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Sam Mele

Sabath Anthony Mele

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: January 21, 1922 in Astoria, NY
High School: Bryant HS (Queens, NY)
School: New York University (New York, NY)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Senators/WhiteSox/RedSox/Orioles/Indians/... 1947-1956

Final Game: September 16, 1956
Relatives: Nephew of Tony Cuccinello
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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
1947 BOS AL 25 OF 116 111 105 245 233 10 2 1 .992 2.09 .979 2.47
1947 BOS AL 25 RF 92 89 84 181 170 10 1 1 .994 1.96 .977 2.11
1947 BOS AL 25 CF 24 21 20 64 63 0 1 0 .984 2.63 .983 2.95
1947 BOS AL 25 LF 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .977 2.37
1947 BOS AL 25 1B 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .990 9.60
1948 BOS AL 26 OF 55 45 43 104 99 2 3 0 .971 1.84 .975 2.51
1948 BOS AL 26 RF 52 45 43 92 88 2 2 0 .978 1.73 .971 2.14
1948 BOS AL 26 LF 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.33 .975 2.33
1949 TOT AL 27 OF 74 64 52 139 128 6 5 3 .964 1.81 .980 2.44
1949 TOT AL 27 RF 54 43 39 82 75 4 3 1 .963 1.46 .978 2.09
1949 BOS AL 27 OF 11 11 11 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.91 .980 2.44
1949 BOS AL 27 RF 11 11 11 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.91 .978 2.09
1949 WSH AL 27 OF 63 53 41 117 108 5 4 3 .966 1.79 .980 2.44
1949 WSH AL 27 RF 43 32 28 60 55 3 2 1 .967 1.35 .978 2.09
1949 WSH AL 27 CF 23 21 13 55 50 3 2 2 .964 2.30 .980 2.84
1949 WSH AL 27 1B 11 8 7 87 79 7 1 9 .989 7.82 .989 9.77
1949 WSH AL 27 LF 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .982 2.35
1950 WSH AL 28 OF 99 94 84 824.1 202 192 8 2 0 .990 2.18 2.02 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 WSH AL 28 RF 73 63 59 574.1 126 120 6 0 0 1.000 1.97 1.73 .975 2.12 2.09
1950 WSH AL 28 CF 26 26 25 218.0 69 65 2 2 0 .971 2.77 2.58 .981 2.95 2.89
1950 WSH AL 28 1B 16 14 13 128.2 169 149 18 2 13 .988 11.68 10.44 .989 9.54 9.37
1950 WSH AL 28 LF 6 5 0 32.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 1.17 .977 2.42 2.37
1951 WSH AL 29 OF 124 118 114 1058.2 273 263 8 2 1 .993 2.30 2.19 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 WSH AL 29 RF 105 99 96 888.0 227 215 10 2 1 .991 2.28 2.14 .978 2.06 2.05
1951 WSH AL 29 CF 19 19 18 168.2 46 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 2.42 .981 2.84 2.83
1951 WSH AL 29 1B 15 15 14 130.0 129 122 7 0 11 1.000 8.93 8.60 .990 9.70 9.66
1951 WSH AL 29 LF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.40
1952 TOT AL 30 OF 119 113 104 1001.0 177 168 8 1 1 .994 1.58 1.48 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 TOT AL 30 RF 118 112 103 992.0 169 162 6 1 1 .994 1.52 1.42 .976 1.91 1.91
1952 WSH AL 30 OF 7 6 6 53.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.87 1.57 .980 2.39 2.40
1952 WSH AL 30 RF 6 5 5 44.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1.84 1.50 .976 1.90 1.92
1952 WSH AL 30 CF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 2.00 .985 2.90 2.90
1952 CHW AL 30 OF 112 107 98 948.0 165 157 8 0 1 1.000 1.57 1.47 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 CHW AL 30 RF 112 107 98 948.0 159 153 6 0 1 1.000 1.51 1.42 .976 1.91 1.91
1952 CHW AL 30 1B 3 0 0 11.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 7.71 3.33 .988 9.64 9.63
1953 CHW AL 31 OF 138 120 114 1136.2 228 213 14 1 1 .996 -6 -6 1.80 1.64 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 CHW AL 31 RF 138 117 114 1117.2 219 204 14 1 1 .995 -3 -3 1.76 1.58 .984 2.09 2.08
1953 CHW AL 31 CF 4 3 0 19.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 63 3.32 1.75 .984 2.94 2.95
1953 CHW AL 31 1B 2 0 0 2.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 13.50 2.00 .990 9.79 9.65
1954 TOT AL 32 OF 75 69 54 625.0 128 117 6 5 2 .961 -8 -16 1.77 1.64 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 TOT AL 32 LF 43 35 33 332.0 69 63 3 3 0 .957 -8 -28 1.79 1.53 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 TOT AL 32 RF 37 34 21 293.0 60 56 2 2 2 .967 -0 -1 1.78 1.57 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 BAL AL 32 OF 62 58 48 515.0 106 97 5 4 1 .962 -8 -19 1.78 1.65 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 BAL AL 32 LF 40 35 33 323.0 66 60 3 3 0 .955 -8 -30 1.76 1.58 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 BAL AL 32 RF 24 23 15 192.0 40 38 1 1 1 .975 0 1 1.83 1.63 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 BOS AL 32 1B 22 21 11 159.1 177 168 8 1 17 .994 -4 -26 9.94 8.00 .990 9.60 9.53
1954 BOS AL 32 OF 13 11 6 110.0 22 20 1 1 1 .955 0 0 1.72 1.62 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 BOS AL 32 RF 13 11 6 101.0 20 18 1 1 1 .950 -0 -5 1.69 1.46 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 BOS AL 32 LF 3 0 0 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 53 3.00 1.00 .977 2.30 2.23
1955 TOT MLB 33 OF 20 17 7 145.0 42 38 3 1 0 .976 4 32 2.54 2.05 .979 2.34 2.32
1955 TOT MLB 33 LF 18 16 6 131.0 39 36 2 1 0 .974 4 38 2.61 2.11 .975 2.13 2.11
1955 TOT MLB 33 RF 2 1 1 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 0.64 0.50 .980 1.99 2.00
1955 BOS AL 33 OF 7 6 3 54.0 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 3 69 2.83 2.43 .982 2.40 2.39
1955 BOS AL 33 LF 6 5 2 46.0 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 3 89 3.13 2.67 .980 2.27 2.25
1955 BOS AL 33 RF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -45 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
1955 CIN NL 33 OF 13 11 4 91.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 1 11 2.37 1.85 .977 2.30 2.28
