Fred Hatfield
Fred James Hatfield
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 171 lb.

Born: March 18, 1925 in Lanett, AL
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1950
Final Game: May 13, 1958
Died: May 22, 1998 in Tallahassee, FL
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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
1950 BOS AL 25 3B 3 13 4 9 0 2 1.000 4.33 .962 3.03
1951 BOS AL 26 3B 49 171 40 124 7 15 .959 3.35 .950 2.87
1952 TOT AL 27 3B 124 409 121 276 12 32 .971 3.20 .952 2.98
1952 BOS AL 27 3B 17 30 7 23 0 0 1.000 1.76 .950 2.98
1952 DET AL 27 3B 107 379 114 253 12 32 .968 3.43 .952 2.98
1952 DET AL 27 SS 9 26 11 13 2 3 .923 2.67 .965 4.29
1953 DET AL 28 3B 54 181 56 121 4 13 .978 3.28 .956 2.93
1953 DET AL 28 2B 28 156 64 87 5 21 .968 5.39 .979 5.13
1953 DET AL 28 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50
1954 DET AL 29 2B 54 46 395.2 247 114 126 7 29 .972 -1.3 -3.9 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -1 5.46 4.44 .976 5.37 4.84
1954 DET AL 29 3B 15 7 85.1 45 15 26 4 4 .911 -0.8 -11.3 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 0 4.32 2.73 .960 3.48 3.07
1955 DET AL 30 2B 92 88 782.0 479 216 251 12 74 .975 -0.4 -0.6 -1.4 -1.3 -0.1 1 5.37 5.08 .976 5.37 4.87
1955 DET AL 30 3B 16 14 129.1 52 17 30 5 2 .904 0.8 7.4 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 3.27 2.94 .952 3.17 2.73
1955 DET AL 30 SS 14 12 113.0 66 19 43 4 4 .939 -1.6 -17.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 -1 4.94 4.43 .959 4.93 4.04
1956 DET AL 31 2B 4 2 24.1 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -9.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.81 3.25 .969 5.44 4.75
1956 CHW AL 31 3B 100 84 771.1 283 83 189 11 21 .961 3.2 5.0 3.2 -4.2 7.4 0 3.17 2.72 .948 3.22 2.78
1956 CHW AL 31 SS 3 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 .967 4.95 4.10
1957 CHW AL 32 3B 44 26 254.2 102 23 74 5 10 .951 4.2 19.8 3.2 1.4 1.8 1 3.43 2.20 .951 3.23 2.77
1958 TOT MLB 33 3B 3 2 19.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -138.9 -2.2 0.0 -2.2 0 3.32 2.33 .943 3.13 2.70
1958 CLE AL 33 3B 2 2 18.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -146.7 -2.2 0.0 -2.2 0 3.50 3.50 .943 3.10 2.60
1958 CIN NL 33 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1958 CIN NL 33 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.60 2.90
9 Seasons 3B 408 133 1259.2 1263 360 855 48 99 .962 5.2 5.0 4.2 -2.2 6.4 1 8.68 2.98 .952 3.23 2.88
5 Seasons 2B 179 136 1203.0 895 401 470 24 125 .973 -1.9 -1.9 -1.9 -1.6 -0.3 0 6.52 4.87 .977 5.37 4.90
4 Seasons SS 27 12 119.0 95 31 58 6 7 .937 -1.7 -17.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 -1 6.73 3.30 .961 4.93 4.15
9 Seasons TOT 614 281 2581.2 2253 792 1383 78 231 .965 1.6 0.7 1.6 -4.3 5.9 0 7.58 3.54 .927 4.31 3.52
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

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
1950 BOS AL 25 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 26 80 80 80 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0
1952 DET AL 27 112 112 112 0 0 0 0 107 9 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS AL 27 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0
1953 DET AL 28 109 109 109 0 0 0 28 54 1 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 29 81 53 81 81 0 0 0 54 15 0 0 0 0 0 19 4
1955 DET AL 30 122 114 122 122 0 0 0 92 16 14 0 0 0 0 4 3
1956 CHW AL 31 106 84 106 106 0 0 0 0 100 3 0 0 0 0 12 2
1956 DET AL 31 8 2 8 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1957 CHW AL 32 69 26 69 69 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 27 7
1958 CIN NL 33 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 CLE AL 33 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 722 281 722 722 0 0 0 179 408 27 0 0 0 0 65 20
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 DET AL 29 369 64% 85% 28% 39 90% 1 15 10 2 3 25 18 7 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 30 539 57% 78% 30% 48 88% 0 15 13 1 1 29 25 4 0 1 5 0 5 0 5 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 31 3311 68% 79% 24% 283 90% 1 81 68 5 8 191 146 37 2 5 11 0 11 0 8 21 15 1 17 3 3 0 16 69%
1957 CHW AL 32 1101 70% 79% 26% 101 89% 1 25 20 3 2 70 48 21 1 1 5 0 4 1 5 10 8 1 10 0 0 0 2 50%
1958 CLE AL 33 85 91% 74% 7% 5 100% 0 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CIN NL 33 4 50% 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
5 Seasons 5409 67% 79% 25% 476 90% 3 142 116 11 15 316 237 69 3 7 25 0 23 2 21 37 25 4 32 3 3 0 18 67%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 DET AL 29 1762 63% 80% 26% 155 91% 2 114 41 49 24 125 99 18 0 3 7 0 6 1 5 29 7 8 9 1 25 10 15 3 3 0
1955 DET AL 30 3453 63% 80% 25% 302 93% 2 216 91 98 27 254 214 24 1 8 12 0 7 5 6 73 23 22 10 2 63 14 49 6 5 1
1956 DET AL 31 112 66% 79% 21% 7 100% 0 7 3 2 2 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1958 CIN NL 33 3 33% 67% 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
4 Seasons 5330 63% 80% 26% 464 93% 4 337 135 149 53 385 317 44 1 11 19 0 13 6 11 103 31 30 19 3 89 24 65 9 8 1
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 DET AL 30 502 63% 80% 29% 56 89% 1 22 14 8 0 41 33 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 4 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 31 28 54% 75% 25% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 530 62% 80% 29% 58 90% 1 23 14 9 0 43 34 7 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 4 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

* 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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