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Vada Pinson
Vada Edward Pinson Jr.

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: August 11, 1938 in Memphis, TN
High School: McClymonds (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: September 28, 1975
Died: October 21, 1995 in Oakland, CA
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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	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1958	CIN	NL	19	OF	27	25	222.2	54	50	4	0	1	1.000	-0.6	-3.2	-1.6	-1.1	-0.5	1		2.18	2.00	.980	2.26	1.95
1958	CIN	NL	19	RF	18	16	150.1	35	32	3	0	1	1.000	-0.4	-3.2	-1.4	-1.3	-0.2	1		2.10	1.94	.977	2.02	1.73
1958	CIN	NL	19	CF	5	5	37.1	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	0.5	16.1	0.5	0.4	0.1	0		2.89	2.40	.983	2.72	2.50
1958	CIN	NL	19	LF	4	4	35.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-0.7	-24.0	-0.7	-0.2	-0.4	0		1.80	1.75	.971	2.01	1.55
1959	CIN	NL	20	CF	154	154	1355.0	438	420	11	7	4	.984	-1.3	-1.2	0.7	-1.5	2.2	-2		2.86	2.80	.980	2.63	2.24	AS,MVP-15
1959	CIN	NL	20	OF	154	154	1355.0	441	423	11	7	4	.984	-1.3	-1.2	0.7	-1.5	2.2	-2		2.88	2.82	.977	2.21	1.90	AS,MVP-15
1960	CIN	NL	21	CF	154	154	1383.2	415	396	11	8	1	.981	2.7	2.3	-0.3	2.7	-3.1	3		2.65	2.64	.981	2.59	2.32	AS,MVP-18
1960	CIN	NL	21	OF	154	154	1383.2	420	401	11	8	1	.981	2.7	2.3	-0.3	2.7	-3.1	3		2.68	2.68	.978	2.20	1.92	AS,MVP-18
1961	CIN	NL	22	CF	153	151	1334.0	425	396	19	10	4	.976	17.9	16.1	10.9	10.6	0.3	7		2.80	2.71	.981	2.63	2.28	MVP-3,GG
1961	CIN	NL	22	OF	153	151	1334.0	420	391	19	10	4	.976	17.9	16.1	10.9	10.6	0.3	7		2.77	2.68	.977	2.16	1.86	MVP-3,GG
1962	CIN	NL	23	CF	152	151	1342.2	359	342	13	4	1	.989	1.2	1.1	-3.8	-5.5	1.7	5		2.38	2.34	.979	2.47	2.27
1962	CIN	NL	23	OF	152	151	1342.2	361	344	13	4	1	.989	1.2	1.1	-3.8	-5.5	1.7	5		2.39	2.35	.974	2.07	1.79
1963	CIN	NL	24	OF	162	162	1423.1	374	357	9	8	0	.979	1.3	1.1	0.3	8.3	-8.1	1		2.31	2.26	.977	2.01	1.75	MVP-10
1963	CIN	NL	24	CF	145	143	1258.0	336	320	8	8	0	.976	0.1	0.1	0.1	6.5	-6.4	0		2.35	2.26	.982	2.37	2.09	MVP-10
1963	CIN	NL	24	RF	19	19	165.1	35	34	1	0	0	1.000	1.2	8.7	0.2	1.8	-1.7	1		1.91	1.84	.974	1.83	1.61	MVP-10
1964	CIN	NL	25	CF	156	154	1376.0	322	301	12	9	1	.972	-1.8	-1.6	-9.8	-7.2	-2.6	8		2.05	2.01	.977	2.35	2.10	MVP-18
1964	CIN	NL	25	OF	156	154	1376.0	322	299	14	9	1	.972	-1.8	-1.6	-9.8	-7.2	-2.6	8		2.05	2.01	.973	1.99	1.72	MVP-18
1965	CIN	NL	26	CF	159	159	1427.1	365	353	9	3	1	.992	-1.3	-1.1	-2.3	-2.1	-0.3	1		2.28	2.28	.981	2.30	2.00
1965	CIN	NL	26	OF	159	159	1427.1	366	354	9	3	1	.992	-1.3	-1.1	-2.3	-2.1	-0.3	1		2.29	2.28	.975	2.00	1.75
1966	CIN	NL	27	OF	154	153	1362.0	366	344	9	13	1	.964	-2.4	-2.1	-5.4	2.7	-8.0	3		2.33	2.29	.974	2.03	1.78
1966	CIN	NL	27	CF	141	130	1186.1	331	314	5	12	0	.964	-2.4	-2.4	-3.4	3.4	-6.7	1		2.42	2.26	.980	2.38	2.11
1966	CIN	NL	27	RF	24	23	175.2	35	30	4	1	1	.971	0.0	0.0	-2.0	-0.7	-1.3	2		1.74	1.42	.977	1.96	1.68
1967	CIN	NL	28	CF	157	156	1407.2	348	338	5	5	2	.986	-5.3	-4.5	-7.3	-7.4	0.2	2		2.19	2.18	.981	2.30	2.04
1967	CIN	NL	28	OF	157	156	1407.2	350	341	4	5	1	.986	-5.3	-4.5	-7.3	-7.4	0.2	2		2.21	2.20	.976	2.03	1.81
1968	CIN	NL	29	OF	123	119	1078.2	271	258	7	6	0	.978	-11.3	-12.6	-9.3	-3.7	-5.6	-2		2.21	2.15	.975	2.02	1.82
