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Johnny Groth

John Thomas Groth

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: July 23, 1926 in Chicago, IL
High School: Latin HS (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1946
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/Athletics/Browns/Senators 1946-1960

Final Game: July 28, 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 Awards
1946 DET AL 19 CF 4 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .983 2.75
1946 DET AL 19 OF 4 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .977 2.35
1947 DET AL 20 LF 1 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .976 2.40
1947 DET AL 20 OF 1 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 2.50
1948 DET AL 21 CF 5 4 4 10 8 1 1 1 .900 1.80 .978 3.00
1948 DET AL 21 OF 4 4 4 10 8 1 1 1 .900 2.25 .975 2.50
1949 DET AL 22 CF 99 94 92 260 241 10 9 3 .965 2.54 .980 2.84 RoY-4
1949 DET AL 22 OF 99 94 92 264 247 8 9 3 .966 2.58 .980 2.44 RoY-4
1950 DET AL 23 CF 157 157 154 1398.1 381 366 9 6 0 .984 2.41 2.39 .981 2.95 2.89
1950 DET AL 23 OF 157 157 154 1398.1 389 374 9 6 0 .985 2.47 2.44 .979 2.51 2.47
1951 DET AL 24 CF 113 110 105 981.0 276 265 9 2 3 .993 2.51 2.42 .981 2.84 2.83
1951 DET AL 24 OF 112 110 105 981.0 280 266 12 2 3 .993 2.55 2.48 .977 2.45 2.44
1952 DET AL 25 OF 139 132 130 1186.0 348 329 14 5 3 .986 2.60 2.47 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 DET AL 25 CF 135 132 130 1177.2 341 322 14 5 3 .985 2.57 2.49 .983 2.91 2.91
1952 DET AL 25 LF 3 0 0 8.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.32 1.33 .980 2.27 2.27
1953 SLB AL 26 CF 141 139 129 1231.1 447 426 17 4 5 .991 -1 -1 3.24 3.14 .984 2.96 2.95
1953 SLB AL 26 OF 141 139 129 1231.1 447 425 18 4 5 .991 -2 -2 3.24 3.14 .981 2.43 2.41
1954 CHW AL 27 OF 125 121 104 1060.0 325 314 7 4 3 .988 6 7 2.73 2.57 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 CHW AL 27 CF 116 113 98 982.0 308 297 7 4 3 .987 5 6 2.79 2.62 .983 2.85 2.83
1954 CHW AL 27 LF 9 6 5 57.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.37 1.67 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 CHW AL 27 RF 2 2 1 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 34 1.71 2.00 .975 2.06 2.05
1955 TOT AL 28 OF 74 67 57 590.2 188 183 3 2 1 .989 -4 -8 2.83 2.51 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 TOT AL 28 CF 66 59 52 518.2 168 164 2 2 1 .988 -5 -11 2.88 2.52 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 CHW AL 28 CF 26 21 19 187.0 61 60 1 0 0 1.000 2 10 2.94 2.35 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 CHW AL 28 OF 26 21 19 187.0 62 61 1 0 0 1.000 2 10 2.98 2.38 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 WSH AL 28 OF 48 46 38 403.2 126 122 2 2 1 .984 -6 -17 2.76 2.58 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 WSH AL 28 CF 40 38 33 331.2 107 104 1 2 1 .981 -6 -23 2.85 2.63 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 WSH AL 28 LF 11 8 5 69.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.22 1.55 .980 2.26 2.25
1955 WSH AL 28 RF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -80 3.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.00
1956 KCA AL 29 OF 84 61 54 598.1 148 140 8 0 3 1.000 -7 -14 2.23 1.76 .979 2.34 2.32
1956 KCA AL 29 CF 56 44 39 416.0 107 103 4 0 2 1.000 -6 -16 2.31 1.91 .984 2.79 2.77
1956 KCA AL 29 RF 18 15 13 140.2 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -16 1.73 1.50 .973 2.09 2.07
1956 KCA AL 29 LF 14 2 2 41.2 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0 9 1.51 0.50 .977 2.10 2.09
1957 TOT AL 30 OF 86 40 27 430.2 111 110 0 1 0 .991 -3 -8 2.30 1.28 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 TOT AL 30 CF 27 23 19 204.0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.87 2.41 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 TOT AL 30 LF 21 7 3 78.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -34 1.83 0.76 .980 2.11 2.10
