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Rich Reese

Richard Benjamin Reese

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 29, 1941 in Leipsic, OH
High School: Deshler HS (Deshler, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1964
Teams (by GP): Twins/Tigers 1964-1973

Final Game: September 29, 1973
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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
1964 MIN AL 22 1B 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 27.00 3.00 .990 9.00 9.40
1965 MIN AL 23 1B 6 0 0 12.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 11.25 2.50 .991 9.52 9.53
1965 MIN AL 23 LF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1965 MIN AL 23 OF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1967 MIN AL 25 1B 36 4 4 92.0 97 93 3 1 5 .990 -2 -20 9.39 2.67 .991 9.53 9.55
1967 MIN AL 25 LF 10 9 8 79.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 0 5 1.71 1.50 .976 1.87 1.87
1967 MIN AL 25 OF 10 9 8 79.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 0 5 1.71 1.50 .980 2.05 2.06
1968 MIN AL 26 1B 87 64 59 586.1 664 620 38 6 36 .991 -0 -1 10.10 7.56 .989 9.59 9.54
1968 MIN AL 26 LF 15 13 8 110.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 2 17 1.88 1.53 .978 1.85 1.84
1968 MIN AL 26 OF 15 13 8 110.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 2 17 1.80 1.47 .981 2.08 2.07
1969 MIN AL 27 1B 117 95 76 874.2 987 924 56 7 97 .993 3 4 10.08 8.38 .992 9.63 9.62 MVP-29
1969 MIN AL 27 LF 5 3 2 31.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 8 2.32 1.60 .978 2.00 2.00 MVP-29
1969 MIN AL 27 OF 5 3 2 31.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 8 1.74 1.20 .978 2.12 2.12 MVP-29
1970 MIN AL 28 1B 146 127 126 1183.1 1210 1118 82 10 94 .992 1 1 9.13 8.22 .991 9.59 9.56
1971 MIN AL 29 1B 95 76 67 692.2 720 673 43 4 71 .994 -5 -9 9.30 7.54 .992 9.59 9.53
1971 MIN AL 29 OF 9 6 5 53.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -61 1.19 0.78 .981 2.24 2.22
1971 MIN AL 29 LF 8 5 5 46.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -57 1.17 0.75 .982 1.94 1.92
1971 MIN AL 29 RF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -86 1.29 1.00 .980 2.06 2.00
1972 MIN AL 30 1B 98 26 23 388.0 427 392 30 5 35 .988 3 10 9.79 4.31 .991 9.75 9.71
1972 MIN AL 30 LF 13 12 4 96.0 28 26 0 2 0 .929 0 4 2.44 2.00 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 MIN AL 30 OF 13 12 4 96.0 29 27 0 2 0 .931 0 4 2.53 2.08 .983 2.22 2.21
1973 TOT AL 31 1B 54 7 6 169.0 183 170 13 0 15 1.000 2 16 9.75 3.39 .992 9.86 9.80
1973 DET AL 31 1B 37 3 3 109.2 113 106 7 0 7 1.000 1 12 9.27 3.05 .992 9.86 9.80
1973 DET AL 31 LF 21 18 6 140.1 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -1 -7 1.73 1.29 .977 2.00 1.99
1973 DET AL 31 OF 21 18 6 141.1 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -1 -7 1.78 1.33 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 DET AL 31 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1973 MIN AL 31 1B 17 4 3 59.1 70 64 6 0 8 1.000 1 24 10.62 4.12 .992 9.86 9.80
9 Seasons 1B 640 399 361 3999.0 4306 4007 266 33 353 .992 1 0 9.62 6.68 .991 9.62 9.61
7 Seasons OF 74 61 33 510.2 108 102 3 3 0 .972 -1 -3 1.85 1.42 .981 2.18 2.17
7 Seasons LF 73 60 33 502.2 108 102 3 3 0 .972 -1 -1 1.88 1.44 .978 1.92 1.92
2 Seasons RF 2 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -75 1.12 0.50 .980 2.02 2.05
10 Seasons TOT 714 460 394 4509.2 4414 4109 269 36 353 .992 0 0 8.74 6.13 .991 8.78 8.84
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
1964 MIN AL 22 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MIN AL 23 1B -0 -20 -0 -0 -0 0
1965 MIN AL 23 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MIN AL 25 1B -2 -20 -2 0 -2 0
1967 MIN AL 25 LF 0 5 0 0 0 0
1968 MIN AL 26 1B -0 -1 -1 -2 1 1
1968 MIN AL 26 LF 2 17 2 1 1 0
1969 MIN AL 27 1B 3 4 2 2 -1 1
1969 MIN AL 27 LF 0 8 0 -1 1 0
1970 MIN AL 28 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0
1971 MIN AL 29 1B -5 -9 -5 -0 -5 0
1971 MIN AL 29 LF -2 -57 -1 -1 -0 -1
1971 MIN AL 29 RF -0 -86 -0 0 -0 0
1972 MIN AL 30 1B 3 10 3 2 1 0
1972 MIN AL 30 LF 0 4 1 0 1 -1
1973 DET AL 31 1B 1 12 1 0 1 0
1973 DET AL 31 LF -1 -7 -1 -1 -0 0
1973 DET AL 31 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIN AL 31 1B 1 24 1 1 0 0
9 Seasons 1B 1 0 -1 4 -4 2
7 Seasons LF -1 -1 1 -1 2 -2
2 Seasons RF -0 -75 -0 0 -0 0
10 Seasons TOT 0 0 0 3 -2 2 -2
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 MIN AL 22 10 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
1965 MIN AL 23 14 0 14 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 1
1966 MIN AL 24 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1967 MIN AL 25 95 13 95 46 0 0 36 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 49 8
1968 MIN AL 26 126 77 126 100 0 0 87 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 32 6
1969 MIN AL 27 132 98 132 120 0 0 118 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 23 2
1970 MIN AL 28 153 127 153 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1971 MIN AL 29 120 82 120 103 0 0 95 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 0 21 4
1972 MIN AL 30 132 38 132 102 0 0 98 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 0 34 17
1973 DET AL 31 59 21 59 52 0 0 37 0 0 0 21 0 1 22 0 8 5
1973 MIN AL 31 22 4 22 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
10 Seasons 866 460 866 694 0 0 641 0 0 0 73 0 2 75 0 210 48
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 -- 1B*