1968	CIN	NL	29	CF	121	116	1054.2	270	256	8	6	0	.978	-10.5	-11.9	-8.5	-3.7	-4.8	-2		2.25	2.18	.978	2.39	2.18
1968	CIN	NL	29	RF	3	3	24.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.8	-40.0	-0.8	0.0	-0.8	0		0.75	0.67	1.000	2.03	1.77
1969	STL	NL	30	OF	124	123	1090.2	225	218	6	1	2	.996	-4.2	-4.6	-2.2	-0.9	-1.2	-2		1.85	1.81	.972	2.02	1.75
1969	STL	NL	30	RF	124	123	1087.2	222	214	7	1	2	.995	-3.9	-4.3	-1.9	-0.9	-0.9	-2		1.83	1.78	.974	1.89	1.60
1969	STL	NL	30	CF	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.3	-120.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3			0.00	0.00		2.40	2.10
1970	CLE	AL	31	OF	141	132	1188.0	278	265	8	5	3	.982	6.4	6.5	5.4	-1.7	7.2	1		2.07	1.94	.980	2.14	1.85
1970	CLE	AL	31	RF	115	105	945.2	216	206	7	3	3	.986	7.5	9.5	5.5	-1.8	7.3	2		2.03	1.85	.975	1.98	1.59
1970	CLE	AL	31	LF	20	16	141.1	36	34	0	2	0	.944	1.2	10.2	2.2	2.1	0.2	-1		2.17	1.70	.978	1.81	1.48
1970	CLE	AL	31	CF	15	11	101.0	22	21	1	0	0	1.000	-2.3	-27.3	-2.3	-2.0	-0.3	0		1.96	1.47	.986	2.62	2.30
1970	CLE	AL	31	1B	7	0	21.0	20	19	1	0	2	1.000	0.1	5.7	0.1	0.2	-0.1		0	8.57	2.86	.990	9.60	8.14
1971	CLE	AL	32	OF	141	133	1177.1	323	305	11	7	2	.978	-2.8	-2.9	-2.8	-0.2	-2.7	0		2.42	2.24	.982	2.24	1.96
1971	CLE	AL	32	CF	100	94	822.0	242	228	9	5	2	.979	0.9	1.3	-2.1	-0.8	-1.3	3		2.59	2.37	.983	2.73	2.32
1971	CLE	AL	32	RF	40	30	274.1	70	67	1	2	0	.971	-0.9	-3.9	1.1	1.2	-0.1	-2		2.23	1.70	.980	2.05	1.70
1971	CLE	AL	32	LF	11	9	81.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	-2.8	-41.5	-1.8	-0.6	-1.3	-1		1.22	1.00	.982	1.93	1.60
1971	CLE	AL	32	1B	3	0	7.0	10	10	0	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0	12.86	3.33	.990	9.64	8.10
1972	CAL	AL	33	OF	134	122	1095.2	218	205	11	2	3	.991	-1.8	-2.0	-3.8	-3.7	0.1	2		1.77	1.61	.983	2.22	1.91
1972	CAL	AL	33	LF	112	82	778.0	159	147	10	2	3	.987	-1.1	-1.7	-2.1	-1.9	-0.1	1		1.82	1.40	.980	1.89	1.53
1972	CAL	AL	33	RF	30	27	212.2	40	40	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3	-1.7	-1.3	-1.3	0.1	1		1.69	1.33	.980	2.12	1.76
1972	CAL	AL	33	CF	16	13	105.0	21	21	0	0	0	1.000	-0.4	-4.6	-0.4	-0.5	0.1	0		1.80	1.31	.986	2.65	2.29
1972	CAL	AL	33	1B	1	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0	18.00	2.00	1.000	9.90	8.00
1973	CAL	AL	34	OF	120	113	997.2	229	210	11	8	2	.965	-6.9	-8.3	-4.9	-4.1	-0.8	-2		1.99	1.84	.979	2.29	2.02
1973	CAL	AL	34	LF	81	62	567.1	125	114	6	5	2	.960	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0		1.90	1.48	.978	2.00	1.68
1973	CAL	AL	34	CF	33	30	242.2	66	64	2	0	0	1.000	-5.1	-25.2	-4.1	-4.3	0.2	-1		2.45	2.00	.983	2.78	2.54
1973	CAL	AL	34	RF	26	21	187.2	42	37	2	3	0	.929	-1.7	-10.9	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	-1		1.87	1.50	.976	2.09	1.73
1974	KCR	AL	35	OF	110	100	860.0	201	188	9	4	2	.980	-2.6	-3.6	1.4	0.2	1.3	-4		2.06	1.79	.980	2.41	2.12
1974	KCR	AL	35	RF	91	83	718.0	184	171	9	4	2	.978	2.2	3.7	5.2	3.0	2.2	-3		2.26	1.98	.976	2.18	1.86
1974	KCR	AL	35	LF	14	12	99.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-2.0	-24.2	-2.0	-0.9	-1.1	0		0.91	0.71	.970	2.12	1.75
1974	KCR	AL	35	CF	6	5	43.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-2.8	-78.1	-1.8	-1.9	0.2	-1		1.67	1.33	.988	2.93	2.63
