Fred Hatfield

Fred James Hatfield

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/RedSox/Redlegs/Indians 1950-1958

Final Game: May 13, 1958
Died: May 22, 1998 in Tallahassee, FL
Buried: Meadowwood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, FL
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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
1950	BOS	AL	25	3B	3	3	3	27.0	13	4	9	0	2	1.000			4.33	4.33	.960	3.27	3.20
1951	BOS	AL	26	3B	49	37	36	371.2	171	40	124	7	15	.959			3.97	3.35	.950	3.17	3.15
1952	TOT	AL	27	3B	124	112	107	1021.1	409	121	276	12	32	.971			3.50	3.20	.953	3.29	3.29
1952	BOS	AL	27	3B	17	6	6	84.0	30	7	23	0	0	1.000			3.21	1.76	.953	3.29	3.29
1952	DET	AL	27	3B	107	106	101	937.1	379	114	253	12	32	.968			3.52	3.43	.953	3.29	3.29
1952	DET	AL	27	SS	9	5	5	50.0	26	11	13	2	3	.923			4.32	2.67	.962	4.93	4.94
1953	DET	AL	28	3B	54	48	44	442.1	181	56	121	4	13	.978	0	0	3.60	3.28	.957	3.38	3.36
1953	DET	AL	28	2B	28	27	25	233.0	156	64	87	5	21	.968	1	5	5.83	5.39	.979	5.60	5.57
1953	DET	AL	28	SS	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-300	0.00	0.00		5.18	5.10
1954	DET	AL	29	2B	54	46	36	395.2	247	114	126	7	29	.972	-1	-4	5.46	4.44	.976	5.37	5.33
1954	DET	AL	29	3B	15	7	6	85.1	45	15	26	4	4	.911	-1	-11	4.32	2.73	.959	3.48	3.46
1955	DET	AL	30	2B	92	88	84	782.0	479	216	251	12	74	.975	-0	-1	5.37	5.08	.976	5.37	5.32
1955	DET	AL	30	3B	16	14	13	129.1	52	17	30	5	2	.904	1	7	3.27	2.94	.950	3.17	3.14
1955	DET	AL	30	SS	14	12	11	113.0	66	19	43	4	4	.939	-2	-17	4.94	4.43	.959	4.93	4.89
1956	DET	AL	31	2B	4	2	2	24.1	13	7	6	0	1	1.000	-0	-10	4.81	3.25	.973	5.44	5.40
1956	CHW	AL	31	3B	100	84	72	771.1	283	83	189	11	21	.961	3	5	3.17	2.72	.949	3.22	3.19
1956	CHW	AL	31	SS	3	0	0	6.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0	-20	4.50	1.00	.960	4.95	4.93
1957	CHW	AL	32	3B	44	26	16	254.2	102	23	74	5	10	.951	4	20	3.43	2.20	.951	3.23	3.24
1958	TOT	MLB	33	3B	3	2	2	19.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	-2	-139	3.32	2.33	.951	3.13	3.13
1958	CLE	AL	33	3B	2	2	2	18.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	-2	-147	3.50	3.50	.951	3.10	3.10
1958	CIN	NL	33	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.30
1958	CIN	NL	33	3B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		3.60	3.20
	9 Seasons			3B	408	333	299	3122.0	1263	360	855	48	99	.962	5	2	3.50	2.98	.952	3.27	3.25
	5 Seasons			2B	179	163	147	1436.0	895	401	470	24	125	.973	-1	-1	5.46	4.87	.976	5.41	5.36
	4 Seasons			SS	27	17	16	173.0	95	31	58	6	7	.937	-3	-19	4.63	3.30	.960	4.94	4.92
	9 Seasons			TOT	614	513	462	4731.0	2253	792	1383	78	231	.965	2	0	4.14	3.54	.962	3.98	3.94
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.

