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Chris Speier

Chris Edward Speier

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 28, 1950 in Alameda, CA
High School: Encinal HS (Alameda, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1971
Teams (by GP): Giants/Expos/Cubs/Cardinals/Twins 1971-1989

Final Game: October 1, 1989
Relatives: Father of Justin Speier
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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
1971 SFG NL 21 SS 156 155 147 1349.0 789 239 517 33 95 .958 7 6 5.04 4.85 .968 5.14 5.13
1972 SFG NL 22 SS 150 150 143 1320.1 780 243 517 20 69 .974 9 8 5.18 5.07 .967 5.04 5.06 AS,MVP-28
1973 SFG NL 23 SS 150 147 139 1299.2 758 255 470 33 92 .956 -8 -8 5.02 4.83 .961 4.93 4.93 AS
1973 SFG NL 23 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .980 5.40 5.50 AS
1974 SFG NL 24 SS 135 132 126 1157.1 676 210 445 21 82 .969 5 5 5.09 4.85 .961 4.97 4.97 AS
1974 SFG NL 24 2B 4 2 1 21.0 13 5 8 0 2 1.000 1 34 5.57 3.25 .973 5.49 5.48 AS
1975 SFG NL 25 SS 136 135 126 1169.0 679 247 420 12 81 .982 6 6 5.14 4.90 .963 4.99 4.99
1975 SFG NL 25 3B 1 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 1.80 1.00 .940 3.06 3.00
1976 SFG NL 26 SS 135 129 123 1170.0 684 225 441 18 81 .974 -9 -9 5.12 4.93 .964 5.05 5.04
1976 SFG NL 26 2B 7 5 2 41.2 26 8 18 0 2 1.000 1 20 5.62 3.71 .975 5.49 5.47
1976 SFG NL 26 3B 5 2 1 22.0 9 4 4 1 2 .889 -0 -11 3.27 1.60 .952 2.95 2.92
1976 SFG NL 26 1B 1 0 0 3.1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 72 13.50 5.00 .992 9.72 9.90
1977 TOT NL 27 SS 143 142 129 1269.1 717 239 455 23 77 .968 0 0 4.92 4.85 .963 5.02 5.03
1977 SFG NL 27 SS 5 4 4 36.0 25 3 20 2 2 .920 2 50 5.75 4.60 .963 5.03 5.04
1977 MON NL 27 SS 138 138 125 1233.1 692 236 435 21 75 .970 -1 -1 4.90 4.86 .963 5.02 5.03
1978 MON NL 28 SS 148 148 138 1287.0 730 245 467 18 93 .975 10 9 4.98 4.81 .966 4.88 4.84
1979 MON NL 29 SS 112 110 92 949.0 566 194 355 17 52 .970 4 5 5.21 4.90 .965 5.00 4.98
1980 MON NL 30 SS 127 122 104 1053.2 604 187 396 21 62 .965 1 1 4.98 4.59 .966 5.02 5.02
1980 MON NL 30 3B 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .950 2.70 2.90
1981 MON NL 31 SS 96 96 79 834.2 472 175 280 17 57 .964 -1 -2 4.91 4.74 .960 5.10 5.12
1982 MON NL 32 SS 155 152 126 1332.2 709 291 405 13 76 .982 -2 -2 4.70 4.49 .967 5.01 5.02
1983 MON NL 33 SS 74 62 53 577.0 315 107 196 12 31 .962 4 9 4.73 4.09 .967 4.85 4.83
1983 MON NL 33 3B 12 5 5 56.2 19 10 7 2 1 .895 -2 -36 2.70 1.42 .949 2.70 2.69
1983 MON NL 33 2B 2 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -48 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1984 TOT MLB 34 SS 59 48 36 431.4 244 70 169 5 35 .980 3 9 4.99 4.05 .964 4.85 4.83
1984 TOT NL 34 SS 47 37 28 337.4 201 56 141 4 29 .980 5 17 5.26 4.19 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 TOT NL 34 3B 6 4 0 34.0 11 0 11 0 0 1.000 1 39 2.91 1.83 .944 2.78 2.78
