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Bobby Thomson

Robert Brown Thomson (Flying Scot or The Staten Island Scot)

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 25, 1923 in Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
High School: Curtis HS (Staten Island, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1946 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cubs/RedSox/Orioles 1946-1960

Final Game: July 17, 1960 (Age 36)
Died: August 16, 2010 in Savannah, GA
Cremated
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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
1946 NYG NL 22 3B 16 15 15 46 18 25 3 0 .935 2.69 .952 3.08
1947 NYG NL 23 OF 127 126 125 349 330 12 7 2 .980 2.69 .977 2.42
1947 NYG NL 23 CF 126 126 125 353 334 12 7 2 .980 2.75 .977 2.79
1947 NYG NL 23 2B 9 9 9 52 27 20 5 4 .904 5.22 .975 5.57
1948 NYG NL 24 OF 125 115 112 333 313 10 10 2 .970 2.58 .978 2.39 AS
1948 NYG NL 24 LF 63 54 52 142 135 3 4 0 .972 2.19 .970 2.31 AS
1948 NYG NL 24 CF 58 58 57 173 161 7 5 2 .971 2.90 .984 2.77 AS
1948 NYG NL 24 RF 4 3 3 12 11 0 1 0 .917 2.75 .976 2.00 AS
1949 NYG NL 25 CF 156 156 156 480 464 7 9 4 .981 3.02 .978 2.87 AS,MVP-14
1949 NYG NL 25 OF 156 156 156 507 488 10 9 4 .982 3.19 .977 2.48 AS,MVP-14
1950 NYG NL 26 CF 149 148 144 1312.2 412 387 16 9 7 .978 2.76 2.70 .980 2.76 2.73
1950 NYG NL 26 OF 149 148 144 1312.2 418 394 15 9 5 .978 2.80 2.74 .978 2.34 2.31
1951 NYG NL 27 OF 77 70 69 651.1 177 168 3 6 1 .966 2.36 2.22 .981 2.42 2.41 MVP-8
1951 NYG NL 27 3B 69 69 68 608.2 240 90 136 14 13 .942 3.34 3.28 .953 3.37 3.36 MVP-8
1951 NYG NL 27 LF 38 34 33 323.1 77 72 1 4 0 .948 2.03 1.92 .977 2.32 2.31 MVP-8
1951 NYG NL 27 CF 37 36 36 321.2 97 93 2 2 2 .979 2.66 2.57 .983 2.89 2.87 MVP-8
1951 NYG NL 27 RF 3 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.99 2.03 MVP-8
1952 NYG NL 28 3B 91 90 89 801.2 283 82 184 17 13 .940 2.99 2.92 .954 3.15 3.12 AS,MVP-16
1952 NYG NL 28 CF 63 63 60 549.1 152 148 3 1 0 .993 2.47 2.40 .983 2.75 2.72 AS,MVP-16
1952 NYG NL 28 OF 63 63 60 549.1 156 152 3 1 0 .994 2.54 2.46 .981 2.31 2.29 AS,MVP-16
1953 NYG NL 29 OF 154 152 152 1347.2 414 391 16 7 0 .983 -10 -9 2.72 2.64 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 NYG NL 29 CF 153 152 152 1345.2 415 395 13 7 0 .983 -10 -9 2.73 2.67 .980 2.84 2.79
1953 NYG NL 29 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1954 MLN NL 30 OF 26 23 17 199.0 49 45 3 1 2 .980 -1 -4 2.17 1.85 .975 2.36 2.34
1954 MLN NL 30 LF 25 23 17 197.0 44 40 3 1 2 .977 -1 -4 1.96 1.72 .971 2.18 2.17
1954 MLN NL 30 RF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .970 1.80 2.00
1955 MLN NL 31 OF 91 86 76 774.2 193 182 5 6 0 .969 0 0 2.17 2.05 .977 2.30 2.28
1955 MLN NL 31 LF 88 84 75 753.2 165 155 5 5 0 .970 0 0 1.91 1.82 .972 2.04 2.02
1955 MLN NL 31 CF 3 2 1 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 1.71 1.33 .982 2.61 2.57
1956 MLN NL 32 OF 136 115 100 1066.1 271 257 7 7 0 .974 12 13 2.23 1.94 .977 2.28 2.25
1956 MLN NL 32 LF 125 98 89 920.1 225 212 6 7 0 .969 13 17 2.13 1.74 .973 2.06 2.04
1956 MLN NL 32 CF 22 17 11 146.0 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 2.59 1.91 .982 2.76 2.73
1956 MLN NL 32 3B 3 3 3 27.0 18 5 10 3 0 .833 -0 -4 5.00 5.00 .956 3.03 3.03
1957 TOT NL 33 OF 109 88 74 824.0 208 202 4 2 0 .990 7 11 2.25 1.89 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 TOT NL 33 LF 89 63 57 604.2 135 130 4 1 0 .993 3 7 1.99 1.51 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 TOT NL 33 CF 9 7 4 59.1 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1 24 3.64 2.67 .985 2.82 2.83
1957 MLN NL 33 OF 38 37 31 334.0 81 78 2 1 0 .988 2 6 2.16 2.11 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 MLN NL 33 LF 36 32 29 295.2 66 63 2 1 0 .985 1 4 1.98 1.81 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 MLN NL 33 CF 6 5 2 38.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 25 3.52 2.50 .985 2.82 2.83
