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John Hale

John Steven Hale

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 5, 1953 in Fresno, CA
High School: Wasco HS (Wasco, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 14th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1974
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mariners 1974-1979

Final Game: August 1, 1979
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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
1974 LAD NL 20 OF 3 0 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -67 0.00 0.00 2.30 2.27
1974 LAD NL 20 RF 3 0 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -67 0.00 0.00 2.00 2.03
1975 LAD NL 21 OF 68 53 37 509.0 133 128 2 3 0 .977 7 17 2.30 1.91 .978 2.29 2.28
1975 LAD NL 21 RF 43 23 16 249.0 59 57 0 2 0 .966 2 12 2.06 1.33 .974 2.03 2.03
1975 LAD NL 21 CF 35 30 21 260.0 81 78 2 1 0 .988 5 23 2.77 2.29 .984 2.72 2.72
1976 LAD NL 22 OF 37 24 20 248.1 59 55 3 1 0 .983 1 5 2.10 1.57 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 LAD NL 22 RF 28 16 13 172.1 44 40 3 1 0 .977 1 5 2.25 1.54 .974 2.15 2.15
1976 LAD NL 22 CF 10 8 7 76.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.13 1.80 .984 2.85 2.84
1977 LAD NL 23 OF 73 21 16 317.2 70 68 1 1 0 .986 4 14 1.95 0.95 .978 2.26 2.26
1977 LAD NL 23 RF 37 11 8 173.2 42 40 1 1 0 .976 2 17 2.12 1.11 .974 2.11 2.11
1977 LAD NL 23 LF 25 4 4 86.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 3 39 2.41 0.92 .972 1.93 1.93
1977 LAD NL 23 CF 13 6 4 58.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -35 1.55 0.77 .986 2.73 2.74
1978 SEA AL 24 OF 98 63 52 591.2 163 160 1 2 0 .988 1 3 2.45 1.64 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 SEA AL 24 RF 45 35 29 318.1 77 76 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -6 2.18 1.71 .978 2.24 2.22
1978 SEA AL 24 LF 29 15 13 144.0 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 2.06 1.14 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 SEA AL 24 CF 24 13 10 129.1 57 55 0 2 0 .965 3 30 3.83 2.29 .984 2.97 2.94
1978 SEA AL 24 DH 3 0
1979 SEA AL 25 OF 42 17 14 178.0 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 1.72 0.81 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 SEA AL 25 LF 34 15 13 158.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 1.77 0.91 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 SEA AL 25 RF 8 2 1 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.80 0.50 .980 2.25 2.22
1979 SEA AL 25 DH 2 0
6 Seasons OF 321 178 139 1853.2 459 445 7 7 0 .985 12 8 2.19 1.41 .979 2.37 2.35
6 Seasons RF 164 87 67 942.1 226 217 5 4 0 .982 3 4 2.12 1.35 .976 2.14 2.13
3 Seasons LF 88 34 30 388.0 87 87 0 0 0 1.000 2 6 2.02 0.99 .976 2.15 2.12
4 Seasons CF 82 57 42 523.1 166 161 2 3 0 .982 7 16 2.80 1.99 .984 2.80 2.80
6 Seasons TOT 321 178 139 1853.2 459 445 7 7 0 .985 12 8 2.19 1.41 .979 2.37 2.35
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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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
1974 LAD NL 20 RF -0 -67 -0 0 -0 0
1975 LAD NL 21 RF 2 12 2 2 0 0
1975 LAD NL 21 CF 5 23 6 4 2 -1
1976 LAD NL 22 RF 1 5 1 -0 1 0
1976 LAD NL 22 CF 0 6 0 -1 1 0
1977 LAD NL 23 RF 2 17 2 -0 2 1
1977 LAD NL 23 LF 3 39 3 1 2 0
1977 LAD NL 23 CF -2 -35 -2 -0 -2 0
1978 SEA AL 24 RF -2 -6 -2 0 -2 0
1978 SEA AL 24 LF -0 -1 -0 0 -1 0
1978 SEA AL 24 CF 3 30 5 4 1 -2
1979 SEA AL 25 LF -1 -6 -1 0 -1 0
1979 SEA AL 25 RF -0 -6 -0 0 -0 0
6 Seasons RF 3 4 2 2 0 1
3 Seasons LF 2 6 2 1 0 0
4 Seasons CF 7 16 10 6 3 -3
6 Seasons TOT 12 8 14 10 4 -2

Appearances

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 78 0 8 0
1976 LAD NL 22 44 24 44 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 28 38 0 8 3
1977 LAD NL 23 79 21 79 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 13 37 75 0 5 11
1978 SEA AL 24 107 63 107 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 24 45 98 3 7 8
1979 SEA AL 25 54 17 54 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 8 42 2 10 6
6 Seasons 359 178 359 320 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 82 164 334 5 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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%
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 47 57% 70% 13% 2 0%
1975 LAD NL 21 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 0 5 2 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 25 12 48.0% 13 0 0.0% 0 1044 50% 82% 28% 109 52%
1976 LAD NL 22 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 8 5 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 6 40.0% 8 1 6.7% 2 722 70% 85% 29% 66 64%
1977 LAD NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 6 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 1 715 69% 78% 26% 79 52%
1978 SEA AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 35 18 0 19 5 1 8 5 0 6 1 0 10 6 0 78 35 44.9% 42 1 1.3% 0 1393 55% 84% 26% 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 81 68% 77% 32% 8 50%
6 Seasons 4 0 3 1 0 5 0 2 0 3 61 33 0 36 12 2 14 10 0 8 1 0 15 8 0 134 64 47.8% 68 2 1.5% 3 4002 59% 82% 27% 421 52%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.0% 61% 82% 27% 52%

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%
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% 0 353 63% 78% 29% 39 59%
1978 SEA AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 5 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 16 9 56.3% 7 0 0.0% 0 625 58% 83% 28% 71 46%
1979 SEA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 680 60% 82% 25% 69 45%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 8 2 0 8 6 0 3 2 0 5 5 0 36 25 69.4% 11 0 0.0% 0 1658 60% 82% 27% 179 49%
MLB Averages 59.2% 3.0% 61% 82% 27% 47%

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%
1975 LAD NL 21 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 15 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 8 0 36 16 44.4% 19 1 2.8% 1 1038 57% 79% 30% 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% 0 302 74% 83% 23% 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% 0 241 69% 79% 26% 20 50%
1978 SEA AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 21 5 23.8% 16 0 0.0% 0 567 60% 82% 29% 91 60%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 23 11 1 15 0 0 6 1 0 4 0 0 16 12 0 64 24 37.5% 39 1 1.6% 1 2148 61% 80% 28% 273 60%
MLB Averages 44.9% 2.5% 61% 82% 27% 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 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

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 NL  5 (5th)

                                         

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