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Gary Ward

Gary Lamell Ward

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 6, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Compton HS (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1979
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers/Yankees/Tigers 1979-1990
Agents: Chuck Berry,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1990
Relatives: Father of Daryle Ward
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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
1979 MIN AL 25 OF 5 2 2 24.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -75 3.00 1.60 .981 2.47 2.44
1979 MIN AL 25 DH 4 0
1979 MIN AL 25 RF 4 2 2 22.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -87 2.45 1.50 .980 2.25 2.22
1979 MIN AL 25 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1980 MIN AL 26 LF 12 10 5 84.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 1.61 1.25 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 MIN AL 26 OF 12 10 5 84.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 1.50 1.17 .979 2.48 2.46
1981 MIN AL 27 OF 80 73 69 668.0 198 185 8 5 4 .975 -3 -5 2.60 2.41 .983 2.48 2.47 RoY-9
1981 MIN AL 27 LF 62 56 52 509.2 145 137 4 4 1 .972 -2 -4 2.49 2.27 .979 2.38 2.38 RoY-9
1981 MIN AL 27 CF 19 17 17 157.1 51 46 4 1 3 .980 -2 -13 2.86 2.63 .988 2.90 2.89 RoY-9
1981 MIN AL 27 DH 3 1 RoY-9
1981 MIN AL 27 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.20 RoY-9
1982 MIN AL 28 OF 150 143 136 1279.2 360 343 13 4 3 .989 15 14 2.50 2.37 .982 2.47 2.46 MVP-32
1982 MIN AL 28 LF 127 123 117 1082.2 300 285 12 3 2 .990 13 14 2.47 2.34 .981 2.29 2.28 MVP-32
1982 MIN AL 28 RF 25 20 19 192.0 64 62 1 1 1 .984 3 16 2.95 2.52 .981 2.27 2.26 MVP-32
1982 MIN AL 28 CF 4 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 1.80 0.25 .980 2.88 2.82 MVP-32
1982 MIN AL 28 DH 2 2 MVP-32
1983 MIN AL 29 LF 152 152 145 1334.1 403 370 24 9 6 .978 16 15 2.66 2.59 .977 2.32 2.30 AS
1983 MIN AL 29 OF 152 152 145 1334.1 407 374 24 9 6 .978 16 15 2.68 2.62 .981 2.50 2.48 AS
1983 MIN AL 29 DH 2 1 AS
1984 TEX AL 30 OF 148 146 138 1304.0 392 376 11 5 1 .987 15 14 2.67 2.61 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 TEX AL 30 CF 59 59 55 519.2 183 178 4 1 1 .995 5 11 3.15 3.08 .986 3.01 2.99
1984 TEX AL 30 LF 58 54 51 495.2 148 141 5 2 1 .986 8 20 2.65 2.52 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 TEX AL 30 RF 36 33 32 288.2 75 70 3 2 0 .973 2 9 2.28 2.03 .979 2.23 2.21
1984 TEX AL 30 DH 5 5
1985 TEX AL 31 OF 153 151 134 1305.2 325 304 11 10 2 .969 -10 -9 2.17 2.06 .982 2.44 2.42 AS
1985 TEX AL 31 LF 139 132 124 1140.2 273 255 8 10 1 .963 -8 -9 2.08 1.89 .977 2.25 2.23 AS
1985 TEX AL 31 CF 21 19 10 157.0 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 2.35 1.95 .988 2.91 2.88 AS
1985 TEX AL 31 DH 1 1 AS
1985 TEX AL 31 RF 1 0 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 2.00 .980 2.14 2.20 AS
1986 TEX AL 32 OF 104 101 85 857.2 246 237 8 1 3 .996 13 19 2.57 2.36 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 TEX AL 32 LF 102 97 85 836.2 239 233 5 1 3 .996 13 19 2.56 2.33 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 TEX AL 32 CF 4 4 0 21.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.43 2.00 .986 2.83 2.80
1986 TEX AL 32 DH 1 1
1987 NYY AL 33 OF 94 83 61 739.1 205 200 2 3 0 .985 3 5 2.46 2.15 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 NYY AL 33 LF 69 53 42 483.1 111 108 1 2 0 .982 2 6 2.03 1.58 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 NYY AL 33 DH 36 33
1987 NYY AL 33 CF 30 25 15 214.0 83 81 1 1 0 .988 2 8 3.45 2.73 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 NYY AL 33 1B 15 13 10 114.2 126 118 8 0 11 1.000 0 5 9.89 8.40 .992 9.58 9.48
