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Bill Russell

William Ellis Russell (Ropes)

Positions: Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, KS
High School: Pittsburg HS (Pittsburg, KS)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1969
Team: Dodgers 1969-1986
Agents: Steve Freyer [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1986
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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
1969 LAD NL 20 OF 86 45 34 492.0 139 132 4 3 1 .978 9 21 2.49 1.58 .973 2.02 2.01
1969 LAD NL 20 RF 61 29 23 307.1 71 68 1 2 0 .972 2 7 2.02 1.13 .975 1.83 1.82
1969 LAD NL 20 CF 24 16 11 170.2 57 53 3 1 1 .982 5 36 2.95 2.33 .977 2.31 2.30
1969 LAD NL 20 LF 8 0 0 14.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2 171 3.86 0.75 .963 1.67 1.68
1970 LAD NL 21 OF 79 67 58 615.1 178 167 8 3 1 .983 12 24 2.56 2.22 .976 2.07 2.06
1970 LAD NL 21 RF 57 47 40 435.1 125 116 6 3 1 .976 8 21 2.52 2.14 .976 1.99 1.98
1970 LAD NL 21 CF 24 20 18 179.0 56 54 2 0 0 1.000 4 29 2.82 2.33 .978 2.34 2.33
1970 LAD NL 21 LF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .970 1.80 1.80
1970 LAD NL 21 SS 1 0 0 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 2.00 .965 5.06 5.00
1971 LAD NL 22 2B 41 35 32 308.2 196 81 108 7 21 .964 1 3 5.51 4.61 .978 5.47 5.46
1971 LAD NL 22 OF 40 16 11 204.1 50 49 1 0 0 1.000 2 15 2.20 1.25 .979 2.19 2.19
1971 LAD NL 22 RF 35 10 10 147.0 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 1 10 2.08 0.97 .982 2.07 2.06
1971 LAD NL 22 CF 10 6 1 54.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1 31 3.33 2.00 .982 2.63 2.64
1971 LAD NL 22 SS 6 1 1 18.1 7 1 5 1 2 .857 -0 -26 2.95 1.00 .969 5.15 5.13
1971 LAD NL 22 LF 3 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -36 0.00 0.00 1.89 1.87
1972 LAD NL 23 SS 121 118 114 1060.0 670 197 439 34 69 .949 -3 -4 5.40 5.26 .967 5.04 5.06
1972 LAD NL 23 OF 6 0 0 8.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 83 5.19 0.83 .978 2.18 2.18
1972 LAD NL 23 RF 4 0 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 100 3.00 0.50 .980 1.95 2.02
1972 LAD NL 23 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.60
1972 LAD NL 23 LF 1 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 13.50 1.00 .970 1.35 1.90
1973 LAD NL 24 SS 162 162 160 1489.2 834 243 560 31 106 .963 11 9 4.85 4.96 .961 4.93 4.93 AS,MVP-32
1974 LAD NL 25 SS 160 154 143 1379.0 724 194 491 39 68 .946 6 5 4.47 4.28 .961 4.97 4.97
1974 LAD NL 25 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1974 LAD NL 25 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1975 LAD NL 26 SS 83 81 53 677.1 335 94 230 11 27 .967 10 17 4.31 3.90 .963 4.99 4.99
1976 LAD NL 27 SS 149 145 138 1301.2 755 251 476 28 90 .963 3 2 5.03 4.88 .964 5.05 5.04 AS
1977 LAD NL 28 SS 153 149 138 1320.0 786 234 523 29 102 .963 15 14 5.16 4.95 .963 5.02 5.03
1978 LAD NL 29 SS 155 151 143 1334.0 809 245 533 31 91 .962 2 2 5.25 5.02 .966 4.88 4.84
1979 LAD NL 30 SS 150 148 139 1296.0 700 218 452 30 70 .957 -12 -11 4.65 4.47 .965 5.00 4.98
1980 LAD NL 31 SS 129 120 113 1081.1 585 179 387 19 57 .968 6 7 4.71 4.39 .966 5.02 5.02 AS
1981 LAD NL 32 SS 80 78 59 669.2 403 128 261 14 49 .965 5 9 5.23 4.86 .960 5.10 5.12
1982 LAD NL 33 SS 150 146 114 1285.1 747 216 502 29 64 .961 12 11 5.03 4.79 .967 5.01 5.02
1983 LAD NL 34 SS 127 122 98 1054.1 606 192 392 22 61 .964 5 6 4.99 4.60 .967 4.85 4.83
1984 LAD NL 35 SS 65 56 36 478.0 255 81 165 9 29 .965 -4 -11 4.63 3.78 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 LAD NL 35 CF 18 16 11 134.2 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 -5 -41 2.27 1.89 .987 2.71 2.70
1984 LAD NL 35 OF 18 16 11 134.2 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 -5 -41 2.14 1.78 .979 2.27 2.26
