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Al Oliver

Albert Oliver (Scoop)

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 14, 1946 in Portsmouth, OH
High School: Portsmouth HS (Portsmouth, OH)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1968
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Rangers/Expos/Giants/BlueJays/... 1968-1985
Agents: Howard Mandell, previously: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 5, 1985
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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
1968 PIT NL 21 OF 1 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 2.70 3.00 .973 1.98 2.00
1968 PIT NL 21 RF 1 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 2.70 3.00 .980 1.98 2.00
1969 PIT NL 22 1B 106 97 92 861.0 926 869 49 8 87 .991 4 6 9.60 8.66 .992 9.83 9.76 RoY-2
1969 PIT NL 22 OF 21 20 11 165.0 44 42 1 1 0 .977 -0 -1 2.35 2.05 .973 2.02 2.01 RoY-2
1969 PIT NL 22 LF 13 12 4 95.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 1.42 1.15 .963 1.69 1.67 RoY-2
1969 PIT NL 22 RF 8 8 7 70.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 0 3 2.44 2.38 .975 1.83 1.82 RoY-2
1970 PIT NL 23 OF 80 79 62 680.1 142 136 4 2 1 .986 4 8 1.85 1.75 .976 2.07 2.06
1970 PIT NL 23 1B 77 64 59 575.1 637 582 48 7 68 .989 1 2 9.86 8.18 .992 9.68 9.64
1970 PIT NL 23 RF 54 52 45 454.2 108 103 3 2 0 .981 5 12 2.10 1.96 .976 1.99 1.98
1970 PIT NL 23 LF 28 27 17 225.2 35 34 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -2 1.40 1.25 .971 1.75 1.75
1971 PIT NL 24 CF 116 112 106 997.2 319 309 4 6 2 .981 3 4 2.82 2.70 .982 2.64 2.64
1971 PIT NL 24 OF 116 112 106 997.2 315 305 4 6 2 .981 3 4 2.79 2.66 .979 2.19 2.19
1971 PIT NL 24 1B 25 21 20 192.2 203 192 11 0 16 1.000 -1 -9 9.48 8.12 .992 9.88 9.87
1972 PIT NL 25 CF 138 136 130 1223.1 343 334 4 5 1 .985 -8 -8 2.49 2.45 .980 2.60 2.61 AS,MVP-7
1972 PIT NL 25 OF 138 136 130 1223.1 341 332 4 5 1 .985 -8 -8 2.47 2.43 .978 2.18 2.19 AS,MVP-7
1972 PIT NL 25 1B 3 2 2 22.0 21 21 0 0 3 1.000 -0 -11 8.59 7.00 .992 9.74 9.77 AS,MVP-7
1973 PIT NL 26 CF 109 108 106 965.1 253 239 5 9 0 .964 -18 -23 2.27 2.24 .980 2.63 2.63 MVP-23
1973 PIT NL 26 OF 109 108 106 965.1 252 238 5 9 0 .964 -18 -23 2.27 2.23 .977 2.23 2.23 MVP-23
1973 PIT NL 26 1B 50 48 47 431.1 489 454 31 4 42 .992 -2 -4 10.12 9.70 .992 9.83 9.83 MVP-23
1974 PIT NL 27 CF 98 96 93 886.2 298 291 3 4 1 .987 -0 -1 2.98 3.00 .985 2.77 2.77 MVP-7
1974 PIT NL 27 OF 98 96 93 886.2 291 284 3 4 1 .986 -0 -1 2.91 2.93 .979 2.27 2.27 MVP-7
1974 PIT NL 27 1B 49 48 46 413.2 444 418 23 3 28 .993 2 6 9.59 9.00 .991 9.94 9.93 MVP-7
1975 PIT NL 28 CF 153 148 143 1322.1 384 374 5 5 3 .987 2 2 2.58 2.48 .984 2.72 2.72 AS
1975 PIT NL 28 OF 153 148 143 1322.1 390 380 5 5 3 .987 2 2 2.62 2.52 .978 2.29 2.28 AS
1975 PIT NL 28 1B 4 3 2 24.0 30 29 1 0 3 1.000 -0 -20 11.25 7.50 .990 9.98 9.95 AS
1976 PIT NL 29 CF 106 105 98 935.2 316 307 4 5 0 .984 2 3 2.99 2.93 .984 2.85 2.84 AS,MVP-12
1976 PIT NL 29 OF 106 105 98 935.2 310 301 4 5 0 .984 2 3 2.93 2.88 .979 2.34 2.33 AS,MVP-12
1976 PIT NL 29 1B 3 3 2 23.2 26 26 0 0 5 1.000 -0 -5 9.89 8.67 .991 9.96 9.93 AS,MVP-12
1977 PIT NL 30 OF 148 147 104 1269.0 317 305 6 6 1 .981 8 8 2.21 2.10 .978 2.26 2.26 MVP-16
1977 PIT NL 30 LF 133 110 92 1000.1 224 215 4 5 1 .978 12 14 1.97 1.65 .972 1.93 1.93 MVP-16
1977 PIT NL 30 CF 41 37 12 268.2 97 94 2 1 0 .990 -4 -16 3.22 2.34 .986 2.73 2.74 MVP-16
1978 TEX AL 31 OF 107 107 99 935.0 230 219 8 3 1 .987 3 4 2.19 2.12 .979 2.47 2.45 MVP-14
1978 TEX AL 31 LF 100 100 93 877.0 202 192 7 3 1 .985 0 0 2.04 1.99 .974 2.21 2.19 MVP-14
1978 TEX AL 31 DH 26 26 MVP-14
1978 TEX AL 31 CF 8 7 6 58.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 3 60 3.88 3.13 .984 2.96 2.94 MVP-14
