John Mayberry
John Claiborn Mayberry
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 18, 1949 in Detroit, MI
High School: Northwestern (Detroit, MI)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1968
Final Game: September 28, 1982
Relatives: Father of John Mayberry
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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
1968 HOU NL 19 1B 2 2 16.2 25 25 0 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -21.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 13.50 12.50 .992 10.10 8.90
1970 HOU NL 21 1B 45 38 347.2 408 371 35 2 29 .995 6.4 22.1 6.4 2.9 3.5 0 10.51 9.02 .992 9.68 8.37
1971 HOU NL 22 1B 37 36 318.2 333 317 15 1 20 .997 2.1 7.9 2.1 2.3 -0.2 0 9.38 8.97 .992 9.88 8.58
1972 KCR AL 23 1B 146 138 1249.1 1427 1338 82 7 141 .995 -5.4 -5.2 -6.4 -1.5 -4.9 1 10.23 9.73 .991 7.20 6.85 MVP-12
1973 KCR AL 24 1B 149 145 1289.1 1547 1457 81 9 156 .994 -1.5 -1.4 -1.5 -2.8 1.3 0 10.74 10.32 .992 6.98 6.71 AS,MVP-7
1973 KCR AL 24 DH 1 AS,MVP-7
1974 KCR AL 25 1B 106 100 892.1 1034 963 61 10 101 .990 -3.5 -4.7 -3.5 -3.3 -0.2 0 10.33 9.66 .992 9.70 8.01 AS
1974 KCR AL 25 DH 16 AS
1975 KCR AL 26 1B 131 129 1158.2 1315 1199 100 16 105 .988 7.4 7.7 6.4 0.2 6.2 1 10.09 9.92 .990 7.77 7.63 MVP-2
1975 KCR AL 26 DH 27 MVP-2
1976 KCR AL 27 1B 160 159 1416.0 1596 1484 105 7 132 .996 8.8 7.5 7.8 3.3 4.5 1 10.10 9.93 .992 6.36 6.25 MVP-28
1976 KCR AL 27 DH 2 MVP-28
1977 KCR AL 28 1B 145 138 1254.2 1384 1296 81 7 118 .995 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 9.88 9.50 .990 7.17 6.90
1977 KCR AL 28 DH 8
1978 TOR AL 29 1B 139 133 1164.1 1203 1143 52 8 120 .993 -14.9 -15.4 -14.9 -10.7 -4.3 0 9.24 8.60 .992 7.73 7.19
1978 TOR AL 29 DH 7
1979 TOR AL 30 1B 135 129 1129.2 1272 1192 74 6 129 .995 -5.8 -6.2 -5.8 -6.3 0.5 0 10.09 9.38 .992 7.97 7.41
1980 TOR AL 31 1B 136 135 1156.1 1330 1243 79 8 138 .994 -8.1 -8.4 -9.1 -7.2 -1.9 1 10.29 9.72 .992 7.78 7.35
1980 TOR AL 31 DH 8
1981 TOR AL 32 1B 80 78 634.2 688 647 36 5 65 .993 -3.3 -6.2 -4.3 -2.8 -1.5 1 9.69 8.54 .993 10.06 8.57
1981 TOR AL 32 DH 10
1982 TOT AL 33 1B 67 61 522.1 522 494 26 2 52 .996 -3.8 -8.7 -3.8 -2.8 -1.0 0 8.96 7.76 .992 9.85 8.51
1982 TOT AL 33 DH 17
1982 TOR AL 33 DH 13
1982 TOR AL 33 1B 4 3 34.0 40 39 1 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -3.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 10.59 10.00 .992 9.85 8.50
1982 NYY AL 33 1B 63 58 488.1 482 455 25 2 49 .996 -3.7 -9.1 -3.7 -2.8 -0.9 0 8.85 7.62 .992 9.85 8.51
1982 NYY AL 33 DH 4
14 Seasons 1B 1478 1421 12550.2 14084 13169 827 88 1307 .994 -22.6 -2.2 -27.6 -29.0 1.3 5 10.04 9.47 .992 7.88 7.32
9 Seasons DH 96
15 Seasons TOT 1478 1421 12550.2 14084 13169 827 88 1307 .994 -22.6 -2.2 -27.6 -29.0 1.3 5 10.04 9.47 .985 7.88 7.32
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
1968 HOU NL 19 4 2 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 HOU NL 20 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1970 HOU NL 21 50 38 50 50 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1971 HOU NL 22 46 36 46 46 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1972 KCR AL 23 149 138 149 149 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1973 KCR AL 24 152 146 152 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
