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Bob Talbot

Robert Dale Talbot

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 6, 1927 in Visalia, CA
High School: Union HS (Visalia, CA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1953
Team: Cubs 1953-1954

Final Game: September 26, 1954
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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 Awards
1953 CHC NL 26 CF 7 7 6 62.0 20 17 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -12 2.90 2.86 .980 2.85 2.79
1953 CHC NL 26 OF 7 7 6 62.0 23 20 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -12 3.34 3.29 .980 2.37 2.31
1954 CHC NL 27 OF 111 94 86 861.1 259 245 10 4 1 .985 -2 -3 2.66 2.30 .975 2.36 2.34
1954 CHC NL 27 CF 110 94 86 861.1 249 234 9 6 1 .976 -2 -3 2.54 2.21 .982 2.79 2.77
2 Seasons OF 118 101 92 923.1 282 265 13 4 2 .986 -3 -4 2.71 2.36 .975 2.36 2.34
2 Seasons CF 117 101 92 923.1 269 251 12 6 2 .978 -3 -4 2.56 2.25 .982 2.79 2.77
2 Seasons TOT 118 101 92 923.1 282 265 13 4 2 .986 -3 -4 2.71 2.36 .975 2.36 2.34
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
1953 CHC NL 26 CF -1 -12 -1 -0 -0 0
1954 CHC NL 27 CF -2 -3 -2 -1 -0 -1
2 Seasons CF -3 -4 -2 -2 -0 -1
2 Seasons TOT -3 -4 -2 -2 -0 -1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 CHC NL 26 8 7 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 1
1954 CHC NL 27 114 94 114 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 110 0 2 6
2 Seasons 122 101 122 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 117 0 2 7
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 -- CF*

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%
1953 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 161 58% 86% 34% 13 77%
1954 CHC NL 27 5 0 4 1 2 8 0 4 1 3 23 10 1 21 3 1 3 1 0 16 1 1 21 16 0 84 31 36.9% 50 3 3.6% 5 2972 65% 82% 29% 298 64%
2 Seasons 5 0 4 1 2 8 0 4 1 3 23 10 1 21 3 1 3 1 0 16 1 1 22 17 0 85 32 37.6% 50 3 3.5% 5 3133 64% 82% 30% 311 65%
MLB Averages 45.5% 2.7% 64% 82% 31% 60%

* 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

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1954 NL  .985 (5th)

                                         

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