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Jack Saltzgaver

Otto Hamlin Saltzgaver

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 23, 1903 in Croton, IA(All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1932
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Pirates 1932-1945

Final Game: September 30, 1945
Died: February 1, 1978 in Keokuk, IA
Buried: Greenglade Cemetery, Farmington, IA
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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
1932 NYY AL 29 2B 16 12 11 71 38 30 3 5 .958 4.25 .968 5.92
1934 NYY AL 31 3B 84 82 75 211 71 130 10 10 .953 2.39 .943 3.09
1934 NYY AL 31 1B 4 1 1 26 22 2 2 3 .923 6.00 .991 10.00
1935 NYY AL 32 2B 25 23 21 111 40 64 7 8 .937 4.16 .969 5.86
1935 NYY AL 32 3B 18 14 12 31 14 16 1 2 .968 1.67 .947 3.05
1935 NYY AL 32 1B 6 0 0 18 16 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 .992 10.17
1936 NYY AL 33 3B 16 14 12 36 14 21 1 1 .972 2.19 .946 3.13
1936 NYY AL 33 2B 6 6 5 28 15 12 1 2 .964 4.50 .972 5.78
1936 NYY AL 33 1B 4 0 0 16 15 1 0 2 1.000 4.00 .991 9.93
1937 NYY AL 34 1B 4 0 0 32 31 1 0 4 1.000 8.00 .991 9.85
1945 PIT NL 42 2B 31 20 14 134 63 66 5 11 .963 4.16 .967 5.58
1945 PIT NL 42 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
4 Seasons 3B 119 110 99 278 99 167 12 13 .957 2.24 .944 3.09
4 Seasons 2B 78 61 51 344 156 172 16 26 .953 4.21 .968 5.76
4 Seasons 1B 18 1 1 92 84 6 2 10 .978 5.00 .991 10.01
6 Seasons TOT 215 172 151 714 339 345 30 49 .958 3.18 .962 4.64
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1932 NYY AL 29 20 12 20 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1934 NYY AL 31 94 83 94 87 0 0 4 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1935 NYY AL 32 61 37 61 47 0 0 6 25 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
1936 NYY AL 33 34 20 34 26 0 0 4 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
1937 NYY AL 34 17 0 17 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10
1945 PIT NL 42 52 20 52 32 0 0 0 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
6 Seasons 278 172 278 212 0 0 18 78 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 20
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

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1934 AL  .953 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1945 NL  born 1903-01-23 (6th)

                           

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