John Hale
John Steven Hale
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 5, 1953 in Fresno, CA
High School: Wasco (Wasco, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 14th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1974
Final Game: August 1, 1979
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 LAD NL 20 OF 3 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.30 1.97
1974 LAD NL 20 RF 3 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.67
1975 LAD NL 21 OF 68 53 509.0 133 128 2 3 0 .977 7.4 17.4 8.4 2.4 6.0 -1 2.30 1.91 .978 2.29 2.01
1975 LAD NL 21 RF 43 23 249.0 59 57 0 2 0 .966 2.5 12.0 2.5 0.1 2.4 0 2.06 1.33 .975 2.05 1.74
1975 LAD NL 21 CF 35 30 260.0 81 78 2 1 0 .988 4.9 22.6 5.9 2.3 3.6 -1 2.77 2.29 .984 2.72 2.44
1976 LAD NL 22 OF 37 24 248.1 59 55 3 1 0 .983 1.1 5.3 1.1 2.2 -1.1 0 2.10 1.57 .980 2.34 2.03
1976 LAD NL 22 RF 28 16 172.1 44 40 3 1 0 .977 0.7 4.9 0.7 0.9 -0.2 0 2.25 1.54 .975 2.15 1.83
1976 LAD NL 22 CF 10 8 76.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 6.3 0.4 1.3 -0.9 0 2.13 1.80 .983 2.85 2.50
1977 LAD NL 23 OF 73 21 317.2 70 68 1 1 0 .986 3.6 13.6 2.6 2.3 0.3 1 1.95 0.95 .977 2.26 1.93
1977 LAD NL 23 RF 37 11 173.2 42 40 1 1 0 .976 2.5 17.3 1.5 1.6 -0.1 1 2.12 1.11 .974 2.11 1.78
1977 LAD NL 23 LF 25 4 86.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.8 39.1 2.8 2.2 0.6 0 2.41 0.92 .970 1.93 1.51
1977 LAD NL 23 CF 13 6 58.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -35.2 -1.7 -1.5 -0.2 0 1.55 0.77 .990 2.73 2.34
1978 SEA AL 24 OF 98 63 591.2 163 160 1 2 0 .988 1.4 2.8 3.4 -1.0 4.5 -2 2.45 1.64 .979 2.47 2.13
1978 SEA AL 24 RF 45 35 318.1 77 76 1 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -6.4 -1.7 -1.6 0.0 0 2.18 1.71 .978 2.24 1.85
1978 SEA AL 24 LF 29 15 144.0 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 0 2.06 1.14 .973 2.21 1.78
1978 SEA AL 24 CF 24 13 129.1 57 55 0 2 0 .965 3.2 29.7 5.2 1.2 4.0 -2 3.83 2.29 .984 2.97 2.64
1978 SEA AL 24 DH 3
1979 SEA AL 25 OF 42 17 178.0 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -6.1 -0.9 -1.3 0.3 0 1.72 0.81 .979 2.46 2.13
1979 SEA AL 25 LF 34 15 158.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -6.1 -0.8 -1.2 0.3 0 1.77 0.91 .981 2.22 1.80
1979 SEA AL 25 RF 8 2 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -6.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 .975 2.25 1.88
1979 SEA AL 25 DH 2
6 Seasons OF 321 178 1853.2 459 445 7 7 0 .985 12.1 7.8 14.1 4.1 10.0 -2 2.19 1.41 .978 2.37 2.05
6 Seasons RF 164 87 942.1 226 217 5 4 0 .982 3.4 4.3 2.4 0.4 2.1 1 2.12 1.35 .976 2.15 1.80
3 Seasons LF 88 34 388.0 87 87 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 5.9 1.9 0.4 1.4 0 2.02 0.99 .975 2.15 1.71
4 Seasons CF 82 57 523.1 166 161 2 3 0 .982 6.8 15.6 9.8 3.3 6.5 -3 2.80 1.99 .984 2.80 2.49
2 Seasons DH 5
6 Seasons TOT 321 178 1853.2 459 445 7 7 0 .985 12.1 7.8 14.1 4.1 10.0 -2 2.19 1.41 .963 2.37 2.05
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1974 LAD NL 20 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1
1975 LAD NL 21 71 53 71 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 43 68 0 8 0
1976 LAD NL 22 44 24 44 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 28 37 0 8 3
1977 LAD NL 23 79 21 79 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 13 37 73 0 5 11
1978 SEA AL 24 107 63 107 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 24 45 98 0 7 8
1979 SEA AL 25 54 17 54 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 8 41 0 10 6
6 Seasons 359 178 359 320 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 82 164 320 0 39 29
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 -- RF*

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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%
1974 LAD NL 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 0 0 0 50 54% 66% 12% 2 0%
1975 LAD NL 21 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 5 2 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 22 11 50.0% 11 0 0.0% 0 1073 49% 80% 28% 109 52%
1976 LAD NL 22 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 4 4 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 5 45.5% 5 1 9.1% 2 760 67% 80% 27% 66 64%
1977 LAD NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 6 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 14 10 71.4% 4 0 0.0% 1 741 67% 75% 25% 79 52%
1978 SEA AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 25 14 0 19 5 1 8 5 0 6 1 0 8 6 0 66 31 47.0% 34 1 1.5% 0 1447 53% 81% 25% 157 49%
1979 SEA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 85 65% 73% 31% 8 50%
6 Seasons 4 0 3 1 0 5 0 2 0 3 44 27 0 36 12 2 14 10 0 8 1 0 12 8 0 114 58 50.9% 54 2 1.8% 3 4156 57% 79% 26% 421 52%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.0% 59% 79% 26% 52%

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%
1977 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 7 87.5% 1 0 0.0% 0 358 62% 77% 28% 39 59%
1978 SEA AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 5 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 15 8 53.3% 7 0 0.0% 0 658 55% 79% 26% 71 46%
1979 SEA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 11 8 72.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 702 58% 79% 24% 69 45%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 8 2 0 8 6 0 3 2 0 5 5 0 34 23 67.6% 11 0 0.0% 0 1718 58% 79% 26% 179 49%
MLB Averages 57.6% 2.9% 59% 79% 26% 47%

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%
1975 LAD NL 21 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 7 0 27 13 48.1% 14 0 0.0% 2 1065 55% 77% 29% 136 59%
1976 LAD NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 313 71% 81% 22% 26 73%
1977 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 248 67% 77% 25% 20 50%
1978 SEA AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 17 4 23.5% 13 0 0.0% 0 585 58% 80% 28% 91 60%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 12 8 0 15 0 0 6 1 0 4 0 0 14 11 0 51 20 39.2% 31 0 0.0% 2 2211 60% 78% 28% 273 60%
MLB Averages 43.4% 2.3% 59% 79% 26% 58%

* 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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