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Dale Mitchell

Loren Dale Mitchell

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 23, 1921 in Colony, OK
High School: Cloud Chief HS (Cloud Chief, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1946
Teams (by GP): Indians/Dodgers 1946-1956

Final Game: September 26, 1956
Died: January 5, 1987 in Tulsa, OK
Buried: Cloud Chief Cemetery, Cloud Chief, OK
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Standard Fielding

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
1946 CLE AL 24 CF 11 11 11 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 .984 2.74
1946 CLE AL 24 OF 11 11 11 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 .977 2.36
1947 CLE AL 25 OF 115 111 97 266 252 8 6 1 .977 2.26 .979 2.47 MVP-26
1947 CLE AL 25 LF 75 65 60 139 132 5 2 0 .986 1.83 .976 2.36 MVP-26
1947 CLE AL 25 CF 50 45 37 126 119 3 4 1 .968 2.44 .983 2.95 MVP-26
1947 CLE AL 25 RF 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .977 2.10 MVP-26
1948 CLE AL 26 LF 140 136 132 321 308 10 3 3 .991 2.27 .975 2.34
1948 CLE AL 26 OF 140 136 132 322 307 12 3 3 .991 2.28 .975 2.51
1948 CLE AL 26 CF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 3.00
1949 CLE AL 27 LF 149 146 145 345 333 10 2 2 .994 2.30 .982 2.36 AS,MVP-26
1949 CLE AL 27 OF 149 146 145 349 337 10 2 2 .994 2.33 .980 2.44 AS,MVP-26
1950 CLE AL 28 LF 127 120 110 1057.2 238 228 3 7 1 .971 1.97 1.82 .977 2.41 2.37
1950 CLE AL 28 OF 127 120 110 1058.2 246 236 3 7 1 .972 2.03 1.88 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 CLE AL 28 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1951 CLE AL 29 LF 124 122 109 1075.2 251 244 5 2 0 .992 2.08 2.01 .973 2.43 2.41 MVP-28
1951 CLE AL 29 OF 124 122 109 1075.2 258 253 3 2 0 .992 2.14 2.06 .977 2.45 2.44 MVP-28
1952 CLE AL 30 LF 128 123 97 1083.1 258 254 2 2 0 .992 2.13 2.00 .979 2.28 2.28 AS,MVP-20
1952 CLE AL 30 OF 128 123 97 1083.1 262 258 2 2 0 .992 2.16 2.03 .980 2.40 2.40 AS,MVP-20
1953 CLE AL 31 LF 125 121 64 970.0 235 226 2 7 1 .970 -7 -9 2.12 1.82 .973 2.22 2.21
1953 CLE AL 31 OF 125 121 64 970.0 233 224 2 7 1 .970 -3 -4 2.10 1.81 .981 2.43 2.41
1954 CLE AL 32 LF 6 4 3 37.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -1 -42 1.95 1.33 .977 2.26 2.23
1954 CLE AL 32 OF 6 4 3 37.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -1 -42 1.95 1.33 .979 2.38 2.37
1954 CLE AL 32 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.50
1955 CLE AL 33 1B 8 2 1 32.0 28 26 2 0 5 1.000 -0 -11 7.88 3.50 .991 9.62 9.54
1955 CLE AL 33 LF 3 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -48 1.80 0.33 .980 2.34 2.27
1955 CLE AL 33 OF 3 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -48 1.80 0.33 .980 2.34 2.37
1956 TOT MLB 34 LF 3 2 0 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 1.59 1.00 .973 2.06 2.07
1956 TOT MLB 34 OF 3 2 0 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 1.59 1.00 .977 2.28 2.27
1956 CLE AL 34 LF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.10
1956 CLE AL 34 OF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1956 BRO NL 34 LF 2 2 0 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 18 2.08 1.50 .973 2.08 2.05
1956 BRO NL 34 OF 2 2 0 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 18 2.08 1.50 .977 2.28 2.25
11 Seasons OF 931 896 768 4246.2 1977 1906 41 30 8 .985 -4 -1 2.10 2.09 .979 2.45 2.45
10 Seasons LF 880 839 720 4245.2 1800 1736 38 26 7 .986 -8 -2 2.07 2.02 .977 2.34 2.33
3 Seasons CF 62 56 48 156 149 3 4 1 .974 2.45 .983 2.91
2 Seasons 1B 9 2 1 33.0 30 28 2 0 5 1.000 -0 -15 8.18 3.33 .991 9.63 9.53
2 Seasons RF 2 1 0 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.00 1.50 .977 1.80 2.10
11 Seasons TOT 940 898 769 4279.2 2007 1934 43 30 13 .985 -5 -1 2.15 2.10 .979 2.50 2.51
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
1946 CLE AL 24 CF
1947 CLE AL 25 LF
1947 CLE AL 25 CF
1947 CLE AL 25 RF
1948 CLE AL 26 LF
1948 CLE AL 26 CF
1949 CLE AL 27 LF
1950 CLE AL 28 LF
1950 CLE AL 28 RF
1951 CLE AL 29 LF
1952 CLE AL 30 LF
1953 CLE AL 31 LF -7 -9 -3 4 -7 -4
1954 CLE AL 32 LF -1 -42 -1 0 -2 0
1954 CLE AL 32 1B -0 -120 -0 0 -0 0
1955 CLE AL 33 1B -0 -11 -0 -0 -0 0
1955 CLE AL 33 LF -0 -48 -0 0 -0 0
1956 CLE AL 34 LF -0 -30 -0 0 -0 0
1956 BRO NL 34 LF 0 18 0 -0 1 0
10 Seasons LF -8 -2 -4 4 -8 -4
3 Seasons CF
2 Seasons 1B -0 -15 -0 -0 -0 0
2 Seasons RF
11 Seasons TOT -5 -1 -5 4 -9 0 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
1946 CLE AL 24 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0 0 0
1947 CLE AL 25 123 111 123 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 50 1 115 0 8 1
1948 CLE AL 26 141 136 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 1 0 140 0 3 1
1949 CLE AL 27 149 146 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 0 0 0
1950 CLE AL 28 130 120 130 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 1 127 0 5 1
1951 CLE AL 29 134 122 134 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 124 0 10 0
1952 CLE AL 30 134 123 134 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 128 0 9 1
1953 CLE AL 31 134 121 134 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 125 0 13 0
1954 CLE AL 32 53 4 53 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 49 0
1955 CLE AL 33 61 2 61 11 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 54 0
1956 CLE AL 34 38 0 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 38 0
1956 BRO NL 34 19 2 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 17 0
11 Seasons 1127 898 1127 940 0 0 9 0 0 0 880 62 2 931 0 206 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 -- 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 CLE AL 26 3 0 1 2 1 10 0 4 1 3 58 48 2 40 7 2 32 23 0 12 3 1 22 20 1 164 101 61.6% 58 6 3.7% 4 5176 58% 81% 29% 635 50%
1949 CLE AL 27 2 0 2 0 1 10 0 3 2 3 70 56 1 51 10 0 29 14 3 18 3 0 32 29 1 200 112 56.0% 83 5 2.5% 5 5572 53% 81% 28% 689 49%
1950 CLE AL 28 7 0 7 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 73 60 0 41 4 0 21 10 0 17 1 1 25 24 0 177 99 55.9% 77 1 0.6% 2 4551 58% 79% 30% 486 47%
1951 CLE AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 0 3 58 49 1 34 2 2 10 8 0 19 6 0 31 31 0 152 96 63.2% 53 3 2.0% 2 4574 53% 81% 30% 462 54%
1952 CLE AL 30 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 59 48 1 33 5 0 23 13 0 9 2 0 28 27 0 152 95 62.5% 56 1 0.7% 1 4592 54% 82% 29% 513 50%
1953 CLE AL 31 7 0 7 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 57 43 0 36 6 0 24 14 0 9 3 0 17 13 0 143 79 55.2% 64 0 0.0% 2 4068 59% 82% 29% 496 46%
1954 CLE AL 32 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 2 0 0.0% 1 170 59% 78% 25% 20 40%
1955 CLE AL 33 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 24 58% 83% 29% 3 33%
1956 BRO NL 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 44 75% 84% 27% 6 50%
1956 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 16 63% 81% 19% 1 0%
9 Seasons 24 0 22 2 8 33 0 10 7 9 378 306 5 238 35 4 141 82 3 85 19 2 156 145 2 998 587 58.8% 395 16 1.6% 17 28787 56% 81% 29% 3311 49%
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%
1954 CLE AL 32 7 43% 86% 29% 1 0% 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1955 CLE AL 33 138 70% 81% 15% 5 100% 0 18 3 15 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 145 69% 81% 16% 6 83% 1 20 3 17 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0%
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%
1948 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 10 50% 90% 30% 4 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 10 50% 90% 30% 4 50%
MLB Averages 45.4% 2.8% 63% 81% 31% 59%

