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Ray Jablonski

Raymond Leo Jablonski (Jabbo)

Positions: Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 17, 1926 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1953
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Redlegs/Giants/Athletics 1953-1960

Final Game: September 17, 1960
Died: November 25, 1985 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, IL
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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
1953 STL NL 26 3B 157 157 95 1279.2 399 94 278 27 27 .932 -8 -7 2.62 2.37 .951 3.04 2.98 RoY-3
1954 STL NL 27 3B 149 149 121 1299.1 454 122 298 34 25 .925 -9 -8 2.91 2.82 .952 3.17 3.15 AS
1954 STL NL 27 1B 1 1 0 8.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 15 6.75 6.00 .992 9.79 9.80 AS
1955 CIN NL 28 3B 28 27 19 220.1 78 24 44 10 3 .872 -3 -16 2.78 2.43 .951 3.13 3.10
1955 CIN NL 28 LF 28 27 13 210.0 49 46 2 1 0 .980 -2 -10 2.06 1.71 .972 2.05 2.03
1955 CIN NL 28 OF 28 27 13 210.0 48 45 2 1 0 .979 -2 -10 2.01 1.68 .977 2.30 2.28
1956 CIN NL 29 3B 127 111 72 941.2 298 117 172 9 11 .970 -6 -8 2.76 2.28 .956 3.05 3.02
1956 CIN NL 29 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1957 NYG NL 30 3B 70 67 39 546.2 185 44 130 11 15 .941 2 3 2.86 2.49 .952 2.96 2.98
1957 NYG NL 30 1B 6 6 3 49.0 62 55 6 1 5 .984 -0 -7 11.20 10.17 .990 9.66 9.73
1957 NYG NL 30 LF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -120 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
1957 NYG NL 30 OF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1958 SFG NL 31 3B 57 49 23 418.1 148 49 91 8 2 .946 -6 -17 3.01 2.46 .952 3.18 3.16
1958 SFG NL 31 LF 1 1 0 6.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0 -80 1.50 1.00 .975 1.95 2.00
1959 TOT MLB 32 3B 36 24 18 220.2 68 20 43 5 5 .926 -5 -26 2.57 1.75 .951 3.10 3.06
1959 STL NL 32 3B 19 11 7 104.2 30 7 20 3 2 .900 -3 -34 2.32 1.42 .950 2.98 2.94
1959 STL NL 32 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.10
1959 KCA AL 32 3B 17 13 11 116.0 38 13 23 2 3 .947 -2 -19 2.79 2.12 .952 3.21 3.19
1960 KCA AL 33 3B 6 6 4 44.0 18 4 13 1 0 .944 -2 -44 3.48 2.83 .952 3.15 3.13
8 Seasons 3B 630 590 391 4970.2 1648 474 1069 105 88 .936 -36 -9 2.79 2.45 .952 3.09 3.06
3 Seasons LF 30 29 14 224.0 51 47 2 2 0 .961 -3 -16 1.97 1.63 .972 2.05 2.03
2 Seasons OF 29 28 14 218.0 48 45 2 1 0 .979 -3 -14 1.94 1.62 .977 2.30 2.28
2 Seasons 1B 7 7 3 57.0 68 60 7 1 5 .985 -0 -4 10.58 9.57 .990 9.68 9.74
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1 Season SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.10
8 Seasons TOT 668 625 408 5247.0 1764 579 1078 107 93 .939 -39 -9 2.84 2.48 .955 3.13 3.10
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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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
1953 STL NL 26 3B -8 -7 -7 -3 -3 -1
1954 STL NL 27 3B -9 -8 -9 -3 -6 0
1954 STL NL 27 1B 0 15 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 28 3B -3 -16 -3 -4 1 0
1955 CIN NL 28 LF -2 -10 -2 1 -3 0
1956 CIN NL 29 3B -6 -8 -5 -5 -0 -1
1956 CIN NL 29 2B 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 30 3B 2 3 0 3 -2 1
1957 NYG NL 30 1B -0 -7 -0 -0 -0 0
1957 NYG NL 30 LF -1 -120 -1 0 -1 0
1958 SFG NL 31 3B -6 -17 -5 -2 -3 -1
1958 SFG NL 31 LF -0 -80 -0 0 -0 0
1959 STL NL 32 3B -3 -34 -3 -3 -0 0
1959 STL NL 32 SS -0 -240 -0 0 -0
1959 KCA AL 32 3B -2 -19 -2 -1 -0 0
1960 KCA AL 33 3B -2 -44 -2 0 -2 0
8 Seasons 3B -36 -9 -34 -18 -16 -2
3 Seasons LF -3 -16 -3 1 -4 0
2 Seasons 1B -0 -4 -0 -0 -0 0
1 Season 2B 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season SS -0 -240 -0 0 -0
8 Seasons TOT -39 -9 -37 -17 -20 -2 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 STL NL 26 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 STL NL 27 152 150 152 150 0 0 1 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 CIN NL 28 74 54 74 56 0 0 0 0 28 0 28 0 0 28 0 20 0
