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Bip Roberts

Leon Joseph Roberts

Positions: Second Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: October 27, 1963 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Skyline HS (Oakland, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 11, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1986
Teams (by GP): Padres/Reds/Royals/Athletics/Tigers/... 1986-1998
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 27, 1998
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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
1986 SDP NL 22 2B 87 65 40 561.1 348 166 172 10 33 .971 -4 -10 5.42 3.89 .980 5.21 5.22
1988 SDP NL 24 3B 2 1 1 14.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1 -51 0.64 0.50 .945 2.76 2.80
1988 SDP NL 24 2B 1 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -120 12.00 4.00 .980 5.10 5.20
1989 SDP NL 25 OF 54 33 20 318.0 82 77 3 2 0 .976 -5 -20 2.26 1.48 .981 2.32 2.32
1989 SDP NL 25 3B 37 29 17 237.2 76 15 59 2 3 .974 0 2 2.80 2.00 .943 2.71 2.71
1989 SDP NL 25 LF 35 21 14 208.1 55 52 2 1 0 .982 -1 -8 2.33 1.54 .981 2.15 2.15
1989 SDP NL 25 RF 20 11 5 101.2 27 24 2 1 0 .963 -4 -41 2.30 1.30 .978 2.12 2.12
1989 SDP NL 25 SS 14 12 9 105.0 57 25 28 4 7 .930 -1 -16 4.54 3.79 .966 4.51 4.52
1989 SDP NL 25 2B 9 5 4 52.0 41 17 23 1 7 .976 0 12 6.92 4.44 .981 5.12 5.12
1989 SDP NL 25 CF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 1.12 1.00 .980 2.70 2.70
1990 SDP NL 26 LF 75 69 53 610.2 173 162 8 3 1 .983 8 16 2.51 2.27 .979 2.19 2.18
1990 SDP NL 26 OF 75 69 53 610.2 171 160 8 3 1 .982 8 16 2.48 2.24 .981 2.39 2.37
1990 SDP NL 26 3B 56 46 35 399.2 129 34 89 6 7 .953 1 3 2.77 2.20 .947 2.73 2.71
1990 SDP NL 26 SS 18 13 11 121.1 62 23 38 1 8 .984 -2 -19 4.52 3.39 .967 4.59 4.56
1990 SDP NL 26 2B 8 8 7 65.1 38 10 25 3 6 .921 -2 -42 4.82 4.38 .983 5.01 4.97
1991 SDP NL 27 2B 68 64 56 563.1 320 128 185 7 35 .978 0 1 5.00 4.60 .982 5.14 5.12
1991 SDP NL 27 OF 46 41 33 345.1 114 111 0 3 0 .974 6 21 2.89 2.41 .983 2.28 2.27
1991 SDP NL 27 CF 29 27 21 218.2 73 72 0 1 0 .986 1 7 2.96 2.48 .985 2.59 2.58
1991 SDP NL 27 LF 19 14 12 126.2 41 39 0 2 0 .951 5 45 2.77 2.05 .983 2.18 2.17
1992 CIN NL 28 OF 79 73 35 567.0 140 138 1 1 0 .993 6 14 2.21 1.76 .983 2.34 2.34 AS,MVP-8
1992 CIN NL 28 LF 69 62 33 496.2 117 115 1 1 0 .991 9 21 2.10 1.68 .979 2.16 2.16 AS,MVP-8
1992 CIN NL 28 2B 42 31 23 277.2 135 51 83 1 7 .993 -4 -15 4.34 3.19 .981 5.18 5.18 AS,MVP-8
1992 CIN NL 28 3B 36 29 24 271.2 93 20 68 5 6 .946 -2 -8 2.92 2.44 .952 2.67 2.67 AS,MVP-8
1992 CIN NL 28 CF 16 11 2 70.1 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -38 2.94 1.44 .989 2.80 2.80 AS,MVP-8
1993 CIN NL 29 2B 64 63 52 525.1 313 136 172 5 31 .984 -3 -7 5.28 4.81 .980 5.16 5.13
1993 CIN NL 29 LF 12 5 3 46.2 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -2 -57 2.31 1.00 .975 2.10 2.10
1993 CIN NL 29 OF 11 6 3 53.2 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -2 -49 2.52 1.36 .979 2.35 2.33
1993 CIN NL 29 3B 3 2 2 19.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -57 2.37 1.67 .944 2.70 2.67
1993 CIN NL 29 CF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.57 2.00 .985 2.70 2.70
1993 CIN NL 29 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.70
1994 SDP NL 30 2B 90 85 66 715.0 378 148 221 9 42 .976 -5 -9 4.64 4.10 .981 5.26 5.23
1994 SDP NL 30 OF 20 13 11 130.1 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 2.07 1.50 .980 2.24 2.23
1994 SDP NL 30 LF 16 9 8 92.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.85 1.19 .981 1.91 1.90