1987 NYY AL 33 RF 5 5 4 42.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -29 1.71 1.60 .979 2.12 2.10
1988 NYY AL 34 OF 54 45 30 395.0 131 130 0 1 0 .992 -1 -2 2.96 2.41 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 NYY AL 34 CF 39 34 22 277.2 95 94 0 1 0 .989 -1 -3 3.05 2.41 .985 2.91 2.89
1988 NYY AL 34 LF 17 10 8 104.1 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 1 8 3.02 2.06 .977 2.26 2.24
1988 NYY AL 34 1B 11 10 10 97.2 95 90 4 1 9 .989 -1 -17 8.66 8.55 .992 9.57 9.49
1988 NYY AL 34 DH 9 5
1988 NYY AL 34 RF 3 1 0 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -55 1.38 0.67 .975 2.22 2.23
1988 NYY AL 34 3B 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 0.50 .950 2.70 2.70
1989 TOT AL 35 OF 57 42 30 389.2 111 108 2 1 1 .991 -1 -4 2.54 1.93 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 TOT AL 35 DH 26 17
1989 TOT AL 35 RF 20 17 10 146.2 34 32 1 1 0 .971 -2 -20 2.02 1.65 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 NYY AL 35 OF 6 6 1 44.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -38 1.43 1.17 .980 2.41 2.38
1989 NYY AL 35 RF 6 6 1 44.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -38 1.43 1.17 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 NYY AL 35 DH 1 1
1989 DET AL 35 OF 51 36 29 345.2 104 101 2 1 1 .990 0 0 2.68 2.02 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 DET AL 35 LF 35 22 19 212.0 65 64 1 0 1 1.000 2 9 2.76 1.86 .977 2.16 2.14
1989 DET AL 35 1B 26 12 3 130.2 142 126 14 2 14 .986 2 20 9.64 5.38 .993 9.79 9.69
1989 DET AL 35 DH 25 16
1989 DET AL 35 RF 14 11 9 102.2 27 25 1 1 0 .963 -1 -13 2.28 1.86 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 DET AL 35 CF 5 3 1 31.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -19 3.48 2.40 .984 2.79 2.76
1990 DET AL 36 OF 85 77 46 643.0 161 157 2 2 1 .988 -12 -23 2.23 1.87 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 DET AL 36 LF 75 67 38 546.0 142 139 1 2 1 .986 -7 -15 2.31 1.87 .978 2.19 2.16
1990 DET AL 36 RF 16 10 8 97.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -6 -69 2.04 1.38 .978 2.23 2.21
1990 DET AL 36 DH 13 7
1990 DET AL 36 1B 2 0 0 4.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 15.75 3.50 .991 9.67 9.55
12 Seasons OF 1094 1025 881 9024.1 2558 2436 81 41 21 .984 33 4 2.51 2.30 .981 2.45 2.43
12 Seasons LF 849 776 686 6831.1 1877 1783 61 33 16 .982 38 7 2.43 2.17 .978 2.26 2.24
8 Seasons CF 181 161 120 1382.2 474 460 10 4 4 .992 2 2 3.06 2.60 .986 2.91 2.88
9 Seasons RF 111 88 75 810.1 214 204 6 4 1 .981 -6 -9 2.33 1.89 .979 2.25 2.23
4 Seasons 1B 54 35 23 347.0 370 341 26 3 34 .992 1 5 9.52 6.80 .992 9.66 9.59
1 Season 3B 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 0.50 .950 2.70 2.70
12 Seasons TOT 1150 1060 904 9373.1 2929 2777 108 44 55 .985 35 4 2.77 2.51 .983 2.72 2.76
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
1979 MIN AL 25 RF -2 -87 -1 -1 0 -1
1979 MIN AL 25 LF 0 60 0 0 0 0
1980 MIN AL 26 LF -1 -10 -1 -1 -0 0
1981 MIN AL 27 LF -2 -4 -2 -2 -0 1
1981 MIN AL 27 CF -2 -13 -1 1 -2 -1
1981 MIN AL 27 RF 0 240 0 0 0 0
1982 MIN AL 28 LF 13 14 12 5 6 1
1982 MIN AL 28 RF 3 16 4 1 2 -1
1982 MIN AL 28 CF 0 24 0 0 0 0
1983 MIN AL 29 LF 16 15 10 10 0 6
1984 TEX AL 30 CF 5 11 5 6 -2 0
1984 TEX AL 30 LF 8 20 7 2 5 1
1984 TEX AL 30 RF 2 9 1 -1 2 1
1985 TEX AL 31 LF -8 -9 -7 -0 -7 -1
1985 TEX AL 31 CF -1 -10 -1 -2 0 0
1985 TEX AL 31 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TEX AL 32 LF 13 19 14 7 8 -1
1986 TEX AL 32 CF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 33 LF 2 6 1 0 1 1
1987 NYY AL 33 CF 2 8 2 2 0 -1
1987 NYY AL 33 1B 0 5 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 33 RF -1 -29 -1 -0 -0 0
