Darryl Motley
Darryl De Wayne Motley
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: January 21, 1960 in Muskogee, OK
High School: Grant (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1981
Final Game: May 17, 1987
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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
1981 KCR AL 21 OF 39 36 309.1 94 88 3 3 1 .968 0.1 0.4 2.1 0.4 1.6 -2 2.65 2.33 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 KCR AL 21 RF 39 36 306.1 94 88 3 3 1 .968 0.1 0.4 2.1 0.4 1.6 -2 2.67 2.33 .980 2.16 1.75
1981 KCR AL 21 LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.00
1983 KCR AL 23 OF 18 17 150.0 45 42 2 1 0 .978 1.3 10.4 0.3 0.5 -0.2 1 2.64 2.44 .980 2.50 2.16
1983 KCR AL 23 RF 14 13 114.0 35 33 1 1 0 .971 0.8 8.4 0.8 0.1 0.7 0 2.68 2.43 .977 2.25 1.85
1983 KCR AL 23 CF 3 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -60.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.95 2.57
1983 KCR AL 23 LF 3 2 18.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 93.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 1 3.00 2.00 .983 2.30 1.90
1983 KCR AL 23 DH 1
1984 KCR AL 24 OF 138 127 1137.1 313 301 7 5 2 .984 14.3 15.1 15.3 10.5 4.9 -1 2.44 2.23 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 KCR AL 24 LF 105 91 826.2 226 219 4 3 0 .987 10.3 15.0 11.3 9.3 2.1 -1 2.43 2.12 .982 2.27 1.80
1984 KCR AL 24 RF 45 35 303.2 88 84 2 2 2 .977 4.0 15.8 4.0 1.2 2.8 0 2.55 1.91 .980 2.23 1.88
1984 KCR AL 24 CF 3 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.57 0.67 1.000 2.96 2.63
1985 KCR AL 25 OF 114 93 872.0 209 198 4 7 1 .967 -1.6 -2.2 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 -1 2.08 1.77 .982 2.44 2.10
1985 KCR AL 25 RF 76 63 568.2 127 119 1 7 0 .945 -3.8 -8.0 -2.8 0.5 -3.3 -1 1.90 1.58 .981 2.17 1.82
1985 KCR AL 25 LF 44 30 303.1 80 77 3 0 1 1.000 2.2 8.7 2.2 0.0 2.2 0 2.37 1.82 .976 2.25 1.77
1985 KCR AL 25 DH 7
1986 TOT MLB 26 OF 69 58 520.2 101 97 2 2 1 .980 -3.1 -7.1 -1.1 -1.8 0.7 -2 1.71 1.43 .980 2.38 2.05
1986 TOT MLB 26 RF 65 57 510.0 95 90 3 2 1 .979 -3.0 -7.1 -2.0 -2.0 0.0 -1 1.64 1.43 .975 2.10 1.78
1986 KCR AL 26 OF 66 55 498.0 96 92 2 2 1 .979 -3.0 -7.2 -1.0 -1.4 0.3 -2 1.70 1.42 .980 2.39 2.06
1986 KCR AL 26 RF 62 54 487.1 90 85 3 2 1 .978 -2.9 -7.1 -1.9 -1.6 -0.4 -1 1.63 1.42 .974 2.11 1.79
1986 KCR AL 26 LF 3 0 4.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 25.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 3.86 0.67 1.000 2.31 1.77
1986 KCR AL 26 DH 2
1986 KCR AL 26 CF 1 1 6.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 -1 9.00 6.00 .983 2.85 2.50
1986 ATL NL 26 OF 3 3 22.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.3 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 0 1.99 1.67 .980 2.18 1.83
1986 ATL NL 26 RF 3 3 22.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.3 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 0 1.99 1.67 .980 1.99 1.63
1987 ATL NL 27 LF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 1.60
1987 ATL NL 27 OF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.20 1.85
6 Seasons OF 380 332 2998.1 764 728 18 18 5 .976 10.7 4.3 15.7 10.1 5.6 -5 2.24 1.96 .982 2.46 2.12
5 Seasons RF 239 204 1802.2 439 414 10 15 4 .966 -1.9 -1.3 2.1 0.2 1.8 -4 2.12 1.77 .979 2.16 1.81
6 Seasons LF 159 124 1164.2 316 305 8 3 1 .991 13.7 14.1 13.7 9.9 3.9 0 2.42 1.97 .981 2.26 1.79
3 Seasons DH 10
3 Seasons CF 7 4 31.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -42.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -1 3.19 1.57 .991 2.93 2.59
6 Seasons TOT 380 332 2998.1 764 728 18 18 5 .976 10.7 4.3 15.7 10.1 5.6 -5 2.24 1.96 .959 2.46 2.12
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
1981 KCR AL 21 42 36 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 39 40 0 4 2
1983 KCR AL 23 19 17 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14 18 0 1 1
1984 KCR AL 24 146 127 146 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 3 45 139 0 11 1
1985 KCR AL 25 123 98 123 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 76 114 5 12 2
1986 KCR AL 26 72 55 72 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 62 66 0 12 1
1986 ATL NL 26 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2
1987 ATL NL 27 6 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 1
6 Seasons 413 337 413 382 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 7 239 382 5 44 10
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 -- 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%
1981 KCR AL 21 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 23 10 0 13 2 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 7 3 0 53 20 37.7% 33 0 0.0% 3 1308 59% 85% 33% 179 50%
1983 KCR AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 13 5 38.5% 8 0 0.0% 1 515 70% 83% 31% 59 58%
1984 KCR AL 24 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 9 3 1 14 5 35.7% 8 1 7.1% 1 1339 61% 79% 24% 86 98%
1985 KCR AL 25 7 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 0 10 5 0 21 10 47.6% 11 0 0.0% 1 2510 59% 79% 23% 131 92%
1986 KCR AL 26 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 9 3 0 8 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 7 3 0 27 11 40.7% 16 0 0.0% 3 2041 53% 79% 31% 140 61%
1986 ATL 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 0 104 61% 76% 26% 6 83%
5 Seasons 15 0 14 1 5 10 0 3 2 1 38 14 0 29 7 0 10 9 0 15 5 0 36 16 1 128 51 39.8% 76 1 0.8% 9 7817 58% 80% 27% 601 70%
MLB Averages 43.7% 3.1% 56% 78% 27% 61%

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%
1981 KCR AL 21 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 11 55% 82% 18% 0
1983 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 0 1 25.0% 0 87 63% 76% 26% 12 50%
1984 KCR AL 24 3 1 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 10 1 0 17 16 0 34 20 58.8% 14 0 0.0% 4 3554 64% 82% 28% 231 95%
1985 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 7 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 3 1325 59% 79% 24% 78 99%
1986 KCR AL 26 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 24 63% 75% 13% 5 40%
1987 ATL NL 27 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 45 29% 73% 31% 5 40%
6 Seasons 3 1 2 0 0 8 0 3 1 3 3 3 0 7 1 1 3 2 0 13 1 0 24 23 0 50 30 60.0% 19 1 2.0% 7 5046 62% 81% 26% 331 93%
MLB Averages 58.6% 2.8% 56% 78% 27% 57%

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%
1983 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 82 83% 85% 18% 8 38%
1984 KCR AL 24 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 32 63% 88% 34% 2 100%
1986 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 32 28% 72% 38% 12 50%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 146 66% 83% 26% 22 50%
MLB Averages 42.4% 2.2% 56% 78% 27% 65%

* 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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