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Denis Menke

Denis John Menke

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 21, 1940 in Bancroft, IA
High School: St. John's HS (Bancroft, IA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1962
Teams (by GP): Braves/Astros/Reds 1962-1974

Final Game: July 10, 1974
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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
1962 MLN NL 21 2B 20 16 11 147.0 98 49 47 2 10 .980 1 11 5.88 4.80 .974 5.30 5.25
1962 MLN NL 21 3B 15 14 12 132.1 48 9 37 2 4 .958 0 4 3.13 3.07 .949 2.95 2.92
1962 MLN NL 21 SS 9 9 9 77.0 45 16 25 4 6 .911 -1 -14 4.79 4.56 .963 5.05 5.01
1962 MLN NL 21 1B 2 1 1 9.0 11 11 0 0 3 1.000 11.00 5.50 .990 9.80 9.70
1962 MLN NL 21 LF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -34 2.57 2.00 .970 1.80 1.80
1962 MLN NL 21 OF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -34 2.57 2.00 .975 2.06 2.00
1963 MLN NL 22 SS 82 71 65 654.1 379 120 250 9 45 .976 11 20 5.09 4.51 .961 4.83 4.82
1963 MLN NL 22 3B 51 47 39 414.0 166 58 96 12 9 .928 2 5 3.35 3.02 .941 2.93 2.92
1963 MLN NL 22 2B 22 20 17 180.1 105 51 51 3 12 .971 -2 -16 5.09 4.64 .974 5.21 5.19
1963 MLN NL 22 1B 1 0 0 3.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -80 12.00 4.00 .990 9.90 9.80
1963 MLN NL 22 LF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.57 2.00 .970 1.80 1.80
1963 MLN NL 22 OF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.57 2.00 .975 2.06 2.00
1964 MLN NL 23 SS 141 124 117 1129.1 700 253 422 25 76 .964 5 5 5.38 4.79 .963 5.03 5.00
1964 MLN NL 23 2B 15 15 7 104.0 62 29 31 2 8 .968 -0 -6 5.19 4.00 .973 5.22 5.19
1964 MLN NL 23 3B 6 4 1 30.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -27 0.88 0.50 .940 2.93 2.92
1965 MLN NL 24 SS 54 42 32 366.0 212 65 140 7 22 .967 4 11 5.04 3.80 .964 4.92 4.93
1965 MLN NL 24 1B 8 4 3 40.1 43 42 1 0 4 1.000 0 3 9.60 5.38 .990 10.02 10.02
1965 MLN NL 24 3B 4 3 1 24.0 10 3 5 2 1 .800 -0 -25 3.00 2.00 .951 2.81 2.82
1966 ATL NL 25 SS 106 94 86 879.1 468 165 282 21 50 .955 -9 -12 4.58 4.22 .964 4.96 4.96
1966 ATL NL 25 3B 39 32 19 255.2 99 38 58 3 4 .970 -1 -6 3.38 2.46 .954 3.04 3.04
1966 ATL NL 25 1B 7 3 2 33.1 26 25 1 0 2 1.000 -0 -7 7.02 3.71 .989 9.88 9.89
1967 ATL NL 26 SS 124 119 109 1043.1 549 181 349 19 65 .965 1 1 4.57 4.27 .963 4.99 4.99
1967 ATL NL 26 3B 3 0 0 12.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 2.25 1.00 .950 2.92 2.97
1968 HOU NL 27 2B 119 115 102 1001.0 564 269 285 10 47 .982 -6 -8 4.98 4.66 .977 5.21 5.22
1968 HOU NL 27 SS 35 29 25 264.0 142 45 92 5 21 .965 -3 -12 4.67 3.91 .962 4.98 5.00
1968 HOU NL 27 1B 5 2 1 21.0 30 29 1 0 2 1.000 1 63 12.86 6.00 .992 10.07 10.12
1968 HOU NL 27 3B 4 3 2 28.0 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 -1 -51 2.89 2.25 .954 2.92 2.95
1969 HOU NL 28 SS 131 126 119 1115.1 541 161 356 24 63 .956 -15 -16 4.17 3.95 .963 4.93 4.90 AS,MVP-15
1969 HOU NL 28 2B 23 20 17 172.1 91 42 47 2 9 .978 -4 -31 4.65 3.87 .974 5.19 5.15 AS,MVP-15
1969 HOU NL 28 1B 9 7 5 62.0 62 52 9 1 3 .984 2 41 8.85 6.78 .992 9.83 9.76 AS,MVP-15
1969 HOU NL 28 3B 1 1 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 53 4.00 4.00 .945 2.90 2.90 AS,MVP-15
