U L Washington
U L Washington
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 27, 1953 in Stringtown, OK
High School: Stringtown (Stringtown, OK)
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1977
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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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
1977 KCR AL 23 SS 9 6 62.0 39 13 21 5 4 .872 -0.2 -3.9 -0.2 0.9 -1.0 0 4.94 3.78 .967 4.82 4.07
1978 KCR AL 24 SS 49 20 224.2 110 47 55 8 8 .927 -4.3 -23.0 -4.3 -3.3 -1.0 0 4.09 2.08 .965 4.92 4.19
1978 KCR AL 24 2B 19 13 121.2 70 32 37 1 10 .986 -3.0 -29.6 -3.0 -3.2 0.3 0 5.10 3.63 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 KCR AL 24 DH 1
1979 KCR AL 25 SS 50 37 354.0 199 62 131 6 31 .970 6.6 22.4 5.6 1.4 4.2 1 4.91 3.86 .965 5.01 4.10
1979 KCR AL 25 2B 46 35 346.0 235 112 111 12 37 .949 -4.6 -16.0 -5.6 -1.2 -4.5 1 5.80 4.85 .979 5.50 4.80
1979 KCR AL 25 DH 3
1979 KCR AL 25 3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 3.00 2.70
1980 KCR AL 26 SS 152 146 1312.2 736 237 467 32 86 .957 -2.5 -2.3 1.5 2.4 -0.9 -4 4.83 4.63 .963 4.99 4.26
1981 KCR AL 27 SS 98 97 868.0 444 135 297 12 58 .973 4.2 5.8 2.2 6.1 -3.9 2 4.48 4.41 .967 4.99 4.19
1982 KCR AL 28 SS 117 114 995.0 566 173 371 22 63 .961 1.0 1.2 2.0 -8.8 10.8 -1 4.92 4.65 .965 4.87 4.17
1982 KCR AL 28 DH 1
1983 KCR AL 29 SS 140 139 1224.2 685 201 448 36 91 .947 -5.8 -5.7 -7.8 -2.8 -5.0 2 4.77 4.64 .964 4.75 4.15
1983 KCR AL 29 DH 1
1984 KCR AL 30 SS 61 54 476.1 257 81 166 10 40 .961 1.1 2.8 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 2 4.67 4.05 .962 4.76 3.93
1985 MON NL 31 2B 43 34 310.2 178 70 104 4 22 .978 -1.9 -7.3 -2.9 -1.3 -1.6 1 5.04 4.05 .982 5.47 4.82
1985 MON NL 31 SS 9 7 60.0 31 5 25 1 7 .968 2.2 44.0 2.2 -0.2 2.4 0 4.50 3.33 .961 4.88 4.26
1985 MON NL 31 3B 3 1 11.2 4 1 1 2 0 .500 -1.0 -102.9 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 1.54 0.67 .975 2.85 2.47
1986 PIT NL 32 SS 51 26 278.0 150 50 92 8 25 .947 -1.6 -6.9 -2.6 -0.6 -2.0 1 4.60 2.78 .963 4.75 3.96
1986 PIT NL 32 2B 3 1 10.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.5 60.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 4.50 1.67 .980 5.22 4.53
1987 PIT NL 33 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1987 PIT NL 33 SS 1 1 9.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 .967 4.70 3.90
11 Seasons SS 737 647 5864.1 3223 1005 2077 141 413 .956 0.7 0.1 -2.3 -3.8 1.6 3 4.73 4.18 .964 4.88 4.15
4 Seasons 2B 111 83 788.1 488 214 257 17 69 .965 -9.0 -13.7 -11.0 -5.4 -5.6 2 5.38 4.24 .980 5.48 4.79
4 Seasons DH 6
3 Seasons 3B 5 1 17.2 5 1 2 2 0 .600 -0.8 -54.3 -0.8 -1.1 0.3 0 1.53 0.60 .980 2.85 2.48
11 Seasons TOT 853 731 6670.1 3716 1220 2336 160 482 .957 -9.1 -1.6 -14.1 -10.3 -3.7 5 4.80 4.17 .923 4.95 4.22
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
1977 KCR AL 23 10 6 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1978 KCR AL 24 69 33 69 65 0 0 0 19 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
1979 KCR AL 25 101 73 101 94 0 0 0 46 1 50 0 0 0 0 1 4 12