1984 LAD NL 35 2B 5 1 0 14.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 6.43 2.00 .979 5.40 5.40
1985 LAD NL 36 SS 23 19 14 169.0 99 27 64 8 11 .919 -2 -16 4.85 3.96 .963 4.88 4.88
1985 LAD NL 36 LF 21 15 10 140.2 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -1 -7 1.41 1.05 .977 1.92 1.92
1985 LAD NL 36 OF 21 15 10 140.2 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -1 -7 1.47 1.10 .979 2.20 2.20
1985 LAD NL 36 2B 8 5 3 45.1 28 10 17 1 0 .964 0 5 5.36 3.38 .982 5.46 5.48
1985 LAD NL 36 3B 5 0 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 1.12 0.20 .950 2.92 2.88
1986 LAD NL 37 OF 48 21 10 222.0 49 47 2 0 0 1.000 4 19 1.99 1.02 .979 2.19 2.19
1986 LAD NL 37 SS 32 14 13 175.2 104 36 64 4 13 .962 -2 -17 5.12 3.13 .963 4.75 4.76
1986 LAD NL 37 LF 28 12 7 132.0 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 4 34 2.45 1.29 .975 1.97 1.97
1986 LAD NL 37 RF 20 9 3 88.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.33 0.65 .977 1.99 2.00
1986 LAD NL 37 2B 8 6 6 64.0 39 20 18 1 4 .974 -0 -4 5.34 4.75 .980 5.20 5.22
1986 LAD NL 37 3B 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -13 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1986 LAD NL 37 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.60
17 Seasons SS 1746 1664 1476 14797.1 8421 2536 5546 339 909 .960 50 4 4.92 4.63 .964 4.98 4.97
8 Seasons OF 299 180 134 1818.2 477 454 16 7 2 .985 22 15 2.33 1.57 .976 2.11 2.11
6 Seasons RF 178 95 76 984.2 245 232 8 5 1 .980 11 13 2.19 1.35 .977 1.95 1.94
6 Seasons CF 78 58 41 542.1 169 161 7 1 1 .994 6 14 2.79 2.15 .980 2.45 2.45
4 Seasons 2B 62 47 41 432.0 273 114 150 9 25 .967 1 2 5.50 4.26 .979 5.43 5.43
6 Seasons LF 62 27 17 291.2 67 64 2 1 0 .985 5 21 2.04 1.06 .974 1.93 1.91
2 Seasons 3B 6 1 1 17.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 0.53 0.17 .950 2.81 2.85
18 Seasons TOT 2113 1892 1652 17065.0 9172 3104 5713 355 936 .961 72 5 4.65 4.17 .965 4.68 4.57
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
1969 LAD NL 20 RF 2 7 2 -1 3 0
1969 LAD NL 20 CF 5 36 3 3 0 2
1969 LAD NL 20 LF 2 171 1 0 1 1
1970 LAD NL 21 RF 8 21 6 1 4 2
1970 LAD NL 21 CF 4 29 1 1 1 3
1970 LAD NL 21 LF 0 360 0 0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 21 SS 0 30 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 22 2B 1 3 2 1 1 -1
1971 LAD NL 22 RF 1 10 1 2 -1 0
1971 LAD NL 22 CF 1 31 1 1 1 0
1971 LAD NL 22 SS -0 -26 -0 -0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 22 LF -0 -36 -0 -0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 23 SS -3 -4 -2 3 -6 -1
1972 LAD NL 23 RF 0 100 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 23 CF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 23 LF 0 180 0 0 0 0
1973 LAD NL 24 SS 11 9 10 -2 12 1
1974 LAD NL 25 SS 6 5 8 9 -1 -2
1974 LAD NL 25 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 26 SS 10 17 10 7 4 -1
1976 LAD NL 27 SS 3 2 1 11 -10 2
1977 LAD NL 28 SS 15 14 12 12 -0 3
1978 LAD NL 29 SS 2 2 4 10 -5 -2
1979 LAD NL 30 SS -12 -11 -9 -9 -0 -3
1980 LAD NL 31 SS 6 7 7 5 2 -1
1981 LAD NL 32 SS 5 9 5 8 -3 0
1982 LAD NL 33 SS 12 11 16 9 6 -4
1983 LAD NL 34 SS 5 6 8 2 6 -3
1984 LAD NL 35 SS -4 -11 -4 -2 -3 0
1984 LAD NL 35 CF -5 -41 -5 -3 -2 0
1984 LAD NL 35 2B -0 -9 -0 -0 0 0
1985 LAD NL 36 SS -2 -16 -2 1 -3 0
1985 LAD NL 36 LF -1 -7 -1 -1 0 0
1985 LAD NL 36 2B 0 5 1 1 0 -1
1985 LAD NL 36 3B -0 -15 -0 0 -0 0
1986 LAD NL 37 SS -2 -17 -2 -2 0 -1
1986 LAD NL 37 LF 4 34 2 0 2 2
1986 LAD NL 37 RF -0 -3 -0 1 -1 0
1986 LAD NL 37 2B -0 -4 -0 -0 -0 0
1986 LAD NL 37 3B -0 -13 -0 -0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 37 CF 0 60 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons SS 50 4 62 63 -1 -12
6 Seasons RF 11 13 9 3 6 2
6 Seasons CF 6 14 1 1 0 5
4 Seasons 2B 1 2 3 2 1 -2
