Cliff Mapes

Clifford Franklin Mapes (Tiger)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 13, 1922 in Sutherland, NE
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Tigers/Browns 1948-1952

Final Game: September 28, 1952
Died: December 5, 1996 in Pryor, OK
Buried: Graham Memorial Cemetery, Pryor, OK
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1948	NYY	AL	26	OF	21	15	13		48	42	4	2	1	.958		2.19	.975		2.51
1948	NYY	AL	26	LF	9	8	8		24	23	1	0	0	1.000		2.67	.975		2.34
1948	NYY	AL	26	CF	6	3	1		11	8	2	1	0	.909		1.67	.978		3.02
1948	NYY	AL	26	RF	6	4	4		12	10	1	1	1	.917		1.83	.971		2.13
1949	NYY	AL	27	OF	108	86	71		248	228	14	6	4	.976		2.24	.980		2.44
1949	NYY	AL	27	CF	56	40	36		125	118	5	2	1	.984		2.20	.980		2.84
1949	NYY	AL	27	RF	48	39	28		106	95	9	2	3	.981		2.17	.978		2.09
1949	NYY	AL	27	LF	8	7	7		28	25	1	2	0	.929		3.25	.982		2.36
1950	NYY	AL	28	OF	102	91	81	822.2	201	183	8	10	4	.950	2.09	1.87	.979	2.51	2.47
1950	NYY	AL	28	RF	80	73	66	646.2	173	160	7	6	3	.965	2.32	2.09	.975	2.12	2.09
1950	NYY	AL	28	CF	21	15	14	152.0	34	29	1	4	1	.882	1.78	1.43	.981	2.95	2.89
1950	NYY	AL	28	LF	4	3	1	24.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.50	1.00	.978	2.40	2.38
1951	TOT	AL	29	OF	87	64	53	580.0	142	136	4	2	1	.986	2.17	1.61	.977	2.45	2.44
1951	TOT	AL	29	RF	60	39	36	372.1	91	87	2	2	1	.978	2.15	1.48	.978	2.06	2.05
1951	TOT	AL	29	LF	17	13	10	112.0	27	26	1	0	0	1.000	2.17	1.59	.973	2.43	2.41
1951	TOT	AL	29	CF	15	12	7	95.2	33	32	1	0	0	1.000	3.10	2.20	.981	2.84	2.83
1951	NYY	AL	29	OF	34	11	8	124.2	25	25	0	0	0	1.000	1.80	0.74	.977	2.45	2.44
1951	NYY	AL	29	RF	29	9	6	101.0	21	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.87	0.72	.978	2.06	2.05
1951	NYY	AL	29	CF	3	1	1	11.2	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.31	1.00	.980	2.85	2.83
1951	NYY	AL	29	LF	2	1	1	12.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.25	1.50	.973	2.40	2.40
1951	SLB	AL	29	OF	53	53	45	455.1	117	111	4	2	1	.983	2.27	2.17	.977	2.45	2.44
1951	SLB	AL	29	RF	31	30	30	271.1	70	66	2	2	1	.971	2.26	2.19	.978	2.06	2.05
1951	SLB	AL	29	LF	15	12	9	100.0	24	23	1	0	0	1.000	2.16	1.60	.973	2.43	2.41
1951	SLB	AL	29	CF	12	11	6	84.0	30	29	1	0	0	1.000	3.21	2.50	.981	2.84	2.83
1952	DET	AL	30	OF	63	47	37	430.1	92	86	3	3	1	.967	1.86	1.41	.980	2.40	2.40
1952	DET	AL	30	RF	43	27	22	268.0	43	42	0	1	0	.977	1.41	0.98	.976	1.91	1.91
1952	DET	AL	30	CF	18	17	13	135.1	39	34	3	2	1	.949	2.46	2.06	.983	2.91	2.91
1952	DET	AL	30	LF	5	3	2	27.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.33	1.40	.979	2.27	2.28
	5 Seasons			OF	381	303	255	1833.0	731	675	33	23	11	.969	2.06	1.86	.979	2.46	2.45
	5 Seasons			RF	237	182	156	1287.0	425	394	19	12	8	.972	2.08	1.74	.976	2.06	2.05
	5 Seasons			CF	116	87	71	383.0	242	221	12	9	3	.963	2.35	2.01	.981	2.91	2.87
	5 Seasons			LF	43	34	28	163.0	90	85	3	2	0	.978	2.10	2.05	.977	2.40	2.37
	5 Seasons			TOT	381	303	255	1833.0	731	675	33	23	11	.969	2.06	1.86	.979	2.46	2.45
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	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.