1979 TEX AL 32 OF 119 115 107 988.1 276 260 9 7 2 .975 -3 -3 2.45 2.26 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 TEX AL 32 CF 71 68 63 588.2 171 160 5 6 2 .965 -8 -16 2.52 2.32 .983 2.92 2.88
1979 TEX AL 32 LF 49 47 44 399.2 100 96 3 1 0 .990 5 16 2.23 2.02 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 TEX AL 32 DH 10 6
1980 TEX AL 33 OF 157 155 140 1340.2 332 314 9 9 2 .973 -6 -6 2.17 2.06 .979 2.47 2.46 AS,MVP-11,SS
1980 TEX AL 33 LF 141 139 124 1194.1 304 287 9 8 2 .974 -4 -5 2.23 2.10 .980 2.35 2.35 AS,MVP-11,SS
1980 TEX AL 33 RF 16 16 16 146.1 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -14 1.54 1.56 .975 2.13 2.12 AS,MVP-11,SS
1980 TEX AL 33 DH 4 4 AS,MVP-11,SS
1980 TEX AL 33 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 10.00 AS,MVP-11,SS
1981 TEX AL 34 DH 101 101 AS,MVP-16,SS
1981 TEX AL 34 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 18.00 2.00 .995 9.90 10.00 AS,MVP-16,SS
1982 MON NL 35 1B 159 159 131 1379.1 1397 1286 92 19 96 .986 -9 -7 8.99 8.67 .992 10.23 10.26 AS,MVP-3,SS
1983 MON NL 36 1B 153 152 106 1301.0 1338 1207 118 13 93 .990 -2 -2 9.17 8.66 .992 9.96 9.92 AS,MVP-19
1983 MON NL 36 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 AS,MVP-19
1983 MON NL 36 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00 AS,MVP-19
1984 TOT NL 37 1B 101 97 63 808.1 887 814 60 13 58 .985 -14 -21 9.73 8.65 .992 9.86 9.83
1984 SFG NL 37 1B 82 80 53 666.1 731 665 55 11 50 .985 -13 -24 9.72 8.78 .992 9.86 9.83
1984 PHI NL 37 1B 19 17 10 142.0 156 149 5 2 8 .987 -1 -5 9.76 8.11 .992 9.86 9.83
1984 PHI NL 37 LF 5 5 2 38.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -35 1.18 1.00 .972 2.04 2.02
1984 PHI NL 37 OF 5 5 2 38.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -35 1.18 1.00 .980 2.27 2.26
1985 LAD NL 38 LF 17 17 6 124.0 17 13 2 2 0 .882 -3 -32 1.09 0.88 .977 1.92 1.92
1985 LAD NL 38 OF 17 17 6 124.0 17 13 2 2 0 .882 -3 -32 1.09 0.88 .979 2.20 2.20
1985 TOR AL 38 DH 59 48
1985 TOR AL 38 1B 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 13.50 3.00 .990 9.90 9.70
16 Seasons OF 1376 1351 1208 11882.1 3265 3136 65 64 14 .980 -17 -2 2.42 2.33 .978 2.30 2.29
9 Seasons CF 840 817 757 7246.1 2206 2132 33 41 9 .981 -28 -5 2.69 2.58 .983 2.72 2.72
14 Seasons 1B 733 694 570 6036.1 6404 5904 433 67 499 .990 -22 -4 9.45 8.65 .992 9.95 9.92
8 Seasons LF 486 457 382 3954.0 902 855 28 19 5 .979 8 2 2.01 1.82 .976 2.13 2.12
5 Seasons RF 80 77 69 682.0 156 150 3 3 0 .981 4 6 2.02 1.91 .976 2.00 1.99
18 Seasons TOT 2109 2045 1778 17918.2 9669 9040 498 131 513 .986 -38 -3 4.79 4.52 .987 4.87 4.94
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
1968 PIT NL 21 RF 0 60 0 0 0 0
1969 PIT NL 22 1B 4 6 4 2 2 0
1969 PIT NL 22 LF -0 -5 -0 0 -0 0
1969 PIT NL 22 RF 0 3 1 1 0 -1
1970 PIT NL 23 1B 1 2 1 -0 1 0
1970 PIT NL 23 RF 5 12 4 5 -2 1
1970 PIT NL 23 LF -0 -2 -1 -2 0 1
1971 PIT NL 24 CF 3 4 3 -0 4 0
1971 PIT NL 24 1B -1 -9 -1 -2 1 0
1972 PIT NL 25 CF -8 -8 -4 -2 -2 -4
1972 PIT NL 25 1B -0 -11 -0 -0 0 0
1973 PIT NL 26 CF -18 -23 -13 -5 -9 -5
1973 PIT NL 26 1B -2 -4 -2 1 -3 0
1974 PIT NL 27 CF -0 -1 4 3 0 -4
1974 PIT NL 27 1B 2 6 2 1 1 0
1975 PIT NL 28 CF 2 2 2 -1 3 0
1975 PIT NL 28 1B -0 -20 -0 -0 -0 0
1976 PIT NL 29 CF 2 3 1 4 -3 1
1976 PIT NL 29 1B -0 -5 -0 -0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 30 LF 12 14 13 4 8 -1
1977 PIT NL 30 CF -4 -16 -1 2 -2 -3
1978 TEX AL 31 LF 0 0 -3 4 -7 3
1978 TEX AL 31 CF 3 60 2 2 -1 1
1979 TEX AL 32 CF -8 -16 -4 -1 -3 -4
1979 TEX AL 32 LF 5 16 3 1 2 2
1980 TEX AL 33 LF -4 -5 -2 -4 2 -2
1980 TEX AL 33 RF -2 -14 -1 1 -1 -1
1980 TEX AL 33 1B 0 360 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX AL 34 1B -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1982 MON NL 35 1B -9 -7 -8 -6 -2 -1
1983 MON NL 36 1B -2 -2 -1 3 -4 -1
