Billy Grabarkewitz
Billy Cordell Grabarkewitz (Grabs)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 18, 1946 in Lockhart, TX
High School: Alamo Heights (San Antonio, TX)
Schools: St. Mary's University, Southwest Texas State University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 12th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1969
Final Game: April 25, 1975
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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 Awards
1969 LAD NL 23 SS 18 16 141.1 65 18 44 3 4 .954 -2.1 -17.8 -1.1 -0.4 -0.7 -1 3.95 3.44 .963 4.93 4.21
1969 LAD NL 23 3B 6 1 17.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.6 42.4 0.6 -0.1 0.7 0 3.71 1.17 .943 2.91 2.63
1969 LAD NL 23 2B 3 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.00 0.67 .950 5.20 4.67
1970 LAD NL 24 3B 97 95 825.2 290 88 190 12 19 .959 1.9 2.8 1.9 -1.1 3.0 0 3.03 2.87 .944 2.91 2.58 AS
1970 LAD NL 24 SS 50 37 359.1 190 47 135 8 16 .958 1.6 5.3 2.6 1.5 1.1 -1 4.56 3.64 .965 5.05 4.23 AS
1970 LAD NL 24 2B 20 18 157.0 86 43 42 1 10 .988 -0.7 -5.4 0.3 -0.5 0.7 -1 4.87 4.25 .979 5.32 4.67 AS
1971 LAD NL 25 2B 13 10 87.1 57 26 31 0 8 1.000 2.2 30.2 2.2 1.6 0.6 0 5.87 4.38 .977 5.47 4.86
1971 LAD NL 25 3B 10 9 70.2 27 6 21 0 2 1.000 0.9 15.3 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 3.44 2.70 .944 2.80 2.32
1971 LAD NL 25 SS 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 1080.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1972 LAD NL 26 3B 24 22 183.0 61 15 40 6 1 .902 -6.2 -40.7 -6.2 -5.0 -1.3 0 2.70 2.29 .948 2.87 2.55
1972 LAD NL 26 2B 19 16 141.2 92 45 43 4 12 .957 -1.1 -9.3 -1.1 -0.2 -0.9 0 5.59 4.63 .978 5.36 4.88
1972 LAD NL 26 SS 2 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 .667 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 .967 4.95 4.50
1973 TOT MLB 27 2B 38 34 288.0 186 86 93 7 27 .962 -5.4 -22.5 -6.4 -2.9 -3.6 1 5.59 4.71 .980 5.48 4.80
1973 TOT MLB 27 3B 15 11 98.0 26 7 17 2 3 .923 -0.5 -6.1 -0.5 1.0 -1.6 0 2.20 1.60 .950 2.99 2.65
1973 TOT MLB 27 LF 2 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -85.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.70
1973 TOT MLB 27 OF 2 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -85.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.19 2.00
1973 CAL AL 27 2B 18 17 141.0 86 41 42 3 11 .965 -2.7 -23.0 -2.7 -1.7 -1.1 0 5.30 4.61 .980 5.44 4.67
1973 CAL AL 27 3B 12 11 92.0 25 7 16 2 3 .920 -1.1 -14.3 -1.1 0.9 -2.1 0 2.25 1.92 .952 3.00 2.68
1973 CAL AL 27 DH 5
1973 CAL AL 27 LF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.95 1.70
1973 CAL AL 27 OF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1973 CAL AL 27 SS 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -102.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.01 4.40
1973 PHI NL 27 2B 20 17 147.0 100 45 51 4 16 .960 -2.7 -22.0 -3.7 -1.2 -2.5 1 5.88 4.80 .980 5.52 4.91
1973 PHI NL 27 3B 3 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 120.0 0.6 0.1 0.5 0 1.50 0.33 .900 2.85 2.50
1973 PHI NL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1973 PHI NL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1974 TOT NL 28 3B 7 0 12.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.26 0.86 .950 3.06 2.63
1974 PHI NL 28 LF 5 5 39.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.1 0.1 -1.0 1.1 0 1.85 1.60 .975 1.98 1.56
1974 PHI NL 28 OF 5 5 39.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.1 0.1 -1.0 1.1 0 1.85 1.60 .975 2.26 1.96
1974 PHI NL 28 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1974 CHC NL 28 2B 45 29 290.2 175 67 100 8 8 .954 -3.0 -12.4 0.0 1.5 -1.5 -3 5.17 3.71 .974 5.47 4.64
1974 CHC NL 28 SS 7 3 35.1 24 6 18 0 2 1.000 1.9 64.5 1.9 1.2 0.7 0 6.11 3.43 .958 4.97 4.26
1974 CHC NL 28 3B 6 0 11.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.1 10.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.63 1.00 .950 3.09 2.63