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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.
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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
1948	NYY	AL	26	LF
1948	NYY	AL	26	CF
1948	NYY	AL	26	RF
1949	NYY	AL	27	CF
1949	NYY	AL	27	RF
1949	NYY	AL	27	LF
1950	NYY	AL	28	RF
1950	NYY	AL	28	CF
1950	NYY	AL	28	LF
1951	NYY	AL	29	RF
1951	NYY	AL	29	CF
1951	NYY	AL	29	LF
1951	SLB	AL	29	RF
1951	SLB	AL	29	LF
1951	SLB	AL	29	CF
1952	DET	AL	30	RF
1952	DET	AL	30	CF
1952	DET	AL	30	LF
	5 Seasons			RF
	5 Seasons			CF
	5 Seasons			LF
	5 Seasons			TOT
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1948	NYY	AL	26	53	15	53	21	9	6	6	21	29	6
1949	NYY	AL	27	111	86	111	108	8	56	48	108	5	2
1950	NYY	AL	28	108	91	108	102	4	21	80	102	6	3
1951	SLB	AL	29	56	53	56	53	15	12	31	53	3	0
1951	NYY	AL	29	45	11	45	34	2	3	29	34	13	2
1952	DET	AL	30	86	47	86	63	5	18	43	63	26	2
	5 Seasons			459	303	459	381	43	116	237	381	82	15

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 -- RF*

				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%
1948	NYY	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	60.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	73	74%	82%	41%	7	57%
1949	NYY	AL	27	1	0	1	0	1	6	0	1	1	1	14	8	0	8	4	1	4	2	0	4	2	0	7	5	1	37	21	56.8%	14	2	5.4%	4	1132	58%	76%	27%	124	61%
1950	NYY	AL	28	6	0	6	0	1	5	0	1	2	2	41	16	1	24	5	1	7	3	0	11	3	1	16	12	0	99	39	39.4%	57	3	3.0%	2	2466	64%	76%	30%	254	56%
1951	NYY	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	10	6	60.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	379	57%	82%	31%	34	62%
1951	SLB	AL	29	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	8	5	1	5	1	0	4	3	0	2	1	0	5	3	0	24	13	54.2%	10	1	4.2%	1	702	49%	75%	27%	68	65%
1952	DET	AL	30	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	8	0	5	1	0	5	4	0	2	1	0	6	3	0	29	17	58.6%	12	0	0.0%	0	990	66%	81%	29%	79	46%
	5 Seasons			9	0	9	0	3	13	0	2	4	3	78	41	2	43	11	2	22	14	0	24	8	1	37	25	1	204	99	48.5%	99	6	2.9%	7	5742	61%	77%	29%	566	57%
	MLB Averages																														43.3%			3.2%			62%	82%	31%		54%

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%
1948	NYY	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	1	1	50.0%	0	34	47%	88%	35%	8	75%
1949	NYY	AL	27	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	27	19	0	10	1	1	3	2	0	5	2	0	13	11	1	58	35	60.3%	21	2	3.4%	2	1328	62%	75%	31%	154	55%
1950	NYY	AL	28	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	7	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	4	0	27	12	44.4%	15	0	0.0%	1	563	65%	79%	29%	60	38%
1951	SLB	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	2	33.3%	4	0	0.0%	1	169	50%	81%	30%	19	74%
1951	NYY	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	58	43%	78%	28%	5	60%
1952	DET	AL	30	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	7	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	4	0	18	8	44.4%	9	1	5.6%	2	565	56%	78%	26%	66	55%
	5 Seasons			7	0	7	0	0	10	0	5	1	2	48	31	1	25	2	1	6	2	0	10	3	1	23	20	1	112	58	51.8%	50	4	3.6%	6	2717	60%	77%	30%	312	53%
	MLB Averages																														45.1%			3.0%			62%	82%	31%		60%

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%
1948	NYY	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	4	80.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	115	63%	81%	30%	19	42%
1949	NYY	AL	27	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	13	4	30.8%	9	0	0.0%	1	256	63%	82%	36%	37	68%
1950	NYY	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	0	90	71%	88%	29%	13	31%
1951	SLB	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	8	8	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	325	52%	85%	36%	27	44%
1951	NYY	AL	29	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	44	50%	80%	30%	3	100%
1952	DET	AL	30	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	50	48%	82%	36%	3	100%
	5 Seasons			2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	7	0	11	3	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	4	4	0	29	17	58.6%	12	0	0.0%	1	880	58%	83%	34%	102	54%
	MLB Averages																														57.3%			2.7%			62%	82%	31%		52%

* 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

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1949 AL 9 (5th) 1950 AL 7 (5th)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1950 AL 6 (3rd)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1949 AL 14 (3rd)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1950 AL 10 (2nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1950 AL 2.32 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1950 AL 2.09 (1st)

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