1984 MON NL 34 SS 13 4 3 49.2 25 7 17 1 4 .960 2 48 4.35 1.85 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 MON NL 34 3B 4 2 0 19.0 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 1 82 4.26 2.25 .943 2.79 2.78
1984 STL NL 34 SS 34 33 25 287.2 176 49 124 3 25 .983 3 11 5.41 5.09 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 STL NL 34 3B 2 2 0 15.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -16 1.20 1.00 .945 2.76 2.80
1984 MIN AL 34 SS 12 11 8 94.0 43 14 28 1 6 .977 -1 -18 4.02 3.50 .962 4.76 4.72
1985 CHC NL 35 SS 58 30 24 309.0 193 61 125 7 33 .964 -2 -8 5.42 3.21 .963 4.88 4.88
1985 CHC NL 35 3B 31 6 6 107.2 31 5 24 2 1 .935 -2 -25 2.42 0.94 .948 2.88 2.88
1985 CHC NL 35 2B 13 10 6 92.0 51 21 28 2 9 .961 -1 -12 4.79 3.77 .982 5.47 5.47
1986 CHC NL 36 3B 53 14 10 211.1 64 21 42 1 3 .984 1 4 2.68 1.19 .946 2.72 2.72
1986 CHC NL 36 SS 23 12 11 132.1 80 32 46 2 11 .975 -2 -17 5.30 3.39 .963 4.75 4.76
1986 CHC NL 36 2B 7 4 3 40.0 27 9 18 0 1 1.000 1 18 6.08 3.86 .980 5.22 5.21
1987 SFG NL 37 2B 55 33 24 346.2 187 80 105 2 23 .989 -5 -18 4.80 3.36 .982 5.19 5.16
1987 SFG NL 37 3B 44 35 21 306.1 107 22 84 1 10 .991 7 28 3.11 2.41 .951 2.82 2.80
1987 SFG NL 37 SS 22 7 5 97.0 57 16 40 1 8 .982 2 30 5.20 2.55 .965 4.72 4.69
1988 SFG NL 38 2B 45 22 13 244.2 135 46 87 2 18 .985 1 3 4.89 2.96 .980 5.22 5.23
1988 SFG NL 38 3B 22 8 7 108.2 35 9 26 0 1 1.000 3 29 2.90 1.59 .947 2.77 2.78
1988 SFG NL 38 SS 12 6 6 66.1 45 15 29 1 7 .978 3 54 5.97 3.67 .967 4.63 4.64
1989 SFG NL 39 3B 9 0 0 23.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 -0 -21 2.35 0.67 .943 2.70 2.71
1989 SFG NL 39 SS 9 2 1 32.2 15 6 8 1 1 .933 -1 -29 3.86 1.56 .966 4.52 4.52
1989 SFG NL 39 2B 4 2 1 22.0 14 7 7 0 4 1.000 0 27 5.73 3.50 .981 5.11 5.12
1989 SFG NL 39 1B 1 0 0 3.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0 160 15.00 5.00 .992 9.60 9.80
19 Seasons SS 1900 1785 1608 15837.1 9113 3057 5781 275 1043 .970 29 2 5.02 4.65 .964 4.99 4.98
10 Seasons 3B 184 75 50 876.2 284 73 204 7 18 .975 7 9 2.84 1.51 .948 2.79 2.78
9 Seasons 2B 138 78 50 815.0 454 176 272 6 59 .987 -3 -5 4.95 3.25 .981 5.25 5.24
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 0 6.1 10 8 2 0 1 1.000 1 114 14.21 5.00 .992 9.66 9.85
19 Seasons TOT 2224 1938 1708 17535.1 9861 3314 6259 288 1121 .971 32 2 4.91 4.30 .965 4.90 4.82
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-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
  • 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
1971 SFG NL 21 SS 7 6 7 2 5 0
1972 SFG NL 22 SS 9 8 11 7 3 -2
1973 SFG NL 23 SS -8 -8 -8 -3 -5 0
1973 SFG NL 23 2B 0 60 0 0 0 0
1974 SFG NL 24 SS 5 5 6 6 -0 -1
1974 SFG NL 24 2B 1 34 1 1 0 0
1975 SFG NL 25 SS 6 6 5 2 3 1
1975 SFG NL 25 3B -0 -120 -0 -0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 26 SS -9 -9 -7 -6 -1 -2
1976 SFG NL 26 2B 1 20 1 0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 26 3B -0 -11 -0 0 -0 0
1976 SFG NL 26 1B 0 72 0 0 0 0
1977 SFG NL 27 SS 2 50 2 0 1 0
1977 MON NL 27 SS -1 -1 1 2 -1 -2
1978 MON NL 28 SS 10 9 6 10 -4 4
1979 MON NL 29 SS 4 5 6 1 5 -2
1980 MON NL 30 SS 1 1 3 -2 5 -2
