Bob Hale
Robert Houston Hale
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 7, 1933 in Sarasota, FL
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1955
Final Game: October 1, 1961
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 BAL AL 21 1B 44 37 327.1 342 300 33 9 25 .974 -1.9 -7.0 -1.9 0.1 -1.9 0 9.16 7.57 .991 9.63 8.17
1956 BAL AL 22 1B 51 41 355.0 405 366 29 10 33 .975 -1.1 -3.7 -1.1 2.0 -3.1 0 10.01 7.75 .990 9.43 7.99
1957 BAL AL 23 1B 5 2 22.0 23 22 1 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -10.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 9.41 4.60 .991 9.65 8.36
1958 BAL AL 24 1B 2 1 9.0 14 11 3 0 3 1.000 0.6 80.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 14.00 7.00 .993 9.60 8.45
1959 BAL AL 25 1B 8 5 44.2 50 48 2 0 5 1.000 0.1 2.7 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 10.07 6.25 .990 9.85 8.28
1960 CLE AL 26 1B 5 0 14.0 18 14 3 1 1 .944 -0.1 -8.6 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 0 10.93 3.40 .989 9.58 8.04
1961 NYY AL 27 1B 5 1 15.0 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 8.0 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0 9.60 3.20 .988 9.48 8.28
7 Seasons 1B 120 87 787.0 868 776 72 20 69 .977 -2.5 -3.8 -2.5 1.6 -4.1 0 9.70 7.07 .991 9.55 8.11
7 Seasons TOT 120 87 787.0 868 776 72 20 69 .977 -2.5 -3.8 -2.5 1.6 -4.1 0 9.70 7.07 .968 9.55 8.11

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
1955 BAL AL 21 67 37 67 67 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
1956 BAL AL 22 85 41 85 85 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
1957 BAL AL 23 42 2 42 42 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
1958 BAL AL 24 19 1 19 19 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1959 BAL AL 25 40 5 40 40 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
1960 CLE AL 26 70 0 70 70 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0
1961 CLE AL 27 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
1961 NYY AL 27 11 1 11 11 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 Seasons 376 87 376 376 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 278 0
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 BAL AL 21 1453 64% 81% 25% 84 90% 0 303 18 281 4 31 30 22 5 0 1 8 0 7 1 7 26 1 0 0 26 1 0 0 0 6 100%
1956 BAL AL 22 1540 64% 80% 26% 94 88% 0 362 19 338 5 37 29 19 5 1 2 10 0 10 0 8 33 0 1 0 30 2 3 0 3 5 60%
1957 BAL AL 23 92 84% 83% 23% 4 100% 0 22 2 20 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BAL AL 24 40 60% 88% 38% 4 100% 0 11 0 11 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
1959 BAL AL 25 188 74% 78% 27% 8 100% 0 47 5 41 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 26 56 59% 84% 32% 3 67% 0 14 0 14 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 27 61 64% 79% 30% 2 100% 0 15 0 15 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CLE AL 27 10 70% 90% 20% 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
7 Seasons 3440 65% 81% 26% 199 90% 0 774 44 720 10 72 68 47 13 1 3 19 0 18 1 16 70 2 1 0 66 4 4 0 4 11 82%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

* 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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