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Len Matuszek

Leonard James Matuszek

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 27, 1954 in Toledo, OH
High School: Moeller HS (Cincinnati, OH)
School: University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1981
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Dodgers/BlueJays 1981-1987

Final Game: April 30, 1987
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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
1981 PHI NL 26 1B 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 9.00 2.00 .990 10.35 10.20
1981 PHI NL 26 3B 1 1 1 9.0 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1 80 7.00 7.00 .949 2.80 2.80
1982 PHI NL 27 3B 8 6 1 42.0 12 1 8 3 0 .750 -3 -83 1.93 1.13 .951 2.76 2.78
1982 PHI NL 27 1B 3 0 0 10.0 11 11 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -48 9.90 3.67 .992 10.26 10.27
1983 PHI NL 28 1B 21 17 13 155.1 153 144 9 0 8 1.000 1 10 8.86 7.29 .992 9.96 9.92
1984 PHI NL 29 1B 81 64 47 577.2 705 643 55 7 40 .990 6 13 10.87 8.62 .992 9.86 9.83
1984 PHI NL 29 LF 1 1 0 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0 -15 1.12 1.00 .970 2.02 2.00
1984 PHI NL 29 OF 1 1 0 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0 -15 1.12 1.00 .980 2.25 2.30
1985 TOT MLB 30 1B 15 3 1 45.0 45 42 3 0 3 1.000 2 40 9.00 3.00 .992 9.94 9.93
1985 TOR AL 30 DH 52 39
1985 TOR AL 30 1B 5 1 1 18.0 21 19 2 0 1 1.000 1 47 10.50 4.20 .991 9.75 9.68
1985 LAD NL 30 LF 17 16 0 98.2 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 2 24 2.28 1.47 .977 1.92 1.92
1985 LAD NL 30 OF 17 16 0 98.2 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 2 24 2.19 1.41 .979 2.20 2.20
1985 LAD NL 30 1B 10 2 0 27.0 24 23 1 0 2 1.000 1 36 8.00 2.40 .993 10.07 10.05
1985 LAD NL 30 3B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .950 2.70 2.90
1986 LAD NL 31 OF 37 30 6 227.1 40 38 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -5 1.58 1.08 .979 2.19 2.19
1986 LAD NL 31 LF 35 30 6 223.1 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 1.65 1.17 .975 1.97 1.97
1986 LAD NL 31 1B 31 22 16 206.0 222 197 20 5 18 .977 -0 -2 9.48 7.00 .992 9.94 9.95
1986 LAD NL 31 RF 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
1987 LAD NL 32 1B 3 1 0 7.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 6.43 1.67 .992 9.90 9.83
7 Seasons 1B 155 107 77 1003.0 1143 1043 88 12 71 .990 8 10 10.15 7.30 .992 9.90 9.89
3 Seasons OF 55 47 6 334.0 66 63 2 1 0 .985 1 4 1.75 1.18 .979 2.19 2.19
3 Seasons LF 53 47 6 330.0 68 65 2 1 0 .985 1 5 1.83 1.26 .976 1.96 1.95
3 Seasons 3B 10 7 2 52.0 20 4 13 3 0 .850 -2 -46 2.94 1.70 .950 2.77 2.79
1 Season RF 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
7 Seasons TOT 220 161 85 1389.0 1229 1110 103 16 71 .987 7 6 7.86 5.51 .991 7.78 7.64
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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
1981 PHI NL 26 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 26 3B 1 80 1 1 0 0
1982 PHI NL 27 3B -3 -83 -3 0 -3 0
1982 PHI NL 27 1B -0 -48 -0 -0 -0 0
1983 PHI NL 28 1B 1 10 1 1 0 0
1984 PHI NL 29 1B 6 13 6 3 3 0
1984 PHI NL 29 LF -0 -15 -0 -0 0 0
1985 TOR AL 30 1B 1 47 1 0 0 0
1985 LAD NL 30 LF 2 24 2 0 2 0
1985 LAD NL 30 1B 1 36 1 0 0 0
1985 LAD NL 30 3B 0 360 0 0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 31 LF -1 -3 -2 0 -2 1
1986 LAD NL 31 1B -0 -2 -0 -2 1 0
1986 LAD NL 31 RF -0 -90 -0 0 -0
1987 LAD NL 32 1B -0 -17 -0 0 -0 0
7 Seasons 1B 8 10 8 3 5 0
3 Seasons LF 1 5 0 1 -0 1
3 Seasons 3B -2 -46 -2 1 -3 0
1 Season RF -0 -90 -0 0 -0
7 Seasons TOT 7 6 6 4 2 0 1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 PHI NL 26 13 1 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1982 PHI NL 27 25 6 25 11 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
1983 PHI NL 28 28 17 28 21 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1984 PHI NL 29 101 65 101 81 0 0 81 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 30 0
1985 TOR AL 30 62 40 62 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 20 0
1985 LAD NL 30 43 18 43 27 0 0 9 0 1 0 17 0 0 17 0 21 0
1986 LAD NL 31 91 52 91 65 0 0 31 0 0 0 35 0 2 37 0 31 0
1987 LAD NL 32 16 1 16 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
7 Seasons 379 200 379 215 0 0 154 0 10 0 53 0 2 55 52 154 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 -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1981 PHI NL 26 8 75% 75% 38% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 27 40 63% 70% 18% 2 100% 0 9 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 28 640 61% 79% 26% 32 97% 0 141 4 135 2 19 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PHI NL 29 2423 67% 82% 29% 164 96% 1 640 50 576 14 61 54 36 9 1 4 7 1 6 0 6 40 2 0 0 37 2 3 1 2 10 80%
1985 LAD NL 30 105 68% 72% 33% 5 100% 0 23 0 23 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TOR AL 30 74 43% 78% 24% 9 100% 0 19 3 16 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 31 862 60% 80% 33% 61 90% 0 194 13 177 4 21 22 17 3 0 1 5 0 5 0 5 18 0 0 0 16 1 2 0 2 1 100%
1987 LAD NL 32 35 31% 69% 20% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4187 64% 81% 29% 274 95% 1 1032 71 941 20 110 89 62 15 1 5 12 1 11 0 11 71 2 0 0 66 3 5 1 4 11 82%
MLB Averages 59% 81% 28% 95% 91%

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%
1984 PHI NL 29 1 0 1 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 38 100% 84% 18% 1 100%
1985 LAD NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 412 67% 81% 26% 25 100%
1986 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 12 11 0 3 2 0 7 3 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 28 20 71.4% 8 0 0.0% 2 911 68% 82% 35% 98 42%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 12 11 0 3 2 0 7 3 0 3 0 0 6 5 0 31 21 67.7% 10 0 0.0% 2 1361 69% 81% 32% 124 54%
MLB Averages 60.0% 3.0% 59% 81% 28% 57%

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%
1981 PHI NL 26 34 88% 91% 47% 5 100% 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 27 184 63% 80% 32% 16 56% 0 1 1 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 LAD NL 30 4 25% 100% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Seasons 222 66% 82% 34% 22 68% 0 3 2 0 1 13 11 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 59% 81% 28% 90% 76%

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%
1986 LAD NL 31 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 18 56% 67% 22% 0
1 Season 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 18 56% 67% 22% 0
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.2% 59% 81% 28% 61%

* 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

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1984 NL  6 (3rd)
Career  8 (99th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1984 NL  10.87 (2nd)

                           

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