Hal Lanier

Harold Clifton Lanier

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 4, 1942 in Denton, NC
High School: Boca Ciega (St. Petersburg, FL)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1964
Teams (by GP): Giants/Yankees 1964-1973
Final Game: September 30, 1973
Relatives: Son of Max Lanier
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 SFG NL 21 2B 98 96 830.0 529 224 294 11 48 .979 2.0 2.9 7.0 3.8 3.3 -5 5.62 5.29 .973 5.22 4.61
1964 SFG NL 21 SS 3 0 6.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 0 9.00 2.00 .967 5.10 4.33
1965 SFG NL 22 2B 158 152 1317.1 757 294 445 18 75 .976 3.9 3.6 4.9 0.6 4.3 -1 5.05 4.68 .974 5.28 4.71
1965 SFG NL 22 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.20
1966 SFG NL 23 2B 112 104 888.2 572 254 313 5 66 .991 7.6 10.3 6.6 2.4 4.2 1 5.74 5.06 .978 5.33 4.68
1966 SFG NL 23 SS 41 33 320.2 167 49 110 8 14 .952 -1.5 -5.6 -0.5 -1.3 0.7 -1 4.46 3.88 .965 4.96 4.43
1967 SFG NL 24 SS 137 127 1103.1 654 197 440 17 73 .974 15.6 17.0 15.6 3.3 12.3 0 5.20 4.65 .963 4.99 4.31
1967 SFG NL 24 2B 34 22 207.0 138 56 79 3 19 .978 6.9 40.0 5.9 3.2 2.8 1 5.87 3.97 .976 5.26 4.63
1968 SFG NL 25 SS 150 149 1292.0 795 282 496 17 72 .979 8.2 7.6 10.2 3.9 6.3 -2 5.42 5.19 .961 4.98 4.50
1969 SFG NL 26 SS 150 147 1280.0 807 252 530 25 98 .969 15.6 14.6 16.6 4.8 11.7 -1 5.50 5.21 .963 4.93 4.21
1970 SFG NL 27 SS 130 127 1091.1 675 256 397 22 83 .967 -6.2 -6.8 -7.2 -5.0 -2.2 1 5.39 5.02 .965 5.05 4.23
1970 SFG NL 27 2B 4 0 3.2 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -130.9 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 9.82 1.00 .975 5.40 4.68
1970 SFG NL 27 1B 2 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 2.50 1.000 9.72 8.35
1971 SFG NL 28 3B 83 41 431.2 117 33 79 5 6 .957 -3.4 -9.5 -3.4 -3.1 -0.3 0 2.34 1.35 .949 2.81 2.32
1971 SFG NL 28 2B 13 9 86.2 61 30 31 0 6 1.000 1.3 18.0 1.3 1.3 0.1 0 6.33 4.69 .977 5.49 4.86
1971 SFG NL 28 SS 8 4 50.0 31 11 19 1 6 .968 -0.4 -9.6 -0.4 -0.9 0.5 0 5.40 3.75 .968 5.17 4.46
1971 SFG NL 28 1B 3 1 12.0 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 10.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 13.50 6.00 .994 9.90 8.57
1972 NYY AL 29 3B 47 16 207.2 73 15 56 2 7 .973 0.6 3.5 0.6 -1.3 1.9 0 3.08 1.51 .953 2.98 2.70
1972 NYY AL 29 SS 9 6 53.2 35 10 23 2 5 .943 -0.9 -20.1 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 5.53 3.67 .969 5.00 4.51
1972 NYY AL 29 2B 3 3 24.0 15 7 8 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -40.0 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 0 5.62 5.00 .973 5.18 4.43
1973 NYY AL 30 SS 26 17 173.0 100 32 64 4 13 .960 0.2 1.4 0.2 -1.4 1.6 0 4.99 3.69 .963 5.10 4.43
1973 NYY AL 30 2B 8 5 51.2 30 13 17 0 3 1.000 0.4 9.3 0.4 -0.8 1.3 0 5.23 3.75 .980 5.43 4.68
1973 NYY AL 30 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.70
10 Seasons SS 655 610 5372.0 3270 1091 2083 96 364 .971 30.4 6.8 33.4 2.6 30.6 -3 5.32 4.85 .963 4.99 4.33
8 Seasons 2B 430 391 3409.0 2106 881 1188 37 219 .982 20.9 7.4 24.9 10.0 15.3 -4 5.46 4.81 .975 5.28 4.67
3 Seasons 3B 131 57 641.1 190 48 135 7 13 .963 -3.0 -5.6 -3.0 -4.4 1.4 0 2.57 1.40 .951 2.87 2.46
2 Seasons 1B 5 1 17.0 23 21 2 0 2 1.000 0.3 21.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 12.18 4.60 .996 9.85 8.48
10 Seasons TOT 1221 1059 9439.1 5589 2041 3408 140 598 .975 48.6 6.2 55.6 8.3 47.5 -7 5.20 4.46 .942 4.96 4.27
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm 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
1964 SFG NL 21 98 96 98 98 0 0 0 98 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 SFG NL 22 159 152 159 159 0 0 0 158 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 SFG NL 23 149 137 149 149 0 0 0 112 0 41 0 0 0 0 1 1
