Bobo Osborne
Lawrence Sidney Osborne
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 12, 1935 in Chattahoochee, GA
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1957
Final Game: September 24, 1963
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1957 DET AL 21 OF 5 5 37.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.5 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 1.95 1.60 .975 2.24 1.96
1957 DET AL 21 RF 5 5 37.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.5 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 2.19 1.80 .978 1.92 1.68
1957 DET AL 21 1B 4 2 20.0 21 20 1 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -42.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.2 0 9.45 5.25 .990 9.68 8.35
1959 DET AL 23 1B 56 40 393.0 411 377 27 7 36 .983 3.2 9.8 3.2 4.0 -0.8 0 9.25 7.21 .990 9.84 8.27
1959 DET AL 23 OF 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.20 2.00
1959 DET AL 23 RF 1 1 9.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.00 4.00 .980 1.90 1.60
1961 DET AL 25 1B 11 6 69.1 53 50 3 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -1.7 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 6.88 4.82 .991 9.45 8.29
1961 DET AL 25 3B 8 8 64.0 23 10 12 1 2 .957 0.2 3.8 0.2 0.9 -0.7 0 3.09 2.75 .948 3.18 2.79
1962 DET AL 26 3B 13 12 98.1 35 11 19 5 0 .857 -0.3 -3.7 -0.3 -0.5 0.1 0 2.75 2.31 .957 3.08 2.79
1962 DET AL 26 1B 7 0 14.0 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 25.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 8.36 1.86 .992 9.45 8.76
1962 DET AL 26 C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.60 0 0 1 0 0%
1963 WSA AL 27 1B 81 78 694.2 777 713 55 9 68 .988 1.2 2.1 1.2 -0.8 2.0 0 9.95 9.48 .990 9.48 8.59
1963 WSA AL 27 3B 16 14 132.1 36 6 26 4 1 .889 -1.8 -16.3 -1.8 0.4 -2.2 0 2.18 2.00 .950 3.02 2.85
5 Seasons 1B 159 126 1191.0 1275 1171 88 16 109 .987 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.0 0.8 0 9.51 7.92 .990 9.60 8.46
3 Seasons 3B 37 34 294.2 94 27 57 10 3 .894 -1.9 -7.7 -1.9 0.8 -2.8 0 2.57 2.27 .952 3.07 2.82
2 Seasons OF 6 6 46.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.3 7.8 0.3 -0.3 0.6 0 1.76 1.50 .980 2.23 1.97
2 Seasons RF 6 6 46.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0.3 7.8 0.3 -0.3 0.6 0 2.54 2.17 .979 1.92 1.67
1 Season C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.60 0 0 1 0 0%
6 Seasons TOT 203 166 1533.2 1379 1207 145 27 112 .980 2.3 1.8 2.3 3.5 -1.4 0 0 0 7.93 6.66 .968 8.12 7.22 0 0 1 0 0%

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
1957 DET AL 21 11 7 11 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 1
1958 DET AL 22 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1959 DET AL 23 86 41 86 86 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29 7
1961 DET AL 25 71 14 71 71 0 0 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 53 0
1962 DET AL 26 64 12 64 64 0 1 7 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
1963 WSA AL 27 125 92 125 125 0 0 81 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
6 Seasons 359 166 359 359 0 1 159 0 37 0 0 0 6 6 163 8
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 -- 1B*

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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%
1957 DET AL 21 112 63% 83% 25% 5 80% 0 20 1 18 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1959 DET AL 23 1743 64% 78% 26% 96 94% 0 381 29 350 2 41 24 17 4 0 2 7 1 4 2 3 36 2 1 0 33 3 3 1 2 7 86%
1961 DET AL 25 336 65% 76% 20% 15 100% 0 59 7 50 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 26 56 57% 88% 27% 3 100% 0 13 0 13 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 WSA AL 27 3144 61% 79% 27% 171 90% 0 710 51 647 11 55 59 36 12 1 5 9 1 5 3 4 69 0 1 2 60 2 9 3 4 12 67%
5 Seasons 5391 62% 79% 26% 290 92% 0 1183 88 1078 16 103 90 58 18 1 7 16 2 9 5 7 110 2 2 2 98 5 12 4 6 21 71%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 94% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1961 DET AL 25 273 58% 77% 26% 24 79% 1 8 7 1 0 11 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 40%
1962 DET AL 26 424 63% 77% 22% 34 88% 0 12 11 0 1 19 17 2 0 1 5 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 WSA AL 27 573 63% 80% 29% 36 89% 0 6 6 0 0 26 22 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
3 Seasons 1270 62% 78% 26% 94 86% 1 26 24 1 1 56 46 9 1 1 10 0 8 2 8 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 8 63%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 59%

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%
1957 DET AL 21 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% 0 165 62% 78% 30% 15 60%
1959 DET AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 50 98% 72% 22% 5 80%
2 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 215 70% 77% 28% 20 65%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 61% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1962 DET AL 26 9 4.50 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 9 4.50 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.84 4.34 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1962 DET AL 26 0 0 3 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.16
1 Season 0 0 3 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.16
MLB Averages 39% 1.19 1.18

* 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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