Pee Wee Reese
Harold Henry Reese
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 23, 1918 in Ekron, KY
High School: Manual (Louisville, KY)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1940
Final Game: September 26, 1958
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1984.
Died: August 14, 1999 in Louisville, KY
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1940 BRO NL 21 SS 83 446 190 238 18 41 .960 5.16 .950 5.00 MVP-26
1941 BRO NL 22 SS 151 866 346 473 47 76 .946 5.42 .951 4.82
1942 BRO NL 23 SS 151 854 337 482 35 99 .959 5.42 .955 4.87 AS,MVP-25
1946 BRO NL 27 SS 152 774 285 463 26 104 .966 4.92 .957 4.67 AS,MVP-6
1947 BRO NL 28 SS 142 732 266 441 25 99 .966 4.98 .963 4.66 AS,MVP-8
1948 BRO NL 29 SS 149 819 335 453 31 93 .962 5.29 .959 4.59 AS,MVP-6
1949 BRO NL 30 SS 155 788 316 454 18 93 .977 4.97 .960 4.70 AS,MVP-5
1950 BRO NL 31 SS 134 706 282 398 26 94 .963 5.07 .961 4.74 AS,MVP-24
1950 BRO NL 31 3B 7 25 9 16 0 1 1.000 3.57 .944 3.01 AS,MVP-24
1951 BRO NL 32 SS 154 749 292 422 35 106 .953 4.64 .955 4.47 AS,MVP-15
1952 BRO NL 33 SS 145 679 282 376 21 89 .969 4.54 .960 4.70 AS,MVP-8
1953 BRO NL 34 SS 135 668 265 380 23 83 .966 4.78 .958 4.63 AS,MVP-11
1954 BRO NL 35 SS 140 140 1253.0 721 270 426 25 74 .965 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.5 -0.3 0 5.00 4.97 .959 5.15 4.63 AS,MVP-9
1955 BRO NL 36 SS 142 142 1248.2 666 239 404 23 86 .965 7.2 6.9 5.2 -4.0 9.2 2 4.63 4.53 .964 5.02 4.57 MVP-9
1956 BRO NL 37 SS 136 135 1157.0 653 263 367 23 79 .965 4.4 4.6 4.4 -2.1 6.5 0 4.90 4.63 .962 4.94 4.53 MVP-8
1956 BRO NL 37 3B 12 9 86.2 29 6 21 2 1 .931 0.2 2.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.80 2.25 .959 3.05 2.64 MVP-8
1957 BRO NL 38 3B 75 62 582.0 230 51 166 13 5 .943 9.7 20.0 10.7 9.8 0.9 -1 3.36 2.89 .953 2.96 2.71
1957 BRO NL 38 SS 23 20 188.0 114 46 62 6 16 .947 1.5 9.6 1.5 2.9 -1.4 0 5.17 4.70 .959 4.82 4.34
1958 LAD NL 39 SS 22 19 166.0 84 26 52 6 14 .929 -3.7 -26.7 -3.7 -1.3 -2.4 0 4.23 3.55 .965 5.11 4.57
1958 LAD NL 39 3B 21 19 166.0 59 18 37 4 2 .932 -1.2 -8.7 -1.2 1.9 -3.1 0 2.98 2.62 .953 3.18 2.86
16 Seasons SS 2014 456 4012.2 10319 4040 5891 388 1246 .962 15.6 4.7 13.6 2.0 11.6 2 22.27 4.93 .958 5.03 4.67
4 Seasons 3B 115 90 834.2 343 84 240 19 9 .945 8.7 12.5 9.7 11.9 -2.2 -1 3.49 2.82 .952 3.01 2.75
16 Seasons TOT 2129 546 4847.1 10662 4124 6131 407 1255 .962 24.3 6.0 23.3 13.9 9.4 1 19.04 4.82 .920 4.68 4.57
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm 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
1940 BRO NL 21 84 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 0 0
1941 BRO NL 22 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0
1942 BRO NL 23 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0
1946 BRO NL 27 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0
1947 BRO NL 28 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0
1948 BRO NL 29 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0
1949 BRO NL 30 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 31 141 141 141 0 0 0 0 7 134 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 32 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 33 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 34 140 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 35 141 140 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 BRO NL 36 145 142 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 BRO NL 37 147 144 147 147 0 0 0 0 12 136 0 0 0 0 1 1
1957 BRO NL 38 103 82 103 103 0 0 0 0 75 23 0 0 0 0 5 3
1958 LAD NL 39 59 38 59 59 0 0 0 0 21 22 0 0 0 0 15 4
16 Seasons 2166 546 2166 2166 0 0 0 0 115 2014 0 0 0 0 25 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
1954 BRO NL 35 5493 63% 79% 29% 554 90% 3 272 126 122 24 429 337 76 1 6 25 2 20 3 20 74 21 1 34 3 7 71 22 44 2 1 1
1955 BRO NL 36 5357 63% 78% 30% 508 92% 2 231 114 100 17 408 307 87 1 6 23 1 17 5 19 90 40 5 27 8 3 86 46 38 4 2 2
1956 BRO NL 37 4903 60% 79% 30% 500 92% 1 261 144 94 24 367 282 73 2 7 23 1 13 9 17 84 26 4 29 8 4 74 30 41 6 4 2
1957 BRO NL 38 792 65% 78% 29% 95 89% 2 44 26 15 3 63 43 19 0 0 6 0 4 2 3 16 8 1 4 0 0 14 9 4 2 0 2
1958 LAD NL 39 757 71% 75% 25% 63 84% 0 25 7 17 1 55 40 11 0 3 6 2 2 2 2 14 5 1 5 1 0 13 6 6 1 0 1
5 Seasons 17302 63% 78% 30% 1720 91% 8 833 417 348 69 1322 1009 266 4 22 83 6 56 21 61 278 100 12 99 20 14 258 113 133 15 7 8
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

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%
1956 BRO NL 37 378 57% 81% 34% 29 93% 0 6 5 0 1 22 20 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 BRO NL 38 2518 63% 76% 31% 236 90% 1 52 40 5 7 170 134 31 2 3 13 0 9 4 11 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 8 75%
1958 LAD NL 39 711 65% 73% 30% 60 88% 0 18 15 2 1 39 30 6 0 1 4 0 3 1 4 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 6 67%
3 Seasons 3607 63% 76% 31% 325 90% 1 76 60 7 9 231 184 38 2 5 19 0 13 6 17 10 8 1 10 0 0 0 15 73%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 61%

* 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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