Don Pavletich

Donald Stephen Pavletich

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 13, 1938 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Nathan Hale HS (West Allis, WI)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1957
Teams (by GP): Reds/WhiteSox/RedSox/Redlegs 1957-1971

Final Game: September 1, 1971
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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	Awards
1962	CIN	NL	23	1B	25	17	10	153.0	173	162	11	0	12	1.000	3	21	10.18	6.92	.990	9.79	9.70
1962	CIN	NL	23	C	2	0	0	5.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	8.44	2.50	.988	6.75	6.65	0	1	1	0	0%	34%	0
1963	CIN	NL	24	1B	57	42	26	350.0	336	317	16	3	20	.991	0	1	8.56	5.84	.989	9.81	9.78
1963	CIN	NL	24	C	13	10	5	93.0	96	92	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-26	9.29	7.38	.986	7.07	7.05	3	4	8	1	11%	42%	0
1964	CIN	NL	25	C	27	21	18	203.2	172	161	8	3	1	.983	-3	-18	7.47	6.26	.988	6.81	6.76	3	5	12	2	14%	40%	0
1964	CIN	NL	25	1B	1	1	1	8.0	7	7	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	7.88	7.00	.990	10.01	10.00
1965	CIN	NL	26	C	54	48	36	408.2	356	335	16	5	5	.986	-6	-18	7.73	6.50	.988	6.96	6.97	6	20	31	8	21%	36%	2
1965	CIN	NL	26	1B	9	5	3	57.0	59	56	2	1	9	.983	-1	-15	9.16	6.44	.990	10.03	10.03
1966	CIN	NL	27	C	55	46	39	430.2	362	323	30	9	2	.975	-2	-6	7.38	6.42	.987	6.84	6.83	3	10	35	17	33%	40%	0
1966	CIN	NL	27	1B	10	8	5	73.0	58	56	2	0	8	1.000	-0	-8	7.15	5.80	.989	9.90	9.89
1967	CIN	NL	28	C	66	57	42	506.0	420	383	31	6	5	.986	-5	-12	7.36	6.27	.990	6.89	6.89	5	22	39	15	28%	40%	1
1967	CIN	NL	28	1B	6	4	4	45.0	34	31	3	0	3	1.000	0	8	6.80	5.67	.991	9.96	9.97
1967	CIN	NL	28	3B	1	1	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-1	-140	0.00	0.00	.950	3.00	3.00
1968	CIN	NL	29	1B	22	16	10	151.1	174	164	10	0	13	1.000	-0	-1	10.35	7.91	.992	10.09	10.12
1968	CIN	NL	29	C	5	5	2	37.0	24	21	3	0	1	1.000	0	0	5.84	4.80	.990	6.86	6.90	1	0	0	1	100%	39%	0
1969	CHW	AL	30	C	51	36	21	304.2	227	195	26	6	3	.974	-5	-20	6.53	4.33	.987	6.65	6.65	6	14	38	13	25%	36%	0
1969	CHW	AL	30	1B	13	10	8	89.1	93	90	2	1	13	.989	-2	-27	9.27	7.08	.992	9.63	9.62
1970	BOS	AL	31	1B	16	7	5	84.0	88	80	8	0	10	1.000	1	17	9.43	5.50	.991	9.59	9.56
1970	BOS	AL	31	C	10	9	9	83.2	47	43	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-29	5.06	4.70	.988	6.65	6.62	1	4	5	0	0%	39%	0
1971	BOS	AL	32	C	8	4	3	50.0	37	35	1	1	1	.973	-1	-24	6.48	4.50	.988	6.37	6.34	3	0	6	1	14%	39%	0
	10 Seasons			C	291	236	175	2122.2	1746	1593	123	30	20	.983	-26	-15	7.28	5.90	.988	6.84	6.82	31	80	175	58	25%	39%	3
	9 Seasons			1B	159	110	72	1010.2	1022	963	54	5	89	.995	1	2	9.06	6.40	.990	9.84	9.81
	1 Season			3B	1	1	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-1	-140	0.00	0.00	.950	3.00	3.00
	12 Seasons			TOT	451	347	247	3139.1	2769	2556	177	36	109	.987	-25	-10	7.84	6.06	.989	7.80	7.87	31	80	175	58	25%	39%	3
Lg				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	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.

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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
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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
1962	CIN	NL	23	1B	3	21	3	1	2	0
1962	CIN	NL	23	C	0	0						0
1963	CIN	NL	24	1B	0	1	0	-2	3	0
1963	CIN	NL	24	C	-2	-26						-2
1964	CIN	NL	25	C	-3	-18						-3
1964	CIN	NL	25	1B	0	0	0	0	0
1965	CIN	NL	26	C	-6	-18						-6
1965	CIN	NL	26	1B	-1	-15	-1	-0	-0	0
1966	CIN	NL	27	C	-2	-6						-2
1966	CIN	NL	27	1B	-0	-8	-0	-0	-0	0
1967	CIN	NL	28	C	-5	-12						-5
1967	CIN	NL	28	1B	0	8	0	0	0	0
1967	CIN	NL	28	3B	-1	-140	-1	0	-1	0
1968	CIN	NL	29	1B	-0	-1	-0	0	-0	0
1968	CIN	NL	29	C	0	0						0
1969	CHW	AL	30	C	-5	-20						-5
1969	CHW	AL	30	1B	-2	-27	-2	-1	-1	0
1970	BOS	AL	31	1B	1	17	1	1	0	0
1970	BOS	AL	31	C	-2	-29						-2
1971	BOS	AL	32	C	-1	-24						-1
	10 Seasons			C	-26	-15						-26
	9 Seasons			1B	1	2	1	-2	4	0
	1 Season			3B	-1	-140	-1	0	-1	0
	12 Seasons			TOT	-25	-10	1	-2	3	0		-26
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	C	1B	3B	PH	PR
1957	CIN	NL	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1959	CIN	NL	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	CIN	NL	23	34	17	34	26	2	25	0	11	0
1963	CIN	NL	24	71	52	71	69	12	58	0	17	0
1964	CIN	NL	25	34	22	34	28	27	1	0	10	0
1965	CIN	NL	26	68	53	68	62	54	9	0	11	0
1966	CIN	NL	27	83	54	83	64	55	10	0	25	0
1967	CIN	NL	28	74	62	74	72	66	6	1	6	0
1968	CIN	NL	29	46	21	46	26	5	22	0	22	0
1969	CHW	AL	30	78	46	78	63	51	13	0	25	0
1970	BOS	AL	31	32	16	32	26	10	16	0	11	0
1971	BOS	AL	32	14	4	14	8	8	0	0	6	0
	12 Seasons			536	347	536	444	290	160	1	145	1