1967 SFG NL 24 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 34 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 SFG NL 25 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 SFG NL 26 150 147 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SFG NL 27 134 127 134 134 0 0 2 4 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SFG NL 28 109 55 109 109 0 0 3 13 83 8 0 0 0 0 3 3
1972 NYY AL 29 60 25 60 60 0 0 0 3 47 9 0 0 0 0 3 2
1973 NYY AL 30 35 22 35 35 0 0 0 8 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 Seasons 1196 1059 1196 1196 0 0 5 430 131 655 0 0 0 0 0 11 9
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
1964 SFG NL 21 24 71% 75% 38% 4 75% 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 SFG NL 22 11 55% 64% 18% 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
1966 SFG NL 23 1386 60% 78% 28% 160 88% 2 59 33 17 9 119 89 23 0 4 8 0 5 3 6 14 6 1 2 2 1 13 7 6 1 1 0
1967 SFG NL 24 4687 64% 77% 28% 513 94% 2 196 86 88 22 442 334 99 0 6 18 0 10 8 12 74 28 9 27 7 2 74 37 36 0 0 0
1968 SFG NL 25 5436 63% 79% 29% 638 94% 2 285 144 104 38 504 409 72 1 10 17 2 9 6 13 73 25 9 18 4 2 59 33 25 11 5 5
1969 SFG NL 26 5529 65% 78% 29% 637 94% 5 257 108 119 30 538 416 99 2 4 25 0 16 9 16 98 36 13 18 11 1 85 49 30 7 4 2
1970 SFG NL 27 4965 60% 76% 25% 513 94% 2 263 119 115 29 401 307 71 2 14 22 0 16 6 19 84 28 10 22 5 2 72 40 29 8 2 5
1971 SFG NL 28 218 71% 81% 25% 24 92% 0 10 4 6 0 20 15 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0
1972 NYY AL 29 236 70% 86% 38% 25 88% 0 10 2 7 1 23 20 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1973 NYY AL 30 743 68% 79% 29% 79 91% 0 32 14 12 6 66 48 16 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 14 7 2 4 1 0 14 9 5 0 0 0
10 Seasons 23235 63% 78% 28% 2593 94% 13 1116 511 471 135 2113 1638 387 5 38 97 2 61 34 71 368 134 46 94 31 8 327 181 135 28 13 12
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1964 SFG NL 21 3579 59% 75% 32% 383 91% 2 222 91 96 36 291 244 36 1 5 11 3 7 1 5 45 14 10 10 2 37 12 25 8 4 4
1965 SFG NL 22 5630 55% 76% 27% 573 94% 0 292 131 114 48 453 388 53 0 6 18 1 14 3 15 75 22 9 22 6 63 28 34 6 1 3
1966 SFG NL 23 3781 58% 79% 27% 386 96% 2 246 111 99 37 315 267 36 0 3 5 1 2 2 3 67 22 17 17 2 60 20 40 6 6 0
1967 SFG NL 24 863 66% 76% 30% 85 96% 0 52 16 22 14 79 66 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 17 6 3 6 0 16 6 9 1 1 0
1970 SFG NL 27 22 64% 77% 23% 1 100% 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1971 SFG NL 28 365 60% 77% 28% 36 94% 0 29 7 16 6 30 23 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 2 1 6 3 3 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 29 106 54% 76% 28% 8 100% 0 7 2 5 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1973 NYY AL 30 221 53% 80% 28% 22 95% 0 14 4 7 3 18 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 14567 58% 77% 29% 1494 94% 4 865 363 360 145 1194 1012 143 2 15 36 5 25 6 25 215 68 41 59 11 187 71 114 21 12 7
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1971 SFG NL 28 1892 60% 78% 26% 110 94% 1 33 25 6 2 78 59 14 2 3 5 1 3 1 2 6 4 0 5 1 0 0 3 67%
1972 NYY AL 29 876 68% 82% 33% 73 89% 2 14 6 3 5 58 50 6 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 7 4 1 6 0 0 0 4 50%
1973 NYY AL 30 7 71% 100% 57% 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 2775 63% 80% 28% 183 92% 3 47 31 9 7 136 109 20 3 4 7 1 5 1 4 13 8 1 11 1 0 0 7 57%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1970 SFG NL 27 28 57% 71% 18% 2 100% 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SFG NL 28 48 69% 90% 38% 1 100% 0 17 0 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 76 64% 83% 30% 3 100% 0 21 1 20 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 87%

* 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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