1957 NYG NL 33 OF 71 51 43 490.0 127 124 2 1 0 .992 6 14 2.31 1.77 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 NYG NL 33 LF 53 31 28 309.0 69 67 2 0 0 1.000 2 10 2.01 1.30 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 NYG NL 33 RF 20 18 13 160.0 46 45 0 1 0 .978 3 21 2.53 2.25 .972 1.98 1.99
1957 NYG NL 33 CF 3 2 2 21.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 23 3.86 3.00 .984 2.83 2.83
1957 NYG NL 33 3B 1 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 3.00 3.00 .953 3.00 3.00
1958 CHC NL 34 OF 148 146 136 1287.2 370 353 13 4 3 .989 3 2 2.56 2.47 .980 2.26 2.25
1958 CHC NL 34 CF 145 144 136 1259.2 354 337 13 4 3 .989 3 3 2.50 2.41 .986 2.73 2.71
1958 CHC NL 34 LF 7 0 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -70 0.00 0.00 2.03 2.00
1958 CHC NL 34 3B 4 2 2 21.0 9 5 3 1 1 .889 -0 -11 3.43 2.00 .952 3.17 3.15
1958 CHC NL 34 RF 2 2 0 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 1.12 1.00 .980 2.02 2.00
1959 CHC NL 35 OF 116 96 71 895.1 235 223 9 3 4 .987 4 6 2.33 2.00 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 CHC NL 35 LF 61 31 24 297.0 66 60 4 2 2 .970 1 4 1.94 1.05 .971 2.04 2.02
1959 CHC NL 35 CF 50 46 32 394.0 113 110 3 0 2 1.000 0 0 2.58 2.26 .980 2.62 2.60
1959 CHC NL 35 RF 29 19 15 204.1 57 54 2 1 0 .982 4 21 2.47 1.93 .978 1.95 1.93
1960 TOT AL 36 OF 29 26 24 233.1 68 65 1 2 1 .971 2 8 2.55 2.28 .982 2.25 2.25
1960 TOT AL 36 LF 13 12 12 110.0 30 28 0 2 0 .933 -1 -15 2.29 2.15 .984 2.14 2.13
1960 TOT AL 36 RF 3 1 1 14.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -59 0.63 0.33 .970 1.95 1.97
1960 BOS AL 36 OF 27 25 23 222.1 68 65 1 2 1 .971 2 13 2.67 2.44 .982 2.25 2.25
1960 BOS AL 36 CF 13 13 11 109.0 37 36 1 0 1 1.000 4 41 3.06 2.85 .987 2.66 2.65
1960 BOS AL 36 LF 12 12 12 108.0 30 28 0 2 0 .933 -1 -12 2.33 2.33 .984 2.14 2.13
1960 BOS AL 36 RF 2 0 0 5.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -23 1.69 0.50 .970 1.86 1.95
1960 BOS AL 36 1B 1 1 1 9.0 12 10 0 2 2 .833 0 13 10.00 10.00 .991 9.60 9.60
1960 BAL AL 36 OF 2 1 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -98 0.00 0.00 2.29 2.25
1960 BAL AL 36 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1960 BAL AL 36 RF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -80 0.00 0.00 2.00 2.00
14 Seasons OF 1506 1410 1316 9141.1 3748 3563 111 74 24 .980 17 2 2.47 2.44 .978 2.31 2.33
13 Seasons CF 984 968 925 5518.1 2656 2534 78 44 23 .983 -3 -1 2.65 2.65 .981 2.77 2.77
9 Seasons LF 509 399 359 3218.0 884 832 26 26 4 .971 14 5 2.01 1.69 .974 2.08 2.10
6 Seasons 3B 184 180 178 1467.1 599 200 361 38 27 .937 -1 -0 3.18 3.05 .953 3.24 3.20
8 Seasons RF 63 43 32 405.0 119 114 2 3 0 .975 6 17 2.33 1.84 .975 1.96 1.97
1 Season 2B 9 9 9 52 27 20 5 4 .904 5.22 .975 5.57
1 Season 1B 1 1 1 9.0 12 10 0 2 2 .833 0 13 10.00 10.00 .991 9.60 9.60
15 Seasons TOT 1700 1600 1504 10617.2 4411 3800 492 119 57 .973 17 2 2.58 2.52 .975 2.44 2.44
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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
1946 NYG NL 22 3B
1947 NYG NL 23 CF
1947 NYG NL 23 2B
1948 NYG NL 24 LF
1948 NYG NL 24 CF
1948 NYG NL 24 RF
1949 NYG NL 25 CF
1950 NYG NL 26 CF
1951 NYG NL 27 3B
1951 NYG NL 27 LF
1951 NYG NL 27 CF
1951 NYG NL 27 RF
1952 NYG NL 28 3B
1952 NYG NL 28 CF
1953 NYG NL 29 CF -10 -9 -11 -4 -7 1
1953 NYG NL 29 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 30 LF -1 -4 -1 -2 1 0
1954 MLN NL 30 RF 0 60 0 0 0 0
1955 MLN NL 31 LF 0 0 2 -0 2 -2
1955 MLN NL 31 CF 0 6 0 0 0 0
1956 MLN NL 32 LF 13 17 8 3 4 5
1956 MLN NL 32 CF -1 -9 -1 -1 0 0
1956 MLN NL 32 3B -0 -4 -0 0 -0 0
1957 MLN NL 33 LF 1 4 1 1 0 0
1957 MLN NL 33 CF 1 25 1 1 -0 0
1957 NYG NL 33 LF 2 10 2 1 0 1
1957 NYG NL 33 RF 3 21 3 1 2 0
1957 NYG NL 33 CF 0 23 0 -0 1 0
1957 NYG NL 33 3B -0 -40 -0 -0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 34 CF 3 3 -3 3 -6 6
1958 CHC NL 34 LF -1 -70 -1 -0 -0 0
1958 CHC NL 34 3B -0 -11 -0 -0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 34 RF -0 -8 -0 -0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 35 LF 1 4 -0 -0 0 1
1959 CHC NL 35 CF 0 0 3 6 -3 -3
1959 CHC NL 35 RF 4 21 4 0 4 -1
1960 BOS AL 36 CF 4 41 4 4 0 0
