Ron Guidry
Ronald Ames Guidry (Louisiana Lightning and Gator)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 162 lb.

Born: August 28, 1950 in Lafayette, LA
School: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1975
Final Game: September 27, 1988
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 NYY AL 24 P 10 1 15.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.90 0.85
1976 NYY AL 25 P 7 0 16.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.57 .950 1.86 0.86
1977 NYY AL 26 P 31 25 210.2 35 7 27 1 2 .971 1.45 1.10 .946 1.95 0.84 CYA-7,MVP-18
1978 NYY AL 27 P 35 35 273.2 60 14 44 2 1 .967 1.91 1.66 .953 1.90 0.85 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1979 NYY AL 28 P 33 30 236.1 41 11 29 1 1 .976 1.52 1.21 .949 1.92 0.81 AS,CYA-3,MVP-26
1979 NYY AL 28 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60 AS,CYA-3,MVP-26
1979 NYY AL 28 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10 AS,CYA-3,MVP-26
1980 NYY AL 29 P 37 29 219.2 54 16 36 2 4 .963 2.13 1.41 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 NYY AL 30 P 23 21 127.0 30 13 17 0 1 1.000 2.13 1.30 .960 1.98 0.81 CYA-7
1982 NYY AL 31 P 34 33 222.0 26 7 19 0 1 1.000 1.05 0.76 .958 1.80 0.73 AS,GG
1983 NYY AL 32 P 31 31 250.1 42 9 33 0 2 1.000 1.51 1.35 .957 1.80 0.73 AS,CYA-5,MVP-21,GG
1983 NYY AL 32 CF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60 AS,CYA-5,MVP-21,GG
1983 NYY AL 32 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 AS,CYA-5,MVP-21,GG
1984 NYY AL 33 P 29 28 195.2 32 8 24 0 3 1.000 1.47 1.10 .956 1.79 0.70 GG
1985 NYY AL 34 P 34 33 259.0 41 6 34 1 3 .976 1.39 1.18 .951 1.86 0.70 CYA-2,MVP-15,GG
1986 NYY AL 35 P 30 30 192.1 31 9 21 1 0 .968 1.40 1.00 .958 1.83 0.68 GG
1987 NYY AL 36 P 22 17 117.2 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.38 0.82 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 NYY AL 37 P 12 10 56.0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.67 .962 1.78 0.67
14 Seasons P 368 323 2392.0 422 107 307 8 19 .981 1.56 1.13 .955 1.86 0.76
2 Seasons CF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2 Seasons OF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.15
14 Seasons TOT 370 323 2393.1 422 107 307 8 19 .981 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.56 1.12 .936 1.86 0.76
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm 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
1975 NYY AL 24 11 0 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 NYY AL 25 7 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 NYY AL 26 36 0 5 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1978 NYY AL 27 37 0 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1979 NYY AL 28 34 0 1 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 29 37 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYY AL 30 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYY AL 31 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 32 32 0 1 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1984 NYY AL 33 30 0 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 NYY AL 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY AL 35 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 36 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 37 13 0 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 380 0 14 370 368 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1975 NYY AL 24 72 65% 14% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 25 74 78% 27% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 NYY AL 26 873 72% 22% 32 97% 2 7 2 3 28 17 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1978 NYY AL 27 1091 71% 24% 50 94% 1 15 4 8 43 39 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 9 89%
1979 NYY AL 28 978 72% 24% 27 93% 2 13 0 9 27 18 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 88%
1980 NYY AL 29 952 74% 22% 34 91% 1 15 0 11 36 23 2 2 0 2 0 1 4 1 4 0 3 67%
1981 NYY AL 30 512 74% 24% 17 94% 1 14 0 12 17 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1982 NYY AL 31 960 76% 20% 21 90% 1 7 0 3 19 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1983 NYY AL 32 1059 79% 24% 32 94% 0 9 0 6 33 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1984 NYY AL 33 863 80% 20% 24 100% 0 8 0 4 24 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1985 NYY AL 34 1054 82% 26% 30 97% 1 6 1 5 33 19 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 3 67%
1986 NYY AL 35 836 79% 27% 24 88% 3 9 2 4 20 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1987 NYY AL 36 517 74% 18% 14 100% 0 3 1 1 14 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1988 NYY AL 37 251 80% 25% 5 80% 0 3 0 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
14 Seasons 10092 76% 23% 315 94% 12 109 10 69 304 204 32 8 0 7 1 4 19 13 19 0 48 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1979 NYY 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 5 60% 80% 0% 0
1983 NYY AL 32 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 1 100% 0% 0% 0
2 Seasons 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% 67% 0% 0
MLB Averages 42.6% 2.2% 57% 78% 27% 61%

* 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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