Tony Kubek
Anthony Christopher Kubek
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 191 lb.

Born: October 12, 1935 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Bay View (Milwaukee, WI)
Signed
by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1957
Final Game: October 3, 1965
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 NYY AL 21 OF 50 36 358.2 96 88 2 6 0 .938 4.9 16.4 1.9 0.1 1.8 3 2.26 1.80 .981 2.24 1.97 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 SS 41 32 297.1 188 74 108 6 26 .968 1.8 7.3 1.8 1.9 -0.1 0 5.51 4.44 .963 5.11 4.43 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 3B 38 36 303.0 106 26 72 8 7 .925 0.5 2.0 0.5 -1.8 2.3 0 2.91 2.58 .953 3.23 2.77 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 LF 31 24 228.0 55 50 2 3 0 .945 2.4 12.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 2 2.05 1.68 .980 2.10 1.70 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 CF 22 12 130.2 41 38 0 3 0 .927 2.5 23.0 1.5 0.1 1.4 1 2.62 1.73 .983 2.72 2.40 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.80 MVP-26,RoY-1
1958 NYY AL 22 SS 134 133 1183.0 723 242 453 28 98 .961 13.4 13.6 11.4 4.0 7.4 2 5.29 5.19 .964 4.96 4.17 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 OF 3 3 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 17.8 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 1.67 1.67 .980 2.27 1.93 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 RF 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 26.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 2.00 2.00 .975 2.00 1.70 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 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 8.50 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 CF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 SS 67 64 582.1 349 121 217 11 42 .968 4.3 8.9 4.3 5.3 -0.9 0 5.22 5.04 .958 4.87 3.97 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 OF 53 47 422.1 83 78 3 2 2 .976 -1.3 -3.7 -3.3 -1.8 -1.5 2 1.73 1.53 .980 2.22 1.96 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 RF 26 24 195.0 35 32 2 1 1 .971 -0.2 -1.2 -1.2 -1.1 -0.1 1 1.57 1.31 .977 1.89 1.64 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 LF 24 13 124.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -2.0 -19.4 -2.0 -1.2 -0.8 0 1.38 0.79 .980 2.06 1.68 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 3B 17 15 123.1 58 20 36 2 5 .966 3.0 29.2 3.0 0.9 2.1 0 4.09 3.29 .952 3.21 2.72 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 CF 15 10 103.1 30 29 1 0 1 1.000 0.9 10.5 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 1 2.61 2.00 .983 2.72 2.44 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 AS
1960 NYY AL 24 SS 136 133 1155.1 693 228 443 22 84 .968 14.3 14.9 15.3 7.7 7.6 -1 5.23 4.93 .960 5.11 4.37 MVP-11
1960 NYY AL 24 OF 29 3 82.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 7.3 0.5 1.0 -0.4 0 2.63 0.83 .983 2.25 1.95 MVP-11
1960 NYY AL 24 LF 22 2 54.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 13.3 0.6 0.8 -0.1 0 2.83 0.77 .982 2.13 1.67 MVP-11
1960 NYY AL 24 CF 6 1 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.4 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 2.67 1.33 .988 2.67 2.30 MVP-11
1960 NYY AL 24 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70 MVP-11
1961 NYY AL 25 SS 145 145 1259.2 740 261 449 30 107 .959 14.4 13.7 10.4 -2.0 12.3 4 5.07 4.90 .956 4.84 4.37 AS
1962 NYY AL 26 SS 35 35 306.2 197 71 117 9 27 .954 -3.1 -12.1 -3.1 -4.3 1.2 0 5.52 5.37 .962 4.84 4.47
1962 NYY AL 26 LF 6 6 54.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 8.9 0.4 -1.2 1.6 0 2.50 2.50 .973 2.02 1.62
