Del Wilber
Delbert Quentin Wilber (Babe)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 24, 1919 in Lincoln Park, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1946
Final Game: September 19, 1954
Died: July 18, 2002 in St. Petersburg, FL
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1946 STL NL 27 C 4 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.25 .977 4.25 1
1947 STL NL 28 C 34 120 108 10 2 2 .983 3.47 .981 4.37 4
1948 STL NL 29 C 26 78 67 7 4 1 .949 2.85 .981 4.41 2
1949 STL NL 30 C 2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .983 4.40 0
1951 PHI NL 32 C 73 360 326 26 8 5 .978 4.82 .981 4.43 8
1952 BOS AL 33 C 39 183 160 22 1 5 .995 4.67 .985 4.70 6
1953 BOS AL 34 C 28 99 90 7 2 0 .980 3.46 .985 4.44 2
1953 BOS AL 34 1B 2 18 18 0 0 2 1.000 9.00 .989 8.85
1954 BOS AL 35 C 18 16 126.1 60 49 8 3 2 .950 -1.0 -9.5 -1 4.06 3.17 .987 5.40 4.76 1 4 5 4 44%
8 Seasons C 224 16 126.1 919 818 81 20 15 .978 -1.0 -9.5 -1 64.04 4.01 .982 5.40 4.49 24 4 5 4 44%
1 Season 1B 2 18 18 0 0 2 1.000 9.00 .989 8.85
8 Seasons TOT 226 16 126.1 937 836 81 20 17 .979 -1.0 -9.5 -1 65.33 4.06 .961 5.40 4.53 24 4 5 4 44%

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
1946 STL NL 27 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 STL NL 28 51 51 51 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 STL NL 29 27 27 27 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 STL NL 30 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI NL 32 84 84 84 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS AL 33 47 47 47 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 34 58 58 58 0 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 35 24 16 24 24 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
8 Seasons 299 16 299 299 0 224 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 BOS AL 35 552 2.64 2.99 8 75% 0 0 48 3 0 1 43 8 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1 Season 552 2.64 2.99 8 75% 0 0 48 3 0 1 43 8 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 3.91 4.41 96% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 BOS AL 35 1 4 223 5 4 4 44% 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 5 1.23 1.42
1 Season 1 4 223 5 4 4 44% 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 5 1.23 1.42
MLB Averages 48% 1.18 1.14

* 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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