Bill Mazeroski
William Stanley Mazeroski (Maz)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: September 5, 1936 in Wheeling, WV
High School: Warren Consolidated (Tiltonsville, OH)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1956
Final Game: October 4, 1972
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 2001.
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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
1956 PIT NL 19 2B 81 81 671.0 413 163 242 8 56 .981 2.1 3.8 1.1 0.8 0.3 1 5.43 5.00 .980 5.33 4.66
1957 PIT NL 20 2B 144 141 1238.1 768 308 443 17 96 .978 8.4 8.1 6.4 3.1 3.4 2 5.46 5.22 .977 5.37 4.97
1958 PIT NL 21 2B 152 152 1344.0 857 344 496 17 118 .980 22.6 20.2 20.6 13.8 6.8 2 5.62 5.53 .975 5.33 4.76 AS,MVP-8,GG
1959 PIT NL 22 2B 133 129 1167.1 689 303 373 13 100 .981 -1.7 -1.7 -3.7 -0.1 -3.6 2 5.21 5.08 .976 5.27 4.78 AS
1960 PIT NL 23 2B 151 150 1340.2 872 413 449 10 127 .989 5.4 4.8 2.4 -1.0 3.4 3 5.79 5.71 .974 5.20 4.48 AS,GG
1961 PIT NL 24 2B 152 151 1333.0 938 410 505 23 144 .975 7.6 6.8 4.6 1.1 3.5 3 6.18 6.02 .976 5.51 4.89 GG
1962 PIT NL 25 2B 159 159 1410.1 948 425 509 14 138 .985 7.1 6.0 4.1 3.6 0.5 3 5.96 5.87 .974 5.30 4.68 AS
1963 PIT NL 26 2B 138 138 1229.0 860 340 506 14 131 .984 23.2 22.7 17.2 7.0 10.2 6 6.20 6.13 .974 5.21 4.59 AS,GG
1964 PIT NL 27 2B 162 162 1438.2 912 346 543 23 122 .975 13.4 11.2 11.4 2.6 8.9 2 5.56 5.49 .973 5.22 4.61 AS,GG
1965 PIT NL 28 2B 127 125 1131.2 738 290 439 9 113 .988 18.4 19.5 15.4 7.8 7.7 3 5.80 5.74 .974 5.28 4.71 GG
1966 PIT NL 29 2B 162 162 1452.1 957 411 538 8 161 .992 8.8 7.3 2.8 -0.8 3.6 6 5.88 5.86 .978 5.33 4.68 MVP-23,GG
1967 PIT NL 30 2B 163 160 1437.1 933 417 498 18 131 .981 7.8 6.5 7.8 5.9 1.9 0 5.73 5.61 .976 5.26 4.63 AS,GG
1968 PIT NL 31 2B 142 138 1255.2 801 319 467 15 107 .981 14.7 14.0 11.7 3.4 8.3 3 5.63 5.54 .977 5.21 4.74
1969 PIT NL 32 2B 65 64 545.1 330 134 192 4 46 .988 2.6 5.7 2.6 4.4 -1.8 0 5.38 5.02 .974 5.19 4.65
1970 PIT NL 33 2B 102 99 888.1 559 227 325 7 87 .987 10.4 14.0 7.4 4.5 2.9 3 5.59 5.41 .979 5.32 4.67
1971 PIT NL 34 2B 46 37 345.1 219 95 121 3 22 .986 -1.5 -5.2 0.5 -0.9 1.4 -2 5.63 4.70 .978 5.47 4.86
1971 PIT NL 34 3B 7 6 50.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -35.5 -1.5 -0.5 -0.9 0 1.24 1.00 .943 2.81 2.31
1972 PIT NL 35 2B 15 12 107.0 69 29 39 1 7 .986 -1.2 -13.5 -1.2 -0.4 -0.9 0 5.72 4.53 .978 5.36 4.88
1972 PIT NL 35 3B 3 1 13.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.6 55.4 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 2.77 1.33 .950 2.84 2.53
17 Seasons 2B 2094 2060 18335.1 11863 4974 6685 204 1706 .983 148.1 9.7 111.1 54.8 56.5 37 5.72 5.57 .976 5.29 4.71
2 Seasons 3B 10 7 63.2 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -17.0 -0.9 -0.5 -0.3 0 1.55 1.10 .945 2.81 2.38
17 Seasons TOT 2104 2067 18399.0 11874 4976 6694 204 1706 .983 147.2 9.6 110.2 54.3 56.2 37 5.71 5.55 .958 5.29 4.70
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
