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Bob Sadowski

Robert Frank Sadowski (Bo)

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 15, 1937 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1960
Teams (by GP): Angels/WhiteSox/Phillies/Cardinals 1960-1963

Final Game: September 28, 1963
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Standard Fielding

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
1960 STL NL 23 2B 1 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 .970 5.18 5.20
1961 PHI NL 24 3B 14 13 9 105.0 34 10 23 1 3 .971 1 7 2.83 2.36 .948 2.92 2.89
1962 CHW AL 25 3B 16 15 5 117.0 44 10 32 2 0 .955 2 15 3.23 2.63 .952 3.08 3.07
1962 CHW AL 25 2B 12 10 7 80.1 53 23 30 0 9 1.000 2 33 5.94 4.42 .980 5.24 5.24
1963 LAA AL 26 OF 25 18 15 171.2 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 2 15 2.15 1.64 .981 2.16 2.16
1963 LAA AL 26 RF 23 17 14 161.2 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 2 13 2.00 1.57 .980 2.01 2.01
1963 LAA AL 26 3B 6 4 2 40.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 -2 -75 1.35 1.00 .947 3.02 3.02
1963 LAA AL 26 2B 4 2 2 21.0 16 5 10 1 1 .938 0 17 6.43 3.75 .980 5.10 5.10
1963 LAA AL 26 LF 2 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 48 2.70 1.50 .977 1.89 1.90
3 Seasons 3B 36 32 16 262.0 85 23 58 4 3 .953 -0 -2 2.78 2.25 .950 3.01 2.99
1 Season OF 25 18 15 171.2 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 2 15 2.15 1.64 .981 2.16 2.16
1 Season RF 23 17 14 161.2 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 2 13 2.00 1.57 .980 2.01 2.01
3 Seasons 2B 17 12 9 105.1 70 28 40 2 10 .971 2 26 5.81 4.00 .980 5.21 5.21
1 Season LF 2 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 48 2.70 1.50 .977 1.89 1.90
4 Seasons TOT 78 62 40 539.0 196 92 98 6 13 .969 4 9 3.17 2.44 .967 3.17 3.21
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
1960 STL NL 23 2B -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 24 3B 1 7 1 -1 2 0
1962 CHW AL 25 3B 2 15 2 1 0 0
1962 CHW AL 25 2B 2 33 2 1 1 0
1963 LAA AL 26 RF 2 13 1 1 -0 1
1963 LAA AL 26 3B -2 -75 -2 -1 -1 0
1963 LAA AL 26 2B 0 17 0 0 0 0
1963 LAA AL 26 LF 0 48 0 0 -0 0
3 Seasons 3B -0 -2 -0 -1 1 0
1 Season RF 2 13 1 1 -0 1
3 Seasons 2B 2 26 2 1 1 0
1 Season LF 0 48 0 0 -0 0
4 Seasons TOT 4 9 3 2 1 0 1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 STL NL 23 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 24 16 13 16 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 CHW AL 25 79 25 79 27 0 0 0 12 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 3
1963 LAA AL 26 88 24 88 35 0 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 23 25 0 60 2
4 Seasons 184 62 184 77 0 0 0 16 37 0 2 0 23 25 0 113 5
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 -- 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%
1961 PHI NL 24 437 60% 78% 27% 30 93% 0 10 6 1 3 22 17 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1962 CHW AL 25 522 61% 80% 27% 41 95% 0 11 7 2 2 33 28 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1963 LAA AL 26 172 55% 77% 23% 7 86% 0 4 3 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Seasons 1131 60% 79% 27% 78 94% 0 25 16 3 6 58 48 8 0 4 4 0 4 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 100%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 89% 59%

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%
1963 LAA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 19 11 57.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 687 60% 83% 26% 62 58%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 19 11 57.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 687 60% 83% 26% 62 58%
MLB Averages 40.5% 3.0% 63% 79% 28% 54%

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
1960 STL NL 23 15 87% 73% 40% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHW AL 25 315 62% 76% 28% 30 97% 0 26 9 12 5 28 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 3 0 9 3 6 0 0 0
1963 LAA AL 26 87 71% 75% 25% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 417 65% 76% 28% 38 95% 0 27 10 12 5 35 29 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 3 1 3 0 9 3 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93%

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%
1963 LAA AL 26 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 42 88% 81% 40% 6 50%
1 Season 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 42 88% 81% 40% 6 50%
MLB Averages 58.5% 2.4% 63% 79% 28% 49%

* 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.

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