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Alan Strange

Alan Cochrane Strange (Inky)

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 162 lb.

Born: November 7, 1906 in Philadelphia, PA
School: Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1934
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators 1934-1942

Final Game: August 16, 1942
Died: June 27, 1994 in Seattle, WA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, WA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 SLB AL 27 SS 125 125 122 683 260 392 31 84 .955 5.22 .951 5.24
1935 TOT AL 28 SS 65 60 50 327 131 184 12 39 .963 4.85 .957 5.35
1935 SLB AL 28 SS 49 47 38 250 105 135 10 28 .960 4.90 .957 5.35
1935 WSH AL 28 SS 16 13 12 77 26 49 2 11 .974 4.69 .957 5.35
1940 SLB AL 33 SS 35 34 32 184 65 112 7 24 .962 5.06 .949 4.85
1940 SLB AL 33 2B 4 4 4 24 8 16 0 4 1.000 6.00 .969 5.40
1941 SLB AL 34 SS 32 27 22 149 66 79 4 17 .973 4.53 .948 4.96
1941 SLB AL 34 1B 2 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .990 9.90
1941 SLB AL 34 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 3.30
1942 SLB AL 35 3B 10 5 5 31 8 21 2 3 .935 2.90 .939 3.16
1942 SLB AL 35 SS 3 3 3 15 7 7 1 0 .933 4.67 .949 5.00
1942 SLB AL 35 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 5.60
5 Seasons SS 260 249 229 1358 529 774 55 164 .959 5.01 .952 5.18
2 Seasons 3B 11 5 5 32 8 22 2 3 .938 2.73 .939 3.17
2 Seasons 2B 5 4 4 25 9 16 0 4 1.000 5.00 .969 5.44
1 Season 1B 2 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .990 9.90
5 Seasons TOT 278 258 238 1423 554 812 57 171 .960 4.91 .952 5.14
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1934 SLB AL 27 127 125 127 125 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1935 SLB AL 28 49 47 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 WSH AL 28 20 13 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1940 SLB AL 33 54 38 54 39 0 0 0 4 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1941 SLB AL 34 45 27 45 35 0 0 2 0 1 32 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
1942 SLB AL 35 19 8 19 14 0 0 0 1 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
5 Seasons 314 258 314 278 0 0 2 5 11 260 0 0 0 0 0 31 8
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1934 AL  260 (3rd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1934 AL  31 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1934 AL  5.22 (4th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1934 AL  .955 (4th)

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