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Vic Wertz

Victor Woodrow Wertz

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: February 9, 1925 in York, PA
High School: Reading HS (Reading, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/RedSox/Browns/Twins/... 1947-1963

Final Game: September 19, 1963
Died: July 7, 1983 in Detroit, MI
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
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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
1947 DET AL 22 OF 83 79 77 172 160 6 6 0 .965 2.00 .979 2.47
1947 DET AL 22 RF 42 40 40 86 78 4 4 0 .953 1.95 .977 2.11
1947 DET AL 22 LF 39 37 35 82 78 2 2 0 .976 2.05 .976 2.36
1947 DET AL 22 CF 2 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .982 2.95
1948 DET AL 23 OF 98 97 92 217 196 11 10 3 .954 2.11 .975 2.51
1948 DET AL 23 LF 64 62 59 156 140 8 8 3 .949 2.31 .975 2.34
1948 DET AL 23 RF 36 34 32 63 59 2 2 0 .968 1.69 .971 2.14
1948 DET AL 23 CF 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 3.00
1949 DET AL 24 OF 155 155 150 322 302 14 6 4 .981 2.04 .980 2.44 AS,MVP-10
1949 DET AL 24 RF 155 155 150 313 292 15 6 4 .981 1.98 .978 2.09 AS,MVP-10
1950 DET AL 25 OF 145 145 141 1290.0 301 286 5 10 3 .967 2.03 2.01 .979 2.51 2.47 MVP-10
1950 DET AL 25 RF 145 145 141 1290.0 300 285 5 10 3 .967 2.02 2.00 .975 2.12 2.09 MVP-10
1951 DET AL 26 OF 131 129 117 1143.0 264 254 7 3 1 .989 2.06 1.99 .977 2.45 2.44 AS
1951 DET AL 26 RF 131 129 117 1143.0 264 253 8 3 1 .989 2.06 1.99 .978 2.06 2.05 AS
1952 TOT AL 27 OF 115 113 93 954.1 211 198 8 5 3 .976 1.94 1.79 .980 2.40 2.40 AS
1952 TOT AL 27 RF 115 113 93 954.1 209 196 8 5 3 .976 1.92 1.77 .976 1.91 1.91 AS
1952 DET AL 27 OF 79 77 61 654.0 144 134 8 2 3 .986 1.95 1.80 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 DET AL 27 RF 79 77 61 654.0 143 133 8 2 3 .986 1.94 1.78 .976 1.91 1.91
1952 SLB AL 27 OF 36 36 32 300.1 67 64 0 3 0 .955 1.92 1.78 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 SLB AL 27 RF 36 36 32 300.1 66 63 0 3 0 .955 1.89 1.75 .976 1.91 1.91
1953 SLB AL 28 OF 121 117 111 1051.0 265 243 15 7 4 .974 -6 -7 2.21 2.13 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 SLB AL 28 RF 119 117 111 1051.0 265 243 15 7 4 .974 -6 -7 2.21 2.17 .984 2.09 2.08
1954 TOT AL 29 OF 32 31 28 263.1 64 57 5 2 1 .969 -1 -3 2.12 1.94 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 TOT AL 29 RF 30 29 27 247.1 58 51 5 2 1 .966 -0 -2 2.04 1.87 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 BAL AL 29 OF 27 27 25 227.0 54 47 5 2 1 .963 -1 -4 2.06 1.93 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 BAL AL 29 RF 27 27 25 227.0 53 46 5 2 1 .962 -1 -4 2.02 1.89 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 CLE AL 29 1B 83 79 23 595.2 616 557 52 7 57 .989 1 2 9.20 7.34 .990 9.60 9.53
1954 CLE AL 29 OF 5 4 3 36.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.48 2.00 .979 2.38 2.38
1954 CLE AL 29 RF 3 2 2 20.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 2.21 1.67 .976 2.04 2.03
1954 CLE AL 29 LF 2 2 1 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 2.25 2.00 .978 2.25 2.25
1955 CLE AL 30 1B 63 61 30 475.0 490 449 33 8 49 .984 -5 -12 9.13 7.65 .991 9.63 9.54
1955 CLE AL 30 OF 9 7 5 62.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -21 2.03 1.56 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 CLE AL 30 RF 8 6 5 59.0 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -14 2.44 2.00 .981 2.04 2.02
1955 CLE AL 30 LF 1 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -160 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.20
1956 CLE AL 31 1B 133 133 88 1086.2 1057 971 77 9 99 .991 -1 -1 8.68 7.88 .990 9.43 9.35 MVP-9
1957 CLE AL 32 1B 139 138 89 1162.2 1122 1025 83 14 122 .988 -4 -4 8.58 7.97 .992 9.67 9.70 AS,MVP-6
1958 CLE AL 33 1B 8 7 3 54.2 50 44 5 1 5 .980 0 7 8.07 6.13 .991 9.60 9.50
1959 BOS AL 34 1B 64 56 38 456.2 482 440 38 4 44 .992 3 7 9.42 7.47 .990 9.84 9.77
1960 BOS AL 35 1B 117 110 63 899.1 931 841 78 12 89 .987 -3 -4 9.20 7.85 .991 9.58 9.56 MVP-14
1961 BOS AL 36 1B 86 82 43 656.1 738 664 67 7 65 .991 4 6 10.02 8.50 .990 9.45 9.34
1962 DET AL 37 1B 16 14 5 112.0 85 75 9 1 5 .988 -2 -16 6.75 5.25 .990 9.44 9.41
1963 MIN AL 38 1B 6 5 2 45.0 37 32 5 0 2 1.000 1 16 7.40 6.17 .990 9.48 9.48
9 Seasons OF 889 873 814 4763.2 1830 1709 72 49 20 .973 -8 -2 2.06 2.00 .979 2.45 2.44
9 Seasons RF 781 768 716 4744.2 1574 1472 63 39 17 .975 -7 -2 2.06 1.97 .978 2.05 2.06
10 Seasons 1B 715 685 384 5544.0 5608 5098 447 63 537 .989 -6 -1 9.00 7.76 .991 9.58 9.53
4 Seasons LF 106 102 95 19.0 242 222 10 10 3 .959 -1 -38 1.89 2.19 .975 2.27 2.34
