Doug Rader
Douglas Lee Rader (Rojo and The Red Rooster)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 30, 1944 in Chicago, IL
High School: Glenbrook North (Northbrook, IL)
School: Illinois Wesleyan University
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1967
Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
1967 HOU NL 22 1B 36 33 288.1 289 263 18 8 26 .972 -4.1 -17.1 -4.1 -4.2 0.2 0 8.77 7.81 .991 9.96 8.82
1967 HOU NL 22 3B 7 7 66.2 22 7 15 0 1 1.000 0.9 16.2 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 2.97 3.14 .945 2.96 2.74
1968 HOU NL 23 3B 86 85 751.2 270 83 168 19 14 .930 -5.4 -8.6 -4.4 -2.2 -2.2 -1 3.01 2.92 .955 2.93 2.72
1968 HOU NL 23 1B 5 5 40.0 53 47 3 3 4 .943 -0.7 -21.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 11.25 10.00 .992 10.08 8.92
1969 HOU NL 24 3B 154 153 1341.1 458 126 307 25 34 .945 -2.1 -1.9 -2.1 2.7 -4.8 0 2.91 2.81 .946 2.92 2.63
1969 HOU NL 24 1B 4 1 14.0 15 14 0 1 2 .933 -0.7 -60.0 -0.7 0.2 -1.0 0 9.00 3.50 .993 9.84 8.85
1970 HOU NL 25 3B 154 154 1371.0 522 147 357 18 39 .966 5.6 4.9 5.6 4.4 1.2 0 3.31 3.27 .944 2.91 2.58 GG
1970 HOU NL 25 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.40 GG
1971 HOU NL 26 3B 135 130 1177.0 389 93 275 21 28 .946 -1.9 -1.9 -1.9 -0.5 -1.5 0 2.81 2.73 .949 2.80 2.32 GG
1972 HOU NL 27 3B 152 151 1357.1 479 119 340 20 31 .958 2.3 2.0 2.3 3.9 -1.6 0 3.04 3.02 .944 2.87 2.55 GG
1973 HOU NL 28 3B 152 152 1357.2 455 134 296 25 24 .945 -4.3 -3.8 -4.3 -0.5 -3.8 0 2.85 2.83 .946 2.88 2.49 GG
1974 HOU NL 29 3B 152 152 1343.2 492 128 347 17 28 .965 0.8 0.7 -0.2 -5.5 5.3 1 3.18 3.13 .947 3.04 2.64 GG
1975 HOU NL 30 3B 124 121 1074.1 379 111 257 11 24 .971 -3.4 -3.8 -3.4 1.6 -5.0 0 3.08 2.97 .944 2.98 2.58
1975 HOU NL 30 SS 2 1 10.1 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -104.5 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 4.35 2.50 .960 4.96 4.20
1976 SDP NL 31 3B 137 136 1192.2 447 109 318 20 22 .955 6.1 6.1 6.1 -4.5 10.6 0 3.22 3.12 .952 2.93 2.61
1977 TOT MLB 32 3B 96 90 815.2 299 81 207 11 11 .963 -0.8 -1.2 0.2 -1.5 1.6 -1 3.18 3.00 .956 2.98 2.62
1977 SDP NL 32 3B 51 47 424.0 153 43 104 6 9 .961 -3.4 -9.6 -3.4 -1.0 -2.4 0 3.12 2.88 .956 2.98 2.54
1977 TOR AL 32 3B 45 43 391.2 146 38 103 5 2 .966 2.6 8.0 3.6 -0.5 4.0 -1 3.24 3.13 .957 2.97 2.72
1977 TOR AL 32 DH 34
1977 TOR AL 32 1B 7 7 53.0 59 54 3 2 1 .966 -0.4 -9.1 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 9.68 8.14 .990 10.02 8.79
1977 TOR AL 32 OF 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 .980 2.30 2.00
1977 TOR AL 32 RF 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 .980 2.10 1.70
11 Seasons 3B 1349 1331 11849.0 4212 1138 2887 187 256 .956 -2.2 -0.2 -1.2 -1.2 -0.2 -1 3.06 2.98 .948 2.92 2.57
5 Seasons 1B 53 46 396.1 418 380 24 14 33 .967 -5.9 -17.9 -5.9 -5.2 -0.7 0 9.17 7.62 .991 9.98 8.82
1 Season DH 34
1 Season SS 2 1 10.1 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -104.5 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 4.35 2.50 .960 4.96 4.20
1 Season OF 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 .980 2.30 2.00
1 Season RF 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 .980 2.10 1.70
11 Seasons TOT 1405 1379 12264.2 4640 1526 2913 201 290 .957 -8.5 -0.8 -7.5 -6.8 -0.9 0 -1 3.26 3.16 .908 3.15 2.81
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