1970 HOU NL 29 SS 133 131 116 1139.1 614 192 394 28 66 .954 -18 -19 4.63 4.41 .965 5.05 5.04 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 2B 21 18 16 162.0 114 51 62 1 14 .991 2 13 6.28 5.38 .979 5.32 5.30 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 1B 5 0 0 13.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0 37 9.69 2.80 .992 9.69 9.64 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 3B 5 2 2 28.0 6 1 4 1 1 .833 -1 -51 1.61 1.00 .945 2.92 2.90 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 OF 3 2 2 21.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.66 1.33 .975 2.08 2.07 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 RF 2 1 1 12.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -19 1.42 1.00 .975 1.99 2.00 AS
1970 HOU NL 29 LF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 2.00 .970 1.80 1.80 AS
1971 HOU NL 30 1B 101 87 77 810.1 907 845 59 3 77 .997 -1 -1 10.04 8.95 .992 9.88 9.87
1971 HOU NL 30 3B 32 29 22 250.0 69 24 41 4 4 .942 -5 -25 2.34 2.03 .949 2.80 2.80
1971 HOU NL 30 SS 17 8 6 82.2 58 16 40 2 5 .966 1 17 6.10 3.29 .968 5.14 5.13
1971 HOU NL 30 2B 5 4 1 32.0 19 7 11 1 2 .947 -1 -38 5.06 3.60 .978 5.46 5.46
1972 CIN NL 31 3B 130 120 106 1091.2 359 85 258 16 20 .955 4 5 2.83 2.64 .945 2.87 2.88
1972 CIN NL 31 1B 11 4 3 47.1 42 40 2 0 5 1.000 0 8 7.99 3.82 .992 9.72 9.76
1973 CIN NL 32 3B 123 70 54 736.1 266 68 189 9 19 .966 6 9 3.14 2.09 .946 2.88 2.88
1973 CIN NL 32 SS 7 0 0 14.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -86 4.50 1.00 .961 4.95 4.93
1973 CIN NL 32 2B 5 3 2 30.0 12 7 5 0 1 1.000 0 8 3.60 2.40 .980 5.52 5.52
1973 CIN NL 32 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.80
1974 HOU NL 33 1B 12 1 0 16.0 19 18 1 0 4 1.000 -0 -8 10.69 1.58 .991 9.96 9.93
1974 HOU NL 33 3B 7 3 2 39.0 18 2 16 0 1 1.000 1 43 4.15 2.57 .948 3.05 3.04
1974 HOU NL 33 2B 3 1 1 14.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0 26 3.21 1.67 .972 5.46 5.47
1974 HOU NL 33 SS 2 0 0 7.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1 115 2.45 1.00 .960 4.91 4.95
12 Seasons SS 841 753 684 6772.0 3717 1218 2355 144 419 .961 -25 -4 4.75 4.25 .963 4.98 4.96
13 Seasons 3B 420 328 261 3050.2 1060 296 715 49 64 .954 3 1 2.98 2.41 .946 2.90 2.90
9 Seasons 2B 233 212 174 1842.2 1070 506 543 21 103 .980 -11 -7 5.12 4.50 .976 5.24 5.23
11 Seasons 1B 162 109 92 1056.1 1159 1080 75 4 101 .997 2 3 9.84 7.13 .992 9.88 9.87
3 Seasons OF 5 4 2 35.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 2.02 1.60 .975 2.07 2.04
3 Seasons LF 3 3 1 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 2.35 2.00 .970 1.80 1.80
1 Season RF 2 1 1 12.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -19 1.42 1.00 .975 1.99 2.00
13 Seasons TOT 1661 1406 1213 12757.1 7014 3108 3688 218 687 .969 -31 -3 4.79 4.09 .967 4.91 4.95
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
1962 MLN NL 21 2B 1 11 1 3 -2 0
1962 MLN NL 21 3B 0 4 0 1 -1 0
1962 MLN NL 21 SS -1 -14 -1 -2 1 0
1962 MLN NL 21 1B
1962 MLN NL 21 LF -0 -34 -0 0 -0 0
1963 MLN NL 22 SS 11 20 10 5 5 1
1963 MLN NL 22 3B 2 5 1 -1 2 1
1963 MLN NL 22 2B -2 -16 -2 0 -3 0