2 Seasons CF 3 3 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 .982 2.97
17 Seasons TOT 1604 1558 1198 10307.2 7438 6807 519 112 557 .985 -14 -2 5.80 4.57 .988 6.28 5.60
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
1947 DET AL 22 RF
1947 DET AL 22 LF
1947 DET AL 22 CF
1948 DET AL 23 LF
1948 DET AL 23 RF
1948 DET AL 23 CF
1949 DET AL 24 RF
1950 DET AL 25 RF
1951 DET AL 26 RF
1952 DET AL 27 RF
1952 SLB AL 27 RF
1953 SLB AL 28 RF -6 -7 -6 -6 0 0
1954 BAL AL 29 RF -1 -4 -1 -2 1 0
1954 CLE AL 29 1B 1 2 2 -1 3 -1
1954 CLE AL 29 RF 0 24 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 29 LF -0 -15 -0 0 -0 0
1955 CLE AL 30 1B -5 -12 -4 -2 -2 -1
1955 CLE AL 30 RF -1 -14 -1 0 -1 0
1955 CLE AL 30 LF -0 -160 -0 0 -0 0
1956 CLE AL 31 1B -1 -1 -1 -0 -0 0
1957 CLE AL 32 1B -4 -4 -4 1 -6 0
1958 CLE AL 33 1B 0 7 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 34 1B 3 7 4 2 1 -1
1960 BOS AL 35 1B -3 -4 -2 1 -3 -1
1961 BOS AL 36 1B 4 6 4 4 -0 0
1962 DET AL 37 1B -2 -16 -2 0 -2 0
1963 MIN AL 38 1B 1 16 1 0 0 0
9 Seasons RF -7 -2 -7 -7 0 0
10 Seasons 1B -6 -1 -2 6 -8 -4
4 Seasons LF -1 -38 -1 0 -1 0
2 Seasons CF
17 Seasons TOT -14 -2 -10 -1 -9 -4 0
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
1947 DET AL 22 102 79 102 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 2 42 83 0 20 0
1948 DET AL 23 119 97 119 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 1 36 98 0 22 0
1949 DET AL 24 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 155 0 0 0
1950 DET AL 25 149 145 149 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 145 0 4 0
1951 DET AL 26 138 129 138 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 131 0 9 0
1952 DET AL 27 85 77 85 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 79 0 8 0
1952 SLB AL 27 37 36 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 36 0 1 0
1953 SLB AL 28 128 117 128 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 119 0 9 1
1954 CLE AL 29 94 83 94 87 0 0 83 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 7 0
1954 BAL AL 29 29 27 29 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 0 2 0
1955 CLE AL 30 74 68 74 71 0 0 63 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 0 6 0
1956 CLE AL 31 136 133 136 133 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1957 CLE AL 32 144 138 144 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1958 CLE AL 33 25 7 25 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1959 BOS AL 34 94 56 94 64 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1
1960 BOS AL 35 131 110 131 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1961 BOS AL 36 99 82 99 86 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1961 DET AL 36 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1962 DET AL 37 74 14 74 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0
1963 MIN AL 38 35 5 35 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1963 DET AL 38 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
17 Seasons 1862 1558 1862 1600 0 0 715 0 0 0 106 3 781 887 0 290 2
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 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%
1948 DET AL 23 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 12 6 0 9 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 9 37.5% 14 1 4.2% 1 632 57% 81% 26% 52 44%
1949 DET AL 24 4 0 4 0 0 8 0 2 2 1 50 28 2 29 7 0 13 6 0 14 3 1 19 17 0 125 61 48.8% 61 3 2.4% 5 3585 56% 81% 29% 355 52%
1950 DET AL 25 7 0 7 0 1 5 1 0 3 0 51 21 0 30 7 0 11 7 0 8 2 0 23 12 1 123 49 39.8% 73 1 0.8% 4 4306 58% 83% 28% 415 56%
1951 DET AL 26 2 0 2 0 1 8 0 1 5 1 49 17 2 32 7 0 13 6 1 12 3 0 19 18 0 125 51 40.8% 71 3 2.4% 5 3651 60% 83% 28% 380 54%
1952 DET AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 1 31 14 0 28 4 1 13 11 0 10 1 2 12 9 0 94 39 41.5% 52 3 3.2% 3 2557 62% 80% 28% 237 53%
1952 SLB AL 27 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 22 13 59.1% 9 0 0.0% 0 837 62% 81% 31% 87 56%
1953 SLB AL 28 6 0 6 0 2 13 0 4 5 2 48 21 2 26 4 0 26 15 1 11 2 1 21 13 2 132 55 41.7% 71 6 4.5% 7 4194 66% 81% 31% 426 53%
1954 BAL AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 1 2 14 5 1 10 2 0 5 2 1 3 0 0 10 9 0 42 18 42.9% 22 2 4.8% 3 1001 63% 79% 27% 101 50%
1954 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 86 87% 84% 40% 7 71%
1955 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 13 5 38.5% 7 1 7.7% 0 253 64% 81% 35% 28 54%
8 Seasons 27 0 27 0 6 48 2 11 18 8 272 121 7 169 34 2 86 49 3 62 12 4 112 84 4 701 300 42.8% 381 20 2.9% 28 21102 61% 82% 29% 2088 54%
MLB Averages 42.2% 3.2% 63% 81% 30% 54%

