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Don Mueller

Donald Frederick Mueller (Mandrake The Magician)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 14, 1927 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Christian Brothers HS (Richmond Heights, MO)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1948
Teams (by GP): Giants/WhiteSox 1948-1959

Final Game: May 2, 1959
Died: December 28, 2011 in Chesterfield, MO
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Hazelwood, MO
Relatives: Son of Walter Mueller
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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
1948 NYG NL 21 OF 22 19 11 37 33 3 1 0 .973 1.64 .978 2.39
1948 NYG NL 21 LF 18 16 8 31 27 3 1 0 .968 1.67 .970 2.31
1948 NYG NL 21 RF 3 3 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .977 2.00
1948 NYG NL 21 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1949 NYG NL 22 OF 6 3 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .978 2.48
1949 NYG NL 22 RF 4 3 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .978 2.08
1949 NYG NL 22 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1950 NYG NL 23 OF 125 119 112 1063.2 215 205 7 3 2 .986 1.79 1.70 .978 2.34 2.31
1950 NYG NL 23 RF 123 117 110 1047.2 208 197 8 3 2 .986 1.76 1.67 .976 1.87 1.85
1950 NYG NL 23 LF 2 2 2 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 2.50 .976 2.31 2.25
1951 NYG NL 24 OF 115 110 102 982.0 242 233 5 4 1 .983 2.18 2.07 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 NYG NL 24 RF 115 110 102 982.0 241 232 5 4 1 .983 2.17 2.06 .981 2.04 2.03
1952 NYG NL 25 OF 120 115 111 1036.2 232 221 8 3 4 .987 1.99 1.91 .981 2.31 2.29
1952 NYG NL 25 RF 120 115 111 1036.2 233 222 8 3 3 .987 2.00 1.92 .980 2.07 2.05
1953 NYG NL 26 OF 122 117 113 1026.0 216 203 7 6 0 .972 -2 -2 1.84 1.72 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 NYG NL 26 RF 108 103 99 901.1 183 177 4 2 0 .989 2 2 1.81 1.68 .981 2.00 1.96
1953 NYG NL 26 LF 14 14 14 124.2 31 27 1 3 0 .903 -4 -35 2.02 2.00 .976 2.14 2.10
1954 NYG NL 27 OF 153 152 148 1364.0 283 263 14 6 5 .979 1 1 1.83 1.81 .975 2.36 2.34 AS,MVP-12
1954 NYG NL 27 RF 153 152 148 1364.0 280 260 14 6 5 .979 1 1 1.81 1.79 .970 1.95 1.94 AS,MVP-12
1955 NYG NL 28 OF 146 145 138 1288.1 250 239 5 6 1 .976 -10 -10 1.70 1.67 .977 2.30 2.28 AS
1955 NYG NL 28 RF 146 145 138 1288.1 247 235 6 6 1 .976 -10 -10 1.68 1.65 .975 1.98 1.96 AS
1956 NYG NL 29 OF 117 103 92 935.0 186 180 4 2 2 .989 -5 -6 1.77 1.57 .977 2.28 2.25
1956 NYG NL 29 RF 117 103 92 935.0 189 183 4 2 2 .989 -5 -6 1.80 1.60 .974 1.98 1.96
1957 NYG NL 30 OF 115 100 95 918.1 189 174 13 2 4 .989 -8 -11 1.83 1.63 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 NYG NL 30 RF 115 100 95 918.1 179 167 10 2 3 .989 -8 -11 1.73 1.54 .972 1.98 1.99
1958 CHW AL 31 OF 43 37 24 325.0 62 57 3 2 1 .968 -5 -18 1.66 1.40 .982 2.27 2.25
1958 CHW AL 31 RF 43 37 24 325.0 62 57 3 2 1 .968 -5 -18 1.66 1.40 .980 1.99 1.97
11 Seasons OF 1084 1020 949 8939.0 1920 1816 69 35 20 .982 -29 -4 1.85 1.74 .979 2.33 2.31
11 Seasons RF 1047 988 925 8798.1 1836 1744 62 30 18 .984 -25 -3 1.83 1.72 .976 1.98 1.97
4 Seasons LF 36 32 24 140.2 67 59 4 4 0 .940 -4 -31 2.11 1.75 .973 2.16 2.23
1 Season CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
12 Seasons TOT 1084 1020 949 8939.0 1920 1816 69 35 20 .982 -29 -4 1.85 1.74 .979 2.33 2.31
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
1948 NYG NL 21 LF
1948 NYG NL 21 RF
1948 NYG NL 21 CF
1949 NYG NL 22 RF
1949 NYG NL 22 LF
1950 NYG NL 23 RF
1950 NYG NL 23 LF
1951 NYG NL 24 RF
1952 NYG NL 25 RF
1953 NYG NL 26 RF 2 2 3 2 0 -1
1953 NYG NL 26 LF -4 -35 -2 -1 -1 -2
1954 NYG NL 27 RF 1 1 -3 1 -4 4
1955 NYG NL 28 RF -10 -10 -6 0 -6 -4
1956 NYG NL 29 RF -5 -6 -2 1 -2 -3
1957 NYG NL 30 RF -8 -11 -4 -2 -2 -4
1958 CHW AL 31 RF -5 -18 -4 1 -5 -1
11 Seasons RF -25 -3 -16 3 -19 -9
4 Seasons LF -4 -31 -2 -1 -1 -2
1 Season CF
12 Seasons TOT -29 -4 -18 2 -20 -11