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%
1964 MIN AL 22 6 83% 100% 50% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MIN AL 23 55 60% 71% 27% 2 100% 0 14 1 13 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 MIN AL 25 400 52% 79% 24% 27 93% 0 98 8 87 3 13 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 MIN AL 26 2408 70% 80% 28% 141 93% 2 624 38 575 11 66 38 15 9 2 4 6 0 6 0 5 37 6 0 0 33 6 2 0 1 11 100%
1969 MIN AL 27 3693 68% 80% 28% 206 96% 0 926 71 843 8 83 55 22 21 1 3 7 2 5 0 4 98 5 0 1 91 9 7 2 4 10 90%
1970 MIN AL 28 4940 64% 78% 26% 263 95% 1 1128 62 1053 12 115 81 47 26 0 3 10 1 9 0 8 98 4 3 1 91 8 7 0 7 17 100%
1971 MIN AL 29 3023 65% 79% 26% 170 95% 2 674 45 624 5 75 43 25 12 1 2 4 1 3 0 2 71 3 1 0 66 5 5 2 3 15 80%
1972 MIN AL 30 1597 58% 79% 27% 103 93% 0 396 26 364 6 45 30 17 8 1 2 5 0 5 0 5 35 0 0 1 30 1 4 1 3 5 100%
1973 DET AL 31 463 74% 79% 24% 27 96% 1 107 12 95 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1973 MIN AL 31 254 62% 78% 28% 22 91% 0 65 5 58 1 9 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 1 100%
9 Seasons 16839 65% 79% 27% 961 94% 6 4035 268 3715 46 413 265 139 79 6 15 33 4 29 0 25 360 20 4 3 331 31 26 5 18 63 92%
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1965 MIN AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 50% 50% 0
1967 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 1 318 66% 77% 23% 33 45%
1968 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 450 67% 76% 27% 44 52%
1969 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 138 59% 78% 26% 20 40%
1971 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 203 71% 77% 22% 19 32%
1972 MIN AL 30 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 397 62% 78% 27% 48 54%
1973 DET AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 577 66% 85% 29% 49 55%
7 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 20 14 0 16 4 0 11 5 0 4 1 0 6 6 0 57 30 52.6% 27 0 0.0% 3 2085 66% 79% 26% 213 49%
MLB Averages 58.8% 2.8% 64% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1971 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 32 75% 75% 25% 3 33%
1973 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 50% 50% 33% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 38 71% 71% 26% 3 33%
MLB Averages 40.7% 3.3% 64% 79% 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 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

Hall of Fame
1979 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1970 AL  1,118 (3rd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1970 AL  146 (1st)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1970 AL  1,118 (3rd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1970 AL  82 (5th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1970 AL  10 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1968 AL  10.10 (3rd)
1969 AL  10.08 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1968 AL  .991 (5th)
1971 AL  .994 (5th)
Career  .992 (99th)

                                         

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