Johnny Logan

John Logan (Yatcha)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 23, 1927 in Endicott, NY
High School: Union HS (Endicott, NY)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1951
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates 1951-1963

Final Game: September 27, 1963
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Standard Fielding

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
1951	BSN	NL	24	SS	58	50	40	444.1	264	98	155	11	31	.958			5.12	4.36	.955	4.89	4.87
1952	BSN	NL	25	SS	117	117	117	1061.2	650	247	385	18	81	.972			5.36	5.40	.960	5.04	5.00	MVP-36
1953	MLN	NL	26	SS	150	150	145	1315.0	796	295	481	20	104	.975	8	7	5.31	5.17	.958	5.04	4.94	MVP-20
1954	MLN	NL	27	SS	154	154	145	1354.0	839	324	489	26	104	.969	5	4	5.40	5.28	.959	5.15	5.12	MVP-18
1955	MLN	NL	28	SS	154	154	152	1371.0	809	268	511	30	100	.963	11	10	5.11	5.06	.964	5.02	4.98	AS,MVP-11
1956	MLN	NL	29	SS	148	147	136	1296.2	757	266	467	24	94	.968	11	10	5.09	4.95	.962	4.94	4.89	MVP-30
1957	MLN	NL	30	SS	129	125	120	1146.0	732	263	440	29	94	.960	13	14	5.52	5.45	.958	4.82	4.85	AS,MVP-25
1958	MLN	NL	31	SS	144	142	140	1260.1	786	273	481	32	99	.959	16	15	5.38	5.24	.964	5.11	5.08	AS
1959	MLN	NL	32	SS	138	137	132	1201.0	709	260	431	18	78	.975	2	2	5.18	5.01	.966	5.11	5.06	AS
1960	MLN	NL	33	SS	136	134	129	1209.1	682	235	417	30	77	.956	-1	-1	4.85	4.79	.960	4.81	4.80
1961	TOT	NL	34	SS	8	6	4	55.0	28	9	18	1	4	.964	-1	-13	4.42	3.38	.959	4.93	4.86
1961	MLN	NL	34	SS	2	1	1	10.0	3	0	3	0	1	1.000	0	36	2.70	1.50	.960	4.95	4.85
1961	PIT	NL	34	3B	7	3	3	43.0	14	3	11	0	2	1.000	0	6	2.93	2.00	.948	2.93	2.89
1961	PIT	NL	34	SS	6	5	3	45.0	25	9	15	1	3	.960	-1	-24	4.80	4.00	.959	4.92	4.87
1962	PIT	NL	35	3B	19	15	15	149.1	49	13	35	1	5	.980	2	13	2.89	2.53	.949	2.95	2.92
1963	PIT	NL	36	SS	44	43	40	376.2	213	74	122	17	28	.920	-7	-22	4.68	4.45	.961	4.83	4.82
1963	PIT	NL	36	3B	4	3	3	27.0	7	3	4	0	1	1.000	-1	-40	2.33	1.75	.941	2.93	2.92
	12 Seasons			SS	1380	1359	1300	12091.0	7265	2612	4397	256	894	.965	57	6	5.22	5.08	.961	5.00	4.96
	3 Seasons			3B	30	21	21	219.1	70	19	50	1	8	.986	1	5	2.83	2.30	.948	2.94	2.91
	13 Seasons			TOT	1410	1380	1321	12310.1	7335	2631	4447	257	902	.965	58	6	5.17	5.02	.961	4.96	4.92
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1951	BSN	NL	24	SS
1952	BSN	NL	25	SS
1953	MLN	NL	26	SS	8	7	8	5	3	0
1954	MLN	NL	27	SS	5	4	6	3	3	-1
1955	MLN	NL	28	SS	11	10	12	10	2	-1
1956	MLN	NL	29	SS	11	10	10	8	2	1
1957	MLN	NL	30	SS	13	14	13	13	-0	0
1958	MLN	NL	31	SS	16	15	17	16	1	-1
1959	MLN	NL	32	SS	2	2	4	3	1	-2
1960	MLN	NL	33	SS	-1	-1	2	9	-8	-3
1961	MLN	NL	34	SS	0	36	0	0	0	0
1961	PIT	NL	34	3B	0	6	0	-1	1	0
1961	PIT	NL	34	SS	-1	-24	-1	-1	0	0
1962	PIT	NL	35	3B	2	13	2	-0	2	0
1963	PIT	NL	36	SS	-7	-22	-7	-1	-6	0
1963	PIT	NL	36	3B	-1	-40	-1	-1	0	0
	12 Seasons			SS	57	6	64	65	-1	-7
	3 Seasons			3B	1	5	1	-2	3	0
	13 Seasons			TOT	58	6	65	63	2	-7