1955 CIN NL 33 LF 12 11 4 85.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 1 10 2.33 1.83 .972 2.05 2.03
1955 CIN NL 33 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 9.90 9.70
1955 CIN NL 33 RF 1 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 1.50 1.00 .980 1.95 2.00
1956 CLE AL 34 OF 20 15 9 130.2 32 29 2 1 0 .969 0 4 2.14 1.55 .979 2.34 2.32
1956 CLE AL 34 LF 14 10 7 88.0 22 19 2 1 0 .955 -1 -8 2.15 1.50 .977 2.10 2.09
1956 CLE AL 34 1B 8 6 6 56.0 64 59 5 0 5 1.000 1 15 10.29 8.00 .990 9.43 9.35
1956 CLE AL 34 RF 6 5 2 42.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 28 2.32 1.83 .973 2.09 2.07
10 Seasons OF 840 766 686 4921.1 1570 1480 67 23 9 .985 -10 -2 1.95 1.84 .979 2.43 2.43
10 Seasons RF 677 608 562 3921.2 1168 1102 54 12 7 .990 -3 -1 1.85 1.71 .978 2.04 2.05
6 Seasons CF 97 91 77 414.2 243 233 5 5 2 .979 1 3 2.65 2.45 .981 2.90 2.88
8 Seasons LF 91 67 47 585.0 146 133 7 6 0 .959 -4 -9 2.03 1.54 .977 2.22 2.21
9 Seasons 1B 79 64 51 489.1 645 596 45 4 55 .994 -3 -7 10.12 8.11 .990 9.59 9.55
10 Seasons TOT 919 830 737 5410.2 2215 2076 112 27 64 .988 -13 -3 2.69 2.38 .982 3.08 3.04
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.
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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1947 BOS AL 25 RF
1947 BOS AL 25 CF
1947 BOS AL 25 LF
1947 BOS AL 25 1B
1948 BOS AL 26 RF
1948 BOS AL 26 LF
1949 BOS AL 27 RF
1949 WSH AL 27 RF
1949 WSH AL 27 CF
1949 WSH AL 27 1B
1949 WSH AL 27 LF
1950 WSH AL 28 RF
1950 WSH AL 28 CF
1950 WSH AL 28 1B
1950 WSH AL 28 LF
1951 WSH AL 29 RF
1951 WSH AL 29 CF
1951 WSH AL 29 1B
1951 WSH AL 29 LF
1952 WSH AL 30 RF
1952 WSH AL 30 CF
1952 CHW AL 30 RF
1952 CHW AL 30 1B
1953 CHW AL 31 RF -3 -3 -7 -3 -3 4
1953 CHW AL 31 CF 1 63 1 0 1 0
1953 CHW AL 31 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 32 LF -8 -30 -7 -3 -4 -1
1954 BAL AL 32 RF 0 1 0 -0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 32 1B -4 -26 -4 -1 -2 0
1954 BOS AL 32 RF -0 -5 -0 -0 -0 0
1954 BOS AL 32 LF 0 53 0 -0 1 0
1955 BOS AL 33 LF 3 89 1 0 1 2
1955 BOS AL 33 RF -0 -45 -0 0 -0
1955 CIN NL 33 LF 1 10 1 0 1 0
1955 CIN NL 33 1B -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1955 CIN NL 33 RF 0 20 0 0 0 0
1956 CLE AL 34 LF -1 -8 -1 0 -1 0
1956 CLE AL 34 1B 1 15 1 0 0 0
1956 CLE AL 34 RF 1 28 1 0 1 0
10 Seasons RF -3 -1 -7 -4 -2 4
6 Seasons CF 1 3 1 0 1 0
8 Seasons LF -4 -9 -5 -3 -3 1
9 Seasons 1B -3 -7 -3 -1 -2 0
10 Seasons TOT -13 -3 -14 -7 -6 0 1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 BOS AL 25 123 111 123 117 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 24 92 116 0 7 1
1948 BOS AL 26 66 45 66 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 52 55 0 9 5
1949 WSH AL 27 78 61 78 72 0 0 11 0 0 0 2 23 43 63 0 10 1
1949 BOS AL 27 18 11 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 7 0
1950 WSH AL 28 126 108 126 115 0 0 16 0 0 0 6 26 73 99 0 16 0
1951 WSH AL 29 143 133 143 138 0 0 15 0 0 0 2 19 105 124 0 7 0
1952 CHW AL 30 123 107 123 113 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 112 112 0 11 0
1952 WSH AL 30 9 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 3 0
1953 CHW AL 31 140 120 140 139 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 138 138 0 9 0
1954 BAL AL 32 72 58 72 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 24 62 0 13 0
1954 BOS AL 32 42 32 42 34 0 0 22 0 0 0 3 0 13 13 0 10 0
1955 CIN NL 33 35 11 35 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 1 13 0 22 0
1955 BOS AL 33 14 6 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 7 0 7 0
1956 CLE AL 34 57 21 57 28 0 0 8 0 0 0 14 0 6 20 0 33 0
10 Seasons 1046 830 1046 912 0 0 79 0 0 0 91 97 677 840 0 164 7
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 -- 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%
1948 BOS AL 26 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 14 8 1 9 2 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 3 3 0 34 17 50.0% 15 2 5.9% 0 1348 57% 84% 28% 116 57%
1949 WSH AL 27 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 35 21 0 20 3 0 5 4 1 4 1 0 4 3 0 68 32 47.1% 35 1 1.5% 2 1249 58% 81% 27% 127 39%
1949 BOS AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 20 7 35.0% 13 0 0.0% 1 376 66% 80% 27% 39 44%
1950 WSH AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 3 0 36 15 1 15 4 1 9 6 0 7 2 0 18 13 0 85 40 47.1% 43 2 2.4% 4 2508 63% 83% 29% 241 51%
1951 WSH AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 10 0 3 3 3 60 24 1 32 6 2 17 11 0 10 4 0 22 16 1 141 61 43.3% 76 4 2.8% 6 3760 55% 83% 33% 419 52%
1952 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 2 51 29 2 32 6 1 11 7 1 6 2 0 17 14 0 117 58 49.6% 55 4 3.4% 2 3980 60% 80% 29% 320 50%
1952 WSH AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11.1% 8 0 0.0% 0 200 66% 84% 32% 21 43%
1953 CHW AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 14 0 8 2 4 71 33 2 26 3 3 11 8 0 9 2 1 14 12 0 131 58 44.3% 67 6 4.6% 8 4768 65% 81% 28% 408 53%
1954 BAL AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 23 15 65.2% 8 0 0.0% 1 831 69% 78% 27% 74 51%
1954 BOS AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 9 2 22.2% 6 1 11.1% 0 426 75% 77% 25% 30 60%
1955 BOS AL 33 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 30 67% 83% 43% 0
1955 CIN NL 33 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 28 43% 89% 18% 1 100%
1956 CLE AL 34 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 0 173 60% 81% 30% 18 61%
9 Seasons 11 0 10 1 5 44 0 17 10 12 294 142 7 147 24 8 61 42 2 46 12 2 89 71 1 637 291 45.7% 326 20 3.1% 24 19677 61% 81% 29% 1814 51%
MLB Averages 43.7% 3.3% 63% 81% 31% 54%

