John Vukovich
John Christopher Vukovich (Vuke)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 31, 1947 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Amador (Sutter Creek, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 20, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1970
Final Game: August 23, 1981
Died: March 8, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 PHI NL 22 SS 2 2 15.0 9 3 4 2 1 .778 -0.4 -32.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 4.20 3.50 .967 5.04 4.25
1970 PHI NL 22 3B 1 1 8.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.8 120.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 5.62 5.00 .940 2.92 2.60
1971 PHI NL 23 3B 74 62 559.0 204 58 137 9 8 .956 3.4 7.3 3.4 3.8 -0.4 0 3.14 2.64 .949 2.80 2.32
1973 MIL AL 25 3B 40 34 306.2 96 28 63 5 3 .948 -2.3 -9.0 -2.3 -2.3 0.0 0 2.67 2.28 .950 3.00 2.68
1973 MIL AL 25 1B 13 3 56.2 59 56 3 0 2 1.000 0.5 10.6 0.5 -0.1 0.5 0 9.37 4.54 .992 9.86 8.27
1973 MIL AL 25 SS 1 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 2 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 7.20 4.00 .950 5.04 4.40
1974 MIL AL 26 3B 12 7 72.1 29 8 20 1 0 .966 0.3 5.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.48 2.33 .952 3.12 2.77
1974 MIL AL 26 SS 12 11 93.2 55 17 35 3 6 .945 -2.5 -32.0 -2.5 -0.9 -1.6 0 5.00 4.33 .965 4.98 4.24
1974 MIL AL 26 2B 11 6 57.0 25 11 13 1 4 .960 0.1 2.1 -0.9 -1.5 0.6 1 3.79 2.18 .976 5.37 4.56
1974 MIL AL 26 1B 4 0 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 10.00 2.50 .990 9.70 8.00
1975 CIN NL 27 3B 31 14 144.0 53 12 37 4 4 .925 0.9 7.5 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 3.06 1.58 .945 2.98 2.58
1976 PHI NL 28 3B 4 1 17.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -35.3 -0.5 -0.8 0.3 0 1.59 0.75 .933 2.91 2.60
1976 PHI NL 28 1B 1 0 4.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 11.25 5.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
1979 PHI NL 31 3B 7 1 23.0 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 0.7 36.5 0.7 -0.3 1.0 0 3.52 1.29 .944 2.90 2.50
1979 PHI NL 31 2B 3 2 18.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0 3.00 2.00 .983 5.40 4.53
1980 PHI NL 32 3B 34 12 155.0 48 14 32 2 0 .958 1.9 14.7 1.9 0.9 1.0 0 2.67 1.35 .948 2.87 2.39
1980 PHI NL 32 2B 9 0 13.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 3.46 0.56 .980 5.47 4.71
1980 PHI NL 32 SS 5 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.00 0.40 .950 4.95 4.30
1980 PHI NL 32 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 8.10 9.00
1981 PHI NL 33 3B 9 0 16.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 -0.8 -60.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.25 0.44 .960 2.81 2.47
1981 PHI NL 33 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 3.00 1.000 10.35 8.70
1981 PHI NL 33 2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
9 Seasons 3B 212 132 1301.0 452 122 308 22 16 .951 4.4 4.1 4.4 3.0 1.4 0 2.97 2.03 .948 2.90 2.48
4 Seasons 2B 24 8 91.0 37 17 19 1 4 .973 -0.6 -7.9 -1.6 -1.7 0.2 1 3.56 1.50 .978 5.39 4.62
5 Seasons 1B 20 3 72.0 77 74 3 0 2 1.000 0.2 3.3 0.2 -0.3 0.4 0 9.62 3.85 .992 9.85 8.29
4 Seasons SS 20 13 119.2 70 23 42 5 9 .929 -2.9 -29.1 -2.9 -1.2 -1.7 0 4.89 3.25 .964 4.99 4.26
10 Seasons TOT 276 156 1583.2 636 236 372 28 31 .956 1.1 0.8 0.1 -0.2 0.3 1 3.46 2.20 .913 3.51 3.22
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1970 PHI NL 22 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 PHI NL 23 74 62 74 74 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 MIL AL 25 55 37 55 54 0 0 13 0 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1974 MIL AL 26 38 24 38 38 0 0 4 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 CIN NL 27 31 14 31 31 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PHI NL 28 4 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PHI NL 29 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 PHI NL 31 10 3 10 10 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PHI NL 32 49 12 49 47 0 0 1 9 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1981 PHI NL 33 11 0 11 11 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 277 156 277 272 0 0 20 24 212 19 0 0 0 0 0 8 4
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%
1970 PHI NL 22 30 87% 77% 33% 5 100% 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 PHI NL 23 2469 63% 78% 30% 202 90% 1 58 44 2 12 139 114 22 0 4 9 0 6 3 8 9 6 1 7 1 1 0 6 83%
1973 MIL AL 25 1371 55% 81% 27% 84 89% 0 24 16 4 4 59 43 14 0 2 5 0 5 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 MIL AL 26 316 60% 80% 25% 27 96% 0 8 7 0 1 20 17 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 CIN NL 27 614 67% 78% 26% 50 90% 0 13 8 0 5 37 29 7 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1976 PHI NL 28 72 67% 72% 19% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 31 106 76% 75% 26% 8 100% 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1980 PHI NL 32 671 54% 81% 28% 56 80% 1 14 9 4 1 33 25 7 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1981 PHI NL 33 71 65% 89% 35% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 5720 61% 79% 28% 440 89% 2 119 86 10 23 306 243 54 0 8 22 0 18 4 20 15 11 1 12 1 1 0 9 78%
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 MIL AL 26 244 69% 82% 26% 14 93% 0 8 3 4 1 12 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 31 80 70% 74% 21% 6 83% 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PHI NL 32 63 68% 84% 29% 5 100% 0 5 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 33 14 57% 86% 29% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 401 69% 81% 25% 26 92% 0 16 8 5 3 18 15 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1973 MIL AL 25 255 62% 80% 27% 12 100% 0 60 5 55 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
1974 MIL AL 26 36 58% 83% 36% 1 100% 0 12 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PHI NL 28 14 71% 79% 36% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PHI NL 32 5 80% 80% 20% 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
1981 PHI NL 33 8 88% 88% 38% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 318 63% 80% 29% 13 100% 0 80 6 74 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 94% 88%

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
1970 PHI NL 22 70 46% 77% 29% 5 60% 0 3 0 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1973 MIL AL 25 21 71% 67% 29% 1 100% 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1974 MIL AL 26 421 66% 85% 27% 45 87% 1 17 6 5 6 35 25 9 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 6 3 0 3 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0
1980 PHI NL 32 24 83% 88% 17% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 536 64% 83% 27% 53 85% 1 23 6 8 9 43 30 12 0 1 5 0 4 1 4 9 3 0 4 0 1 9 3 5 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 91%

* 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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