1988 NYY AL 34 CF -1 -3 1 0 1 -2
1988 NYY AL 34 LF 1 8 2 2 -0 -1
1988 NYY AL 34 1B -1 -17 -1 1 -2 0
1988 NYY AL 34 RF -1 -55 -1 -1 0 0
1988 NYY AL 34 3B 0 120 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 35 RF -1 -38 -1 -0 -1 0
1989 DET AL 35 LF 2 9 3 1 1 -1
1989 DET AL 35 1B 2 20 2 2 0 0
1989 DET AL 35 RF -1 -13 -2 0 -2 1
1989 DET AL 35 CF -0 -19 -0 -0 -0 0
1990 DET AL 36 LF -7 -15 -3 1 -4 -4
1990 DET AL 36 RF -6 -69 -4 -2 -1 -2
1990 DET AL 36 1B 0 30 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons LF 38 7 36 25 10 2
8 Seasons CF 2 2 6 9 -3 -4
9 Seasons RF -6 -9 -4 -4 -1 -2
4 Seasons 1B 1 5 1 3 -2 0
1 Season 3B 0 120 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons TOT 35 4 39 34 5 0 -4
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 MIN AL 25 10 2 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 4 2 4
1980 MIN AL 26 13 10 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 3 0
1981 MIN AL 27 85 74 85 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 19 1 82 3 7 2
1982 MIN AL 28 152 145 152 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 4 25 156 2 5 0
1983 MIN AL 29 157 153 157 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152 2 4 0
1984 TEX AL 30 155 151 155 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 59 36 153 5 4 0
1985 TEX AL 31 154 152 154 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 21 1 161 1 1 0
1986 TEX AL 32 105 102 105 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 4 0 106 1 0 1
1987 NYY AL 33 146 129 146 105 0 0 15 0 0 0 69 30 5 104 36 16 1
1988 NYY AL 34 91 60 91 66 0 0 11 0 2 0 17 39 3 59 9 21 0
1989 DET AL 35 105 64 105 74 0 0 26 0 0 0 35 5 14 54 25 38 0
1989 NYY AL 35 8 7 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 1 0
1990 DET AL 36 106 84 106 86 0 0 2 0 0 0 75 0 16 91 13 21 0
12 Seasons 1287 1133 1287 1142 0 0 54 0 2 0 849 181 111 1141 102 123 8
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 -- 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%
1979 MIN AL 25 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 9 22% 89% 33% 1 100%
1980 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 346 59% 85% 25% 35 43%
1981 MIN AL 27 4 0 4 0 2 4 0 1 0 3 41 31 1 25 10 1 13 9 0 6 1 1 20 18 0 105 69 65.7% 33 3 2.9% 1 2240 55% 83% 26% 293 48%
1982 MIN AL 28 3 0 3 0 0 12 0 6 2 3 47 40 0 28 8 3 18 9 0 4 1 0 20 17 1 117 75 64.1% 38 4 3.4% 8 4699 65% 80% 29% 469 62%
1983 MIN AL 29 9 0 9 0 2 24 0 10 7 6 100 72 7 60 18 2 38 19 1 26 13 2 42 35 3 266 157 59.0% 94 15 5.6% 9 5836 62% 82% 28% 806 48%
1984 TEX AL 30 2 0 2 0 2 5 0 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 5 2 1 8 6 0 21 13 61.9% 6 2 9.5% 3 2073 56% 83% 29% 159 89%
1985 TEX AL 31 10 0 10 0 2 8 0 3 2 3 3 2 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 11 1 1 25 22 0 45 27 60.0% 17 1 2.2% 7 4978 54% 81% 25% 273 93%
1986 TEX AL 32 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 4 32 24 0 18 5 1 17 9 1 16 6 2 28 23 0 111 67 60.4% 40 4 3.6% 1 3637 55% 76% 31% 380 62%
1987 NYY AL 33 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 19 15 0 17 7 1 11 9 0 8 1 0 12 12 0 67 44 65.7% 22 1 1.5% 0 2032 67% 79% 29% 207 53%
1988 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 17 8 47.1% 9 0 0.0% 0 443 61% 85% 49% 64 55%
1989 DET AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 12 0 6 1 0 7 5 0 3 0 0 5 5 0 37 23 62.2% 14 0 0.0% 1 948 58% 83% 44% 122 52%
1990 DET AL 36 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 38 29 0 19 4 0 10 5 0 7 1 0 8 7 0 82 46 56.1% 36 0 0.0% 1 2355 63% 79% 40% 302 46%
12 Seasons 33 0 32 1 8 61 0 23 12 21 307 231 9 185 56 8 123 71 2 88 26 7 172 149 4 875 533 60.9% 312 30 3.4% 31 29596 60% 81% 30% 3111 58%
MLB Averages 60.1% 2.8% 59% 81% 31% 52%