1957 KCA AL 30 OF 50 16 7 193.0 38 37 0 1 0 .974 -3 -21 1.73 0.74 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 KCA AL 30 RF 39 10 5 148.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -1 -6 1.58 0.67 .976 1.93 1.93
1957 KCA AL 30 LF 9 6 2 41.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -61 1.54 0.78 .980 2.11 2.10
1957 KCA AL 30 CF 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -180 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1957 DET AL 30 OF 36 24 20 237.2 73 73 0 0 0 1.000 1 4 2.76 2.03 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 DET AL 30 CF 25 23 19 200.0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 1 5 2.92 2.60 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 DET AL 30 LF 12 1 1 37.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 2.15 0.75 .980 2.10 2.10
1958 DET AL 31 OF 80 31 23 347.1 98 95 2 1 1 .990 4 16 2.51 1.21 .982 2.27 2.25
1958 DET AL 31 LF 52 11 7 163.2 45 43 1 1 0 .978 2 12 2.42 0.85 .979 2.09 2.07
1958 DET AL 31 CF 19 14 12 127.2 40 39 1 0 1 1.000 2 23 2.82 2.11 .985 2.68 2.65
1958 DET AL 31 RF 10 6 4 56.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.61 1.00 .980 1.99 1.97
1959 DET AL 32 OF 41 21 17 223.1 59 58 0 1 0 .983 -0 -2 2.34 1.41 .980 2.22 2.21
1959 DET AL 32 CF 18 11 9 107.1 39 38 0 1 0 .974 1 11 3.19 2.11 .983 2.72 2.70
1959 DET AL 32 RF 13 5 4 59.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -47 0.92 0.46 .977 1.89 1.88
1959 DET AL 32 LF 11 5 4 57.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1 19 2.21 1.27 .980 2.05 2.05
1960 DET AL 33 OF 8 2 1 32.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 1.65 0.75 .982 2.26 2.25
1960 DET AL 33 CF 7 2 1 30.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -39 1.76 0.86 .987 2.67 2.66
1960 DET AL 33 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
15 Seasons OF 1155 982 900 8079.2 2684 2566 82 36 23 .987 -7 -1 2.64 2.29 .980 2.40 2.38
14 Seasons CF 963 904 846 7174.2 2454 2346 74 34 22 .986 -4 -1 2.70 2.51 .983 2.89 2.86
8 Seasons LF 122 40 27 475.1 123 119 3 1 1 .992 2 6 2.22 1.00 .979 2.14 2.11
7 Seasons RF 84 38 27 429.2 75 72 2 1 0 .987 -4 -12 1.55 0.88 .975 1.99 1.96
15 Seasons TOT 1155 982 900 8079.2 2684 2566 82 36 23 .987 -7 -1 2.64 2.29 .980 2.40 2.38
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.
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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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  • 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.
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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
1946 DET AL 19 CF
1947 DET AL 20 LF
1948 DET AL 21 CF
1949 DET AL 22 CF
1950 DET AL 23 CF
1951 DET AL 24 CF
1952 DET AL 25 CF
1952 DET AL 25 LF
1953 SLB AL 26 CF -1 -1 -2 -4 2 1
1954 CHW AL 27 CF 5 6 4 -1 5 1
1954 CHW AL 27 LF 1 17 1 -1 1 0
1954 CHW AL 27 RF 1 34 1 0 1 0
1955 CHW AL 28 CF 2 10 2 -0 2 0
1955 WSH AL 28 CF -6 -23 -3 -2 -1 -3
1955 WSH AL 28 LF 1 17 0 -0 0 1
1955 WSH AL 28 RF -0 -80 -0 0 -0 0
1956 KCA AL 29 CF -6 -16 -6 -2 -4 0
1956 KCA AL 29 RF -2 -16 -1 -0 -1 -1
1956 KCA AL 29 LF 0 9 -1 -0 -0 1
1957 KCA AL 30 RF -1 -6 0 1 -0 -1
1957 KCA AL 30 LF -2 -61 -1 0 -1 -1
1957 KCA AL 30 CF -1 -180 -1 -0 -0 0
1957 DET AL 30 CF 1 5 -0 1 -1 1
1957 DET AL 30 LF -0 -3 -0 1 -1 0
1958 DET AL 31 LF 2 12 2 0 1 0
1958 DET AL 31 CF 2 23 2 2 1 0
1958 DET AL 31 RF 0 9 -1 -0 -0 1
1959 DET AL 32 CF 1 11 2 1 1 -1
1959 DET AL 32 RF -2 -47 -2 -2 -1 0
1959 DET AL 32 LF 1 19 1 1 0 0
1960 DET AL 33 CF -1 -39 -1 -0 -1 0
1960 DET AL 33 RF -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
14 Seasons CF -4 -1 -3 -7 4 -1
8 Seasons LF 2 6 1 1 0 1