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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
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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
1950	BOS	AL	25	3B
1951	BOS	AL	26	3B
1952	BOS	AL	27	3B
1952	DET	AL	27	3B
1952	DET	AL	27	SS
1953	DET	AL	28	3B	0	0	0	1	0	0
1953	DET	AL	28	2B	1	5	1	1	0	0
1953	DET	AL	28	SS	-1	-300	-1	0	-1	0
1954	DET	AL	29	2B	-1	-4	-0	-0	-0	-1
1954	DET	AL	29	3B	-1	-11	-1	-1	1	0
1955	DET	AL	30	2B	-0	-1	-1	-0	-1	1
1955	DET	AL	30	3B	1	7	1	1	0	0
1955	DET	AL	30	SS	-2	-17	-1	-0	-0	-1
1956	DET	AL	31	2B	-0	-10	-0	0	-0	0
1956	CHW	AL	31	3B	3	5	3	7	-4	0
1956	CHW	AL	31	SS	-0	-20	-0	-0	0	0
1957	CHW	AL	32	3B	4	20	3	2	1	1
1958	CLE	AL	33	3B	-2	-147	-2	-2	0	0
1958	CIN	NL	33	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	CIN	NL	33	3B	0	0	0	0	0
	9 Seasons			3B	5	2	4	7	-2	1
	5 Seasons			2B	-1	-1	-1	1	-2	0
	4 Seasons			SS	-3	-19	-2	-0	-2	-1
	9 Seasons			TOT	2	0	2	8	-5	0
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1950	BOS	AL	25	10	3	10	3	0	3	0	1	6
1951	BOS	AL	26	80	37	80	50	0	50	0	15	20
1952	DET	AL	27	112	111	112	112	0	107	9	0	0
1952	BOS	AL	27	19	6	19	17	0	17	0	1	4
1953	DET	AL	28	109	75	109	82	27	55	1	23	7
1954	DET	AL	29	81	53	81	65	54	15	0	19	4
1955	DET	AL	30	122	114	122	119	92	16	14	4	3
1956	CHW	AL	31	106	84	106	101	0	100	3	12	2
1956	DET	AL	31	8	2	8	4	4	0	0	1	4
1957	CHW	AL	32	69	26	69	44	0	44	0	27	7
1958	CIN	NL	33	3	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	0
1958	CLE	AL	33	3	2	3	2	0	2	0	1	0
	9 Seasons			722	513	722	601	178	410	27	105	57

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 -- 3B*

											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%
1950	BOS	AL	25	114	54%	82%	30%	15	93%	0	5	5	0	0	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	100%
1951	BOS	AL	26	1628	65%	81%	27%	159	93%	2	42	34	4	4	119	90	18	4	3	7	0	7	0	6	14	6	1	8	6	3	2	5	80%
1952	DET	AL	27	3181	67%	81%	25%	300	90%	4	94	70	8	17	203	157	38	1	6	11	2	8	1	6	27	20	2	23	2	1	1	18	61%
1952	BOS	AL	27	363	64%	77%	25%	34	97%	0	8	7	0	1	26	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	100%
1953	DET	AL	28	1958	66%	83%	24%	181	91%	1	57	47	4	6	122	90	24	3	6	4	0	3	1	2	14	9	1	11	3	1	1	12	50%
1954	DET	AL	29	362	65%	86%	29%	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	533	58%	79%	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	3247	69%	80%	25%	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	1085	71%	81%	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	82	94%	77%	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
	9 Seasons			12557	67%	81%	26%	1165	91%	10	348	279	27	43	795	604	154	11	23	47	2	41	4	35	95	63	8	77	14	8	4	55	64%
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	26%		89%																								65%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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
1953	DET	AL	28	1037	65%	82%	24%	106	91%	0	65	25	29	11	85	76	9	0	1	5	1	3	1	2	20	5	7	3	0	17	3	14	1	0	1
1954	DET	AL	29	1735	64%	81%	27%	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	3378	64%	82%	26%	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	108	69%	81%	22%	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
	5 Seasons			6261	64%	82%	26%	570	92%	4	402	160	178	64	470	393	53	1	12	24	1	16	7	13	123	36	37	22	3	106	27	79	10	8	2
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	26%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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
1952	DET	AL	27	247	69%	79%	19%	20	85%	2	11	6	5	0	12	7	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
1953	DET	AL	28	22	59%	86%	27%	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
1955	DET	AL	30	490	64%	82%	30%	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	26	58%	81%	27%	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
	4 Seasons			785	65%	81%	26%	78	88%	3	34	20	14	0	55	41	10	0	0	6	0	5	1	6	7	2	1	2	1	0	6	3	3	1	0	1
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	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 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

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1955 AL 12 (5th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1952 AL 124 (3rd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1952 AL 121 (5th)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1952 AL 276 (1st)
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y 1955 AL 5.37 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1955 AL 5.08 (5th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1955 AL .975 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y 1956 AL 3 (4th)
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y 1952 AL 3.50 (3rd) 1956 AL 3.17 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1952 AL 3.20 (3rd)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1952 AL .971 (1st) 1956 AL .961 (3rd)

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