1962 NYY AL 26 OF 6 6 54.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 8.9 0.4 -1.2 1.6 0 2.83 2.83 .982 2.18 1.92
1963 NYY AL 27 SS 132 132 1185.0 643 227 403 13 80 .980 10.5 10.6 9.5 9.5 0.0 1 4.78 4.77 .965 4.78 4.56 MVP-27
1963 NYY AL 27 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 MVP-27
1963 NYY AL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90 MVP-27
1964 NYY AL 28 SS 99 95 855.0 504 186 307 11 52 .978 16.3 22.9 15.3 11.0 4.3 1 5.19 4.98 .968 4.78 4.55
1965 NYY AL 29 SS 93 81 742.0 385 134 237 14 53 .964 -6.3 -10.2 -7.3 -4.0 -3.3 1 4.50 3.99 .962 4.74 4.38
1965 NYY AL 29 OF 3 0 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.12 0.67 1.000 2.02 1.77
1965 NYY AL 29 RF 2 0 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 20.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.88 1.55
1965 NYY AL 29 1B 1 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 6.75 3.00 1.000 9.45 7.90
1965 NYY AL 29 LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
9 Seasons SS 882 850 7566.1 4422 1544 2734 144 569 .967 65.6 10.4 57.6 29.1 28.5 8 5.09 4.85 .962 4.89 4.37
7 Seasons OF 145 95 961.0 227 213 6 8 2 .965 4.8 6.0 -0.2 -2.0 1.9 5 2.05 1.51 .981 2.23 1.96
5 Seasons LF 84 45 464.0 107 100 3 4 0 .963 1.3 3.4 -0.7 -1.6 1.0 2 2.00 1.23 .979 2.08 1.68
2 Seasons 3B 55 51 426.1 164 46 108 10 12 .939 3.5 9.9 3.5 -0.9 4.4 0 3.25 2.80 .952 3.22 2.75
5 Seasons CF 45 24 271.0 80 76 1 3 1 .963 3.1 13.7 1.1 0.6 0.5 2 2.56 1.71 .984 2.71 2.39
4 Seasons RF 31 26 226.0 41 38 2 1 1 .976 0.4 2.1 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 1 1.59 1.29 .978 1.90 1.64
3 Seasons 2B 3 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 3.00 0.67 1.000 5.40 4.73
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 2.50 1.000 9.54 8.20
9 Seasons TOT 1087 996 8964.2 4820 1808 2850 162 583 .966 73.7 9.9 60.7 26.0 34.8 5 8 4.68 4.29 .929 4.53 3.97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1957 NYY AL 21 127 104 127 127 0 0 0 1 38 41 31 22 0 50 8 3
1958 NYY AL 22 138 136 138 138 0 0 1 1 0 134 0 1 2 3 1 0
1959 NYY AL 23 132 126 132 132 0 0 0 1 17 67 24 15 26 53 5 1
1960 NYY AL 24 147 136 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 136 22 6 1 29 6 2
1961 NYY AL 25 153 145 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 8 0
1962 NYY AL 26 45 41 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 35 6 0 0 6 4 0
1963 NYY AL 27 135 132 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 1 0 1 2 0
1964 NYY AL 28 106 95 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 6 1
1965 NYY AL 29 109 81 109 109 0 0 1 0 0 93 1 0 2 3 13 5
9 Seasons 1092 996 1092 1092 0 0 2 3 55 882 84 45 31 145 53 12
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 -- SS*

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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
1957 NYY AL 21 1282 66% 76% 27% 151 87% 0 72 38 27 7 107 78 28 0 2 6 0 5 1 5 26 12 1 6 3 1 23 13 10 1 1 0
1958 NYY AL 22 5077 65% 77% 29% 594 90% 8 243 134 80 31 449 334 97 2 7 28 2 19 7 23 98 46 1 24 4 8 90 48 36 3 0 2
1959 NYY AL 23 2521 63% 77% 31% 282 89% 3 118 53 52 13 222 166 47 0 2 11 2 6 3 9 43 16 2 16 2 3 41 19 22 1 0 1
1960 NYY AL 24 4961 65% 78% 29% 547 91% 2 229 113 98 18 437 331 91 2 3 22 2 12 8 17 84 31 2 26 10 3 77 34 41 5 5 0
1961 NYY AL 25 5396 67% 77% 26% 601 92% 3 266 148 97 21 454 334 108 1 6 30 1 21 8 26 107 51 2 27 10 2 100 54 40 6 4 2
1962 NYY AL 26 1359 59% 79% 32% 146 89% 1 71 33 34 4 119 88 27 0 1 9 0 6 3 6 27 6 0 13 5 2 27 7 20 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 27 4955 61% 76% 30% 518 92% 5 223 118 94 11 400 306 79 2 1 13 0 7 6 11 80 30 9 23 1 6 74 40 34 5 3 2
