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Joe Vitiello

Joseph David Vitiello

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 11, 1970 in Cambridge, MA
High School: Stoneham HS (Stoneham, MA)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed July 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1995
Teams (by GP): Royals/Padres/Expos 1995-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003
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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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 KCR AL 25 DH 37 31
1995 KCR AL 25 1B 8 5 2 45.0 55 51 3 1 3 .982 -0 -5 10.80 6.75 .993 9.60 9.50
1996 KCR AL 26 DH 70 65
1996 KCR AL 26 1B 9 6 4 55.0 45 40 5 0 4 1.000 -2 -33 7.36 5.00 .992 9.25 9.18
1996 KCR AL 26 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1996 KCR AL 26 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1997 KCR AL 27 OF 28 27 9 182.0 49 48 0 1 0 .980 -5 -32 2.37 1.71 .982 2.32 2.30
1997 KCR AL 27 RF 16 16 4 100.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -16 2.79 1.94 .978 2.18 2.16
1997 KCR AL 27 DH 12 10
1997 KCR AL 27 LF 12 11 5 82.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -4 -53 1.87 1.42 .979 2.07 2.05
1997 KCR AL 27 1B 1 1 0 6.0 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -40 12.00 8.00 .992 9.30 9.20
1998 KCR AL 28 DH 2 2
1999 KCR AL 29 1B 10 9 7 78.0 72 65 7 0 11 1.000 -0 -5 8.31 7.20 .992 9.50 9.35
1999 KCR AL 29 DH 2 2
2000 SDP NL 30 1B 17 9 4 91.2 87 77 7 3 11 .966 -3 -38 8.25 4.94 .992 9.25 9.16
2000 SDP NL 30 OF 1 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 1.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
2000 SDP NL 30 RF 1 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 1.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
2003 MON NL 33 LF 15 13 2 85.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 4 -14 1.48 0.93 .979 1.91 1.89
2003 MON NL 33 OF 15 13 2 85.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 4 -14 1.48 0.93 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 MON NL 33 1B 12 6 4 74.1 84 74 8 2 7 .976 -1 2 -18 32 9.93 6.83 .993 9.60 9.51
2003 MON NL 33 DH 1 1
6 Seasons 1B 57 36 21 350.0 351 315 30 6 37 .983 -6 2 -21 32 8.87 6.05 .992 9.42 9.32
4 Seasons OF 45 41 11 274.0 64 63 0 1 0 .984 -5 -1 -20 -14 2.07 1.40 .982 2.27 2.25
2 Seasons LF 27 24 7 167.0 32 31 0 1 0 .969 -3 -1 -24 -14 1.67 1.15 .979 1.99 1.96
3 Seasons RF 18 17 4 107.0 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 2.69 1.78 .978 2.18 2.17
7 Seasons TOT 102 77 32 624.0 415 378 30 7 37 .983 -11 0 -21 0 5.88 4.00 .991 6.28 6.20
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/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
1995 KCR AL 25 1B -0 -5 -0 -1 0 0
1996 KCR AL 26 1B -2 -33 -2 -0 -1 0
1996 KCR AL 26 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1997 KCR AL 27 RF -1 -16 -0 1 -1 -1
1997 KCR AL 27 LF -4 -53 -4 -3 -1 0
1997 KCR AL 27 1B -0 -40 -0 -0 0
1999 KCR AL 29 1B -0 -5 -0 0 -0 0
2000 SDP NL 30 1B -3 -38 -3 -2 -1 0
2000 SDP NL 30 RF 0 20 0 0 0 0
2003 MON NL 33 LF 0 4 0 -1 1 0 -1 -14 -1 0
2003 MON NL 33 1B -1 -18 -1 -1 -0 0 2 32 2 0
6 Seasons 1B -6 -21 -6 -4 -3 0 2 32 2 0
2 Seasons LF -3 -24 -3 -3 0 0 -1 -14 -1 0
3 Seasons RF -1 -13 -0 1 -1 -1
7 Seasons TOT -11 -21 -10 -6 -4 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 KCR AL 25 53 36 53 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 15 0
1996 KCR AL 26 85 71 85 10 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 70 12 0
1997 KCR AL 27 51 38 51 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 16 28 12 12 0
1998 KCR AL 28 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1999 KCR AL 29 13 11 13 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
2000 SDP NL 30 39 10 39 18 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 0
2003 MON NL 33 38 20 38 26 0 0 12 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 1 11 0
7 Seasons 282 188 282 101 0 0 57 0 0 0 27 0 18 45 124 74 0
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 -- 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%
1995 KCR AL 25 191 61% 82% 35% 10 80% 0 51 2 46 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1996 KCR AL 26 239 64% 78% 31% 16 88% 0 40 4 36 0 5 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
1997 KCR AL 27 24 67% 83% 54% 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 KCR AL 29 342 53% 77% 30% 14 86% 0 65 2 61 2 3 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 100%
2000 SDP NL 30 438 53% 75% 25% 21 81% 1 77 5 72 0 5 7 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2003 MON NL 33 342 65% 77% 36% 22 91% 0 74 6 69 0 6 8 8 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 100%
6 Seasons 1576 58% 77% 31% 83 86% 1 315 19 292 4 22 30 26 3 1 0 6 1 4 1 5 37 0 1 0 36 1 1 0 1 5 80%
MLB Averages 58% 77% 31% 93% 82%

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%
1997 KCR AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 12 10 83.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 368 61% 82% 43% 39 44%
2003 MON NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 7 87.5% 1 0 0.0% 0 368 60% 79% 35% 36 39%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 20 17 85.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 736 61% 81% 39% 75 41%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.6% 58% 77% 40% 47%

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%
1996 KCR AL 26 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 75% 100% 50% 0
1997 KCR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 430 63% 78% 42% 56 55%
2000 SDP NL 30 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 22 45% 73% 45% 1 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 456 63% 78% 42% 57 56%
MLB Averages 44.6% 2.5% 58% 77% 40% 51%

* 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.

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