1980 MON NL 30 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MON NL 31 SS -1 -2 -0 -0 0 -1
1982 MON NL 32 SS -2 -2 -2 -2 0 0
1983 MON NL 33 SS 4 9 5 5 -0 -1
1983 MON NL 33 3B -2 -36 -2 -1 -1 0
1983 MON NL 33 2B -0 -48 -0 -0 0 0
1984 MON NL 34 SS 2 48 2 -0 2 0
1984 MON NL 34 3B 1 82 1 1 0 0
1984 STL NL 34 SS 3 11 2 2 0 1
1984 STL NL 34 3B -0 -16 -0 0 -0 0
1984 MIN AL 34 SS -1 -18 -1 -1 -0 0
1985 CHC NL 35 SS -2 -8 -3 -3 -0 1
1985 CHC NL 35 3B -2 -25 -2 -2 0 0
1985 CHC NL 35 2B -1 -12 -1 0 -1 0
1986 CHC NL 36 3B 1 4 1 2 -1 0
1986 CHC NL 36 SS -2 -17 -2 -2 1 0
1986 CHC NL 36 2B 1 18 1 0 1 0
1987 SFG NL 37 2B -5 -18 -4 0 -4 -1
1987 SFG NL 37 3B 7 28 6 5 1 1
1987 SFG NL 37 SS 2 30 2 1 2 0
1988 SFG NL 38 2B 1 3 1 1 0 0
1988 SFG NL 38 3B 3 29 3 -0 3 0
1988 SFG NL 38 SS 3 54 2 1 1 1
1989 SFG NL 39 3B -0 -21 -0 -0 0 0
1989 SFG NL 39 SS -1 -29 -1 -1 0 0
1989 SFG NL 39 2B 0 27 0 1 -0 0
1989 SFG NL 39 1B 0 160 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons SS 29 2 34 17 17 -5
10 Seasons 3B 7 9 6 4 1 1
9 Seasons 2B -3 -5 -2 3 -5 -1
2 Seasons 1B 1 114 1 1 0 0
19 Seasons TOT 32 2 37 25 13 -5
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 SFG NL 21 157 155 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 SFG NL 22 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SFG NL 23 153 147 153 150 0 0 0 1 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 SFG NL 24 141 134 141 139 0 0 0 4 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1975 SFG NL 25 141 136 141 137 0 0 0 0 1 136 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1976 SFG NL 26 145 136 145 139 0 0 1 7 4 135 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1977 MON NL 27 139 138 139 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 SFG NL 27 6 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 MON NL 28 150 148 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 MON NL 29 113 110 113 112 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 MON NL 30 128 122 128 128 0 0 0 0 1 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MON NL 31 96 96 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MON NL 32 156 152 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 MON NL 33 88 67 88 83 0 0 0 2 12 74 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1984 STL NL 34 38 35 38 36 0 0 0 0 2 34 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 MON NL 34 25 6 25 16 0 0 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
1984 MIN AL 34 12 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHC NL 35 106 46 106 98 0 0 0 13 32 58 0 0 0 0 0 14 4
1986 CHC NL 36 95 30 95 81 0 0 0 7 53 23 0 0 0 0 0 18 9
1987 SFG NL 37 111 75 111 106 0 0 0 55 44 22 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
1988 SFG NL 38 82 36 82 74 0 0 0 45 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
1989 SFG NL 39 28 4 28 22 0 0 1 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
19 Seasons 2260 1938 2260 2181 0 0 2 138 184 1900 0 0 0 0 0 125 20
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- SS*

