Herb Plews
Herbert Eugene Plews
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 14, 1928 in Helena, MT
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1956
Final Game: July 26, 1959
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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
1956 WSH AL 28 2B 66 56 513.0 320 137 166 17 38 .947 -7.5 -17.5 -5.5 -4.7 -0.8 -2 5.32 4.59 .974 5.44 4.74
1956 WSH AL 28 SS 5 0 8.0 5 1 3 1 1 .800 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 4.50 0.80 .960 4.95 4.10
1956 WSH AL 28 3B 2 2 24.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.3 14.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.96 4.00 .950 3.22 2.80
1957 WSH AL 29 2B 79 67 602.1 382 199 175 8 42 .979 -9.9 -19.7 -8.9 -2.8 -6.1 -1 5.59 4.73 .980 5.39 4.84
1957 WSH AL 29 3B 11 8 78.2 18 4 11 3 1 .833 -4.9 -74.7 -4.9 -3.8 -1.1 0 1.72 1.36 .956 3.23 2.77
1957 WSH AL 29 SS 4 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 4.50 0.50 .950 5.18 4.42
1958 WSH AL 30 2B 64 53 478.0 293 133 153 7 41 .976 -1.0 -2.5 -1.0 -1.6 0.6 0 5.38 4.47 .978 5.26 4.68
1958 WSH AL 30 3B 36 33 292.1 87 23 55 9 4 .897 -7.5 -30.8 -7.5 -1.0 -6.5 0 2.40 2.17 .954 3.11 2.59
1959 TOT AL 31 2B 8 5 49.0 41 21 18 2 3 .951 -0.7 -17.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 0 7.16 4.88 .978 5.29 4.74
1959 WSH AL 31 2B 6 5 46.0 35 18 16 1 2 .971 -0.9 -23.5 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 6.65 5.67 .977 5.28 4.73
1959 BOS AL 31 2B 2 0 3.0 6 3 2 1 1 .833 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 15.00 2.50 .983 5.40 4.75
4 Seasons 2B 217 181 1642.1 1036 490 512 34 124 .967 -19.1 -14.0 -16.1 -9.0 -7.1 -3 5.49 4.62 .978 5.36 4.76
3 Seasons 3B 49 43 395.1 113 29 72 12 5 .894 -12.1 -36.7 -12.1 -4.5 -7.6 0 2.30 2.06 .954 3.14 2.64
2 Seasons SS 9 0 12.0 7 1 5 1 1 .857 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 4.50 0.67 .957 5.03 4.24
4 Seasons TOT 275 224 2049.2 1156 520 589 47 130 .959 -31.2 -18.3 -28.2 -13.3 -14.9 -3 4.87 4.03 .934 4.93 4.36

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
1956 WSH AL 28 91 58 91 91 0 0 0 66 2 5 0 0 0 0 25 2
1957 WSH AL 29 104 75 104 104 0 0 0 79 11 4 0 0 0 0 27 0
1958 WSH AL 30 111 86 111 111 0 0 0 64 36 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1959 WSH AL 31 27 5 27 27 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1959 BOS AL 31 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
4 Seasons 346 224 346 346 0 0 0 217 49 9 0 0 0 0 108 3
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 -- 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
1956 WSH AL 28 2372 64% 80% 25% 188 89% 3 136 33 74 29 164 131 25 0 1 17 1 8 8 11 39 15 9 11 0 37 11 25 2 0 2
1957 WSH AL 29 2805 66% 79% 25% 243 90% 0 200 78 89 33 173 149 21 0 0 8 0 8 0 7 41 17 8 7 3 38 10 26 1 1 0
1958 WSH AL 30 2136 63% 79% 25% 190 91% 3 133 46 62 25 152 124 22 1 2 7 0 6 1 5 41 11 7 12 2 36 15 19 4 3 1
1959 WSH AL 31 226 54% 81% 29% 20 95% 0 17 5 10 2 15 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 31 15 80% 87% 67% 5 60% 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 7554 64% 79% 25% 646 90% 6 489 162 238 89 507 420 70 1 3 34 1 24 9 25 124 44 25 31 5 114 37 72 7 4 3
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

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%
1956 WSH AL 28 108 67% 81% 31% 9 89% 0 2 2 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 WSH AL 29 369 66% 79% 23% 22 64% 0 4 3 0 1 11 9 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 50%
1958 WSH AL 30 1313 60% 81% 28% 90 80% 1 23 19 1 3 54 46 5 2 0 9 0 7 2 8 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 5 40%
3 Seasons 1790 62% 81% 27% 121 78% 1 29 24 1 4 71 61 6 2 0 12 0 9 3 10 5 3 1 4 0 0 0 9 44%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 62%

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
1956 WSH AL 28 38 68% 71% 21% 4 50% 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1957 WSH AL 29 15 80% 80% 20% 2 100% 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 53 72% 74% 21% 6 67% 2 1 0 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

* 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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