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Andy Sonnanstine    \SAHN-un-styne\

Andrew Michael Sonnanstine

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 18, 1983 in Barberton, OH
High School: Wadsworth HS (Wadsworth, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 13th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 2007 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays 2007-2011

Final Game: September 20, 2011 (Age 28)
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2007 TBD AL 24 P 22 22 0 130.2 31 16 13 2 3 .935 1 2 2.00 1.32 .955 1.60 1.59 1 8 89% 27% 0
2008 TBR AL 25 P 32 32 1 193.1 38 19 19 0 1 1.000 2 2 1.77 1.19 .952 1.60 1.59 1 3 75% 27% 0
2009 TBR AL 26 P 22 18 0 99.2 22 7 12 3 0 .864 -2 -4 1.72 0.86 .953 1.53 1.51 1 2 67% 26% 0
2010 TBR AL 27 P 41 4 0 81.0 16 9 7 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 1.78 0.39 .953 1.63 1.61 6 0 0% 26% 0
2011 TBR AL 28 P 15 4 0 35.2 9 5 4 0 2 1.000 0 0 2.27 0.60 .949 1.59 1.59 1 2 67% 28% 0
5 Seasons P 132 80 1 540.1 116 56 55 5 6 .957 0 0 1.85 0.84 .953 1.59 1.58 10 15 60% 27% 0
5 Seasons TOT 132 80 1 540.1 116 56 55 5 6 .957 0 0 1.85 0.84 .953 1.59 1.58 10 15 60% 27% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2007 TBD AL 24 P 1 2 -2 0 2
2008 TBR AL 25 P 2 2 0 1 1
2009 TBR AL 26 P -2 -4 -1 0 -1 1
2010 TBR AL 27 P -1 -2 0 0 0 -1
2011 TBR AL 28 P 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons P 0 0 -3 0 0 3
5 Seasons TOT 0 0 -3 0 0 3

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2007 TBD AL 24 22 22 2 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 TBR AL 25 32 32 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TBR AL 26 25 18 6 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2010 TBR AL 27 41 4 5 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 TBR AL 28 15 4 2 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 135 80 18 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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%
2007 TBD AL 24 554 79% 29% 18 78% 0 16 1 12 13 12 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 0 4 75%
2008 TBR AL 25 819 81% 33% 21 95% 1 19 1 17 19 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
2009 TBR AL 26 459 81% 33% 16 75% 0 7 0 7 12 12 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2010 TBR AL 27 355 80% 34% 10 70% 0 9 0 9 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2011 TBR AL 28 152 86% 36% 4 100% 0 5 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 2339 80% 32% 69 83% 1 56 2 48 55 48 4 5 1 1 3 3 6 1 6 0 14 79%
MLB Averages 76% 31% 85% 80%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Putouts as P s c a p y
2008 AL  19 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2008 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

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