1983 MON NL 36 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SFG NL 37 1B -13 -24 -13 -10 -4 0
1984 PHI NL 37 1B -1 -5 -1 -0 -0 0
1984 PHI NL 37 LF -1 -35 -1 -1 0 0
1985 LAD NL 38 LF -3 -32 -3 -1 -3 0
1985 TOR AL 38 1B -0 -120 -0 -0 0 0
9 Seasons CF -28 -5 -10 3 -13 -18
14 Seasons 1B -22 -4 -20 -12 -8 -2
8 Seasons LF 8 2 5 2 3 3
5 Seasons RF 4 6 5 8 -3 -1
18 Seasons TOT -38 -3 -20 0 -20 -2 -16
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
1968 PIT NL 21 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
1969 PIT NL 22 129 117 129 121 0 0 106 0 0 0 13 0 8 21 0 9 0
1970 PIT NL 23 151 143 151 146 0 0 77 0 0 0 28 0 54 80 0 5 0
1971 PIT NL 24 143 133 143 137 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 116 0 116 0 8 0
1972 PIT NL 25 140 138 140 140 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 0 1 0
1973 PIT NL 26 158 156 158 156 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 109 0 109 0 2 0
1974 PIT NL 27 147 144 147 145 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 98 0 98 0 2 0
1975 PIT NL 28 155 151 155 155 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 0 2 0
1976 PIT NL 29 121 108 121 109 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 106 0 106 0 13 0
1977 PIT NL 30 154 147 154 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 41 0 174 0 7 0
1978 TEX AL 31 133 133 133 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 8 0 108 26 0 0
1979 TEX AL 32 136 121 136 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 71 0 120 10 13 1
1980 TEX AL 33 163 159 163 157 0 0 1 0 0 0 141 0 16 157 4 4 0
1981 TEX AL 34 102 101 102 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 1 0
1982 MON NL 35 160 159 160 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 MON NL 36 157 152 157 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
1984 SFG NL 37 91 80 91 82 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1984 PHI NL 37 28 22 28 23 0 0 19 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 6 0
1985 TOR AL 38 61 48 61 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 13 0
1985 LAD NL 38 35 17 35 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 0 18 0
18 Seasons 2368 2230 2368 2077 0 0 733 0 0 0 486 840 80 1404 200 124 1
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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%
1971 PIT NL 24 6 0 6 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 50 36 0 26 2 0 6 2 0 14 2 1 30 25 0 126 67 53.2% 58 1 0.8% 3 4244 59% 82% 27% 480 64%
1972 PIT NL 25 5 0 5 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 77 39 1 51 4 0 8 3 0 19 1 1 35 30 0 190 77 40.5% 111 2 1.1% 2 5055 56% 81% 27% 651 52%
1973 PIT NL 26 9 0 9 0 3 5 0 2 1 2 86 40 1 52 8 0 10 7 1 15 3 0 33 25 0 196 83 42.3% 111 2 1.0% 3 4188 58% 80% 26% 512 47%
1974 PIT NL 27 4 0 4 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 59 35 0 32 5 0 12 5 0 16 3 0 27 18 0 146 66 45.2% 80 0 0.0% 3 3787 67% 83% 29% 562 52%
1975 PIT NL 28 5 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 89 65 1 49 8 0 14 5 0 22 7 1 36 24 0 210 109 51.9% 99 2 1.0% 3 5601 68% 81% 29% 718 52%
1976 PIT NL 29 5 1 4 0 2 4 0 0 2 1 64 45 1 33 9 1 15 5 0 23 3 0 40 28 0 175 90 51.4% 83 2 1.1% 2 3945 68% 83% 29% 573 54%
1977 PIT NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 27 16 2 16 2 0 6 2 0 11 0 0 9 4 0 69 24 34.8% 43 2 2.9% 0 1155 75% 83% 28% 195 50%
1978 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 12 8 66.7% 3 1 8.3% 0 228 36% 86% 30% 45 56%
1979 TEX AL 32 6 1 3 2 1 5 0 1 0 2 45 22 0 23 0 1 8 1 1 7 1 0 16 10 0 99 34 34.3% 63 2 2.0% 3 2505 57% 83% 25% 324 50%
9 Seasons 41 2 37 2 11 33 0 8 9 8 500 300 7 282 38 2 81 31 2 128 20 3 232 169 0 1223 558 45.6% 651 14 1.1% 19 30708 63% 82% 28% 4060 53%
MLB Averages 44.2% 2.5% 61% 81% 27% 60%