1974	KCR	AL	35	DH	2
1974	KCR	AL	35	1B	1	1	9.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	0.3	40.0	0.3	0.0	0.3		0	10.00	10.00	.990	9.70	8.00
1975	KCR	AL	36	OF	82	74	630.0	151	144	6	1	0	.993	4.1	7.8	2.1	-0.7	2.9	2		2.14	1.83	.979	2.37	2.10
1975	KCR	AL	36	RF	60	52	435.2	97	93	4	0	0	1.000	2.5	6.9	2.5	-0.3	2.8	0		2.00	1.62	.975	2.11	1.84
1975	KCR	AL	36	CF	13	12	99.2	28	27	1	0	0	1.000	0.6	7.2	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	1		2.53	2.15	.982	2.84	2.52
1975	KCR	AL	36	LF	12	10	94.2	26	24	1	1	0	.962	1.0	12.7	0.0	-0.3	0.3	1		2.38	2.08	.977	2.18	1.80
1975	KCR	AL	36	DH	5
1975	KCR	AL	36	1B	4	0	5.1	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0.1	22.5	0.1	-0.2	0.2		0	11.81	1.75	.986	9.79	8.32
18 Seasons				OF	2403	2335	20752.1	5370	5097	172	101	29	.981	-8.7	-0.5	-32.7	-15.3	-17.0	24		2.29	2.19	.977	2.13	1.86
18 Seasons				CF	1681	1638	14579.0	4008	3817	114	77	16	.981	-9.6	-0.8	-34.6	-13.4	-21.0	25		2.43	2.34	.980	2.47	2.19
11 Seasons				RF	550	502	4377.0	978	926	38	14	9	.986	5.4	1.5	6.4	-0.2	6.6	-1		1.98	1.75	.976	2.01	1.70
7 Seasons				LF	254	195	1796.1	374	347	17	10	5	.973	-4.5	-3.0	-4.5	-1.7	-2.6	0		1.82	1.43	.978	1.95	1.60
5 Seasons				1B	16	1	43.1	49	48	1	0	4	1.000	0.5	13.8	0.5	0.0	0.4		0	10.18	3.06	.990	9.66	8.16
2 Seasons				DH	7
18 Seasons				TOT	2419	2336	20795.2	5419	5145	173	101	33	.981	-8.2	-0.5	-32.2	-15.3	-16.6	24	0	2.30	2.20	.958	2.14	1.90
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	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
1958	CIN	NL	19	27	25	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	18	27		0	1
1959	CIN	NL	20	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	154	0	154		0	0
1960	CIN	NL	21	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	154	0	154		0	0
1961	CIN	NL	22	154	151	154	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	153	0	153		1	0
1962	CIN	NL	23	155	151	155	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	152	0	152		4	0
1963	CIN	NL	24	162	162	162	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	19	162		0	0
1964	CIN	NL	25	156	154	156	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	156	0	156		1	0
1965	CIN	NL	26	159	159	159	159	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	159	0	159		0	0
1966	CIN	NL	27	156	153	156	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	141	24	154		3	0
1967	CIN	NL	28	158	156	158	158	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	0	157		2	0
1968	CIN	NL	29	130	119	130	130	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	121	3	123		11	0
1969	STL	NL	30	132	123	132	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	124	124		9	0
1970	CLE	AL	31	148	132	148	148	0	0	7	0	0	0	20	15	115	141		12	1
1971	CLE	AL	32	146	133	146	146	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	100	40	141		7	1
1972	CAL	AL	33	136	122	136	136	0	0	1	0	0	0	112	16	30	134		9	2
1973	CAL	AL	34	124	113	124	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	33	26	121	0	6	1
1974	KCR	AL	35	115	102	115	111	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	6	91	110	1	11	1
1975	KCR	AL	36	103	77	103	85	0	0	4	0	0	0	12	13	60	82	3	20	2
18 Seasons				2469	2340	2469	2444	0	0	16	0	0	0	254	1681	550	2404	4	96	9