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 -- 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	CIN	NL	23	30	8.44	11.81	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	CIN	NL	24	382	2.71	2.81	11	100%	0	0	85	8	0	3	73	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	100%
1964	CIN	NL	25	844	2.74	3.36	18	100%	0	0	161	13	1	5	142	9	3	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	100%
1965	CIN	NL	26	1724	3.55	3.81	30	97%	0	0	335	24	2	9	300	17	4	0	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	2	100%
1966	CIN	NL	27	1808	3.80	4.03	34	97%	0	1	321	17	0	12	292	31	9	0	1	3	9	0	1	8	1	5	0	0	0	7	86%
1967	CIN	NL	28	2108	3.15	3.56	36	94%	0	1	399	20	3	21	354	29	6	1	0	5	6	0	1	5	0	5	0	2	4	2	0%
1968	CIN	NL	29	160	4.62	5.59	2	100%	0	0	21	1	0	1	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%
1969	CHW	AL	30	1339	5.02	5.23	16	88%	0	0	196	9	3	14	170	23	4	0	1	5	6	0	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	4	75%
1970	BOS	AL	31	369	2.80	3.12	3	100%	0	0	42	2	1	3	36	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	100%
1971	BOS	AL	32	215	4.50	4.68	1	0%	0	0	34	0	1	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	10 Seasons			8979	3.63	3.96	151	95%	0	2	1597	94	11	69	1421	123	30	3	3	18	30	1	9	20	2	23	0	2	5	21	81%
	MLB Averages				3.64	4.12		95%																							89%

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	CIN	NL	23	0	1	15	1	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.01
1963	CIN	NL	24	3	4	138	8	1	1	11%	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	2	0.99	1.23
1964	CIN	NL	25	3	5	307	12	2	2	14%	10	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	30	2	1.41	1.53
1965	CIN	NL	26	6	20	647	31	8	8	21%	26	6	5	2	0	0	2	0	68	13	1.88	1.32
1966	CIN	NL	27	3	10	676	35	17	14	33%	34	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	64	20	1.05	1.26
1967	CIN	NL	28	5	22	774	39	15	15	28%	35	10	3	2	1	3	1	1	81	17	1.27	1.38
1968	CIN	NL	29	1	0	52	0	1	1	100%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0.65
1969	CHW	AL	30	6	14	522	38	13	11	25%	31	10	6	1	1	2	0	0	67	18	1.14	1.24
1970	BOS	AL	31	1	4	148	5	0	0	0%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1.58
1971	BOS	AL	32	3	0	81	6	1	1	14%	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	1	0.91	2.08
	10 Seasons			31	80	3360	175	58	53	25%	153	45	18	6	4	7	3	1	354	76	1.29	1.31
	MLB Averages									38%											1.25	1.21

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%
1962	CIN	NL	23	649	65%	76%	29%	51	92%	1	158	18	139	1	17	12	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	1	100%
1963	CIN	NL	24	1438	58%	77%	27%	78	92%	1	321	13	307	2	45	17	9	4	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	21	0	0	1	19	1	2	0	2	7	86%
1964	CIN	NL	25	29	66%	59%	28%	0		0	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1965	CIN	NL	26	221	60%	72%	27%	8	75%	0	56	1	55	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	11	0	0	1	10	1	1	1	0	0
1966	CIN	NL	27	292	71%	70%	20%	10	100%	0	59	1	56	2	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	100%
1967	CIN	NL	28	194	58%	77%	23%	11	100%	0	34	2	32	0	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
1968	CIN	NL	29	637	62%	78%	31%	35	97%	0	171	14	152	5	10	10	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	12	0	1	1	0	2	100%
1969	CHW	AL	30	383	80%	80%	29%	11	100%	0	90	4	85	1	6	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
1970	BOS	AL	31	358	61%	75%	30%	22	100%	0	79	5	73	1	9	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	8	2	2	0	2	1	100%
	9 Seasons			4201	63%	76%	28%	226	94%	2	975	58	906	12	104	56	34	16	2	2	5	1	3	1	2	89	2	1	2	81	5	8	2	6	12	92%
	MLB Averages				63%	79%	28%		94%																											86%

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%
1967	CIN	NL	28	31	32%	100%	39%	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			31	32%	100%	39%	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	79%	28%		89%																								63%

* 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 C s c a p y 1966 NL 9 (5th) 1967 NL 6 (5th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1967 NL 39 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 1962 NL 3 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1957 NL born 1938-07-13 (10th) 1959 NL born 1938-07-13 (9th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1966 NL 9 (5th)
1967 NL 6 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1967 NL 39 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1962 NL 3 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1957 NL born 1938-07-13 (10th)
1959 NL born 1938-07-13 (9th)

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