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Bill North

William Alex North

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 15, 1948 in Seattle, WA
High School: Garfield HS (Seattle, WA)
School: Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 12th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1971
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Giants/Dodgers/Cubs 1971-1981

Final Game: June 11, 1981
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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
1971 CHC NL 23 OF 6 5 4 45.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -32 0.80 0.67 .980 2.20 2.18
1971 CHC NL 23 RF 5 5 4 44.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -33 0.61 0.60 .983 2.07 2.06
1971 CHC NL 23 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1972 CHC NL 24 OF 48 26 24 273.1 67 61 3 3 1 .955 -1 -5 2.11 1.33 .978 2.18 2.19
1972 CHC NL 24 CF 26 15 13 156.0 41 39 1 1 0 .976 -1 -11 2.31 1.54 .980 2.60 2.61
1972 CHC NL 24 RF 15 9 9 92.1 17 15 1 1 1 .941 -1 -9 1.56 1.07 .979 2.02 2.03
1972 CHC NL 24 LF 9 2 2 25.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 48 2.52 0.78 .974 1.91 1.93
1973 OAK AL 25 OF 138 136 128 1209.1 452 429 14 9 5 .980 25 25 3.30 3.21 .979 2.29 2.27 MVP-29
1973 OAK AL 25 CF 136 135 127 1199.1 451 427 15 9 6 .980 26 26 3.32 3.25 .983 2.78 2.77 MVP-29
1973 OAK AL 25 DH 6 6 MVP-29
1973 OAK AL 25 RF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -48 0.90 0.50 .980 2.07 2.05 MVP-29
1974 OAK AL 26 CF 138 134 122 1166.1 440 427 9 4 2 .991 6 7 3.36 3.16 .986 2.93 2.92
1974 OAK AL 26 OF 138 134 122 1166.1 450 437 9 4 2 .991 6 7 3.44 3.23 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 OAK AL 26 DH 8 7
1975 OAK AL 27 OF 138 134 118 1174.0 441 420 10 11 1 .975 21 22 3.30 3.12 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 OAK AL 27 CF 133 131 116 1145.0 433 414 9 10 1 .977 22 23 3.32 3.18 .983 2.84 2.83
1975 OAK AL 27 LF 4 3 2 29.0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -1 -41 1.55 1.25 .977 2.17 2.17
1975 OAK AL 27 DH 1 0
1976 OAK AL 28 OF 144 142 121 1240.1 414 397 8 9 1 .978 -10 -9 2.94 2.81 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 OAK AL 28 CF 137 135 118 1187.1 405 388 8 9 1 .978 -9 -9 3.00 2.89 .984 2.98 2.99
1976 OAK AL 28 DH 8 8
1976 OAK AL 28 RF 7 7 3 53.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -18 1.36 1.14 .980 2.21 2.21
1977 OAK AL 29 CF 52 50 32 395.2 115 112 1 2 0 .983 -8 -24 2.57 2.17 .983 2.83 2.81
1977 OAK AL 29 OF 52 50 32 395.2 115 112 1 2 0 .983 -8 -24 2.57 2.17 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 OAK AL 29 DH 1 1
1978 TOT MLB 30 OF 120 95 88 876.2 272 263 3 6 1 .978 4 5 2.73 2.22 .980 2.33 2.31
1978 TOT MLB 30 CF 119 95 88 875.0 268 259 3 6 1 .978 4 5 2.69 2.20 .983 2.82 2.79
1978 OAK AL 30 CF 17 13 11 113.0 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 2 17 2.63 1.94 .984 2.97 2.94
1978 OAK AL 30 OF 17 13 11 113.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 2 17 2.55 1.88 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 LAD NL 30 OF 103 82 77 763.2 240 232 2 6 1 .975 2 3 2.76 2.27 .980 2.31 2.29
1978 LAD NL 30 CF 102 82 77 762.0 235 227 2 6 1 .974 2 3 2.70 2.25 .983 2.80 2.77
1978 LAD NL 30 LF 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.00
1979 SFG NL 31 OF 130 126 76 994.1 312 300 8 4 2 .987 -5 -6 2.79 2.37 .979 2.33 2.32
1979 SFG NL 31 CF 129 126 76 994.1 314 302 8 4 2 .987 -5 -6 2.81 2.40 .986 2.82 2.81
1980 SFG NL 32 CF 115 108 90 928.1 320 307 7 6 1 .981 3 4 3.04 2.73 .984 2.83 2.83
1980 SFG NL 32 OF 115 108 90 928.1 325 313 6 6 1 .982 3 4 3.09 2.77 .980 2.31 2.31
1981 SFG NL 33 CF 37 35 30 301.0 88 84 1 3 1 .966 -2 -6 2.54 2.30 .987 2.80 2.81
1981 SFG NL 33 OF 37 35 30 301.0 88 84 1 3 1 .966 -2 -6 2.54 2.30 .980 2.33 2.34
11 Seasons OF 1066 991 833 8604.1 2940 2820 63 57 15 .981 34 5 3.02 2.70 .980 2.35 2.34
10 Seasons CF 1022 964 812 8348.1 2875 2759 62 54 15 .981 37 5 3.04 2.76 .984 2.85 2.84
