Phil Linz
Philip Francis Linz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 4, 1939 in Baltimore, MD
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1962
Final Game: September 29, 1968
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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
1962 NYY AL 23 SS 21 16 155.0 79 33 41 5 7 .937 -2.3 -17.8 -1.3 1.2 -2.5 -1 4.30 3.52 .963 4.84 4.47
1962 NYY AL 23 3B 8 6 66.0 26 12 12 2 2 .923 -0.4 -7.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 3.27 3.00 .954 3.08 2.79
1962 NYY AL 23 2B 5 1 23.0 16 8 6 2 1 .875 -0.6 -31.3 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 5.48 2.80 .981 5.24 4.88
1962 NYY AL 23 OF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.90
1962 NYY AL 23 RF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.70
1963 NYY AL 24 SS 22 20 184.1 107 34 69 4 13 .963 4.0 26.0 3.0 1.4 1.6 1 5.03 4.68 .965 4.78 4.56
1963 NYY AL 24 3B 13 11 100.0 28 7 21 0 2 1.000 0.6 7.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 2.52 2.15 .943 3.02 2.85
1963 NYY AL 24 OF 12 8 74.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 21.1 1.3 0.2 1.1 0 2.07 1.42 .982 2.16 1.91
1963 NYY AL 24 2B 6 6 52.0 24 11 13 0 2 1.000 0.6 13.8 0.6 -0.1 0.7 0 4.15 4.00 .979 5.09 4.68
1963 NYY AL 24 CF 5 3 33.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 7.3 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 1.64 1.20 .983 2.59 2.20
1963 NYY AL 24 RF 5 4 30.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 12.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .980 2.01 1.72
1963 NYY AL 24 LF 2 1 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 87.3 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 4.91 3.00 .983 1.88 1.55
1964 NYY AL 25 SS 55 50 455.2 269 80 176 13 35 .952 6.9 18.2 5.9 4.4 1.5 1 5.06 4.65 .968 4.78 4.55
1964 NYY AL 25 3B 41 38 356.1 147 41 99 7 7 .952 4.3 14.5 4.3 0.2 4.1 0 3.54 3.41 .955 3.03 2.76
1964 NYY AL 25 2B 5 3 31.0 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -3.9 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 3.48 2.40 .983 5.17 4.54
1964 NYY AL 25 OF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1964 NYY AL 25 CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.15
1964 NYY AL 25 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1965 NYY AL 26 SS 71 70 615.2 347 126 205 16 29 .954 -8.1 -15.8 -7.1 -4.2 -3.0 -1 4.84 4.66 .962 4.74 4.38
1965 NYY AL 26 3B 4 4 36.0 24 8 15 1 1 .958 1.2 40.0 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 5.75 5.75 .958 3.12 2.88
1965 NYY AL 26 OF 4 4 32.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 41.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 2.81 2.50 .980 2.05 1.78
1965 NYY AL 26 RF 4 4 32.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 41.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 2.81 2.50 .980 1.86 1.58
1965 NYY AL 26 2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 5.10 4.40
1966 PHI NL 27 3B 14 10 99.2 35 13 21 1 2 .971 -0.9 -10.8 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0 3.07 2.43 .954 3.04 2.66
1966 PHI NL 27 SS 6 2 25.0 8 2 5 1 1 .875 -1.0 -48.0 -1.0 -0.4 -0.6 0 2.52 1.17 .962 4.97 4.43
1966 PHI NL 27 2B 3 1 16.1 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -14.7 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 3.31 2.00 .983 5.34 4.67
1967 TOT NL 28 SS 15 5 57.1 27 13 13 1 1 .963 -2.3 -48.1 -2.3 -2.5 0.2 0 4.08 1.73 .963 4.99 4.31
1967 TOT NL 28 3B 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.96 2.80
1967 PHI NL 28 SS 7 1 19.1 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0.4 -24.8 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 2.33 0.71 .967 4.98 4.31
1967 PHI NL 28 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 3.00 2.80
1967 NYM NL 28 2B 11 10 89.1 55 27 26 2 7 .964 -1.9 -25.5 -1.9 -1.1 -0.8 0 5.34 4.82 .976 5.26 4.63
1967 NYM NL 28 SS 8 4 38.0 21 10 11 0 1 1.000 -1.9 -60.0 -1.9 -2.0 0.1 0 4.97 2.63 .962 5.00 4.31
1967 NYM NL 28 3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.80
1967 NYM NL 28 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1967 NYM NL 28 OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1968 NYM NL 29 2B 71 67 573.1 308 136 162 10 36 .968 -5.2 -10.9 -5.2 -3.3 -1.9 0 4.68 4.20 .977 5.21 4.74
6 Seasons SS 190 163 1493.0 837 288 509 40 86 .952 -2.8 -2.3 -2.8 -0.1 -2.8 0 4.80 4.19 .965 4.78 4.46
7 Seasons 2B 102 88 788.0 422 190 218 14 48 .967 -7.6 -11.6 -7.6 -5.2 -2.4 0 4.66 4.00 .978 5.21 4.72
6 Seasons 3B 82 69 665.0 260 81 168 11 14 .958 4.4 7.9 4.4 -0.1 4.5 0 3.37 3.04 .954 3.04 2.77
5 Seasons OF 22 12 118.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 20.3 2.0 1.5 0.5 0 2.06 1.23 .981 2.13 1.86
3 Seasons RF 11 8 65.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 27.7 1.5 1.7 -0.2 0 2.22 1.45 .981 1.94 1.66
2 Seasons CF 7 3 37.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.46 0.86 .983 2.58 2.19
3 Seasons LF 4 1 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 45.0 0.6 -0.1 0.7 0 3.38 1.50 .983 1.86 1.52
7 Seasons TOT 396 332 3064.0 1546 586 895 65 148 .958 -4.0 -1.6 -4.0 -3.9 -0.2 0 0 4.35 3.74 .925 4.41 4.03
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
1962 NYY AL 23 71 23 71 71 0 0 0 5 8 21 0 0 2 2 19 21
1963 NYY AL 24 72 45 72 72 0 0 0 6 13 22 2 5 5 12 18 6
1964 NYY AL 25 112 91 112 112 0 0 0 5 41 55 1 2 0 3 9 6
1965 NYY AL 26 99 78 99 99 0 0 0 1 4 71 0 0 4 4 13 6
1966 PHI NL 27 40 13 40 40 0 0 0 3 14 6 0 0 0 0 15 7
1967 NYM NL 28 24 14 24 24 0 0 0 11 1 8 1 0 0 1 5 1
1967 PHI NL 28 23 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 11 8
1968 NYM NL 29 78 67 78 78 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
7 Seasons 519 332 519 519 0 0 0 102 82 190 4 7 11 22 99 55
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
1962 NYY AL 23 655 55% 79% 29% 63 86% 1 33 15 15 3 42 33 9 0 0 5 0 2 3 3 7 3 0 3 0 1 7 3 4 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 24 780 64% 74% 28% 89 96% 2 35 19 9 8 68 50 16 0 3 4 1 1 2 2 13 7 3 2 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1
1964 NYY AL 25 1912 61% 76% 31% 208 90% 0 79 28 45 6 177 131 44 0 0 13 1 5 7 10 34 11 3 11 2 2 30 14 15 4 1 3
1965 NYY AL 26 2701 64% 74% 27% 285 89% 2 128 67 55 9 201 157 37 0 0 16 2 9 5 13 29 8 4 10 4 1 28 12 16 1 1 0
1966 PHI NL 27 97 65% 72% 26% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1967 NYM NL 28 179 56% 73% 25% 15 100% 0 8 6 2 0 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 28 87 43% 63% 18% 5 80% 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 6411 62% 75% 29% 670 90% 5 286 136 128 26 504 379 114 0 3 40 4 19 17 30 86 31 10 27 6 4 80 41 38 6 2 4
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

