Bill Madlock
Bill Madlock Jr. (Mad Dog)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 2, 1951 in Memphis, TN
High School: Eisenhower (Decatur, IL)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 25, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1973
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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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
1973 TEX AL 22 3B 21 21 172.1 49 13 32 4 2 .918 -2.7 -18.8 -2.7 -0.5 -2.2 0 2.35 2.14 .951 3.00 2.68
1974 CHC NL 23 3B 121 120 1025.1 331 84 229 18 14 .946 -9.7 -11.4 -7.7 -6.5 -1.1 -2 2.75 2.59 .948 3.04 2.64 RoY-3
1975 CHC NL 24 3B 128 128 1089.2 349 79 250 20 14 .943 -8.2 -9.0 -6.2 -4.7 -1.5 -2 2.72 2.57 .945 2.98 2.58 AS,MVP-12
1976 CHC NL 25 3B 136 135 1177.0 355 107 234 14 21 .961 -11.2 -11.4 -11.2 -6.4 -4.8 0 2.61 2.51 .952 2.93 2.61 MVP-6
1977 SFG NL 26 3B 126 125 1089.1 333 96 220 17 16 .949 -14.5 -16.0 -13.5 -5.8 -7.7 -1 2.61 2.51 .956 2.98 2.54
1977 SFG NL 26 2B 6 6 51.0 20 5 14 1 2 .950 -2.3 -54.1 -2.3 -0.2 -2.1 0 3.35 3.17 .980 5.24 4.47
1978 SFG NL 27 2B 114 111 939.2 536 223 299 14 48 .974 -4.0 -5.1 -1.0 -3.8 2.8 -3 5.00 4.58 .977 5.30 4.34
1978 SFG NL 27 1B 3 1 13.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 36.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 8.31 4.00 .992 9.97 8.33
1979 SFG NL 28 2B 63 63 525.0 288 137 144 7 32 .976 -11.7 -26.7 -10.7 -7.6 -3.1 -1 4.82 4.46 .979 5.42 4.55 MVP-18
1979 SFG NL 28 1B 5 0 8.0 9 9 0 0 3 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 10.12 1.80 .989 9.90 8.60 MVP-18
1979 PIT NL 28 3B 85 85 751.2 223 63 153 7 12 .969 -4.6 -7.3 -4.6 0.9 -5.5 0 2.59 2.54 .950 2.89 2.50 MVP-18
1980 PIT NL 29 3B 127 125 1078.0 314 86 214 14 18 .955 -5.3 -5.9 -5.3 -4.3 -1.0 0 2.50 2.36 .947 2.87 2.39
1980 PIT NL 29 1B 12 8 67.0 79 73 3 3 7 .962 -1.0 -17.9 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 0 10.21 6.33 .992 10.16 8.97
1981 PIT NL 30 3B 78 77 648.1 206 50 147 9 17 .956 -0.1 -0.2 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 1 2.73 2.53 .948 2.84 2.47 AS,MVP-17
1982 PIT NL 31 3B 146 142 1239.2 376 92 266 18 23 .952 4.5 4.4 3.5 5.0 -1.5 1 2.60 2.45 .951 2.77 2.43 MVP-11
1982 PIT NL 31 1B 3 3 18.0 23 22 1 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 11.50 7.67 .991 10.25 8.90 MVP-11
1983 PIT NL 32 3B 126 125 1048.1 263 59 193 11 20 .958 -11.6 -13.3 -12.6 -4.7 -7.9 1 2.16 2.00 .949 2.70 2.29 AS,MVP-8
1984 PIT NL 33 3B 98 97 864.2 257 66 176 15 17 .942 -8.2 -11.4 -8.2 -6.7 -1.5 0 2.52 2.47 .943 2.79 2.36
1984 PIT NL 33 1B 1 1 6.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.00 10.00 .990 9.90 8.20
1985 TOT NL 34 3B 130 129 1067.1 331 74 238 19 17 .943 -6.4 -7.2 -5.4 -0.1 -5.3 -1 2.63 2.40 .948 2.88 2.47
1985 PIT NL 34 3B 98 97 832.1 235 46 175 14 10 .940 -5.7 -8.2 -4.7 0.2 -4.9 -1 2.39 2.26 .949 2.88 2.47
1985 PIT NL 34 1B 12 9 83.0 86 81 5 0 3 1.000 1.1 15.9 1.1 -0.3 1.4 0 9.33 7.17 .993 10.06 8.54
1985 LAD NL 34 3B 32 32 235.0 96 28 63 5 7 .948 -0.7 -3.6 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.49 2.84 .948 2.88 2.47
1986 LAD NL 35 3B 101 101 767.1 266 72 170 24 7 .910 -8.0 -12.5 -6.0 -3.9 -2.1 -2 2.84 2.40 .948 2.72 2.20
1986 LAD NL 35 1B 2 1 8.0 10 7 1 2 1 .800 -0.8 -120.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 9.00 4.00 .990 9.90 8.30
