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Al Pilarcik

Alfred James Pilarcik

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 3, 1930 in Whiting, IN
High School: Whiting HS (Whiting, IN)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1956
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Athletics/WhiteSox 1956-1961

Final Game: September 24, 1961
Died: September 20, 2010 in Schererville, IN
Buried: Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville, IN
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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
1956 KCA AL 25 OF 67 61 57 544.0 167 154 9 4 1 .976 -3 -8 2.70 2.43 .979 2.34 2.32
1956 KCA AL 25 CF 64 59 55 526.0 163 151 8 4 1 .975 -2 -5 2.72 2.48 .984 2.79 2.77
1956 KCA AL 25 RF 3 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -80 2.00 1.33 .972 2.10 2.07
1957 BAL AL 26 OF 126 105 91 998.2 250 234 15 1 2 .996 5 6 2.24 1.98 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 BAL AL 26 RF 81 62 57 593.2 125 113 11 1 1 .992 5 10 1.88 1.53 .976 1.93 1.93
1957 BAL AL 26 CF 53 43 34 399.1 125 121 4 0 1 1.000 -1 -3 2.82 2.36 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 BAL AL 26 LF 2 0 0 5.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 191 6.35 2.00 .980 2.06 2.10
1958 BAL AL 27 OF 119 90 67 858.1 221 213 5 3 0 .986 -3 -4 2.29 1.83 .982 2.27 2.25
1958 BAL AL 27 RF 102 64 56 659.0 161 155 3 3 1 .981 1 1 2.16 1.55 .980 1.99 1.97
1958 BAL AL 27 CF 35 26 11 190.2 57 55 2 0 0 1.000 -4 -23 2.69 1.63 .985 2.68 2.65
1958 BAL AL 27 LF 4 0 0 8.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 2.08 0.50 .980 2.08 2.08
1959 BAL AL 28 OF 106 60 49 649.2 139 133 3 3 1 .978 1 2 1.88 1.28 .980 2.22 2.21
1959 BAL AL 28 RF 102 53 48 601.1 129 124 3 2 1 .984 2 3 1.90 1.25 .977 1.89 1.88
1959 BAL AL 28 CF 8 7 1 44.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -0 -3 2.25 1.38 .983 2.72 2.70
1959 BAL AL 28 LF 3 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -83 0.00 0.00 2.08 2.03
1960 BAL AL 29 OF 75 40 34 417.2 79 75 4 0 0 1.000 -4 -12 1.70 1.05 .982 2.25 2.25
1960 BAL AL 29 RF 74 38 33 403.2 74 70 4 0 0 1.000 -3 -10 1.65 1.00 .974 1.95 1.95
1960 BAL AL 29 CF 2 2 1 14.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -69 3.21 2.50 .988 2.64 2.65
1961 TOT AL 30 OF 38 25 22 232.1 69 63 4 2 1 .971 -2 -9 2.60 1.76 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 TOT AL 30 RF 20 12 10 113.1 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -4 2.54 1.60 .976 2.06 2.04
1961 TOT AL 30 CF 16 13 12 110.0 32 29 1 2 0 .938 -1 -13 2.45 1.88 .982 2.60 2.56
1961 KCA AL 30 OF 21 12 10 113.1 33 31 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -5 2.62 1.57 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 KCA AL 30 RF 19 12 10 111.1 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -3 2.59 1.68 .976 2.06 2.04
1961 KCA AL 30 CF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.55
1961 CHW AL 30 OF 17 13 12 119.0 36 32 2 2 0 .944 -1 -12 2.57 2.00 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 CHW AL 30 CF 14 13 12 108.0 32 29 1 2 0 .938 -1 -11 2.50 2.14 .982 2.60 2.56
1961 CHW AL 30 LF 2 0 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.00 0.50 .970 2.00 2.00
1961 CHW AL 30 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
6 Seasons OF 531 381 320 3700.2 925 872 40 13 5 .986 -6 -2 2.22 1.72 .980 2.26 2.25
6 Seasons RF 382 231 206 2389.0 525 497 22 6 4 .989 2 1 1.96 1.36 .977 1.95 1.94
6 Seasons CF 178 150 114 1284.0 394 372 15 7 2 .982 -9 -8 2.71 2.17 .984 2.73 2.71
4 Seasons LF 11 0 0 27.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 2.28 0.64 .979 2.05 2.05
6 Seasons TOT 531 381 320 3700.2 925 872 40 13 5 .986 -6 -2 2.22 1.72 .980 2.26 2.25
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
1956 KCA AL 25 CF -2 -5 -3 -1 -2 1
1956 KCA AL 25 RF -1 -80 -0 0 -0 -1
1957 BAL AL 26 RF 5 10 -1 1 -2 6
1957 BAL AL 26 CF -1 -3 -2 0 -2 1
1957 BAL AL 26 LF 1 191 1 0 1 0
1958 BAL AL 27 RF 1 1 2 4 -2 -1
1958 BAL AL 27 CF -4 -23 -4 -1 -2 0
1958 BAL AL 27 LF -0 -14 -0 0 -0 0
1959 BAL AL 28 RF 2 3 2 4 -2 0
1959 BAL AL 28 CF -0 -3 -0 -0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 28 LF -0 -83 -0 0 -0
1960 BAL AL 29 RF -3 -10 -2 -3 1 -1
1960 BAL AL 29 CF -1 -69 0 0 0 -1
1961 KCA AL 30 RF -0 -3 1 0 1 -1
1961 KCA AL 30 CF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1961 CHW AL 30 CF -1 -11 -1 0 -1 0
1961 CHW AL 30 LF -0 -13 -0 0 -0 0
1961 CHW AL 30 RF -0 -60 -0 -0 0
6 Seasons RF 2 1 0 6 -6 2
6 Seasons CF -9 -8 -10 -3 -7 1
4 Seasons LF 0 17 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons TOT -6 -2 -9 3 -13 3
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
1956 KCA AL 25 69 61 69 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 3 67 0 4 2
1957 BAL AL 26 142 105 142 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 53 81 127 0 17 8
1958 BAL AL 27 141 90 141 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 35 102 120 0 28 2
1959 BAL AL 28 130 60 130 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 102 106 0 29 9
1960 BAL AL 29 104 40 104 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 74 75 0 26 17
1961 CHW AL 30 47 13 47 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 1 17 0 21 10
1961 KCA AL 30 35 12 35 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 21 0 15 3
6 Seasons 668 381 668 533 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 178 382 533 0 140 51
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 -- 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%
1956 KCA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 88 52% 82% 25% 10 40%
1957 BAL AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 11 0 3 4 3 31 16 3 27 6 3 11 6 0 4 3 0 10 8 0 83 39 47.0% 39 6 7.2% 5 2460 70% 80% 29% 223 56%
1958 BAL AL 27 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 36 15 1 8 1 0 10 8 0 8 1 0 12 7 0 74 32 43.2% 41 1 1.4% 2 2711 68% 81% 32% 276 57%
1959 BAL AL 28 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 37 14 1 20 4 0 6 3 0 5 1 0 12 10 0 80 32 40.0% 47 1 1.3% 2 2505 67% 82% 28% 231 55%
1960 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 25 9 0 11 2 0 8 5 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 52 19 36.5% 33 0 0.0% 4 1736 63% 78% 27% 153 47%
1961 KCA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 16 6 37.5% 10 0 0.0% 1 505 69% 81% 29% 52 60%
1961 CHW AL 30 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 7 71% 71% 43% 0
6 Seasons 6 0 6 0 2 22 0 6 6 4 139 57 5 67 13 3 38 22 0 20 5 0 47 32 0 311 129 41.5% 175 8 2.6% 14 10012 67% 81% 29% 945 54%
MLB Averages 41.1% 3.1% 64% 80% 29% 53%

