Kermit Wahl

Kermit Emerson Wahl

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 18, 1922 in Columbia, SD
High School: Columbia HS (Columbia, SD)
School: Indiana University-Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1944
Teams (by GP): Reds/Athletics/Browns 1944-1951

Final Game: July 29, 1951
Died: September 16, 1987 in Tucson, AZ
Buried: Lakeview Cemetery, Columbia, SD
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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
1944	CIN	NL	21	3B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.30
1945	CIN	NL	22	2B	32	27	19		172	76	87	9	13	.948		5.09	.967		5.58
1945	CIN	NL	22	SS	31	28	25		148	59	83	6	9	.959		4.58	.947		5.26
1945	CIN	NL	22	3B	7	4	4		16	4	10	2	0	.875		2.00	.941		3.20
1947	CIN	NL	24	3B	20	17	9		56	24	30	2	2	.964		2.70	.947		3.06
1947	CIN	NL	24	SS	9	4	3		30	12	18	0	2	1.000		3.33	.963		5.11
1947	CIN	NL	24	2B	2	0	0		5	3	2	0	1	1.000		2.50	.976		5.55
1950	PHA	AL	27	3B	61	60	59	522.0	223	70	141	12	11	.946	3.64	3.46	.960	3.25	3.20
1950	PHA	AL	27	SS	18	16	14	142.2	94	38	52	4	16	.957	5.68	5.00	.961	5.05	4.96
1950	PHA	AL	27	2B	2	2	2	16.1	8	3	4	1	2	.875	3.86	3.50	.976	5.84	5.75
1951	TOT	AL	28	3B	24	23	20	193.0	80	28	49	3	7	.963	3.59	3.21	.950	3.17	3.15
1951	PHA	AL	28	3B	18	17	15	145.0	60	21	37	2	4	.967	3.60	3.22	.950	3.17	3.15
1951	SLB	AL	28	3B	6	6	5	48.0	20	7	12	1	3	.950	3.56	3.17	.950	3.17	3.15
	5 Seasons			3B	113	104	92	715.0	375	126	230	19	20	.949	3.63	3.15	.955	3.23	3.17
	3 Seasons			SS	58	48	42	142.2	272	109	153	10	27	.963	5.68	4.52	.954	5.05	5.14
	3 Seasons			2B	36	29	21	16.1	185	82	93	10	16	.946	3.86	4.86	.968	5.84	5.59
	5 Seasons			TOT	207	181	155	874.0	832	317	476	39	63	.953	3.96	3.83	.957	3.58	4.14

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1944	CIN	NL	21	3B
1945	CIN	NL	22	2B
1945	CIN	NL	22	SS
1945	CIN	NL	22	3B
1947	CIN	NL	24	3B
1947	CIN	NL	24	SS
1947	CIN	NL	24	2B
1950	PHA	AL	27	3B
1950	PHA	AL	27	SS
1950	PHA	AL	27	2B
1951	PHA	AL	28	3B
1951	SLB	AL	28	3B
	5 Seasons			3B
	3 Seasons			SS
	3 Seasons			2B
	5 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1944	CIN	NL	21	4	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	3
1945	CIN	NL	22	71	59	71	68	32	7	31	1	5
1947	CIN	NL	24	39	21	39	31	2	20	9	5	3
1950	PHA	AL	27	89	78	89	81	2	61	18	8	0
1951	PHA	AL	28	20	17	20	18	0	18	0	2	0
1951	SLB	AL	28	8	6	8	6	0	6	0	2	0
	5 Seasons			231	181	231	205	36	113	58	18	11

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 -- 3B*

											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%
1950	PHA	AL	27	1449	63%	82%	26%	123	86%	0	35	27	5	3	79	58	18	0	1	10	1	9	0	7	7	4	0	4	2	2	0	8	100%
1951	PHA	AL	28	646	63%	83%	25%	55	87%	1	20	12	3	5	36	24	10	1	2	2	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	100%
1951	SLB	AL	28	224	64%	82%	21%	21	76%	0	7	6	0	1	11	8	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0%
	2 Seasons			2319	63%	82%	25%	199	85%	1	62	45	8	9	126	90	30	1	4	13	1	11	1	9	14	7	0	8	5	4	1	11	82%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		89%																								70%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1950	PHA	AL	27	538	68%	82%	25%	71	92%	0	34	22	11	1	49	29	18	0	2	3	0	3	0	3	16	10	0	2	1	1	15	10	5	1	1	0
	1 Season			538	68%	82%	25%	71	92%	0	34	22	11	1	49	29	18	0	2	3	0	3	0	3	16	10	0	2	1	1	15	10	5	1	1	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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
1950	PHA	AL	27	81	58%	80%	21%	4	75%	0	3	0	2	1	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
	1 Season			81	58%	80%	21%	4	75%	0	3	0	2	1	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%

* 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

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1950 AL 12 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1950 AL 12 (3rd)

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