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Willie Tasby

Willie Tasby

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 8, 1933 in Shreveport, LA
High School: McClymonds HS (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1958
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Senators/Indians/RedSox 1958-1963

Final Game: September 2, 1963
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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
1958 BAL AL 25 OF 16 12 5 119.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 2.27 1.88 .982 2.27 2.25
1958 BAL AL 25 CF 12 11 4 90.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 2.10 1.75 .985 2.68 2.65
1958 BAL AL 25 LF 6 0 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 90 3.38 0.50 .980 2.14 2.07
1958 BAL AL 25 RF 5 1 1 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 1.71 0.80 .980 1.97 1.96
1959 BAL AL 26 OF 137 123 116 1123.1 344 320 13 11 4 .968 -3 -4 2.67 2.43 .980 2.22 2.21
1959 BAL AL 26 CF 131 122 115 1102.0 342 318 13 11 4 .968 -3 -4 2.70 2.53 .983 2.72 2.70
1959 BAL AL 26 LF 7 1 1 21.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.11 0.71 .980 2.07 2.04
1960 TOT AL 27 OF 138 118 107 1082.2 292 279 7 6 1 .979 -9 -10 2.38 2.07 .982 2.25 2.25
1960 TOT AL 27 CF 111 100 98 915.0 254 243 6 5 1 .980 -13 -17 2.45 2.24 .987 2.66 2.65
1960 BAL AL 27 OF 36 22 13 216.0 49 47 1 1 0 .980 2 9 2.00 1.33 .982 2.25 2.25
1960 BAL AL 27 RF 18 17 8 131.0 34 33 0 1 0 .971 3 29 2.27 1.83 .974 1.95 1.95
1960 BAL AL 27 LF 17 1 1 36.2 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 16 2.70 0.65 .984 2.14 2.13
1960 BAL AL 27 CF 9 4 4 48.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -50 1.49 0.89 .988 2.66 2.64
1960 BOS AL 27 CF 102 96 94 866.2 246 235 6 5 1 .980 -11 -15 2.50 2.36 .987 2.66 2.65
1960 BOS AL 27 OF 102 96 94 866.2 243 232 6 5 1 .979 -11 -15 2.47 2.33 .982 2.25 2.25
1961 WSA AL 28 OF 139 134 132 1187.0 342 332 5 5 0 .985 -4 -4 2.56 2.42 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 WSA AL 28 CF 138 134 132 1185.0 338 328 5 5 0 .985 -4 -4 2.53 2.41 .982 2.60 2.56
1961 WSA AL 28 RF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.00
1962 TOT AL 29 OF 76 54 37 519.1 121 119 1 1 0 .992 -8 -19 2.08 1.58 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 TOT AL 29 CF 60 42 27 388.2 95 94 1 0 0 1.000 -6 -19 2.20 1.58 .986 2.58 2.57
1962 TOT AL 29 LF 19 7 7 81.2 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -1 -21 1.76 0.84 .976 2.01 2.00
1962 WSA AL 29 OF 10 8 8 72.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -2 -30 1.75 1.40 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 WSA AL 29 LF 7 7 7 62.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -2 -29 1.60 1.57 .976 2.00 2.00
1962 WSA AL 29 CF 3 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -36 2.70 1.00 .987 2.61 2.57
1962 CLE AL 29 OF 66 46 29 447.1 106 105 1 0 0 1.000 -7 -18 2.13 1.61 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 CLE AL 29 CF 57 41 26 378.2 92 91 1 0 0 1.000 -6 -19 2.19 1.61 .986 2.58 2.57
1962 CLE AL 29 LF 12 0 0 19.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.29 0.42 .976 2.01 2.00
1962 CLE AL 29 RF 11 5 3 49.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -20 2.20 1.09 .979 2.00 1.99
1962 CLE AL 29 3B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .950 2.70 3.10
1963 CLE AL 30 OF 37 31 24 277.0 54 53 0 1 0 .981 -1 -6 1.72 1.43 .981 2.16 2.16
1963 CLE AL 30 LF 18 14 11 121.2 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -0 -5 1.63 1.22 .976 1.90 1.90
1963 CLE AL 30 RF 13 12 10 104.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -40 1.29 1.15 .980 2.01 2.01
1963 CLE AL 30 CF 7 5 3 51.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 3 61 3.18 2.57 .986 2.58 2.59
1963 CLE AL 30 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .980 5.40 5.10
6 Seasons OF 543 472 421 4308.1 1183 1133 26 24 5 .980 -27 -8 2.42 2.13 .980 2.23 2.22
6 Seasons CF 459 414 379 3731.2 1068 1022 25 21 5 .980 -25 -8 2.53 2.28 .984 2.65 2.63
5 Seasons LF 67 23 20 269.1 59 56 1 2 0 .966 -1 -4 1.90 0.85 .978 1.98 2.02
5 Seasons RF 48 35 22 307.1 66 64 1 1 0 .985 -1 -4 1.90 1.35 .977 1.98 1.98
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .950 2.70 3.10
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .980 5.40 5.10
6 Seasons TOT 545 472 421 4310.1 1185 1134 27 24 5 .980 -27 -8 2.42 2.13 .980 2.23 2.22
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
1958 BAL AL 25 CF -1 -17 -1 1 -2 0
1958 BAL AL 25 LF 1 90 1 1 -0 0
1958 BAL AL 25 RF -0 -11 -0 0 -0 0
1959 BAL AL 26 CF -3 -4 -2 2 -4 -1
1959 BAL AL 26 LF 0 0 0 1 -0 0
1960 BAL AL 27 RF 3 29 3 2 1 0
1960 BAL AL 27 LF 0 16 -0 -0 -0 1
1960 BAL AL 27 CF -2 -50 -2 -2 -0 0
1960 BOS AL 27 CF -11 -15 -11 -8 -3 0
1961 WSA AL 28 CF -4 -4 -3 -0 -3 -1
1961 WSA AL 28 RF 0 120 0 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 29 LF -2 -29 -2 -1 -0 0
1962 WSA AL 29 CF -0 -36 -0 -0 -0 0
1962 CLE AL 29 CF -6 -19 -4 -3 -1 -2
1962 CLE AL 29 LF 0 6 0 -0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 29 RF -1 -20 -1 -0 -0 0
1962 CLE AL 29 3B -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1963 CLE AL 30 LF -0 -5 -2 -1 -0 1
1963 CLE AL 30 RF -4 -40 -2 -1 -1 -1
1963 CLE AL 30 CF 3 61 3 2 0 0
1963 CLE AL 30 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons CF -25 -8 -21 -7 -14 -4
5 Seasons LF -1 -4 -3 -1 -1 2
5 Seasons RF -1 -4 -0 1 -1 -1
1 Season 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3B -0 -120 -0 -0 0
6 Seasons TOT -27 -8 -24 -8 -16 0 -3
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
1958 BAL AL 25 18 12 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 5 16 0 1 1
1959 BAL AL 26 142 123 142 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 131 0 137 0 5 5
1960 BOS AL 27 105 96 105 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 102 0 5 2
1960 BAL AL 27 39 22 39 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 18 36 0 3 4
1961 WSA AL 28 141 134 141 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 1 139 0 2 3
1962 CLE AL 29 75 46 75 66 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 57 11 66 0 17 4
1962 WSA AL 29 11 8 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 10 0 2 1
1963 CLE AL 30 52 31 52 38 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 7 13 37 0 15 2
6 Seasons 583 472 583 544 0 0 0 1 1 0 67 459 48 543 0 50 22
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%
1958 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 374 63% 78% 26% 41 51%
1959 BAL AL 26 11 1 10 0 0 13 0 3 4 3 65 29 5 42 3 1 6 1 0 16 3 0 34 26 3 163 62 38.0% 92 9 5.5% 4 4601 64% 82% 29% 587 55%
1960 BOS AL 27 5 0 5 0 1 6 0 2 3 0 40 19 1 39 6 0 10 6 0 16 2 0 21 17 0 126 50 39.7% 74 1 0.8% 5 3816 68% 80% 27% 430 56%
1960 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 210 67% 78% 25% 20 40%
1961 WSA AL 28 5 0 4 1 1 5 0 3 1 1 75 40 1 52 2 0 17 9 1 17 3 0 42 32 0 203 86 42.4% 115 2 1.0% 3 5115 63% 83% 28% 651 51%
1962 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 3 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 10 5 0 39 10 25.6% 29 0 0.0% 1 1616 59% 81% 27% 138 67%
1962 WSA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 53 60% 77% 17% 5 60%
1963 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 200 64% 79% 36% 24 75%
6 Seasons 21 1 19 1 2 25 0 9 8 4 202 97 7 148 13 1 37 18 1 58 8 0 111 84 3 556 220 39.6% 323 12 2.2% 13 15985 64% 81% 28% 1896 55%
MLB Averages 42.3% 2.1% 63% 80% 29% 56%