				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

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 -- CF*

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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%
1958	CIN	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	158	52%	72%	40%	16	75%
1959	CIN	NL	20	7	0	5	2	1	11	1	5	0	0	71	30	0	61	8	1	19	8	0	16	4	0	37	32	0	204	82	40.2%	121	1	0.5%	10	6007	58%	80%	31%	808	53%
1960	CIN	NL	21	8	0	5	3	1	11	0	2	5	2	67	34	2	66	10	1	16	8	2	25	9	0	35	27	0	209	88	42.1%	116	5	2.4%	6	6028	61%	80%	30%	764	53%
1961	CIN	NL	22	10	1	8	1	1	19	0	6	4	7	57	35	1	54	4	3	20	11	2	24	4	2	21	16	0	176	70	39.8%	97	8	4.5%	11	5865	59%	78%	29%	742	56%
1962	CIN	NL	23	4	0	4	0	1	13	0	7	2	2	49	32	0	39	1	2	10	3	0	26	8	0	29	25	1	153	69	45.1%	81	3	2.0%	10	5925	61%	76%	28%	622	57%
1963	CIN	NL	24	8	0	8	0	1	8	0	2	4	2	32	17	1	42	7	1	16	6	0	13	3	0	24	22	0	127	55	43.3%	70	2	1.6%	6	5401	61%	75%	28%	588	56%
1964	CIN	NL	25	9	0	5	4	0	12	0	1	5	5	56	35	4	47	7	2	12	8	1	17	3	0	22	19	0	154	72	46.8%	75	7	4.5%	5	5848	62%	75%	29%	642	48%
1965	CIN	NL	26	3	0	3	0	0	9	0	2	1	4	48	25	0	41	7	2	14	7	0	24	5	0	26	21	0	153	65	42.5%	86	2	1.3%	7	6340	60%	73%	26%	606	59%
1966	CIN	NL	27	12	0	11	1	2	5	0	3	2	0	42	26	0	36	1	0	16	8	0	19	2	0	23	19	0	136	56	41.2%	80	0	0.0%	5	5279	62%	75%	27%	588	54%
1967	CIN	NL	28	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	2	0	2	51	20	0	50	7	0	12	7	1	21	4	1	28	23	0	162	61	37.7%	99	2	1.2%	3	6097	59%	75%	25%	635	54%
1968	CIN	NL	29	6	1	5	0	1	8	0	1	3	3	44	18	1	40	6	1	18	7	0	20	3	0	27	22	0	149	56	37.6%	91	2	1.3%	6	4616	62%	76%	24%	515	51%
1969	STL	NL	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	12	58%	83%	17%	0
1970	CLE	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	3	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	17	6	35.3%	11	0	0.0%	1	465	68%	75%	25%	51	43%
1971	CLE	AL	32	5	1	4	0	1	9	0	3	4	2	34	23	1	29	4	1	13	4	1	16	2	1	21	18	1	113	51	45.1%	57	5	4.4%	4	3742	59%	73%	24%	438	53%
1972	CAL	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	11	7	63.6%	4	0	0.0%	0	445	65%	70%	21%	42	50%
1973	CAL	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	15	8	0	13	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	9	6	0	41	15	36.6%	25	1	2.4%	1	1097	63%	75%	22%	123	54%
1974	KCR	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	210	55%	76%	22%	22	36%
1975	KCR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	8	4	50.0%	4	0	0.0%	1	432	61%	77%	24%	35	80%
18 Seasons				77	3	63	11	9	114	1	37	30	30	584	311	10	528	63	15	169	78	7	226	47	4	311	259	2	1818	758	41.7%	1021	38	2.1%	76	63967	61%	76%	27%	7237	54%
MLB Averages																															41.8%			2.1%			61%	77%	26%		56%
				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%

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%
1958	CIN	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	6	3	1	18	8	44.4%	9	1	5.6%	2	681	63%	79%	26%	54	63%
1963	CIN	NL	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	8	4	50.0%	3	1	12.5%	0	712	64%	77%	28%	49	71%
1966	CIN	NL	27	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	1	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	4	0	13	5	38.5%	6	2	15.4%	2	750	60%	73%	24%	53	62%
