Bobo Osborne

Larry Sidney Osborne

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Third Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Senators 1957-1963

Final Game: September 24, 1963
Died: April 15, 2011 in Woodstock, GA
Cremated
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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1957	DET	AL	21	OF	5	5	4	37.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0	6	1.95	1.60	.980	2.24	2.24
1957	DET	AL	21	RF	5	5	4	37.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	0	6	2.19	1.80	.976	1.92	1.92
1957	DET	AL	21	1B	4	2	2	20.0	21	20	1	0	1	1.000	-1	-42	9.45	5.25	.992	9.68	9.70
1959	DET	AL	23	1B	56	40	38	393.0	411	377	27	7	36	.983	3	10	9.25	7.21	.990	9.84	9.77
1959	DET	AL	23	OF	1	1	1	9.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	0	13	1.00	1.00	.980	2.20	2.20
1959	DET	AL	23	RF	1	1	1	9.0	5	4	0	1	0	.800	0	13	4.00	4.00	.976	1.90	1.90
1961	DET	AL	25	1B	11	6	6	69.1	53	50	3	0	4	1.000	-0	-2	6.88	4.82	.990	9.45	9.34
1961	DET	AL	25	3B	8	8	2	64.0	23	10	12	1	2	.957	0	4	3.09	2.75	.950	3.18	3.15
1962	DET	AL	26	3B	13	12	5	98.1	35	11	19	5	0	.857	-0	-4	2.75	2.31	.952	3.08	3.07
1962	DET	AL	26	1B	7	0	0	14.0	13	11	2	0	0	1.000	0	26	8.36	1.86	.990	9.45	9.41
1962	DET	AL	26	C	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		6.30	6.30	0	0	1	0	0%	36%	0
1963	WSA	AL	27	1B	81	78	75	694.2	777	713	55	9	68	.988	1	2	9.95	9.48	.990	9.48	9.49
1963	WSA	AL	27	3B	16	14	13	132.1	36	6	26	4	1	.889	-2	-16	2.18	2.00	.947	3.02	3.02
	5 Seasons			1B	159	126	121	1191.0	1275	1171	88	16	109	.987	4	4	9.51	7.92	.990	9.60	9.58
	3 Seasons			3B	37	34	20	294.2	94	27	57	10	3	.894	-2	-8	2.57	2.27	.950	3.07	3.06
	2 Seasons			OF	6	6	5	46.0	10	9	0	1	0	.900	0	8	1.76	1.50	.980	2.23	2.23
	2 Seasons			RF	6	6	5	46.0	14	13	0	1	0	.929	0	8	2.54	2.17	.976	1.92	1.92
	1 Season			C	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		6.30	6.30	0	0	1	0	0%	36%	0
	6 Seasons			TOT	203	166	146	1533.2	1379	1207	145	27	112	.980	2	2	7.93	6.66	.987	8.12	8.16	0	0	1	0	0%	36%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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
1957	DET	AL	21	RF	0	6	0	0	-0		0
1957	DET	AL	21	1B	-1	-42	-1	-0	-1	0
1959	DET	AL	23	1B	3	10	3	-1	4	0
1959	DET	AL	23	RF	0	13	0	0	0		0
1961	DET	AL	25	1B	-0	-2	-0	-0	0	0
1961	DET	AL	25	3B	0	4	0	-1	1	0
1962	DET	AL	26	3B	-0	-4	-0	0	-0	0
1962	DET	AL	26	1B	0	26	0	0	0	0
1962	DET	AL	26	C	0	0						0
1963	WSA	AL	27	1B	1	2	1	2	-1	0
1963	WSA	AL	27	3B	-2	-16	-2	-2	0	0
	5 Seasons			1B	4	4	4	1	3	0
	3 Seasons			3B	-2	-8	-2	-3	1	0
	2 Seasons			RF	0	8	0	1	-0		0
	1 Season			C	0	0						0
	6 Seasons			TOT	2	2	2	-1	3	0	0	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	3B	RF	OF	PH	PR
1957	DET	AL	21	11	7	11	9	0	4	0	5	5	2	1
1958	DET	AL	22	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1959	DET	AL	23	86	41	86	57	0	56	0	1	1	29	7
1961	DET	AL	25	71	14	71	18	0	11	8	0	0	53	0
1962	DET	AL	26	64	12	64	22	2	7	13	0	0	44	0
1963	WSA	AL	27	125	92	125	96	0	81	16	0	0	33	0
	6 Seasons			359	166	359	202	2	159	37	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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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%
1957	DET	AL	21	111	63%	84%	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	1703	65%	79%	27%	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	320	69%	80%	21%	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	3038	63%	82%	28%	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			5228	64%	81%	27%	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				63%	80%	28%		94%																											85%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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	268	59%	78%	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	415	64%	78%	23%	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	561	65%	82%	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			1244	63%	80%	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				63%	80%	28%		89%																								59%

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%
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	162	63%	80%	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	1	1	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	0	49	100%	73%	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	1	1	0	4	1	25.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	211	72%	78%	28%	20	65%
	MLB Averages																														40.6%			3.1%			63%	80%	29%		53%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

					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	8	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			8	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*

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	0.11
	1 Season			0	0	3	1	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.11
	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 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

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1959 AL 7 (5th) 1963 AL 9 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 1959 AL 3 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y 1963 AL 9.95 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1963 AL 9.48 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1959 AL 7 (5th)
1963 AL 9 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1959 AL 3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1963 AL 9.95 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1963 AL 9.48 (3rd)

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