Paul Popovich
Paul Edward Popovich
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 18, 1940 in Flemington, WV
High School: Flemington (Flemington, WV)
School: West Virginia University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1964
Final Game: July 21, 1975
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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
1966 CHC NL 25 2B 2 1 13.0 9 5 3 1 1 .889 -0.9 -83.1 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 5.54 4.00 .978 5.33 4.70
1967 CHC NL 26 SS 31 26 223.1 121 40 77 4 12 .967 -2.0 -10.7 -2.0 -3.2 1.3 0 4.71 3.77 .963 4.99 4.31
1967 CHC NL 26 2B 17 9 95.0 66 26 39 1 11 .985 4.2 53.1 3.2 1.6 1.6 1 6.16 3.82 .976 5.26 4.63
1967 CHC NL 26 3B 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -225.0 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0.00 0.00 3.04 2.75
1968 LAD NL 27 2B 89 80 710.0 408 172 229 7 48 .983 -0.4 -0.7 -1.4 -6.9 5.5 1 5.08 4.51 .977 5.21 4.74
1968 LAD NL 27 SS 45 35 322.0 182 59 119 4 20 .978 1.8 6.7 0.8 2.0 -1.2 1 4.98 3.96 .962 4.98 4.50
1968 LAD NL 27 3B 7 0 9.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -12.4 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 0 1.86 0.29 .950 2.98 2.71
1969 TOT NL 28 2B 48 35 336.1 183 77 102 4 22 .978 -2.0 -7.1 -2.0 -1.6 -0.4 0 4.79 3.73 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 TOT NL 28 SS 10 7 66.0 39 13 25 1 7 .974 0.7 12.7 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1 5.18 3.80 .962 4.94 4.21
1969 LAD NL 28 2B 23 12 129.0 66 27 38 1 9 .985 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.9 0 4.53 2.83 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 LAD NL 28 SS 3 1 10.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0.7 -84.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.80 0.67 .967 4.95 4.20
1969 CHC NL 28 2B 25 23 207.1 117 50 64 3 13 .974 -2.0 -11.6 -2.0 -2.4 0.5 0 4.95 4.56 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 CHC NL 28 SS 7 6 56.0 36 13 23 0 7 1.000 1.4 30.0 0.4 0.8 -0.4 1 5.79 5.14 .961 4.93 4.21
1969 CHC NL 28 3B 6 4 41.0 12 2 9 1 1 .917 -2.0 -58.5 -2.0 -2.0 0.0 0 2.41 1.83 .950 2.92 2.63
1969 CHC NL 28 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.10
1969 CHC NL 28 OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
1970 CHC NL 29 2B 22 17 169.2 101 42 58 1 18 .990 -1.5 -10.6 -1.5 0.6 -2.1 0 5.30 4.55 .979 5.32 4.67
1970 CHC NL 29 SS 17 9 88.0 53 24 27 2 7 .962 -1.2 -16.4 -1.2 -1.3 0.0 0 5.22 3.00 .966 5.05 4.23
1970 CHC NL 29 3B 16 11 109.0 22 9 12 1 1 .955 -3.6 -39.6 -3.6 -2.3 -1.2 0 1.73 1.31 .945 2.91 2.58
1971 CHC NL 30 2B 40 31 313.2 196 74 119 3 26 .985 -5.8 -22.2 -5.8 -4.4 -1.4 0 5.54 4.83 .978 5.47 4.86
1971 CHC NL 30 3B 16 12 115.1 32 4 27 1 1 .969 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.8 1.8 0 2.42 1.94 .947 2.80 2.32
1971 CHC NL 30 SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 160.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 0.00 0.00 5.10 4.50
1972 CHC NL 31 2B 36 22 225.0 160 59 98 3 22 .981 4.5 24.0 4.5 0.2 4.3 0 6.28 4.36 .978 5.36 4.88
1972 CHC NL 31 SS 8 8 69.1 48 18 29 1 8 .979 0.4 6.9 0.4 -1.4 1.8 0 6.10 5.88 .967 5.04 4.47
1972 CHC NL 31 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1973 CHC NL 32 2B 84 68 607.0 426 171 247 8 53 .981 2.2 4.3 2.2 4.5 -2.3 0 6.20 4.98 .980 5.52 4.91
1973 CHC NL 32 SS 9 4 50.1 22 8 14 0 5 1.000 -0.8 -19.1 -1.8 -0.5 -1.3 1 3.93 2.44 .959 4.94 4.31
1973 CHC NL 32 3B 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 .900 2.88 2.50
1974 PIT NL 33 2B 12 9 89.0 53 21 30 2 5 .962 0.5 6.7 0.5 -0.7 1.1 0 5.16 4.25 .974 5.47 4.64
1974 PIT NL 33 SS 10 0 19.0 11 3 8 0 4 1.000 0.3 18.9 0.3 0.0 0.4 0 5.21 1.10 .964 4.97 4.26
1975 PIT NL 34 2B 8 5 57.0 30 16 14 0 2 1.000 1.0 21.1 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 4.74 3.75 .973 5.54 4.92