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%
1948 BOS AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 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 22 68% 86% 32% 3 33%
1949 WSH AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 79% 85% 39% 6 67%
1950 WSH AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 136 82% 84% 28% 15 47%
1951 WSH AL 29 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 9 33% 100% 22% 1 0%
1954 BAL AL 32 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 18 14 1 11 0 0 11 4 1 4 1 0 3 3 0 47 22 46.8% 23 2 4.3% 1 1379 64% 80% 31% 145 44%
1954 BOS AL 32 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 39 72% 79% 31% 3 100%
1955 CIN NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 3 3 0 14 10 71.4% 4 0 0.0% 0 382 68% 81% 35% 35 63%
1955 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 7 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 10 71.4% 3 1 7.1% 1 213 62% 79% 24% 30 53%
1956 CLE AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 10 8 0 5 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 23 14 60.9% 8 1 4.3% 1 411 62% 70% 25% 53 40%
7 Seasons 6 0 6 0 2 7 0 4 2 1 44 35 2 23 1 0 20 8 2 10 4 0 10 10 0 107 58 54.2% 45 4 3.7% 3 2624 65% 79% 30% 291 47%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.6% 63% 81% 31% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1949 WSH AL 27 302 58% 82% 29% 19 89% 0 74 4 70 0 7 7 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 5 1 3 4 100%
1950 WSH AL 28 599 61% 84% 29% 48 94% 0 148 16 132 0 14 17 10 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 13 3 0 0 10 4 3 0 2 4 100%
1951 WSH AL 29 595 59% 82% 21% 27 96% 0 122 8 112 2 11 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 1 0 11 4 0 0 0 0
1952 CHW AL 30 52 73% 79% 23% 0 0 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 31 11 64% 82% 45% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 32 686 70% 83% 29% 29 93% 1 169 9 159 1 10 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1955 CIN NL 33 4 75% 100% 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
1956 CLE AL 34 244 52% 80% 25% 18 94% 0 59 5 54 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
8 Seasons 2493 62% 82% 27% 141 94% 1 587 42 542 3 50 45 25 12 1 3 4 0 3 1 2 55 6 1 0 46 8 9 1 6 10 90%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 26% 93% 86%