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 NYG NL 21 36 19 36 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 3 22 0 14 0
1949 NYG NL 22 51 3 51 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 0 46 0
1950 NYG NL 23 132 119 132 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 123 125 0 11 0
1951 NYG NL 24 122 110 122 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 115 0 11 0
1952 NYG NL 25 126 115 126 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 120 0 8 0
1953 NYG NL 26 131 117 131 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 108 122 0 11 0
1954 NYG NL 27 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 153 0 1 0
1955 NYG NL 28 147 145 147 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 0 2 0
1956 NYG NL 29 138 103 138 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 117 0 22 1
1957 NYG NL 30 135 100 135 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 115 0 27 1
1958 CHW AL 31 70 37 70 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 43 0 29 1
1959 CHW AL 32 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12 Seasons 1245 1020 1245 1084 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1 1047 1084 0 186 3
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 -- 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%
1948 NYG NL 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 38 74% 89% 42% 1 100%
1949 NYG NL 22 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 5 100% 40% 40% 0
1950 NYG NL 23 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 1 3 1 27 7 1 16 3 0 8 6 0 5 1 0 11 8 0 67 25 37.3% 41 1 1.5% 6 3335 66% 81% 30% 290 53%
1951 NYG NL 24 4 0 4 0 1 5 0 2 2 1 57 18 2 22 4 0 6 3 0 10 2 0 23 17 1 118 44 37.3% 71 3 2.5% 2 3848 64% 83% 32% 391 56%
1952 NYG NL 25 3 0 2 1 0 7 0 2 1 2 36 14 1 19 4 1 11 9 0 11 4 1 18 16 0 95 47 49.5% 45 3 3.2% 4 3878 61% 81% 31% 330 60%
1953 NYG NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 56 18 1 26 7 1 12 8 1 11 1 0 15 12 0 120 46 38.3% 71 3 2.5% 1 3769 61% 80% 33% 354 50%
1954 NYG NL 27 5 0 5 0 1 14 0 4 1 4 70 25 2 41 13 1 13 8 2 15 6 1 19 18 1 158 70 44.3% 81 7 4.4% 7 5597 67% 80% 29% 468 55%
1955 NYG NL 28 6 0 6 0 2 6 0 2 1 3 48 17 0 22 2 1 14 7 1 13 1 1 22 15 0 119 42 35.3% 74 3 2.5% 3 4693 65% 80% 30% 377 56%
1956 NYG NL 29 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 38 11 1 20 7 0 8 5 0 13 1 1 22 14 0 101 38 37.6% 61 2 2.0% 1 3704 65% 80% 29% 282 60%
1957 NYG NL 30 2 0 2 0 0 8 0 5 2 1 45 10 0 27 8 0 11 5 1 5 0 0 17 10 1 105 33 31.4% 70 2 1.9% 6 3370 65% 81% 28% 295 51%
1958 CHW AL 31 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 27 11 1 7 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 42 14 33.3% 26 2 4.8% 1 1401 64% 81% 26% 118 49%
11 Seasons 28 0 27 1 5 57 0 18 12 15 404 131 9 200 48 4 85 52 5 86 16 4 150 112 4 925 359 38.8% 540 26 2.8% 31 33638 64% 81% 30% 2906 55%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.2% 63% 81% 30% 54%

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 NYG NL 21 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 4 3 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 6 50.0% 5 1 8.3% 2 322 70% 83% 33% 35 54%
1949 NYG NL 22 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 12 50% 92% 33% 0
1950 NYG NL 23 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 39 64% 77% 28% 3 100%
1953 NYG NL 26 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 5 0 11 1 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 10 35.7% 18 0 0.0% 1 545 60% 82% 34% 88 32%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 13 8 0 15 1 1 10 6 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 41 17 41.5% 23 1 2.4% 3 918 63% 82% 33% 126 40%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 50%

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 NYG NL 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 7 71% 86% 71% 0
1 Season 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 7 71% 86% 71% 0
MLB Averages 44.9% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 59%

* 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
1954 *
1955 (RF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 NL (12, 9%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 NL  123 (4th)
1952 NL  120 (5th)
1953 NL  108 (5th)
1954 NL  153 (1st)
1955 NL  146 (2nd)
1956 NL  117 (5th)
1957 NL  115 (3rd)
Career  1,047 (59th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 NL  197 (5th)
1951 NL  232 (4th)
1952 NL  222 (3rd)
1954 NL  260 (2nd)
1955 NL  235 (3rd)
1957 NL  167 (5th)
Career  1,744 (72nd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 NL  8 (5th)
1954 NL  14 (2nd)
1957 NL  10 (3rd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 NL  4 (5th)
1952 NL  3 (4th)
1954 NL  6 (5th)
1955 NL  6 (3rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1954 NL  153 (1st)
1955 NL  146 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1954 NL  14 (1st)
1957 NL  13 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 NL  1 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1950 NL  1.76 (5th)
1951 NL  2.17 (2nd)
1952 NL  2.00 (3rd)
1954 NL  1.81 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 NL  2.06 (2nd)
1952 NL  1.92 (2nd)
1954 NL  1.79 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 NL  .986 (2nd)
1951 NL  .983 (5th)
1952 NL  .987 (3rd)
1953 NL  .989 (3rd)
1954 NL  .979 (2nd)
1955 NL  .976 (4th)
1956 NL  .989 (1st)
1957 NL  .989 (1st)
Career  .984 (50th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1956 NL  .989 (5th)

                                         

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