1975 PIT NL 34 SS 8 0 11.2 9 1 7 1 1 .889 -0.7 -72.0 -0.7 -1.4 0.7 0 6.17 1.00 .967 5.01 4.21
10 Seasons 2B 358 277 2615.2 1632 663 939 30 208 .982 1.8 0.8 -0.2 -6.7 6.4 2 5.51 4.47 .978 5.35 4.79
9 Seasons SS 139 89 852.2 485 166 306 13 64 .973 -1.1 -1.5 -4.1 -5.7 1.7 3 4.98 3.40 .963 4.99 4.36
7 Seasons 3B 49 27 284.2 69 16 50 3 3 .957 -6.2 -26.1 -6.2 -6.1 -0.0 0 2.09 1.35 .946 2.87 2.53
1 Season CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.10
1 Season OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
11 Seasons TOT 547 393 3755.0 2187 846 1295 46 275 .979 -5.6 -1.8 -10.6 -18.5 8.0 0 5 5.13 3.91 .952 5.08 4.47
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
1964 CHC NL 23 1 0 1 1 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
1967 CHC NL 26 49 35 49 49 0 0 0 17 2 31 0 0 0 0 7 0
1968 LAD NL 27 134 115 134 134 0 0 0 89 7 45 0 0 0 0 4 1
1969 CHC NL 28 60 33 60 60 0 0 0 25 6 7 0 1 0 1 24 1
1969 LAD NL 28 28 13 28 28 0 0 0 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
1970 CHC NL 29 78 37 78 78 0 0 0 22 16 17 0 0 0 0 28 0
1971 CHC NL 30 89 43 89 89 0 0 0 40 16 1 0 0 0 0 34 2
1972 CHC NL 31 58 30 58 58 0 0 0 36 1 8 0 0 0 0 15 1
1973 CHC NL 32 99 72 99 99 0 0 0 84 1 9 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 682 393 682 636 0 0 0 358 49 139 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 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
1966 CHC NL 25 56 68% 91% 39% 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 26 390 70% 83% 34% 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 2912 67% 76% 27% 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 28 913 59% 75% 27% 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 28 548 62% 75% 26% 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 29 754 54% 79% 26% 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 1436 50% 79% 30% 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 31 971 58% 80% 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 2699 50% 78% 34% 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 33 387 63% 79% 27% 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 34 238 72% 75% 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 11304 58% 78% 30% 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 61% 77% 27% 93%

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
1967 CHC NL 26 972 65% 76% 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 1346 65% 78% 26% 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 28 245 61% 77% 27% 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 45 60% 76% 22% 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 29 391 73% 72% 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 17 59% 76% 53% 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 31 298 54% 75% 37% 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 32 231 55% 72% 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 86 56% 81% 26% 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 58 60% 79% 24% 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 3689 63% 76% 27% 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 61% 77% 27% 91%

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%
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 42 60% 76% 19% 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 28 190 65% 78% 27% 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 29 483 56% 76% 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 30 484 65% 80% 33% 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 1241 61% 77% 29% 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 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
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 41.9% 2.2% 61% 77% 26% 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 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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