1956 CIN NL 29 130 111 130 127 0 0 0 1 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1957 NYG NL 30 107 74 107 77 0 0 6 0 70 0 1 0 0 1 0 33 0
1958 SFG NL 31 86 50 86 57 0 0 0 0 56 0 1 0 0 1 0 34 0
1959 STL NL 32 60 11 60 19 0 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
1959 KCA AL 32 25 13 25 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1960 KCA AL 33 21 6 21 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
8 Seasons 812 626 812 666 0 0 7 1 629 1 30 0 0 30 0 176 0
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%
1953 STL NL 26 4116 65% 81% 29% 278 85% 3 63 43 11 9 199 159 30 4 3 20 0 17 3 19 20 12 2 17 2 2 0 10 70%
1954 STL NL 27 4806 65% 81% 27% 353 85% 3 102 75 11 16 226 172 43 2 10 33 0 31 2 32 22 12 2 18 3 2 1 10 50%
1955 CIN NL 28 940 63% 83% 29% 78 83% 0 25 19 4 2 45 35 8 1 1 10 0 10 0 9 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 29 4016 64% 83% 27% 277 92% 2 116 83 14 19 175 137 25 3 13 7 0 7 0 5 12 6 0 8 3 2 1 15 73%
1957 NYG NL 30 2052 63% 82% 30% 168 88% 1 42 32 3 7 116 93 17 2 1 11 0 9 2 10 15 9 0 13 1 1 0 4 50%
1958 SFG NL 31 1844 64% 82% 27% 134 93% 1 46 34 3 9 94 74 12 5 5 7 0 3 4 7 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1959 STL NL 32 493 51% 77% 27% 29 76% 0 7 3 2 2 20 16 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 50%
1959 KCA AL 32 520 65% 82% 25% 38 89% 1 12 6 4 2 27 21 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 75%
1960 KCA AL 33 214 72% 86% 27% 18 78% 0 6 2 0 4 13 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
8 Seasons 19001 64% 82% 28% 1373 87% 11 419 297 52 70 915 717 145 17 35 94 0 82 12 88 79 44 4 63 11 8 3 51 65%
MLB Averages 64% 81% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 CIN NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 12 10 0 6 0 0 5 4 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 30 18 60.0% 12 0 0.0% 2 920 67% 84% 34% 89 54%
1957 NYG NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 37 54% 78% 22% 3 0%
1958 SFG NL 31 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 24 63% 88% 33% 3 33%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 14 12 0 7 0 0 5 4 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 33 20 60.6% 13 0 0.0% 2 981 66% 84% 33% 95 52%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.6% 64% 81% 30% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1954 STL NL 27 31 58% 87% 32% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 30 204 59% 82% 34% 16 88% 0 53 4 49 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2 Seasons 235 59% 83% 34% 17 88% 0 58 4 54 0 5 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 75%
MLB Averages 64% 81% 27% 94% 87%

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
1956 CIN NL 29 1 0% 100% 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
1 Season 1 0% 100% 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
MLB Averages 64% 81% 27% 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
1959 STL NL 32 7 43% 57% 29% 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
1 Season 7 43% 57% 29% 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
MLB Averages 64% 81% 27% 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

All-Star Games
1954 (3B)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1953 NL  27 (5th)
1954 NL  34 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1953 NL  157 (1st)
1954 NL  149 (1st)
1956 NL  127 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1954 NL  122 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1953 NL  278 (3rd)
1954 NL  298 (1st)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1953 NL  27 (2nd)
1954 NL  34 (1st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1956 NL  .970 (3rd)

             

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