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%
1954 CLE AL 29 2477 61% 82% 26% 155 93% 2 546 44 496 6 52 52 42 7 1 3 7 1 6 0 5 57 0 0 1 51 1 5 1 4 13 92%
1955 CLE AL 30 2027 62% 75% 22% 124 90% 0 398 33 362 4 48 33 25 5 0 0 8 2 6 0 5 50 0 0 0 48 0 2 1 1 9 100%
1956 CLE AL 31 4612 65% 77% 23% 236 95% 0 956 74 880 5 81 74 54 13 1 1 9 3 6 0 5 100 4 0 1 90 4 10 2 8 17 82%
1957 CLE AL 32 5060 67% 79% 24% 262 94% 4 1009 97 905 7 74 80 58 16 0 4 14 4 9 1 9 121 4 0 1 109 6 12 1 11 18 100%
1958 CLE AL 33 244 71% 80% 22% 14 86% 0 43 5 38 0 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0
1959 BOS AL 34 1983 68% 80% 27% 103 96% 0 434 28 400 5 34 37 33 4 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 42 0 0 0 39 0 3 1 2 9 67%
1960 BOS AL 35 3908 68% 80% 26% 203 94% 2 830 67 758 8 53 75 60 11 0 6 12 3 7 2 7 90 0 0 1 78 1 12 4 8 13 100%
1961 BOS AL 36 2902 64% 78% 27% 168 94% 2 669 54 610 7 45 65 51 9 0 5 7 3 3 1 3 65 1 2 1 57 3 8 2 5 13 77%
1962 DET AL 37 488 66% 81% 18% 28 93% 0 77 5 71 1 14 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1963 MIN AL 38 195 73% 83% 22% 11 100% 0 34 2 32 0 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
10 Seasons 23896 66% 79% 25% 1304 94% 10 4996 409 4552 43 407 433 338 67 2 20 63 17 41 5 37 537 9 2 5 481 15 55 12 42 96 90%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 93% 86%

