Biff Pocoroba
Biff Benedict Pocoroba
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 25, 1953 in Burbank, CA
High School: Canoga Park (Canoga Park, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 17th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1975
Final Game: April 20, 1984
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1975 ATL NL 21 C 62 49 466.0 270 237 25 8 2 .970 -10.0 -25.8 -10 5.06 4.23 .985 6.03 5.24 13 13 60 12 17%
1976 ATL NL 22 C 54 51 440.0 319 273 39 7 5 .978 -1.0 -2.7 -1 6.38 5.78 .986 5.96 5.16 10 11 31 16 34%
1977 ATL NL 23 C 100 86 798.1 627 542 78 7 8 .989 -4.0 -6.0 -4 6.99 6.20 .985 6.49 5.54 15 33 103 52 34%
1978 ATL NL 24 C 79 77 682.2 502 454 43 5 1 .990 -9.0 -15.8 -9 6.55 6.29 .985 6.17 5.11 12 29 82 25 23% AS
1979 ATL NL 25 C 7 6 51.1 45 39 3 3 0 .933 -1.0 -23.4 -1 7.36 6.00 .987 6.12 5.27 0 5 8 3 27%
1980 ATL NL 26 C 10 9 75.1 61 56 1 4 0 .934 -4.0 -63.7 -4 6.81 5.70 .984 6.09 5.23 1 4 16 1 6%
1981 ATL NL 27 3B 21 20 171.0 48 15 30 3 4 .938 -3.9 -27.4 -3.9 -1.9 -2.0 0 2.37 2.14 .948 2.84 2.47
1981 ATL NL 27 C 9 6 52.0 32 28 4 0 2 1.000 1.0 23.1 1 5.54 3.56 .981 5.94 5.07 0 2 4 3 43%
1982 ATL NL 28 C 36 29 249.2 161 143 16 2 2 .988 -4.0 -19.2 -4 5.73 4.42 .985 6.29 5.52 1 14 44 13 23%
1982 ATL NL 28 3B 2 1 7.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -93.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 1.17 0.50 .900 2.82 2.45
1983 ATL NL 29 C 34 29 248.1 181 166 12 3 1 .983 -4.0 -19.3 -4 6.45 5.24 .984 6.57 5.55 1 8 39 9 19%
9 Seasons C 391 342 3063.2 2198 1938 221 39 21 .982 -36.0 -14.1 -36 6.34 5.52 .985 6.24 5.33 53 119 387 134 26%
2 Seasons 3B 23 21 178.2 49 16 30 3 4 .939 -4.5 -30.2 -4.5 -1.9 -2.6 0 2.32 2.00 .947 2.84 2.47
10 Seasons TOT 414 363 3242.1 2247 1954 251 42 25 .981 -40.5 -15.0 -4.5 -1.9 -2.6 0 -36 6.12 5.33 .966 6.05 5.17 53 119 387 134 26%

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
1975 ATL NL 21 67 49 67 62 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1976 ATL NL 22 54 51 54 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 ATL NL 23 113 86 113 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1978 ATL NL 24 92 77 92 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1979 ATL NL 25 28 6 28 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1980 ATL NL 26 70 9 70 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 0
1981 ATL NL 27 57 26 57 29 0 9 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
1982 ATL NL 28 56 30 56 38 0 36 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1983 ATL NL 29 55 29 55 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1984 ATL NL 30 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Seasons 596 363 596 414 0 392 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 211 1
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1975 ATL NL 21 2165 3.99 4.96 28 96% 0 0 235 16 4 11 204 25 7 1 0 2 8 0 2 6 1 2 0 1 2 3 67%
1976 ATL NL 22 1965 3.56 4.15 26 100% 1 0 275 13 1 10 251 38 8 2 1 7 7 1 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 5 100%
1977 ATL NL 23 3821 4.97 5.61 52 98% 1 1 548 26 4 25 493 76 11 0 0 10 7 1 2 4 0 8 0 2 3 3 100%
1978 ATL NL 24 3099 3.88 4.38 35 100% 0 0 449 24 1 13 411 43 6 1 0 14 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 ATL NL 25 256 5.47 5.82 3 100% 1 0 37 2 0 2 33 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 ATL NL 26 366 4.54 5.62 4 100% 0 0 56 3 0 1 52 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1981 ATL NL 27 217 3.46 3.46 1 0% 0 1 28 0 1 4 23 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0%
1982 ATL NL 28 1139 4.25 4.61 8 100% 0 0 144 5 0 1 138 17 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1983 ATL NL 29 1106 3.73 4.13 5 100% 0 0 166 3 0 2 161 12 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 14134 4.19 4.79 162 98% 3 2 1938 92 11 69 1766 220 39 4 1 37 38 2 7 29 1 23 0 4 7 16 88%
MLB Averages 3.79 4.27 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1975 ATL NL 21 13 13 793 60 12 11 17% 47 11 13 1 0 0 0 0 101 19 1.07 1.08
1976 ATL NL 22 10 11 713 31 16 16 34% 29 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 65 18 1.17 1.48
1977 ATL NL 23 15 33 1416 103 52 50 34% 93 48 10 4 0 0 0 0 188 59 1.32 1.23
1978 ATL NL 24 12 29 1084 82 25 20 23% 76 24 6 0 0 1 0 0 147 27 1.35 1.07
1979 ATL NL 25 0 5 83 8 3 3 27% 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 20 4 1.63 1.65
1980 ATL NL 26 1 4 131 16 1 0 6% 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 1.93 0.73
1981 ATL NL 27 0 2 66 4 3 3 43% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 1.53 1.57
1982 ATL NL 28 1 14 413 44 13 11 23% 39 12 3 1 2 0 1 0 66 17 1.31 1.14
1983 ATL NL 29 1 8 381 39 9 7 19% 37 6 2 3 0 0 1 0 55 11 1.33 1.49
9 Seasons 53 119 5080 387 134 121 26% 348 122 37 11 2 1 3 1 674 160 1.31 1.24
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.28

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%
1981 ATL NL 27 816 44% 82% 26% 43 86% 0 14 8 2 4 30 23 5 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 4 2 1 4 0 0 0 6 50%
1982 ATL NL 28 31 48% 90% 35% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 847 44% 82% 27% 43 86% 0 15 8 2 5 30 23 5 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 4 2 1 4 0 0 0 6 50%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 89% 70%

* 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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