1960 BOS AL 36 LF -1 -12 1 -0 1 -2
1960 BOS AL 36 RF -0 -23 -0 0 -0 0
1960 BOS AL 36 1B 0 13 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 36 LF -0 -180 -0 0 -0 0
1960 BAL AL 36 RF -1 -80 -1 -1 0 0
13 Seasons CF -3 -1 -7 8 -15 4
9 Seasons LF 14 5 11 2 9 3
6 Seasons 3B -1 -0 -1 -1 -0 0
8 Seasons RF 6 17 7 0 7 -1
1 Season 2B
1 Season 1B 0 13 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons TOT 17 2 11 10 0 0 6
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
1946 NYG NL 22 18 15 18 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1947 NYG NL 23 138 135 138 135 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 126 0 126 0 3 0
1948 NYG NL 24 138 115 138 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 58 4 125 0 14 1
1949 NYG NL 25 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156 0 0 0
1950 NYG NL 26 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 0 0 0
1951 NYG NL 27 148 139 148 146 0 0 0 0 69 0 38 37 3 77 0 2 0
1952 NYG NL 28 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 63 0 63 0 0 0
1953 NYG NL 29 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 1 154 0 0 1
1954 MLN NL 30 43 23 43 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 1 26 0 18 2
1955 MLN NL 31 101 86 101 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 3 0 91 0 13 0
1956 MLN NL 32 142 118 142 139 0 0 0 0 3 0 126 23 0 136 0 6 1
1957 NYG NL 33 81 52 81 72 0 0 0 0 1 0 53 3 20 71 0 10 4
1957 MLN NL 33 41 37 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 6 0 38 0 4 0
1958 CHC NL 34 152 148 152 150 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 145 2 148 0 2 0
1959 CHC NL 35 122 96 122 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 50 29 116 0 10 3
1960 BOS AL 36 40 26 40 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 13 2 27 0 14 0
1960 BAL AL 36 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0
15 Seasons 1779 1600 1779 1696 0 0 1 9 184 0 510 985 63 1505 0 99 12
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 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%
1947 NYG NL 23 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 3 1 0 35 17 0 26 2 1 2 2 0 10 3 0 22 15 2 95 39 41.1% 53 3 3.2% 1 2692 65% 82% 28% 293 62%
1948 NYG NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 8 5 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 6 4 0 26 10 38.5% 14 2 7.7% 1 905 65% 81% 30% 88 69%
1949 NYG NL 25 4 0 4 0 2 5 0 0 3 1 35 24 0 19 3 1 4 1 0 13 1 0 18 14 1 89 43 48.3% 44 2 2.2% 3 3574 66% 83% 33% 413 66%
1950 NYG NL 26 6 0 5 1 1 11 1 4 2 1 71 43 1 35 4 0 8 2 0 20 3 1 33 24 3 167 76 45.5% 86 5 3.0% 6 4277 65% 82% 31% 529 58%
1951 NYG NL 27 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 9 5 0 7 1 0 2 1 0 7 1 1 8 6 1 33 14 42.4% 17 2 6.1% 0 1192 62% 82% 31% 132 64%
1952 NYG NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 12 9 1 10 1 0 2 0 0 13 1 0 10 7 0 47 18 38.3% 28 1 2.1% 2 2043 64% 79% 29% 186 71%
1953 NYG NL 29 7 0 6 1 1 13 0 4 4 3 83 53 2 36 4 1 15 8 1 17 2 0 34 24 0 185 91 49.2% 90 4 2.2% 9 5685 59% 81% 33% 663 58%
1955 MLN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 78 62% 73% 24% 7 57%
1956 MLN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 6 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 21 10 47.6% 11 0 0.0% 1 562 62% 84% 32% 76 53%
1957 MLN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 178 63% 74% 30% 24 63%
1957 NYG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 87 60% 85% 28% 14 64%
1958 CHC NL 34 4 0 3 1 2 13 0 4 5 3 63 38 4 37 4 1 5 4 0 21 4 1 32 25 2 158 75 47.5% 75 8 5.1% 5 5411 60% 77% 28% 553 62%
1959 CHC NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 20 9 0 19 0 0 3 1 0 7 1 0 10 6 0 59 17 28.8% 42 0 0.0% 3 1686 55% 81% 28% 189 59%
1960 BOS AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 464 61% 80% 28% 63 57%
13 Seasons 28 0 24 4 8 59 1 19 19 10 355 216 9 206 22 4 47 20 1 119 18 4 178 129 9 905 405 44.8% 473 27 3.0% 32 28834 62% 81% 30% 3230 61%
MLB Averages 44.7% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 58%