1994 SDP NL 30 CF 5 4 3 38.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -41 2.61 2.20 .982 2.63 2.60
1995 SDP NL 31 OF 50 39 30 354.1 95 92 2 1 0 .989 -1 -4 2.39 1.88 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 SDP NL 31 LF 48 35 28 321.2 86 83 2 1 0 .988 -1 -4 2.38 1.77 .972 1.87 1.86
1995 SDP NL 31 2B 25 23 12 181.0 107 37 68 2 11 .981 -3 -21 5.22 4.20 .984 5.25 5.23
1995 SDP NL 31 SS 7 7 5 56.0 25 6 18 1 4 .960 -1 -24 3.86 3.43 .968 4.52 4.49
1995 SDP NL 31 CF 4 4 2 32.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 2.76 2.50 .984 2.48 2.48
1996 KCR AL 32 2B 63 57 47 489.0 294 101 189 4 42 .986 9 21 5.34 4.60 .980 5.05 5.02
1996 KCR AL 32 DH 16 14
1996 KCR AL 32 OF 11 10 8 83.1 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 -5 -69 1.62 1.36 .983 2.38 2.36
1996 KCR AL 32 LF 8 7 6 60.1 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 -4 -90 1.49 1.25 .979 2.18 2.17
1996 KCR AL 32 CF 2 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -83 2.25 2.00 .990 2.76 2.75
1996 KCR AL 32 RF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 137 2.57 2.00 .980 2.19 2.20
1997 TOT AL 33 OF 94 81 62 699.2 169 159 7 3 1 .982 10 16 2.14 1.77 .982 2.32 2.30
1997 TOT AL 33 LF 92 79 61 682.2 163 155 5 3 1 .982 8 15 2.11 1.74 .979 2.07 2.05
1997 KCR AL 33 OF 84 73 54 623.2 154 146 5 3 0 .981 10 18 2.18 1.80 .982 2.32 2.30
1997 KCR AL 33 LF 82 71 53 606.2 148 142 3 3 0 .980 8 16 2.15 1.77 .979 2.07 2.05
1997 KCR AL 33 3B 10 9 2 69.2 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 -2 -33 1.94 1.50 .953 2.67 2.65
1997 KCR AL 33 CF 2 2 1 17.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 1 85 3.18 3.00 .988 2.70 2.70
1997 CLE AL 33 2B 13 13 7 93.1 59 24 31 4 9 .932 -2 -22 5.30 4.23 .980 4.93 4.89
1997 CLE AL 33 LF 10 8 8 76.0 15 13 2 0 1 1.000 0 2 1.78 1.50 .979 2.07 2.05
1997 CLE AL 33 OF 10 8 8 76.0 15 13 2 0 1 1.000 0 2 1.78 1.50 .982 2.32 2.30
1998 TOT AL 34 2B 31 26 11 208.0 104 40 61 3 21 .971 2 14 4.37 3.26 .978 4.85 4.80
1998 TOT AL 34 OF 24 16 10 143.0 43 41 0 2 0 .953 1 5 2.58 1.71 .985 2.31 2.29
1998 TOT AL 34 LF 10 4 1 38.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0 6 2.37 1.00 .985 2.08 2.08
1998 DET AL 34 DH 29 26
1998 DET AL 34 LF 2 2 1 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -46 0.69 0.50 .980 2.08 2.10
1998 DET AL 34 OF 2 2 1 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -46 0.69 0.50 .980 2.28 2.30
1998 DET AL 34 2B 1 1 0 7.0 5 2 3 0 3 1.000 -1 -103 6.43 5.00 .978 4.89 4.80
1998 OAK AL 34 2B 30 25 11 201.0 99 38 58 3 18 .970 3 18 4.30 3.20 .978 4.85 4.80
1998 OAK AL 34 OF 22 14 9 130.0 42 40 0 2 0 .952 1 10 2.77 1.82 .985 2.31 2.29
1998 OAK AL 34 CF 12 12 9 100.0 32 31 0 1 0 .969 0 5 2.79 2.58 .987 2.69 2.66
1998 OAK AL 34 LF 8 2 0 25.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1 34 3.24 1.13 .985 2.09 2.08
1998 OAK AL 34 3B 3 2 1 18.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0 20 2.95 2.00 .948 2.55 2.53
1998 OAK AL 34 RF 3 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.33 .980 2.16 2.10
12 Seasons 2B 501 440 325 3734.1 2141 860 1232 49 245 .977 -12 -4 5.04 4.18 .981 5.15 5.13
10 Seasons OF 464 381 265 3305.1 875 837 22 16 3 .982 16 6 2.34 1.85 .982 2.31 2.30
10 Seasons LF 384 305 219 2684.0 688 656 19 13 3 .981 21 9 2.26 1.76 .979 2.10 2.08
7 Seasons 3B 147 118 82 1030.0 326 76 236 14 17 .957 -3 -4 2.73 2.12 .948 2.70 2.69
9 Seasons CF 72 64 41 507.2 162 158 2 2 0 .988 -2 -5 2.84 2.22 .986 2.65 2.65
4 Seasons SS 40 32 25 283.1 144 54 84 6 19 .958 -4 -19 4.38 3.45 .967 4.55 4.54
