Rico Petrocelli
Americo Peter Petrocelli
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 27, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1963
Final Game: September 14, 1976
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 BOS AL 20 SS 1 1 9.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 5.00 5.00 .967 4.80 4.60
1965 BOS AL 22 SS 93 93 791.0 448 151 278 19 45 .958 6.9 10.5 8.9 4.8 4.2 -2 4.88 4.61 .962 4.74 4.38
1966 BOS AL 23 SS 127 125 1089.1 615 206 381 28 69 .954 11.6 12.8 10.6 5.8 4.8 1 4.85 4.62 .960 4.79 4.41
1966 BOS AL 23 3B 5 5 49.0 14 5 9 0 3 1.000 0.7 17.1 0.7 -0.2 0.9 0 2.57 2.80 .950 3.03 2.80
1967 BOS AL 24 SS 141 137 1217.1 644 223 402 19 73 .970 7.7 7.6 8.7 4.6 4.1 -1 4.62 4.43 .963 4.62 4.09 AS,MVP-17
1968 BOS AL 25 SS 117 115 974.2 541 169 360 12 66 .978 14.9 18.3 13.9 2.7 11.1 1 4.88 4.52 .961 4.79 4.07
1968 BOS AL 25 1B 1 1 8.0 10 9 1 0 2 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 11.25 10.00 .990 9.56 8.30
1969 BOS AL 26 SS 153 153 1334.2 749 269 466 14 103 .981 15.8 14.2 13.8 1.5 12.3 2 4.96 4.80 .965 4.96 4.43 AS,MVP-7
1969 BOS AL 26 3B 1 1 8.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .975 3.15 2.70 AS,MVP-7
1970 BOS AL 27 SS 141 138 1212.1 675 262 393 20 77 .970 2.9 2.9 1.9 3.2 -1.3 1 4.86 4.65 .967 4.94 4.39
1970 BOS AL 27 3B 18 18 151.0 52 14 37 1 3 .981 0.5 4.0 0.5 1.6 -1.0 0 3.04 2.83 .948 3.07 2.67
1971 BOS AL 28 3B 156 156 1386.0 463 118 334 11 37 .976 2.8 2.4 1.8 5.3 -3.4 1 2.94 2.90 .955 3.04 2.74
1972 BOS AL 29 3B 146 146 1273.1 437 146 278 13 38 .970 -1.8 -1.7 -2.8 -5.5 2.7 1 3.00 2.90 .953 2.98 2.70 MVP-18
1973 BOS AL 30 3B 99 99 851.1 303 73 224 6 22 .980 9.9 14.0 8.9 1.4 7.5 1 3.14 3.00 .949 3.00 2.68
1974 BOS AL 31 3B 116 115 975.1 314 83 219 12 23 .962 -0.4 -0.5 -2.4 0.4 -2.9 2 2.79 2.60 .954 3.12 2.77
1974 BOS AL 31 DH 9
1975 BOS AL 32 3B 113 111 975.1 327 85 229 13 13 .960 -3.1 -3.8 -3.1 -4.1 1.0 0 2.90 2.78 .954 3.16 2.81
1975 BOS AL 32 DH 1
1976 BOS AL 33 3B 73 65 563.1 183 57 120 6 11 .967 -1.2 -2.6 -1.2 -2.9 1.7 0 2.83 2.42 .952 2.94 2.64
1976 BOS AL 33 2B 5 5 43.0 22 9 13 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -2.8 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 4.60 4.40 .973 5.40 4.64
1976 BOS AL 33 DH 4
1976 BOS AL 33 1B 1 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 12.00 4.00 1.000 9.90 8.90
1976 BOS AL 33 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.40
8 Seasons SS 774 762 6629.1 3679 1283 2283 113 433 .969 59.6 10.8 57.6 22.6 35.0 2 4.84 4.61 .963 4.81 4.30
9 Seasons 3B 727 716 6232.2 2097 581 1453 63 150 .970 7.4 1.4 2.4 -4.0 6.5 5 2.94 2.80 .953 3.05 2.73
3 Seasons DH 14
1 Season 2B 5 5 43.0 22 9 13 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -2.8 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 4.60 4.40 .973 5.40 4.64
2 Seasons 1B 2 1 11.0 14 13 1 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -21.8 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 11.45 7.00 .993 9.65 8.60
13 Seasons TOT 1508 1484 12916.0 5812 1886 3750 176 589 .970 66.7 6.2 59.7 18.1 41.7 7 3.93 3.74 .929 3.97 3.55
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1963 BOS AL 20 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 BOS AL 22 103 93 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 10 0
1966 BOS AL 23 139 130 139 139 0 0 0 0 5 127 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 BOS AL 24 142 137 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 BOS AL 25 123 116 123 123 0 0 1 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 5 0
1969 BOS AL 26 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 1 153 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 27 157 156 157 157 0 0 0 0 18 141 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 BOS AL 28 158 156 158 158 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 BOS AL 29 147 146 147 147 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 BOS AL 30 100 99 100 99 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 BOS AL 31 129 124 129 116 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0
1975 BOS AL 32 115 111 115 113 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1976 BOS AL 33 85 74 85 80 0 0 1 5 73 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
13 Seasons 1553 1497 1553 1532 0 0 2 5 727 774 0 0 0 0 13 40 0
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 -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1963 BOS AL 20 47 66% 72% 11% 6 83% 0 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 BOS AL 22 3520 59% 76% 25% 357 92% 0 150 74 68 8 282 224 52 0 3 19 0 15 4 13 45 14 3 19 2 2 41 17 24 3 0 1
1966 BOS AL 23 4786 58% 76% 26% 473 92% 3 201 98 83 20 382 298 66 3 9 28 3 25 0 20 71 31 4 21 3 9 70 36 33 1 0 1
1967 BOS AL 24 5258 59% 76% 25% 512 91% 4 218 109 82 27 405 311 75 1 9 19 0 18 1 16 73 25 9 14 3 5 60 34 24 8 6 2
1968 BOS AL 25 4297 58% 75% 26% 442 94% 2 162 87 49 26 365 275 79 1 5 12 1 10 1 8 65 28 4 12 5 3 56 33 21 6 2 3
1969 BOS AL 26 6005 58% 75% 29% 609 93% 6 268 150 91 27 464 340 104 3 5 14 0 9 5 10 101 49 9 15 9 8 100 59 35 1 0 1
1970 BOS AL 27 5386 60% 74% 27% 542 92% 3 264 148 92 25 398 312 70 3 8 20 1 15 4 15 78 28 4 21 4 10 70 32 36 5 3 2
1976 BOS AL 33 3 67% 100% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 29302 59% 75% 26% 2942 93% 18 1266 669 465 133 2299 1762 447 11 39 113 5 93 15 83 433 175 33 102 26 37 397 211 173 24 11 10
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