1974 KCR AL 25 126 116 126 106 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 9 0
1975 KCR AL 26 156 156 156 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0
1976 KCR AL 27 161 161 161 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1977 KCR AL 28 153 146 153 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
1978 TOR AL 29 152 140 152 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 0
1979 TOR AL 30 137 129 137 135 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1980 TOR AL 31 149 142 149 136 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0
1981 TOR AL 32 94 86 94 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0
1982 NYY AL 33 69 61 69 63 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
1982 TOR AL 33 17 11 17 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0
15 Seasons 1620 1508 1620 1502 0 0 1478 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 83 0
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 -- 1B*

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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%
1968 HOU NL 19 78 85% 78% 35% 2 100% 0 25 0 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1970 HOU NL 21 1521 64% 75% 28% 90 97% 3 348 19 328 1 37 35 19 8 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 25 0 1 0 24 1 1 0 1 6 67%
1971 HOU NL 22 1206 62% 72% 26% 60 98% 0 287 13 269 5 31 16 13 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 19 1 0 0 18 0 1 0 1 3 100%
1972 KCR AL 23 5345 63% 79% 28% 263 94% 2 1336 78 1242 14 108 79 41 22 1 6 7 0 6 1 6 143 6 3 2 134 11 8 2 6 21 76%
1973 KCR AL 24 5806 59% 78% 30% 301 95% 0 1461 90 1351 21 125 79 54 13 3 6 9 1 7 1 5 160 5 0 0 149 7 11 3 8 14 100%
1974 KCR AL 25 4004 60% 81% 32% 192 95% 0 963 61 887 14 65 63 41 10 4 5 10 2 6 2 6 101 2 0 0 94 3 7 0 6 9 100%
1975 KCR AL 26 5109 54% 79% 27% 299 94% 2 1200 76 1104 21 113 101 74 16 0 5 16 2 12 2 10 109 7 1 1 99 10 10 2 8 8 100%
1976 KCR AL 27 6146 55% 80% 28% 326 96% 1 1482 85 1381 15 143 103 70 15 2 2 7 1 5 1 5 131 5 0 2 122 8 9 3 6 13 92%
1977 KCR AL 28 5487 57% 78% 26% 278 95% 1 1299 91 1182 26 104 80 55 15 1 2 7 0 7 0 7 118 4 0 2 104 5 14 4 10 15 73%
1978 TOR AL 29 5319 59% 79% 24% 209 95% 0 1142 57 1070 16 98 53 36 7 1 2 8 1 7 0 6 119 2 1 1 109 4 9 4 5 11 91%
1979 TOR AL 30 5176 58% 80% 26% 224 96% 1 1190 45 1126 18 112 75 45 13 0 5 6 1 5 0 5 129 2 0 1 121 4 8 1 6 13 92%
1980 TOR AL 31 5201 50% 79% 27% 228 95% 0 1241 46 1189 7 104 79 50 14 0 11 10 1 9 0 5 138 8 2 0 127 10 11 2 9 15 93%
1981 TOR AL 32 2791 50% 79% 26% 125 93% 1 645 32 604 10 56 37 20 8 1 5 4 0 4 0 4 64 3 0 2 60 6 4 3 1 4 100%
1982 NYY AL 33 2160 67% 76% 24% 78 96% 0 457 24 428 4 34 24 12 6 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 49 0 0 1 44 2 5 2 3 4 100%
1982 TOR AL 33 146 58% 84% 30% 7 86% 0 39 1 38 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 55495 58% 79% 27% 2682 95% 11 13115 718 12224 172 1136 825 531 149 17 53 89 10 71 8 62 1309 45 8 12 1209 71 98 26 70 137 89%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

* 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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