Bobby Mitchell
Robert Vance Mitchell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 22, 1943 in Norristown, PA
High School: Norristown (Norristown, PA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1970
Final Game: September 28, 1975
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 NYY AL 26 OF 7 5 46.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.1 54.8 2.1 0.9 1.2 0 3.91 2.86 .980 2.13 1.86
1970 NYY AL 26 RF 5 3 29.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 78.6 1.9 0.8 1.1 0 3.72 2.40 .975 1.99 1.60
1970 NYY AL 26 CF 2 2 17.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 14.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 4.24 4.00 .988 2.59 2.30
1971 MIL AL 27 OF 19 12 116.2 38 35 2 1 1 .974 -1.0 -10.3 1.0 0.1 0.9 -2 2.85 1.95 .982 2.24 1.96
1971 MIL AL 27 RF 10 7 62.0 20 18 1 1 0 .950 -0.4 -7.7 0.6 0.6 0.0 -1 2.76 1.90 .980 2.05 1.70
1971 MIL AL 27 CF 7 5 48.2 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.1 -1 3.14 2.43 .982 2.74 2.31
1971 MIL AL 27 LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -120.0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.95 1.60
1973 MIL AL 29 OF 20 16 132.2 25 24 0 1 0 .960 -3.2 -28.9 -3.2 -2.3 -0.9 0 1.63 1.20 .980 2.29 2.02
1973 MIL AL 29 DH 19
1973 MIL AL 29 LF 10 7 63.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -37.7 -2.0 -1.1 -0.9 0 1.55 1.10 .973 2.01 1.68
1973 MIL AL 29 RF 10 9 69.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -1.2 -20.9 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 1.83 1.40 .980 2.09 1.73
1974 MIL AL 30 DH 53
1974 MIL AL 30 OF 26 14 126.1 32 30 1 1 0 .969 0.6 5.7 -0.4 0.7 -1.0 1 2.21 1.19 .981 2.41 2.12
1974 MIL AL 30 RF 14 8 71.1 24 22 1 1 0 .958 0.8 13.5 0.8 0.6 0.3 0 2.90 1.64 .975 2.18 1.86
1974 MIL AL 30 LF 10 5 47.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.1 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 1 1.72 0.90 .978 2.13 1.75
1974 MIL AL 30 CF 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.12 0.50 1.000 2.92 2.65
1975 MIL AL 31 LF 72 61 474.0 134 131 2 1 1 .993 2.0 5.1 3.0 1.0 2.0 -1 2.53 1.85 .977 2.18 1.80
1975 MIL AL 31 OF 72 61 474.0 131 128 2 1 1 .992 2.0 5.1 3.0 1.0 2.0 -1 2.47 1.81 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 MIL AL 31 DH 11
5 Seasons OF 144 108 895.2 246 237 5 4 2 .984 0.5 0.7 2.5 0.4 2.2 -2 2.43 1.68 .980 2.33 2.06
4 Seasons LF 94 73 590.2 154 151 2 1 1 .994 -0.4 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.33 1.63 .977 2.15 1.78
3 Seasons DH 83
4 Seasons RF 39 27 231.1 71 66 2 3 0 .958 1.1 5.7 2.1 0.8 1.4 -1 2.65 1.74 .977 2.09 1.75
3 Seasons CF 11 8 73.2 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -3.3 0.8 0.0 0.8 -1 3.18 2.36 .985 2.72 2.37
5 Seasons TOT 144 108 895.2 246 237 5 4 2 .984 0.5 0.7 2.5 0.4 2.2 -2 2.43 1.68 .963 2.33 2.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1970 NYY AL 26 10 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 3 1
1971 MIL AL 27 35 12 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 10 19 12 7
1973 MIL AL 29 47 33 47 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 20 17 10 1
1974 MIL AL 30 88 43 88 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 14 26 29 22 20
1975 MIL AL 31 93 64 93 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 72 3 16 11
5 Seasons 273 157 273 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 11 39 144 49 63 40
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 -- 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%
1971 MIL AL 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 30 30% 73% 23% 3 0%
1973 MIL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 300 51% 80% 27% 32 34%
1974 MIL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 0 1 25.0% -1 204 62% 85% 26% 21 48%
1975 MIL AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 11 3 0 2 2 0 5 2 0 13 12 1 43 29 67.4% 13 1 2.3% 1 2172 51% 81% 28% 185 71%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 18 15 1 18 4 0 4 4 0 7 3 0 14 13 1 61 39 63.9% 20 2 3.3% 0 2706 52% 81% 28% 241 63%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 61% 77% 26% 47%

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%
1970 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 130 38% 78% 31% 18 67%
1971 MIL AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 12.5% 7 0 0.0% 1 268 47% 78% 28% 34 56%
1973 MIL AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 309 61% 83% 27% 23 61%
1974 MIL AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 5 38.5% 8 0 0.0% 1 320 69% 82% 30% 42 55%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 4 0 12 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 5 3 0 31 9 29.0% 22 0 0.0% 2 1027 57% 80% 29% 117 58%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 53%

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%
1970 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 73 47% 85% 23% 13 62%
1971 MIL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 0.0% 5 1 16.7% 0 201 46% 79% 31% 25 64%
1974 MIL AL 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 35 63% 86% 23% 1 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 11 2 18.2% 8 1 9.1% 0 309 48% 81% 28% 39 64%
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.2% 61% 77% 26% 57%

* 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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