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%
1949 WSH AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 16 11 0 10 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 5 4 1 36 16 44.4% 18 2 5.6% 1 634 56% 79% 25% 81 56%
1950 WSH AL 28 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 12 6 0 9 1 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 9 8 0 37 15 40.5% 21 1 2.7% 1 946 63% 82% 31% 129 51%
1951 WSH AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 16 8 50.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 558 46% 84% 33% 71 46%
1952 WSH AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 42 57% 76% 31% 7 29%
1953 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 90 58% 68% 23% 10 70%
5 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 36 25 0 27 1 0 7 1 1 9 0 1 17 15 1 96 42 43.8% 51 3 3.1% 2 2270 57% 81% 30% 298 51%
MLB Averages 45.4% 2.8% 63% 81% 31% 59%

* 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

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  105 (3rd)
1952 AL  118 (3rd)
1953 AL  138 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  215 (2nd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  10 (3rd)
1951 AL  10 (1st)
1953 AL  14 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.28 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  2.14 (1st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  .994 (1st)
1951 AL  .991 (1st)
1952 AL  .994 (1st)
1953 AL  .995 (1st)
Career  .990 (8th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1947 AL  .992 (2nd)
1950 AL  .990 (4th)
1951 AL  .993 (2nd)
1952 AL  .994 (2nd)
1953 AL  .996 (3rd)

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