Dick Gray

Richard Benjamin Gray

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 11, 1931 in Jefferson, PA
School: Waynesburg College (Waynesburg, PA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cardinals 1958-1960

Final Game: May 22, 1960
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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
1958	LAD	NL	26	3B	55	53	51	472.0	210	56	139	15	18	.929	1	3	3.72	3.55	.952	3.18	3.16
1959	TOT	NL	27	3B	17	12	10	125.1	31	5	24	2	2	.935	-1	-11	2.08	1.71	.950	2.97	2.94
1959	LAD	NL	27	3B	11	11	9	98.1	24	4	20	0	2	1.000	0	4	2.20	2.18	.950	2.97	2.94
1959	STL	NL	27	SS	13	6	2	56.2	24	10	13	1	3	.958	-2	-36	3.65	1.77	.966	5.11	5.06
1959	STL	NL	27	3B	6	1	1	27.0	7	1	4	2	0	.714	-2	-67	1.67	0.83	.950	2.97	2.93
1959	STL	NL	27	2B	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.00	0.50	.980	5.40	5.20
1959	STL	NL	27	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1959	STL	NL	27	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1960	STL	NL	28	2B	4	0	0	9.0	6	2	4	0	2	1.000	-0	-13	6.00	1.50	.973	5.20	5.20
1960	STL	NL	28	3B	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	240	9.00	1.00	.950	2.70	3.00
	3 Seasons			3B	73	65	61	598.1	242	61	164	17	20	.930	0	1	3.38	3.08	.952	3.13	3.11
	1 Season			SS	13	6	2	56.2	24	10	13	1	3	.958	-2	-36	3.65	1.77	.966	5.11	5.06
	2 Seasons			2B	6	0	0	12.0	7	3	4	0	2	1.000	-0	-10	5.25	1.17	.974	5.25	5.20
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
	3 Seasons			TOT	93	71	63	668.0	273	74	181	18	25	.934	-2	-3	3.44	2.74	.954	3.34	3.50

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.
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	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1958	LAD	NL	26	3B	1	3	0	-4	4	1
1959	LAD	NL	27	3B	0	4	0	-1	1	0
1959	STL	NL	27	SS	-2	-36	-2	0	-2	0
1959	STL	NL	27	3B	-2	-67	-2	-1	-0	0
1959	STL	NL	27	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	STL	NL	27	LF	0	0	0	0	0
1960	STL	NL	28	2B	-0	-13	-0	0	-0	0
1960	STL	NL	28	3B	0	240	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			3B	0	1	-1	-6	6	1
	1 Season			SS	-2	-36	-2	0	-2	0
	2 Seasons			2B	-0	-10	-0	0	-0	0
	1 Season			LF	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			TOT	-2	-3	-3	-6	4	1

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	LF	OF	PH	PR
1958	LAD	NL	26	58	53	58	55	0	55	0	0	0	4	0
1959	STL	NL	27	36	7	36	21	2	6	13	1	1	19	1
1959	LAD	NL	27	21	11	21	11	0	11	0	0	0	9	1
1960	STL	NL	28	9	0	9	5	4	1	0	0	0	4	2
	3 Seasons			124	71	124	92	6	73	13	1	1	36	4

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 -- 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%
1958	LAD	NL	26	2091	69%	78%	28%	220	84%	3	55	44	4	7	142	107	31	1	2	15	0	13	2	10	18	12	2	16	2	2	0	6	67%
1959	LAD	NL	27	410	71%	72%	29%	23	91%	1	4	2	0	2	19	17	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
1959	STL	NL	27	128	59%	79%	20%	9	56%	1	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	STL	NL	28	5	60%	80%	40%	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
	3 Seasons			2634	69%	77%	28%	253	83%	5	60	46	4	10	166	129	32	2	4	17	0	15	2	11	20	13	2	18	2	2	0	6	67%
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		89%																								60%

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
1959	STL	NL	27	268	64%	74%	25%	20	75%	0	10	3	6	1	14	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
	1 Season			268	64%	74%	25%	20	75%	0	10	3	6	1	14	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		90%

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
1959	STL	NL	27	10	50%	100%	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
1960	STL	NL	28	46	67%	83%	26%	6	83%	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
	2 Seasons			56	64%	86%	29%	6	83%	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		93%

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%
1959	STL	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	4	50%	100%	0%	0
	1 Season			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	4	50%	100%	0%	0
	MLB Averages																														58.0%			2.8%			63%	80%	29%		48%

* 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

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1958 NL 15 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1958 NL 15 (5th)

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