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Ron LeFlore

Ronald LeFlore

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 16, 1948 in Detroit, MI
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1974
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/Expos 1974-1982
Agents: Ken Fishkin [*]
Final Game: September 3, 1982
Relatives: Cousin of Todd Steverson
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 DET AL 26 CF 59 59 59 534.0 168 151 6 11 3 .935 -12 -26 2.65 2.66 .986 2.93 2.92
1974 DET AL 26 OF 59 59 59 534.0 170 151 8 11 3 .935 -12 -26 2.68 2.69 .980 2.41 2.40
1975 DET AL 27 CF 134 133 127 1154.0 339 318 12 9 3 .973 -19 -20 2.57 2.46 .983 2.84 2.83
1975 DET AL 27 OF 134 133 127 1154.0 339 317 13 9 3 .973 -19 -20 2.57 2.46 .979 2.37 2.36
1976 DET AL 28 CF 132 132 129 1159.2 407 381 15 11 1 .973 -2 -2 3.07 3.00 .984 2.98 2.99 AS,MVP-23
1976 DET AL 28 OF 132 132 129 1159.2 406 381 14 11 1 .973 -2 -2 3.07 2.99 .981 2.47 2.48 AS,MVP-23
1976 DET AL 28 DH 1 0 AS,MVP-23
1977 DET AL 29 CF 152 150 147 1343.0 384 361 12 11 0 .971 -18 -16 2.50 2.45 .983 2.83 2.81 MVP-20
1977 DET AL 29 OF 152 150 147 1343.0 388 365 12 11 0 .972 -18 -16 2.53 2.48 .978 2.34 2.32 MVP-20
1978 DET AL 30 CF 155 155 151 1388.2 457 438 8 11 4 .976 -10 -9 2.89 2.88 .984 2.97 2.94 MVP-16
1978 DET AL 30 OF 155 155 151 1388.2 460 440 9 11 4 .976 -10 -9 2.91 2.90 .979 2.47 2.45 MVP-16
1979 DET AL 31 CF 113 112 88 938.1 302 292 6 4 3 .987 -6 -7 2.86 2.64 .983 2.92 2.88
1979 DET AL 31 OF 113 112 88 938.1 302 293 6 3 3 .990 -6 -7 2.87 2.65 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 DET AL 31 DH 34 34
1980 MON NL 32 LF 130 130 92 1082.0 257 232 14 11 1 .957 -4 -4 2.05 1.89 .976 2.06 2.06 MVP-22
1980 MON NL 32 OF 130 130 92 1082.0 258 233 14 11 1 .957 -4 -4 2.05 1.90 .980 2.31 2.31 MVP-22
1981 CHW AL 33 OF 82 82 66 684.2 175 162 6 7 2 .960 0 1 2.21 2.05 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 CHW AL 33 LF 76 76 60 620.2 154 144 5 5 2 .968 1 2 2.16 1.96 .979 2.38 2.38
1981 CHW AL 33 CF 7 6 6 64.0 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -1 -17 2.11 2.14 .988 2.90 2.89
1982 CHW AL 34 OF 83 78 63 656.2 198 179 7 12 1 .939 -10 -18 2.55 2.24 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 CHW AL 34 CF 82 78 63 654.1 190 171 7 12 1 .937 -10 -18 2.45 2.17 .985 2.84 2.83
1982 CHW AL 34 DH 2 0
1982 CHW AL 34 LF 1 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -51 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.30
9 Seasons OF 1040 1031 922 8941.0 2696 2521 89 86 18 .968 -79 -11 2.63 2.51 .980 2.41 2.40
8 Seasons CF 834 825 770 7236.0 2264 2127 66 71 15 .969 -77 -13 2.73 2.63 .984 2.90 2.89
3 Seasons LF 207 206 152 1705.0 411 376 19 16 3 .961 -2 -2 2.09 1.91 .977 2.18 2.18
9 Seasons TOT 1040 1031 922 8941.0 2696 2521 89 86 18 .968 -79 -11 2.63 2.51 .980 2.41 2.40
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1974 DET AL 26 CF -12 -26 -7 -5 -2 -5
1975 DET AL 27 CF -19 -20 -21 -14 -7 2
1976 DET AL 28 CF -2 -2 -2 -3 2 0
1977 DET AL 29 CF -18 -16 -16 -9 -7 -2
1978 DET AL 30 CF -10 -9 -2 -1 -1 -8
1979 DET AL 31 CF -6 -7 -1 5 -6 -5
1980 MON NL 32 LF -4 -4 -4 -1 -3 1
1981 CHW AL 33 LF 1 2 2 1 2 -1
1981 CHW AL 33 CF -1 -17 -1 -1 0 0
1982 CHW AL 34 CF -10 -18 -7 -6 -1 -3
1982 CHW AL 34 LF -0 -51 -0 0 -0
8 Seasons CF -77 -13 -56 -34 -21 -21
3 Seasons LF -2 -2 -2 -1 -2 0
9 Seasons TOT -79 -11 -58 -35 -23 -21

