Fred Marsh
Fred Francis Marsh
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 5, 1924 in Valley Falls, KS
High School: Steinmetz (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Final Game: May 29, 1956
Died: October 26, 2006 in Corry, PA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1949 25 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 27 SLB AL 130 483 445 44 108 21 4 4 43 4 4 36 56 .243 .299 .335 .634 69 149 9 0 2 *5/64
1952 28 TOT AL 96 303 271 29 70 9 1 2 28 3 3 28 37 .258 .328 .321 .649 79 87 6 0 4 0 654/O
1952 28 SLB AL 11 29 24 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 4 .208 .345 .250 .595 65 6 0 0 0 0 /46
1952 28 WSH AL 9 25 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .042 .080 .042 .122 -65 1 2 0 0 /4O
1952 28 SLB AL 76 249 223 25 64 8 1 2 26 3 2 22 29 .287 .351 .359 .710 95 80 4 0 4 65
1953 29 CHW AL 67 111 95 22 19 1 0 2 2 0 3 13 26 .200 .303 .274 .576 55 26 2 1 2 56/34
1954 30 CHW AL 62 109 98 21 30 5 2 0 4 4 2 9 16 .306 .364 .398 .762 107 39 2 0 2 0 5/639
1955 31 BAL AL 89 344 303 30 66 7 1 2 19 1 2 35 33 .218 .300 .267 .567 60 81 8 1 4 1 1 456
1956 32 BAL AL 20 28 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 .125 .250 .125 .375 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 /564
7 Seasons 465 1378 1236 148 296 43 8 10 96 13 14 125 171 .239 .310 .311 .622 70 385 27 2 14 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 480 431 52 103 15 3 3 33 5 5 44 60 .239 .310 .311 .622 70 134 9 1 5
BAL (4 yrs) 326 1133 1019 104 246 37 6 8 89 9 9 102 125 .241 .311 .313 .624 70 319 21 1 10 1 1
CHW (2 yrs) 129 220 193 43 49 6 2 2 6 4 5 22 42 .254 .333 .337 .670 81 65 4 1 4 0
WSH (1 yr) 9 25 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .042 .080 .042 .122 -65 1 2 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1951 27 SLB AL 483 352 44 3.4 105 .270 .243 .271 .299 .353 .335 .397 .634 .750 69 .368 -20.8 -2.1 .529 .173 .092 4.0
1952 28 TOT AL 303 214 30 3.8 98 .293 .258 .263 .328 .343 .321 .384 .649 .727 79 .459 -7.6 -0.8 .548 .166 .063 2.4
1952 28 SLB AL 29 20 2 2.7 99 .250 .208 .264 .345 .344 .250 .385 .595 .729 65 .313 -0.9 -0.1 .500 .208 .042
1952 28 WSH AL 25 25 0 0.0 94 .050 .042 .257 .080 .336 .042 .375 .122 .710 -65 .000 -5.4 -0.6 .080 .042 .000
1952 28 SLB AL 249 169 28 4.5 99 .323 .287 .264 .351 .344 .359 .385 .710 .729 95 .534 -1.3 -0.1 .624 .175 .072 2.4
1953 29 CHW AL 111 83 7 2.3 105 .254 .200 .273 .303 .350 .274 .402 .576 .752 55 .224 -6.1 -0.6 .457 .179 .074 .0
1954 30 CHW AL 109 74 14 5.1 101 .366 .306 .269 .364 .345 .398 .393 .762 .738 107 .579 0.8 0.1 .694 .204 .092 .0
1955 31 BAL AL 344 252 25 2.6 95 .238 .218 .257 .300 .335 .267 .382 .567 .717 60 .269 -16.0 -1.6 .470 .162 .050 1.3
1956 32 BAL AL 28 21 1 1.3 99 .143 .125 .258 .250 .338 .125 .393 .375 .731 6 .080 -3.1 -0.3 .381 .208 .000 .0
7 Seasons 1378 996 121 3.3 101 .271 .239 .265 .310 .345 .311 .391 .622 .736 70 .363 -52.9 -5.3 .521 .172 .072 11.3
162 Game Avg. 480 347 42 3.3 101 .271 .239 .265 .310 .345 .311 .391 .622 .736 70 .363 -52.9 -5.3 .521 .172 .072 4
BAL (4 yrs) 1133 814 100 3.3 100 .268 .241 .265 .311 .345 .313 .390 .624 .734 70 .367 -42.2 -4.2 .526 .172 .072 8.5
CHW (2 yrs) 220 157 21 3.6 103 .315 .254 .271 .333 .347 .337 .397 .670 .745 81 .412 -5.3 -0.5 .569 .192 .083 2.7
