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Bill Sudakis

William Paul Sudakis (Suds)

Positions: Third Baseman, Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 27, 1946 in Joliet, IL
High School: Joliet Township HS (Joliet, IL)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1968
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Yankees/Rangers/Angels/Indians/... 1968-1975

Final Game: August 7, 1975
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Standard Fielding

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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1968 LAD NL 22 3B 24 24 24 211.0 86 25 57 4 3 .953 0 1 3.50 3.42 .954 2.93 2.94
1969 LAD NL 23 3B 121 118 115 1064.0 391 98 272 21 26 .946 4 5 3.13 3.06 .946 2.92 2.90
1970 LAD NL 24 C 38 31 22 285.1 178 161 14 3 1 .983 -8 -34 5.52 4.61 .987 6.85 6.82 7 11 30 2 6% 33% 0
1970 LAD NL 24 3B 37 30 26 288.0 123 27 85 11 8 .911 3 14 3.50 3.03 .945 2.91 2.90
1970 LAD NL 24 LF 3 3 0 23.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 0.77 0.67 .970 1.74 1.73
1970 LAD NL 24 OF 3 3 0 23.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 0.77 0.67 .975 2.08 2.07
1970 LAD NL 24 1B 1 0 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 9.00 5.00 .992 9.72 9.60
1971 LAD NL 25 C 19 17 13 143.0 94 85 9 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.92 4.95 .988 6.34 6.33 2 8 6 5 45% 35% 0
1971 LAD NL 25 3B 3 1 1 12.0 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1 60 6.75 3.00 .949 2.78 2.80
1971 LAD NL 25 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 9.90
1971 LAD NL 25 LF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.29 1.00 .970 1.93 1.90
1971 LAD NL 25 OF 1 1 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 3.38 3.00 .980 2.14 2.20
1971 LAD NL 25 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1972 NYM NL 26 1B 7 7 5 58.2 60 51 7 2 3 .967 0 8 8.90 8.29 .992 9.74 9.76
1972 NYM NL 26 C 5 5 5 48.0 38 37 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 7.12 7.60 .987 6.62 6.64 0 2 2 0 0% 37% 0
1973 TEX AL 27 3B 29 24 16 217.0 80 32 45 3 1 .963 -2 -11 3.19 2.66 .950 3.00 2.98
1973 TEX AL 27 1B 24 21 15 173.0 171 156 14 1 19 .994 -0 -1 8.84 7.08 .992 9.86 9.80
1973 TEX AL 27 C 9 5 5 51.0 28 25 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -24 4.94 3.11 .985 6.05 6.02 1 5 3 1 25% 38% 0
1973 TEX AL 27 DH 9 7
1973 TEX AL 27 OF 2 2 2 17.2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0 20 1.53 1.50 .980 2.29 2.25
1973 TEX AL 27 RF 2 2 2 17.2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0 20 1.53 1.50 .975 2.09 2.05
1974 NYY AL 28 DH 39 37
1974 NYY AL 28 1B 33 28 21 258.0 303 277 23 3 31 .990 -4 -17 10.47 9.09 .992 9.70 9.66
1974 NYY AL 28 3B 3 2 2 19.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -0 -32 1.89 1.33 .954 3.13 3.10
1974 NYY AL 28 C 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .985 6.30 5.90 0 0 1 0 0% 38% 0
1975 TOT AL 29 1B 14 12 8 102.0 95 91 4 0 10 1.000 -0 -5 8.38 6.79 .990 9.84 9.81
1975 TOT AL 29 C 11 2 1 33.0 34 30 3 1 0 .971 0 0 9.00 3.00 .983 6.00 5.98 0 1 7 3 30% 38% 0
1975 CAL AL 29 DH 13 13
1975 CAL AL 29 C 5 0 0 12.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 -1 -100 12.00 3.20 .983 6.00 5.98 0 0 6 1 14% 38% 0
1975 CAL AL 29 1B 2 2 1 14.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 10.29 8.00 .990 9.84 9.80
1975 CLE AL 29 1B 12 10 7 88.0 79 75 4 0 10 1.000 -0 -4 8.08 6.58 .990 9.84 9.81
1975 CLE AL 29 C 6 2 1 21.0 17 15 2 0 0 1.000 1 57 7.29 2.83 .983 6.00 5.98 0 1 1 2 67% 38% 0
6 Seasons 3B 217 199 184 1811.0 694 185 469 40 39 .942 6 4 3.25 3.01 .947 2.93 2.92