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	3B	SS	PH	PR
1951	BSN	NL	24	62	50	62	58	0	58	3	2
1952	BSN	NL	25	117	117	117	117	0	117	0	0
1953	MLN	NL	26	150	150	150	150	0	150	0	0
1954	MLN	NL	27	154	154	154	154	0	154	0	0
1955	MLN	NL	28	154	154	154	154	0	154	0	0
1956	MLN	NL	29	148	147	148	148	0	148	0	0
1957	MLN	NL	30	129	125	129	129	0	129	2	0
1958	MLN	NL	31	145	142	145	144	0	144	1	0
1959	MLN	NL	32	138	137	138	138	0	138	0	0
1960	MLN	NL	33	136	134	136	136	0	136	0	0
1961	PIT	NL	34	27	8	27	13	7	6	15	0
1961	MLN	NL	34	18	1	18	2	0	2	16	0
1962	PIT	NL	35	44	15	44	19	19	0	25	0
1963	PIT	NL	36	81	46	81	48	4	44	34	0
	13 Seasons			1503	1380	1503	1410	30	1380	96	2

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 -- SS*

											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
1951	BSN	NL	24	1956	65%	82%	24%	218	89%	3	94	54	29	11	157	111	38	0	5	11	0	9	2	9	31	14	2	8	1	2	28	16	11	3	2	1
1952	BSN	NL	25	4272	60%	82%	27%	451	95%	5	227	119	87	21	366	278	66	1	8	17	3	8	6	8	75	20	3	24	10	4	64	23	39	10	9	0
1953	MLN	NL	26	4475	64%	80%	27%	457	94%	5	242	100	119	23	382	297	66	1	4	17	0	12	5	16	88	27	5	20	18	5	79	33	45	7	3	4
1954	MLN	NL	27	5023	63%	80%	27%	556	92%	2	281	144	110	27	418	306	91	3	7	23	0	19	4	20	98	33	6	27	9	2	85	42	41	9	4	2
1955	MLN	NL	28	4913	64%	79%	27%	513	92%	3	218	97	100	21	414	297	107	2	2	27	1	24	2	24	95	39	10	20	10	5	88	49	36	6	2	2
1956	MLN	NL	29	4868	62%	82%	28%	518	91%	4	247	112	109	26	414	325	78	2	5	19	0	17	2	14	90	26	5	34	9	10	87	32	54	1	0	1
1957	MLN	NL	30	4820	65%	81%	30%	577	90%	3	261	117	115	29	445	336	99	0	3	29	1	18	10	26	96	34	5	33	8	2	86	40	43	5	4	1
1958	MLN	NL	31	5121	64%	80%	30%	569	92%	2	268	105	133	30	470	354	98	1	7	32	1	25	6	27	103	39	9	28	10	4	94	48	42	7	3	4
1959	MLN	NL	32	5012	60%	81%	29%	538	93%	7	261	117	117	27	419	294	107	1	5	18	1	12	5	15	80	27	10	17	6	6	69	37	29	4	2	0
1960	MLN	NL	33	5139	60%	79%	28%	532	90%	1	240	118	98	24	411	307	88	0	8	30	1	24	5	26	79	25	7	21	10	1	70	32	34	7	5	2
1961	PIT	NL	34	194	63%	79%	37%	15	93%	0	9	2	7	0	15	12	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	2	1	0	4	1	3	0	0	0
1961	MLN	NL	34	39	51%	92%	36%	3	100%	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1963	PIT	NL	36	1495	63%	79%	32%	154	86%	2	72	32	29	11	112	81	24	2	1	17	0	16	1	15	27	11	3	8	1	0	24	14	9	2	2	0
	12 Seasons			47327	63%	81%	28%	5101	92%	37	2421	1117	1054	250	4027	3002	864	13	56	241	8	185	48	201	867	296	65	242	93	42	779	367	387	61	36	17
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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%
1961	PIT	NL	34	184	57%	80%	30%	16	81%	0	3	3	0	0	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0%
1962	PIT	NL	35	647	61%	78%	28%	51	94%	1	13	9	2	2	38	27	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	4	0	4	1	1	0	1	100%
1963	PIT	NL	36	70	53%	83%	21%	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			901	59%	79%	28%	69	90%	1	16	12	2	2	49	33	13	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	8	7	0	7	1	1	0	2	50%
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		89%																								62%

