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Al Van Camp

Albert Joseph Van Camp

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 7, 1903 in Moline, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1928
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians 1928-1932

Final Game: June 23, 1932
Died: February 2, 1981 in Bensenville, IL
Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Davenport, IA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1928 CLE AL 24 1B 5 4 4 49 47 1 1 1 .980 9.60 .990 10.42
1931 BOS AL 27 OF 59 54 49 113 107 3 3 0 .973 1.86 .969 2.38
1931 BOS AL 27 LF 55 50 46 111 105 3 3 0 .973 1.96 .966 2.20
1931 BOS AL 27 1B 25 21 17 232 217 15 0 17 1.000 9.28 .991 10.03
1931 BOS AL 27 CF 2 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .974 2.85
1931 BOS AL 27 RF 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .965 2.10
1932 BOS AL 28 1B 25 24 23 271 249 18 4 20 .985 10.68 .989 10.12
1 Season OF 59 54 49 113 107 3 3 0 .973 1.86 .969 2.38
3 Seasons 1B 55 49 44 552 513 34 5 38 .991 9.95 .990 10.11
1 Season LF 55 50 46 111 105 3 3 0 .973 1.96 .966 2.20
1 Season RF 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .965 2.10
1 Season CF 2 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .974 2.85
3 Seasons TOT 114 103 93 665 620 37 8 38 .988 5.76 .986 6.11
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1928 CLE AL 24 5 4 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 BOS AL 27 101 75 101 79 0 0 25 0 0 0 55 2 2 58 0 21 1
1932 BOS AL 28 34 24 34 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
3 Seasons 140 103 140 109 0 0 55 0 0 0 55 2 2 58 0 30 1
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.

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