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Terry Whitfield

Terry Bertland Whitfield

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: January 12, 1953 in Blythe, CA
High School: Palo Verde HS (Blythe, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1974
Teams (by GP): Giants/Dodgers/Yankees 1974-1986
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: May 23, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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
1974 NYY AL 21 CF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -67 0.00 0.00 2.90 2.90
1974 NYY AL 21 OF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -67 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.40
1975 NYY AL 22 OF 25 20 19 184.2 46 42 3 1 0 .978 -0 -1 2.19 1.80 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 NYY AL 22 RF 23 19 18 174.2 44 41 2 1 0 .977 0 1 2.22 1.87 .976 2.11 2.10
1975 NYY AL 22 LF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -36 0.90 0.50 .980 2.16 2.15
1975 NYY AL 22 DH 1 1
1976 NYY AL 23 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1976 NYY AL 23 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.50
1977 SFG NL 24 OF 84 74 55 659.2 176 167 4 5 0 .972 4 8 2.33 2.04 .978 2.26 2.26
1977 SFG NL 24 RF 50 50 34 389.2 110 106 2 2 0 .982 5 15 2.49 2.16 .974 2.11 2.11
1977 SFG NL 24 CF 23 14 13 146.0 39 35 1 3 0 .923 -3 -21 2.22 1.57 .986 2.73 2.74
1977 SFG NL 24 LF 22 10 8 124.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 2 17 1.96 1.23 .972 1.93 1.93
1978 SFG NL 25 OF 140 121 107 1105.1 259 249 7 3 2 .988 2 2 2.08 1.83 .980 2.31 2.29
1978 SFG NL 25 LF 138 117 105 1076.1 245 235 7 3 2 .988 2 2 2.02 1.75 .978 1.99 1.97
1978 SFG NL 25 CF 5 4 2 29.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 2.48 1.60 .982 2.79 2.76
1979 SFG NL 26 OF 106 93 87 845.2 185 167 10 8 3 .957 3 4 1.88 1.67 .979 2.33 2.32
1979 SFG NL 26 LF 105 93 87 843.2 186 167 11 8 3 .957 3 4 1.90 1.70 .970 2.01 2.00
1979 SFG NL 26 CF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1980 SFG NL 27 LF 95 77 61 687.1 155 142 11 2 1 .987 -3 -5 2.00 1.61 .976 2.06 2.06
1980 SFG NL 27 OF 95 77 61 687.1 153 140 11 2 1 .987 -3 -5 1.98 1.59 .980 2.31 2.31
1984 LAD NL 31 OF 58 42 27 386.2 81 76 4 1 0 .988 2 7 1.86 1.38 .979 2.27 2.26
1984 LAD NL 31 RF 37 24 16 232.0 51 49 2 0 0 1.000 2 10 1.98 1.38 .979 2.07 2.06
1984 LAD NL 31 LF 23 16 11 140.2 27 25 1 1 0 .963 -0 -2 1.66 1.13 .971 2.03 2.02
1984 LAD NL 31 CF 2 2 0 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 51 2.57 2.00 .988 2.70 2.70
1985 LAD NL 32 OF 28 17 3 134.1 27 23 2 2 0 .926 -1 -7 1.67 0.89 .979 2.20 2.20
1985 LAD NL 32 LF 21 12 1 91.1 18 14 2 2 0 .889 -1 -17 1.58 0.76 .977 1.92 1.92
1985 LAD NL 32 RF 7 5 2 41.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 6 1.76 1.14 .978 2.02 2.01
1985 LAD NL 32 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.70
1986 LAD NL 33 LF 1 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.00
1986 LAD NL 33 OF 1 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.20
10 Seasons OF 539 446 360 4017.2 928 865 41 22 6 .976 6 2 2.03 1.68 .979 2.30 2.29
9 Seasons LF 408 327 274 2978.1 660 611 33 16 6 .976 2 1 1.95 1.58 .975 2.01 2.00
4 Seasons RF 117 98 70 837.1 213 203 7 3 0 .986 7 10 2.26 1.79 .976 2.10 2.09
6 Seasons CF 33 21 16 202.0 52 48 1 3 0 .942 -2 -15 2.18 1.48 .985 2.74 2.75
10 Seasons TOT 539 446 360 4017.2 928 865 41 22 6 .976 6 2 2.03 1.68 .979 2.30 2.29
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
1974 NYY AL 21 CF -0 -67 -0 0 -0
1975 NYY AL 22 RF 0 1 -2 0 -2 2
1975 NYY AL 22 LF -0 -36 -0 -0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 23 LF -0 -120 -0 0 -0 0
1977 SFG NL 24 RF 5 15 6 -3 9 -1
1977 SFG NL 24 CF -3 -21 -3 -2 -1 0
1977 SFG NL 24 LF 2 17 -0 -1 1 2
1978 SFG NL 25 LF 2 2 1 5 -4 1
1978 SFG NL 25 CF -0 -4 -0 -0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 26 LF 3 4 -1 -5 4 4
1979 SFG NL 26 CF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1980 SFG NL 27 LF -3 -5 -4 -2 -2 1
1984 LAD NL 31 RF 2 10 1 -1 2 1
1984 LAD NL 31 LF -0 -2 -0 0 -0 0
1984 LAD NL 31 CF 1 51 1 0 1 0
1985 LAD NL 32 LF -1 -17 -1 0 -1 0
1985 LAD NL 32 RF 0 6 -1 0 -1 1
1985 LAD NL 32 CF 0 180 0 0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 33 LF 0 40 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons LF 2 1 -6 -4 -3 8
4 Seasons RF 7 10 4 -3 8 3
6 Seasons CF -2 -15 -2 -2 -1 0
10 Seasons TOT 6 2 -5 -9 5 11
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
1974 NYY AL 21 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1975 NYY AL 22 28 21 28 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 25 1 2 1
1976 NYY AL 23 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1977 SFG NL 24 114 74 114 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 23 50 95 0 34 1
1978 SFG NL 25 149 121 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 5 0 143 0 14 3
1979 SFG NL 26 133 93 133 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 1 0 106 0 36 1
1980 SFG NL 27 118 77 118 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 0 95 0 34 0
1984 LAD NL 31 87 42 87 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 37 62 0 37 2
1985 LAD NL 32 79 17 79 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 7 29 0 57 0
1986 LAD NL 33 19 1 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 0
10 Seasons 730 447 730 539 0 0 0 0 0 0 408 33 117 558 1 233 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%
1975 NYY AL 22 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 40 73% 73% 23% 1 100%
1976 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 9 89% 89% 22% 1 0%
1977 SFG NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 13 10 76.9% 2 1 7.7% 0 543 70% 80% 25% 44 61%
1978 SFG NL 25 3 0 3 0 1 7 0 1 0 5 48 41 0 26 5 3 21 11 1 17 4 2 26 26 0 138 87 63.0% 45 6 4.3% 1 4526 67% 83% 29% 492 49%
1979 SFG NL 26 8 0 8 0 1 11 0 4 2 4 50 40 2 37 13 4 30 18 0 10 3 0 25 21 2 152 95 62.5% 49 8 5.3% 3 3652 70% 81% 32% 430 41%
1980 SFG NL 27 2 0 2 0 1 11 0 5 2 3 52 40 2 32 8 1 18 7 2 6 1 0 15 12 1 123 68 55.3% 50 6 4.9% 5 2938 66% 83% 25% 361 42%
1984 LAD NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 584 63% 79% 24% 28 89%
1985 LAD NL 32 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 2 385 67% 77% 22% 16 88%
1986 LAD NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 14 86% 86% 29% 2 50%
9 Seasons 16 0 15 1 4 33 0 11 6 13 155 126 4 100 29 8 73 37 4 36 9 2 73 66 3 437 267 61.1% 150 21 4.8% 12 12691 68% 82% 28% 1375 46%
MLB Averages 59.6% 3.0% 60% 82% 27% 52%