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%
1948 NYG NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 13 11 1 9 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 30 20 66.7% 8 1 3.3% 1 863 66% 83% 34% 105 55%
1951 NYG NL 27 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 8 1 4 2 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 24 15 62.5% 8 1 4.2% 0 1065 63% 83% 32% 105 56%
1954 MLN NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 1 741 62% 81% 32% 73 48%
1955 MLN NL 31 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 2 0 3 28 22 0 11 0 2 7 3 0 10 3 0 15 12 0 71 40 56.3% 29 2 2.8% 3 2852 62% 79% 29% 229 65%
1956 MLN NL 32 6 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 37 34 0 24 8 4 9 5 0 10 5 0 10 10 0 90 62 68.9% 24 4 4.4% 0 3424 62% 82% 32% 355 54%
1957 NYG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 11 10 1 6 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 27 17 63.0% 8 2 7.4% 0 1153 59% 82% 27% 113 58%
1957 MLN NL 33 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 16 12 0 8 3 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 36 22 61.1% 14 0 0.0% 2 1227 65% 83% 29% 135 47%
1958 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 35 57% 83% 31% 4 0%
1959 CHC NL 35 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 18 15 0 8 3 1 7 4 0 2 1 0 4 3 1 39 26 66.7% 11 2 5.1% 2 1290 57% 82% 29% 137 45%
1960 BOS AL 36 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 9 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 24 8 33.3% 16 0 0.0% 0 482 66% 76% 24% 65 43%
1960 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 14 71% 64% 7% 3 0%
9 Seasons 21 0 21 0 4 21 0 5 1 9 147 123 3 83 21 8 48 22 0 31 10 0 50 46 1 359 222 61.8% 124 12 3.3% 9 13146 62% 81% 30% 1324 54%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 63% 81% 30% 50%

