Gus Polidor
Gustavo Adolfo (Gonzalez) Polidor
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 26, 1961 in Caracas, Venezuela
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1985
Final Game: July 22, 1993
Died: April 28, 1995 in Caracas, Venezuela
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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
1985 CAL AL 23 OF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 2.10
1985 CAL AL 23 RF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 1.80
1985 CAL AL 23 SS 1 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 .950 4.50 3.90
1986 CAL AL 24 2B 4 4 33.0 16 8 8 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.36 4.00 .981 5.10 4.35
1986 CAL AL 24 3B 1 1 13.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.38 2.00 .950 2.77 2.40
1986 CAL AL 24 SS 1 1 8.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.0 150.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 5.62 5.00 .960 4.50 3.90
1987 CAL AL 25 SS 46 31 285.0 121 42 77 2 11 .983 -0.6 -2.5 -1.6 -0.1 -1.5 1 3.76 2.59 .969 4.59 4.02
1987 CAL AL 25 3B 11 4 42.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 1.69 0.73 .950 2.76 2.31
1987 CAL AL 25 2B 3 3 22.0 11 3 8 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -27.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 4.50 3.67 .982 5.11 4.47
1988 CAL AL 26 SS 25 8 100.0 62 25 36 1 5 .984 -0.5 -6.0 -0.5 0.5 -0.9 0 5.49 2.44 .971 4.69 4.14
1988 CAL AL 26 3B 22 10 88.0 19 5 14 0 3 1.000 -2.1 -28.6 -2.1 -2.3 0.2 0 1.94 0.86 .953 2.71 2.36
1988 CAL AL 26 2B 3 2 16.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -60.0 -0.8 -1.1 0.3 0 2.81 1.67 .980 5.12 4.40
1988 CAL AL 26 DH 1
1989 MIL AL 27 3B 30 14 147.2 52 14 34 4 3 .923 2.7 21.9 2.7 3.5 -0.8 0 2.93 1.60 .944 2.73 2.34
1989 MIL AL 27 2B 29 16 156.2 83 34 46 3 5 .964 0.2 1.5 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 4.60 2.76 .982 5.24 4.51
1989 MIL AL 27 SS 21 14 128.2 78 30 43 5 12 .936 -3.1 -28.9 -4.1 -3.5 -0.6 1 5.11 3.48 .972 4.79 4.11
1989 MIL AL 27 DH 2
1990 MIL AL 28 3B 14 0 41.2 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 0.9 25.9 0.9 -0.2 1.1 0 2.38 0.79 .936 2.74 2.32
1990 MIL AL 28 2B 2 0 7.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.7 120.0 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 3.86 1.50 1.000 5.27 4.55
1990 MIL AL 28 SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 4.80 4.00
1993 FLA NL 31 2B 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -360.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
1993 FLA NL 31 3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30
6 Seasons SS 96 54 527.2 269 98 163 8 28 .970 -2.7 -6.1 -4.7 -2.6 -2.0 2 4.45 2.72 .970 4.66 4.07
6 Seasons 3B 79 29 335.0 93 23 66 4 6 .957 1.5 5.4 1.5 0.7 0.8 0 2.39 1.13 .945 2.73 2.34
6 Seasons 2B 42 25 236.1 118 47 68 3 11 .975 -0.9 -4.6 -0.9 -1.6 0.7 0 4.38 2.74 .982 5.20 4.49
2 Seasons DH 3
1 Season OF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 2.10
1 Season RF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 1.80
7 Seasons TOT 218 108 1099.0 480 168 297 15 45 .969 -2.1 -2.3 -4.1 -3.5 -0.5 0 2 3.81 2.13 .937 4.19 3.51
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
1985 CAL AL 23 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 24 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL AL 25 63 38 63 60 0 0 0 3 11 46 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1988 CAL AL 26 54 20 54 49 0 0 0 3 22 25 0 0 0 0 0 11 5
1989 MIL AL 27 79 46 79 74 0 0 0 30 29 21 0 0 0 0 2 3 1
1990 MIL AL 28 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 2 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 FLA NL 31 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 Seasons 229 110 229 211 0 0 0 43 78 96 0 0 1 1 2 22 8
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 -- 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
1985 CAL AL 23 11 36% 82% 27% 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
1986 CAL AL 24 30 33% 80% 40% 4 100% 0 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL AL 25 1290 59% 77% 27% 105 92% 2 42 20 12 10 82 64 15 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 14 7 0 3 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 2
1988 CAL AL 26 452 58% 82% 32% 47 94% 0 23 10 11 2 37 30 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 0
1989 MIL AL 27 540 54% 79% 34% 57 86% 2 30 12 14 4 45 35 6 0 3 5 0 0 5 2 12 3 1 6 0 0 11 4 6 0 0 0
1990 MIL AL 28 10 70% 90% 40% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2333 57% 78% 30% 216 91% 5 96 42 37 17 171 134 26 1 6 8 2 1 5 3 31 12 2 10 1 1 27 14 12 2 0 2
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 88%

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%
1986 CAL AL 24 48 23% 77% 25% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL AL 25 193 47% 74% 30% 8 100% 0 1 1 0 0 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CAL AL 26 426 49% 77% 28% 20 90% 0 5 4 1 0 14 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 50%
1989 MIL AL 27 647 58% 79% 35% 46 89% 1 15 9 2 4 32 23 7 1 2 4 0 2 2 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 67%
1990 MIL AL 28 177 67% 79% 35% 13 85% 0 1 1 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 FLA NL 31 10 70% 80% 20% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1501 54% 78% 32% 90 90% 1 24 17 3 4 64 48 13 2 2 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 1 6 0 0 0 5 60%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 88% 70%

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
1986 CAL AL 24 140 59% 84% 24% 12 100% 0 8 4 3 1 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL AL 25 108 63% 72% 16% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1988 CAL AL 26 84 51% 75% 24% 5 80% 0 2 0 0 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1989 MIL AL 27 680 55% 80% 32% 61 90% 0 35 10 20 5 50 48 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 7 4 1 0 1 7 2 5 0 0 0
1990 MIL AL 28 36 86% 81% 17% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 FLA NL 31 6 67% 67% 50% 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
6 Seasons 1054 57% 79% 28% 87 92% 0 48 15 25 8 72 66 5 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 13 5 1 4 1 13 6 7 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 91%

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%
1985 CAL AL 23 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 1 0% 100% 0% 1 0%
1 Season 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 1 0% 100% 0% 1 0%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.7% 56% 77% 36% 57%

* 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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