Ozzie Virgil
Osvaldo Jose (Pichardo) Virgil Sr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 17, 1932 in Monte Cristi, D.R.
High School: DeWitt Clinton (Bronx, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1956
Final Game: June 27, 1969
Relatives: Father of Ozzie Virgil
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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 Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1956 NYG NL 24 3B 3 3 26.0 5 3 1 1 1 .800 -0.7 -32.3 -0.7 -1.0 0.3 0 1.38 1.33 .960 3.05 2.63
1957 NYG NL 25 3B 62 37 394.2 149 27 111 11 10 .926 4.0 12.2 4.0 2.7 1.4 0 3.15 2.23 .953 2.96 2.71
1957 NYG NL 25 OF 24 16 147.0 38 37 0 1 0 .974 -0.3 -2.4 0.7 -1.5 2.2 -1 2.27 1.54 .979 2.29 2.07
1957 NYG NL 25 RF 16 12 106.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -0.8 -9.1 0.2 -1.4 1.6 -1 1.87 1.38 .974 1.98 1.72
1957 NYG NL 25 LF 8 4 41.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 14.6 0.5 -0.1 0.6 0 3.29 1.88 .980 2.02 1.71
1957 NYG NL 25 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.30
1958 DET AL 26 3B 49 47 422.1 159 55 101 3 7 .981 3.7 10.5 4.7 5.2 -0.5 -1 3.32 3.18 .950 3.11 2.59
1960 DET AL 28 3B 42 15 192.0 76 28 46 2 7 .974 2.9 18.1 1.9 0.6 1.3 1 3.47 1.76 .951 3.14 2.72
1960 DET AL 28 2B 8 6 59.2 35 11 24 0 2 1.000 3.0 60.3 3.0 0.6 2.4 0 5.28 4.38 .977 5.46 4.66
1960 DET AL 28 SS 5 4 41.1 27 11 14 2 4 .926 -0.4 -11.6 -0.4 -0.8 0.5 0 5.44 5.00 .963 5.10 4.36
1960 DET AL 28 C 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 1.000 5.96 5.10 0 0 0 0
1961 TOT AL 29 3B 13 5 73.0 27 11 13 3 3 .889 -1.1 -18.1 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 0 2.96 1.85 .952 3.18 2.79
1961 TOT AL 29 C 6 1 22.0 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -54.5 -1 4.91 2.00 .992 6.22 5.43 0 4 3 0 0%
1961 DET AL 29 3B 9 3 52.0 16 9 6 1 2 .938 -0.9 -20.8 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 2.60 1.67 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 DET AL 29 C 3 0 7.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.86 1.00 1.000 6.17 5.43 0 1 1 0 0%
1961 DET AL 29 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1961 DET AL 29 SS 1 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.00 4.00 .950 4.80 4.40
1961 KCA AL 29 3B 4 2 21.0 11 2 7 2 1 .818 -0.2 -11.4 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 0 3.86 2.25 .955 3.17 2.80
1961 KCA AL 29 C 3 1 15.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -80.0 -1 5.40 3.00 .989 6.24 5.43 0 3 2 0 0%
1965 PIT NL 33 C 15 3 52.0 31 29 2 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -23.1 -1 5.37 2.07 .987 6.96 5.80 2 4 2 1 33%
1965 PIT NL 33 3B 7 2 26.0 10 1 8 1 0 .900 0.9 41.5 0.9 1.4 -0.5 0 3.12 1.29 .950 2.80 2.47
1965 PIT NL 33 2B 5 2 20.2 13 6 7 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -29.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 5.66 2.60 .977 5.27 4.72
1966 SFG NL 34 3B 13 5 63.0 25 4 20 1 1 .960 1.0 19.0 1.0 -0.4 1.4 0 3.43 1.85 .952 3.04 2.66
1966 SFG NL 34 C 13 10 84.0 62 57 4 1 0 .984 -2.0 -28.6 -2 6.54 4.69 .987 6.84 5.81 5 4 5 1 17%
1966 SFG NL 34 1B 5 5 42.0 49 46 2 1 4 .980 -1.1 -31.4 -1.1 -1.2 0.1 0 10.29 9.60 .990 9.90 8.50
1966 SFG NL 34 2B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 5.40 4.70
1966 SFG NL 34 OF 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 .950 2.02 1.80
1966 SFG NL 34 RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.70
7 Seasons 3B 189 114 1197.0 451 129 300 22 29 .951 10.7 10.7 10.7 9.2 1.6 0 3.23 2.27 .951 3.06 2.67
4 Seasons C 35 15 166.0 108 98 9 1 1 .991 -4.0 -28.9 -4 5.80 3.06 .988 6.75 5.72 7 12 10 2 17%
2 Seasons OF 26 16 151.0 40 39 0 1 0 .975 -0.7 -5.6 0.3 -1.8 2.1 -1 2.32 1.50 .978 2.28 2.05
2 Seasons RF 18 12 110.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -1.2 -13.1 -0.2 -1.7 1.5 -1 1.80 1.22 .974 1.98 1.72
4 Seasons 2B 16 8 84.1 49 18 31 0 5 1.000 2.4 34.2 2.4 0.1 2.3 0 5.23 3.06 .978 5.41 4.69
1 Season LF 8 4 41.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 14.6 0.5 -0.1 0.6 0 3.29 1.88 .980 2.02 1.71
3 Seasons SS 7 5 51.1 31 13 16 2 4 .935 -0.4 -9.4 -0.4 -0.6 0.3 0 5.08 4.14 .961 5.03 4.36
1 Season 1B 5 5 42.0 49 46 2 1 4 .980 -1.1 -31.4 -1.1 -1.2 0.1 0 10.29 9.60 .990 9.90 8.50
9 Seasons TOT 278 163 1691.2 728 343 358 27 43 .963 6.9 4.9 11.9 5.7 6.4 -1 0 -4 3.73 2.52 .926 3.70 3.26 7 12 10 2 17%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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
1956 NYG NL 24 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 25 96 53 96 96 0 0 0 0 62 1 8 0 16 24 11 14
1958 DET AL 26 49 47 49 49 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1960 DET AL 28 62 26 62 62 0 1 0 8 42 5 0 0 0 0 8 9
1961 DET AL 29 20 4 20 20 0 3 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 7 2
1961 KCA AL 29 11 3 11 11 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1962 BAL AL 30 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 PIT NL 33 39 7 39 39 0 15 0 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 15 6
1966 SFG NL 34 42 20 42 42 0 13 5 2 13 0 0 0 2 2 14 0
1969 SFG NL 37 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 324 163 324 324 0 35 5 16 189 7 8 0 18 26 63 32
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 -- 3B*

