Ed McGhee

Warren Edward McGhee

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 29, 1924 in Perry, AR
School: Arkansas State University (Jonesboro, AR)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1950
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox 1950-1955

Final Game: May 26, 1955
Died: February 13, 1986 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Memphis, TN
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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
1950	CHW	AL	25	OF	1	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			1.00	1.00	.980	2.50	2.50
1950	CHW	AL	25	RF	1	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			1.00	1.00	.980	2.10	2.10
1953	PHA	AL	28	OF	99	96	90	870.0	329	319	4	6	0	.982	4	6	3.34	3.26	.981	2.43	2.41
1953	PHA	AL	28	CF	96	93	87	843.0	316	308	4	4	0	.987	3	4	3.33	3.25	.984	2.96	2.95
1953	PHA	AL	28	RF	2	2	2	18.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	2	133	4.50	4.50	.984	2.10	2.10
1953	PHA	AL	28	LF	1	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	.000	-3	-400	0.00	0.00	.975	2.20	2.20
1954	TOT	AL	29	OF	47	32	26	324.2	101	93	4	4	1	.960	0	0	2.69	2.06	.979	2.39	2.37
1954	TOT	AL	29	CF	29	22	18	215.2	70	66	1	3	0	.957	-2	-9	2.80	2.31	.983	2.85	2.83
1954	TOT	AL	29	LF	7	6	5	59.0	17	13	3	1	1	.941	-1	-14	2.44	2.29	.977	2.26	2.24
1954	PHA	AL	29	OF	13	11	11	106.2	45	42	0	3	0	.933	-3	-37	3.54	3.23	.979	2.39	2.37
1954	PHA	AL	29	CF	11	9	9	88.2	37	34	0	3	0	.919	-4	-47	3.45	3.09	.983	2.85	2.83
1954	PHA	AL	29	LF	2	2	2	18.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0	13	4.00	4.00	.978	2.25	2.25
1954	CHW	AL	29	OF	34	21	15	218.0	56	51	4	1	1	.982	3	19	2.27	1.62	.979	2.39	2.37
1954	CHW	AL	29	CF	18	13	9	127.0	33	32	1	0	0	1.000	2	18	2.34	1.83	.983	2.85	2.83
1954	CHW	AL	29	RF	11	4	3	50.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	2	58	2.34	1.18	.975	2.05	2.03
1954	CHW	AL	29	LF	5	4	3	41.0	9	5	3	1	1	.889	-1	-26	1.76	1.60	.977	2.26	2.24
1955	CHW	AL	30	OF	17	3	1	58.0	13	12	0	1	0	.923	-0	-6	1.86	0.71	.982	2.41	2.38
1955	CHW	AL	30	CF	12	3	1	48.0	11	10	0	1	0	.909	-0	-3	1.88	0.83	.985	2.87	2.85
1955	CHW	AL	30	LF	5	0	0	10.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-24	1.80	0.40	.980	2.25	2.24
	4 Seasons			OF	164	132	118	1261.2	444	425	8	11	1	.975	4	4	3.09	2.64	.981	2.42	2.40
	3 Seasons			CF	137	118	106	1106.2	397	384	5	8	0	.980	1	1	3.16	2.84	.984	2.94	2.92
	3 Seasons			RF	14	7	6	77.0	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	4	69	2.69	1.64	.979	2.07	2.04
	3 Seasons			LF	13	7	6	78.0	21	15	3	3	1	.857	-4	-60	2.08	1.38	.977	2.25	2.24
	4 Seasons			TOT	164	132	118	1261.2	444	425	8	11	1	.975	4	4	3.09	2.64	.981	2.42	2.40
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.

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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
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rof
1950	CHW	AL	25	RF
1953	PHA	AL	28	CF	3	4	4	-2	6	-1
1953	PHA	AL	28	RF	2	133	2	2	0	0
1953	PHA	AL	28	LF	-3	-400	-2	-2	0	-1
1954	PHA	AL	29	CF	-4	-47	-2	-3	0	-1
1954	PHA	AL	29	LF	0	13	0	-0	0	0
1954	CHW	AL	29	CF	2	18	1	1	-0	1
1954	CHW	AL	29	RF	2	58	1	1	0	1
1954	CHW	AL	29	LF	-1	-26	-2	-2	-0	1
1955	CHW	AL	30	CF	-0	-3	-0	-1	1	0
1955	CHW	AL	30	LF	-0	-24	-0	0	-0	0
	3 Seasons			CF	1	1	2	-4	6	-1
	3 Seasons			RF	4	69	3	3	0	1
	3 Seasons			LF	-4	-60	-4	-4	0	0
	4 Seasons			TOT	4	4	2	-5	7	2

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1950	CHW	AL	25	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
1953	PHA	AL	28	104	96	104	99	1	96	2	99	7	0
1954	CHW	AL	29	42	21	42	34	5	18	11	34	6	6
1954	PHA	AL	29	21	11	21	13	2	11	0	13	8	0
1955	CHW	AL	30	26	3	26	17	5	12	0	17	2	13
	4 Seasons			196	132	196	164	13	137	14	164	24	20

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 -- CF*

				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%
1953	PHA	AL	28	3	0	2	1	0	4	0	1	1	1	49	29	1	37	3	2	7	2	0	16	2	0	20	16	0	129	52	40.3%	74	3	2.3%	1	3475	66%	83%	32%	474	63%
1954	CHW	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	10	5	50.0%	4	1	10.0%	0	513	65%	81%	32%	64	52%
1954	PHA	AL	29	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	5	0	18	6	33.3%	12	0	0.0%	0	407	63%	87%	31%	58	59%
1955	CHW	AL	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	66.7%	1	0	0.0%	0	183	62%	83%	26%	20	50%
	3 Seasons			7	0	6	1	1	5	0	1	1	2	56	33	1	44	4	3	8	2	0	22	2	0	30	24	0	160	65	40.6%	91	4	2.5%	1	4578	65%	83%	32%	616	61%
	MLB Averages																														45.2%			2.9%			63%	81%	31%		60%

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%
1953	PHA	AL	28	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	42	76%	100%	33%	3	0%
1954	CHW	AL	29	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	12	5	41.7%	6	1	8.3%	2	180	59%	81%	22%	17	47%
1954	PHA	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	7	3	42.9%	4	0	0.0%	0	77	82%	77%	27%	15	53%
1955	CHW	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	40	73%	85%	40%	6	33%
	3 Seasons			3	0	2	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	9	7	0	9	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	24	11	45.8%	12	1	4.2%	2	339	68%	83%	27%	41	44%
	MLB Averages																														57.8%			2.6%			63%	81%	31%		51%

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%
1953	PHA	AL	28	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	70	71%	89%	41%	9	100%
1954	CHW	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	4	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	207	76%	83%	32%	19	68%
	2 Seasons			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	4	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	277	75%	84%	35%	28	79%
	MLB Averages																														43.8%			3.4%			63%	81%	31%		55%

* 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 CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1953 AL 3 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1953 AL 3.33 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1953 AL 3.25 (2nd)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1953 AL .987 (4th)
Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1953 AL 2 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 1953 AL 3.34 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1953 AL 3.26 (2nd)

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