Bob Stanley
Robert William Stanley (Stanley Steamer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 10, 1954 in Portland, ME
High School: Kearny (Kearny, NJ)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1977
Final Game: September 5, 1989
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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
1977 BOS AL 22 P 41 13 151.0 51 6 43 2 6 .961 2.92 1.20 .947 1.95 0.84
1978 BOS AL 23 P 52 3 141.2 45 10 34 1 2 .978 2.80 0.85 .953 1.90 0.85 CYA-7,MVP-25
1979 BOS AL 24 P 40 30 216.2 65 19 43 3 2 .954 2.58 1.55 .949 1.92 0.81 AS
1980 BOS AL 25 P 52 17 175.0 53 9 42 2 8 .962 2.62 0.98 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 BOS AL 26 P 35 1 98.2 41 10 29 2 6 .951 3.56 1.11 .963 1.98 0.81
1982 BOS AL 27 P 48 0 168.1 58 13 43 2 4 .966 2.99 1.17 .957 1.80 0.73 CYA-7,MVP-25
1983 BOS AL 28 P 64 0 145.1 30 9 18 3 3 .900 1.67 0.42 .960 1.80 0.73 AS,MVP-15
1984 BOS AL 29 P 57 0 106.2 37 7 28 2 0 .946 2.95 0.61 .959 1.79 0.70
1985 BOS AL 30 P 48 0 87.2 21 8 12 1 1 .952 2.05 0.42 .952 1.86 0.70
1986 BOS AL 31 P 66 1 82.1 22 6 14 2 0 .909 2.19 0.30 .959 1.83 0.68
1987 BOS AL 32 P 34 20 152.2 38 15 22 1 4 .974 2.18 1.09 .955 1.84 0.67
1988 BOS AL 33 P 57 0 101.2 21 7 12 2 2 .905 1.68 0.33 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 BOS AL 34 P 43 0 79.1 21 3 17 1 0 .952 2.27 0.47 .962 1.87 0.66
13 Seasons P 637 85 1707.0 503 122 357 24 38 .952 2.53 0.75 .956 1.86 0.74
13 Seasons TOT 637 85 1707.0 503 122 357 24 38 .952 2.53 0.75 .908 1.86 0.74

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
1977 BOS AL 22 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 23 52 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 BOS AL 24 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BOS AL 25 52 0 1 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BOS AL 26 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BOS AL 27 48 0 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 BOS AL 28 64 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 BOS AL 29 57 0 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BOS AL 30 48 0 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BOS AL 31 66 0 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BOS AL 32 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BOS AL 33 57 0 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BOS AL 34 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 637 0 2 637 637 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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%
1977 BOS AL 22 673 87% 39% 46 89% 0 6 1 5 43 27 8 2 0 2 0 2 6 4 5 1 6 50%
1978 BOS AL 23 599 88% 38% 38 95% 1 10 2 8 34 25 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 11 82%
1979 BOS AL 24 938 89% 38% 42 98% 0 19 0 17 42 36 2 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1980 BOS AL 25 760 83% 39% 44 95% 0 9 2 3 42 27 10 2 0 0 2 0 8 7 8 0 6 100%
1981 BOS AL 26 442 84% 39% 37 89% 1 10 0 4 28 18 8 2 0 1 1 1 6 6 6 0 5 80%
1982 BOS AL 27 710 81% 41% 50 92% 0 13 3 9 42 32 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 4 0 8 88%
1983 BOS AL 28 619 83% 36% 23 83% 1 8 1 5 18 11 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 4 75%
1984 BOS AL 29 460 83% 41% 28 93% 0 8 0 8 27 22 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1985 BOS AL 30 367 79% 32% 11 91% 0 8 0 8 10 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1986 BOS AL 31 373 80% 35% 17 82% 2 5 0 5 14 11 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1987 BOS AL 32 691 84% 33% 29 83% 0 15 1 12 22 17 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 4 100%
1988 BOS AL 33 433 79% 36% 13 92% 0 7 0 7 12 9 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1989 BOS AL 34 364 84% 43% 22 86% 1 4 1 2 17 14 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 60%
13 Seasons 7429 84% 38% 400 91% 6 122 11 93 351 257 54 23 3 10 10 10 38 29 36 2 61 82%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 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 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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