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Bobby Tolan

Robert Tolan

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 19, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1965 (Age 19)
Teams (by GP): Reds/Padres/Cardinals/Phillies/Pirates 1965-1979

Final Game: September 19, 1979 (Age 33)
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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
1965 STL NL 19 OF 17 17 17 153.2 33 32 0 1 0 .970 0 4 1.87 1.88 .975 2.00 2.00
1965 STL NL 19 RF 17 17 17 153.2 34 33 0 1 0 .971 0 4 1.93 1.94 .975 1.95 1.95
1966 STL NL 20 OF 26 22 19 204.0 42 39 1 2 0 .952 2 12 1.76 1.54 .974 2.03 2.03
1966 STL NL 20 RF 15 14 14 128.0 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -0 -3 1.41 1.33 .978 1.95 1.95
1966 STL NL 20 LF 11 8 5 76.0 22 20 1 1 0 .955 2 38 2.49 1.91 .963 1.74 1.74
1966 STL NL 20 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.90
1967 STL NL 21 OF 80 47 36 479.2 123 118 4 1 1 .992 1 3 2.29 1.53 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 STL NL 21 CF 54 33 27 327.2 87 83 3 1 1 .989 -0 -2 2.36 1.59 .981 2.29 2.29
1967 STL NL 21 RF 26 12 8 129.1 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 2 15 2.23 1.23 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 STL NL 21 1B 13 8 6 94.0 112 107 5 0 7 1.000 0 1 10.72 8.62 .991 9.96 9.96
1967 STL NL 21 LF 5 2 1 22.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.59 0.80 .970 1.75 1.74
1968 STL NL 22 OF 67 56 49 530.2 123 116 3 4 1 .967 -0 -0 2.02 1.78 .975 2.02 2.03
1968 STL NL 22 RF 59 48 42 454.2 96 93 1 2 1 .979 -1 -3 1.86 1.59 .981 2.01 2.01
1968 STL NL 22 1B 9 7 7 78.2 92 83 9 0 7 1.000 2 38 10.53 10.22 .992 10.09 10.12
1968 STL NL 22 CF 9 7 6 68.0 28 24 2 2 0 .929 1 19 3.44 2.89 .978 2.40 2.40
1968 STL NL 22 LF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 1.69 1.60
1969 CIN NL 23 OF 150 149 144 1332.1 378 362 6 10 3 .974 8 7 2.49 2.45 .973 2.02 2.01
1969 CIN NL 23 CF 87 86 85 777.1 249 240 3 6 1 .976 7 11 2.81 2.79 .977 2.32 2.30
1969 CIN NL 23 RF 63 63 59 555.0 134 127 3 4 2 .970 1 2 2.11 2.06 .975 1.84 1.82
1970 CIN NL 24 CF 150 146 138 1301.0 357 342 7 8 0 .978 5 5 2.41 2.33 .978 2.34 2.33 MVP-16
1970 CIN NL 24 OF 150 146 138 1301.0 364 349 7 8 0 .978 5 5 2.46 2.37 .976 2.07 2.06 MVP-16
1972 CIN NL 26 CF 149 148 128 1323.2 419 406 9 4 3 .990 10 10 2.82 2.79 .980 2.60 2.61 MVP-20
1972 CIN NL 26 OF 149 148 128 1323.2 414 401 9 4 3 .990 10 10 2.79 2.75 .978 2.18 2.19 MVP-20
1973 CIN NL 27 OF 120 116 87 1033.1 298 279 9 10 1 .966 -1 -2 2.51 2.40 .977 2.23 2.23
1973 CIN NL 27 CF 76 69 46 597.1 191 183 1 7 0 .963 -3 -6 2.77 2.42 .980 2.63 2.63
1973 CIN NL 27 RF 67 47 41 436.0 99 89 7 3 1 .970 1 4 1.98 1.43 .973 2.01 2.01
1974 SDP NL 28 OF 88 84 72 741.1 171 161 5 5 0 .971 -14 -22 2.02 1.89 .979 2.27 2.27
1974 SDP NL 28 RF 84 74 68 664.1 149 139 5 5 0 .966 -10 -19 1.95 1.71 .975 2.03 2.03
1974 SDP NL 28 CF 10 10 4 77.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -50 2.57 2.20 .985 2.77 2.77
1975 SDP NL 29 OF 120 114 92 1004.1 242 230 5 7 1 .971 -1 -1 2.11 1.96 .978 2.29 2.28
1975 SDP NL 29 LF 94 83 69 747.1 167 158 4 5 1 .970 1 1 1.95 1.72 .973 2.10 2.10
1975 SDP NL 29 1B 27 10 7 126.2 121 106 15 0 7 1.000 2 22 8.60 4.48 .990 9.98 9.96
1975 SDP NL 29 RF 20 18 17 155.1 38 35 1 2 0 .947 -2 -12 2.09 1.80 .974 2.03 2.03
1975 SDP NL 29 CF 13 13 6 101.2 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 3.01 2.62 .984 2.72 2.72
1976 PHI NL 30 1B 50 41 31 375.2 370 354 13 3 36 .992 -4 -11 8.79 7.34 .991 9.95 9.93
1976 PHI NL 30 OF 35 20 6 192.0 44 41 1 2 0 .955 -4 -24 1.97 1.20 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 PHI NL 30 LF 26 7 4 94.0 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -0 -4 2.01 0.81 .976 2.02 2.01
1976 PHI NL 30 CF 13 11 1 81.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -31 2.22 1.54 .984 2.84 2.84
1976 PHI NL 30 RF 4 2 1 17.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1 -99 2.12 1.00 .974 2.17 2.15
1977 TOT NL 31 1B 25 11 8 118.1 130 122 7 1 10 .992 -2 -24 9.81 5.16 .991 9.89 9.89
1977 PHI NL 31 1B 5 1 0 15.0 18 16 1 1 1 .944 -0 -24 10.20 3.40 .991 9.90 9.88
1977 PIT NL 31 1B 20 10 8 103.1 112 106 6 0 9 1.000 -2 -24 9.75 5.60 .991 9.89 9.89
1977 PIT NL 31 LF 2 0 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 120 4.50 1.50 .973 1.95 1.95
1977 PIT NL 31 OF 2 0 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 120 4.50 1.50 .977 2.25 2.25
1979 SDP NL 33 1B 5 0 0 13.0 12 10 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 8.31 2.40 .992 9.90 9.86
1979 SDP NL 33 OF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.30
