Earl Webb

William Earl Webb

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 17, 1897 in White County, TN(All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1925
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cubs/Tigers/WhiteSox/Giants 1925-1933

Final Game: October 1, 1933
Died: May 23, 1965 in Jamestown, TN
Buried: Taylor Place Cemetery, Jamestown, TN
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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	Awards
1927	CHC	NL	29	OF	86	84	79		193	171	14	8	5	.959		2.15	.970		2.49
1927	CHC	NL	29	RF	78	77	72		177	156	14	7	5	.960		2.18	.968		2.26
1927	CHC	NL	29	LF	8	7	7		16	15	0	1	0	.938		1.88	.970		2.25
1928	CHC	NL	30	OF	31	30	26		70	65	4	1	0	.986		2.23	.972		2.47
1928	CHC	NL	30	RF	31	30	26		70	65	4	1	0	.986		2.23	.968		2.26
1930	BOS	AL	32	OF	116	116	109		217	200	8	9	4	.959		1.79	.965		2.32
1930	BOS	AL	32	RF	116	116	109		217	200	8	9	4	.959		1.79	.961		1.96
1931	BOS	AL	33	OF	151	151	150		307	270	21	16	5	.948		1.93	.969		2.38	MVP-6
1931	BOS	AL	33	RF	151	151	150		307	270	21	16	5	.948		1.93	.964		2.11	MVP-6
1932	TOT	AL	34	OF	135	135	134		263	237	15	11	2	.958		1.87	.967		2.42
1932	TOT	AL	34	RF	135	135	134		262	236	15	11	2	.958		1.86	.963		2.10
1932	BOS	AL	34	OF	50	50	50		84	74	7	3	2	.964		1.62	.967		2.42
1932	BOS	AL	34	RF	50	50	50		83	73	7	3	1	.964		1.60	.963		2.10
1932	BOS	AL	34	1B	2	2	2		16	14	1	1	2	.938		7.50	.989		10.10
1932	DET	AL	34	OF	85	85	84		179	163	8	8	0	.955		2.01	.967		2.42
1932	DET	AL	34	RF	85	85	84		179	163	8	8	1	.955		2.01	.963		2.10
1933	TOT	AL	35	OF	18	9	9		23	21	2	0	0	1.000		1.28	.970		2.37
1933	TOT	AL	35	RF	13	9	9		17	15	2	0	0	1.000		1.31	.962		2.10
1933	DET	AL	35	OF	2	2	2		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.970		2.35
1933	DET	AL	35	RF	2	2	2		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.960		2.10
1933	CHW	AL	35	OF	16	7	7		22	20	2	0	0	1.000		1.38	.970		2.37
1933	CHW	AL	35	RF	11	7	7		16	14	2	0	0	1.000		1.45	.962		2.10
1933	CHW	AL	35	1B	10	10	9		118	108	3	7	8	.941		11.10	.989		10.27
1933	CHW	AL	35	LF	5	0	0		7	7	0	0	0	1.000		1.40	.971		2.28
	6 Seasons			OF	537	525	507		1073	964	64	45	16	.958		1.91	.968		2.40
	6 Seasons			RF	524	518	500		1050	942	64	44	16	.958		1.92	.964		2.11
	2 Seasons			LF	13	7	7		23	22	0	1	0	.957		1.69	.970		2.26
	2 Seasons			1B	12	12	11		134	122	4	8	10	.940		10.50	.989		10.24
	7 Seasons			TOT	549	537	518		1207	1086	68	53	26	.956		2.10	.970		2.57
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	RF	OF	PH
1925	NYG	NL	27	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
1927	CHC	NL	29	102	84	102	86	0	8	78	86	16
1928	CHC	NL	30	62	30	62	31	0	0	31	31	31
1930	BOS	AL	32	127	116	127	116	0	0	116	116	11
1931	BOS	AL	33	151	151	151	151	0	0	151	151	0
1932	DET	AL	34	88	85	88	85	0	0	85	85	3
1932	BOS	AL	34	52	52	52	52	2	0	50	50	0
1933	CHW	AL	35	59	17	59	26	10	5	11	16	34
1933	DET	AL	35	6	2	6	2	0	0	2	2	4
	7 Seasons			651	537	651	549	12	13	524	537	103

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1931 AL (6, 28%) 0.28 Career Shares (631st)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 116 (4th) 1931 AL 151 (1st) 1932 AL 135 (3rd)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 200 (3rd) 1931 AL 270 (3rd) 1932 AL 236 (3rd)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1927 NL 14 (5th) 1931 AL 21 (2nd) 1932 AL 15 (1st) Career 64 (95th)
Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1927 NL 7 (5th) 1930 AL 9 (2nd) 1931 AL 16 (1st) 1932 AL 11 (3rd) Career 44 (71st)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1931 AL 151 (2nd)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1931 AL 21 (2nd) 1932 AL 15 (2nd)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1931 AL 16 (1st)
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1927 NL 2.18 (5th) 1931 AL 1.93 (5th) Career 1.92 (93rd)

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