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%
1969 PIT NL 22 3429 64% 72% 25% 185 94% 0 765 51 702 12 83 45 27 13 2 2 8 0 6 2 7 72 1 1 2 62 4 10 4 6 11 100%
1970 PIT NL 23 2457 63% 74% 28% 143 94% 0 584 28 546 10 69 46 31 9 0 2 7 0 6 1 6 68 1 2 2 62 5 5 3 2 13 69%
1971 PIT NL 24 809 52% 82% 30% 48 90% 0 191 9 181 1 23 12 10 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 1 3 100%
1972 PIT NL 25 91 68% 78% 24% 4 100% 0 21 1 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 PIT NL 26 1832 57% 80% 28% 116 91% 0 456 32 419 5 47 30 20 7 0 5 4 0 4 0 3 42 0 1 0 40 1 2 0 2 12 100%
1974 PIT NL 27 1795 72% 81% 28% 88 95% 1 420 22 393 5 46 19 10 3 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 28 0 1 0 25 1 3 0 3 6 67%
1975 PIT NL 28 99 70% 80% 34% 4 100% 0 29 3 26 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PIT NL 29 95 73% 81% 28% 2 100% 0 26 1 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0
1980 TEX AL 33 3 67% 100% 33% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX AL 34 5 40% 100% 40% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MON NL 35 5746 51% 81% 25% 339 93% 2 1291 91 1192 8 146 87 64 13 1 5 19 1 18 0 17 97 1 0 0 90 1 5 0 5 25 88%
1983 MON NL 36 5436 51% 81% 25% 350 95% 1 1212 74 1123 15 151 113 97 7 2 4 11 1 9 1 10 91 0 1 0 83 2 8 0 8 26 92%
1984 SFG NL 37 2947 54% 83% 25% 159 94% 1 662 32 622 7 76 50 31 9 1 1 11 1 10 0 8 52 0 1 1 51 2 1 0 1 14 93%
1984 PHI NL 37 607 69% 81% 29% 27 96% 0 151 3 144 4 17 6 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 5 100%
1985 TOR AL 38 10 40% 90% 20% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Seasons 25361 57% 79% 26% 1467 94% 5 5814 347 5398 68 664 409 297 62 7 23 65 4 56 5 54 485 3 7 5 444 16 38 7 31 117 90%
MLB Averages 61% 81% 28% 94% 89%