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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1971 SFG NL 21 5645 60% 81% 28% 632 91% 4 239 117 107 17 523 404 104 0 4 33 5 16 12 20 95 38 7 29 6 8 92 46 43 3 2 1
1972 SFG NL 22 5621 66% 81% 27% 687 90% 5 243 133 84 26 522 419 87 1 2 20 1 15 4 12 70 29 2 25 3 3 64 31 31 5 1 4
1973 SFG NL 23 5565 60% 83% 28% 619 90% 4 255 136 104 15 460 335 112 0 8 33 0 29 4 24 92 46 5 24 3 4 84 51 32 8 3 3
1974 SFG NL 24 4973 61% 82% 30% 553 90% 6 212 95 98 19 457 338 98 3 5 21 2 14 5 16 82 32 6 24 8 7 80 38 41 2 1 1
1975 SFG NL 25 4998 62% 79% 27% 538 92% 1 246 116 102 28 428 324 89 1 13 12 0 11 1 8 82 35 1 31 5 3 75 36 39 6 1 4
1976 SFG NL 26 5027 59% 83% 31% 542 89% 7 220 88 104 29 443 336 86 3 9 18 1 12 5 15 78 33 3 23 4 5 69 36 32 8 3 5
1977 MON NL 27 5277 57% 82% 29% 545 91% 5 238 100 97 42 439 338 76 2 5 21 2 17 2 17 75 20 6 19 9 4 63 27 35 8 3 5
1977 SFG NL 27 158 76% 75% 25% 22 95% 0 3 2 1 0 20 17 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1978 MON NL 28 5404 68% 82% 27% 564 91% 4 243 102 100 41 469 342 104 1 20 18 2 15 1 11 93 33 9 25 7 11 88 42 43 4 2 2
1979 MON NL 29 3939 66% 83% 27% 465 91% 4 189 103 63 23 347 266 67 2 4 18 0 17 1 13 53 26 2 15 3 2 50 28 20 2 2 0
1980 MON NL 30 4437 57% 83% 28% 513 89% 3 192 93 77 22 398 309 73 1 4 21 0 21 0 17 62 22 6 18 6 0 56 29 25 6 2 4
1981 MON NL 31 3426 56% 85% 29% 387 90% 1 177 89 62 26 279 224 49 1 1 17 0 13 4 14 56 17 11 14 3 1 48 28 18 3 3 0
1982 MON NL 32 5527 51% 81% 25% 559 89% 1 290 140 91 59 400 309 83 0 4 13 0 13 0 12 72 24 6 24 6 2 64 30 32 5 1 4
1983 MON NL 33 2412 53% 82% 26% 237 93% 4 105 43 36 26 196 147 40 0 2 12 2 9 1 8 30 11 2 12 1 0 27 13 14 2 1 1
1984 STL NL 34 1209 63% 83% 31% 132 98% 0 51 20 23 8 126 102 18 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 25 9 3 6 1 2 21 12 9 2 2 0
1984 MON NL 34 198 52% 76% 29% 21 95% 0 8 3 5 0 19 16 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0
1984 MIN AL 34 400 65% 80% 22% 32 94% 0 14 8 6 0 25 19 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 2 5 2 3 0 0 0
1985 CHC NL 35 1361 57% 82% 27% 125 96% 1 63 16 30 17 125 95 25 0 0 7 1 6 0 5 31 11 2 11 3 3 30 13 17 0 0 0
1986 CHC NL 36 572 57% 85% 25% 66 85% 0 33 17 8 8 47 35 11 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 11 5 0 4 1 0 10 5 5 0 0 0
1987 SFG NL 37 418 48% 74% 28% 46 93% 0 17 5 7 5 40 32 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 4 0 0 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 2
1988 SFG NL 38 269 57% 83% 36% 39 92% 0 15 10 5 0 29 23 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 4 0 2 0 1 7 4 3 0 0 0
1989 SFG NL 39 152 45% 81% 33% 16 75% 1 6 5 0 1 9 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 66988 60% 82% 28% 7340 91% 51 3059 1441 1210 412 5801 4435 1149 15 82 276 16 220 40 201 1033 403 71 309 70 60 945 477 448 66 27 36
MLB Averages 60% 81% 28% 91%
Lg PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1975 SFG NL 25 32 72% 81% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 26 98 64% 81% 20% 11 82% 0 4 4 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1980 MON NL 30 12 83% 92% 42% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MON NL 33 232 38% 83% 26% 16 81% 0 10 8 0 2 5 4 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1984 MON NL 34 77 57% 75% 29% 8 100% 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 STL NL 34 60 80% 72% 28% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHC NL 35 484 66% 81% 26% 32 94% 0 5 5 0 0 25 21 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 CHC NL 36 867 56% 81% 28% 59 97% 0 21 16 1 4 43 39 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1987 SFG NL 37 1271 59% 78% 30% 109 95% 0 21 19 0 2 85 70 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 9 7 0 9 0 0 0 3 100%
1988 SFG NL 38 435 57% 83% 30% 32 100% 0 8 6 2 0 26 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1989 SFG NL 39 96 65% 80% 31% 5 100% 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 3664 59% 80% 28% 276 95% 0 71 60 3 8 204 173 27 0 5 7 0 6 1 6 16 10 0 13 3 1 2 8 88%
MLB Averages 60% 81% 28% 89% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 SFG NL 23 7 71% 86% 43% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SFG NL 24 89 53% 83% 28% 10 100% 0 3 2 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 26 181 48% 82% 28% 19 100% 0 8 3 4 1 17 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1983 MON NL 33 22 82% 64% 5% 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
1985 CHC NL 35 367 53% 81% 30% 30 93% 0 23 7 14 2 27 25 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 8 3 1 1 1 7 2 5 1 1 0
1986 CHC NL 36 178 61% 83% 26% 23 100% 0 8 5 2 1 19 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1987 SFG NL 37 1493 57% 80% 29% 125 94% 1 80 30 30 20 103 84 16 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 22 11 2 7 1 21 8 13 1 0 1
1988 SFG NL 38 1045 58% 82% 37% 97 94% 0 45 19 17 9 84 74 9 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 18 7 3 6 1 17 7 10 1 0 1
1989 SFG NL 39 78 63% 85% 29% 8 88% 0 6 2 3 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3460 57% 81% 31% 313 95% 1 173 68 71 34 266 223 38 1 3 6 1 3 2 3 56 24 7 18 3 53 21 32 3 1 2
MLB Averages 60% 81% 28% 94%

