Lou Sleater
Louis Mortimer Sleater
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 8, 1926 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Mount St. Joseph's (Baltimore, MD)
School: University of Maryland
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1950
Final Game: September 28, 1958
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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 Awards
1950 SLB AL 23 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1951 SLB AL 24 P 20 13 2 10 1 1 .923 0.60 .954 0.99
1952 TOT AL 25 P 18 9 0 8 1 0 .889 0.44 .967 1.03
1952 SLB AL 25 P 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 .950 1.02
1952 WSH AL 25 P 14 7 0 6 1 0 .857 0.43 .971 1.03
1955 KCA AL 28 P 16 1 25.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.75 0.31 .960 2.00 0.83
1956 MLN NL 29 P 25 1 45.2 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.96 0.60 .967 2.05 0.83
1957 DET AL 30 P 41 0 69.1 16 2 11 3 2 .813 1.69 0.32 .969 1.99 0.86
1958 TOT AL 31 P 10 0 12.1 6 1 4 1 0 .833 3.65 0.50 .967 1.90 0.82
1958 DET AL 31 P 4 0 5.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 .950 1.86 0.82
1958 BAL AL 31 P 6 0 7.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.86 0.50 .975 1.93 0.82
7 Seasons P 131 2 153.0 64 11 47 6 3 .906 3.41 0.44 .964 2.00 0.89
7 Seasons TOT 131 2 153.0 64 11 47 6 3 .906 3.41 0.44 .870 2.00 0.89

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
1950 SLB AL 23 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 SLB AL 24 25 25 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 WSH AL 25 15 15 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 SLB AL 25 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 KCA AL 28 21 1 21 21 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1956 MLN NL 29 25 1 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 30 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 BAL AL 31 9 0 9 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 DET AL 31 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 145 2 145 145 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
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%
1955 KCA AL 28 129 76% 10% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1956 MLN NL 29 143 75% 23% 8 100% 0 1 0 1 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1957 DET AL 30 300 76% 21% 14 79% 1 2 1 1 11 6 3 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 50%
1958 BAL AL 31 37 81% 8% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1958 DET AL 31 25 64% 28% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 634 76% 19% 28 89% 1 6 2 4 26 16 5 4 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 11 82%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 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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