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Dick Kenworthy

Richard Lee Kenworthy

Positions: Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 1, 1941 in Red Oak, IA
High School: Paseo HS (Kansas City, MO)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1962
Team: WhiteSox 1962-1968

Final Game: September 29, 1968
Died: April 22, 2010 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA
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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
1962 CHW AL 21 2B 2 1 0 8.0 5 1 4 0 2 1.000 0 45 5.62 2.50 .980 5.29 5.25
1966 CHW AL 25 3B 6 6 3 45.1 8 0 7 1 0 .875 -1 -21 1.39 1.17 .954 3.04 3.03
1967 CHW AL 26 3B 35 23 13 203.1 69 16 51 2 1 .971 -0 -3 2.97 1.91 .955 3.13 3.14
1968 CHW AL 27 3B 38 27 21 264.0 97 21 70 6 3 .938 -1 -3 3.10 2.39 .951 3.05 3.04
3 Seasons 3B 79 56 37 512.2 174 37 128 9 4 .948 -2 -5 2.90 2.09 .953 3.08 3.08
1 Season 2B 2 1 0 8.0 5 1 4 0 2 1.000 0 45 5.62 2.50 .980 5.29 5.25
6 Seasons TOT 81 57 37 520.2 179 38 132 9 6 .950 -2 -4 2.94 2.10 .954 3.11 3.14
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
1962 CHW AL 21 2B 0 45 0 0 0 0
1966 CHW AL 25 3B -1 -21 -1 1 -2 0
1967 CHW AL 26 3B -0 -3 -0 2 -2 0
1968 CHW AL 27 3B -1 -3 0 2 -1 -1
3 Seasons 3B -2 -5 -1 4 -5 -1
1 Season 2B 0 45 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons TOT -2 -4 -1 4 -5 -1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 CHW AL 21 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 CHW AL 23 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 CHW AL 24 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1966 CHW AL 25 9 6 9 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1967 CHW AL 26 50 23 50 35 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
1968 CHW AL 27 58 27 58 38 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 4
6 Seasons 125 57 125 81 0 0 0 2 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 6
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%
1966 CHW AL 25 188 60% 80% 30% 9 78% 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHW AL 26 845 70% 81% 31% 71 89% 0 14 10 3 1 53 46 6 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1968 CHW AL 27 1093 65% 82% 32% 101 84% 3 23 13 2 8 70 61 7 2 1 6 0 6 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
3 Seasons 2126 67% 81% 31% 181 86% 3 37 23 5 9 130 113 14 2 1 9 0 8 1 9 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 100%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 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
1962 CHW AL 21 35 71% 83% 26% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1 Season 35 71% 83% 26% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93%

* 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.

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