91 2.90 AS
1970 LAD NL 24 SS 50 37 35 359.1 190 47 135 8 16 .958 2 5 4.56 3.64 .965 5.05 5.04 AS
1970 LAD NL 24 2B 20 18 16 157.0 86 43 42 1 10 .988 -1 -5 4.87 4.25 .979 5.32 5.30 AS
1971 LAD NL 25 2B 13 10 9 87.1 57 26 31 0 8 1.000 2 30 5.87 4.38 .978 5.47 5.46
1971 LAD NL 25 3B 10 9 7 70.2 27 6 21 0 2 1.000 1 15 3.44 2.70 .949 2.80 2.80
1971 LAD NL 25 SS 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1080 27.00 1.00 .970 5.40 5.10
1972 LAD NL 26 3B 24 22 14 183.0 61 15 40 6 1 .902 -6 -41 2.70 2.29 .945 2.87 2.88
1972 LAD NL 26 2B 19 16 14 141.2 92 45 43 4 12 .957 -1 -9 5.59 4.63 .978 5.36 5.38
1972 LAD NL 26 SS 2 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 .667 0 60 9.00 1.00 .967 4.95 5.05
1973 TOT MLB 27 2B 38 34 22 289.1 186 86 93 7 27 .962 -5 -22 5.57 4.71 .980 5.48 5.47
1973 TOT MLB 27 3B 15 11 4 96.2 26 7 17 2 3 .923 -0 -6 2.23 1.60 .950 3.00 2.96
1973 TOT MLB 27 LF 2 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -86 0.00 0.00 1.93 2.00
1973 TOT MLB 27 OF 2 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -86 0.00 0.00 2.19 2.25
1973 CAL AL 27 2B 18 17 12 141.0 86 41 42 3 11 .965 -3 -23 5.30 4.61 .980 5.44 5.41
1973 CAL AL 27 3B 12 11 4 92.0 25 7 16 2 3 .920 -1 -14 2.25 1.92 .950 3.00 2.98
1973 CAL AL 27 DH 8 5
1973 CAL AL 27 LF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 1.95 2.00
1973 CAL AL 27 OF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1973 CAL AL 27 SS 1 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -103 0.00 0.00 5.01 5.10
1973 PHI NL 27 2B 20 17 10 148.1 100 45 51 4 16 .960 -3 -22 5.82 4.80 .980 5.52 5.52
1973 PHI NL 27 3B 3 0 0 4.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1 154 1.93 0.33 .950 2.89 2.87
1973 PHI NL 27 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1973 PHI NL 27 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1974 TOT NL 28 3B 7 0 0 12.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.26 0.86 .948 3.06 3.03
1974 PHI NL 28 LF 5 5 4 39.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.85 1.60 .976 1.98 2.00
1974 PHI NL 28 OF 5 5 4 39.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.85 1.60 .979 2.26 2.28
1974 PHI NL 28 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1974 CHC NL 28 2B 45 29 19 290.2 175 67 100 8 8 .954 -3 -12 5.17 3.71 .973 5.47 5.47
1974 CHC NL 28 SS 7 3 1 35.1 24 6 18 0 2 1.000 2 65 6.11 3.43 .961 4.97 4.97
1974 CHC NL 28 3B 6 0 0 11.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0 10 4.63 1.00 .948 3.09 3.03
1975 OAK AL 29 2B 4 0 0 3.1 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -0 -180 13.50 1.25 .975 5.40 5.38
1975 OAK AL 29 DH 1 0
6 Seasons 3B 159 138 104 1205.2 417 119 278 20 25 .952 -3 -3 2.96 2.50 .946 2.91 2.90
7 Seasons 2B 142 108 80 978.1 604 272 311 21 65 .965 -9 -10 5.36 4.11 .977 5.43 5.42
6 Seasons SS 79 56 48 540.2 283 73 198 12 23 .958 2 4 4.51 3.43 .964 5.01 5.00
2 Seasons LF 7 6 4 46.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.57 1.14 .976 1.98 2.00
2 Seasons OF 7 6 4 46.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.57 1.14 .979 2.25 2.27
7 Seasons TOT 387 308 236 2770.2 1312 472 787 53 113 .960 -11 -5 4.09 3.25 .964 4.20 4.24
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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.
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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
1969 LAD NL 23 SS -2 -18 -1 -1 -0 -1
1969 LAD NL 23 3B 1 42 1 1 -0 0
1969 LAD NL 23 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 24 3B 2 3 2 3 -1 0
1970 LAD NL 24 SS 2 5 3 1 2 -1
1970 LAD NL 24 2B -1 -5 0 1 -0 -1
1971 LAD NL 25 2B 2 30 2 1 2 0
1971 LAD NL 25 3B 1 15 1 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 25 SS 0 1080 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 26 3B -6 -41 -6 -1 -5 0
1972 LAD NL 26 2B -1 -9 -1 -1 -0 0
1972 LAD NL 26 SS 0 60 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 27 2B -3 -23 -3 -1 -2 0
1973 CAL AL 27 3B -1 -14 -1 -2 1 0
1973 CAL AL 27 LF -0 -80 -0 0 -0 0
1973 CAL AL 27 SS -0 -103 -0 0 -0 0
1973 PHI NL 27 2B -3 -22 -4 -2 -1 1
1973 PHI NL 27 3B 1 154 1 0 0 0
1973 PHI NL 27 LF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1974 PHI NL 28 LF 0 3 0 1 -1 0
1974 PHI NL 28 3B -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1974 CHC NL 28 2B -3 -12 0 -2 2 -3
1974 CHC NL 28 SS 2 65 2 1 1 0
1974 CHC NL 28 3B 0 10 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 29 2B -0 -180 -0 0 -0 0
6 Seasons 3B -3 -3 -3 1 -5 0
7 Seasons 2B -9 -10 -6 -5 -1 -3
6 Seasons SS 2 4 4 1 2 -2
2 Seasons LF -0 -10 -0 1 -2 0
7 Seasons TOT -11 -5 -6 -1 -5 -5 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1969 LAD NL 23 34 18 34 27 0 0 0 3 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 4 11
1970 LAD NL 24 156 150 156 152 0 0 0 20 97 50 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1971 LAD NL 25 44 19 44 23 0 0 0 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 8
1972 LAD NL 26 53 38 53 43 0 0 0 19 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4
1973 CAL AL 27 61 34 61 32 0 0 0 18 13 1 1 0 0 1 8 18 7
1973 PHI NL 27 25 17 25 22 0 0 0 20 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4
1974 CHC NL 28 53 32 53 52 0 0 0 45 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1974 PHI NL 28 34 5 34 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 5 0 17 12
1975 OAK AL 29 6 0 6 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
7 Seasons 466 313 466 361 0 0 0 142 161 78 7 0 0 7 9 69 54
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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%
1969 LAD NL 23 66 74% 71% 24% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 24 3523 64% 81% 27% 286 87% 4 81 59 11 11 185 146 35 1 3 12 0 11 1 12 18 13 2 17 0 0 0 5 80%
1971 LAD NL 25 284 80% 80% 27% 28 86% 0 5 4 1 0 21 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
1972 LAD NL 26 780 68% 79% 29% 61 82% 0 14 11 1 2 39 32 6 0 2 7 1 6 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 75%
1973 CAL AL 27 378 67% 80% 26% 32 84% 0 8 6 1 1 21 16 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 2 1 1 0
1973 PHI NL 27 18 61% 72% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHC NL 28 48 65% 69% 25% 6 83% 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 PHI NL 28 4 25% 100% 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 5101 66% 80% 27% 420 86% 4 111 83 14 14 276 220 47 2 6 21 1 19 1 20 26 18 2 22 3 2 1 10 80%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 89% 66%