6 Seasons C 83 60 46 561.1 374 340 30 4 2 .989 -9 -19 5.93 4.46 .987 6.58 6.49 10 27 49 11 18% 35% 0
6 Seasons 1B 80 68 49 597.2 634 579 49 6 63 .991 -3 -7 9.46 7.85 .992 9.77 9.74
3 Seasons OF 6 6 2 49.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -0 -2 1.47 1.33 .979 2.17 2.15
2 Seasons LF 4 4 0 30.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -16 0.89 0.75 .970 1.78 1.78
2 Seasons RF 3 2 2 18.2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0 19 1.45 1.00 .975 2.07 2.07
8 Seasons TOT 386 333 281 3019.0 1711 1112 548 51 104 .970 -7 -3 4.95 4.30 .973 4.95 5.09 10 27 49 11 18% 35% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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
1968 LAD NL 22 3B 0 1 0 -3 3 0
1969 LAD NL 23 3B 4 5 4 1 3 0
1970 LAD NL 24 C -8 -34 -8
1970 LAD NL 24 3B 3 14 3 -0 4 0
1970 LAD NL 24 LF -0 -15 -0 -0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 24 1B 0 120 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 25 C 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 25 3B 1 60 1 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 25 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 25 LF -0 -17 -0 0 -0 0
1971 LAD NL 25 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYM NL 26 1B 0 8 0 0 0 0
1972 NYM NL 26 C 0 0 0
1973 TEX AL 27 3B -2 -11 -2 -2 -0 0
1973 TEX AL 27 1B -0 -1 -0 0 -1 0
1973 TEX AL 27 C -1 -24 -1
1973 TEX AL 27 RF 0 20 -1 -0 -0 1
1974 NYY AL 28 1B -4 -17 -4 -3 -0 0
1974 NYY AL 28 3B -0 -32 -0 0 -1 0
1974 NYY AL 28 C 0 0 0
1975 CAL AL 29 C -1 -100 -1
1975 CAL AL 29 1B -0 -9 -0 -0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 29 1B -0 -4 -0 0 -1 0
1975 CLE AL 29 C 1 57 1
6 Seasons 3B 6 4 6 -3 9 0
6 Seasons C -9 -19 -9
6 Seasons 1B -3 -7 -3 -2 -1 0
2 Seasons LF -0 -16 -0 -0 -0 0
2 Seasons RF 0 19 -1 -0 -0 1
8 Seasons TOT -7 -3 1 -6 7 0 1 -9
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
1968 LAD NL 22 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 23 132 118 132 121 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1970 LAD NL 24 94 64 94 75 0 38 1 0 37 0 3 0 0 3 0 26 1
1971 LAD NL 25 41 19 41 24 0 19 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 22 0
1972 NYM NL 26 18 12 18 12 0 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1973 TEX AL 27 82 59 82 62 0 9 24 0 29 0 0 0 2 2 9 18 0
1974 NYY AL 28 89 67 89 36 0 1 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 39 18 0
1975 CAL AL 29 30 15 30 8 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 15 0
1975 CLE AL 29 20 12 20 16 0 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 Seasons 530 390 530 378 0 83 81 0 217 0 4 0 3 6 61 123 1
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 -- 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%
1968 LAD NL 22 837 65% 81% 27% 82 88% 0 22 18 3 1 56 43 9 0 2 4 0 4 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 7 43%
1969 LAD NL 23 4418 67% 80% 28% 417 85% 6 99 75 14 10 280 230 37 4 6 21 0 21 0 18 25 16 2 19 6 2 4 12 42%
1970 LAD NL 24 1196 75% 80% 28% 127 87% 3 26 23 1 3 87 67 16 3 0 11 1 10 0 9 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 3 100%
1971 LAD NL 25 50 86% 80% 30% 7 100% 1 2 1 1 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1973 TEX AL 27 1007 63% 77% 22% 81 89% 0 32 25 5 2 44 35 7 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 50%
1974 NYY AL 28 78 63% 81% 28% 5 80% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 7586 68% 80% 27% 719 86% 10 182 143 24 16 477 383 69 8 9 40 1 39 0 34 41 28 2 33 7 3 4 26 50%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 89% 66%