7 Seasons RF -4 -12 -3 -1 -2 -1
15 Seasons TOT -7 -1 -5 -7 2 -2
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
1946 DET AL 19 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
1947 DET AL 20 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
1948 DET AL 21 6 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 2 0
1949 DET AL 22 103 94 103 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 99 0 5 0
1950 DET AL 23 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 157 0 0 0
1951 DET AL 24 118 110 118 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 113 0 5 0
1952 DET AL 25 141 132 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 135 0 138 0 4 0
1953 SLB AL 26 141 139 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 27 125 121 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 116 2 125 0 1 0
1955 WSH AL 28 63 46 63 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 40 1 48 0 15 0
1955 CHW AL 28 32 21 32 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 26 0 1 6
1956 KCA AL 29 95 61 95 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 56 18 85 0 14 3
1957 KCA AL 30 55 16 55 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 39 50 0 5 8
1957 DET AL 30 38 24 38 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 25 0 36 0 2 1
1958 DET AL 31 88 31 88 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 19 10 80 0 17 15
1959 DET AL 32 55 21 55 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 18 13 41 0 17 3
1960 DET AL 33 25 2 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 8 0 10 10
15 Seasons 1248 982 1248 1157 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 963 84 1157 0 99 46
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.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1948 DET AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 38 42% 89% 24% 3 33%
1949 DET AL 22 6 0 6 0 1 7 0 3 1 1 33 25 0 26 2 0 4 2 0 10 2 1 17 16 0 90 47 52.2% 42 1 1.1% 6 2399 57% 81% 30% 296 53%
1950 DET AL 23 5 0 5 0 1 8 0 3 3 1 72 37 1 39 8 1 16 7 1 13 4 0 20 13 0 160 69 43.1% 88 3 1.9% 5 4731 57% 83% 28% 540 52%
1951 DET AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 39 26 1 29 5 0 13 5 0 15 3 1 26 23 0 122 62 50.8% 58 2 1.6% 3 3206 59% 82% 27% 370 56%
1952 DET AL 25 5 0 4 1 0 11 2 3 3 2 56 28 2 54 10 0 19 7 2 13 3 0 21 18 0 163 66 40.5% 93 4 2.5% 7 4317 64% 81% 28% 547 51%
1953 SLB AL 26 4 0 2 2 0 14 1 0 5 5 75 38 2 46 5 0 15 7 3 34 8 2 43 37 0 213 95 44.6% 111 7 3.3% 7 5030 65% 82% 30% 669 61%
1954 CHW AL 27 4 0 4 0 2 7 0 3 0 2 91 60 2 38 1 1 8 2 0 9 0 1 35 32 1 181 95 52.5% 82 5 2.8% 2 4101 65% 80% 29% 596 51%
1955 WSH AL 28 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 26 13 0 19 1 0 1 0 0 8 2 1 10 6 0 64 22 34.4% 41 1 1.6% 0 1496 69% 82% 28% 219 47%
1955 CHW AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 15 10 0 8 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 31 14 45.2% 16 1 3.2% 0 791 63% 81% 31% 118 52%
1956 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 30 21 0 22 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 6 1 67 28 41.8% 37 2 3.0% 2 1874 65% 79% 25% 209 50%
1957 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 0 7 0 0 2 2 0 6 3 0 6 5 0 35 19 54.3% 16 0 0.0% 0 851 64% 83% 32% 126 52%
1957 KCA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 21 48% 86% 19% 3 0%
1958 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 510 56% 79% 32% 51 76%
1959 DET AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 461 65% 76% 27% 44 86%
1960 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 136 70% 73% 24% 15 40%
13 Seasons 28 0 25 3 5 59 3 14 14 15 460 271 8 292 33 3 84 34 7 124 26 6 194 164 2 1154 528 45.8% 601 26 2.3% 33 29962 62% 81% 28% 3806 54%
MLB Averages 44.7% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 58%

