Tony LaRussa
Anthony LaRussa Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 4, 1944 in Tampa, FL
High School: Jefferson (Tampa, FL)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1963
Final Game: April 6, 1973
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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
1963 KCA AL 18 SS 14 10 106.0 47 23 22 2 7 .957 -0.6 -6.8 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 3.82 3.21 .966 4.78 4.56
1963 KCA AL 18 2B 3 1 16.0 9 6 3 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -67.5 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 5.06 3.00 .978 5.06 4.67
1970 OAK AL 25 2B 44 28 260.1 161 67 89 5 21 .969 0.3 1.4 -0.7 -0.2 -0.4 1 5.39 3.55 .980 5.35 4.64
1971 TOT MLB 26 2B 16 1 39.0 21 12 7 2 4 .905 -1.5 -46.2 -1.5 -0.9 -0.6 0 4.38 1.19 .981 5.42 4.81
1971 OAK AL 26 2B 7 0 12.0 6 4 1 1 1 .833 -1.7 -170.0 -1.7 -1.1 -0.6 0 3.75 0.71 .983 5.32 4.76
1971 OAK AL 26 SS 4 0 8.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 0.6 90.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 10.12 2.25 .967 4.95 4.32
1971 OAK AL 26 3B 2 0 7.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.1 17.1 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 1.29 0.50 1.000 3.09 2.75
1971 ATL NL 26 2B 9 1 27.0 15 8 6 1 3 .933 0.2 8.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.67 1.56 .980 5.47 4.86
3 Seasons 2B 63 30 315.1 191 85 99 7 26 .963 -2.1 -8.0 -3.1 -1.7 -1.3 1 5.25 2.92 .980 5.34 4.69
2 Seasons SS 18 10 114.0 56 27 27 2 8 .964 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.7 0.7 0 4.26 3.00 .966 4.79 4.51
1 Season 3B 2 0 7.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.1 17.1 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 1.29 0.50 1.000 3.09 2.75
6 Seasons TOT 83 40 436.1 249 112 127 10 34 .960 -2.0 -5.5 -3.0 -2.6 -0.3 1 4.93 2.88 .937 5.16 4.60

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
1963 KCA AL 18 34 11 34 34 0 0 0 3 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 16
1968 OAK AL 23 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1969 OAK AL 24 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1970 OAK AL 25 52 28 52 52 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
1971 OAK AL 26 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 6
1971 ATL NL 26 9 1 9 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHC NL 28 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 132 40 132 132 0 0 0 63 2 18 0 0 0 0 30 28
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 -- 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
1963 KCA AL 18 78 60% 88% 19% 6 100% 0 6 4 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1970 OAK AL 25 1120 53% 77% 25% 105 94% 0 66 26 28 12 86 72 12 0 0 5 0 5 0 3 21 9 4 6 0 20 6 13 1 1 0
1971 ATL NL 26 80 56% 75% 24% 9 100% 1 5 3 1 1 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 26 55 60% 82% 11% 2 50% 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1333 54% 78% 24% 122 94% 1 81 34 34 13 97 81 13 0 0 6 0 6 0 4 25 11 5 7 0 24 7 16 1 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

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
1963 KCA AL 18 455 54% 76% 25% 42 86% 0 24 14 7 3 25 17 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 3 1 2 0 0 7 4 2 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 26 30 67% 67% 37% 7 100% 0 4 3 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 485 55% 76% 26% 49 88% 0 28 17 8 3 30 22 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 3 1 2 0 1 8 4 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

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 OAK AL 26 26 50% 69% 31% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 26 50% 69% 31% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

* 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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