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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%
1956 NYG NL 24 122 47% 72% 15% 7 43% 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 25 1586 65% 79% 27% 143 89% 1 24 23 1 0 108 86 17 1 1 9 1 5 3 8 8 5 0 7 1 1 0 9 89%
1958 DET AL 26 1842 57% 78% 27% 159 92% 4 51 39 7 5 106 84 19 2 1 3 0 1 2 3 6 5 0 6 0 0 0 11 73%
1960 DET AL 28 834 64% 78% 25% 71 94% 0 28 21 4 3 46 38 8 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 7 5 1 7 0 0 0 1 0%
1961 DET AL 29 224 58% 81% 19% 19 95% 0 12 11 1 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 29 95 67% 82% 25% 11 82% 0 2 1 0 1 8 5 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1965 PIT NL 33 100 66% 78% 35% 9 89% 0 1 0 0 1 9 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 34 281 55% 82% 30% 22 95% 0 4 3 0 1 19 14 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 5084 61% 78% 26% 441 91% 5 124 99 13 12 304 238 56 4 7 19 1 12 6 15 26 19 1 24 1 1 0 21 76%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

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%
1960 DET AL 28 30 1.13 2.25 1 100% 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 29 33 6.43 6.43 1 100% 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 29 72 6.14 6.75 1 100% 0 0 8 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PIT NL 33 224 3.67 4.41 7 100% 0 0 27 6 0 0 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 34 357 2.36 3.00 4 100% 0 0 55 2 0 1 52 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 716 3.21 3.87 14 100% 0 0 94 10 0 1 83 9 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.65 4.14 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
1960 DET AL 28 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 29 0 1 7 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.45
1961 KCA AL 29 0 3 27 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.03
1965 PIT NL 33 2 4 70 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1.22 1.28
1966 SFG NL 34 5 4 103 5 1 1 17% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 1.44 1.57
4 Seasons 7 12 218 10 2 2 17% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 3 1.11 1.43
MLB Averages 39% 1.24 1.21

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1957 NYG NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 469 53% 84% 25% 39 56%
1966 SFG NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 21 67% 71% 29% 1 0%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 490 53% 84% 25% 40 55%
MLB Averages 41.7% 3.1% 62% 77% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1960 DET AL 28 252 61% 75% 27% 32 97% 0 11 7 2 2 24 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 29 3 33% 100% 67% 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
1965 PIT NL 33 98 53% 79% 26% 7 100% 0 5 0 1 4 8 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 34 12 83% 67% 8% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 365 59% 76% 26% 39 97% 0 17 7 3 7 32 24 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 5 4 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1957 NYG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 117 64% 82% 31% 16 63%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 117 64% 82% 31% 16 63%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.5% 62% 77% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 NYG NL 25 7 57% 100% 29% 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 0
1960 DET AL 28 180 53% 84% 25% 23 83% 1 10 5 5 0 16 12 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 29 37 51% 57% 19% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 224 53% 80% 24% 27 85% 1 13 7 6 0 18 14 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 SFG NL 34 202 64% 82% 25% 7 100% 0 46 3 43 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season 202 64% 82% 25% 7 100% 0 46 3 43 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 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 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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