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%
1948 DET AL 23 5 0 5 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 14 10 0 10 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 1 37 16 43.2% 19 2 5.4% 2 892 64% 78% 29% 106 51%
1954 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 79 56% 86% 29% 9 44%
1955 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 14 43% 64% 36% 2 0%
3 Seasons 5 0 5 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 16 12 0 10 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 1 39 18 46.2% 19 2 5.1% 2 985 63% 79% 29% 117 50%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 49%

* 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

Hall of Fame
1970 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1971 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1972 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1974 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1975 BBWAA ( 1.4%)
1976 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1977 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1978 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

All-Star Games
1949 *
1951 (RF)
1952
1957 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (10, 15%)
1950 AL (10, 15%)
1956 AL (9, 13%)
1957 AL (6, 18%)
1960 AL (14, 7%)
0.68 Career Shares (350th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1956 AL  971 (1st)
1957 AL  1,025 (3rd)
1960 AL  841 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1956 AL  133 (1st)
1957 AL  139 (1st)
1960 AL  117 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1956 AL  971 (1st)
1957 AL  1,025 (3rd)
1960 AL  841 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1956 AL  77 (2nd)
1957 AL  83 (3rd)
1960 AL  78 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1955 AL  8 (4th)
1956 AL  9 (3rd)
1957 AL  14 (1st)
1960 AL  12 (1st)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 AL  8 (4th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  155 (1st)
1950 AL  145 (1st)
1951 AL  131 (1st)
1952 AL  115 (5th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  292 (1st)
1950 AL  285 (1st)
1951 AL  253 (1st)
1952 AL  196 (4th)
1953 AL  243 (3rd)
Career  1,472 (98th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  15 (2nd)
1951 AL  8 (3rd)
1952 AL  8 (5th)
1953 AL  15 (2nd)
Career  63 (97th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  4 (5th)
1949 AL  6 (2nd)
1950 AL  10 (1st)
1951 AL  3 (4th)
1952 AL  5 (4th)
1953 AL  7 (1st)
Career  39 (91st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1949 AL  155 (1st)
1950 AL  145 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1948 AL  11 (5th)
1949 AL  14 (3rd)
1953 AL  15 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1950 AL  10 (2nd)
1953 AL  7 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1961 AL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1956 AL  8.68 (5th)
1961 AL  10.02 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1956 AL  7.88 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1956 AL  .991 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.06 (4th)
1952 AL  1.92 (5th)
1953 AL  2.21 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  1.98 (5th)
1950 AL  2.00 (4th)
1951 AL  1.99 (3rd)
1952 AL  1.77 (4th)
1953 AL  2.17 (2nd)
Career  1.97 (80th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  .981 (4th)
1951 AL  .989 (3rd)
1952 AL  .976 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1962 AL  born 1925-02-09 (9th)
1963 AL  born 1925-02-09 (5th)

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