George Scott
George Charles Scott Jr. (Boomer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 23, 1944 in Greenville, MS
High School: Coleman (Greenville, MS)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1966
Final Game: September 27, 1979
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 BOS AL 22 1B 158 156 1399.0 1488 1362 112 14 130 .991 16.8 14.4 14.8 6.0 8.9 2 9.48 9.33 .991 6.43 6.33 AS,RoY-3
1966 BOS AL 22 3B 5 3 35.2 11 0 9 2 1 .818 -0.6 -20.2 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 2.27 1.80 .964 3.03 2.80 AS,RoY-3
1967 BOS AL 23 1B 152 149 1329.1 1434 1321 94 19 115 .987 6.4 5.8 6.4 3.1 3.3 0 9.58 9.31 .991 6.77 6.58 MVP-10,GG
1967 BOS AL 23 3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.00 2.70 MVP-10,GG
1968 BOS AL 24 1B 112 85 820.0 873 807 55 11 68 .987 3.4 5.0 3.4 -0.8 4.1 0 9.46 7.70 .989 9.59 8.32 GG
1968 BOS AL 24 3B 6 5 40.0 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -9.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.92 2.17 .946 3.06 2.67 GG
1969 BOS AL 25 3B 109 107 934.2 324 106 203 15 29 .954 0.5 0.6 -1.5 0.1 -1.7 2 2.98 2.83 .955 3.16 2.74
1969 BOS AL 25 1B 53 45 411.1 462 436 23 3 49 .994 2.1 6.1 1.1 -0.8 2.0 1 10.04 8.66 .992 9.63 8.33
1970 BOS AL 26 3B 68 68 599.0 197 71 113 13 13 .934 -6.2 -12.4 -6.2 -2.9 -3.3 0 2.76 2.71 .950 3.07 2.67
1970 BOS AL 26 1B 59 58 515.0 521 480 36 5 42 .990 1.9 4.4 1.9 1.6 0.3 0 9.02 8.75 .991 9.59 8.14
1971 BOS AL 27 1B 143 143 1270.1 1342 1256 75 11 122 .992 14.0 13.2 14.0 5.8 8.2 0 9.43 9.31 .992 7.08 6.99 MVP-26,GG
1972 MIL AL 28 1B 139 128 1138.1 1263 1180 73 10 106 .992 7.5 7.9 6.5 4.0 2.5 1 9.91 9.01 .991 7.91 7.19 MVP-21,GG
1972 MIL AL 28 3B 23 20 174.0 64 13 46 5 2 .922 2.8 19.3 2.8 2.6 0.3 0 3.05 2.57 .956 2.98 2.70 MVP-21,GG
1973 MIL AL 29 1B 157 156 1357.1 1515 1388 118 9 144 .994 14.4 12.7 14.4 10.2 4.3 0 9.99 9.59 .992 6.63 6.37 MVP-14,GG
1973 MIL AL 29 DH 1 MVP-14,GG
1974 MIL AL 30 1B 148 148 1306.0 1471 1345 114 12 137 .992 15.2 14.0 14.2 10.2 4.0 1 10.05 9.86 .992 6.89 6.76 MVP-33,GG
1974 MIL AL 30 DH 9 MVP-33,GG
1975 MIL AL 31 1B 144 142 1212.2 1325 1202 109 14 118 .989 -6.2 -6.1 -4.2 -0.8 -3.4 -2 9.73 9.10 .990 7.42 6.94 AS,MVP-8,GG
1975 MIL AL 31 DH 12 AS,MVP-8,GG
1975 MIL AL 31 3B 5 3 34.0 11 3 7 1 1 .909 -0.6 -21.2 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 2.65 2.00 .955 3.15 2.80 AS,MVP-8,GG
1976 MIL AL 32 1B 155 155 1366.1 1513 1393 107 13 133 .991 8.8 7.7 8.8 3.0 5.7 0 9.88 9.68 .992 6.59 6.45 GG
1977 BOS AL 33 1B 157 157 1372.0 1585 1446 115 24 150 .985 2.0 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.1 1 10.24 9.94 .990 6.56 6.37 AS,MVP-24
1978 BOS AL 34 1B 113 110 990.2 1117 1052 55 10 99 .991 0.3 0.4 1.3 -4.0 5.3 -1 10.06 9.80 .992 9.08 8.75
1978 BOS AL 34 DH 7
1979 TOT AL 35 1B 83 79 701.2 793 737 46 10 67 .987 3.0 5.1 3.0 3.1 -0.2 0 10.04 9.43 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 TOT AL 35 DH 17
1979 BOS AL 35 1B 41 41 370.0 431 400 25 6 40 .986 1.8 5.8 1.8 1.9 -0.1 0 10.34 10.37 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 KCR AL 35 1B 41 38 330.1 360 335 21 4 27 .989 1.3 4.7 1.3 1.3 -0.1 0 9.70 8.68 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 KCR AL 35 DH 2
1979 KCR AL 35 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1979 NYY AL 35 DH 15
1979 NYY AL 35 1B 1 0 1.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 13.50 2.00 1.000 10.12 8.80
14 Seasons 1B 1773 1711 15190.0 16702 15405 1132 165 1480 .990 89.6 7.1 86.6 41.5 45.1 3 9.80 9.33 .991 7.49 7.09
8 Seasons 3B 219 206 1821.1 620 196 388 36 47 .942 -4.5 -3.0 -6.5 -1.1 -5.4 2 2.89 2.67 .953 3.11 2.71
5 Seasons DH 46
14 Seasons TOT 1992 1917 17011.1 17322 15601 1520 201 1527 .988 85.1 6.0 80.1 40.4 39.7 5 9.06 8.59 .978 7.02 6.61
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1966 BOS AL 22 162 159 162 162 0 0 158 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 BOS AL 23 159 149 159 159 0 0 152 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1968 BOS AL 24 124 90 124 124 0 0 112 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