1980 KCR AL 26 153 146 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1981 KCR AL 27 98 97 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 KCR AL 28 119 114 119 117 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1983 KCR AL 29 144 139 144 140 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1984 KCR AL 30 63 54 63 61 0 0 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1985 MON NL 31 68 42 68 52 0 0 0 43 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
1986 PIT NL 32 72 27 72 52 0 0 0 3 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 33 5
1987 PIT NL 33 10 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
11 Seasons 907 732 907 842 0 0 0 111 5 738 0 0 0 0 1 77 44
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 -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1977 KCR AL 23 252 54% 79% 31% 27 85% 0 13 5 8 0 21 20 1 0 0 5 0 4 1 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 0
1978 KCR AL 24 995 54% 81% 23% 86 91% 1 48 25 19 4 57 44 7 2 5 8 0 6 2 6 8 1 0 1 0 3 6 1 4 2 0 2
1979 KCR AL 25 1508 57% 81% 25% 148 95% 1 62 25 28 9 133 107 22 1 0 5 0 5 0 5 31 10 0 11 1 5 28 11 17 1 1 0
1980 KCR AL 26 5764 57% 83% 26% 588 93% 5 238 127 97 15 469 351 104 3 5 31 0 22 9 22 91 36 2 30 9 2 83 39 42 7 3 3
1981 KCR AL 27 3772 60% 83% 25% 364 91% 3 132 62 54 16 304 240 58 2 2 12 0 12 0 12 58 25 1 21 3 5 55 26 29 3 1 2
1982 KCR AL 28 4384 68% 82% 26% 449 92% 2 176 88 75 13 367 279 72 1 5 22 1 21 0 19 65 23 6 22 6 1 59 29 29 5 3 1
1983 KCR AL 29 5448 67% 83% 26% 542 91% 4 211 100 89 22 445 325 100 2 5 35 3 31 1 30 92 42 4 28 7 5 89 46 40 3 2 1
1984 KCR AL 30 2092 63% 82% 27% 208 95% 1 79 43 30 6 171 132 37 0 1 10 0 10 0 10 41 20 1 12 4 1 39 21 17 0 0 0
1985 MON NL 31 250 61% 80% 29% 29 97% 0 4 2 0 2 26 15 11 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0
1986 PIT NL 32 1242 50% 76% 32% 105 89% 2 50 16 25 9 91 69 16 1 0 8 0 8 0 7 25 7 1 9 0 3 22 8 13 2 0 2
1987 PIT NL 33 35 51% 66% 43% 5 80% 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 25742 61% 82% 26% 2551 92% 19 1015 494 426 96 2087 1585 428 12 23 138 4 121 13 117 422 171 15 135 31 26 391 188 194 23 10 11
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 KCR AL 24 554 58% 79% 22% 39 95% 0 31 8 14 9 37 28 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 3 3 2 0 8 2 6 2 1 1
1979 KCR AL 25 1527 58% 82% 27% 144 92% 1 111 49 47 15 113 95 12 1 1 12 3 8 1 9 37 16 9 5 2 34 7 27 2 1 0
1985 MON NL 31 1367 57% 78% 27% 111 98% 0 70 23 25 23 100 83 15 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 23 5 6 6 2 22 8 12 1 1 0
1986 PIT NL 32 48 21% 81% 29% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3496 57% 80% 26% 299 95% 1 212 80 86 47 255 210 34 1 3 17 4 11 2 12 70 24 18 13 4 64 17 45 5 3 1
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 95%

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%
1979 KCR AL 25 14 43% 71% 43% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MON NL 31 66 48% 76% 23% 2 50% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 PIT NL 33 11 55% 45% 36% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 91 48% 71% 27% 4 50% 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 90% 72%

* 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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