1963 MLN NL 22 1B -0 -80 -0 -0 0 0
1963 MLN NL 22 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MLN NL 23 SS 5 5 5 11 -6 0
1964 MLN NL 23 2B -0 -6 -0 -1 1 0
1964 MLN NL 23 3B -1 -27 -1 -1 0 0
1965 MLN NL 24 SS 4 11 4 3 2 -1
1965 MLN NL 24 1B 0 3 0 0 0 0
1965 MLN NL 24 3B -0 -25 -0 -0 -0 0
1966 ATL NL 25 SS -9 -12 -8 -4 -4 -1
1966 ATL NL 25 3B -1 -6 -1 -3 2 0
1966 ATL NL 25 1B -0 -7 -0 -0 0 0
1967 ATL NL 26 SS 1 1 -0 0 -1 1
1967 ATL NL 26 3B -0 -20 -0 -0 -0 0
1968 HOU NL 27 2B -6 -8 -3 -4 1 -3
1968 HOU NL 27 SS -3 -12 -3 -2 -1 0
1968 HOU NL 27 1B 1 63 1 0 1 0
1968 HOU NL 27 3B -1 -51 -1 -0 -1 0
1969 HOU NL 28 SS -15 -16 -15 -15 -0 0
1969 HOU NL 28 2B -4 -31 -3 -2 -2 -1
1969 HOU NL 28 1B 2 41 2 2 0 0
1969 HOU NL 28 3B 0 53 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 29 SS -18 -19 -16 -8 -8 -2
1970 HOU NL 29 2B 2 13 3 -0 3 -1
1970 HOU NL 29 1B 0 37 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 29 3B -1 -51 -1 -0 -1 0
1970 HOU NL 29 RF -0 -19 -0 0 -0 0
1970 HOU NL 29 LF 0 13 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 30 1B -1 -1 -2 -1 -0 1
1971 HOU NL 30 3B -5 -25 -5 -3 -2 0
1971 HOU NL 30 SS 1 17 2 0 2 -1
1971 HOU NL 30 2B -1 -38 0 0 -0 -1
1972 CIN NL 31 3B 4 5 4 8 -4 0
1972 CIN NL 31 1B 0 8 0 -0 0 0
1973 CIN NL 32 3B 6 9 6 8 -2 0
1973 CIN NL 32 SS -1 -86 -1 0 -1 0
1973 CIN NL 32 2B 0 8 0 0 0 0
1973 CIN NL 32 1B -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1974 HOU NL 33 1B -0 -8 -0 0 -0 0
1974 HOU NL 33 3B 1 43 1 1 0 0
1974 HOU NL 33 2B 0 26 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 33 SS 1 115 1 0 1 0
12 Seasons SS -25 -4 -22 -12 -10 -3
13 Seasons 3B 3 1 2 10 -8 1
9 Seasons 2B -11 -7 -5 -4 -1 -6
11 Seasons 1B 2 3 1 -0 1 1
3 Seasons LF -0 -5 -0 0 -0 0
1 Season RF -0 -19 -0 0 -0 0
13 Seasons TOT -31 -3 -24 -5 -18 -7 0
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
1962 MLN NL 21 50 41 50 46 0 0 2 20 15 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 3
1963 MLN NL 22 146 139 146 144 0 0 1 22 50 82 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
1964 MLN NL 23 151 143 151 149 0 0 0 15 7 140 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1965 MLN NL 24 71 49 71 63 0 0 8 0 4 54 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1966 ATL NL 25 138 129 138 136 0 0 7 0 39 106 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1967 ATL NL 26 129 119 129 127 0 0 0 0 3 124 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 HOU NL 27 150 149 150 149 0 0 5 120 4 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 HOU NL 28 154 154 154 154 0 0 9 23 1 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 29 154 153 154 154 0 0 5 21 5 133 1 0 2 3 0 1 0
1971 HOU NL 30 146 128 146 137 0 0 101 5 32 17 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1972 CIN NL 31 140 124 140 137 0 0 11 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1973 CIN NL 32 139 73 139 132 0 0 1 5 123 7 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1974 HOU NL 33 30 5 30 23 0 0 12 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
13 Seasons 1598 1406 1598 1551 0 0 162 234 420 840 3 0 2 5 0 70 4
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 -- SS*