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%
1946 NYG NL 22 121 82% 77% 28% 8 100% 0 4 3 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1951 NYG NL 27 2505 61% 83% 29% 236 86% 0 88 65 12 11 140 113 20 1 8 15 0 14 1 12 13 8 1 13 0 0 0 1 100%
1952 NYG NL 28 2938 58% 81% 27% 246 88% 1 71 55 2 14 163 135 25 0 5 13 0 11 2 12 10 9 0 10 0 0 0 8 88%
1956 MLN NL 32 124 64% 80% 26% 16 75% 0 5 3 1 1 9 8 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 33 44 77% 91% 20% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 34 91 84% 80% 19% 7 86% 1 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
6 Seasons 5823 61% 82% 28% 517 87% 2 172 128 16 28 323 265 48 1 14 32 0 29 3 26 24 17 1 23 1 1 0 10 90%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 89% 65%

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%
1951 NYG NL 27 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 29 62% 72% 31% 3 0%
1953 NYG NL 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 6 67% 83% 50% 0
1954 MLN NL 30 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 11 64% 91% 9% 1 100%
1957 NYG NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 20 11 55.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 633 60% 83% 30% 78 54%
1958 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 66 71% 73% 32% 3 67%
1959 CHC NL 35 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 14 3 0 12 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 0 33 8 24.2% 24 1 3.0% 1 875 62% 80% 30% 98 57%
1960 BOS AL 36 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 23 65% 78% 30% 2 50%
1960 BAL AL 36 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 38 47% 87% 26% 2 0%
7 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 21 3 0 15 2 1 7 4 0 3 2 0 10 9 0 56 20 35.7% 35 1 1.8% 1 1681 61% 81% 30% 187 55%
MLB Averages 42.4% 3.3% 63% 81% 30% 54%

