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Paul Popovich

Paul Edward Popovich

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 18, 1940 in Flemington, WV
High School: Flemington HS (Flemington, WV)
School: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1964
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers/Pirates 1964-1975

Final Game: July 21, 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 Awards
1966 CHC NL 25 2B 2 1 1 13.0 9 5 3 1 1 .889 -1 -83 5.54 4.00 .978 5.33 5.35
1967 CHC NL 26 SS 31 26 19 223.1 121 40 77 4 12 .967 -2 -11 4.71 3.77 .963 4.99 4.99
1967 CHC NL 26 2B 17 9 7 95.0 66 26 39 1 11 .985 4 53 6.16 3.82 .976 5.26 5.26
1967 CHC NL 26 3B 2 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -225 0.00 0.00 3.04 2.95
1968 LAD NL 27 2B 89 80 71 710.0 408 172 229 7 48 .983 -0 -1 5.08 4.51 .977 5.21 5.22
1968 LAD NL 27 SS 45 35 30 322.0 182 59 119 4 20 .978 2 7 4.98 3.96 .962 4.98 5.00
1968 LAD NL 27 3B 7 0 0 9.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 1.86 0.29 .955 2.98 2.94
1969 TOT NL 28 2B 48 35 33 336.1 183 77 102 4 22 .978 -2 -7 4.79 3.73 .974 5.19 5.15
1969 TOT NL 28 SS 10 7 7 66.0 39 13 25 1 7 .974 1 13 5.18 3.80 .963 4.94 4.90
1969 LAD NL 28 2B 23 12 11 129.0 66 27 38 1 9 .985 0 0 4.53 2.83 .974 5.19 5.15
1969 LAD NL 28 SS 3 1 1 10.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -1 -84 1.80 0.67 .963 4.95 4.90
1969 CHC NL 28 2B 25 23 22 207.1 117 50 64 3 13 .974 -2 -12 4.95 4.56 .974 5.19 5.15
1969 CHC NL 28 SS 7 6 6 56.0 36 13 23 0 7 1.000 1 30 5.79 5.14 .963 4.93 4.90
1969 CHC NL 28 3B 6 4 3 41.0 12 2 9 1 1 .917 -2 -59 2.41 1.83 .946 2.92 2.90
1969 CHC NL 28 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.30
1969 CHC NL 28 OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .970 1.80 2.00
1970 CHC NL 29 2B 22 17 16 169.2 101 42 58 1 18 .990 -2 -11 5.30 4.55 .979 5.32 5.30
1970 CHC NL 29 SS 17 9 7 88.0 53 24 27 2 7 .962 -1 -16 5.22 3.00 .965 5.05 5.04
1970 CHC NL 29 3B 16 11 10 109.0 22 9 12 1 1 .955 -4 -40 1.73 1.31 .945 2.91 2.90
1971 CHC NL 30 2B 40 31 30 313.2 196 74 119 3 26 .985 -6 -22 5.54 4.83 .978 5.47 5.46
1971 CHC NL 30 3B 16 12 9 115.1 32 4 27 1 1 .969 0 0 2.42 1.94 .949 2.80 2.80
1971 CHC NL 30 SS 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 0.00 0.00 5.10 5.10
1972 CHC NL 31 2B 36 22 21 225.0 160 59 98 3 22 .981 4 24 6.28 4.36 .978 5.36 5.38
1972 CHC NL 31 SS 8 8 6 69.1 48 18 29 1 8 .979 0 7 6.10 5.88 .967 5.04 5.06
1972 CHC NL 31 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
1973 CHC NL 32 2B 84 68 60 607.0 426 171 247 8 53 .981 2 4 6.20 4.98 .980 5.52 5.52
1973 CHC NL 32 SS 9 4 2 50.1 22 8 14 0 5 1.000 -1 -19 3.93 2.44 .961 4.94 4.93
1973 CHC NL 32 3B 1 0 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 1.00 .950 2.88 2.90
1974 PIT NL 33 2B 12 9 8 89.0 53 21 30 2 5 .962 0 7 5.16 4.25 .973 5.47 5.47
1974 PIT NL 33 SS 10 0 0 19.0 11 3 8 0 4 1.000 0 19 5.21 1.10 .961 4.97 4.97
1975 PIT NL 34 2B 8 5 5 57.0 30 16 14 0 2 1.000 1 21 4.74 3.75 .975 5.54 5.54
1975 PIT NL 34 SS 8 0 0 11.2 9 1 7 1 1 .889 -1 -72 6.17 1.00 .963 5.01 4.99
10 Seasons 2B 358 277 252 2615.2 1632 663 939 30 208 .982 2 1 5.51 4.47 .978 5.35 5.35
9 Seasons SS 139 89 71 852.2 485 166 306 13 64 .973 -1 -2 4.98 3.40 .963 4.99 4.99
7 Seasons 3B 49 27 22 284.2 69 16 50 3 3 .957 -6 -26 2.09 1.35 .947 2.87 2.88
1 Season OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .970 1.80 2.00