1979 SDP NL 33 RF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.20
13 Seasons OF 1005 919 788 8305.0 2235 2131 50 54 10 .976 8 1 2.36 2.17 .976 2.14 2.14
9 Seasons CF 561 523 441 4654.2 1407 1353 26 28 5 .980 15 4 2.67 2.46 .979 2.47 2.47
10 Seasons RF 356 295 267 2696.1 608 571 18 19 4 .969 -10 -5 1.97 1.65 .976 1.98 1.98
6 Seasons LF 139 101 80 954.0 218 206 5 7 1 .968 3 4 1.99 1.52 .972 2.05 2.04
7 Seasons 1B 130 77 59 807.1 839 784 51 4 69 .995 -1 -2 9.31 6.42 .991 9.96 9.94
13 Seasons TOT 1135 996 847 9112.1 3074 2915 101 58 79 .981 7 1 2.98 2.66 .980 2.84 3.03
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
1965 STL NL 19 RF 0 4 2 0 2 -1
1966 STL NL 20 RF -0 -3 -0 0 -1 0
1966 STL NL 20 LF 2 38 2 1 1 0
1966 STL NL 20 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1967 STL NL 21 CF -0 -2 -0 1 -1 0
1967 STL NL 21 RF 2 15 2 0 1 0
1967 STL NL 21 1B 0 1 0 0 -0 0
1967 STL NL 21 LF 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1968 STL NL 22 RF -1 -3 0 2 -2 -1
1968 STL NL 22 1B 2 38 2 2 0 0
1968 STL NL 22 CF 1 19 1 1 0 0
1968 STL NL 22 LF -0 -30 -0 0 -0
1969 CIN NL 23 CF 7 11 7 5 2 0
1969 CIN NL 23 RF 1 2 2 2 0 -1
1970 CIN NL 24 CF 5 5 -2 2 -4 7
1972 CIN NL 26 CF 10 10 6 2 4 5
1973 CIN NL 27 CF -3 -6 0 0 -0 -3
1973 CIN NL 27 RF 1 4 -1 -1 0 2
1974 SDP NL 28 RF -10 -19 -5 -6 0 -5
1974 SDP NL 28 CF -3 -50 -1 -2 1 -2
1975 SDP NL 29 LF 1 1 -1 -5 4 2
1975 SDP NL 29 1B 2 22 2 2 1 0
1975 SDP NL 29 RF -2 -12 -2 1 -2 0
1975 SDP NL 29 CF 0 4 0 1 -0 0
1976 PHI NL 30 1B -4 -11 -4 0 -4 0
1976 PHI NL 30 LF -0 -4 1 0 1 -1
1976 PHI NL 30 CF -2 -31 -3 1 -4 1
1976 PHI NL 30 RF -1 -99 -0 -0 0 -1
1977 PHI NL 31 1B -0 -24 -0 -0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 31 1B -2 -24 -2 -0 -2 0
1977 PIT NL 31 LF 1 120 1 0 1 0
1979 SDP NL 33 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SDP NL 33 RF 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons CF 15 4 8 10 -3 8
10 Seasons RF -10 -5 -3 -2 -1 -7
6 Seasons LF 3 4 2 -4 7 1
7 Seasons 1B -1 -2 -1 4 -5 0
13 Seasons TOT 7 1 5 8 -2 0 2
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
1965 STL NL 19 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 20 43 22 43 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 15 26 0 13 4
1967 STL NL 21 110 55 110 87 0 0 13 0 0 0 5 54 26 80 0 41 2
1968 STL NL 22 92 63 92 76 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 9 59 68 0 23 2
1969 CIN NL 23 152 149 152 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 63 150 0 2 0
1970 CIN NL 24 152 146 152 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 0 5 0
1972 CIN NL 26 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 0 1 0
1973 CIN NL 27 129 116 129 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 67 120 0 13 0
1974 SDP NL 28 95 84 95 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 84 94 0 9 0
1975 SDP NL 29 147 124 147 134 0 0 27 0 0 0 94 13 20 127 0 15 3
1976 PHI NL 30 110 61 110 77 0 0 50 0 0 0 26 13 4 43 0 40 4
1977 PIT NL 31 49 10 49 22 0 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 34 0
1977 PHI NL 31 15 1 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
1979 SDP NL 33 22 0 22 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 2
13 Seasons 1282 996 1282 1108 0 0 130 0 0 0 139 561 356 1027 0 226 19
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%
1967 STL NL 21 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 10 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 6 1 30 8 26.7% 19 3 10.0% 0 1359 68% 79% 28% 146 58%
1968 STL NL 22 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 3 25.0% 8 1 8.3% 1 271 73% 80% 33% 40 65%
1969 CIN NL 23 6 0 6 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 49 32 0 27 4 0 10 2 1 10 3 0 25 18 0 121 59 48.8% 60 1 0.8% 2 3393 67% 82% 29% 451 53%
1970 CIN NL 24 8 0 8 0 1 7 0 1 3 2 72 46 2 52 10 3 12 4 0 9 3 0 32 27 0 177 90 50.8% 83 5 2.8% 2 5539 63% 79% 25% 689 51%
1972 CIN NL 26 4 0 4 0 1 9 0 2 2 3 66 46 1 48 11 1 6 2 2 15 3 0 41 28 2 176 90 51.1% 79 6 3.4% 3 5481 66% 81% 27% 691 59%
1973 CIN NL 27 7 0 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 24 13 0 18 2 1 5 1 0 9 2 0 22 14 0 78 32 41.0% 45 1 1.3% 0 2513 71% 81% 30% 306 60%
1974 SDP NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 16 4 25.0% 12 0 0.0% 0 338 56% 80% 30% 46 48%
1975 SDP NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 431 72% 84% 34% 61 56%
1976 PHI NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 1 335 73% 86% 29% 42 48%
9 Seasons 28 0 28 0 7 26 0 5 8 9 243 147 6 164 30 5 35 10 3 53 11 0 138 99 3 633 297 46.9% 318 17 2.7% 9 19660 66% 80% 28% 2472 56%
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.4% 63% 80% 27% 57%

