Chris Short
J. Christopher Short
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 19, 1937 in Milford, DE
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1959
Final Game: September 18, 1973
Died: August 1, 1991 in Wilmington, DE
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1959 PHI NL 21 P 3 2 14.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.67 .950 2.01 0.83
1960 PHI NL 22 P 42 10 107.1 27 8 18 1 2 .963 2.18 0.62 .963 2.09 0.87
1961 PHI NL 23 P 39 16 127.1 27 6 20 1 1 .963 1.84 0.67 .959 2.18 0.88
1961 PHI NL 23 C 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 24 P 47 12 142.0 34 11 22 1 2 .971 2.09 0.70 .947 2.07 0.82
1963 PHI NL 25 P 38 27 198.0 61 15 46 0 3 1.000 2.77 1.61 .949 2.06 0.84
1964 PHI NL 26 P 42 31 220.2 43 7 35 1 1 .977 1.71 1.00 .951 2.14 0.84 AS,MVP-23
1965 PHI NL 27 P 47 40 297.1 52 9 39 4 3 .923 1.45 1.02 .958 2.08 0.81
1966 PHI NL 28 P 42 39 272.0 61 14 45 2 3 .967 1.95 1.40 .946 1.96 0.74 MVP-28
1967 PHI NL 29 P 29 26 199.1 42 7 35 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.45 .957 2.00 0.78 AS
1968 PHI NL 30 P 42 36 269.2 51 11 38 2 4 .961 1.64 1.17 .959 2.01 0.85
1969 PHI NL 31 P 2 2 10.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.70 1.50 .967 1.98 0.80
1970 PHI NL 32 P 36 34 199.0 29 10 18 1 1 .966 1.27 0.78 .952 1.85 0.71
1971 PHI NL 33 P 31 26 173.0 39 10 26 3 0 .923 1.87 1.16 .956 1.90 0.78
1972 PHI NL 34 P 19 0 23.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.17 0.16 .950 1.76 0.73
1973 MIL AL 35 P 42 7 72.0 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.31 .946 1.86 0.86
15 Seasons P 501 308 2325.0 488 112 359 17 22 .965 1.82 0.94 .953 2.02 0.81
1 Season C 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons TOT 502 309 2325.0 488 112 359 17 22 .965 1.82 0.94 .919 2.02 0.82 0 0 0 0

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
1959 PHI NL 21 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PHI NL 22 42 10 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 23 40 17 40 40 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 24 48 12 48 48 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 PHI NL 25 38 27 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 26 44 31 44 44 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1965 PHI NL 27 47 40 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PHI NL 28 42 39 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 29 29 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PHI NL 30 43 36 43 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 PHI NL 31 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 PHI NL 32 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 PHI NL 33 31 26 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 PHI NL 34 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIL AL 35 42 0 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 506 302 465 506 501 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
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%
1959 PHI NL 21 76 75% 24% 2 100% 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PHI NL 22 489 78% 32% 20 85% 0 9 0 8 18 13 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 100%
1961 PHI NL 23 633 76% 26% 24 83% 0 6 0 5 21 15 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1962 PHI NL 24 644 76% 32% 29 86% 1 12 1 10 23 18 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 8 75%
1963 PHI NL 25 858 73% 28% 54 91% 2 14 2 9 47 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 9 78%
1964 PHI NL 26 883 73% 28% 43 86% 0 7 1 4 36 32 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 10 70%
1965 PHI NL 27 1256 74% 28% 48 90% 0 8 3 3 39 34 3 4 1 3 0 3 3 3 3 0 12 92%
1966 PHI NL 28 1151 78% 29% 53 87% 2 13 2 10 46 36 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 12 92%
1967 PHI NL 29 841 74% 25% 40 88% 1 8 2 4 34 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 89%
1968 PHI NL 30 1127 74% 29% 54 83% 0 11 6 5 39 28 6 2 0 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 10 60%
1969 PHI NL 31 46 78% 37% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1970 PHI NL 32 892 77% 21% 24 79% 0 10 1 7 18 14 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 38%
1971 PHI NL 33 771 79% 28% 33 85% 0 10 3 4 26 24 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 77%
1972 PHI NL 34 105 73% 15% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIL AL 35 351 74% 19% 10 90% 0 1 0 1 12 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 10123 75% 27% 437 86% 7 112 21 73 363 292 32 17 2 13 2 11 22 14 15 6 95 77%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%

* 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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