Cal Koonce
Calvin Lee Koonce
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 18, 1940 in Fayetteville, NC
High School: Hope Mills (Hope Mills, NC)
School: Campbell University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1962
Final Game: August 8, 1971
Died: October 28, 1993 in Winston-Salem, NC
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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
1962 CHC NL 21 P 35 30 190.2 49 17 29 3 1 .939 2.17 1.31 .949 2.07 0.82
1963 CHC NL 22 P 21 13 72.2 20 2 18 0 1 1.000 2.48 0.95 .950 2.06 0.84
1964 CHC NL 23 P 6 2 31.0 14 0 14 0 2 1.000 4.06 2.33 .950 2.15 0.83
1965 CHC NL 24 P 38 23 173.0 39 8 31 0 3 1.000 2.03 1.03 .954 2.08 0.81
1966 CHC NL 25 P 45 5 108.2 32 6 25 1 1 .969 2.57 0.69 .947 1.96 0.74
1967 TOT NL 26 P 45 6 96.0 34 13 21 0 3 1.000 3.19 0.76 .956 2.00 0.78
1967 CHC NL 26 P 34 0 51.0 16 5 11 0 2 1.000 2.82 0.47 .956 1.99 0.78
1967 NYM NL 26 P 11 6 45.0 18 8 10 0 1 1.000 3.60 1.64 .956 2.00 0.78
1968 NYM NL 27 P 55 2 96.2 24 13 11 0 0 1.000 2.23 0.44 .954 2.01 0.85
1969 NYM NL 28 P 40 0 83.0 25 7 18 0 2 1.000 2.71 0.63 .956 1.95 0.78
1970 TOT MLB 29 P 36 8 98.1 35 10 24 1 2 .971 3.11 0.94 .949 1.86 0.68
1970 NYM NL 29 P 13 0 22.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.38 .940 1.84 0.71
1970 BOS AL 29 P 23 8 76.1 30 10 19 1 2 .967 3.42 1.26 .950 1.86 0.67
1971 BOS AL 30 P 13 1 21.0 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.69 .956 1.97 0.77
10 Seasons P 334 90 971.0 281 81 195 5 16 .982 2.56 0.83 .952 2.02 0.79
10 Seasons TOT 334 90 971.0 281 81 195 5 16 .982 2.56 0.83 .934 2.02 0.79

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
1962 CHC NL 21 35 30 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 22 21 13 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 23 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 24 38 23 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 25 45 5 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 26 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NYM NL 26 13 6 13 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1968 NYM NL 27 55 2 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NYM NL 28 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 29 23 8 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 NYM NL 29 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 30 13 1 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 336 90 336 336 334 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 -- 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%
1962 CHC NL 21 871 80% 33% 36 78% 1 17 1 15 28 23 3 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 7 71%
1963 CHC NL 22 325 76% 33% 20 95% 0 3 1 2 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 100%
1964 CHC NL 23 133 82% 44% 14 86% 0 0 0 0 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1965 CHC NL 24 761 81% 35% 30 97% 0 7 1 6 32 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 5 100%
1966 CHC NL 25 480 79% 34% 25 92% 0 6 1 3 24 21 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 100%
1967 CHC NL 26 222 77% 36% 10 100% 0 5 0 4 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1967 NYM NL 26 188 84% 40% 8 100% 0 7 1 5 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1968 NYM NL 27 405 80% 34% 13 100% 0 12 0 11 13 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1969 NYM NL 28 377 75% 37% 19 95% 0 7 0 6 18 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 75%
1970 BOS AL 29 328 79% 41% 21 95% 1 10 2 7 19 14 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 67%
1970 NYM NL 29 101 75% 31% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 BOS AL 30 94 78% 38% 6 100% 1 5 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 4285 79% 35% 207 92% 3 79 7 61 196 158 16 5 0 1 4 2 16 8 12 4 42 88%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%

* 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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