1969 BOS AL 25 152 152 152 152 0 0 53 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 26 127 126 127 127 0 0 59 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 27 146 143 146 146 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 MIL AL 28 152 148 152 152 0 0 139 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1973 MIL AL 29 158 157 158 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1974 MIL AL 30 158 157 158 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
1975 MIL AL 31 158 157 158 147 0 0 144 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
1976 MIL AL 32 156 155 156 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 BOS AL 33 157 157 157 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 34 120 116 120 113 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1
1979 BOS AL 35 45 41 45 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 KCR AL 35 44 38 44 41 0 0 41 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1979 NYY AL 35 16 12 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 0
14 Seasons 2034 1957 2034 1982 0 0 1773 0 219 0 0 0 0 0 40 53 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 BOS AL 22 6215 58% 76% 25% 382 95% 0 1357 67 1284 5 194 114 81 26 2 3 14 1 11 2 10 130 11 2 2 120 16 9 2 7 20 95%
1967 BOS AL 23 5677 59% 76% 25% 382 94% 5 1320 81 1221 17 193 91 64 15 5 5 19 0 18 1 13 114 5 0 1 98 7 14 4 9 18 100%
1968 BOS AL 24 3608 58% 76% 26% 236 90% 2 814 44 762 7 121 51 36 9 2 1 11 0 11 0 10 69 3 0 0 60 3 9 3 6 10 60%
1969 BOS AL 25 1858 58% 75% 27% 107 95% 0 430 25 401 5 58 22 12 6 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 49 4 1 0 46 5 3 1 1 9 100%
1970 BOS AL 26 2314 60% 75% 26% 114 94% 1 493 24 462 7 55 35 20 9 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 43 2 1 1 41 4 2 1 1 7 71%
1971 BOS AL 27 5586 62% 78% 27% 338 96% 4 1261 84 1171 7 167 76 52 17 3 7 11 3 6 2 7 122 4 2 1 108 7 13 0 13 16 88%
1972 MIL AL 28 4934 59% 79% 27% 320 93% 2 1185 70 1100 14 169 69 38 16 3 4 10 0 8 2 8 107 4 2 1 102 8 4 0 4 11 73%
1973 MIL AL 29 6119 55% 80% 26% 395 97% 6 1385 115 1251 19 176 108 56 30 6 5 9 1 8 0 6 145 4 4 1 125 10 18 2 15 11 91%
1974 MIL AL 30 5743 62% 83% 27% 375 97% 1 1343 103 1220 21 158 112 75 24 5 7 12 3 9 0 6 138 6 2 1 127 10 11 5 6 14 93%
1975 MIL AL 31 5649 54% 80% 25% 307 93% 2 1198 60 1125 13 129 104 66 22 6 3 14 2 12 0 12 121 0 1 0 114 1 7 4 3 17 82%
1976 MIL AL 32 6131 60% 80% 26% 370 94% 4 1385 102 1267 15 160 102 59 27 4 9 13 3 9 1 9 133 7 1 0 121 10 12 8 4 14 93%
1977 BOS AL 33 5998 51% 81% 27% 391 93% 6 1445 75 1355 16 180 116 89 16 4 6 24 3 19 2 15 150 6 2 1 133 9 17 7 10 16 81%
1978 BOS AL 34 4400 53% 81% 27% 253 92% 1 1054 50 1001 5 138 55 30 16 2 8 10 1 8 1 7 101 2 0 0 94 3 7 1 6 11 82%
1979 BOS AL 35 1627 55% 78% 27% 96 93% 2 400 21 376 2 45 25 15 7 1 1 6 1 4 1 5 40 2 1 0 35 3 5 3 1 8 88%
1979 KCR AL 35 1484 66% 80% 26% 69 90% 0 333 23 308 2 23 21 9 8 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 27 0 0 1 26 1 1 0 1 5 60%
1979 NYY AL 35 7 71% 86% 29% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 67350 58% 79% 26% 4135 94% 36 15405 944 14306 155 1966 1101 702 248 43 61 165 18 132 15 114 1490 60 19 10 1351 97 132 41 87 187 86%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1966 BOS AL 22 171 63% 71% 22% 10 90% 0 1 0 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1967 BOS AL 23 13 54% 62% 8% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BOS AL 24 191 57% 72% 24% 11 91% 0 3 1 1 1 10 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 50%
1969 BOS AL 25 4239 58% 74% 29% 321 88% 1 102 74 12 16 208 160 38 3 7 15 0 11 4 13 30 19 3 29 1 1 0 21 52%
1970 BOS AL 26 2669 60% 75% 26% 181 87% 6 69 51 6 12 109 77 23 2 5 13 0 7 6 9 13 9 1 12 1 1 0 7 29%
1972 MIL AL 28 744 66% 76% 26% 64 86% 0 14 8 5 1 46 38 8 0 0 5 1 3 1 3 4 2 1 4 0 0 0 4 50%
1975 MIL AL 31 173 56% 73% 21% 9 89% 0 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1979 KCR AL 35 3 67% 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 8203 60% 74% 27% 596 87% 7 192 136 24 32 389 296 73 5 15 36 1 24 11 27 50 32 5 47 3 2 1 38 50%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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