Gil McDougald
Gilbert James McDougald
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 19, 1928 in San Francisco, CA
School: University of San Francisco
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1951
Final Game: October 2, 1960
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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
1951 NYY AL 23 3B 82 175 54 112 9 20 .949 2.02 .950 2.87 MVP-9,RoY-1
1951 NYY AL 23 2B 55 262 120 137 5 26 .981 4.67 .978 5.35 MVP-9,RoY-1
1952 NYY AL 24 3B 117 410 124 273 13 38 .968 3.39 .952 2.98 AS
1952 NYY AL 24 2B 38 213 109 99 5 31 .977 5.47 .978 5.13 AS
1953 NYY AL 25 3B 136 468 147 299 22 36 .953 3.28 .957 2.93
1953 NYY AL 25 2B 26 57 23 33 1 9 .982 2.15 .979 5.13
1954 NYY AL 26 2B 92 84 735.1 462 224 233 5 84 .989 9.3 15.2 6.3 7.3 -1.1 3 5.59 4.97 .976 5.37 4.84
1954 NYY AL 26 3B 35 23 223.1 72 16 53 3 4 .958 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 2.78 1.97 .960 3.48 3.07
1955 NYY AL 27 2B 126 119 1067.1 711 352 348 11 119 .985 11.9 13.4 8.9 1.7 7.2 3 5.90 5.56 .976 5.37 4.87 MVP-12
1955 NYY AL 27 3B 17 21 181.0 51 15 34 2 4 .961 2.7 17.9 1.7 0.8 1.0 1 2.44 2.88 .949 3.17 2.73 MVP-12
1956 NYY AL 28 SS 92 88 768.0 464 177 273 14 77 .970 1.2 1.9 -0.8 3.3 -4.1 2 5.27 4.89 .959 4.98 4.10 AS,MVP-7
1956 NYY AL 28 2B 31 24 218.1 136 57 77 2 28 .985 5.8 31.9 4.8 3.0 1.8 1 5.52 4.32 .973 5.44 4.74 AS,MVP-7
1956 NYY AL 28 3B 5 4 37.0 19 5 13 1 4 .947 -0.2 -6.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.38 3.60 .947 3.21 2.78 AS,MVP-7
1957 NYY AL 29 SS 121 118 1051.0 654 247 391 16 104 .976 11.5 13.1 10.5 6.3 4.2 1 5.46 5.27 .963 5.11 4.43 AS,MVP-5
1957 NYY AL 29 2B 21 18 156.1 108 59 48 1 18 .991 1.1 8.4 1.1 2.5 -1.4 0 6.16 5.10 .980 5.39 4.84 AS,MVP-5
1957 NYY AL 29 3B 7 4 43.0 19 7 12 0 1 1.000 1.7 47.4 1.7 1.3 0.4 0 3.98 2.71 .947 3.22 2.77 AS,MVP-5
1958 NYY AL 30 2B 115 113 996.1 576 265 298 13 97 .977 3.0 3.6 2.0 1.6 0.4 1 5.09 4.90 .978 5.26 4.68 AS,MVP-20
1958 NYY AL 30 SS 19 18 160.0 96 34 59 3 14 .969 1.8 13.5 1.8 1.3 0.4 0 5.23 4.89 .964 4.96 4.17 AS,MVP-20
1959 NYY AL 31 2B 53 48 438.1 268 119 146 3 40 .989 5.6 15.3 4.6 1.7 2.8 1 5.44 5.00 .976 5.29 4.73 AS
1959 NYY AL 31 SS 52 45 394.1 203 58 140 5 25 .975 1.8 5.5 1.8 0.4 1.4 0 4.52 3.81 .958 4.87 3.97 AS
1959 NYY AL 31 3B 25 23 201.2 74 13 59 2 5 .973 3.4 20.2 3.4 0.8 2.6 0 3.21 2.88 .951 3.21 2.72 AS
1960 NYY AL 32 3B 84 56 542.0 219 70 137 12 15 .945 3.4 7.5 3.4 3.3 0.1 0 3.44 2.46 .953 3.14 2.72
1960 NYY AL 32 2B 42 22 227.2 157 57 99 1 16 .994 8.8 46.4 9.8 8.1 1.7 -1 6.17 3.71 .979 5.46 4.66
10 Seasons 2B 599 428 3839.2 2950 1385 1518 47 468 .984 45.5 14.2 37.5 25.9 11.4 8 6.80 4.85 .977 5.34 4.87
9 Seasons 3B 508 131 1228.0 1507 451 992 64 127 .958 11.1 10.8 10.1 6.4 3.8 1 10.58 2.84 .954 3.22 2.89
4 Seasons SS 284 269 2373.1 1417 516 863 38 220 .973 16.3 8.2 13.3 11.3 1.9 3 5.23 4.86 .961 5.02 4.22
10 Seasons TOT 1391 828 7441.0 5874 2352 3373 149 815 .975 72.9 11.8 60.9 43.6 17.1 12 6.92 4.12 .942 4.89 4.01
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
1951 NYY AL 23 131 131 131 0 0 0 55 82 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYY AL 24 152 152 152 0 0 0 38 117 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 25 141 141 141 0 0 0 26 136 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 26 126 107 126 126 0 0 0 92 35 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1955 NYY AL 27 141 140 141 141 0 0 0 126 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 28 120 116 120 120 0 0 0 31 5 92 0 0 0 0 4 0