* 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 1955 * 1957 1958 * 1959-2	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1952 NL (36, 1%) 1953 NL (20, 1%) 1954 NL (18, 3%) 1955 NL (11, 7%) 1956 NL (30, 0%) 1957 NL (25, 0%) 0.12 Career Shares (859th)	Assists† s c a p y 1953 NL 481 (2nd) 1954 NL 489 (1st) 1955 NL 511 (1st) 1956 NL 467 (2nd) 1957 NL 440 (5th) 1958 NL 481 (2nd) 1959 NL 431 (5th) 1960 NL 417 (5th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1955 NL 30 (2nd) 1957 NL 29 (2nd) 1958 NL 32 (2nd) 1960 NL 30 (3rd)
Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 1957 NL 13 (5th) 1958 NL 16 (5th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1953 NL 150 (2nd) 1954 NL 154 (1st) 1955 NL 154 (1st) 1956 NL 148 (2nd) 1957 NL 129 (4th) 1958 NL 144 (5th) 1959 NL 138 (3rd) 1960 NL 136 (4th) Career 1,380 (74th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1953 NL 295 (1st) 1954 NL 324 (2nd) 1955 NL 268 (4th) 1956 NL 266 (5th) 1957 NL 263 (2nd) 1958 NL 273 (5th) 1959 NL 260 (3rd) 1960 NL 235 (4th) Career 2,612 (63rd)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1952 NL 385 (5th) 1953 NL 481 (2nd) 1954 NL 489 (1st) 1955 NL 511 (1st) 1956 NL 467 (2nd) 1957 NL 440 (1st) 1958 NL 481 (1st) 1959 NL 431 (3rd) 1960 NL 417 (4th) Career 4,397 (68th)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1954 NL 26 (5th) 1955 NL 30 (2nd) 1956 NL 24 (5th) 1957 NL 29 (1st) 1958 NL 32 (1st) 1959 NL 18 (5th) 1960 NL 30 (3rd) Career 256 (96th)	Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1953 NL 8 (2nd) 1954 NL 5 (3rd) 1955 NL 11 (3rd) 1956 NL 11 (2nd) 1957 NL 13 (1st) 1958 NL 16 (1st) Career 57 (25th)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1952 NL 5.36 (2nd) 1953 NL 5.31 (3rd) 1954 NL 5.40 (3rd) 1955 NL 5.11 (4th) 1956 NL 5.09 (3rd) 1957 NL 5.52 (1st) 1958 NL 5.38 (3rd) 1960 NL 4.85 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1952 NL 5.40 (1st) 1953 NL 5.17 (2nd) 1954 NL 5.28 (1st) 1955 NL 5.06 (3rd) 1956 NL 4.95 (3rd) 1957 NL 5.45 (1st) 1958 NL 5.24 (2nd) 1959 NL 5.01 (4th) 1960 NL 4.79 (3rd) Career 5.08 (57th)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1952 NL .972 (1st) 1953 NL .975 (1st) 1954 NL .969 (1st) 1956 NL .968 (2nd) 1957 NL .960 (5th) 1959 NL .975 (3rd)

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