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%
1958 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 31 65% 90% 39% 6 50%
1959 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 89 63% 80% 22% 10 50%
1960 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 2 1 20.0% 0 156 70% 86% 31% 16 69%
1962 CLE AL 29 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 66% 80% 26% 10 50%
1962 WSA AL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 268 58% 82% 24% 20 55%
1963 CLE AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 504 59% 81% 29% 51 43%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 13 12 1 6 1 0 3 3 0 5 1 0 4 4 0 31 21 67.7% 9 1 3.2% 0 1141 61% 82% 27% 113 50%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.5% 63% 80% 29% 48%

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%
1958 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 93 72% 84% 34% 6 67%
1960 BAL AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 539 60% 78% 28% 54 61%
1961 WSA AL 28 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 12 83% 67% 25% 1 100%
1962 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 1 225 52% 83% 28% 21 52%
1963 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 3 21.4% 11 0 0.0% 0 444 53% 83% 27% 40 38%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 5 0 8 1 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 9 7 0 40 16 40.0% 24 0 0.0% 1 1313 58% 81% 28% 122 52%
MLB Averages 40.5% 3.1% 63% 80% 29% 53%

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%
1962 CLE AL 29 5 60% 120% 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
1 Season 5 60% 120% 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
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 89% 59%

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
1963 CLE AL 30 3 33% 67% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 33% 67% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 93%

* 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

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 AL  131 (4th)
1961 AL  138 (5th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 AL  318 (4th)
1961 AL  328 (5th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 AL  13 (2nd)
1960 AL  6 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 AL  11 (1st)
1960 AL  5 (2nd)
1961 AL  5 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1959 AL  320 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1959 AL  13 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1959 AL  11 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1959 AL  2.70 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 AL  2.53 (5th)
1961 AL  2.41 (4th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 AL  .985 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1959 AL  2.43 (5th)

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