Dick Selma
Richard Jay Selma (Mortimer Snerd)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 4, 1943 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1965
Final Game: August 9, 1974
Died: August 29, 2001 in Clovis, CA
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 NYM NL 21 P 4 4 26.2 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.04 2.25 .956 2.09 0.80
1966 NYM NL 22 P 30 7 80.2 25 4 20 1 1 .960 2.68 0.80 .948 1.96 0.74
1967 NYM NL 23 P 38 4 81.1 24 7 16 1 1 .958 2.55 0.61 .958 2.00 0.78
1968 NYM NL 24 P 33 23 170.1 48 12 35 1 0 .979 2.48 1.42 .956 2.01 0.85
1969 TOT NL 25 P 40 28 190.2 35 8 25 2 2 .943 1.56 0.83 .960 1.95 0.78
1969 SDP NL 25 P 4 3 22.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.05 1.25 .960 1.96 0.78
1969 CHC NL 25 P 36 25 168.2 30 7 21 2 2 .933 1.49 0.78 .960 1.95 0.78
1970 PHI NL 26 P 73 0 134.1 33 8 24 1 3 .970 2.14 0.44 .952 1.85 0.71
1970 PHI NL 26 3B 2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1970 PHI NL 26 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 8.10 8.40
1971 PHI NL 27 P 17 0 24.2 8 2 5 1 0 .875 2.55 0.41 .962 1.90 0.78
1972 PHI NL 28 P 46 10 98.2 21 3 18 0 1 1.000 1.92 0.46 .948 1.78 0.73
1973 PHI NL 29 P 6 0 8.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.62 0.83 .940 1.91 0.73
1974 TOT AL 30 P 20 0 25.1 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.84 0.40 .950 1.81 0.83
1974 CAL AL 30 P 18 0 23.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.13 0.44 .950 1.80 0.83
1974 MIL AL 30 P 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.85
10 Seasons P 307 76 840.2 216 52 157 7 9 .968 2.24 0.68 .954 1.93 0.76
1 Season 3B 2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1 Season 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 8.10 8.40
10 Seasons TOT 310 76 841.2 216 52 157 7 9 .968 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.23 0.67 .922 1.93 0.80

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
1965 NYM NL 21 7 4 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1966 NYM NL 22 31 7 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 NYM NL 23 43 4 43 43 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1968 NYM NL 24 39 23 39 39 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1969 CHC NL 25 36 25 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SDP NL 25 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 PHI NL 26 73 0 73 73 73 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 PHI NL 27 18 0 18 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 PHI NL 28 47 10 47 47 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 PHI NL 29 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CAL AL 30 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIL AL 30 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 324 76 304 324 307 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 NYM NL 21 112 68% 22% 5 100% 0 4 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1966 NYM NL 22 376 73% 23% 18 100% 0 5 1 4 19 11 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1967 NYM NL 23 360 75% 29% 19 95% 0 8 2 5 15 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1968 NYM NL 24 720 76% 29% 34 94% 1 11 3 7 33 25 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1969 CHC NL 25 721 67% 24% 25 92% 0 9 1 6 23 19 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 4 50%
1969 SDP NL 25 97 70% 24% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 PHI NL 26 582 63% 25% 25 96% 0 9 2 7 25 19 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 8 88%
1971 PHI NL 27 108 77% 27% 7 86% 0 2 1 1 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1972 PHI NL 28 479 72% 27% 22 95% 0 3 0 2 21 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1973 PHI NL 29 33 73% 27% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 CAL AL 30 108 69% 26% 7 86% 0 2 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 50%
1974 MIL AL 30 13 77% 15% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 3709 71% 26% 169 94% 1 56 11 38 158 120 15 7 0 3 4 4 9 5 7 2 35 83%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

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%
1970 PHI NL 26 2 0% 100% 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
1 Season 2 0% 100% 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
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 67%

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%
1970 PHI NL 26 1 100% 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
1 Season 1 100% 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
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 89%

* 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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