Billy Rogell

William George Rogell

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: November 24, 1904 in Springfield, IL
High School: Fenger HS (Chicago, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1925
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox/Cubs 1925-1940

Final Game: August 25, 1940
Died: August 9, 2003 in Sterling Heights, MI
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1925	BOS	AL	20	2B	49	43	34		260	98	145	17	29	.935		4.96	.962		5.76
1925	BOS	AL	20	SS	6	4	3		27	9	16	2	5	.926		4.17	.944		5.20
1927	BOS	AL	22	3B	53	49	46		178	49	123	6	8	.966		3.25	.952		3.33
1927	BOS	AL	22	2B	2	0	0		6	2	4	0	2	1.000		3.00	.962		5.70
1927	BOS	AL	22	OF	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.960		2.35
1927	BOS	AL	22	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.40
1927	BOS	AL	22	RF	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.00
1928	BOS	AL	23	SS	67	44	42		278	101	159	18	26	.935		3.88	.938		5.11
1928	BOS	AL	23	2B	22	18	15		125	47	73	5	8	.960		5.45	.963		5.67
1928	BOS	AL	23	OF	6	4	3		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.973		2.37
1928	BOS	AL	23	3B	3	1	1		4	3	1	0	0	1.000		1.33	.950		3.27
1928	BOS	AL	23	RF	3	3	2		2	0	2	0	0	1.000		0.67	.975		1.97
1928	BOS	AL	23	CF	2	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.973		2.80
1928	BOS	AL	23	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.30
1930	DET	AL	25	SS	33	30	29		160	55	95	10	16	.938		4.55	.940		5.12
1930	DET	AL	25	3B	13	7	6		26	7	19	0	4	1.000		2.00	.945		3.04
1930	DET	AL	25	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.30
1931	DET	AL	26	SS	48	48	48		285	91	182	12	26	.958		5.69	.936		5.18
1932	DET	AL	27	SS	139	137	135		750	275	433	42	88	.944		5.09	.941		5.15
1932	DET	AL	27	3B	4	4	4		5	1	4	0	0	1.000		1.25	.950		2.95
1933	DET	AL	28	SS	155	155	153		903	326	526	51	116	.944		5.50	.942		5.34
1934	DET	AL	29	SS	154	154	150		808	259	518	31	99	.962		5.05	.951		5.24
1935	DET	AL	30	SS	150	150	148		816	280	512	24	104	.971		5.28	.957		5.35
1936	DET	AL	31	SS	146	145	141		775	286	462	27	98	.965		5.12	.950		5.35
1936	DET	AL	31	3B	1	0	0		3	1	2	0	1	1.000		3.00	.947		3.10
1937	DET	AL	32	SS	146	145	135		800	323	451	26	103	.968		5.30	.955		5.23
1938	DET	AL	33	SS	134	133	132		753	291	431	31	101	.959		5.39	.953		5.17
1939	DET	AL	34	SS	43	29	25		160	59	90	11	21	.931		3.47	.950		5.16
1939	DET	AL	34	3B	21	20	16		61	17	40	4	3	.934		2.71	.943		3.15
1939	DET	AL	34	2B	2	2	2		14	8	5	1	2	.929		6.50	.965		5.55
1940	CHC	NL	35	SS	14	1	0		20	7	11	2	2	.900		1.29	.950		5.50
1940	CHC	NL	35	3B	9	6	4		22	8	10	4	0	.818		2.00	.948		3.01
1940	CHC	NL	35	2B	3	1	1		7	4	3	0	0	1.000		2.33	.964		5.60
	13 Seasons			SS	1235	1175	1141		6535	2362	3886	287	805	.956		5.06	.948		5.25
	7 Seasons			3B	104	87	77		299	86	199	14	16	.953		2.74	.949		3.21
	5 Seasons			2B	78	64	52		412	159	230	23	41	.944		4.99	.962		5.72
	3 Seasons			OF	9	4	3		4	4	0	0	0	1.000		0.44	.970		2.36
	2 Seasons			RF	4	3	2		3	1	2	0	0	1.000		0.75	.970		1.98
	1 Season			CF	2	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.973		2.80
	2 Seasons			LF	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.35
	14 Seasons			TOT	1426	1330	1273		7250	2611	4315	324	862	.955		4.86	.949		5.11
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1925	BOS	AL	20	58	47	58	55	49	0	6	0	0	0	0	2	1
1927	BOS	AL	22	83	49	83	57	2	53	0	1	0	1	2	17	9
1928	BOS	AL	23	102	67	102	94	22	3	68	1	2	3	6	7	1
1930	DET	AL	25	54	37	54	46	0	13	33	0	0	0	0	2	6
1931	DET	AL	26	48	48	48	48	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0
1932	DET	AL	27	144	141	144	143	0	4	139	0	0	0	0	0	1
1933	DET	AL	28	155	155	155	155	0	0	155	0	0	0	0	0	0
1934	DET	AL	29	154	154	154	154	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935	DET	AL	30	150	150	150	150	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936	DET	AL	31	146	145	146	146	0	1	146	0	0	0	0	1	0
1937	DET	AL	32	146	145	146	146	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938	DET	AL	33	136	133	136	134	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	2	0
1939	DET	AL	34	74	51	74	65	2	21	43	0	0	0	0	3	8
1940	CHC	NL	35	34	8	34	24	2	9	15	0	0	0	0	7	3
	14 Seasons			1484	1330	1484	1417	77	104	1237	2	2	4	8	41	29

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1933 AL 526 (4th) 1934 AL 518 (1st) 1935 AL 512 (2nd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1932 AL 42 (3rd) 1933 AL 51 (2nd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1932 AL 139 (3rd) 1933 AL 155 (1st) 1934 AL 154 (1st) 1935 AL 150 (2nd) 1936 AL 146 (4th) 1937 AL 146 (5th) Career 1,235 (91st)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1932 AL 275 (3rd) 1933 AL 326 (1st) 1934 AL 259 (5th) 1935 AL 280 (3rd) 1936 AL 286 (5th) 1937 AL 323 (2nd) Career 2,362 (78th)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1932 AL 433 (3rd) 1933 AL 526 (3rd) 1934 AL 518 (1st) 1935 AL 512 (2nd) 1936 AL 462 (5th) 1937 AL 451 (4th) 1938 AL 431 (4th) Career 3,886 (82nd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1932 AL 42 (2nd) 1933 AL 51 (2nd) 1934 AL 31 (5th) 1938 AL 31 (5th) Career 287 (76th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1932 AL 5.09 (4th) 1933 AL 5.50 (2nd) 1935 AL 5.28 (4th) 1937 AL 5.30 (4th) 1938 AL 5.39 (2nd) Career 5.06 (59th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1932 AL .944 (4th) 1933 AL .944 (4th) 1934 AL .962 (3rd) 1935 AL .971 (1st) 1936 AL .965 (2nd) 1937 AL .968 (1st) 1938 AL .959 (3rd)
Youngest s c a p y 1925 AL born 1904-11-24 (10th)

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