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%
1952 DET AL 25 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 30 53% 83% 27% 7 57%
1954 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 10 8 80.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 241 75% 76% 29% 34 44%
1955 WSH AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 11 9 81.8% 2 0 0.0% 1 291 69% 86% 32% 37 46%
1956 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 7 5 71.4% 1 1 14.3% 0 177 68% 82% 24% 19 32%
1957 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 170 61% 78% 30% 20 45%
1957 KCA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 182 63% 84% 31% 18 39%
1958 DET AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 19 12 63.2% 7 0 0.0% 1 689 56% 82% 28% 87 51%
1959 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 251 61% 71% 27% 23 61%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 30 27 0 13 2 0 6 2 0 7 1 1 11 11 0 67 43 64.2% 23 1 1.5% 2 2031 63% 81% 29% 245 47%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.7% 63% 81% 30% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 87 59% 84% 36% 7 57%
1955 WSH AL 28 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 15 73% 87% 33% 1 100%
1956 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 2 0 5 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 23.5% 12 1 5.9% 1 609 56% 83% 27% 60 45%
1957 KCA AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 19 6 31.6% 13 0 0.0% 0 605 61% 81% 30% 51 51%
1958 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 245 69% 79% 33% 22 45%
1959 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 253 65% 81% 33% 14 43%
1960 DET AL 33 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 9 44% 67% 11% 1 0%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 22 11 0 9 1 0 7 3 1 4 0 0 2 2 0 44 17 38.6% 26 1 2.3% 1 1823 61% 81% 30% 156 47%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.2% 63% 81% 30% 54%

* 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

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  99 (4th)
1950 AL  157 (1st)
1952 AL  135 (4th)
1953 AL  141 (4th)
Career  963 (89th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  241 (5th)
1950 AL  366 (4th)
1952 AL  322 (5th)
1953 AL  426 (2nd)
Career  2,346 (93rd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  10 (2nd)
1950 AL  9 (5th)
1952 AL  14 (1st)
1953 AL  17 (1st)
Career  74 (64th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  9 (3rd)
1950 AL  6 (4th)
1952 AL  5 (5th)
1954 AL  4 (5th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1950 AL  157 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1950 AL  374 (3rd)
1953 AL  425 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1952 AL  14 (4th)
1953 AL  18 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1949 AL  9 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1953 AL  3.24 (3rd)
1954 AL  2.79 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  3.14 (3rd)
Career  2.51 (99th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 AL  .984 (3rd)
1951 AL  .993 (1st)
1952 AL  .985 (4th)
1953 AL  .991 (2nd)
1954 AL  .987 (4th)
Career  .986 (85th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1953 AL  3.24 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1953 AL  3.14 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1951 AL  .993 (1st)
1956 AL  1.000 (1st)
1958 AL  .990 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1946 AL  born 1926-07-23 (3rd)

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