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
1962 NYY AL 23 116 64% 75% 23% 10 90% 0 8 4 4 0 7 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 24 212 62% 76% 26% 15 100% 0 11 5 5 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1964 NYY AL 25 135 59% 69% 29% 8 100% 0 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1965 NYY AL 26 15 80% 80% 27% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PHI NL 27 78 55% 67% 28% 7 100% 1 5 3 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1967 NYM NL 28 424 59% 74% 26% 32 100% 0 26 7 13 6 28 22 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 7 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 1 1 0
1968 NYM NL 29 2411 65% 76% 28% 206 96% 1 132 56 55 21 164 135 23 1 4 10 1 8 1 7 36 9 11 9 3 33 12 20 2 1 1
7 Seasons 3391 64% 75% 27% 279 96% 2 186 76 79 31 225 184 32 1 4 14 2 10 2 8 49 14 13 13 3 45 16 28 3 2 1
MLB Averages 61% 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%
1962 NYY AL 23 296 58% 79% 31% 28 82% 1 12 10 2 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 24 395 60% 74% 34% 28 96% 1 8 8 0 0 22 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
1964 NYY AL 25 1521 63% 78% 32% 146 89% 1 40 32 5 3 98 69 24 3 1 7 0 5 2 6 8 6 1 7 0 0 0 7 43%
1965 NYY AL 26 144 71% 79% 27% 22 95% 0 8 7 0 1 15 13 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1966 PHI NL 27 439 66% 78% 25% 37 92% 1 13 11 1 2 21 15 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1967 NYM NL 28 16 50% 94% 31% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 28 14 57% 86% 36% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2825 63% 78% 31% 262 90% 4 81 68 8 6 168 121 37 4 2 11 1 7 3 9 15 10 1 11 3 3 0 10 60%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 65%

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%
1962 NYY AL 23 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 13 77% 92% 31% 1 100%
1963 NYY AL 24 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% 0 125 73% 78% 30% 9 56%
1965 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 137 57% 74% 27% 12 83%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 275 65% 77% 29% 22 73%
MLB Averages 41.4% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 54%

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%
1963 NYY AL 24 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% 0 127 61% 79% 22% 10 60%
1964 NYY AL 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 0 0 0 19 47% 74% 21% 0
2 Seasons 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% 0 146 60% 78% 22% 10 60%
MLB Averages 39.7% 2.1% 61% 77% 26% 57%

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%
1963 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 46 43% 91% 35% 6 100%
1964 NYY AL 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 0 0 0 8 63% 63% 13% 1 0%
1967 NYM NL 28 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 12 100% 58% 33% 0
3 Seasons 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 66 56% 82% 32% 7 86%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.4% 61% 77% 26% 48%

* 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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