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%
1969 PIT NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 378 63% 76% 21% 25 60%
1970 PIT NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 21 18 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 31 23 74.2% 7 1 3.2% 0 961 67% 79% 20% 89 38%
1977 PIT NL 30 5 0 5 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 54 41 1 24 7 0 24 15 0 11 1 0 27 25 1 140 89 63.6% 48 2 1.4% 2 4170 74% 81% 29% 479 46%
1978 TEX AL 31 3 0 3 0 2 7 0 3 0 2 41 34 1 38 16 1 14 8 1 8 0 0 20 17 0 121 75 62.0% 43 3 2.5% 4 3693 56% 83% 24% 419 47%
1979 TEX AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 20 16 2 9 3 0 13 8 0 5 2 0 12 12 0 59 41 69.5% 16 2 3.4% 1 1687 55% 81% 27% 197 50%
1980 TEX AL 33 8 0 8 0 1 9 0 3 1 3 72 57 1 60 10 2 23 13 0 12 5 1 28 28 0 195 113 57.9% 78 4 2.1% 5 5190 54% 82% 25% 644 46%
1984 PHI NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 171 77% 80% 21% 4 100%
1985 LAD NL 38 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 0 1 50.0% 1 514 76% 81% 23% 16 88%
8 Seasons 19 0 19 0 5 28 0 10 5 7 209 166 5 138 38 3 76 44 2 37 9 1 94 88 2 554 345 62.3% 195 13 2.3% 15 16764 61% 81% 25% 1873 47%
MLB Averages 59.4% 2.9% 61% 81% 27% 50%