1964 NYY AL 28 3590 64% 75% 31% 406 92% 4 187 91 85 11 307 240 61 0 3 11 0 7 4 10 52 20 3 15 1 10 49 23 26 2 0 2
1965 NYY AL 29 3152 66% 76% 27% 310 89% 3 142 65 69 8 237 185 43 0 2 15 0 9 6 13 52 22 3 17 1 4 50 25 24 1 0 1
9 Seasons 32293 64% 77% 29% 3555 91% 29 1551 793 636 124 2732 2062 581 7 27 145 7 92 46 120 569 234 23 167 37 39 531 263 253 24 13 10
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1957 NYY AL 21 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 19 16 0 12 4 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 42 27 64.3% 14 0 0.0% 2 990 66% 77% 26% 133 39%
1959 NYY AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 554 61% 71% 22% 51 37%
1960 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 239 70% 77% 28% 27 59%
1962 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 227 67% 75% 28% 34 44%
1965 NYY AL 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 0 0 17 71% 59% 6% 1 0%
5 Seasons 4 0 3 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 28 25 0 20 8 0 9 3 0 7 1 0 5 5 0 69 42 60.9% 26 0 0.0% 3 2027 65% 75% 25% 246 41%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 61% 77% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1957 NYY AL 21 1275 64% 75% 28% 108 81% 1 25 16 4 5 71 57 12 1 2 8 0 7 1 8 6 5 0 6 0 0 0 10 40%
1959 NYY AL 23 568 61% 74% 24% 56 93% 0 19 15 3 1 37 34 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 3 5 0 0 0 3 100%
2 Seasons 1843 63% 75% 27% 164 85% 1 44 31 7 6 108 91 15 1 2 10 0 7 3 10 11 7 3 11 0 0 0 13 54%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1957 NYY AL 21 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 17 11 64.7% 6 0 0.0% 0 551 66% 75% 27% 60 63%
1958 NYY AL 22 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 0 0 33 79% 82% 42% 1 100%
1959 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 4 0 19 10 52.6% 8 1 5.3% 0 458 59% 77% 26% 61 48%
1960 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 116 72% 72% 23% 16 50%
1963 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 6 67% 83% 33% 1 0%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 13 0 12 3 0 1 0 0 7 2 1 7 5 0 43 23 53.5% 19 1 2.3% 0 1164 64% 76% 27% 139 55%
MLB Averages 41.2% 2.0% 61% 77% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1958 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 79 70% 66% 30% 5 80%
1959 NYY AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 10 5 0 7 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 23 11 47.8% 12 0 0.0% 2 845 60% 76% 27% 71 46%
1960 NYY AL 24 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 0 0 4 25% 75% 50% 0
1965 NYY AL 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 0 0 46 63% 74% 30% 2 100%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 10 5 0 7 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 24 12 50.0% 12 0 0.0% 2 974 61% 75% 27% 78 50%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.1% 61% 77% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1957 NYY AL 21 10 70% 70% 30% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 22 6 50% 83% 33% 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
1959 NYY AL 23 12 42% 67% 25% 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
3 Seasons 28 54% 71% 29% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

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%
1958 NYY AL 22 3 100% 67% 67% 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
1965 NYY AL 29 20 40% 55% 25% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 23 48% 57% 30% 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
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 85%

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