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Don Taussig

Donald Franklin Taussig

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 19, 1932 in New York, NY
High School: Long Beach HS (Long Beach, NY)
School: Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1958
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants/Colt.45's 1958-1962

Final Game: August 11, 1962
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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 SFG NL 26 OF 36 10 6 141.2 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -8 1.78 0.78 .980 2.26 2.25
1958 SFG NL 26 LF 26 1 0 58.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 27 1.99 0.50 .975 2.01 2.00
1958 SFG NL 26 RF 10 9 6 79.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -41 1.59 1.40 .978 2.02 2.01
1958 SFG NL 26 CF 1 0 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 150 6.75 3.00 .987 2.70 2.70
1961 STL NL 29 OF 87 47 29 484.1 130 123 6 1 2 .992 6 15 2.40 1.48 .977 2.16 2.14
1961 STL NL 29 LF 47 9 8 142.2 45 43 1 1 1 .978 6 50 2.78 0.94 .973 1.88 1.86
1961 STL NL 29 RF 29 18 13 173.0 35 32 3 0 0 1.000 2 10 1.82 1.21 .974 1.93 1.91
1961 STL NL 29 CF 22 20 8 168.2 45 43 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -10 2.40 2.05 .981 2.63 2.60
1962 HOU NL 30 LF 4 2 2 32.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 26 2.53 2.25 .968 1.80 1.80
1962 HOU NL 30 OF 4 3 2 35.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 41 2.57 2.50 .974 2.06 2.05
1962 HOU NL 30 RF 1 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 200 6.00 2.00 .975 1.80 1.90
3 Seasons OF 127 60 37 661.0 168 161 6 1 2 .994 6 12 2.27 1.31 .977 2.18 2.17
3 Seasons LF 77 12 10 233.1 67 65 1 1 1 .985 8 41 2.55 0.86 .973 1.90 1.90
3 Seasons RF 40 28 19 255.0 51 48 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 1.80 1.28 .975 1.96 1.94
2 Seasons CF 23 20 8 172.2 48 46 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -6 2.50 2.09 .981 2.63 2.60
3 Seasons TOT 127 60 37 661.0 168 161 6 1 2 .994 6 12 2.27 1.31 .977 2.18 2.17
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 SFG NL 26 LF 1 27 0 -0 1 1
1958 SFG NL 26 RF -3 -41 -2 -1 -1 -1
1958 SFG NL 26 CF 0 150 0 0 0 0
1961 STL NL 29 LF 6 50 6 6 0 0
1961 STL NL 29 RF 2 10 0 -1 1 1
1961 STL NL 29 CF -1 -10 -1 -3 1 0
1962 HOU NL 30 LF 1 26 1 0 0 0
1962 HOU NL 30 RF 0 200 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons LF 8 41 7 5 2 1
3 Seasons RF -1 -3 -1 -1 1 0
2 Seasons CF -1 -6 -1 -3 2 0
3 Seasons TOT 6 12 5 1 4 1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 SFG NL 26 39 10 39 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 10 36 0 3 6
1961 STL NL 29 98 47 98 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 22 29 87 0 9 15
1962 HOU NL 30 16 3 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 13 0
3 Seasons 153 60 153 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 23 40 127 0 25 21
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 -- 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 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 7 87.5% 1 0 0.0% 0 263 64% 82% 25% 27 48%
1961 STL NL 29 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 6 3 0 3 3 0 4 1 0 5 4 0 26 17 65.4% 9 0 0.0% 1 617 60% 74% 28% 81 53%
1962 HOU NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 134 75% 75% 25% 22 41%
3 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 11 0 9 3 0 6 6 0 4 1 0 6 5 0 39 26 66.7% 13 0 0.0% 1 1014 63% 76% 27% 130 50%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.6% 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 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 14.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 349 65% 80% 24% 31 45%
1961 STL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 11 4 2 8 1 0 8 7 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 31 15 48.4% 14 2 6.5% 1 724 53% 83% 27% 78 44%
1962 HOU NL 30 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 12 83% 92% 42% 3 67%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 15 5 2 9 1 0 8 7 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 38 16 42.1% 20 2 5.3% 1 1085 58% 82% 27% 112 45%
MLB Averages 40.3% 3.1% 63% 80% 29% 53%

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 SFG NL 26 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 20 75% 80% 30% 3 100%
1961 STL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 13 6 0 9 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 2 1 32 10 31.3% 21 1 3.1% 1 744 61% 79% 29% 86 51%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 13 6 0 9 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 2 1 32 10 31.3% 21 1 3.1% 1 764 62% 79% 29% 89 53%
MLB Averages 42.3% 2.0% 63% 80% 29% 55%

* 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 LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 NL  6 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1961 NL  .992 (2nd)

                           

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