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Doc Prothro

James Thompson Prothro

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 16, 1893 in Memphis, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1920
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Reds 1920-1926

Final Game: September 24, 1926
Died: October 14, 1971 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1920 WSH AL 26 3B 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1.000 1.00 .945 3.60
1920 WSH AL 26 SS 2 1 1 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 3.50 .944 5.20
1923 WSH AL 29 3B 6 3 2 16 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.67 .945 3.45
1924 WSH AL 30 3B 45 45 44 118 40 68 10 6 .915 2.40 .951 3.26
1925 BOS AL 31 3B 108 107 104 345 115 211 19 16 .945 3.02 .947 3.21
1925 BOS AL 31 SS 3 3 2 13 7 5 1 1 .923 4.00 .944 5.20
1926 CIN NL 32 3B 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .955 3.00
5 Seasons 3B 163 156 151 483 160 294 29 24 .940 2.79 .948 3.23
2 Seasons SS 5 4 3 20 11 8 1 3 .950 3.80 .944 5.20
5 Seasons TOT 168 160 154 503 171 302 30 27 .940 2.82 .948 3.29
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1920 WSH AL 26 6 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1923 WSH AL 29 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1924 WSH AL 30 46 45 46 45 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1925 BOS AL 31 119 110 119 111 0 0 0 0 108 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1926 CIN NL 32 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Seasons 180 160 180 168 0 0 0 0 163 5 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  108 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  115 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  211 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  19 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  .945 (5th)

                                         

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