Tim Hosley
Timothy Kenneth Hosley
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 10, 1947 in Spartanburg, SC
High School: George Washington Carver (Spartanburg, SC)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1970
Final Game: June 10, 1981
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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
1970 DET AL 23 C 4 3 26.0 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 1.0 46.2 1 8.65 6.25 .988 6.65 5.82 0 0 1 3 75%
1971 DET AL 24 C 4 3 24.1 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.77 5.25 .986 6.36 5.62 0 2 1 0 0%
1971 DET AL 24 1B 1 0 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 5.00 1.000 9.54 8.10
1973 OAK AL 26 C 13 2 39.0 21 19 1 1 0 .952 0.0 0.0 0 4.62 1.54 .986 6.05 5.29 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 OAK AL 27 C 8 0 12.2 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.53 1.50 .983 5.90 5.01 0 0 1 0 0%
1974 OAK AL 27 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.00
1975 CHC NL 28 C 53 36 354.1 279 254 16 9 3 .968 -2.0 -6.8 -2 6.86 5.09 .985 6.03 5.24 7 12 23 10 30%
1976 OAK AL 29 C 37 8 148.2 95 79 13 3 0 .968 -2.0 -16.1 -2 5.57 2.49 .981 5.75 4.90 2 2 16 4 20%
1977 OAK AL 30 C 19 10 111.1 89 74 11 4 0 .955 -1.0 -10.8 -1 6.87 4.47 .987 6.01 5.06 1 4 11 5 31%
1977 OAK AL 30 DH 12
1977 OAK AL 30 1B 3 0 7.0 10 7 2 1 0 .900 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 11.57 3.00 .990 10.03 8.80
1978 OAK AL 31 C 6 5 37.0 26 22 3 1 0 .962 0.0 0.0 0 6.08 4.17 .985 5.52 4.87 0 1 4 2 33%
1978 OAK AL 31 DH 1
1981 OAK AL 34 DH 4
1981 OAK AL 34 1B 1 0 4.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6.75 3.00 1.000 10.12 8.60
8 Seasons C 144 67 753.1 568 502 48 18 3 .968 -4.0 -6.4 -4 6.57 3.82 .985 5.98 5.13 10 21 57 25 30%
3 Seasons DH 17
4 Seasons 1B 6 0 17.0 21 17 2 2 0 .905 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0 10.06 3.17 .995 9.90 8.52
9 Seasons TOT 150 67 770.1 589 519 50 20 3 .966 -4.0 -6.2 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0 -4 6.65 3.79 .951 6.06 5.27 10 21 57 25 30%

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
1970 DET AL 23 7 3 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 DET AL 24 7 3 7 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1973 OAK AL 26 13 2 13 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 OAK AL 27 11 0 11 9 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
1975 CHC NL 28 62 36 62 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1976 OAK AL 29 37 8 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1976 CHC NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 OAK AL 30 39 22 39 22 0 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 0
1978 OAK AL 31 13 5 13 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1981 OAK AL 34 18 1 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 0
9 Seasons 208 80 208 153 0 142 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 75 2
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 -- 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 DET AL 23 99 1.73 1.73 2 100% 0 0 22 2 0 0 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 DET AL 24 120 5.92 6.29 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 OAK AL 26 162 2.54 3.69 2 50% 0 0 20 1 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 27 60 8.53 9.95 1 100% 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHC NL 28 1625 4.29 4.90 21 86% 1 1 254 10 4 10 230 17 5 1 0 1 9 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 1 6 83%
1976 OAK AL 29 682 4.78 5.15 8 100% 0 0 80 4 0 2 74 12 4 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1977 OAK AL 30 499 3.49 4.14 6 83% 0 0 74 3 0 1 70 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1978 OAK AL 31 191 7.78 8.51 4 75% 0 0 22 2 1 0 19 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
8 Seasons 3438 4.39 4.97 44 86% 1 1 504 22 5 13 464 46 13 2 0 2 18 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 1 11 82%
MLB Averages 3.70 4.18 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 DET AL 23 0 0 34 1 3 3 75% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1.14 0.81
1971 DET AL 24 0 2 54 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.61
1973 OAK AL 26 1 0 57 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.16
1974 OAK AL 27 0 0 26 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.17
1975 CHC NL 28 7 12 603 23 10 9 30% 20 10 3 0 0 0 2 1 62 8 1.62 1.00
1976 OAK AL 29 2 2 273 16 4 4 20% 14 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 22 6 1.75 0.70
1977 OAK AL 30 1 4 169 11 5 3 31% 9 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 24 7 2.36 1.91
1978 OAK AL 31 0 1 82 4 2 2 33% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0.47 0.68
8 Seasons 11 21 1298 57 25 22 30% 50 21 6 2 1 2 4 1 123 28 1.67 1.05
MLB Averages 35% 1.29 1.26

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%
1971 DET AL 24 22 100% 68% 27% 1 100% 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 27 4 75% 100% 50% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 25 52% 72% 32% 4 75% 0 7 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1981 OAK AL 34 16 44% 75% 19% 2 50% 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 67 67% 73% 28% 7 71% 0 16 2 14 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 94% 88%

* 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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