Bob Uecker
Robert George Uecker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 26, 1935 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Technical (Milwaukee, WI)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1962
Final Game: September 29, 1967
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1962 MLN NL 27 C 24 13 153.0 113 101 10 2 4 .982 1.0 7.8 1 6.53 4.63 .987 6.72 5.50 5 3 2 5 71%
1963 MLN NL 28 C 6 2 25.0 24 21 2 1 1 .958 -1.0 -48.0 -1 8.28 3.83 .987 7.06 6.02 0 3 1 1 50%
1964 STL NL 29 C 40 36 307.0 224 201 20 3 2 .987 1.0 3.9 1 6.48 5.53 .988 6.81 5.91 3 10 13 8 38%
1965 STL NL 30 C 49 45 394.1 273 240 29 4 1 .985 -2.0 -6.1 -2 6.14 5.49 .988 6.96 5.80 4 17 32 12 27%
1966 PHI NL 31 C 76 62 542.1 407 368 33 6 7 .985 2.0 4.4 2 6.65 5.28 .987 6.84 5.81 8 19 31 21 40%
1967 TOT NL 32 C 76 59 536.2 395 348 36 11 3 .972 -16.0 -35.8 -16 6.44 5.05 .990 6.89 5.85 27 40 36 10 22%
1967 PHI NL 32 C 17 11 91.2 74 67 5 2 0 .973 -3.0 -39.3 -3 7.07 4.24 .991 6.89 5.85 2 10 9 3 25%
1967 ATL NL 32 C 59 48 445.0 321 281 31 9 3 .972 -13.0 -35.1 -13 6.31 5.29 .990 6.89 5.85 25 30 27 7 21%
6 Seasons C 271 217 1958.1 1436 1279 130 27 18 .981 -15.0 -9.2 -15 6.48 5.20 .988 6.87 5.81 47 92 115 57 33%
6 Seasons TOT 271 217 1958.1 1436 1279 130 27 18 .981 -15.0 -9.2 -15 6.48 5.20 .969 6.87 5.81 47 92 115 57 33%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 MLN NL 27 33 13 33 33 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4
1963 MLN NL 28 13 2 13 13 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1964 STL NL 29 40 36 40 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 30 53 45 53 53 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1966 PHI NL 31 78 62 78 78 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1967 ATL NL 32 62 48 62 62 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1967 PHI NL 32 18 11 18 18 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 297 217 297 297 0 271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1962 MLN NL 27 644 3.65 4.64 10 90% 1 0 94 7 1 2 84 10 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 100%
1963 MLN NL 28 115 2.52 5.40 2 50% 0 0 21 1 1 0 19 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
1964 STL NL 29 1342 3.78 4.40 20 100% 0 0 200 14 1 5 180 21 3 1 2 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 100%
1965 STL NL 30 1755 3.72 4.22 28 93% 0 0 250 21 1 7 221 29 6 0 0 8 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 100%
1966 PHI NL 31 2344 3.48 3.78 31 90% 0 0 368 21 2 6 338 34 6 0 1 4 6 0 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 9 89%
1967 ATL NL 32 1821 3.21 3.73 37 92% 0 0 263 22 1 8 232 32 8 1 1 11 7 0 4 3 2 3 0 1 1 3 67%
1967 PHI NL 32 430 4.91 5.50 7 100% 0 0 67 5 0 3 59 5 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 8451 3.59 4.13 135 93% 1 0 1263 91 7 31 1133 133 28 2 4 27 25 2 11 12 3 17 0 4 5 20 90%
MLB Averages 3.55 4.04 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1962 MLN NL 27 5 3 238 2 5 5 71% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 8 0.81 1.49
1963 MLN NL 28 0 3 48 1 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3.84 1.40
1964 STL NL 29 3 10 484 13 8 8 38% 10 4 3 4 0 0 4 1 32 13 1.14 1.06
1965 STL NL 30 5 17 653 32 12 12 27% 26 10 5 2 1 0 3 0 64 15 1.26 1.18
1966 PHI NL 31 8 19 819 31 21 18 40% 28 18 3 2 0 1 5 0 73 31 1.03 1.29
1967 ATL NL 32 23 30 633 27 7 6 21% 24 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 95 13 1.77 1.17
1967 PHI NL 32 2 10 151 9 3 3 25% 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 33 3 1.60 1.72
6 Seasons 46 92 3026 115 57 53 33% 99 44 14 11 2 2 14 1 317 84 1.35 1.26
MLB Averages 38% 1.25 1.23

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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