1968	CIN	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	0	123	72%	76%	20%	6	33%
1969	STL	NL	30	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	5	51	17	2	19	1	1	16	10	1	12	1	2	14	11	0	112	40	35.7%	66	6	5.4%	1	4697	61%	75%	25%	446	49%
1970	CLE	AL	31	3	0	3	0	1	7	0	1	2	2	36	19	0	33	5	2	10	6	0	8	0	0	17	15	1	104	45	43.3%	56	3	2.9%	4	4173	65%	72%	23%	375	56%
1971	CLE	AL	32	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	14	7	0	10	1	0	4	2	0	7	2	0	7	6	0	42	18	42.9%	24	0	0.0%	1	1259	63%	72%	26%	124	55%
1972	CAL	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6	0	10	3	0	4	3	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	28	15	53.6%	13	0	0.0%	0	937	66%	72%	23%	98	41%
1973	CAL	AL	34	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	10	5	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	20	6	30.0%	14	0	0.0%	2	834	67%	74%	22%	72	54%
1974	KCR	AL	35	4	0	4	0	1	9	1	3	1	2	44	16	1	18	0	0	7	4	1	5	1	0	16	11	0	90	32	35.6%	56	2	2.2%	7	3134	59%	81%	27%	341	52%
1975	KCR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	17	6	0	9	1	0	3	2	0	7	3	0	9	7	0	45	19	42.2%	26	0	0.0%	4	1908	52%	80%	25%	154	63%
11 Seasons				14	0	14	0	3	38	3	13	8	11	197	82	4	110	12	4	48	29	2	48	10	3	80	60	2	483	193	40.0%	275	15	3.1%	23	19208	62%	76%	25%	1772	54%
MLB Averages																															42.1%			3.2%			61%	77%	26%		53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1958	CIN	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	6	85.7%	1	0	0.0%	0	158	80%	82%	30%	19	37%
1970	CLE	AL	31	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	12	6	50.0%	6	0	0.0%	0	609	63%	73%	25%	60	57%
1971	CLE	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	4	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	13	6	46.2%	7	0	0.0%	0	364	74%	76%	22%	39	28%
1972	CAL	AL	33	2	0	2	0	0	10	0	2	0	5	29	25	0	26	7	3	14	8	0	12	3	2	16	15	0	97	58	59.8%	34	5	5.2%	5	3384	62%	73%	24%	326	47%
1973	CAL	AL	34	5	0	5	0	1	6	0	3	1	2	29	20	1	27	6	2	9	5	0	3	1	0	7	5	2	75	37	49.3%	33	5	6.7%	1	2485	64%	74%	24%	267	44%
1974	KCR	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	12	8	66.7%	4	0	0.0%	0	439	59%	80%	21%	31	32%
1975	KCR	AL	36	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	7	63.6%	3	1	9.1%	0	411	57%	78%	25%	49	51%
7 Seasons				10	0	10	0	3	17	0	5	1	8	81	62	1	66	18	6	31	17	0	18	4	2	31	27	2	227	128	56.4%	88	11	4.8%	6	7850	63%	74%	24%	791	45%
MLB Averages																															57.4%			2.6%			61%	77%	26%		48%

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%
1970	CLE	AL	31	91	54%	69%	25%	3	100%	0	19	0	19	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1971	CLE	AL	32	33	76%	70%	33%	1	100%	0	10	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1972	CAL	AL	33	3	100%	67%	33%	1	100%	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	KCR	AL	35	39	56%	77%	28%	4	100%	0	10	2	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	KCR	AL	36	25	44%	84%	36%	1	100%	0	7	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons				191	58%	73%	29%	10	100%	0	48	3	44	1	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	100%
MLB Averages					61%	77%	27%		94%																											87%

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