6 Seasons LF 5 21 2 0 2 3
2 Seasons 3B -0 -14 -0 0 -0 0
18 Seasons TOT 72 5 76 69 8 -14 10
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
1969 LAD NL 20 98 45 98 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 24 61 86 0 23 10
1970 LAD NL 21 81 67 81 80 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24 57 79 0 7 0
1971 LAD NL 22 91 52 91 84 0 0 0 40 0 6 3 10 35 42 0 3 15
1972 LAD NL 23 129 118 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 121 1 1 4 6 0 5 3
1973 LAD NL 24 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 LAD NL 25 160 154 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
1975 LAD NL 26 84 81 84 83 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 LAD NL 27 149 145 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1977 LAD NL 28 153 149 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 LAD NL 29 155 151 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1979 LAD NL 30 153 148 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1980 LAD NL 31 130 120 130 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1981 LAD NL 32 82 78 82 80 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1982 LAD NL 33 153 146 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1983 LAD NL 34 131 122 131 127 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1984 LAD NL 35 89 73 89 82 0 0 0 5 0 65 0 18 0 18 0 7 1
1985 LAD NL 36 76 39 76 55 0 0 0 8 6 23 21 0 0 21 0 24 6
1986 LAD NL 37 105 42 105 84 0 0 0 8 1 32 28 1 20 49 0 37 9
18 Seasons 2181 1892 2181 2096 0 0 0 61 7 1746 62 78 178 302 0 121 53
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 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
1970 LAD NL 21 31 81% 61% 19% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 22 66 73% 77% 32% 7 71% 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 23 4393 72% 80% 31% 549 90% 4 201 94 93 14 441 341 85 2 3 34 1 33 0 32 69 18 12 22 6 1 63 30 30 5 4 1
1973 LAD NL 24 6093 67% 79% 29% 708 89% 2 251 111 118 22 555 450 95 0 6 31 0 28 3 26 106 40 23 20 9 3 99 63 36 6 3 3
1974 LAD NL 25 5675 63% 80% 28% 656 87% 3 197 99 74 24 502 397 95 0 2 39 2 32 5 29 67 27 10 12 10 0 61 37 22 6 3 3
1975 LAD NL 26 2789 55% 80% 27% 298 91% 2 93 54 28 11 232 187 36 0 3 11 1 10 0 9 27 9 1 4 2 1 23 10 9 3 2 1
1976 LAD NL 27 5397 64% 83% 29% 604 91% 6 245 106 107 33 485 367 104 3 6 28 2 25 1 23 90 34 8 31 5 2 85 42 39 2 2 0
1977 LAD NL 28 5459 65% 81% 30% 656 90% 3 232 108 96 28 524 392 111 4 6 29 1 26 2 22 102 43 11 21 11 2 93 55 35 5 4 0
1978 LAD NL 29 5550 64% 83% 30% 649 90% 8 243 107 101 37 532 392 118 2 8 31 2 25 4 22 91 31 11 29 6 4 85 42 40 5 3 2
1979 LAD NL 30 5554 59% 82% 25% 573 91% 3 216 109 73 33 453 337 100 1 4 30 1 26 3 23 70 26 6 19 7 1 66 32 28 3 2 1
1980 LAD NL 31 4444 56% 83% 28% 489 91% 1 181 87 67 27 386 313 64 1 5 19 1 17 1 15 58 20 7 17 5 1 52 27 24 5 3 2
1981 LAD NL 32 2748 65% 81% 31% 333 89% 1 120 53 48 19 265 209 51 0 2 14 0 12 2 9 47 19 7 11 4 0 45 26 16 1 0 1
1982 LAD NL 33 5313 65% 81% 30% 635 91% 3 214 95 72 47 508 401 95 3 2 29 0 26 3 22 64 30 5 16 4 0 58 35 21 3 1 1
1983 LAD NL 34 4387 64% 80% 28% 491 91% 3 196 82 81 33 396 324 57 2 4 22 0 21 1 19 61 21 13 14 5 3 56 34 22 2 1 1
1984 LAD NL 35 2009 64% 81% 30% 192 95% 0 84 24 45 15 171 139 31 0 0 9 1 8 0 8 30 11 2 13 1 2 29 13 16 0 0 0
1985 LAD NL 36 698 66% 81% 32% 81 90% 0 29 15 11 3 64 47 14 0 3 8 0 8 0 8 11 6 1 2 0 0 9 7 2 1 1 0
1986 LAD NL 37 755 66% 82% 35% 81 90% 1 36 16 17 3 66 42 18 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 13 6 1 3 0 0 11 7 3 2 2 0
17 Seasons 61361 64% 81% 29% 7004 90% 40 2539 1161 1031 349 5586 4341 1077 18 55 339 12 302 25 272 908 343 118 234 75 20 837 462 343 49 31 16
MLB Averages 61% 81% 28% 91%
Lg 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