3 Seasons RF 24 12 5 113.2 30 27 2 1 0 .967 -3 -29 2.30 1.21 .978 2.13 2.12
12 Seasons TOT 1152 971 697 8353.0 3486 1827 1574 85 284 .976 -3 -0 3.66 2.95 .977 3.70 3.66
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
1986 SDP NL 22 2B -4 -10 -4 0 -4 -1
1988 SDP NL 24 3B -1 -51 -1 -1 0 0
1988 SDP NL 24 2B -0 -120 -0 0 -0 0
1989 SDP NL 25 3B 0 2 0 1 -1 0
1989 SDP NL 25 LF -1 -8 -2 -0 -2 1
1989 SDP NL 25 RF -4 -41 -4 -0 -3 0
1989 SDP NL 25 SS -1 -16 -1 1 -2 0
1989 SDP NL 25 2B 0 12 0 2 -1 0
1989 SDP NL 25 CF -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
1990 SDP NL 26 LF 8 16 4 2 3 4
1990 SDP NL 26 3B 1 3 1 -1 2 0
1990 SDP NL 26 SS -2 -19 -2 -1 -0 0
1990 SDP NL 26 2B -2 -42 -2 -0 -2 0
1991 SDP NL 27 2B 0 1 3 3 1 -3
1991 SDP NL 27 CF 1 7 1 2 -1 0
1991 SDP NL 27 LF 5 45 5 2 3 0
1992 CIN NL 28 LF 9 21 11 4 6 -2
1992 CIN NL 28 2B -4 -15 -2 -0 -1 -2
1992 CIN NL 28 3B -2 -8 -2 2 -4 0
1992 CIN NL 28 CF -2 -38 -1 -0 -1 -1
1993 CIN NL 29 2B -3 -7 -2 0 -2 -1
1993 CIN NL 29 LF -2 -57 -1 0 -1 -1
1993 CIN NL 29 3B -1 -57 -1 -1 0 0
1993 CIN NL 29 CF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CIN NL 29 SS -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1994 SDP NL 30 2B -5 -9 -4 -2 -2 -1
1994 SDP NL 30 LF 0 3 0 1 -0 0
1994 SDP NL 30 CF -1 -41 -1 -0 -1 0
1995 SDP NL 31 LF -1 -4 -2 -3 0 1
1995 SDP NL 31 2B -3 -21 -2 0 -2 -1
1995 SDP NL 31 SS -1 -24 -1 0 -1 0
1995 SDP NL 31 CF -0 -4 -0 -0 0 0
1996 KCR AL 32 2B 9 21 8 4 4 1
1996 KCR AL 32 LF -4 -90 -4 0 -5 0
1996 KCR AL 32 CF -1 -83 -0 0 -0 -1
1996 KCR AL 32 RF 1 137 1 1 0 0
1997 KCR AL 33 LF 8 16 12 7 6 -4
1997 KCR AL 33 3B -2 -33 -2 -1 -1 0
1997 KCR AL 33 CF 1 85 0 0 0 1
1997 CLE AL 33 2B -2 -22 -2 -1 -0 0
1997 CLE AL 33 LF 0 2 0 1 -1 0
1998 DET AL 34 LF -0 -46 -0 -0 -0 0
1998 DET AL 34 2B -1 -103 -1 0 -1 0
1998 OAK AL 34 2B 3 18 2 1 1 1
1998 OAK AL 34 CF 0 5 0 -0 1 0
1998 OAK AL 34 LF 1 34 1 0 0 0
1998 OAK AL 34 3B 0 20 0 0 0 0
1998 OAK AL 34 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 2B -12 -4 -5 6 -10 -7
10 Seasons LF 21 9 22 13 9 -1
7 Seasons 3B -3 -4 -3 -0 -3 0
9 Seasons CF -2 -5 -1 1 -3 -1
4 Seasons SS -4 -19 -4 -1 -4 0
3 Seasons RF -3 -29 -3 0 -3 0
12 Seasons TOT -3 -0 6 20 -14 -7 -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
1986 SDP NL 22 101 65 101 87 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 24
1988 SDP NL 24 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1989 SDP NL 25 117 79 117 103 0 0 0 9 37 14 35 1 20 56 0 18 13
1990 SDP NL 26 149 136 149 143 0 0 0 8 56 18 75 0 0 75 0 7 1
1991 SDP NL 27 117 105 117 110 0 0 0 68 0 0 19 29 0 48 0 9 1
1992 CIN NL 28 147 133 147 136 0 0 0 42 36 0 69 16 0 85 0 12 1
1993 CIN NL 29 83 71 83 77 0 0 0 65 3 1 12 1 0 13 0 6 4
1994 SDP NL 30 105 98 105 103 0 0 0 90 0 0 16 5 0 21 0 2 3
1995 SDP NL 31 73 69 73 73 0 0 0 25 0 7 48 4 0 52 0 4 0
1996 KCR AL 32 90 81 90 72 0 0 0 63 0 0 8 2 1 11 16 9 0
1997 KCR AL 33 97 82 97 87 0 0 0 0 10 0 82 2 0 84 0 11 2
1997 CLE AL 33 23 21 23 22 0 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 1 0
1998 OAK AL 34 61 41 61 52 0 0 0 30 3 0 8 12 3 23 0 14 2
1998 DET AL 34 34 29 34 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 5 0
12 Seasons 1202 1011 1202 1071 0 0 0 502 147 40 384 72 24 480 45 104 52
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 -- 2B*

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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1986 SDP NL 22 2419 61% 80% 27% 253 94% 2 167 85 47 35 172 155 12 0 1 10 0 8 2 6 32 10 7 7 1 26 9 17 4 3 1