1987 TOT MLB 36 1B 23 20 165.0 180 167 11 2 14 .989 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 9.71 7.74 .992 9.58 8.50
1987 TOT MLB 36 3B 17 17 125.0 35 8 24 3 2 .914 -3.0 -28.8 -3.0 -0.8 -2.2 0 2.30 1.88 .951 2.82 2.34
1987 LAD NL 36 3B 16 16 119.0 34 8 23 3 2 .912 -3.1 -31.3 -3.1 -0.9 -2.2 0 2.34 1.94 .953 2.82 2.34
1987 LAD NL 36 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.50
1987 DET AL 36 DH 64
1987 DET AL 36 1B 22 20 164.0 180 167 11 2 14 .989 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 9.77 8.09 .992 9.58 8.50
1987 DET AL 36 3B 1 1 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30
14 Seasons 3B 1440 1427 12144.0 3688 949 2546 193 200 .948 -89.0 -8.8 -84.0 -37.8 -46.1 -5 2.59 2.43 .949 2.87 2.46
3 Seasons 2B 183 180 1515.2 844 365 457 22 82 .974 -18.0 -14.3 -14.0 -11.6 -2.4 -4 4.88 4.49 .978 5.34 4.42
1 Season DH 64
8 Seasons 1B 61 43 368.0 409 380 22 7 31 .983 -0.4 -1.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.0 0 9.83 6.59 .992 9.86 8.61
15 Seasons TOT 1684 1650 14027.2 4941 1694 3025 222 313 .955 -107.4 -9.2 -98.4 -49.8 -48.5 -9 3.03 2.80 .913 3.32 2.90
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
1973 TEX AL 22 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHC NL 23 128 120 128 121 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1975 CHC NL 24 130 128 130 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 CHC NL 25 142 135 142 136 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1977 SFG NL 26 140 131 140 131 0 0 0 6 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1978 SFG NL 27 122 112 122 114 0 0 3 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1979 PIT NL 28 85 85 85 85 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 28 69 63 69 64 0 0 5 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1980 PIT NL 29 137 133 137 134 0 0 12 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1981 PIT NL 30 82 77 82 78 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1982 PIT NL 31 154 145 154 146 0 0 3 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1983 PIT NL 32 130 125 130 126 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1984 PIT NL 33 103 98 103 99 0 0 1 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1985 PIT NL 34 110 106 110 108 0 0 12 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 LAD NL 34 34 32 34 32 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 LAD NL 35 111 102 111 102 0 0 2 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1987 DET AL 36 87 85 87 22 0 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 64 2 0
1987 LAD NL 36 21 16 21 16 0 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
15 Seasons 1806 1714 1806 1664 0 0 61 184 1441 0 0 0 0 0 64 89 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 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%
1973 TEX AL 22 773 61% 77% 27% 44 93% 0 12 8 1 3 32 26 5 0 3 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1974 CHC NL 23 4781 54% 78% 32% 339 82% 2 80 52 14 14 230 183 33 2 7 18 0 17 1 17 14 7 1 8 5 3 2 22 45%
1975 CHC NL 24 4970 55% 77% 30% 379 83% 4 82 54 16 12 258 213 36 3 4 20 0 17 3 16 14 9 0 10 4 3 1 25 56%
1976 CHC NL 25 5257 55% 79% 31% 355 85% 9 106 68 13 25 234 170 49 6 12 14 0 9 5 12 21 15 1 16 3 1 2 23 52%