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%
1956 KCA AL 25 4 0 3 1 0 7 0 1 3 1 39 26 1 23 2 0 5 1 0 9 1 1 20 15 0 96 45 46.9% 49 2 2.1% 5 2292 63% 81% 28% 277 55%
1957 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 26 14 1 14 1 0 7 3 1 8 0 0 18 16 0 73 34 46.6% 37 2 2.7% 2 1692 68% 81% 29% 231 54%
1958 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 14 7 0 8 1 0 3 2 0 6 0 0 6 4 0 37 14 37.8% 23 0 0.0% 2 839 71% 81% 26% 104 55%
1959 BAL AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 3 25.0% 8 1 8.3% -1 190 69% 77% 27% 28 43%
1960 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 69 74% 78% 20% 12 42%
1961 CHW AL 30 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 17 6 35.3% 10 1 5.9% 0 453 66% 82% 30% 58 53%
1961 KCA AL 30 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 7 57% 114% 29% 0
6 Seasons 7 0 6 1 1 14 0 2 7 2 92 50 4 56 5 0 16 6 1 28 3 1 49 39 0 241 103 42.7% 132 6 2.5% 8 5542 66% 81% 28% 710 54%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.2% 64% 80% 29% 56%

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%
1957 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 22 64% 82% 36% 6 67%
1958 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 45 71% 82% 31% 6 33%
1959 BAL AL 28 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 20 60% 75% 30% 0
1961 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 33 85% 91% 36% 4 25%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 120 72% 83% 33% 16 44%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.6% 64% 80% 29% 48%

* 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

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 AL  8 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 AL  4 (4th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 AL  11 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1957 AL  15 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 AL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1957 AL  1.88 (5th)
1958 AL  2.16 (2nd)
1959 AL  1.90 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 AL  .992 (2nd)
1958 AL  .981 (2nd)
1959 AL  .984 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1957 AL  .996 (3rd)

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