1988 SDP NL 24 14 86% 93% 29% 1 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1989 SDP NL 25 224 59% 76% 40% 20 90% 0 17 2 14 1 23 21 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0
1990 SDP NL 26 301 63% 85% 32% 27 78% 0 10 1 7 2 26 24 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 6 3 1 1 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
1991 SDP NL 27 2391 60% 80% 33% 242 83% 0 128 32 68 28 185 160 24 1 1 7 0 3 4 4 35 13 4 12 1 31 14 17 1 0 1
1992 CIN NL 28 1181 60% 77% 31% 119 82% 0 51 17 24 10 83 72 11 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 4 3 0 7 3 4 0 0 0
1993 CIN NL 29 2220 60% 81% 32% 228 93% 0 136 60 46 30 171 153 16 0 2 5 0 3 2 4 30 12 6 9 1 28 10 18 1 1 0
1994 SDP NL 30 3093 55% 75% 33% 265 92% 0 145 48 65 32 222 200 18 0 1 9 2 6 1 7 41 18 7 11 1 37 12 25 3 2 1
1995 SDP NL 31 779 55% 73% 34% 82 95% 3 36 10 12 14 70 55 10 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 11 2 0 6 1 9 7 2 2 1 1
1996 KCR AL 32 2088 54% 80% 35% 214 93% 0 99 34 51 14 192 164 24 0 0 4 0 1 3 4 42 18 5 17 0 41 17 23 1 0 0
1997 CLE AL 33 394 55% 78% 37% 36 86% 1 24 5 16 3 31 26 3 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 9 0 3 2 1 7 3 4 2 2 0
1998 OAK AL 34 866 57% 79% 32% 66 89% 0 37 10 20 7 57 48 8 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 18 6 1 5 2 14 7 7 2 1 1
1998 DET AL 34 40 43% 85% 40% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
12 Seasons 16010 58% 79% 32% 1555 90% 6 854 305 373 176 1237 1081 130 1 10 49 3 32 14 35 242 87 42 75 9 217 86 130 16 10 5
MLB Averages 58% 79% 32% 90%

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%
1989 SDP NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 18 14 1 10 3 0 7 6 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 42 26 61.9% 15 1 2.4% 1 870 61% 79% 40% 115 47%
1990 SDP NL 26 3 0 3 0 1 8 0 2 0 3 36 31 2 23 8 2 15 10 1 6 2 0 14 13 0 94 64 68.1% 25 5 5.3% 3 2582 57% 80% 42% 326 52%
1991 SDP NL 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 18 14 77.8% 4 0 0.0% 0 536 55% 79% 40% 55 71%
1992 CIN NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 11 0 11 4 0 4 2 0 5 1 0 11 7 0 44 25 56.8% 19 0 0.0% 1 2008 60% 79% 42% 173 66%
1993 CIN NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 185 61% 81% 46% 25 48%
1994 SDP NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 369 54% 73% 35% 38 50%
1995 SDP NL 31 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 21 17 1 13 3 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 43 27 62.8% 15 1 2.3% 1 1364 57% 75% 38% 167 51%
1996 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 16 8 50.0% 7 1 6.3% 0 278 67% 76% 43% 35 26%
1997 KCR AL 33 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 49 37 1 17 2 0 16 8 0 6 0 0 7 7 0 95 54 56.8% 40 1 1.1% 2 2645 63% 76% 42% 308 47%
1997 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 12 6 50.0% 5 1 8.3% 1 349 52% 74% 36% 33 42%
1998 OAK AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 106 53% 81% 42% 14 64%
1998 DET AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 64 48% 72% 48% 7 14%
10 Seasons 13 0 12 1 3 19 0 6 2 5 165 136 5 91 23 2 52 33 2 26 4 0 50 42 1 384 238 62.0% 136 10 2.6% 9 11356 59% 78% 41% 1296 52%
MLB Averages 60.9% 2.7% 58% 79% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1988 SDP NL 24 53 53% 64% 19% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SDP NL 25 1004 60% 79% 33% 76 91% 1 15 13 1 1 57 43 12 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 100%
1990 SDP NL 26 1695 61% 81% 32% 134 85% 1 32 25 2 5 91 76 12 0 1 6 0 1 5 5 8 6 0 7 0 0 0 3 33%