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
1962 MLN NL 21 319 78% 78% 24% 38 89% 0 18 10 4 4 27 18 7 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 6 3 0 0 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 0
1963 MLN NL 22 2637 67% 79% 29% 270 94% 1 112 47 56 9 236 179 45 1 10 9 1 6 2 7 43 18 4 9 3 2 38 22 15 4 1 3
1964 MLN NL 23 4607 65% 80% 28% 550 91% 5 239 125 93 21 403 311 79 2 8 25 0 20 5 20 73 32 6 21 2 2 66 39 25 7 1 6
1965 MLN NL 24 1413 65% 78% 29% 145 92% 1 58 22 29 7 119 88 27 0 1 6 0 5 1 3 23 12 2 5 0 2 22 14 7 0 0 0
1966 ATL NL 25 3554 62% 82% 27% 358 89% 3 162 82 59 22 263 196 58 3 4 20 0 18 2 13 48 25 0 14 5 0 46 25 19 1 0 1
1967 ATL NL 26 4219 62% 81% 27% 432 92% 1 170 93 57 20 336 264 60 1 4 18 1 16 1 12 64 33 1 16 3 2 58 34 22 4 3 1
1968 HOU NL 27 866 68% 78% 26% 91 91% 0 41 20 18 3 75 54 13 0 2 5 0 5 0 4 17 6 1 2 4 1 15 7 7 2 1 1
1969 HOU NL 28 4480 67% 72% 24% 389 90% 2 142 63 65 16 312 239 64 0 6 24 1 19 4 19 59 29 3 14 3 2 55 32 19 3 2 1
1970 HOU NL 29 4800 65% 79% 26% 461 92% 2 174 77 75 22 376 287 73 1 6 28 0 28 0 27 62 30 4 17 4 2 59 35 23 2 1 1
1971 HOU NL 30 351 67% 84% 30% 50 94% 0 14 9 4 1 39 30 7 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 1
1973 CIN NL 32 71 69% 82% 15% 6 100% 0 4 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 33 35 63% 77% 26% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 27352 65% 79% 27% 2795 91% 15 1134 551 461 125 2194 1672 435 8 43 141 3 120 18 108 400 190 21 99 25 13 368 213 139 24 9 15
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1962 MLN NL 21 565 66% 81% 28% 57 79% 0 10 9 1 0 36 32 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 3 100%
1963 MLN NL 22 1681 65% 82% 31% 159 88% 2 59 45 7 7 94 79 10 3 2 12 0 10 2 11 9 8 0 8 1 0 1 1 0%
1964 MLN NL 23 136 68% 85% 27% 6 83% 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1965 MLN NL 24 101 50% 80% 43% 9 78% 1 3 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 ATL NL 25 941 65% 83% 28% 78 90% 0 26 23 2 1 46 30 16 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 ATL NL 26 52 63% 77% 23% 3 100% 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 HOU NL 27 118 73% 72% 18% 7 100% 0 3 3 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 HOU NL 28 35 66% 66% 17% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 29 133 68% 75% 30% 6 83% 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 30 1052 58% 77% 25% 63 90% 0 25 17 1 7 40 34 5 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1972 CIN NL 31 4508 66% 81% 28% 360 89% 4 84 61 9 14 257 212 38 4 5 16 1 15 0 10 20 14 2 18 2 1 1 11 64%
1973 CIN NL 32 3056 68% 81% 28% 263 91% 3 68 50 7 11 190 161 24 2 5 9 0 9 0 6 19 15 1 18 1 0 1 11 73%
1974 HOU NL 33 163 67% 86% 34% 19 100% 0 3 2 1 0 16 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Seasons 12541 65% 81% 28% 1034 89% 10 287 218 29 40 699 579 101 9 14 48 1 45 2 38 64 50 4 59 4 1 3 31 74%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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
1962 MLN NL 21 604 65% 83% 29% 66 97% 0 48 21 19 9 49 43 6 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 10 3 3 3 0 9 3 6 0 0 0
1963 MLN NL 22 732 70% 76% 25% 60 97% 0 48 24 16 8 41 35 6 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 11 4 3 4 0 11 4 7 0 0 0
1964 MLN NL 23 423 70% 80% 26% 40 90% 0 24 11 9 4 30 23 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 1 2 3 0 7 3 4 1 1 0
1968 HOU NL 27 3860 67% 78% 28% 363 96% 1 238 107 95 36 269 235 28 1 7 8 0 8 0 7 41 19 6 11 3 39 14 25 2 1 1
1969 HOU NL 28 721 65% 75% 23% 43 98% 0 36 12 18 6 38 32 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 8 4 3 0 0 7 0 7 1 1 0
1970 HOU NL 29 655 62% 76% 25% 68 97% 1 46 16 16 14 60 55 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 13 6 3 0 1 10 0 9 3 1 2
1971 HOU NL 30 141 65% 80% 30% 16 88% 0 9 2 6 1 12 10 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CIN NL 32 116 84% 84% 34% 8 100% 0 7 3 2 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 33 64 44% 83% 28% 5 100% 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 7316 67% 78% 27% 669 96% 2 457 197 181 80 508 438 60 2 10 19 2 16 1 14 92 37 20 22 4 84 25 58 7 4 3
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93%