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%
1950 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 6 50% 67% 17% 2 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 6 50% 67% 17% 2 0%
MLB Averages 43.7% 3.3% 63% 81% 31% 54%

* 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

All-Star Games
1949 *
1952 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (26, 1%)
1949 AL (26, 1%)
1951 AL (28, 1%)
1952 AL (20, 3%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 AL  140 (1st)
1949 AL  149 (2nd)
1950 AL  127 (3rd)
1951 AL  124 (4th)
1952 AL  128 (2nd)
1953 AL  125 (3rd)
Career  880 (77th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 AL  308 (2nd)
1949 AL  333 (3rd)
1950 AL  228 (5th)
1951 AL  244 (4th)
1952 AL  254 (2nd)
1953 AL  226 (4th)
Career  1,736 (66th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  5 (5th)
1948 AL  10 (1st)
1949 AL  10 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 AL  7 (3rd)
1953 AL  7 (3rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1948 AL  140 (3rd)
1949 AL  149 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1949 AL  337 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1948 AL  12 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1953 AL  7 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 AL  2.27 (3rd)
1949 AL  2.30 (3rd)
1952 AL  2.00 (5th)
1953 AL  1.82 (5th)
Career  2.02 (66th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 AL  .991 (1st)
1949 AL  .994 (1st)
1951 AL  .992 (1st)
1952 AL  .992 (2nd)
1953 AL  .970 (5th)
Career  .986 (32nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1948 AL  .991 (2nd)
1949 AL  .994 (2nd)
1951 AL  .992 (4th)
1952 AL  .992 (4th)

                                         

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