1992 CIN NL 28 1154 63% 78% 30% 104 81% 1 20 16 0 4 68 56 10 0 0 5 0 2 3 4 6 5 0 6 0 0 0 5 80%
1993 CIN NL 29 89 52% 83% 34% 5 80% 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 KCR AL 33 300 56% 79% 37% 20 75% 0 3 3 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
1998 OAK AL 34 80 53% 78% 30% 5 100% 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4375 61% 80% 32% 346 84% 3 74 61 3 10 236 191 37 1 3 14 0 4 10 12 18 14 0 17 0 0 0 15 73%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 32% 86% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1989 SDP NL 25 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 36 81% 81% 33% 2 50%
1991 SDP NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 17 9 52.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 904 63% 83% 44% 103 70%
1992 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 298 55% 80% 39% 37 62%
1993 CIN NL 29 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 29 52% 79% 38% 3 67%
1994 SDP NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 167 50% 78% 34% 17 65%
1995 SDP NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 150 65% 73% 36% 16 63%
1996 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 1 9.1% 10 0 0.0% 0 86 58% 85% 38% 10 40%
1997 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 1 71 55% 73% 35% 8 75%
1998 OAK AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 9 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 27 11 40.7% 15 1 3.7% -1 453 48% 79% 44% 66 48%
9 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 28 15 0 23 0 2 1 1 0 7 1 0 16 11 0 75 28 37.3% 45 2 2.7% 0 2194 58% 81% 41% 262 61%
MLB Averages 42.3% 1.9% 58% 79% 39% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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
1989 SDP NL 25 448 61% 80% 35% 43 84% 1 25 11 12 3 28 21 6 0 1 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 1 3 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 0
1990 SDP NL 26 508 46% 82% 35% 57 88% 0 23 17 5 1 37 27 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 4 0 3 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0
1993 CIN NL 29 4 100% 75% 75% 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
1995 SDP NL 31 243 58% 72% 36% 21 90% 0 6 1 4 1 18 12 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1203 54% 79% 36% 121 87% 1 54 29 21 5 83 60 21 0 1 6 0 3 3 5 18 9 1 6 2 0 18 10 8 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 32% 87%

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%
1989 SDP NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 16 4 25.0% 10 2 12.5% 0 432 60% 82% 38% 46 57%
1996 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 73% 67% 33% 3 67%
1998 OAK AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 22 59% 82% 59% 1 100%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 18 4 22.2% 12 2 11.1% 0 487 61% 81% 38% 50 58%
MLB Averages 42.8% 2.6% 58% 79% 39% 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

All-Star Games
1992 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1992 NL (8, 19%)
0.19 Career Shares (759th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 AL  3 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1996 AL  9 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1986 NL  5.42 (4th)
Career  5.04 (72nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1990 NL  8 (3rd)
1991 NL  5 (5th)
1992 NL  9 (4th)
1997 AL  8 (4th)
Career  21 (52nd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 AL  .982 (5th)

             

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