WSH (1 yr) 25 25 0 0.0 94 .050 .042 .257 .080 .336 .042 .375 .122 .710 -65 .000 -5.4 -0.6 .080 .042 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1951 27 SLB AL 483 0.8% 11.6% 7.5% 6.0% 27% 1.56 7.9 111.3 10.3 80%
1952 28 TOT AL 303 0.7% 12.2% 9.2% 4.0% 17% 1.32 7.3 135.5 9.7 77%
1952 28 SLB AL 278 0.7% 11.9% 9.7% 4.3% 17% 1.22 7.5 123.5 9.1 76%
1952 28 WSH AL 25 0.0% 16.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 4.00 6.0 24.0 80%
1953 29 CHW AL 111 1.8% 23.4% 11.7% 2.7% 16% 2.00 3.7 47.5 47.5 60%
1954 30 CHW AL 109 0.0% 14.7% 8.3% 6.4% 23% 1.78 6.1 24.5 0.97 75%
1955 31 BAL AL 344 0.6% 9.6% 10.2% 2.9% 15% 0.94 9.2 151.5 15.9 0.97 78%
1956 32 BAL AL 28 0.0% 10.7% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.75 8.0 1.25 75%
7 Seasons 1378 0.7% 12.4% 9.1% 4.4% 21% 1.37 7.2 123.6 12.9 0.99 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 30 CHW AL 1 0 54% 102 4 2 67% 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 35% 12 9 3 1 1 0 10 4 5
1955 31 BAL AL 5 0 28% 128 1 2 33% 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 35% 24 15 8 6 4 2 7 4 3
1956 32 BAL AL 0 0 29% 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
7 Seasons 6 0 33% 242 13 14 48% 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 0 7 4 34% 37 25 11 7 5 2 18 9 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 30 CHW AL 109 41% 30 2 0 0 0 0.44 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 17 2 12% 6 1 17% 62 4 6% 5 2 40% 9 1 11% 0
1955 31 BAL AL 344 47% 66 1 0 0 0 1.68 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 6 4 67% 57 8 14% 20 7 35% 173 18 10% 11 4 36% 12 0 0% 0
1956 32 BAL AL 28 43% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 16 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 481 46% 296 3 0 0 0 0.85 10 0 11 1 1 1 1 0 9 14 156% 79 27 34% 28 8 29% 251 22 9% 19 6 32% 24 1 4% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 27 131 483 445 44 108 21 4 4 43 4 4 36 56 .243 .299 .335 .634 69 149 9 0 2
1952 28 227 786 716 73 178 30 5 6 71 7 7 64 93 .249 .310 .330 .640 73 236 15 0 6 0
1953 29 294 897 811 95 197 31 5 8 73 7 10 77 119 .243 .309 .323 .632 71 262 17 1 8 0
1954 30 356 1006 909 116 227 36 7 8 77 11 12 86 135 .250 .315 .331 .646 75 301 19 1 10 0 0
1955 31 445 1350 1212 146 293 43 8 10 96 12 14 121 168 .242 .311 .315 .627 71 382 27 2 14 1 1
1956 32 465 1378 1236 148 296 43 8 10 96 13 14 125 171 .239 .310 .311 .622 70 385 27 2 14 1 1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1951 27 137 499 463 43 108 21 4 4 42 4 36 59 .233 .289 .322 .610 43 130
1952 28 100 318 287 31 77 10 1 2 30 3 31 39 .268 .340 .331 .671 32 96
1953 29 70 112 98 23 19 1 0 2 2 0 13 27 .194 .295 .265 .560 7 67
1954 30 65 113 103 23 32 5 2 0 4 4 10 17 .311 .372 .398 .770 16 62
1955 31 93 363 322 34 74 8 1 2 22 1 39 34 .230 .314 .280 .594 28 89
1956 32 21 31 26 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 .154 .290 .154 .444 1 20
6 Seasons 486 1436 1299 156 314 45 8 10 100 13 134 179 .242 .313 .312 .625 127 464
162 Game Avg. 162 479 433 52 105 15 3 3 33 4 45 60 .242 .313 .312 .625 42 464

* 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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