1967 HOU NL 22 47 40 47 47 0 0 36 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1968 HOU NL 23 98 90 98 98 0 0 5 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1969 HOU NL 24 155 154 155 155 0 0 4 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 25 156 154 156 156 0 0 1 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 HOU NL 26 135 130 135 135 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 HOU NL 27 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 28 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 HOU NL 29 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 30 129 122 129 125 0 0 0 0 124 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1976 SDP NL 31 139 136 139 137 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 TOR AL 32 96 83 96 52 0 0 7 0 45 0 0 0 1 1 32 12 0
1977 SDP NL 32 52 47 52 51 0 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 Seasons 1465 1411 1465 1414 0 0 53 0 1349 2 0 0 1 1 32 37 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 -- 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 HOU NL 22 278 63% 80% 30% 20 95% 1 7 3 1 3 15 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1968 HOU NL 23 2693 65% 75% 26% 218 86% 5 60 44 8 8 144 123 9 6 5 15 0 13 2 11 11 4 1 6 4 3 1 5 40%
1969 HOU NL 24 5662 63% 70% 23% 409 90% 3 111 88 8 15 284 219 49 7 8 25 1 19 5 19 30 23 1 25 3 2 1 6 67%
1970 HOU NL 25 5943 62% 75% 25% 460 92% 7 133 103 14 16 321 254 50 5 5 18 0 18 0 17 30 21 4 28 2 2 0 3 100%
1971 HOU NL 26 4850 58% 78% 28% 367 90% 5 91 70 4 17 270 212 38 6 7 22 0 21 1 17 25 15 0 18 6 3 3 17 71%
1972 HOU NL 27 5897 60% 75% 26% 448 93% 5 119 80 16 24 328 260 57 3 10 19 0 17 2 14 31 22 0 28 2 1 1 13 69%
1973 HOU NL 28 5918 62% 77% 25% 466 89% 3 136 105 13 18 301 257 39 1 8 25 0 23 2 17 24 21 0 22 1 0 1 8 88%
1974 HOU NL 29 6002 62% 79% 27% 477 92% 2 128 102 12 14 341 278 45 7 7 17 0 16 1 13 28 20 1 25 1 0 1 8 38%
1975 HOU NL 30 4903 56% 77% 27% 368 90% 4 116 84 15 17 253 194 41 7 8 11 0 9 2 8 26 15 1 18 5 3 1 13 62%
1976 SDP NL 31 5241 66% 81% 30% 459 87% 3 112 81 10 21 317 254 49 2 12 20 0 18 2 17 21 17 0 20 1 0 1 11 45%
1977 SDP NL 32 1972 69% 80% 25% 158 87% 3 43 30 4 9 108 83 18 4 3 6 0 5 1 6 9 8 0 8 1 0 1 5 60%
1977 TOR AL 32 1811 53% 80% 28% 139 93% 2 37 26 5 6 104 78 22 2 3 5 0 5 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
11 Seasons 51170 61% 77% 26% 3989 90% 43 1093 816 110 168 2786 2223 420 51 77 183 1 164 18 143 238 169 8 201 26 14 11 91 63%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 HOU NL 22 1283 65% 76% 23% 60 83% 0 266 15 246 5 19 17 11 5 0 1 8 0 8 0 7 27 2 0 0 23 2 4 0 3 4 100%
1968 HOU NL 23 178 75% 83% 31% 12 67% 0 46 4 42 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1969 HOU NL 24 55 47% 73% 27% 2 50% 0 14 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1970 HOU NL 25 7 71% 71% 29% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TOR AL 32 256 52% 75% 27% 14 86% 0 55 0 54 1 11 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 1779 64% 76% 25% 88 81% 0 383 19 358 6 32 23 13 7 0 2 14 0 14 0 11 34 3 0 0 29 3 5 0 4 6 83%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 89%

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
1975 HOU NL 30 49 53% 76% 16% 4 75% 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season 49 53% 76% 16% 4 75% 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 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%
1977 TOR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 37 95% 86% 46% 5 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 37 95% 86% 46% 5 100%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.1% 61% 77% 26% 53%

* 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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