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%
1970 LAD NL 24 20 75% 75% 25% 3 100% 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 25 3 67% 67% 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 0
1972 NYM NL 26 240 80% 77% 24% 17 88% 0 51 6 45 0 5 7 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 100%
1973 TEX AL 27 780 71% 79% 22% 37 97% 1 157 16 140 1 8 15 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 19 0 2 0 16 2 3 2 1 3 67%
1974 NYY AL 28 1085 64% 81% 29% 53 91% 1 277 16 256 4 11 22 18 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 31 1 0 0 31 1 0 0 0 5 60%
1975 CLE AL 29 394 53% 82% 23% 13 100% 0 76 3 73 0 6 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 3 0
1975 CAL AL 29 60 68% 72% 27% 2 100% 0 15 1 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2582 66% 80% 26% 125 94% 2 580 43 531 5 32 49 31 10 1 3 6 0 6 0 5 63 1 2 0 56 3 7 2 5 10 70%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1970 LAD NL 24 1197 3.14 3.49 22 100% 0 0 159 16 0 4 139 13 5 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 100%
1971 LAD NL 25 574 2.90 3.40 6 100% 0 0 85 4 1 2 78 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 NYM NL 26 202 3.94 4.13 3 100% 0 0 38 3 0 2 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 TEX AL 27 231 4.76 5.12 6 100% 0 0 24 5 0 3 16 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 28 8 36.00 36.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 29 93 3.43 5.57 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL AL 29 54 3.75 6.75 2 100% 0 0 15 2 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2359 3.38 3.88 39 100% 0 0 338 30 1 11 296 28 8 0 0 5 4 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 100%
MLB Averages 3.55 4.03 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1970 LAD NL 24 7 11 453 30 2 2 6% 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 4 1.07 1.30
1971 LAD NL 25 2 8 190 6 5 4 45% 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 5 0.84 1.17
1972 NYM NL 26 0 2 77 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.00
1973 TEX AL 27 1 5 102 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.72 0.06
1974 NYY AL 28 0 0 4 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.04
1975 CLE AL 29 0 1 33 1 2 2 67% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.17 1.04
1975 CAL AL 29 0 0 18 6 1 1 14% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.58 0.16
6 Seasons 10 27 877 49 11 10 18% 47 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 98 13 0.94 0.98
MLB Averages 37% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 LAD NL 24 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 0 0 0 93 48% 72% 27% 4 50%
1971 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 29 100% 86% 31% 3 33%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 122 61% 75% 28% 7 43%
MLB Averages 59.4% 2.9% 63% 80% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 LAD NL 25 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 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 0% 0
1973 TEX AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 81 79% 85% 23% 13 23%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 84 79% 86% 23% 13 23%
MLB Averages 41.3% 3.3% 63% 80% 27% 53%

* 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

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1969 NL  4 (4th)
1970 NL  3 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1969 NL  3.13 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1969 NL  3.06 (1st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1969 NL  .946 (4th)

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