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
1969 LAD NL 23 40 73% 75% 23% 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
1970 LAD NL 24 657 75% 79% 26% 54 96% 0 45 18 16 11 41 36 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 10 3 2 2 0 8 2 6 2 0 2
1971 LAD NL 25 338 73% 83% 35% 33 94% 0 26 6 16 4 31 27 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 7 2 5 1 0 1
1972 LAD NL 26 617 78% 80% 31% 50 88% 0 45 10 27 8 44 33 8 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 12 4 2 3 1 10 4 6 2 2 0
1973 PHI NL 27 648 63% 81% 28% 60 83% 0 47 13 23 11 49 39 9 0 3 4 0 4 0 3 15 3 6 5 0 15 5 10 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 27 620 75% 78% 28% 43 91% 0 41 7 30 4 40 35 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 3 11 7 1 2 0 11 2 9 0 0 0
1974 CHC NL 28 1283 53% 81% 33% 130 91% 0 68 22 24 22 99 86 12 1 1 8 1 7 0 6 9 3 2 2 0 9 2 6 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 29 18 56% 72% 11% 4 100% 0 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4221 67% 80% 30% 375 90% 0 277 79 138 60 306 258 38 1 11 21 1 18 2 16 65 23 15 15 2 60 17 42 5 2 3
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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
1969 LAD NL 23 576 67% 80% 26% 56 93% 1 17 9 7 1 45 37 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 24 1517 72% 81% 28% 181 87% 1 49 22 23 4 137 111 24 0 3 8 1 7 0 6 15 7 3 4 1 0 15 10 5 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 25 1 100% 100% 100% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 26 7 43% 86% 43% 3 67% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 27 11 91% 64% 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
1974 CHC NL 28 152 66% 80% 32% 23 96% 0 6 3 3 0 19 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2264 70% 80% 28% 264 89% 2 73 35 33 5 203 164 33 1 4 11 1 10 0 8 21 9 4 7 1 0 21 13 8 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 91%

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%
1973 CAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 25 64% 64% 20% 2 0%
1973 PHI NL 27 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 6 67% 83% 33% 0
1974 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 159 50% 88% 31% 17 47%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 190 52% 85% 30% 19 42%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.9% 63% 80% 27% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

All-Star Games
1970 *

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1971 NL  2 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1970 NL  3.03 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1970 NL  2.87 (5th)

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