Bobby Mitchell
Robert Van Mitchell
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 7, 1955 in Salt Lake City, UT
High School: Chatsworth (Chatsworth, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1980
Final Game: September 21, 1983
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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
1980 LAD NL 25 OF 8 1 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 83.1 0.9 0.1 0.9 0 3.46 0.63 .980 2.28 1.98
1980 LAD NL 25 CF 7 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 93.3 0.7 0.1 0.7 0 4.00 0.57 .975 2.80 2.37
1980 LAD NL 25 RF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 60.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1981 LAD NL 26 OF 7 0 19.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.6 0.2 -0.4 0.6 0 2.84 0.86 .983 2.32 2.01
1981 LAD NL 26 CF 6 0 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 3.60 0.67 .975 2.79 2.53
1981 LAD NL 26 RF 2 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 51.4 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 2.57 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.65
1981 LAD NL 26 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1982 MIN AL 27 OF 121 114 1016.1 359 350 8 1 3 .997 11.0 13.0 10.0 1.0 8.9 1 3.17 2.96 .982 2.47 2.15
1982 MIN AL 27 CF 115 104 934.2 341 331 8 2 2 .994 11.0 14.1 10.0 1.5 8.5 1 3.26 2.95 .985 2.84 2.49
1982 MIN AL 27 RF 6 5 41.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0 2.20 1.67 .980 2.26 1.90
1982 MIN AL 27 LF 5 5 40.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.7 0.7 0 1.55 1.40 .986 2.30 1.92
1983 MIN AL 28 CF 44 36 329.0 98 94 3 1 1 .990 -3.6 -13.1 -2.6 -0.5 -2.1 -1 2.65 2.20 .987 2.93 2.56
1983 MIN AL 28 OF 44 36 330.0 97 94 2 1 1 .990 -3.6 -13.1 -2.6 -0.5 -2.1 -1 2.62 2.18 .980 2.50 2.16
1983 MIN AL 28 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
4 Seasons OF 180 151 1378.1 467 455 10 2 4 .996 8.5 7.4 8.5 0.2 8.3 0 3.04 2.58 .981 2.47 2.14
4 Seasons CF 172 141 1282.2 447 433 11 3 3 .993 8.1 7.6 8.1 1.0 7.2 0 3.12 2.58 .985 2.86 2.50
3 Seasons RF 9 5 52.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 11.5 0.5 0.0 0.4 0 2.25 1.44 .985 2.22 1.82
3 Seasons LF 7 5 43.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -2.7 -0.1 -0.8 0.7 0 1.44 1.00 .986 2.31 1.90
4 Seasons TOT 180 151 1378.1 467 455 10 2 4 .996 8.5 7.4 8.5 0.2 8.3 0 3.04 2.58 .977 2.47 2.14

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 LAD NL 25 9 1 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 8 0 1 2
1981 LAD NL 26 10 0 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 8 0 3 1
1982 MIN AL 27 124 114 124 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 115 6 121 0 3 0
1983 MIN AL 28 59 36 59 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44 0 45 0 17 4
4 Seasons 202 151 202 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 172 9 182 0 24 7
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*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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%
1980 LAD NL 25 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 34 53% 76% 41% 4 100%
1981 LAD NL 26 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 50 60% 84% 26% 4 100%
1982 MIN AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 8 0 2 2 3 24 19 1 26 5 2 5 2 0 15 0 1 26 14 0 96 40 41.7% 52 4 4.2% 4 4233 65% 78% 29% 468 72%
1983 MIN AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 16 9 0 14 1 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 14 11 1 50 22 44.0% 26 2 4.0% 1 1460 65% 79% 27% 196 48%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 11 0 3 3 4 40 28 1 40 6 3 8 3 0 19 0 1 40 25 1 147 62 42.2% 79 6 4.1% 5 5777 65% 78% 28% 672 65%
MLB Averages 43.1% 2.0% 57% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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%
1980 LAD NL 25 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 16 75% 69% 25% 4 25%
1981 LAD NL 26 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 26 42% 69% 23% 3 67%
1982 MIN AL 27 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% 0 184 61% 78% 22% 10 100%
3 Seasons 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% 0 226 60% 76% 23% 17 76%
MLB Averages 43.1% 2.9% 57% 79% 26% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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%
1981 LAD NL 26 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% 89% 0% 1 0%
1982 MIN AL 27 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% 0 185 66% 74% 24% 7 100%
1983 MIN 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 4 75% 75% 25% 0
3 Seasons 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% 0 198 65% 75% 23% 8 88%
MLB Averages 58.7% 2.5% 57% 79% 26% 47%

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Bobby Mitchell    

Viewed 11,338 times through December 11, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Robert bob bobbie Bobby Van Mitchell

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.