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George Vukovich

George Stephen Vukovich

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: June 24, 1956 in Chicago, IL
School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1980
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies 1980-1985

Final Game: October 6, 1985
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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
1980 PHI NL 24 OF 28 2 1 56.2 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0 -6 2.22 0.50 .980 2.32 2.31
1980 PHI NL 24 RF 15 1 1 35.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0 -7 2.57 0.67 .977 2.06 2.06
1980 PHI NL 24 LF 13 1 0 21.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.25 0.23 .977 2.08 2.06
1981 PHI NL 25 OF 9 2 2 37.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -22 2.41 1.11 .980 2.34 2.34
1981 PHI NL 25 RF 5 2 2 23.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -41 1.93 1.00 .978 2.08 2.08
1981 PHI NL 25 LF 3 0 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 1.12 0.33 .980 2.14 2.13
1981 PHI NL 25 CF 1 0 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 3.00 2.00 .985 2.85 2.80
1982 PHI NL 26 OF 102 81 54 758.1 176 168 4 4 3 .977 0 1 2.04 1.69 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 PHI NL 26 RF 99 80 54 724.1 166 157 5 4 3 .976 -0 -1 2.01 1.64 .978 2.01 2.02
1982 PHI NL 26 LF 15 1 0 34.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 28 1.85 0.47 .973 2.09 2.08
1983 CLE AL 27 OF 122 76 63 773.0 209 203 3 3 0 .986 1 1 2.40 1.69 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 CLE AL 27 RF 107 61 51 635.1 166 162 2 2 0 .988 0 0 2.32 1.53 .978 2.25 2.23
1983 CLE AL 27 LF 21 13 10 119.2 36 34 1 1 0 .972 -0 -4 2.63 1.67 .977 2.32 2.30
1983 CLE AL 27 CF 3 2 2 18.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 67 3.50 2.33 .987 2.95 2.90
1984 CLE AL 28 OF 130 110 94 1029.1 331 316 13 2 5 .994 20 23 2.88 2.53 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 CLE AL 28 RF 124 105 89 949.2 311 296 13 2 5 .994 20 25 2.93 2.49 .979 2.23 2.21
1984 CLE AL 28 LF 16 5 5 79.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.03 1.13 .982 2.27 2.26
1985 CLE AL 29 OF 137 108 87 991.1 257 250 4 3 0 .988 -5 -6 2.31 1.85 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 CLE AL 29 RF 131 102 86 943.1 250 242 5 3 0 .988 -5 -6 2.36 1.89 .980 2.17 2.15
1985 CLE AL 29 LF 11 6 1 48.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 2.06 1.00 .977 2.25 2.23
6 Seasons OF 528 379 301 3646.0 998 961 24 13 8 .987 15 5 2.43 1.87 .981 2.43 2.41
6 Seasons RF 481 351 283 3311.0 909 872 25 12 8 .987 14 5 2.44 1.86 .979 2.17 2.15
6 Seasons LF 79 26 16 311.0 76 74 1 1 0 .987 -0 -2 2.17 0.95 .978 2.25 2.19
2 Seasons CF 4 2 2 24.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 65 3.38 2.25 .987 2.92 2.88
6 Seasons TOT 528 379 301 3646.0 998 961 24 13 8 .987 15 5 2.43 1.87 .981 2.43 2.41
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
1980 PHI NL 24 RF -0 -7 -0 -1 0 0
1980 PHI NL 24 LF -0 -6 -0 -0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 25 RF -1 -41 -1 -1 0 0
1981 PHI NL 25 LF -0 -30 -0 -0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 25 CF 0 60 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 26 RF -0 -1 -1 2 -4 1
1982 PHI NL 26 LF 1 28 1 0 1 0
1983 CLE AL 27 RF 0 0 2 3 -1 -2
1983 CLE AL 27 LF -0 -4 -0 -0 0 0
1983 CLE AL 27 CF 1 67 1 0 1 0
1984 CLE AL 28 RF 20 25 19 7 12 1
1984 CLE AL 28 LF -0 -2 -0 0 -0 0
1985 CLE AL 29 RF -5 -6 -2 -2 0 -3
1985 CLE AL 29 LF -0 -10 -0 0 -0 0
6 Seasons RF 14 5 17 9 8 -3
6 Seasons LF -0 -2 -0 -0 -0 0
2 Seasons CF 1 65 1 0 1 0
6 Seasons TOT 15 5 18 9 9 -3

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 PHI NL 24 78 2 78 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 15 28 0 51 3
1981 PHI NL 25 20 2 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 9 0 12 0
1982 PHI NL 26 123 81 123 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 99 114 0 28 1
1983 CLE AL 27 124 76 124 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3 107 131 0 15 3
1984 CLE AL 28 134 110 134 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 124 140 0 15 0
1985 CLE AL 29 149 108 149 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 131 142 0 24 3
6 Seasons 628 379 628 528 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 4 481 564 0 145 10
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 -- 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%
1980 PHI NL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 159 60% 84% 27% 21 48%
1981 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 104 66% 75% 21% 11 45%
1982 PHI NL 26 4 0 4 0 1 5 2 1 1 1 55 28 1 21 2 1 8 5 0 8 1 0 17 12 1 109 48 44.0% 58 3 2.8% 2 3051 61% 80% 26% 313 51%
1983 CLE AL 27 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 35 12 1 21 4 0 16 12 0 10 3 0 11 6 0 93 37 39.8% 55 1 1.1% 1 2745 56% 82% 29% 319 51%
1984 CLE AL 28 2 0 2 0 0 13 0 5 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12 3 1 25 15 1 43 22 51.2% 19 2 4.7% 11 4108 53% 82% 28% 306 97%
1985 CLE AL 29 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 16 2 0 20 6 0 41 8 19.5% 33 0 0.0% 5 4154 58% 83% 28% 260 94%
6 Seasons 12 0 12 0 3 25 2 10 3 4 100 46 2 53 9 1 27 18 0 47 9 1 74 40 2 301 122 40.5% 173 6 2.0% 19 14321 57% 82% 28% 1230 71%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.2% 59% 82% 27% 60%

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%
1980 PHI NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 91 69% 76% 30% 12 25%
1981 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 34 71% 71% 35% 5 20%
1982 PHI NL 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 0 137 54% 69% 26% 11 64%
1983 CLE AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 5 0 3 0 0 5 3 0 3 2 0 4 4 0 22 14 63.6% 8 0 0.0% 1 515 50% 88% 25% 77 45%
1984 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 340 50% 81% 29% 18 100%
1985 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 213 67% 80% 29% 13 85%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 7 0 6 0 0 7 5 0 4 2 0 7 7 0 34 21 61.8% 13 0 0.0% 1 1330 55% 82% 27% 136 55%
MLB Averages 60.0% 3.0% 59% 82% 27% 57%

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%
1981 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 22 91% 95% 36% 5 40%
1983 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 75 55% 80% 25% 9 78%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 97 63% 84% 28% 14 64%
MLB Averages 44.3% 2.5% 59% 82% 27% 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

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  296 (4th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  13 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1984 AL  13 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  20 (1st)
Career  14 (98th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1984 AL  2.93 (1st)
1985 AL  2.36 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  2.49 (1st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  .988 (1st)
1984 AL  .994 (4th)
1985 AL  .988 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1984 AL  20 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1984 AL  .994 (4th)

                                         

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