Art Houtteman
Arthur Joseph Houtteman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 188 lb.

Born: August 7, 1927 in Detroit, MI
High School: Catholic Central (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1945
Final Game: September 22, 1957
Died: May 6, 2003 in Rochester Hills, MI
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1945 DET AL 17 P 13 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.77 .950 1.28
1946 DET AL 18 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.00
1947 DET AL 19 P 23 23 4 17 2 2 .913 0.91 .957 0.95
1948 DET AL 20 P 43 60 9 47 4 5 .933 1.30 .963 0.91
1949 DET AL 21 P 34 75 14 59 2 7 .973 2.15 .961 1.01 MVP-22
1950 DET AL 22 P 41 82 15 63 4 2 .951 1.90 .950 0.96 AS,MVP-24
1952 DET AL 24 P 35 57 16 40 1 3 .982 1.60 .965 1.03
1953 TOT AL 25 P 38 40 11 28 1 1 .975 1.03 .957 0.88
1953 DET AL 25 P 16 15 4 10 1 0 .933 0.88 .960 0.88
1953 CLE AL 25 P 22 25 7 18 0 1 1.000 1.14 .956 0.88
1954 CLE AL 26 P 32 25 188.0 57 17 38 2 3 .965 2.63 1.72 .958 2.01 0.93
1955 CLE AL 27 P 35 12 124.1 42 14 27 1 4 .976 2.97 1.17 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 CLE AL 28 P 22 4 46.2 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.31 0.55 .950 1.93 0.82
1957 TOT AL 29 P 8 1 10.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.25 .950 2.02 0.86
1957 CLE AL 29 P 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.87
1957 BAL AL 29 P 5 1 6.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.40 .950 2.02 0.86
12 Seasons P 325 42 369.2 461 105 339 17 28 .963 10.81 1.37 .958 1.99 0.94
12 Seasons TOT 325 42 369.2 461 105 339 17 28 .963 10.81 1.37 .921 1.99 0.94

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
1945 DET AL 17 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 DET AL 18 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 DET AL 19 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 DET AL 20 43 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 DET AL 21 36 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 DET AL 22 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 DET AL 24 36 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 25 23 23 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 DET AL 25 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 26 32 25 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CLE AL 27 35 12 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CLE AL 28 23 4 23 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 BAL AL 29 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CLE AL 29 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 330 42 330 330 325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CLE AL 26 817 84% 28% 45 89% 1 17 0 15 41 34 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 8 88%
1955 CLE AL 27 541 82% 26% 31 94% 0 13 2 9 27 15 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 4 0 2 100%
1956 CLE AL 28 242 78% 22% 9 100% 1 3 0 3 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1957 BAL AL 29 42 86% 19% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CLE AL 29 20 70% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1662 82% 26% 87 92% 2 33 2 27 80 57 9 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 7 0 14 93%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* 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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