Dick Sisler

Richard Allan Sisler

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 2, 1920 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1946
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/Reds 1946-1953

Final Game: August 1, 1953
Died: November 20, 1998 in Nashville, TN
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, TN
Relatives: Brother of Dave Sisler and Son of George Sisler
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1946	STL	NL	25	1B	37	37	34		324	292	28	4	31	.988				8.65	.991		9.98
1946	STL	NL	25	LF	29	26	9		47	42	3	2	0	.957				1.55	.975		2.26
1946	STL	NL	25	OF	29	26	9		47	42	3	2	0	.957				1.55	.977		2.38
1947	STL	NL	26	1B	10	7	7		84	76	6	2	3	.976				8.20	.991		9.62
1947	STL	NL	26	LF	5	5	3		8	8	0	0	0	1.000				1.60	.976		2.32
1947	STL	NL	26	OF	5	5	3		8	8	0	0	0	1.000				1.60	.978		2.42
1948	PHI	NL	27	1B	120	118	114		1077	986	73	18	88	.983				8.83	.990		9.61
1949	PHI	NL	28	1B	96	94	94		866	815	40	11	73	.987				8.91	.991		9.62	MVP-30
1950	PHI	NL	29	LF	137	136	120	1192.2	300	287	9	4	0	.987			2.23	2.16	.977	2.29	2.27	AS,MVP-33
1950	PHI	NL	29	OF	137	136	120	1192.2	306	293	9	4	0	.987			2.28	2.20	.978	2.34	2.31	AS,MVP-33
1951	PHI	NL	30	LF	111	111	77	912.2	252	235	9	8	3	.968			2.41	2.20	.977	2.32	2.32
1951	PHI	NL	30	OF	111	111	77	912.2	249	233	8	8	3	.968			2.38	2.17	.981	2.42	2.41
1952	CIN	NL	31	OF	7	6	2	45.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000			2.20	1.57	.981	2.32	2.29
1952	CIN	NL	31	RF	4	3	1	23.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000			1.96	1.25	.980	2.07	2.05
1952	CIN	NL	31	LF	3	3	1	22.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000			2.05	1.67	.980	2.00	2.00
1952	STL	NL	31	1B	114	112	107	977.0	1123	1022	84	17	116	.985			10.19	9.70	.990	9.89	9.81
1953	STL	NL	32	1B	10	4	3	47.0	48	42	6	0	5	1.000	0	5	9.19	4.80	.990	9.88	9.68
	6 Seasons			1B	387	372	359	1024.0	3522	3233	237	52	316	.985	0	0	10.14	8.97	.990	9.89	9.71
	5 Seasons			OF	289	284	211	2150.1	621	587	20	14	3	.977			2.32	2.10	.979	2.37	2.36
	5 Seasons			LF	285	281	210	2127.1	612	577	21	14	3	.977			2.31	2.10	.977	2.30	2.29
	1 Season			RF	4	3	1	23.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000			1.96	1.25	.980	2.07	2.05
	8 Seasons			TOT	676	656	570	3174.1	4143	3820	257	66	319	.984	0	0	4.84	6.03	.989	4.80	6.57
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1946	STL	NL	25	1B
1946	STL	NL	25	LF
1947	STL	NL	26	1B
1947	STL	NL	26	LF
1948	PHI	NL	27	1B
1949	PHI	NL	28	1B
1950	PHI	NL	29	LF
1951	PHI	NL	30	LF
1952	CIN	NL	31	RF
1952	CIN	NL	31	LF
1952	STL	NL	31	1B
1953	STL	NL	32	1B	0	5	0	0	-0	0
	6 Seasons			1B	0	0	0	0	-0	0
	5 Seasons			LF
	1 Season			RF
	8 Seasons			TOT	0	0	0	0	-0	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1946	STL	NL	25	83	63	83	66	37	29	0	29	15	2
1947	STL	NL	26	46	12	46	15	10	5	0	5	31	0
1948	PHI	NL	27	121	118	121	120	120	0	0	0	2	0
1949	PHI	NL	28	122	94	122	96	96	0	0	0	27	0
1950	PHI	NL	29	141	136	141	137	0	137	0	137	4	0
1951	PHI	NL	30	125	111	125	111	0	111	0	111	14	0
1952	STL	NL	31	119	112	119	114	114	0	0	0	5	0
1952	CIN	NL	31	11	6	11	7	0	3	4	7	5	0
1953	STL	NL	32	32	4	32	10	10	0	0	0	23	0
	8 Seasons			800	656	800	676	387	285	4	289	126	2

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.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											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%
1948	PHI	NL	27	2292	61%	85%	25%	130	89%	0	483	32	448	4	56	34	23	6	0	1	11	2	7	2	5	45	2	0	0	39	2	6	1	5	13	85%
1949	PHI	NL	28	2454	66%	85%	25%	133	92%	1	577	42	532	4	54	28	23	4	0	0	6	2	4	0	3	51	0	0	0	42	0	9	1	8	18	78%
1952	STL	NL	31	2757	65%	80%	28%	118	90%	1	665	24	633	8	46	39	23	11	0	6	13	1	9	3	8	83	2	1	0	74	3	9	0	7	7	86%
1953	STL	NL	32	165	64%	78%	25%	10	100%	0	31	2	29	0	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	3	100%
	4 Seasons			7668	64%	83%	26%	391	91%	2	1756	100	1642	16	161	106	72	21	0	7	30	5	20	5	16	183	4	1	0	158	5	25	2	21	41	83%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%																											85%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				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%
1950	PHI	NL	29	4	0	4	0	2	8	0	1	6	0	33	28	2	21	5	0	20	11	0	8	0	0	22	21	0	104	65	62.5%	37	2	1.9%	6	4669	66%	82%	32%	470	60%
1951	PHI	NL	30	6	0	6	0	1	9	0	2	1	1	46	39	1	26	3	0	16	6	0	9	1	0	13	12	1	110	61	55.5%	48	2	1.8%	7	3551	68%	83%	35%	420	54%
1952	CIN	NL	31	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	88	69%	80%	38%	5	100%
	3 Seasons			10	0	10	0	3	17	0	3	7	1	79	67	3	47	8	0	36	17	0	17	1	0	36	34	1	215	127	59.1%	85	4	1.9%	13	8308	67%	83%	33%	895	57%
	MLB Averages																														57.4%			2.7%			62%	82%	31%		51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				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%
1952	CIN	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	101	66%	73%	25%	7	71%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	101	66%	73%	25%	7	71%
	MLB Averages																														43.6%			3.2%			62%	82%	31%		54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1950 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1949 NL (30, 0%) 1950 NL (33, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1948 NL 120 (4th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1948 NL 73 (5th) 1952 NL 84 (5th)
Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1948 NL 18 (1st) 1949 NL 11 (3rd) 1952 NL 17 (1st)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1950 NL 137 (2nd) 1951 NL 111 (2nd)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1950 NL 287 (1st) 1951 NL 235 (2nd)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1950 NL 9 (4th) 1951 NL 9 (3rd)
Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1950 NL 4 (5th) 1951 NL 8 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1951 NL 8 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y 1952 NL 10.19 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1952 NL 9.70 (2nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1950 NL 2.23 (3rd) 1951 NL 2.41 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1950 NL 2.16 (3rd) 1951 NL 2.20 (4th)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1950 NL .987 (1st)

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