Gail Hopkins
Gail Eason Hopkins
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 19, 1943 in Tulsa, OK
Schools: Pepperdine University, University of California, Los Angeles
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1968
Final Game: October 2, 1974
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1968 CHW AL 25 1B 7 5 45.0 46 45 1 0 3 1.000 -0.3 -8.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0 9.20 6.57 .989 9.60 8.31
1969 CHW AL 26 1B 101 94 800.0 960 903 51 6 81 .994 0.7 1.0 0.7 -0.4 1.1 0 10.73 9.45 .992 9.63 8.33
1970 CHW AL 27 1B 77 69 557.0 680 629 42 9 67 .987 -4.3 -9.3 -4.3 -2.6 -1.7 0 10.84 8.71 .991 9.59 8.14
1970 CHW AL 27 C 8 0 21.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 2.00 .988 6.62 5.82 1 0 0 0
1971 KCR AL 28 1B 83 81 669.1 733 669 57 7 76 .990 0.6 1.1 1.6 -0.1 1.7 -1 9.76 8.75 .992 9.59 8.10
1972 KCR AL 29 1B 13 11 86.0 100 97 2 1 7 .990 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 10.36 7.62 .991 9.75 8.04
1972 KCR AL 29 3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.70
1973 KCR AL 30 DH 36
1973 KCR AL 30 1B 10 4 40.0 35 32 3 0 3 1.000 -1.1 -33.0 -1.1 -0.5 -0.6 0 7.88 3.50 .991 9.85 8.27
1974 LAD NL 31 1B 2 1 12.0 19 17 2 0 0 1.000 0.9 90.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 14.25 9.50 .989 9.98 8.35
1974 LAD NL 31 C 2 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .975 6.08 5.35 0 2 0 0
7 Seasons 1B 293 265 2209.1 2573 2392 158 23 237 .991 -3.5 -1.9 -2.5 -3.1 0.7 -1 10.39 8.70 .992 9.62 8.20
1 Season DH 36
2 Seasons C 10 0 25.1 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.11 2.00 .985 6.54 5.73 1 2 0 0
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.70
7 Seasons TOT 304 265 2235.2 2594 2412 159 23 237 .991 -3.5 -1.9 -2.5 -3.1 0.7 -1 0 10.35 8.46 .983 9.58 8.10 1 2 0 0

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
1968 CHW AL 25 29 5 29 29 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1969 CHW AL 26 124 94 124 124 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1970 CHW AL 27 116 69 116 116 0 8 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
1971 KCR AL 28 103 81 103 103 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1972 KCR AL 29 53 11 53 53 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
1973 KCR AL 30 74 34 74 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 36 0
1974 LAD NL 31 15 1 15 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
7 Seasons 514 295 514 438 0 10 293 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 205 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%
1968 CHW AL 25 183 66% 79% 27% 4 100% 0 42 0 42 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1969 CHW AL 26 3608 64% 78% 29% 180 93% 2 903 44 845 14 78 48 33 10 0 2 6 0 5 1 4 82 2 0 0 73 3 9 2 7 7 71%
1970 CHW AL 27 2503 62% 78% 30% 126 90% 2 632 24 601 7 58 39 22 8 1 1 9 1 8 0 7 67 2 0 0 62 2 3 0 3 6 83%
1971 KCR AL 28 2882 63% 78% 27% 157 94% 1 677 45 628 6 59 53 30 12 0 3 7 3 4 0 2 78 0 0 1 69 1 9 3 6 12 83%
1972 KCR AL 29 357 65% 81% 33% 13 100% 0 97 2 96 0 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 KCR AL 30 198 61% 78% 21% 7 100% 0 32 3 28 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1974 LAD NL 31 64 48% 73% 39% 4 100% 0 17 0 17 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 9795 63% 78% 28% 491 93% 5 2400 118 2257 28 211 148 90 32 1 6 23 5 17 1 13 240 4 0 1 217 6 21 5 16 28 82%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1970 CHW AL 27 95 2.95 4.22 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 LAD NL 31 19 2.25 2.25 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 114 2.84 3.91 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.53 4.00 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1970 CHW AL 27 1 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 LAD NL 31 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 Seasons 1 2 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MLB Averages 37% 1.28 1.23

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%
1972 KCR AL 29 3 0% 67% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 0% 67% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

* 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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