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%
1975 NYY AL 22 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 13 7 53.8% 4 2 15.4% 0 738 66% 81% 29% 61 70%
1977 SFG NL 24 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 22 10 0 8 1 2 4 3 0 7 2 0 8 3 0 49 19 38.8% 28 2 4.1% 0 1666 60% 82% 29% 200 54%
1984 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 2 40.0% 2 1 20.0% 1 945 68% 78% 21% 53 96%
1985 LAD NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 178 75% 79% 18% 8 100%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 7 0 2 1 4 26 13 1 10 1 4 6 4 0 10 2 0 16 9 0 68 29 42.6% 34 5 7.4% 2 3527 64% 80% 26% 322 65%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 60% 82% 27% 56%

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%
1974 NYY AL 21 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 35 66% 66% 31% 0
1977 SFG NL 24 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 8 0 5 0 0 4 1 0 4 3 0 4 4 0 30 16 53.3% 14 0 0.0% 1 635 62% 85% 30% 90 40%
1978 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 131 73% 80% 24% 18 44%
1979 SFG NL 26 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 11 82% 64% 27% 0
1984 LAD NL 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 50 60% 78% 22% 4 100%
1985 LAD NL 32 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 6 83% 83% 50% 1 100%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 10 0 6 0 0 6 3 0 4 3 0 4 4 0 36 20 55.6% 16 0 0.0% 1 868 64% 83% 29% 113 43%
MLB Averages 44.5% 2.5% 60% 82% 27% 61%

* 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

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 NL  11 (3rd)
1980 NL  11 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1978 NL  2.02 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  .988 (2nd)
1980 NL  .987 (4th)

             

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