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 MIN AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 11 3 1 4 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 24 9 37.5% 14 1 4.2% 3 685 55% 83% 25% 84 56%
1982 MIN AL 28 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 19 63% 74% 32% 1 100%
1984 TEX AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 10 2 0 18 12 0 37 17 45.9% 19 1 2.7% 3 2259 58% 80% 28% 191 94%
1985 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 1 16.7% 4 1 16.7% 0 661 54% 79% 23% 41 100%
1986 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 94 57% 85% 27% 8 100%
1987 NYY AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 4 0 9 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 10 7 0 39 13 33.3% 26 0 0.0% 1 953 66% 83% 30% 131 63%
1988 NYY AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 0 6 0 0 6 3 0 9 1 0 15 11 0 50 19 38.0% 31 0 0.0% 0 1203 68% 80% 43% 170 55%
1989 DET AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 132 67% 89% 47% 20 60%
8 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 10 0 1 3 1 45 14 2 24 0 1 15 9 0 27 3 0 54 38 0 165 64 38.8% 98 3 1.8% 7 6006 61% 81% 31% 646 72%
MLB Averages 43.4% 2.2% 59% 81% 31% 61%

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%
1979 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 103 76% 90% 24% 12 50%
1981 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 7 71% 71% 29% 3 33%
1982 MIN AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 5 2 0 14 6 42.9% 8 0 0.0% 1 866 58% 81% 27% 78 79%
1984 TEX AL 30 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 4 0 14 6 42.9% 7 1 7.1% 2 1241 55% 83% 26% 78 92%
1985 TEX AL 31 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 32 84% 78% 31% 2 100%
1987 NYY AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 195 70% 76% 35% 18 44%
1988 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 62 52% 79% 45% 6 33%
1989 DET AL 35 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 5 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 4 2 0 20 11 55.0% 9 0 0.0% 1 449 54% 81% 39% 57 46%
1989 NYY AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 0 211 76% 76% 38% 20 35%
1990 DET AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 23 6 26.1% 17 0 0.0% 1 438 66% 80% 42% 55 40%
9 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 6 0 3 2 0 35 15 1 16 4 0 13 9 0 11 3 0 25 14 0 100 45 45.0% 54 1 1.0% 5 3604 60% 81% 31% 329 63%
MLB Averages 42.2% 3.0% 59% 81% 31% 56%

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%
1987 NYY AL 33 488 61% 82% 31% 28 96% 0 119 11 108 0 9 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 9 0 2 1 1 1 100%
1988 NYY AL 34 399 58% 85% 30% 28 96% 0 90 15 72 3 9 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 1 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0
1989 DET AL 35 569 55% 76% 31% 35 89% 0 125 5 119 1 14 14 7 4 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 14 0 0 0 14 2 0 0 0 1 0%
1990 DET AL 36 13 100% 92% 54% 1 100% 0 7 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1469 58% 81% 31% 92 93% 0 341 31 306 4 33 25 15 5 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 34 1 0 0 31 3 3 2 1 2 50%
MLB Averages 59% 81% 29% 95% 87%

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%
1988 NYY AL 34 9 78% 56% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 9 78% 56% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 81% 29% 89% 70%

* 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

All-Star Games
1983 *
1985 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (32, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1983 AL  16 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  152 (1st)
1985 AL  139 (2nd)
Career  849 (83rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  370 (1st)
1985 AL  255 (3rd)
Career  1,783 (63rd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  12 (3rd)
1983 AL  24 (1st)
1985 AL  8 (4th)
Career  61 (72nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 AL  4 (5th)
1983 AL  9 (2nd)
1985 AL  10 (2nd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  152 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  24 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  9 (3rd)
1985 AL  10 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  13 (2nd)
1983 AL  16 (1st)
1984 AL  8 (3rd)
1986 AL  13 (1st)
Career  38 (22nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1981 AL  2.49 (5th)
1982 AL  2.47 (4th)
1983 AL  2.66 (3rd)
1986 AL  2.56 (2nd)
Career  2.43 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  2.34 (4th)
1983 AL  2.59 (1st)
1986 AL  2.33 (1st)
Career  2.17 (29th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  .990 (4th)
1986 AL  .996 (2nd)
Career  .982 (56th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1982 AL  15 (5th)
1983 AL  16 (2nd)
1986 AL  13 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
Career  2.51 (99th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1986 AL  .996 (3rd)

                                         

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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