1956 PIT NL 19 81 81 81 81 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 20 148 141 148 148 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1958 PIT NL 21 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PIT NL 22 135 129 135 135 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 PIT NL 23 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 PIT NL 24 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 25 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PIT NL 26 142 138 142 142 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1964 PIT NL 27 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PIT NL 28 130 125 130 130 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1966 PIT NL 29 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PIT NL 30 163 160 163 163 0 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PIT NL 31 143 138 143 143 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 PIT NL 32 67 64 67 67 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1970 PIT NL 33 112 99 112 112 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1971 PIT NL 34 70 43 70 70 0 0 0 46 7 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1972 PIT NL 35 34 13 34 34 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
17 Seasons 2163 2067 2163 2163 0 0 0 2094 10 0 0 0 0 0 65 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1956 PIT NL 19 1712 57% 82% 27% 169 95% 0 103 38 39 26 144 113 29 0 1 5 0 5 0 4 42 12 9 14 2 40 17 22 2 0 2
1957 PIT NL 20 4618 57% 82% 28% 443 94% 2 260 97 108 55 369 302 55 0 12 15 1 9 5 8 83 18 16 33 1 72 34 35 8 3 4
1958 PIT NL 21 5304 57% 80% 27% 531 95% 1 297 113 126 59 459 366 76 2 11 16 2 12 2 9 106 37 14 42 5 101 50 51 5 3 2
1959 PIT NL 22 4935 57% 81% 27% 421 94% 3 301 93 141 68 362 295 56 0 4 13 2 8 3 9 99 25 17 31 4 84 35 49 11 4 6
1960 PIT NL 23 5509 60% 79% 28% 511 95% 1 396 137 179 81 443 383 45 1 10 10 2 6 2 8 125 59 21 21 4 117 25 84 7 4 2
1961 PIT NL 24 5780 63% 80% 29% 546 94% 1 401 119 212 72 496 413 66 1 7 23 3 14 6 14 141 61 19 32 4 127 37 86 12 5 5
1962 PIT NL 25 5887 59% 78% 29% 545 95% 0 400 134 205 62 475 383 80 0 1 14 2 10 2 9 130 54 19 33 3 116 37 77 11 7 4
1963 PIT NL 26 5223 56% 78% 32% 540 95% 1 327 91 162 74 501 435 60 1 4 14 2 12 0 11 129 46 23 41 3 120 45 74 7 3 4
1964 PIT NL 27 6012 63% 77% 31% 614 92% 0 332 105 167 60 526 443 72 2 8 24 1 22 1 18 118 35 19 41 7 110 50 58 6 3 3
1965 PIT NL 28 4342 57% 77% 30% 449 96% 3 255 89 124 42 399 340 48 2 5 7 0 7 0 5 100 33 18 27 7 88 36 52 8 2 6
1966 PIT NL 29 5712 63% 78% 29% 509 97% 2 373 102 210 61 503 430 57 2 9 8 0 7 1 5 151 66 27 35 4 140 40 99 11 7 4
1967 PIT NL 30 5743 65% 78% 30% 536 94% 2 368 105 187 76 452 393 52 3 9 18 2 12 4 11 110 31 18 29 13 96 45 50 8 4 4
1968 PIT NL 31 4667 63% 77% 30% 467 94% 2 281 81 129 71 424 365 46 0 6 14 0 13 1 13 95 35 16 28 4 91 33 53 3 2 1
1969 PIT NL 32 2198 59% 71% 23% 169 95% 0 103 32 48 24 149 128 17 0 4 4 1 3 0 3 33 11 5 10 1 27 11 16 5 3 2
1970 PIT NL 33 3880 60% 74% 28% 350 95% 0 231 57 122 52 327 264 57 1 5 7 0 6 1 6 87 29 19 26 3 81 31 49 3 2 1
1971 PIT NL 34 1522 54% 79% 27% 148 94% 0 99 30 49 20 122 104 16 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 22 8 4 5 0 20 5 13 2 1 1
1972 PIT NL 35 480 55% 79% 27% 44 91% 0 31 7 19 5 40 36 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 3 2 0 1 7 1 6 0 0 0
17 Seasons 73524 60% 78% 29% 6992 95% 18 4558 1430 2227 908 6191 5193 835 15 98 196 19 149 28 135 1578 563 266 448 66 1437 532 874 109 53 51
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1971 PIT NL 34 231 47% 78% 24% 9 78% 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1972 PIT NL 35 54 43% 83% 22% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 285 46% 79% 24% 14 79% 0 2 2 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

* 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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