Eddie Miksis
Edward Thomas Miksis
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 11, 1926 in Burlington, NJ
High School: Burlington (Burlington, NJ)
Signed
by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1944
Final Game: September 26, 1958
Died: April 8, 2005 in Huntingdon Valley, PA
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1944 BRO NL 17 3B 15 48 19 24 5 8 .896 2.87 .950 3.00
1944 BRO NL 17 SS 10 45 22 20 3 5 .933 4.20 .956 4.85
1946 BRO NL 19 3B 13 33 13 19 1 0 .970 2.46 .952 2.84
1946 BRO NL 19 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.10
1947 BRO NL 20 2B 13 47 23 24 0 4 1.000 3.62 .974 5.19
1947 BRO NL 20 OF 11 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 .976 2.19 11-0-0
1947 BRO NL 20 3B 5 10 5 4 1 0 .900 1.80 .950 2.80
1947 BRO NL 20 SS 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 4.65
1948 BRO NL 21 2B 54 214 106 101 7 15 .967 3.83 .971 4.83
1948 BRO NL 21 3B 22 60 16 42 2 4 .967 2.64 .940 2.81
1948 BRO NL 21 SS 5 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.60 .962 4.60
1949 BRO NL 22 3B 29 90 26 62 2 4 .978 3.03 .951 2.98
1949 BRO NL 22 SS 4 7 3 4 0 3 1.000 1.75 .957 4.70
1949 BRO NL 22 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.07
1949 BRO NL 22 1B 1 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 4.00 1.000 9.00
1950 BRO NL 23 2B 15 56 34 20 2 4 .964 3.60 .975 5.13
1950 BRO NL 23 SS 15 53 18 31 4 6 .925 3.27 .962 4.74
1950 BRO NL 23 3B 7 9 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.29 .944 3.01
1951 TOT NL 24 2B 103 615 279 317 19 71 .969 5.79 .976 5.05
1951 BRO NL 24 3B 6 7 3 4 0 2 1.000 1.17 .957 3.10
1951 BRO NL 24 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
1951 CHC NL 24 2B 102 615 279 317 19 71 .969 5.84 .976 5.05
1952 CHC NL 25 2B 54 280 126 140 14 22 .950 4.93 .976 4.96
1952 CHC NL 25 SS 40 199 81 114 4 21 .980 4.88 .959 4.70
1953 CHC NL 26 2B 92 495 210 262 23 65 .954 5.13 .973 4.83
1953 CHC NL 26 SS 53 261 105 144 12 31 .954 4.70 .958 4.63
1954 CHC NL 27 2B 21 19 175.2 128 62 61 5 16 .961 -1.0 -6.8 -1.0 -1.6 0.6 0 6.30 5.86 .977 5.57 5.31
1954 CHC NL 27 3B 2 2 17.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -7.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.12 2.00 .950 3.18 2.80
1954 CHC NL 27 LF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
1954 CHC NL 27 OF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.20
1955 CHC NL 28 OF 111 109 969.0 276 267 6 3 1 .989 9.4 11.6 7.4 0.8 6.6 2 2.54 2.46 .977 2.30 2.10
1955 CHC NL 28 CF 75 71 635.2 183 176 5 2 1 .989 6.8 12.8 5.8 -0.3 6.1 1 2.56 2.41 .982 2.70 2.50
1955 CHC NL 28 RF 42 38 333.1 77 73 3 1 0 .987 2.6 9.4 1.6 1.1 0.5 1 2.05 1.81 .975 2.07 1.86
1955 CHC NL 28 3B 18 17 148.2 72 23 46 3 5 .958 3.1 25.0 3.1 0.8 2.3 0 4.18 3.83 .950 3.13 2.81
1956 CHC NL 29 3B 48 47 412.1 159 59 96 4 5 .975 -1.0 -2.9 0.0 -0.8 0.8 -1 3.38 3.23 .955 3.05 2.64
1956 CHC NL 29 OF 33 22 214.1 56 54 1 1 0 .982 -1.5 -8.4 -1.5 0.2 -1.8 0 2.31 1.67 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 CHC NL 29 CF 25 21 191.2 51 50 0 1 0 .980 -1.2 -7.5 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 0 2.35 2.00 .982 2.77 2.55
1956 CHC NL 29 2B 19 18 158.2 84 30 52 2 9 .976 3.0 22.7 3.0 1.6 1.5 0 4.65 4.32 .980 5.33 4.66
1956 CHC NL 29 LF 6 0 13.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 8.8 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0 1.98 0.50 .967 2.11 1.70
1956 CHC NL 29 RF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.80
1956 CHC NL 29 SS 2 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 1.50 .967 4.86 4.55
1957 STL NL 30 OF 31 4 84.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -5.7 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0 1.39 0.42 .977 2.29 2.07