1975 OAK AL 29 2B 4 0 3.1 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -0.5 -180.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 13.50 1.25 .983 5.40 4.72
1975 OAK AL 29 DH 1
6 Seasons 3B 159 138 1207.0 417 119 278 20 25 .952 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -4.7 1.2 0 2.96 2.50 .945 2.91 2.57
7 Seasons 2B 142 108 977.0 604 272 311 21 65 .965 -8.5 -10.4 -5.5 -1.0 -4.7 -3 5.37 4.11 .977 5.43 4.74
6 Seasons SS 79 56 540.2 283 73 198 12 23 .958 1.6 3.6 3.6 2.2 1.4 -2 4.51 3.43 .964 5.01 4.24
2 Seasons LF 7 6 46.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -10.4 -0.4 -1.5 1.1 0 1.57 1.14 .975 1.98 1.60
2 Seasons OF 7 6 46.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -10.4 -0.4 -1.5 1.1 0 1.57 1.14 .975 2.25 1.97
2 Seasons DH 6
7 Seasons TOT 387 308 2770.2 1312 472 787 53 113 .960 -10.6 -4.6 -5.6 -5.0 -1.0 0 -5 4.09 3.25 .924 4.20 3.70
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 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
1969 LAD NL 23 34 18 34 34 0 0 0 3 6 18 0 0 0 0 4 11
1970 LAD NL 24 156 150 156 156 0 0 0 20 97 50 0 0 0 0 3 2
1971 LAD NL 25 44 19 44 44 0 0 0 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 14 8
1972 LAD NL 26 53 38 53 53 0 0 0 19 24 2 0 0 0 0 7 4
1973 CAL AL 27 61 34 61 32 0 0 0 18 13 1 1 0 0 1 5 18 7
1973 PHI NL 27 25 17 25 25 0 0 0 20 3 0 1 0 0 1 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 0 2 1
7 Seasons 466 313 466 406 0 0 0 142 160 79 7 0 0 7 5 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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%
1969 LAD NL 23 68 72% 69% 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 3647 62% 78% 26% 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 25 293 77% 77% 26% 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 26 805 65% 77% 28% 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 27 395 64% 77% 25% 32 84% 0 8 6 1 1 21 16 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 5 2 0 3 2 1 1 0
1973 PHI NL 27 31 58% 65% 26% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 CHC NL 28 49 63% 67% 24% 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 5292 64% 77% 26% 423 86% 4 111 83 14 14 279 223 47 2 6 21 1 19 1 20 27 18 2 23 3 2 1 11 82%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 66%

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
1969 LAD NL 23 42 69% 71% 21% 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 24 685 72% 76% 25% 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 25 348 71% 81% 34% 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 26 633 76% 78% 30% 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 27 661 61% 79% 27% 60 83% 0 46 13 23 10 49 39 9 0 3 4 0 4 0 3 15 3 6 5 0 15 5 10 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 27 648 71% 74% 27% 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 1326 51% 78% 32% 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 19 53% 68% 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 4362 64% 77% 29% 375 90% 0 276 79 138 59 306 258 38 1 11 21 1 18 2 16 65 23 15 15 2 60 17 42 5 2 3
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1969 LAD NL 23 589 66% 78% 25% 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 1563 70% 78% 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 28 156 64% 78% 31% 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 2327 68% 78% 27% 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 61% 77% 27% 91%

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%
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 26 62% 62% 19% 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% 0 168 47% 83% 30% 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% 0 200 50% 81% 29% 19 42%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 61% 77% 26% 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 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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