Bill Selby
William Frank Selby
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 11, 1970 in Monroeville, AL
High School: Horn Lake (Horn Lake, MS)
School: University of Southern Mississippi
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 13th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1996
Final Game: May 25, 2003
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1996 BOS AL 26 2B 14 12 103.1 51 22 28 1 5 .980 -3.5 -40.6 -2.5 -0.9 -1.6 -1 4.35 3.57 .980 5.05 4.33
1996 BOS AL 26 3B 14 10 95.0 24 6 15 3 0 .875 -1.0 -12.6 -1.0 -2.1 1.1 0 1.99 1.50 .958 2.57 2.18
1996 BOS AL 26 LF 6 0 12.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 18.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.42 0.33 1.000 2.20 1.75
1996 BOS AL 26 OF 6 0 12.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 18.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.42 0.33 1.000 2.34 2.02
2000 CLE AL 30 OF 10 8 61.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 15.7 0.8 1.1 -0.3 0 2.36 1.60 .988 2.36 2.02
2000 CLE AL 30 2B 6 0 11.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0 4.09 0.83 .980 4.99 4.32
2000 CLE AL 30 RF 6 4 32.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -30.0 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 0 1.69 1.00 .983 2.17 1.77
2000 CLE AL 30 3B 4 0 10.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.90 0.25 .900 2.70 2.30
2000 CLE AL 30 LF 4 4 29.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 66.2 1.6 1.6 0.0 0 3.10 2.50 .980 2.17 1.75
2000 CLE AL 30 DH 3
2001 CIN NL 31 2B 21 20 156.1 83 34 49 0 13 1.000 -1.6 -12.3 -1.6 0.8 -2.5 0 4.78 3.95 .983 4.86 4.19
2001 CIN NL 31 3B 8 6 51.2 17 7 8 2 2 .882 -2.2 -51.1 -2.2 -1.0 -1.1 0 2.61 1.88 .953 2.58 2.17
2001 CIN NL 31 1B 2 0 2.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.50 2.50 1.000 9.45 7.85
2002 CLE AL 32 3B 33 28 245.1 75 20 50 5 3 .933 -1.6 -7.8 -0.6 1.3 -1.9 -1 2.57 2.12 .952 2.68 2.40
2002 CLE AL 32 OF 18 7 78.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 4.6 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 1.73 0.83 .987 2.35 2.05
2002 CLE AL 32 LF 13 6 60.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.0 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 1.65 0.85 .982 2.14 1.74
2002 CLE AL 32 2B 6 3 29.0 15 5 10 0 3 1.000 -1.0 -41.4 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 4.66 2.50 .980 4.90 4.37
2002 CLE AL 32 RF 5 1 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.00 0.80 .975 2.10 1.82
2003 CLE AL 33 3B 10 6 53.1 27 6 19 2 2 .926 0.9 20.2 0.9 -0.3 1.2 0 4.22 2.50 .956 2.67 2.35
2003 CLE AL 33 DH 2
2003 CLE AL 33 1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 8.30
2003 CLE AL 33 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.40
2003 CLE AL 33 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 480.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
2003 CLE AL 33 OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 480.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.10
5 Seasons 3B 69 50 455.1 144 39 93 12 8 .917 -4.2 -11.1 -3.2 -2.4 -0.7 -1 2.61 1.91 .953 2.64 2.32
5 Seasons 2B 48 35 300.2 155 64 90 1 21 .994 -6.1 -24.3 -5.1 -0.4 -4.8 -1 4.61 3.21 .982 4.93 4.27
4 Seasons OF 35 15 153.2 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.1 16.4 2.1 2.4 -0.3 0 1.99 0.97 .988 2.35 2.04
4 Seasons LF 24 10 103.2 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.7 31.3 2.7 2.7 0.0 0 2.08 1.00 .983 2.16 1.75
2 Seasons RF 11 5 50.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -14.4 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 1.80 0.91 .980 2.14 1.79
2 Seasons DH 5
2 Seasons 1B 3 0 2.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.50 1.67 1.000 9.45 8.00
5 Seasons TOT 155 100 911.2 338 142 183 13 29 .962 -8.2 -10.8 -6.2 -0.4 -5.8 0 -2 3.21 2.10 .932 3.33 2.91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1996 BOS AL 26 40 22 40 34 0 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 0 6 0 12 1
2000 CLE AL 30 30 9 30 19 0 0 0 6 4 0 4 0 6 10 1 8 5
2001 CIN NL 31 36 26 36 28 0 0 2 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2002 CLE AL 32 65 38 65 50 0 0 0 6 33 0 13 0 5 18 0 21 1
2003 CLE AL 33 27 6 27 13 0 0 1 1 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 2
5 Seasons 198 101 198 144 0 0 3 48 69 0 24 0 11 35 1 68 9
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 -- 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%
1996 BOS AL 26 450 55% 69% 26% 27 74% 0 6 5 1 0 15 13 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50%
2000 CLE AL 30 42 71% 74% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2001 CIN NL 31 223 62% 83% 28% 15 87% 0 7 6 0 1 8 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 50%
2002 CLE AL 32 1181 53% 72% 29% 74 89% 1 21 12 4 5 50 41 8 1 0 5 0 3 2 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 50%
2003 CLE AL 33 238 60% 76% 33% 27 78% 0 6 3 0 3 19 16 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
5 Seasons 2134 56% 73% 29% 144 84% 1 40 26 5 9 93 77 14 1 1 12 1 6 5 8 8 3 0 4 1 1 0 14 50%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1996 BOS AL 26 463 51% 70% 27% 35 83% 0 23 6 15 2 27 24 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
2000 CLE AL 30 48 46% 65% 27% 5 100% 0 4 2 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2001 CIN NL 31 711 53% 78% 30% 51 96% 0 34 8 20 6 49 40 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 6 3 0 11 3 8 2 0 2
2002 CLE AL 32 140 36% 76% 28% 10 100% 0 5 2 3 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
2003 CLE AL 33 3 33% 100% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1365 50% 74% 29% 101 92% 0 66 18 40 8 90 76 13 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 22 6 8 5 1 20 6 14 2 0 2
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1996 BOS AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 57 46% 54% 19% 3 67%
2000 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 127 45% 77% 51% 20 50%
2002 CLE AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 266 60% 74% 35% 28 39%
2003 CLE AL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 91% 82% 64% 2 50%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 8 80.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 461 55% 73% 38% 53 45%
MLB Averages 61.3% 2.5% 56% 74% 38% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
2000 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 143 45% 74% 42% 19 32%
2002 CLE AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 79 25% 84% 39% 8 50%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 222 38% 77% 41% 27 37%
MLB Averages 46.4% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
2001 CIN NL 31 10 80% 100% 70% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CLE AL 33 5 60% 60% 40% 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
2 Seasons 15 73% 87% 60% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

* 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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