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Gaylen Pitts

Gaylen Richard Pitts

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 6, 1946 in Wichita, KS
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1974
Team: Athletics 1974-1975

Final Game: September 25, 1975
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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
1974	OAK	AL	28	3B	11	8	8	77.0	33	10	20	3	1	.909	1	20	3.51	2.73	.954	3.12	3.10
1974	OAK	AL	28	2B	6	3	2	33.0	20	11	8	1	2	.950	-1	-25	5.18	3.17	.975	5.37	5.35
1974	OAK	AL	28	1B	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	1.00	.990	9.90	9.70
1975	OAK	AL	29	3B	6	0	0	9.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	-0	-27	4.00	0.67	.954	3.20	3.15
1975	OAK	AL	29	SS	2	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	80	6.00	1.00	.960	4.80	4.85
1975	OAK	AL	29	2B	1	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	0	60	9.00	4.00	.975	5.40	5.40
	2 Seasons			3B	17	8	8	86.0	38	11	23	4	1	.895	1	15	3.56	2.00	.954	3.13	3.12
	2 Seasons			2B	7	3	2	37.0	24	13	10	1	2	.958	-0	-16	5.59	3.29	.975	5.38	5.36
	1 Season			SS	2	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	80	6.00	1.00	.960	4.80	4.85
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	1.00	.990	9.90	9.70
	2 Seasons			TOT	27	11	10	127.0	65	26	34	5	4	.923	1	8	4.25	2.22	.962	3.88	4.07

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
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1974	OAK	AL	28	3B	1	20	1	0	1	0
1974	OAK	AL	28	2B	-1	-25	-1	-0	-0	0
1974	OAK	AL	28	1B	0	0	0	0	0
1975	OAK	AL	29	3B	-0	-27	-0	0	-0	0
1975	OAK	AL	29	SS	0	80	0	0	0	0
1975	OAK	AL	29	2B	0	60	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			3B	1	15	1	1	1	0
	2 Seasons			2B	-0	-16	-0	-0	-0	0
	1 Season			SS	0	80	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			1B	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			TOT	1	8	1	0	0	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1974	OAK	AL	28	18	11	18	17	1	6	11	0	1	0
1975	OAK	AL	29	10	0	10	9	0	1	6	2	1	1
	2 Seasons			28	11	28	26	1	7	17	2	2	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 -- 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%
1974	OAK	AL	28	310	73%	78%	27%	37	84%	0	10	10	0	0	21	17	4	0	0	3	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0%
1975	OAK	AL	29	39	51%	95%	33%	5	80%	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			349	70%	80%	28%	42	83%	0	11	11	0	0	24	19	5	0	0	4	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0%
	MLB Averages				62%	81%	28%		90%																								69%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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
1974	OAK	AL	28	137	72%	84%	27%	13	85%	0	11	6	5	0	8	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
1975	OAK	AL	29	15	33%	80%	27%	2	100%	0	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			152	68%	84%	27%	15	87%	0	13	6	6	1	10	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	81%	28%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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
1975	OAK	AL	29	9	67%	67%	11%	1	100%	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			9	67%	67%	11%	1	100%	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	81%	28%		91%

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%
1974	OAK	AL	28	6	67%	83%	17%	0		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			6	67%	83%	17%	0		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	81%	28%		94%																											91%

* 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.

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