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%
1966 BOS AL 23 217 47% 71% 23% 13 100% 0 5 4 0 1 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1969 BOS AL 26 34 76% 68% 26% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 27 698 63% 76% 26% 51 92% 1 14 10 3 1 37 27 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 100%
1971 BOS AL 28 6112 63% 77% 27% 477 88% 4 118 94 14 10 328 242 68 5 8 11 0 6 5 8 38 28 3 32 6 4 2 42 43%
1972 BOS AL 29 5549 60% 75% 27% 412 92% 5 144 114 10 20 280 201 63 3 12 13 2 6 5 7 39 28 2 33 3 3 0 26 69%
1973 BOS AL 30 3685 65% 79% 27% 286 94% 1 71 48 10 13 223 159 58 1 7 6 0 6 0 6 20 17 2 19 1 1 0 9 89%
1974 BOS AL 31 4281 63% 81% 26% 320 89% 3 82 67 5 10 218 174 40 3 4 12 0 10 2 10 23 21 1 23 0 0 0 23 61%
1975 BOS AL 32 4255 63% 81% 25% 316 94% 4 85 67 7 11 229 196 32 0 6 13 0 8 5 11 13 9 2 12 1 0 0 15 80%
1976 BOS AL 33 2510 55% 83% 28% 183 88% 1 57 45 6 6 119 100 13 1 5 6 0 4 2 5 11 7 3 10 1 1 0 6 50%
9 Seasons 27341 62% 79% 27% 2062 91% 19 576 449 55 72 1446 1108 285 14 42 63 2 41 20 49 150 114 13 134 13 9 3 123 61%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 BOS AL 33 172 62% 75% 25% 12 92% 0 9 2 5 2 13 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
1 Season 172 62% 75% 25% 12 92% 0 9 2 5 2 13 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

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%
1968 BOS AL 25 34 74% 79% 29% 4 75% 0 9 0 9 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 BOS AL 33 16 50% 81% 25% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 50 66% 80% 28% 4 75% 0 13 0 13 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 88%

* 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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