1957 STL NL 30 RF 15 4 51.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -40.0 -1.7 -1.4 -0.3 0 0.71 0.27 .975 1.98 1.72
1957 STL NL 30 LF 14 0 25.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 33.6 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 2.52 0.50 .971 2.02 1.71
1957 STL NL 30 CF 3 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 90.0 0.6 0.7 -0.2 0 3.38 1.00 1.000 2.81 2.63
1958 TOT MLB 31 SS 6 0 12.1 10 4 5 1 1 .900 0.3 29.2 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 6.57 1.50 .970 5.11 4.50
1958 BAL AL 31 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.20
1958 CIN NL 31 OF 32 2 82.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 17.4 1.2 0.8 0.4 0 2.29 0.66 .981 2.26 1.95
1958 CIN NL 31 RF 24 0 49.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 26.6 1.1 0.6 0.5 0 2.90 0.67 .975 2.03 1.73
1958 CIN NL 31 3B 14 2 52.0 24 6 17 1 0 .958 1.8 41.5 1.8 1.0 0.8 0 3.98 1.64 .950 3.18 2.86
1958 CIN NL 31 2B 7 4 41.0 22 10 10 2 1 .909 -1.2 -35.1 -1.2 -0.4 -0.8 0 4.39 2.86 .977 5.33 4.76
1958 CIN NL 31 LF 6 0 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 8.0 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 2.40 0.67 .975 1.98 1.53
1958 CIN NL 31 SS 5 0 11.1 10 4 5 1 1 .900 0.3 31.8 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 7.15 1.80 .970 5.08 4.56
1958 CIN NL 31 CF 3 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.50 1.67 .980 2.70 2.50
1958 CIN NL 31 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.10
11 Seasons 2B 382 41 375.1 1942 880 988 74 207 .962 0.8 2.6 0.8 -0.4 1.3 0 44.79 4.89 .975 5.44 4.95
6 Seasons OF 219 137 1351.1 391 380 7 4 1 .990 8.6 7.6 6.6 1.6 4.8 2 2.58 1.77 .977 2.29 2.07 38-106-83
11 Seasons 3B 179 68 630.0 516 177 320 19 28 .963 3.8 7.2 4.8 0.9 3.9 -1 7.10 2.78 .951 3.08 2.83
9 Seasons SS 137 0 17.1 588 238 326 24 68 .959 0.3 20.8 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 292.85 4.12 .959 5.04 4.67
4 Seasons CF 106 94 853.1 242 234 5 3 1 .988 6.2 8.7 5.2 0.9 4.2 1 2.52 2.25 .982 2.72 2.52
4 Seasons RF 83 43 443.0 97 93 3 1 0 .990 1.6 4.3 0.6 -0.1 0.7 1 1.95 1.16 .975 2.05 1.80
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 27 0 55.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 17.5 0.8 0.8 -0.1 0 2.29 0.52 .971 2.03 1.68
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 1.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 36.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.55
14 Seasons TOT 919 246 2375.0 3441 1679 1641 121 305 .965 13.4 6.8 12.4 2.5 9.8 2 -1 12.58 3.61 .934 3.02 3.82 38-106-83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1944 BRO NL 17 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 15 10 0 0 0 0
1946 BRO NL 19 23 23 23 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0
1947 BRO NL 20 45 45 45 0 0 0 13 5 2 11 0 0 11
1948 BRO NL 21 86 86 86 0 0 0 54 22 5 0 0 0 0
1949 BRO NL 22 50 50 50 0 0 1 3 29 4 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 23 51 51 51 0 0 0 15 7 15 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 24 102 102 102 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 24 19 19 19 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHC NL 25 93 93 93 0 0 0 54 0 40 0 0 0 0
1953 CHC NL 26 142 142 142 0 0 0 92 0 53 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 27 38 21 38 38 0 0 0 21 2 0 1 0 0 1 11 5
1955 CHC NL 28 131 126 131 131 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 76 41 111 2 0
1956 CHC NL 29 114 87 114 114 0 0 0 19 48 2 6 25 2 33 10 3
1957 STL NL 30 49 4 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 15 31 20 3
1957 BAL AL 30 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 CIN NL 31 69 8 69 69 0 0 1 7 14 5 6 3 24 32 5 21
1958 BAL AL 31 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 Seasons 1042 246 1042 1042 0 0 2 382 179 137 38 107 82 219 51 32