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
1947 NYG NL 23 292 65% 80% 27% 28 89% 0 22 7 8 7 18 15 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
1 Season 292 65% 80% 27% 28 89% 0 22 7 8 7 18 15 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 93%

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%
1960 BOS AL 36 45 89% 80% 31% 4 50% 0 10 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1 Season 45 89% 80% 31% 4 50% 0 10 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 93% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 4.0%)
1967 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1967 Run Off ( 0.3%)
1968 BBWAA ( 4.6%)
1969 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1970 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1972 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1973 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1974 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1975 BBWAA ( 2.8%)
1976 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1977 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1978 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1979 BBWAA ( 2.5%)

All-Star Games
1948 *
1949 *
1952 (3B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (14, 7%)
1951 NL (8, 18%)
1952 NL (16, 5%)
0.30 Career Shares (614th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1952 NL  184 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1952 NL  17 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1952 NL  13 (5th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 NL  88 (4th)
1956 NL  125 (3rd)
1957 NL  89 (5th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 NL  155 (4th)
1956 NL  212 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 NL  5 (4th)
1956 NL  6 (4th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 NL  5 (3rd)
1956 NL  7 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 NL  2 (1st)
1959 NL  2 (3rd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  126 (3rd)
1949 NL  156 (1st)
1950 NL  149 (2nd)
1953 NL  153 (2nd)
1958 NL  145 (3rd)
Career  984 (88th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  334 (2nd)
1949 NL  464 (2nd)
1950 NL  387 (2nd)
1953 NL  395 (3rd)
1958 NL  337 (5th)
Career  2,534 (84th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  12 (2nd)
1948 NL  7 (5th)
1949 NL  7 (4th)
1950 NL  16 (2nd)
1953 NL  13 (3rd)
1958 NL  13 (3rd)
Career  78 (58th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  7 (2nd)
1948 NL  5 (4th)
1949 NL  9 (2nd)
1950 NL  9 (2nd)
1953 NL  7 (3rd)
1958 NL  4 (5th)
Career  44 (79th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  2 (2nd)
1948 NL  2 (2nd)
1949 NL  4 (1st)
1950 NL  7 (1st)
1958 NL  3 (1st)
1959 NL  2 (3rd)
1960 AL  1 (3rd)
Career  23 (35th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1949 NL  156 (1st)
1950 NL  149 (4th)
1953 NL  154 (4th)
1958 NL  148 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1949 NL  488 (2nd)
1950 NL  394 (2nd)
1953 NL  391 (4th)
1958 NL  353 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1950 NL  15 (3rd)
1953 NL  16 (3rd)
1958 NL  13 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1948 NL  10 (3rd)
1950 NL  9 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1949 NL  4 (2nd)
1950 NL  5 (2nd)
1958 NL  3 (2nd)
1959 NL  4 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.99 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1952 NL  2.92 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 NL  13 (1st)
1957 NL  3 (5th)
Career  14 (88th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1955 NL  1.91 (4th)
1956 NL  2.13 (3rd)
1957 NL  1.99 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 NL  1.82 (4th)
1956 NL  1.74 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 NL  .969 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 AL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.76 (4th)
1953 NL  2.73 (5th)
1958 NL  2.50 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  2.75 (3rd)
1949 NL  3.02 (2nd)
1950 NL  2.70 (3rd)
1953 NL  2.67 (4th)
1958 NL  2.41 (5th)
Career  2.65 (52nd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  .980 (3rd)
1949 NL  .981 (3rd)
1950 NL  .978 (3rd)
1953 NL  .983 (4th)
1958 NL  .989 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 NL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.80 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1947 NL  2.69 (3rd)
1949 NL  3.19 (2nd)
1950 NL  2.75 (2nd)
Career  2.44 (99th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1957 NL  .990 (3rd)
1958 NL  .989 (5th)

             

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