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Bob Usher

Robert Royce Usher

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 1, 1925 in San Diego, CA
High School: San Diego HS (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1946
Teams (by GP): Reds/Senators/Indians/Cubs 1946-1957

Final Game: September 19, 1957
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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
1946 CIN NL 21 OF 80 36 32 112 102 8 2 3 .982 1.38 .977 2.38
1946 CIN NL 21 LF 38 18 18 50 46 3 1 0 .980 1.29 .975 2.26
1946 CIN NL 21 RF 27 3 2 20 17 2 1 0 .950 0.70 .976 2.09
1946 CIN NL 21 CF 17 15 12 42 39 3 0 3 1.000 2.47 .979 2.85
1946 CIN NL 21 3B 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .953 3.10
1947 CIN NL 22 OF 8 7 6 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.13 .977 2.42
1947 CIN NL 22 CF 5 4 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 .979 2.80
1947 CIN NL 22 LF 3 3 3 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 .976 2.30
1950 CIN NL 25 OF 93 80 68 700.0 200 190 7 3 1 .985 2.53 2.12 .978 2.34 2.31
1950 CIN NL 25 CF 82 75 63 639.0 179 170 6 3 1 .983 2.48 2.15 .980 2.76 2.73
1950 CIN NL 25 RF 13 5 5 58.0 20 18 1 1 0 .950 2.95 1.46 .976 1.88 1.85
1950 CIN NL 25 LF 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.27
1951 CIN NL 26 OF 98 74 69 713.0 233 218 9 6 4 .974 2.87 2.32 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 CIN NL 26 CF 82 69 64 635.0 208 194 9 5 3 .976 2.88 2.48 .983 2.89 2.87
1951 CIN NL 26 LF 14 3 3 58.1 17 15 1 1 1 .941 2.47 1.14 .977 2.31 2.32
1951 CIN NL 26 RF 2 2 2 19.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 2.50 .980 2.06 2.05
1957 TOT AL 32 OF 99 82 72 760.0 243 231 7 5 2 .979 -8 -13 2.82 2.40 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 TOT AL 32 CF 96 82 72 753.0 237 225 7 5 2 .979 -8 -13 2.77 2.42 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 TOT AL 32 LF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 0.50 .980 1.80 2.10
1957 CLE AL 32 OF 4 0 0 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 2.45 0.75 .980 2.21 2.25
1957 CLE AL 32 CF 3 0 0 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 2.70 1.00 .983 2.70 2.73
1957 CLE AL 32 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.20
1957 CLE AL 32 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1957 WSH AL 32 OF 95 82 72 749.0 240 228 7 5 2 .979 -8 -13 2.82 2.47 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 WSH AL 32 CF 93 82 72 743.0 234 222 7 5 2 .979 -8 -13 2.77 2.46 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 WSH AL 32 RF 2 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 3.60 1.00 .975 1.98 1.95
1957 WSH AL 32 LF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.10
5 Seasons OF 378 279 247 2173.0 805 757 32 16 10 .980 -8 -4 2.74 2.09 .979 2.33 2.34
5 Seasons CF 282 245 214 2027.0 673 635 25 13 9 .981 -8 -5 2.71 2.34 .982 2.78 2.78
5 Seasons LF 60 24 24 63.1 78 71 5 2 1 .974 0 6 2.42 1.27 .976 2.30 2.27
4 Seasons RF 44 10 9 82.2 47 42 3 2 0 .957 0 1 2.83 1.02 .976 1.93 2.01
2 Seasons 3B 2 1 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 0.00 1.50 .953 3.15 3.15
6 Seasons TOT 380 280 247 2175.0 808 759 33 16 10 .980 -8 -4 2.74 2.08 .979 2.33 2.34
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-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
1946 CIN NL 21 LF
1946 CIN NL 21 RF
1946 CIN NL 21 CF
1946 CIN NL 21 3B
1947 CIN NL 22 CF
1947 CIN NL 22 LF
1950 CIN NL 25 CF
1950 CIN NL 25 RF
1950 CIN NL 25 LF
1951 CIN NL 26 CF
1951 CIN NL 26 LF
1951 CIN NL 26 RF
1957 CLE AL 32 CF -0 -12 -0 -0 0 0
1957 CLE AL 32 3B -0 -60 -0 -0 0
1957 CLE AL 32 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 WSH AL 32 CF -8 -13 -4 3 -7 -4
1957 WSH AL 32 RF 0 24 0 0 0 0
1957 WSH AL 32 LF 0 360 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons CF -8 -5 -4 2 -7 -4
5 Seasons LF 0 6 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons RF 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 3B -0 -60 -0 -0 0
6 Seasons TOT -8 -4 -4 2 -6 -4
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 CIN NL 21 92 37 92 80 0 0 0 0 1 0 38 17 27 79 0 1 11
1947 CIN NL 22 9 7 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 8 0 1 0
1950 CIN NL 25 106 80 106 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 82 13 95 0 12 2
1951 CIN NL 26 114 74 114 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 82 2 98 0 17 8
1952 CHC NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 WSH AL 32 96 82 96 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 93 2 95 0 1 3
1957 CLE AL 32 10 0 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 5 0
6 Seasons 428 280 428 381 0 0 0 0 2 0 60 282 44 379 0 38 24
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%
1950 CIN NL 25 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 15 10 1 15 2 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 17 15 1 54 29 53.7% 23 2 3.7% 1 1945 61% 79% 31% 186 69%
1951 CIN NL 26 4 0 3 1 0 9 1 2 3 2 19 9 1 14 1 1 4 0 0 12 2 1 17 16 1 66 28 42.4% 34 4 6.1% 5 2097 63% 83% 32% 219 69%
1957 WSH AL 32 5 0 4 1 0 7 0 1 2 3 50 26 3 31 1 1 7 0 0 11 0 1 30 20 0 129 47 36.4% 77 5 3.9% 2 3203 65% 81% 29% 439 51%
1957 CLE AL 32 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 49 80% 82% 29% 7 43%
3 Seasons 11 0 9 2 2 19 1 5 6 5 86 46 5 60 4 2 12 0 0 29 4 2 64 51 2 251 105 41.8% 135 11 4.4% 8 7294 63% 81% 30% 851 59%
MLB Averages 45.2% 2.8% 63% 81% 31% 59%

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%
1950 CIN NL 25 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 16 50% 63% 6% 0
1951 CIN NL 26 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 3 1 16.7% 0 193 59% 85% 35% 16 56%
1957 CLE AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 5 100% 100% 20% 1 0%
1957 WSH AL 32 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 4 50% 75% 25% 1 100%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 0 218 59% 83% 32% 18 56%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.6% 63% 81% 31% 50%

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%
1950 CIN NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 165 61% 85% 42% 24 63%
1957 WSH AL 32 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 27 63% 78% 22% 4 50%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 192 61% 84% 40% 28 61%
MLB Averages 43.4% 3.2% 63% 81% 31% 54%

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%
1957 CLE AL 32 8 75% 113% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 75% 113% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 26% 89% 66%

* 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

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 NL  82 (5th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 NL  9 (4th)
1957 AL  7 (3rd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 NL  5 (5th)
1957 AL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1951 NL  2.88 (4th)
1957 AL  2.77 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 NL  .983 (5th)
1951 NL  .976 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1951 NL  2.87 (5th)
1957 AL  2.82 (4th)

                           

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