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Jarvis Tatum

Jarvis Tatum

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 11, 1946 in Fresno, CA
High School: Edison HS (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 16th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1968
Team: Angels 1968-1970

Final Game: October 1, 1970
Died: January 6, 2003 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Fresno Memorial Gardens, Fresno, CA
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1968	CAL	AL	21	CF	11	11	10	96.0	34	34	0	0	1.000	0	5	3.19	3.09	.986	2.53	2.52
1968	CAL	AL	21	OF	11	11	10	96.0	25	25	0	0	1.000	0	5	2.34	2.27	.981	2.08	2.07
1969	CAL	AL	22	OF	5	5	4	35.0	7	6	0	1	.857	-1	-38	1.54	1.20	.979	2.13	2.12
1969	CAL	AL	22	RF	5	5	4	35.0	7	6	0	1	.857	-1	-38	1.54	1.20	.974	1.90	1.92
1970	CAL	AL	23	OF	58	44	26	392.2	112	108	2	2	.982	3	10	2.52	1.90	.980	2.14	2.13
1970	CAL	AL	23	CF	43	36	21	300.2	85	82	1	2	.976	2	9	2.48	1.93	.985	2.62	2.61
1970	CAL	AL	23	RF	14	8	5	80.0	22	21	1	0	1.000	1	9	2.48	1.57	.975	1.98	1.97
1970	CAL	AL	23	LF	8	0	0	12.0	5	5	0	0	1.000	1	60	3.75	0.63	.978	1.80	1.80
	3 Seasons			OF	74	60	40	523.2	144	139	2	3	.979	3	6	2.42	1.91	.980	2.13	2.12
	2 Seasons			CF	54	47	31	396.2	119	116	1	2	.983	3	8	2.65	2.17	.985	2.60	2.59
	2 Seasons			RF	19	13	9	115.0	29	27	1	1	.966	-0	-5	2.19	1.47	.975	1.96	1.96
	1 Season			LF	8	0	0	12.0	5	5	0	0	1.000	1	60	3.75	0.63	.978	1.80	1.80
	3 Seasons			TOT	74	60	40	523.2	144	139	2	3	.979	3	6	2.42	1.91	.980	2.13	2.12

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	Rof
1968	CAL	AL	21	CF	0	5	1	0	1	-1
1969	CAL	AL	22	RF	-1	-38	-0	0	-0	-1
1970	CAL	AL	23	CF	2	9	1	3	-2	1
1970	CAL	AL	23	RF	1	9	1	0	0	0
1970	CAL	AL	23	LF	1	60	1	-0	1	0
	2 Seasons			CF	3	8	3	3	-0	0
	2 Seasons			RF	-0	-5	1	0	0	-1
	1 Season			LF	1	60	1	-0	1	0
	3 Seasons			TOT	3	6	4	3	1	-1

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1968	CAL	AL	21	17	11	17	11	0	11	0	11	3	3
1969	CAL	AL	22	10	5	10	5	0	0	5	5	4	1
1970	CAL	AL	23	75	44	75	59	8	43	14	59	14	9
	3 Seasons			102	60	102	75	8	54	19	75	21	13

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%
1968	CAL	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	2	0	14	4	28.6%	10	0	0.0%	0	407	64%	80%	32%	51	67%
1970	CAL	AL	23	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	8	5	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	10	0	27	16	59.3%	10	1	3.7%	0	1242	62%	82%	27%	144	58%
	2 Seasons			2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	13	6	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	12	12	0	41	20	48.8%	20	1	2.4%	0	1649	63%	82%	29%	195	60%
	MLB Averages																														42.1%			2.4%			64%	79%	26%		55%

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%
1969	CAL	AL	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	1	11.1%	8	0	0.0%	0	150	73%	71%	23%	15	40%
1970	CAL	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	4	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	5	33.3%	10	0	0.0%	1	337	64%	82%	28%	37	59%
	2 Seasons			1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	5	0	7	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	24	6	25.0%	18	0	0.0%	1	487	67%	78%	26%	52	54%
	MLB Averages																														40.3%			3.2%			64%	79%	26%		52%

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	CAL	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	75.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	60	67%	67%	37%	9	56%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	75.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	60	67%	67%	37%	9	56%
	MLB Averages																														58.7%			2.9%			64%	79%	26%		45%

* 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.

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