Terry Whitfield
Terry Bertland Whitfield
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: January 12, 1953 in Blythe, CA
High School: Palo Verde (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
Final Game: May 23, 1986
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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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 NYY AL 21 CF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.90 2.60
1974 NYY AL 21 OF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.10
1975 NYY AL 22 OF 25 20 184.2 46 42 3 1 0 .978 -0.1 -0.6 -2.1 -1.9 -0.2 2 2.19 1.80 .978 2.37 2.10
1975 NYY AL 22 RF 23 19 174.2 44 41 2 1 0 .977 0.2 1.4 -1.8 -1.9 0.1 2 2.22 1.87 .975 2.11 1.84
1975 NYY AL 22 LF 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.90 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.80
1975 NYY AL 22 DH 1
1976 NYY AL 23 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1976 NYY AL 23 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1977 SFG NL 24 OF 84 74 659.2 176 167 4 5 0 .972 4.2 7.6 3.2 9.1 -5.8 1 2.33 2.04 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 SFG NL 24 RF 50 50 389.2 110 106 2 2 0 .982 5.0 15.4 6.0 8.7 -2.6 -1 2.49 2.16 .974 2.11 1.78
1977 SFG NL 24 CF 23 14 146.0 39 35 1 3 0 .923 -2.6 -21.4 -2.6 -0.8 -1.8 0 2.22 1.57 .987 2.73 2.34
1977 SFG NL 24 LF 22 10 124.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.8 17.4 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 2 1.96 1.23 .970 1.93 1.51
1978 SFG NL 25 OF 140 121 1105.1 259 249 7 3 2 .988 1.9 2.1 0.9 -3.6 4.5 1 2.08 1.83 .980 2.31 1.94
1978 SFG NL 25 LF 138 117 1076.1 245 235 7 3 2 .988 2.0 2.2 1.0 -3.9 4.9 1 2.02 1.75 .978 1.99 1.55
1978 SFG NL 25 CF 5 4 29.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.1 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 0 2.48 1.60 .988 2.79 2.28
1979 SFG NL 26 OF 106 93 845.2 185 167 10 8 3 .957 2.6 3.7 -1.4 4.0 -5.4 4 1.88 1.67 .979 2.33 2.00
1979 SFG NL 26 LF 105 93 843.2 186 167 11 8 3 .957 2.8 4.0 -1.2 4.2 -5.4 4 1.90 1.70 .970 2.01 1.58
1979 SFG NL 26 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1980 SFG NL 27 LF 95 77 687.1 155 142 11 2 1 .987 -3.1 -5.4 -4.1 -2.3 -1.8 1 2.00 1.61 .975 2.06 1.68
1980 SFG NL 27 OF 95 77 687.1 153 140 11 2 1 .987 -3.1 -5.4 -4.1 -2.3 -1.8 1 1.98 1.59 .980 2.31 1.98
1984 LAD NL 31 OF 58 42 386.2 81 76 4 1 0 .988 2.3 7.1 1.3 2.0 -0.7 1 1.86 1.38 .979 2.27 1.91
1984 LAD NL 31 RF 37 24 232.0 51 49 2 0 0 1.000 1.9 9.8 0.9 1.7 -0.8 1 1.98 1.38 .978 2.07 1.69
1984 LAD NL 31 LF 23 16 140.2 27 25 1 1 0 .963 -0.2 -1.7 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 0 1.66 1.13 .970 2.03 1.53
1984 LAD NL 31 CF 2 2 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 51.4 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .975 2.70 2.40
1985 LAD NL 32 OF 28 17 134.1 27 23 2 2 0 .926 -0.8 -7.1 -1.8 -2.2 0.4 1 1.67 0.89 .981 2.20 1.88
1985 LAD NL 32 LF 21 12 91.1 18 14 2 2 0 .889 -1.3 -17.1 -1.3 -1.4 0.1 0 1.58 0.76 .978 1.92 1.50
1985 LAD NL 32 RF 7 5 41.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.9 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 1 1.76 1.14 .975 2.02 1.69
1985 LAD NL 32 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
1986 LAD NL 33 LF 1 1 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.40
1986 LAD NL 33 OF 1 1 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
10 Seasons OF 539 446 4017.2 928 865 41 22 6 .976 6.4 1.9 -4.6 4.5 -9.0 11 2.03 1.68 .979 2.30 1.96
9 Seasons LF 408 327 2978.1 660 611 33 16 6 .976 1.6 0.6 -6.4 -2.6 -3.8 8 1.95 1.58 .975 2.01 1.58
4 Seasons RF 117 98 837.1 213 203 7 3 0 .986 7.3 10.5 4.3 7.7 -3.3 3 2.26 1.79 .975 2.10 1.76
6 Seasons CF 33 21 202.0 52 48 1 3 0 .942 -2.5 -14.9 -2.5 -0.6 -1.9 0 2.18 1.48 .987 2.74 2.34
1 Season DH 1
10 Seasons TOT 539 446 4017.2 928 865 41 22 6 .976 6.4 1.9 -4.6 4.5 -9.0 11 2.03 1.68 .956 2.30 1.96
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
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 83 0 34 1
1978 SFG NL 25 149 121 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 5 0 141 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 58 0 37 2
1985 LAD NL 32 79 17 79 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 7 28 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 33 117 539 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 41 71% 71% 22% 1 100%
1976 NYY AL 23 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 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 0 0 0 12 9 75.0% 2 1 8.3% 0 568 67% 77% 24% 44 61%
1978 SFG NL 25 3 0 3 0 1 7 0 1 0 5 36 32 0 26 5 3 21 11 1 17 4 2 20 20 0 120 72 60.0% 42 6 5.0% 1 4726 65% 79% 27% 492 49%
1979 SFG NL 26 8 0 8 0 1 11 0 4 2 4 37 31 0 37 13 4 30 18 0 10 3 0 20 16 2 134 81 60.4% 47 6 4.5% 5 3829 67% 77% 31% 430 41%
1980 SFG NL 27 2 0 2 0 1 11 0 5 2 3 36 31 0 32 8 1 18 7 2 6 1 0 13 11 1 105 58 55.2% 43 4 3.8% 7 3079 63% 79% 24% 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% 1 602 61% 76% 23% 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% 2 402 64% 74% 21% 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 13 113 98 0 100 29 8 73 37 4 36 9 2 59 53 3 381 226 59.3% 138 17 4.5% 16 13270 65% 78% 27% 1375 46%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 3 3 0 12 7 58.3% 3 2 16.7% 0 756 65% 79% 29% 61 70%
1977 SFG NL 24 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 18 8 0 8 1 2 4 3 0 7 2 0 6 3 0 43 17 39.5% 24 2 4.7% 0 1741 57% 78% 28% 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% 1 982 65% 75% 20% 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% 1 184 73% 77% 17% 8 100%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 7 0 2 1 4 22 11 1 10 1 4 6 4 0 10 2 0 13 9 0 61 27 44.3% 29 5 8.2% 2 3663 62% 78% 25% 322 65%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 11 6 0 5 0 0 4 1 0 4 3 0 3 3 0 27 13 48.1% 14 0 0.0% 1 671 59% 81% 28% 90 40%
1978 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 143 67% 73% 22% 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 53 57% 74% 21% 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 13 7 0 6 0 0 6 3 0 4 3 0 3 3 0 32 16 50.0% 16 0 0.0% 1 919 61% 78% 27% 113 43%
MLB Averages 43.2% 2.3% 58% 79% 26% 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 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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