1957 NYY AL 29 141 140 141 141 0 0 0 21 7 121 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 NYY AL 30 138 131 138 138 0 0 0 115 0 19 0 0 0 0 6 0
1959 NYY AL 31 127 116 127 127 0 0 0 53 25 52 0 0 0 0 2 2
1960 NYY AL 32 119 78 119 119 0 0 0 42 84 0 0 0 0 0 26 3
10 Seasons 1336 828 1336 1336 0 0 0 599 508 284 0 0 0 0 45 5
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
1954 NYY AL 26 3016 68% 80% 26% 266 94% 0 217 72 108 38 232 185 42 1 7 5 0 4 1 4 83 25 18 22 5 78 28 47 5 1 4
1955 NYY AL 27 4613 68% 76% 25% 415 92% 1 353 129 156 69 340 281 43 0 13 10 1 9 0 8 117 40 25 23 4 105 30 73 8 6 1
1956 NYY AL 28 929 65% 78% 28% 96 92% 0 56 23 24 9 80 61 14 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 28 5 3 11 1 23 12 9 5 5 0
1957 NYY AL 29 677 67% 74% 29% 66 95% 0 60 25 26 9 47 40 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 18 5 4 4 1 15 5 10 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 30 4237 65% 77% 29% 350 93% 0 267 102 131 34 298 256 31 1 2 13 0 12 1 10 97 41 17 17 3 85 20 64 7 4 3
1959 NYY AL 31 1924 65% 77% 30% 170 93% 0 118 43 60 15 148 125 19 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 40 11 11 11 0 36 11 25 3 2 1
1960 NYY AL 32 986 64% 76% 29% 115 95% 0 60 21 26 13 98 83 15 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 16 4 3 5 1 15 6 8 1 0 1
7 Seasons 16382 66% 77% 28% 1478 93% 1 1131 415 531 187 1243 1031 170 2 24 35 2 31 2 28 399 131 81 93 15 357 112 236 29 18 10
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1956 NYY AL 28 3335 62% 76% 24% 339 93% 5 174 83 73 18 273 185 76 1 9 14 1 11 2 12 76 31 0 23 4 6 68 31 35 6 2 3
1957 NYY AL 29 4487 64% 76% 29% 469 94% 2 245 102 119 24 393 295 84 2 7 16 2 7 7 11 104 36 7 29 15 5 95 43 51 6 4 2
1958 NYY AL 30 678 69% 74% 25% 75 93% 1 33 18 12 3 58 41 14 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 14 6 1 1 4 0 12 7 5 1 1 0
1959 NYY AL 31 1711 62% 73% 27% 169 92% 3 62 33 27 2 137 112 23 1 0 5 0 4 1 5 25 10 1 13 0 0 24 11 13 1 0 0
4 Seasons 10211 64% 75% 27% 1052 93% 11 514 236 231 47 861 633 197 4 16 38 3 25 10 31 219 83 9 66 23 11 199 92 104 14 7 5
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 90%

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%
1954 NYY AL 26 908 66% 78% 26% 73 89% 1 21 17 2 2 50 41 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 2 2 2 0 3 0%
1955 NYY AL 27 781 65% 75% 24% 57 93% 0 16 13 3 0 40 32 8 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 2 50%
1956 NYY AL 28 162 72% 78% 27% 15 93% 0 6 3 3 0 12 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 50%
1957 NYY AL 29 187 65% 86% 23% 20 100% 0 8 7 0 1 13 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 31 865 60% 79% 33% 76 93% 0 15 14 0 1 58 47 10 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 0
1960 NYY AL 32 2406 65% 77% 28% 224 88% 3 69 53 6 10 140 110 26 2 3 12 0 9 3 7 15 11 1 13 1 1 0 14 50%
6 Seasons 5309 64% 78% 28% 465 90% 4 135 107 14 14 313 251 51 5 5 20 1 15 4 11 33 20 3 27 5 5 0 21 43%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 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 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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