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Buster Maynard

James Walter Maynard

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 25, 1913 in Henderson, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1940
Team: Giants 1940-1946

Final Game: April 26, 1946
Died: September 7, 1977 in Durham, NC
Buried: Union Chapel Church Cemetery, Henderson, NC
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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
1940 NYG NL 27 OF 7 7 7 14 13 0 1 0 .929 1.86 .977 2.31
1940 NYG NL 27 RF 4 4 4 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .973 2.05
1940 NYG NL 27 CF 3 3 3 8 7 0 1 0 .875 2.33 .981 2.67
1942 NYG NL 29 OF 58 34 31 111 103 6 2 2 .982 1.88 .981 2.34
1942 NYG NL 29 CF 48 26 24 90 83 5 2 2 .978 1.83 .978 2.62
1942 NYG NL 29 3B 10 9 9 35 13 20 2 3 .943 3.30 .940 3.19
1942 NYG NL 29 LF 7 5 5 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 .983 2.31
1942 NYG NL 29 RF 4 3 2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .981 2.08
1942 NYG NL 29 2B 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 5.60
1943 NYG NL 30 OF 74 71 68 144 130 9 5 2 .965 1.88 .977 2.41
1943 NYG NL 30 CF 40 38 36 94 87 7 0 0 1.000 2.35 .978 2.75
1943 NYG NL 30 LF 24 22 21 54 50 3 1 0 .981 2.21 .977 2.26
1943 NYG NL 30 3B 22 21 21 72 20 47 5 2 .931 3.05 .948 3.17
1943 NYG NL 30 RF 13 11 11 21 20 0 1 0 .952 1.54 .976 2.21
1946 NYG NL 33 OF 3 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.00 .978 2.37
1946 NYG NL 33 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1946 NYG NL 33 CF 1 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 .980 2.80
4 Seasons OF 142 113 107 273 249 15 9 4 .967 1.86 .979 2.38
4 Seasons CF 92 68 64 196 180 12 4 2 .980 2.09 .978 2.68
2 Seasons 3B 32 30 30 107 33 67 7 5 .935 3.13 .945 3.18
2 Seasons LF 31 27 26 70 66 3 1 0 .986 2.23 .978 2.27
4 Seasons RF 23 18 17 35 33 1 1 0 .971 1.48 .977 2.15
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 5.60
4 Seasons TOT 175 143 137 383 282 84 17 9 .956 2.09 .969 2.54
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.
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1940 NYG NL 27 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 0 0 0
1942 NYG NL 29 89 43 89 68 0 0 0 1 10 0 7 48 4 58 0 18 3
1943 NYG NL 30 121 92 121 96 0 0 0 0 22 0 24 40 13 74 0 22 3
1946 NYG NL 33 7 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 3
4 Seasons 224 143 224 174 0 0 0 1 32 0 31 92 23 142 0 41 9
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.

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