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Lou Novikoff

Louis Alexander Novikoff (The Mad Russian)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 12, 1915 in Glendale, AZ
High School: Roosevelt HS (Los Angeles, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Phillies 1941-1946

Final Game: June 10, 1946
Died: September 30, 1970 in South Gate, CA
Buried: Russian Molokan Cemetery, Commerce, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 CHC NL 25 OF 54 48 42 95 92 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 .975 2.31
1941 CHC NL 25 LF 51 46 40 92 89 3 0 0 1.000 1.80 .976 2.34
1941 CHC NL 25 RF 3 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 1.93
1942 CHC NL 26 LF 120 120 110 252 232 11 9 2 .964 2.03 .983 2.32
1942 CHC NL 26 OF 120 120 110 252 232 11 9 2 .964 2.03 .981 2.34
1943 CHC NL 27 OF 61 56 50 100 96 2 2 1 .980 1.61 .977 2.41
1943 CHC NL 27 LF 60 56 50 99 95 2 2 1 .980 1.62 .977 2.26
1943 CHC NL 27 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.80
1944 CHC NL 28 LF 29 25 20 41 39 1 1 0 .976 1.38 .981 2.35
1944 CHC NL 28 OF 29 25 20 41 39 1 1 0 .976 1.38 .980 2.47
1946 PHI NL 30 LF 3 2 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .976 2.27
1946 PHI NL 30 OF 3 2 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .977 2.37
5 Seasons OF 267 251 224 497 468 17 12 3 .976 1.82 .979 2.36
5 Seasons LF 263 249 222 493 464 17 12 3 .976 1.83 .980 2.31
1 Season RF 3 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 1.93
1 Season CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.80
5 Seasons TOT 267 251 224 497 468 17 12 3 .976 1.82 .979 2.36
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 CHC NL 25 62 48 62 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 3 54 0 8 0
1942 CHC NL 26 128 120 128 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 8 0
1943 CHC NL 27 78 56 78 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 1 0 61 0 17 0
1944 CHC NL 28 71 25 71 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 0 42 0
1946 PHI NL 30 17 2 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 14 0
5 Seasons 356 251 356 267 0 0 0 0 0 0 263 1 3 267 0 89 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 NL  120 (4th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 NL  232 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 NL  11 (1st)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 NL  9 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1942 NL  9 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 NL  2.03 (5th)

                           

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