1 Season CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.30
11 Seasons TOT 547 393 345 3755.0 2187 846 1295 46 275 .979 -6 -2 5.13 3.91 .973 5.08 5.03
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1966 CHC NL 25 2B -1 -83 -1 -1 0 0
1967 CHC NL 26 SS -2 -11 -2 1 -3 0
1967 CHC NL 26 2B 4 53 3 2 2 1
1967 CHC NL 26 3B -0 -225 -0 -0 -0
1968 LAD NL 27 2B -0 -1 -1 6 -7 1
1968 LAD NL 27 SS 2 7 1 -1 2 1
1968 LAD NL 27 3B -0 -12 -0 -0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 28 2B 0 0 0 -1 1 0
1969 LAD NL 28 SS -1 -84 -1 0 -1 0
1969 CHC NL 28 2B -2 -12 -2 0 -2 0
1969 CHC NL 28 SS 1 30 0 -0 1 1
1969 CHC NL 28 3B -2 -59 -2 0 -2 0
1969 CHC NL 28 CF -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1970 CHC NL 29 2B -2 -11 -2 -2 1 0
1970 CHC NL 29 SS -1 -16 -1 0 -1 0
1970 CHC NL 29 3B -4 -40 -4 -1 -2 0
1971 CHC NL 30 2B -6 -22 -6 -1 -4 0
1971 CHC NL 30 3B 0 0 0 2 -2 0
1971 CHC NL 30 SS 0 160 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 31 2B 4 24 4 4 0 0
1972 CHC NL 31 SS 0 7 0 2 -1 0
1972 CHC NL 31 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHC NL 32 2B 2 4 2 -2 4 0
1973 CHC NL 32 SS -1 -19 -2 -1 -0 1
1973 CHC NL 32 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 PIT NL 33 2B 0 7 0 1 -1 0
1974 PIT NL 33 SS 0 19 0 0 0 0
1975 PIT NL 34 2B 1 21 1 1 0 0
1975 PIT NL 34 SS -1 -72 -1 1 -1 0
10 Seasons 2B 2 1 -0 6 -7 2
9 Seasons SS -1 -2 -4 2 -6 3
7 Seasons 3B -6 -26 -6 -0 -6 0
1 Season CF -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
11 Seasons TOT -6 -2 -11 8 -19 5 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 CHC NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 CHC NL 25 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 26 49 35 49 44 0 0 0 17 2 30 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1968 LAD NL 27 134 115 134 130 0 0 0 89 7 45 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1969 CHC NL 28 60 33 60 37 0 0 0 25 6 7 0 1 0 1 0 24 1
1969 LAD NL 28 28 13 28 26 0 0 0 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1970 CHC NL 29 78 37 78 52 0 0 0 22 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1971 CHC NL 30 89 43 89 56 0 0 0 40 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 2
1972 CHC NL 31 58 30 58 45 0 0 0 36 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
1973 CHC NL 32 99 72 99 92 0 0 0 85 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1974 PIT NL 33 59 9 59 22 0 0 0 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 43 1
1975 PIT NL 34 25 5 25 16 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
11 Seasons 682 393 682 522 0 0 0 359 50 137 0 1 0 1 0 186 10
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 -- 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
1966 CHC NL 25 54 70% 94% 41% 6 83% 0 5 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 26 382 71% 85% 35% 46 96% 0 26 8 14 4 41 33 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11 5 0 6 0 11 6 5 0 0 0
1968 LAD NL 27 2829 69% 79% 28% 259 93% 0 170 52 73 45 216 185 27 0 6 7 0 6 1 3 46 16 7 18 0 42 18 23 3 0 2
1969 CHC NL 28 888 61% 78% 28% 71 93% 1 48 8 25 15 64 50 13 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 14 5 2 4 1 13 5 8 1 0 1
1969 LAD NL 28 526 65% 78% 27% 43 98% 0 26 8 15 3 37 32 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 2 4 0 8 4 3 0 0 0
1970 CHC NL 29 727 56% 82% 27% 64 94% 0 42 11 20 11 58 47 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17 3 2 6 1 14 8 5 3 2 1