4 Seasons RF 29 22 17 199.1 29 27 1 1 1 .966 -3 -19 1.26 0.97 .980 2.08 2.08
4 Seasons LF 15 5 4 56.2 13 10 2 1 0 .923 -0 -2 1.91 0.80 .975 2.05 2.00
11 Seasons TOT 1066 991 833 8604.1 2940 2820 63 57 15 .981 34 5 3.02 2.70 .980 2.35 2.34
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
1971 CHC NL 23 RF -1 -33 -1 -1 -0 0
1971 CHC NL 23 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 24 CF -1 -11 -1 -1 -0 0
1972 CHC NL 24 RF -1 -9 -1 -1 0 0
1972 CHC NL 24 LF 1 48 0 0 -0 1
1973 OAK AL 25 CF 26 26 22 14 8 4
1973 OAK AL 25 RF -0 -48 -0 -0 -0 0
1974 OAK AL 26 CF 6 7 6 2 3 1
1975 OAK AL 27 CF 22 23 22 10 12 0
1975 OAK AL 27 LF -1 -41 -1 -1 0 0
1976 OAK AL 28 CF -9 -9 -5 0 -5 -4
1976 OAK AL 28 RF -1 -18 -1 -1 0 0
1977 OAK AL 29 CF -8 -24 -6 0 -6 -2
1978 OAK AL 30 CF 2 17 1 0 0 1
1978 LAD NL 30 CF 2 3 4 4 1 -2
1978 LAD NL 30 LF -0 -72 -0 0 -0 0
1979 SFG NL 31 CF -5 -6 -2 -7 5 -3
1980 SFG NL 32 CF 3 4 8 4 5 -5
1981 SFG NL 33 CF -2 -6 -0 -2 1 -1
10 Seasons CF 37 5 48 25 23 -11
4 Seasons RF -3 -19 -3 -3 0 0
4 Seasons LF -0 -2 -1 -0 -1 1
11 Seasons TOT 34 5 44 21 23 -10
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
1971 CHC NL 23 8 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0 0 2
1972 CHC NL 24 66 26 66 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 26 15 48 0 14 15
1973 OAK AL 25 146 142 146 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 2 138 6 2 2
1974 OAK AL 26 149 141 149 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 8 2 2
1975 OAK AL 27 140 134 140 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 133 0 137 1 3 1
1976 OAK AL 28 154 150 154 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 7 144 8 3 1
1977 OAK AL 29 56 51 56 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 52 1 4 1
1978 LAD NL 30 110 82 110 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 102 0 103 0 7 6
1978 OAK AL 30 24 13 24 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 0 8 2
1979 SFG NL 31 142 126 142 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 0 15 0
1980 SFG NL 32 128 108 128 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 115 0 19 1
1981 SFG NL 33 46 35 46 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 37 0 9 0
11 Seasons 1169 1013 1169 1064 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1022 29 1064 24 86 33
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 -- 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%
1972 CHC NL 24 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 4 0 20 10 50.0% 9 1 5.0% 0 656 59% 80% 31% 74 54%
1973 OAK AL 25 9 0 9 0 6 15 0 4 4 5 64 41 1 28 2 1 5 2 1 23 3 3 35 23 2 155 71 45.8% 76 8 5.2% 7 4940 70% 82% 30% 655 67%
1974 OAK AL 26 4 0 3 1 2 9 0 3 4 1 76 52 0 44 8 0 9 1 0 24 3 0 37 26 1 190 90 47.4% 99 1 0.5% 8 4801 71% 84% 30% 701 61%
1975 OAK AL 27 10 0 10 0 5 9 0 5 1 2 51 31 1 33 3 1 5 2 0 23 3 0 33 24 0 145 63 43.4% 80 2 1.4% 7 4745 66% 82% 30% 614 69%
1976 OAK AL 28 9 0 9 0 4 8 0 1 4 2 67 34 0 39 4 2 3 2 0 26 3 0 49 38 0 184 81 44.0% 101 2 1.1% 6 4976 59% 85% 29% 646 61%
1977 OAK AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 9 1 14 1 0 4 2 0 7 3 0 11 5 0 57 20 35.1% 36 1 1.8% 0 1755 60% 81% 25% 179 63%
1978 LAD NL 30 6 0 6 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 43 28 0 19 3 0 6 3 0 5 1 0 21 12 1 94 47 50.0% 46 1 1.1% 1 3148 64% 82% 27% 415 55%
1978 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 17 9 52.9% 7 1 5.9% 0 462 51% 82% 25% 52 63%
1979 SFG NL 31 4 0 4 0 1 8 0 2 1 2 58 33 1 45 7 1 7 2 0 22 5 1 26 17 0 158 64 40.5% 91 3 1.9% 5 4311 71% 81% 34% 552 55%
1980 SFG NL 32 6 0 6 0 1 7 0 2 2 3 47 28 1 45 2 2 12 5 0 12 0 0 35 23 1 151 58 38.4% 89 4 2.6% 3 3917 66% 83% 27% 538 58%
1981 SFG NL 33 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13 7 0 7 1 0 4 1 0 3 2 0 11 6 1 38 17 44.7% 20 1 2.6% 0 1277 61% 82% 25% 155 54%
10 Seasons 54 0 53 1 24 62 0 20 18 16 453 272 6 282 31 8 57 21 1 148 24 4 269 182 6 1209 530 43.8% 654 25 2.1% 37 34988 66% 83% 29% 4581 61%
MLB Averages 44.7% 2.4% 61% 82% 27% 57%