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%
1969 LAD NL 20 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 5 0 7 3 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 5 2 0 29 12 41.4% 17 0 0.0% 1 1267 65% 79% 28% 131 53%
1970 LAD NL 21 3 0 3 0 2 6 0 1 3 1 27 11 3 11 2 1 3 1 0 11 4 0 15 10 0 67 28 41.8% 35 4 6.0% 2 1876 65% 82% 27% 208 59%
1971 LAD NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 11 5 45.5% 5 1 9.1% 0 601 68% 83% 27% 56 61%
1972 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 24 71% 67% 33% 3 67%
1974 LAD 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 3 67% 67% 33% 0
1986 LAD NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 371 51% 81% 32% 22 59%
6 Seasons 5 0 5 0 3 8 0 2 3 2 46 21 3 22 5 2 7 4 0 16 4 0 25 16 0 116 50 43.1% 61 5 4.3% 3 4142 64% 81% 28% 420 57%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.2% 61% 81% 27% 55%

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%
1969 LAD NL 20 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 7 4 1 5 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 4 4 0 20 10 50.0% 8 2 10.0% 1 674 66% 79% 26% 91 60%
1970 LAD NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 3 1 10 3 2 3 2 0 4 2 0 7 4 0 29 14 48.3% 12 3 10.3% -1 790 67% 82% 27% 100 57%
1971 LAD NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 213 66% 84% 32% 37 54%
1972 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 9 89% 89% 33% 3 33%
1984 LAD NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 14 6 42.9% 6 2 14.3% 0 602 55% 80% 23% 41 83%
1986 LAD NL 37 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 9 89% 89% 33% 1 100%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 4 20 10 4 21 6 2 7 4 1 7 2 0 17 12 0 72 34 47.2% 31 7 9.7% 0 2297 63% 81% 26% 273 62%
MLB Averages 44.3% 2.4% 61% 81% 27% 60%