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%
1968 PIT 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 39 62% 74% 36% 3 100%
1969 PIT NL 22 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 19 5 26.3% 14 0 0.0% 0 298 68% 69% 20% 43 44%
1970 PIT NL 23 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 8 4 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 5 2 0 12 7 0 31 16 51.6% 15 0 0.0% 3 1937 64% 77% 24% 156 68%
1980 TEX AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 24 9 37.5% 15 0 0.0% 0 634 48% 80% 28% 63 40%
1983 MON NL 36 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
5 Seasons 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 34 11 0 8 2 0 6 4 0 10 4 0 16 9 0 74 30 40.5% 44 0 0.0% 3 2911 61% 77% 25% 265 58%
MLB Averages 41.6% 3.2% 61% 81% 27% 55%

* 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

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ( 4.3%)

All-Star Games
1972 *
1975 *
1976 *
1980 *
1981 *
1982 *
1983 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 NL (7, 15%)
1973 NL (23, 2%)
1974 NL (7, 26%)
1976 NL (12, 9%)
1977 NL (16, 3%)
1978 AL (14, 7%)
1980 AL (11, 8%)
1981 AL (16, 2%)
1982 NL (3, 52%)
1983 NL (19, 1%)
1.25 Career Shares (181st)

Silver Sluggers
1980 AL (OF)
1981 AL (DH)
1982 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Putouts† s c a p y
1983 NL  1,207 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1982 NL  159 (3rd)
1983 NL  153 (1st)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1983 NL  1,207 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1983 NL  118 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1970 NL  7 (5th)
1982 NL  19 (1st)
1983 NL  13 (1st)
1984 NL  13 (2nd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 AL  141 (3rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 NL  215 (5th)
1980 AL  287 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 AL  7 (5th)
1980 AL  9 (5th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 AL  8 (2nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1972 NL  138 (3rd)
1975 NL  153 (1st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1971 NL  309 (4th)
1972 NL  334 (5th)
1975 NL  374 (2nd)
1976 NL  307 (5th)
Career  2,132 (99th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1971 NL  6 (4th)
1972 NL  5 (4th)
1973 NL  9 (2nd)
1975 NL  5 (5th)
1976 NL  5 (5th)
1979 AL  6 (4th)
Career  41 (86th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1975 NL  153 (2nd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1975 NL  380 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1979 AL  7 (5th)
1980 AL  9 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1969 NL  4 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 NL  12 (2nd)
1979 AL  5 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1977 NL  1.97 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 AL  1.99 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 NL  .978 (4th)
1978 AL  .985 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1971 NL  2.82 (3rd)
1974 NL  2.98 (3rd)
1976 NL  2.99 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1971 NL  2.70 (1st)
1974 NL  3.00 (1st)
1976 NL  2.93 (2nd)
Career  2.58 (76th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1971 NL  .981 (5th)
1975 NL  .987 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 NL  5 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1971 NL  2.79 (2nd)
1974 NL  2.91 (4th)
1976 NL  2.93 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1971 NL  2.66 (1st)
1974 NL  2.93 (1st)
1976 NL  2.88 (2nd)

                           

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