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 DET AL 26 59 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 59 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 27 136 133 136 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 134 0 0 3
1976 DET AL 28 135 132 135 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 1 1 2
1977 DET AL 29 154 150 154 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 0 3 0
1978 DET AL 30 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 0 0
1979 DET AL 31 148 146 148 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 113 34 1 1
1980 MON NL 32 139 130 139 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 130 0 1 8
1981 CHW AL 33 82 82 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 7 0 83 0 0 0
1982 CHW AL 34 91 78 91 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 82 0 83 2 5 8
9 Seasons 1099 1065 1099 1040 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 834 0 1041 37 11 22
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1974 DET AL 26 11 1 10 0 4 6 0 0 2 1 46 22 1 33 3 0 2 0 0 8 0 1 17 14 0 106 39 36.8% 65 2 1.9% 4 2335 70% 81% 26% 293 52%
1975 DET AL 27 9 0 9 0 4 12 0 5 3 2 40 23 3 26 3 1 7 3 1 14 4 0 27 18 1 114 51 44.7% 57 6 5.3% 6 5057 58% 82% 25% 475 69%
1976 DET AL 28 11 0 11 0 4 15 0 4 5 3 87 47 5 58 14 2 9 1 0 24 2 1 41 30 0 219 94 42.9% 118 8 3.7% 7 4990 61% 83% 25% 669 59%
1977 DET AL 29 11 0 11 0 5 12 0 4 5 2 69 28 5 54 5 1 11 4 0 20 4 0 38 30 0 192 71 37.0% 116 6 3.1% 6 5762 61% 83% 24% 643 58%
1978 DET AL 30 11 0 11 0 4 8 0 1 2 3 82 36 1 44 5 1 2 0 0 29 2 0 38 25 3 195 68 34.9% 122 5 2.6% 3 5864 54% 84% 27% 747 59%
1979 DET AL 31 4 0 4 0 1 6 0 2 3 0 51 28 0 35 5 0 6 1 0 16 0 0 32 15 2 140 49 35.0% 89 2 1.4% 4 4009 58% 81% 25% 510 58%
1981 CHW AL 33 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 246 63% 80% 26% 25 60%
1982 CHW AL 34 12 0 12 0 4 7 0 3 2 1 49 20 1 23 1 1 4 1 0 8 5 0 19 15 0 103 42 40.8% 59 2 1.9% 5 2797 67% 83% 25% 364 48%
8 Seasons 71 1 70 0 28 66 0 19 22 12 425 205 16 274 36 6 41 10 1 119 17 2 212 147 6 1071 415 38.7% 627 31 2.9% 35 31060 60% 83% 25% 3726 58%
MLB Averages 44.7% 2.5% 61% 82% 27% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1980 MON NL 32 11 0 11 0 2 14 0 2 2 8 69 52 4 38 10 6 28 13 1 10 2 0 21 18 1 166 95 57.2% 62 12 7.2% 2 4568 59% 83% 26% 540 45%
1981 CHW AL 33 5 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 35 24 1 27 8 1 11 7 0 13 5 1 11 11 0 97 55 56.7% 39 3 3.1% 2 2633 67% 81% 26% 308 48%
1982 CHW AL 34 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 11 91% 82% 0% 0
3 Seasons 16 0 16 0 2 19 0 3 3 10 104 76 5 65 18 7 39 20 1 23 7 1 32 29 1 263 150 57.0% 101 15 5.7% 4 7212 62% 82% 26% 848 46%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.9% 61% 82% 27% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1976 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (23, 2%)
1977 AL (20, 2%)
1978 AL (16, 5%)
1980 NL (22, 0%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 NL  14 (3rd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 NL  11 (1st)
1981 AL  5 (2nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  134 (4th)
1977 AL  152 (2nd)
1978 AL  155 (1st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  381 (4th)
1977 AL  361 (4th)
1978 AL  438 (1st)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  12 (1st)
1976 AL  15 (2nd)
1977 AL  12 (1st)
1978 AL  8 (5th)
Career  66 (71st)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  11 (1st)
1975 AL  9 (2nd)
1976 AL  11 (1st)
1977 AL  11 (2nd)
1978 AL  11 (1st)
1982 AL  12 (1st)
Career  71 (28th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1977 AL  152 (3rd)
1978 AL  155 (2nd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1976 AL  381 (4th)
1977 AL  365 (4th)
1978 AL  440 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1975 AL  13 (3rd)
1976 AL  14 (4th)
1977 AL  12 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1974 AL  11 (1st)
1975 AL  9 (4th)
1976 AL  11 (1st)
1977 AL  11 (4th)
1978 AL  11 (3rd)
1980 NL  11 (1st)
1981 AL  7 (3rd)
1982 AL  12 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1976 AL  3.07 (5th)
Career  2.73 (52nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  3.00 (3rd)
1978 AL  2.88 (5th)
Career  2.63 (59th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
Career  2.63 (54th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1976 AL  2.99 (3rd)
1978 AL  2.90 (4th)
Career  2.51 (75th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1979 AL  .990 (4th)

                                         

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