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%
1969 LAD NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 67 60% 63% 19% 10 60%
1970 LAD NL 21 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 5 40% 80% 20% 2 50%
1971 LAD NL 22 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 15 87% 80% 20% 1 0%
1972 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 5 60% 60% 20% 2 50%
1985 LAD NL 36 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 563 57% 77% 23% 22 100%
1986 LAD NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 6 0 6 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 21 16 76.2% 4 1 4.8% 1 560 58% 77% 36% 77 47%
6 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 8 0 8 3 1 5 4 0 4 1 0 8 8 0 33 24 72.7% 8 1 3.0% 1 1215 58% 76% 29% 114 58%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.9% 61% 81% 27% 50%

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
1971 LAD NL 22 1291 68% 82% 31% 127 95% 0 79 26 36 17 106 88 16 0 1 7 1 4 2 3 21 5 3 10 2 20 12 8 1 1 0
1984 LAD NL 35 67 60% 88% 24% 5 100% 0 3 0 2 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 LAD NL 36 173 69% 77% 34% 17 100% 0 9 2 5 2 16 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 37 260 65% 73% 35% 24 92% 0 20 9 5 6 16 15 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1
4 Seasons 1791 68% 81% 31% 173 95% 0 111 37 48 26 143 123 17 0 1 9 1 5 3 4 24 6 4 10 2 22 12 10 2 1 1
MLB Averages 61% 81% 28% 94%

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%
1985 LAD NL 36 32 53% 66% 13% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 37 39 15% 85% 38% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2 Seasons 71 32% 76% 27% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 61% 81% 28% 90% 70%

* 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
1992 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1973 *
1976 *
1980 (SS)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 NL (32, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Assists† s c a p y
1973 NL  560 (1st)
1974 NL  491 (3rd)
1977 NL  523 (3rd)
1978 NL  533 (3rd)
Career  5,713 (54th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1972 NL  34 (1st)
1973 NL  31 (4th)
1974 NL  39 (1st)
1976 NL  28 (3rd)
1977 NL  29 (4th)
1978 NL  31 (3rd)
1979 NL  30 (4th)
1982 NL  29 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1970 NL  12 (2nd)
Career  72 (94th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1973 NL  162 (1st)
1974 NL  160 (2nd)
1976 NL  149 (5th)
1977 NL  153 (5th)
1978 NL  155 (5th)
1979 NL  150 (4th)
1982 NL  150 (5th)
Career  1,746 (38th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1973 NL  243 (4th)
1976 NL  251 (3rd)
1977 NL  234 (5th)
1978 NL  245 (4th)
Career  2,536 (70th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1973 NL  560 (1st)
1974 NL  491 (2nd)
1976 NL  476 (4th)
1977 NL  523 (3rd)
1978 NL  533 (3rd)
1982 NL  502 (3rd)
Career  5,546 (36th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  34 (1st)
1973 NL  31 (4th)
1974 NL  39 (1st)
1976 NL  28 (3rd)
1977 NL  29 (4th)
1978 NL  31 (3rd)
1979 NL  30 (4th)
1982 NL  29 (3rd)
Career  339 (56th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1973 NL  11 (1st)
1974 NL  6 (4th)
1975 NL  10 (4th)
1977 NL  15 (2nd)
1980 NL  6 (4th)
1981 NL  5 (2nd)
1982 NL  12 (3rd)
1983 NL  5 (5th)
Career  50 (35th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1972 NL  5.40 (1st)
1973 NL  4.85 (5th)
1978 NL  5.25 (3rd)
1981 NL  5.23 (5th)
1983 NL  4.99 (5th)
Career  4.89 (23rd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  5.26 (1st)
1973 NL  4.96 (4th)
1977 NL  4.95 (3rd)
1978 NL  5.02 (3rd)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1981 NL  .965 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 NL  4 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 NL  8 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1969 NL  9 (5th)
1970 NL  12 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1969 NL  2.49 (5th)

                           

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