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%
1971 CHC NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 177 45% 68% 18% 14 21%
1972 CHC NL 24 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 1 372 57% 78% 24% 37 41%
1973 OAK AL 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 41 90% 76% 17% 1 100%
1976 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 209 56% 83% 25% 19 42%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 3 2 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 22 12 54.5% 10 0 0.0% 1 799 56% 77% 23% 71 38%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.1% 61% 82% 27% 52%

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%
1971 CHC NL 23 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 3 33% 67% 33% 0
1972 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 115 78% 81% 27% 14 50%
1975 OAK AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 128 73% 82% 23% 5 100%
1978 LAD NL 30 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 9 67% 67% 22% 1 0%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 1 255 75% 81% 25% 20 60%
MLB Averages 59.4% 2.9% 61% 82% 27% 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 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1973 AL  25 (3rd)
1975 AL  21 (3rd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  136 (5th)
1974 AL  138 (4th)
1975 AL  133 (5th)
1976 AL  137 (4th)
Career  1,022 (80th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  427 (1st)
1974 AL  427 (3rd)
1975 AL  414 (1st)
1976 AL  388 (3rd)
Career  2,759 (68th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  15 (1st)
1974 AL  9 (3rd)
1975 AL  9 (4th)
Career  62 (81st)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  9 (1st)
1975 AL  10 (1st)
1976 AL  9 (2nd)
1978 NL  6 (4th)
1980 NL  6 (4th)
1981 NL  3 (4th)
Career  54 (52nd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1973 AL  429 (1st)
1974 AL  437 (3rd)
1975 AL  420 (1st)
1976 AL  397 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1973 AL  14 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1973 AL  9 (3rd)
1975 AL  11 (2nd)
1976 AL  9 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  26 (1st)
1975 AL  22 (1st)
Career  37 (37th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1973 AL  3.32 (1st)
1974 AL  3.36 (1st)
1975 AL  3.32 (1st)
1980 NL  3.04 (2nd)
Career  3.01 (8th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  3.25 (1st)
1974 AL  3.16 (1st)
1975 AL  3.18 (1st)
1976 AL  2.89 (5th)
1980 NL  2.73 (4th)
Career  2.76 (29th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  .991 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1973 AL  25 (1st)
1975 AL  21 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1973 AL  3.30 (1st)
1974 AL  3.44 (1st)
1975 AL  3.30 (1st)
1980 NL  3.09 (2nd)
Career  3.02 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1973 AL  3.21 (1st)
1974 AL  3.23 (1st)
1975 AL  3.12 (1st)
1976 AL  2.81 (5th)
1980 NL  2.77 (4th)
Career  2.70 (22nd)

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