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%
1962 MLN NL 21 32 59% 84% 31% 2 100% 0 11 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MLN NL 22 13 62% 92% 15% 1 100% 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
1965 MLN NL 24 172 58% 82% 27% 7 100% 0 42 1 40 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
1966 ATL NL 25 135 71% 80% 24% 5 100% 0 29 1 28 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 HOU NL 27 89 61% 84% 31% 10 100% 0 28 2 26 0 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1969 HOU NL 28 273 53% 70% 23% 22 95% 1 52 3 47 2 9 9 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1970 HOU NL 29 52 56% 77% 23% 6 100% 0 13 1 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 30 3244 58% 80% 29% 169 99% 0 818 37 774 8 86 50 37 10 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 77 5 0 3 75 8 2 0 2 11 100%
1972 CIN NL 31 185 68% 75% 25% 9 100% 0 43 3 39 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0
1973 CIN NL 32 6 83% 67% 17% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 33 60 53% 90% 35% 4 100% 0 20 1 19 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 4261 59% 79% 28% 235 99% 1 1060 50 999 12 124 66 48 11 3 1 4 1 3 0 2 101 5 0 4 95 9 6 2 4 14 100%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 94% 87%

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%
1962 MLN NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 35 54% 80% 31% 2 100%
1963 MLN NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 29 48% 86% 21% 4 50%
1970 HOU NL 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 43 44% 79% 19% 2 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 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% 0 107 49% 81% 23% 8 75%
MLB Averages 58.9% 2.7% 63% 79% 27% 47%

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%
1970 HOU NL 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 53 45% 85% 28% 6 33%
1 Season 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 53 45% 85% 28% 6 33%
MLB Averages 40.9% 3.2% 63% 79% 27% 53%

* 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

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1969 *
1970 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (15, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Assists† s c a p y
1964 NL  455 (3rd)
1970 NL  460 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1969 NL  27 (5th)
1970 NL  30 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1972 NL  130 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1972 NL  258 (5th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1964 NL  141 (4th)
1969 NL  131 (5th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1964 NL  253 (3rd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1964 NL  422 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1964 NL  25 (5th)
1966 NL  21 (5th)
1967 NL  19 (4th)
1969 NL  24 (5th)
1970 NL  28 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1969 NL  2 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1971 NL  .997 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1962 NL  1 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1968 NL  .982 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1972 NL  4 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1973 NL  3.14 (2nd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1973 NL  .966 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1963 NL  11 (1st)
1964 NL  5 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1963 NL  5.09 (2nd)
1964 NL  5.38 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1963 NL  4.51 (5th)
1964 NL  4.79 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1963 NL  .976 (2nd)
1964 NL  .964 (5th)

                           

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