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%
1965 STL NL 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 628 64% 77% 25% 53 62%
1966 STL NL 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 501 63% 81% 24% 37 54%
1967 STL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 9 4 44.4% 4 1 11.1% 0 527 72% 78% 28% 44 73%
1968 STL NL 22 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 29 11 0 8 0 0 5 3 0 3 1 1 11 8 0 56 23 41.1% 32 1 1.8% 0 1855 69% 80% 29% 195 48%
1969 CIN NL 23 4 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 46 22 1 18 5 0 5 2 0 11 2 0 15 7 2 95 38 40.0% 55 3 3.2% 0 2464 66% 78% 25% 244 52%
1973 CIN NL 27 3 1 2 0 1 7 0 2 1 4 21 12 1 10 1 3 7 4 0 4 1 0 7 3 1 49 21 42.9% 23 5 10.2% 2 1848 64% 82% 30% 168 57%
1974 SDP NL 28 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 4 0 1 44 11 0 25 5 1 14 9 0 11 1 0 16 11 0 110 37 33.6% 72 1 0.9% 4 2965 60% 81% 26% 312 46%
1975 SDP NL 29 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 7 0 5 1 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 23 10 43.5% 12 1 4.3% 0 671 63% 86% 34% 73 49%
1976 PHI NL 30 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 77 73% 74% 26% 11 36%
1979 SDP NL 33 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 11 73% 73% 9% 0
10 Seasons 19 1 17 1 3 18 0 7 4 7 161 68 3 71 12 4 36 19 1 34 6 1 59 35 3 361 140 38.8% 210 12 3.3% 6 11547 64% 80% 27% 1137 52%
MLB Averages 41.2% 3.2% 63% 80% 27% 53%

