Frank Malzone
Frank James Malzone
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 28, 1930 in Bronx, NY
High School: Gompers (Bronx, NY)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1955
Final Game: October 1, 1966
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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
1955 BOS AL 25 3B 4 4 41.0 17 2 15 0 1 1.000 0.2 5.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.73 4.25 .947 3.16 2.72
1956 BOS AL 26 3B 26 25 220.2 87 24 57 6 4 .931 -1.9 -10.3 -1.9 -1.2 -0.7 0 3.30 3.12 .949 3.22 2.78
1957 BOS AL 27 3B 153 153 1364.0 546 151 370 25 31 .954 10.1 8.9 9.1 4.1 5.0 1 3.44 3.41 .951 3.23 2.77 AS,MVP-7,RoY-2,GG
1958 BOS AL 28 3B 155 155 1380.1 544 139 378 27 36 .950 9.5 8.3 8.5 8.3 0.2 1 3.37 3.34 .951 3.11 2.59 AS,MVP-25,GG
1959 BOS AL 29 3B 154 154 1364.0 515 134 357 24 40 .953 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 1 3.24 3.19 .952 3.21 2.72 AS,MVP-14,GG
1960 BOS AL 30 3B 151 150 1326.0 503 159 318 26 36 .948 -3.1 -2.8 -3.1 -4.3 1.2 0 3.24 3.16 .952 3.14 2.72 AS
1961 BOS AL 31 3B 149 148 1312.2 463 136 304 23 45 .950 3.2 2.9 1.2 0.6 0.6 2 3.02 2.95 .950 3.18 2.79
1962 BOS AL 32 3B 156 156 1389.1 483 154 313 16 32 .967 8.3 7.2 8.3 5.4 2.9 0 3.03 2.99 .951 3.08 2.79 MVP-31
1963 BOS AL 33 3B 148 148 1324.2 450 151 283 16 18 .964 6.1 5.5 6.1 4.7 1.3 0 2.95 2.93 .946 3.02 2.85 AS
1964 BOS AL 34 3B 143 143 1225.0 417 141 259 17 24 .959 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 2.94 2.80 .955 3.03 2.76 AS
1965 BOS AL 35 3B 96 85 765.2 257 79 170 8 19 .969 1.1 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.1 0 2.93 2.59 .960 3.13 2.87
1966 CAL AL 36 3B 35 32 256.0 106 38 60 8 3 .925 -1.1 -5.2 -1.1 -1.6 0.5 0 3.45 2.80 .956 3.03 2.80
12 Seasons 3B 1370 1353 11969.1 4388 1308 2884 196 289 .955 33.8 3.4 28.8 16.9 11.7 5 3.15 3.06 .952 3.13 2.76
12 Seasons TOT 1370 1353 11969.1 4388 1308 2884 196 289 .955 33.8 3.4 28.8 16.9 11.7 5 3.15 3.06 .907 3.13 2.76

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
1955 BOS AL 25 6 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1956 BOS AL 26 27 25 27 27 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 BOS AL 27 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BOS AL 28 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 29 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 30 152 150 152 152 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 BOS AL 31 151 148 151 151 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1962 BOS AL 32 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BOS AL 33 151 148 151 151 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 BOS AL 34 148 143 148 148 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1965 BOS AL 35 106 85 106 106 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1966 CAL AL 36 82 32 82 82 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 48 0
12 Seasons 1441 1353 1441 1441 0 0 0 0 1370 0 0 0 0 0 79 3
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%
1955 BOS AL 25 195 68% 73% 22% 17 94% 0 2 1 0 1 15 12 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1956 BOS AL 26 1011 63% 76% 27% 88 86% 1 26 18 5 3 57 48 8 1 1 6 0 6 0 5 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 3 67%
1957 BOS AL 27 5624 62% 80% 30% 504 89% 3 145 111 16 19 347 271 62 4 7 25 2 17 6 19 30 19 3 26 2 2 0 16 50%
1958 BOS AL 28 5971 66% 79% 28% 540 89% 4 135 99 19 17 378 309 60 2 4 26 0 20 6 20 36 28 2 33 1 1 0 23 65%
1959 BOS AL 29 6014 66% 78% 27% 483 89% 5 132 95 16 21 340 270 57 3 6 22 1 10 11 16 40 23 3 29 5 5 0 17 65%
1960 BOS AL 30 5978 66% 77% 25% 496 89% 8 162 114 23 26 321 239 67 7 11 26 1 17 8 20 36 25 4 31 2 0 2 17 59%
1961 BOS AL 31 5900 62% 76% 25% 435 90% 4 129 98 12 19 295 225 59 1 12 23 0 12 11 20 45 34 1 38 5 3 2 13 31%
1962 BOS AL 32 6164 57% 75% 25% 455 93% 5 152 123 13 16 308 238 51 8 7 16 0 14 2 14 31 23 4 30 1 1 0 22 55%
1963 BOS AL 33 5789 56% 75% 23% 436 93% 3 150 130 4 16 279 235 36 2 10 16 0 15 1 14 17 12 0 13 3 2 1 19 79%
1964 BOS AL 34 5483 56% 74% 23% 392 91% 5 136 111 8 17 255 196 44 3 12 17 0 12 5 11 24 16 1 21 3 2 1 13 69%
1965 BOS AL 35 3425 58% 76% 23% 240 93% 0 82 61 7 14 170 124 36 1 4 8 0 8 0 6 19 10 2 14 5 4 1 8 88%
1966 CAL AL 36 1120 62% 78% 27% 97 88% 0 40 25 7 8 59 47 10 2 3 8 0 7 1 7 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 52674 61% 77% 26% 4183 90% 38 1291 986 130 177 2824 2214 493 34 78 193 4 138 51 152 287 198 21 244 27 20 7 152 62%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 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 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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