Rich Reese
Richard Benjamin Reese
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 29, 1941 in Leipsic, OH
High School: Deshler (Deshler, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1964
Final Game: September 29, 1973
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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
1964 MIN AL 22 1B 1 0 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.00 3.00 1.000 9.00 8.10
1965 MIN AL 23 1B 6 0 12.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -20.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 11.25 2.50 .993 9.52 7.88
1965 MIN AL 23 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.50
1965 MIN AL 23 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1967 MIN AL 25 1B 36 4 92.0 97 93 3 1 5 .990 -1.5 -19.6 -1.5 -1.6 0.2 0 9.39 2.67 .991 9.53 8.32
1967 MIN AL 25 LF 10 9 79.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 4.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.71 1.50 .973 1.87 1.40
1967 MIN AL 25 OF 10 9 79.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 4.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.71 1.50 .980 2.05 1.76
1968 MIN AL 26 1B 87 64 586.1 664 620 38 6 36 .991 -0.4 -0.8 -1.4 0.6 -2.0 1 10.10 7.56 .989 9.59 8.32
1968 MIN AL 26 LF 15 13 110.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 17.5 1.6 0.8 0.8 0 1.88 1.53 .978 1.85 1.45
1968 MIN AL 26 OF 15 13 110.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 17.5 1.6 0.8 0.8 0 1.80 1.47 .982 2.08 1.80
1969 MIN AL 27 1B 117 95 874.2 987 924 56 7 97 .993 2.6 3.6 1.6 -0.6 2.2 1 10.08 8.38 .992 9.63 8.33 MVP-29
1969 MIN AL 27 LF 5 3 31.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 7.7 0.2 0.8 -0.6 0 2.32 1.60 .975 2.00 1.60 MVP-29
1969 MIN AL 27 OF 5 3 31.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 7.7 0.2 0.8 -0.6 0 1.74 1.20 .983 2.12 1.84 MVP-29
1970 MIN AL 28 1B 146 127 1183.1 1210 1118 82 10 94 .992 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 9.13 8.22 .991 7.60 6.85
1971 MIN AL 29 1B 95 76 692.2 720 673 43 4 71 .994 -5.3 -9.2 -5.3 -4.9 -0.4 0 9.30 7.54 .992 9.59 8.10
1971 MIN AL 29 OF 9 6 53.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -61.1 -1.7 -0.9 -0.8 -1 1.19 0.78 .986 2.24 1.96
1971 MIN AL 29 LF 8 5 46.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -57.4 -1.2 -0.4 -0.8 -1 1.17 0.75 .983 1.94 1.60
1971 MIN AL 29 RF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -85.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.70
1972 MIN AL 30 1B 98 26 388.0 427 392 30 5 35 .988 3.1 9.6 3.1 0.7 2.5 0 9.79 4.31 .991 9.75 8.04
1972 MIN AL 30 LF 13 12 96.0 28 26 0 2 0 .929 0.3 3.8 1.3 1.1 0.2 -1 2.44 2.00 .982 1.89 1.53
1972 MIN AL 30 OF 13 12 96.0 29 27 0 2 0 .931 0.3 3.8 1.3 1.1 0.2 -1 2.53 2.08 .983 2.22 1.91
1973 TOT AL 31 1B 54 7 169.0 183 170 13 0 15 1.000 2.3 16.3 2.3 1.4 0.9 0 9.75 3.39 .992 9.86 8.27
1973 DET AL 31 1B 37 3 109.2 113 106 7 0 7 1.000 1.1 12.0 1.1 1.0 0.1 0 9.27 3.05 .992 9.86 8.27
1973 DET AL 31 LF 21 18 140.1 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -0.8 -6.8 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 1.73 1.29 .979 2.00 1.68
1973 DET AL 31 OF 21 18 141.1 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -0.8 -6.8 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 1.78 1.33 .979 2.29 2.02
1973 DET AL 31 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1973 MIN AL 31 1B 17 4 59.1 70 64 6 0 8 1.000 1.2 24.3 1.2 0.4 0.8 0 10.62 4.12 .991 9.86 8.27
9 Seasons 1B 640 399 3999.0 4306 4007 266 33 353 .992 1.5 0.5 -0.5 -4.1 3.8 2 9.62 6.68 .991 9.04 7.90
7 Seasons OF 74 61 510.2 108 102 3 3 0 .972 -1.1 -2.6 0.9 1.9 -1.0 -2 1.85 1.42 .981 2.18 1.90
7 Seasons LF 73 60 502.2 108 102 3 3 0 .972 -0.6 -1.4 1.4 2.4 -1.0 -2 1.88 1.44 .979 1.92 1.55
2 Seasons RF 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.12 0.50 1.000 2.02 1.70
10 Seasons TOT 714 460 4509.2 4414 4109 269 36 353 .992 0.4 0.1 0.4 -2.2 2.8 -2 2 8.74 6.13 .983 8.26 7.28
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 MIN AL 22 10 0 10 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
1965 MIN AL 23 14 0 14 14 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1
1966 MIN AL 24 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1967 MIN AL 25 95 13 95 95 0 0 36 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 49 8
1968 MIN AL 26 126 77 126 126 0 0 87 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 32 6
1969 MIN AL 27 132 98 132 132 0 0 117 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 23 2
1970 MIN AL 28 153 127 153 153 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1971 MIN AL 29 120 82 120 120 0 0 95 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 21 4
1972 MIN AL 30 132 38 132 132 0 0 98 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 34 17
1973 DET AL 31 59 21 59 52 0 0 37 0 0 0 21 0 1 21 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 866 460 866 854 0 0 640 0 0 0 73 0 2 74 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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%
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 56 59% 70% 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 25 409 50% 77% 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 2480 68% 78% 27% 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 3802 66% 77% 27% 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 5073 62% 76% 25% 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 3115 63% 77% 25% 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 1634 57% 77% 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 31 470 73% 77% 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 31 264 59% 75% 27% 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 17309 64% 77% 26% 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 62% 77% 27% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
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 2 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 1 332 63% 73% 22% 33 45%
1968 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 469 64% 73% 26% 44 52%
1969 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 1 141 58% 77% 26% 20 40%
1971 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 1 210 69% 75% 21% 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% 0 411 60% 75% 26% 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% 0 602 64% 81% 27% 49 55%
7 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 13 12 0 16 4 0 11 5 0 4 1 0 5 5 0 49 27 55.1% 22 0 0.0% 3 2167 63% 76% 25% 213 49%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.6% 62% 77% 26% 47%

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%
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 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 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 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 38 71% 71% 26% 3 33%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.3% 62% 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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