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 -- CF*

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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%
1955 CHC NL 28 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 8 5 1 12 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 2 0 28 9 32.1% 17 2 7.1% 1 1697 62% 76% 30% 158 72%
1956 CHC NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 446 61% 75% 30% 42 45%
1957 STL NL 30 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 60% 77% 30% 5 60%
1958 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 69 80% 93% 29% 10 50%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 2 12 8 1 14 1 1 0 0 0 8 2 0 5 4 0 39 15 38.5% 22 2 5.1% 1 2242 62% 76% 30% 215 66%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1955 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 13 8 0 9 1 0 2 1 0 6 2 0 3 3 0 33 15 45.5% 18 0 0.0% 3 1108 59% 76% 33% 111 56%
1956 CHC NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 53% 62% 32% 2 0%
1957 STL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 222 61% 77% 25% 17 24%
1958 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 214 70% 88% 34% 24 67%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 18 11 0 15 3 0 2 1 0 6 2 0 5 4 0 46 21 45.7% 25 0 0.0% 3 1578 61% 77% 32% 154 53%
MLB Averages 43.9% 3.3% 63% 79% 30% 54%

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 CHC NL 27 79 59% 80% 29% 5 100% 1 4 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHC NL 28 373 66% 76% 24% 41 90% 0 13 12 0 1 28 23 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1956 CHC NL 29 1258 59% 77% 22% 100 93% 1 46 33 5 8 61 53 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 5 80%
1958 CIN NL 31 229 55% 81% 28% 26 92% 0 7 5 2 0 17 14 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1939 60% 77% 24% 172 92% 2 70 53 7 10 108 91 11 0 5 4 0 1 3 3 5 2 1 4 1 1 0 6 83%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 61%

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 CHC NL 27 680 65% 81% 26% 67 88% 1 46 16 21 9 52 43 5 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 12 3 2 2 1 9 4 5 3 3 0
1956 CHC NL 29 683 55% 78% 24% 61 97% 0 30 13 12 5 52 42 8 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 9 3 1 4 0 8 4 4 1 1 0
1958 CIN NL 31 176 61% 85% 26% 12 83% 0 10 3 5 2 9 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1539 60% 80% 25% 140 91% 1 86 32 38 16 113 92 15 0 2 8 0 8 0 5 22 7 3 6 1 18 8 10 4 4 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1954 CHC NL 27 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 44% 56% 33% 0
1956 CHC NL 29 0 0 0 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 35 49% 83% 26% 4 50%
1957 STL NL 30 0 0 0 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 98 57% 79% 29% 11 64%
1958 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 70 59% 79% 43% 9 44%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 212 56% 78% 33% 24 54%
MLB Averages 56.2% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 48%

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 CHC NL 29 11 36% 100% 45% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1958 CIN NL 31 54 63% 70% 26% 9 89% 0 5 3 2 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1958 BAL AL 31 3 100% 67% 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
2 Seasons 68 60% 75% 29% 10 90% 0 6 3 3 0 8 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1958 CIN NL 31 9 78% 78% 11% 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
1 Season 9 78% 78% 11% 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
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* 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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