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%
1976 SFG NL 26 14 57% 64% 29% 3 100% 0 5 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1989 SFG NL 39 9 67% 78% 44% 2 100% 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 23 61% 70% 35% 5 100% 0 9 1 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 60% 81% 28% 94% 88%

* 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

Hall of Fame
1995 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1972 *
1973 (SS)
1974

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 NL (28, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Assists† s c a p y
1971 NL  517 (2nd)
1972 NL  517 (1st)
1973 NL  471 (4th)
Career  6,259 (37th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1971 NL  33 (1st)
1973 NL  33 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  156 (2nd)
1972 NL  150 (2nd)
1973 NL  150 (3rd)
1975 NL  136 (3rd)
1982 NL  155 (2nd)
Career  1,900 (24th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  243 (3rd)
1973 NL  255 (2nd)
1975 NL  247 (2nd)
1977 NL  239 (4th)
1978 NL  245 (4th)
1981 NL  175 (5th)
1982 NL  291 (2nd)
Career  3,057 (42nd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  517 (2nd)
1972 NL  517 (1st)
1973 NL  470 (3rd)
1975 NL  420 (5th)
Career  5,781 (32nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  33 (1st)
1973 NL  33 (1st)
Career  275 (83rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1987 NL  7 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  7 (5th)
1972 NL  9 (1st)
1978 NL  10 (2nd)
1979 NL  4 (5th)
1984 NL  5 (4th)
Career  29 (56th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1973 NL  5.02 (4th)
1974 NL  5.09 (4th)
1975 NL  5.14 (5th)
1978 NL  4.98 (5th)
1979 NL  5.21 (4th)
1980 NL  4.98 (5th)
Career  5.00 (12th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  5.07 (4th)
1973 NL  4.83 (5th)
1974 NL  4.85 (4th)
1975 NL  4.90 (4th)
1976 NL  4.93 (3rd)
1978 NL  4.81 (5th)
1979 NL  4.90 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  .974 (3rd)
1974 NL  .969 (4th)
1975 NL  .982 (1st)
1976 NL  .974 (5th)
1978 NL  .975 (2nd)
1979 NL  .970 (4th)
1982 NL  .982 (2nd)
Career  .970 (82nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1989 NL  born 1950-06-28 (10th)

             

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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