Steve Ridzik
Stephen George Ridzik
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 29, 1929 in Yonkers, NY
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1950
Final Game: May 10, 1966
Died: January 8, 2008 in Bradenton, FL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 PHI NL 21 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1952 PHI NL 23 P 24 12 4 7 1 1 .917 0.46 .958 0.98
1953 PHI NL 24 P 42 24 7 17 0 4 1.000 0.57 .954 0.87
1954 PHI NL 25 P 35 6 80.2 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.12 0.54 .958 2.08 0.87
1955 TOT NL 26 P 16 3 41.0 10 3 5 2 0 .800 1.76 0.50 .950 2.04 0.83
1955 PHI NL 26 P 3 1 11.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 2.45 1.00 .950 2.05 0.83
1955 CIN NL 26 P 13 2 30.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.50 0.38 .950 2.04 0.83
1956 NYG NL 27 P 41 5 92.1 22 8 12 2 1 .909 1.95 0.49 .968 2.05 0.83
1957 NYG NL 28 P 15 0 26.2 7 2 5 0 2 1.000 2.36 0.47 .957 2.06 0.82
1958 CLE AL 29 P 6 0 8.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.12 0.50 .967 1.97 0.82
1963 WSA AL 34 P 20 10 89.2 23 9 13 1 0 .957 2.21 1.10 .957 1.99 0.79
1964 WSA AL 35 P 49 3 112.0 22 7 13 2 2 .909 1.61 0.41 .959 1.90 0.72
1965 WSA AL 36 P 63 0 109.2 25 5 19 1 3 .960 1.97 0.38 .952 2.04 0.75
1966 PHI NL 37 P 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.75
12 Seasons P 314 27 563.0 167 51 107 9 13 .946 2.53 0.50 .957 2.01 0.81
12 Seasons TOT 314 27 563.0 167 51 107 9 13 .946 2.53 0.50 .904 2.01 0.81

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
1950 PHI NL 21 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 23 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHI NL 24 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 25 35 6 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 26 13 2 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PHI NL 26 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYG NL 27 44 5 44 44 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1957 NYG NL 28 16 0 16 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 CLE AL 29 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 WSA AL 34 20 10 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 WSA AL 35 49 3 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 WSA AL 36 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PHI NL 37 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 318 27 318 318 314 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 PHI NL 25 305 77% 24% 8 100% 0 4 0 4 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1955 CIN NL 26 138 85% 28% 7 57% 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1955 PHI NL 26 52 67% 33% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1956 NYG NL 27 321 71% 22% 8 100% 1 6 0 5 8 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1957 NYG NL 28 107 73% 31% 5 100% 0 2 0 1 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0
1958 CLE AL 29 43 72% 14% 3 100% 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 WSA AL 34 400 78% 25% 16 88% 1 7 1 6 14 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1964 WSA AL 35 475 79% 22% 19 89% 1 7 2 3 15 10 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 3 67%
1965 WSA AL 36 490 75% 22% 23 87% 0 5 1 3 19 14 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 0%
1966 PHI NL 37 17 88% 24% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2348 76% 24% 91 88% 4 34 5 23 77 52 11 7 0 4 3 5 8 6 8 0 13 54%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%

* 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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