1977 SFG NL 26 4862 60% 79% 26% 316 88% 5 88 54 12 22 221 176 37 6 6 17 0 15 2 14 16 7 2 12 3 1 2 9 67%
1979 PIT NL 28 3259 60% 78% 25% 209 92% 0 61 46 5 10 152 121 22 3 4 6 0 6 0 6 14 10 0 11 3 2 0 7 71%
1980 PIT NL 29 4713 57% 79% 25% 318 87% 4 88 65 5 18 214 162 41 1 7 15 0 14 1 14 18 14 0 16 1 1 0 10 80%
1981 PIT NL 30 2860 55% 81% 27% 208 84% 2 52 28 6 18 150 116 25 0 7 9 0 9 0 9 17 11 1 12 3 0 3 7 86%
1982 PIT NL 31 5513 58% 77% 26% 399 86% 4 92 65 12 15 278 213 55 2 5 18 0 17 1 13 24 20 2 22 1 1 0 5 80%
1983 PIT NL 32 4655 59% 75% 25% 268 86% 2 60 37 6 17 194 147 37 4 2 11 1 10 0 9 22 16 0 18 3 2 1 5 60%
1984 PIT NL 33 3787 66% 76% 24% 227 93% 2 65 40 13 12 172 135 29 0 5 15 0 15 0 14 16 9 3 13 2 1 1 7 86%
1985 PIT NL 34 3727 56% 75% 26% 214 94% 1 49 27 10 12 174 131 35 3 5 14 0 14 0 13 10 6 1 9 1 1 0 3 100%
1985 LAD NL 34 1002 66% 77% 28% 87 94% 0 28 22 4 2 59 47 11 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 7 3 3 7 0 0 0 2 100%
1986 LAD NL 35 3387 59% 76% 32% 267 81% 6 67 41 12 14 171 137 24 5 9 24 1 21 2 20 6 4 1 6 0 0 0 12 50%
1987 LAD NL 36 553 57% 75% 29% 38 76% 0 8 3 4 1 25 17 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 67%
1987 DET AL 36 26 69% 73% 19% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 54125 58% 77% 28% 3669 87% 41 938 610 133 195 2565 1994 446 35 76 193 2 175 16 168 203 134 15 163 30 16 13 142 63%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 90% 71%

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
1977 SFG NL 26 221 64% 78% 25% 11 91% 0 5 0 4 1 13 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1978 SFG NL 27 4117 65% 80% 26% 376 90% 0 223 72 99 52 299 263 32 0 3 14 0 13 1 12 48 9 15 14 1 43 15 27 4 1 3
1979 SFG NL 28 2405 70% 79% 27% 174 92% 2 136 49 56 31 141 116 17 1 3 7 1 6 0 6 31 12 4 8 0 29 9 19 1 0 1
3 Seasons 6743 67% 79% 26% 561 91% 2 364 121 159 84 453 392 49 1 6 22 1 20 1 19 81 21 21 22 1 74 24 48 5 1 4
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94%

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%
1978 SFG NL 27 49 61% 76% 24% 3 100% 0 11 0 11 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 SFG NL 28 31 71% 71% 35% 1 100% 0 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 29 285 72% 81% 30% 15 73% 0 73 2 71 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 7 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1982 PIT NL 31 72 78% 81% 39% 2 100% 0 25 1 23 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PIT NL 33 21 67% 76% 48% 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 PIT NL 34 357 48% 74% 24% 21 100% 0 82 5 76 1 13 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
1986 LAD NL 35 40 60% 68% 35% 1 0% 0 7 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1987 DET AL 36 742 52% 77% 26% 37 95% 0 166 7 153 6 19 11 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 14 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1987 LAD NL 36 6 83% 83% 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 Seasons 1603 57% 77% 28% 80 91% 0 383 16 359 8 41 21 14 3 0 0 7 1 6 0 5 31 2 0 1 29 3 2 0 2 3 67%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 89%

* 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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