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%
1966 STL NL 20 5 100% 80% 40% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 STL NL 21 364 70% 80% 29% 22 100% 0 105 14 88 3 3 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 STL NL 22 323 68% 76% 28% 27 100% 0 80 8 72 0 10 9 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 2 100%
1975 SDP NL 29 539 61% 82% 29% 34 100% 0 107 6 101 0 14 15 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 7 100%
1976 PHI NL 30 1541 70% 80% 26% 72 94% 1 353 30 322 2 24 17 8 5 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 36 1 0 0 32 1 4 1 3 4 100%
1977 PIT NL 31 454 69% 84% 28% 18 94% 0 107 7 100 0 5 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 3 100%
1977 PHI NL 31 73 79% 85% 25% 2 50% 0 14 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SDP NL 33 61 49% 85% 26% 5 60% 1 10 0 10 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 33%
7 Seasons 3360 68% 81% 27% 180 96% 2 777 65 708 5 58 55 33 10 3 4 4 1 3 0 1 70 1 0 0 61 1 9 2 7 21 90%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 94% 88%

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%
1966 STL NL 20 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 304 60% 75% 27% 32 66%
1967 STL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 93 71% 78% 26% 7 57%
1968 STL NL 22 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 72% 62% 17% 0
1975 SDP NL 29 5 0 5 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 57 45 1 27 9 1 13 9 1 8 4 1 17 17 0 122 84 68.9% 34 4 3.3% 0 3237 63% 83% 31% 359 45%
1976 PHI NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 14 8 57.1% 6 0 0.0% 0 385 69% 78% 26% 44 48%
1977 PIT NL 31 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 24 67% 96% 50% 4 75%
6 Seasons 7 0 6 1 1 5 0 1 1 3 66 53 1 33 9 1 13 9 1 11 4 1 24 23 0 147 98 66.7% 45 4 2.7% 1 4072 63% 82% 30% 446 47%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.9% 63% 80% 27% 47%

* 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
1985 BBWAA ()

Awards (yr lg award)
1972 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (16, 5%)
1972 NL (20, 2%)
0.07 Career Shares (1028th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 NL  1 (5th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 NL  150 (2nd)
1972 NL  149 (1st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 NL  342 (2nd)
1972 NL  406 (1st)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 NL  7 (3rd)
1972 NL  9 (3rd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 NL  6 (4th)
1970 NL  8 (3rd)
1973 NL  7 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 NL  1 (5th)
1972 NL  3 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 NL  2 (4th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1972 NL  149 (3rd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1969 NL  362 (1st)
1970 NL  349 (2nd)
1972 NL  401 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1973 NL  10 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1969 NL  3 (5th)
1972 NL  3 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1968 NL  3 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 NL  7 (3rd)
1970 NL  5 (4th)
1972 NL  11 (2nd)
Career  16 (91st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1969 NL  2.81 (1st)
1970 NL  2.41 (4th)
1972 NL  2.82 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 NL  2.79 (1st)
1970 NL  2.33 (4th)
1972 NL  2.79 (2nd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 NL  .978 (3rd)
1972 NL  .990 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1972 NL  11 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1970 NL  2.46 (3rd)
1972 NL  2.79 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1969 NL  2.45 (2nd)
1970 NL  2.37 (3rd)
1972 NL  2.75 (2nd)
1973 NL  2.40 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1972 NL  .990 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1965 NL  born 1945-11-19 (8th)

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