1971 CHC NL 30 1383 52% 82% 31% 140 91% 0 75 24 38 12 117 99 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 25 6 5 5 1 20 8 11 5 3 2
1972 CHC NL 31 944 60% 82% 33% 112 93% 0 59 18 30 11 101 83 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 22 8 2 7 2 19 9 10 2 2 0
1973 CHC NL 32 2602 52% 81% 35% 290 93% 1 169 45 89 35 254 216 33 0 1 8 0 8 0 6 53 20 3 20 2 49 24 25 3 2 1
1974 PIT NL 33 373 65% 82% 28% 32 94% 0 21 5 14 2 30 29 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 3 1 0 1 5 1 4 0 0 0
1975 PIT NL 34 233 73% 76% 31% 23 87% 0 16 6 7 3 14 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 10941 60% 80% 31% 1086 93% 2 657 188 326 142 935 789 125 1 10 30 0 28 2 21 204 67 25 71 9 184 85 95 17 9 7
MLB Averages 63% 80% 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
1967 CHC NL 26 955 66% 78% 26% 97 90% 0 44 20 19 5 78 62 15 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 12 1 1 4 2 2 12 3 8 0 0 0
1968 LAD NL 27 1293 67% 81% 27% 146 93% 1 58 23 24 11 121 96 21 0 2 4 0 4 0 4 20 7 2 5 1 1 18 9 7 1 1 0
1969 CHC NL 28 237 63% 80% 28% 26 92% 0 13 3 7 3 22 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 28 43 63% 79% 23% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHC NL 29 380 75% 74% 24% 37 89% 0 20 9 10 1 27 17 10 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 3 0 2 1 0 7 3 3 0 0 0
1971 CHC NL 30 16 63% 81% 56% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 31 292 55% 77% 38% 37 81% 0 18 2 13 3 29 24 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 1 4 3 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0
1973 CHC NL 32 223 57% 74% 23% 15 93% 0 9 2 6 1 14 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1974 PIT NL 33 83 58% 84% 27% 8 100% 0 3 1 2 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1975 PIT NL 34 55 64% 84% 25% 6 67% 0 1 0 1 0 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3577 65% 79% 28% 378 90% 1 166 60 82 24 311 244 60 1 4 12 0 12 0 11 63 17 8 18 5 5 59 27 28 1 1 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 91%

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%
1967 CHC NL 26 15 73% 80% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 LAD NL 27 41 61% 78% 20% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHC NL 28 183 67% 81% 28% 14 64% 1 3 1 0 2 8 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0%
1970 CHC NL 29 470 58% 78% 28% 23 87% 0 8 6 1 1 14 13 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1971 CHC NL 30 474 66% 81% 34% 37 86% 0 6 5 1 0 27 24 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 33%
1972 CHC NL 31 6 50% 67% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHC NL 32 21 52% 57% 14% 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
7 Seasons 1210 63% 79% 30% 77 83% 1 18 12 2 4 52 43 7 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 20%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1969 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 7 0% 100% 43% 2 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 7 0% 100% 43% 2 50%
MLB Averages 43.1% 2.4% 63% 80% 27% 56%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1967 NL  4 (5th)
1973 NL  2 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1973 NL  6.20 (1st)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1968 NL  .983 (2nd)

             

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