Marvin Lane
Marvin Lane
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 18, 1950 in Sandersville, GA
High School: Pershing (Detroit, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1971
Final Game: October 3, 1976
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 DET AL 21 OF 6 3 31.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -7.7 -1.2 -0.1 -1.2 1 1.74 1.00 .983 2.24 1.97
1971 DET AL 21 LF 3 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.27 1.33 .975 1.96 1.60
1971 DET AL 21 RF 3 2 20.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -6.0 -1.1 0.0 -1.2 1 0.90 0.67 1.000 2.07 1.70
1972 DET AL 22 OF 3 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 2.08 1.00 .967 2.22 1.90
1972 DET AL 22 CF 1 1 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.86 3.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
1972 DET AL 22 LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1972 DET AL 22 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1973 DET AL 23 OF 4 2 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.5 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 2.86 1.75 .971 2.29 2.02
1973 DET AL 23 LF 3 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 2.57 0.67 1.000 2.06 1.67
1973 DET AL 23 RF 3 1 15.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 8.0 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 3.00 1.67 .980 2.10 1.73
1974 DET AL 24 OF 46 29 293.0 74 70 3 1 0 .986 -0.5 -2.0 0.5 3.0 -2.4 -1 2.24 1.59 .980 2.41 2.12
1974 DET AL 24 LF 40 25 252.0 65 62 2 1 0 .985 0.4 1.9 1.4 3.3 -1.8 -1 2.29 1.60 .974 2.12 1.75
1974 DET AL 24 RF 6 3 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -15.5 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 2.03 1.17 .971 2.18 1.87
1974 DET AL 24 CF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -60.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.97 2.65
1974 DET AL 24 DH 1
1976 DET AL 26 OF 15 10 103.0 25 23 1 1 0 .960 1.0 11.7 0.0 0.5 -0.6 1 2.10 1.60 .980 2.47 2.21
1976 DET AL 26 LF 10 6 60.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 1.5 30.0 0.5 1.2 -0.7 1 1.95 1.30 .979 2.24 1.91
1976 DET AL 26 CF 5 4 43.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -14.0 -0.5 -0.7 0.1 0 2.30 2.20 .982 2.97 2.60
5 Seasons OF 74 45 462.0 115 109 4 2 0 .983 -0.0 -0.0 -1.0 3.6 -4.7 1 2.20 1.53 .979 2.40 2.11
5 Seasons LF 57 33 335.0 85 80 3 2 0 .976 1.6 5.7 1.6 4.4 -2.7 0 2.23 1.46 .975 2.13 1.76
4 Seasons RF 13 6 67.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -9.0 -1.5 0.0 -1.6 1 1.88 1.08 .979 2.12 1.79
3 Seasons CF 8 6 60.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -22.0 -1.1 -0.8 -0.4 0 2.40 2.00 .988 2.94 2.58
1 Season DH 1
5 Seasons TOT 74 45 462.0 115 109 4 2 0 .983 -0.0 -0.0 -1.0 3.6 -4.7 1 2.20 1.53 .962 2.40 2.11
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1971 DET AL 21 8 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 3 0
1972 DET AL 22 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 5
1973 DET AL 23 6 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 0 2
1974 DET AL 24 50 29 50 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 2 6 46 0 8 3
1976 DET AL 26 18 10 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 15 0 3 1
5 Seasons 90 45 90 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 8 13 74 0 15 11
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 -- 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%
1971 DET AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 55 67% 78% 27% 7 57%
1972 DET 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 20 65% 75% 10% 1 0%
1973 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 35 57% 74% 23% 3 67%
1974 DET AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 19 13 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 7 1 0 3 3 0 36 18 50.0% 16 2 5.6% 0 1136 67% 76% 25% 149 43%
1976 DET AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 1 1 16.7% 0 250 70% 81% 25% 24 54%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 21 15 2 10 1 1 3 2 0 8 1 0 4 4 0 46 23 50.0% 20 3 6.5% 0 1496 67% 77% 25% 184 45%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 48%

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%
1971 DET AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 92 84% 74% 25% 10 20%
1972 DET AL 22 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 5 60% 60% 0% 1 0%
1973 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 66 48% 74% 26% 8 63%
1974 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 145 83% 78% 22% 13 54%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 308 76% 76% 23% 32 44%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.2% 60% 78% 26% 53%

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%
1972 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 33 67% 76% 42% 8 38%
1974 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 44 64% 70% 14% 4 50%
1976 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 184 65% 77% 34% 18 61%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 261 65% 76% 31% 30 53%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.3% 60% 78% 26% 58%

* 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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