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Rob Wilfong

Robert Daniel Wilfong

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 1, 1953 in Pasadena, CA
High School: Northview HS (Covina, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Teams (by GP): Twins/Angels/Giants 1977-1987

Final Game: May 8, 1987
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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
1977 MIN AL 23 2B 66 59 33 459.0 290 114 164 12 40 .959 -2 -7 5.45 4.21 .978 5.42 5.38
1977 MIN AL 23 DH 2 0
1978 MIN AL 24 2B 80 69 47 583.2 353 152 196 5 37 .986 -3 -7 5.37 4.35 .980 5.47 5.42
1978 MIN AL 24 DH 5 0
1979 MIN AL 25 2B 133 115 91 1001.0 680 287 379 14 92 .979 3 3 5.99 5.01 .978 5.50 5.43
1979 MIN AL 25 OF 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.43
1979 MIN AL 25 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
1979 MIN AL 25 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1979 MIN AL 25 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.20
1980 MIN AL 26 2B 120 101 90 931.2 578 238 337 3 85 .995 4 6 5.55 4.79 .981 5.60 5.58
1980 MIN AL 26 CF 6 6 3 46.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -2 -50 1.57 1.33 .983 2.92 2.92
1980 MIN AL 26 OF 6 6 3 46.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -2 -50 1.57 1.33 .979 2.47 2.47
1981 MIN AL 27 2B 93 81 73 724.0 460 183 268 9 52 .980 -2 -4 5.61 4.85 .982 5.54 5.52
1982 TOT AL 28 2B 50 34 30 344.4 209 66 139 4 32 .981 8 29 5.36 4.10 .981 5.35 5.33
1982 MIN AL 28 2B 22 21 18 184.2 100 31 67 2 19 .980 3 21 4.78 4.45 .981 5.35 5.33
1982 CAL AL 28 2B 28 13 12 159.2 109 35 72 2 13 .982 5 38 6.03 3.82 .981 5.35 5.33
1982 CAL AL 28 3B 5 4 3 40.0 15 1 13 1 0 .933 0 6 3.15 2.80 .954 3.06 3.04
1982 CAL AL 28 OF 3 1 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 0.67 .980 2.40 2.47
1982 CAL AL 28 CF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 0.50 .980 2.70 2.85
1982 CAL AL 28 SS 2 0 0 7.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -86 3.86 1.50 .967 4.89 4.85
1982 CAL AL 28 DH 1 1
1982 CAL AL 28 LF 1 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 1.00 .980 2.25 2.30
1983 CAL AL 29 2B 39 30 25 299.1 203 92 110 1 26 .995 -3 -13 6.07 5.18 .981 5.36 5.32
1983 CAL AL 29 3B 13 9 7 86.0 45 11 33 1 6 .978 1 8 4.60 3.38 .955 3.07 3.05
1983 CAL AL 29 SS 6 0 0 13.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -65 3.46 0.83 .964 4.78 4.72
1983 CAL AL 29 DH 1 0
1984 CAL AL 30 2B 97 71 64 683.1 438 161 266 11 48 .975 3 6 5.62 4.40 .980 5.24 5.21
1984 CAL AL 30 SS 4 0 0 6.1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -1 -189 4.26 0.75 .962 4.69 4.72
1984 CAL AL 30 DH 1 0
1985 CAL AL 31 2B 69 53 45 503.0 345 124 216 5 45 .986 8 20 6.08 4.93 .982 5.29 5.24
1985 CAL AL 31 DH 2 1
1986 CAL AL 32 2B 90 79 66 686.2 399 135 257 7 48 .982 10 17 5.14 4.36 .981 5.10 5.05
1987 SFG NL 33 2B 2 2 1 16.0 6 2 3 1 2 .833 -1 -52 2.81 2.50 .982 5.18 5.15
11 Seasons 2B 839 694 565 6232.0 3961 1554 2335 72 507 .982 25 5 5.62 4.64 .980 5.41 5.36
2 Seasons 3B 18 13 10 126.0 60 12 46 2 6 .967 1 8 4.14 3.22 .955 3.06 3.04
3 Seasons OF 12 7 3 55.0 11 8 2 1 0 .909 -2 -41 1.64 0.83 .979 2.45 2.46
3 Seasons SS 12 0 0 26.1 12 6 5 1 1 .917 -2 -100 3.76 0.92 .964 4.78 4.74
3 Seasons CF 9 6 3 49.0 10 8 1 1 0 .900 -2 -44 1.65 1.00 .983 2.90 2.90
2 Seasons LF 2 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -48 1.80 0.50 .980 2.16 2.25
1 Season RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.20
11 Seasons TOT 881 714 578 6439.1 4044 1580 2388 76 514 .981 22 4 5.55 4.50 .980 5.33 5.27
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
1977 MIN AL 23 2B -2 -7 -4 0 -5 2
1978 MIN AL 24 2B -3 -7 -4 2 -6 1
1979 MIN AL 25 2B 3 3 -0 1 -2 3
1979 MIN AL 25 CF -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1979 MIN AL 25 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MIN AL 25 RF 0 120 0 0 0 0
1980 MIN AL 26 2B 4 6 1 7 -6 3
1980 MIN AL 26 CF -2 -50 -3 -3 0 1
1981 MIN AL 27 2B -2 -4 -2 -2 0 0
1982 MIN AL 28 2B 3 21 2 0 2 1
1982 CAL AL 28 2B 5 38 4 2 2 1
1982 CAL AL 28 3B 0 6 0 1 -1 0
1982 CAL AL 28 CF 0 120 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 28 SS -0 -86 -0 -0 -0 0
1982 CAL AL 28 LF -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
1983 CAL AL 29 2B -3 -13 -3 -3 -1 0
1983 CAL AL 29 3B 1 8 1 1 -1 0
1983 CAL AL 29 SS -1 -65 -1 -0 -0 0
1984 CAL AL 30 2B 3 6 4 1 3 -1
1984 CAL AL 30 SS -1 -189 -1 -0 -1 0
1985 CAL AL 31 2B 8 20 7 3 4 1
1986 CAL AL 32 2B 10 17 8 5 3 2
1987 SFG NL 33 2B -1 -52 -1 -1 0 0
11 Seasons 2B 25 5 12 16 -4 13
2 Seasons 3B 1 8 1 2 -1 0
3 Seasons SS -2 -100 -2 -1 -2 0
3 Seasons CF -2 -44 -3 -3 0 1
2 Seasons LF -0 -48 -0 0 -0 0
1 Season RF 0 120 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons TOT 22 4 8 14 -7 13 1
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
1977 MIN AL 23 73 59 73 66 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9
1978 MIN AL 24 92 69 92 80 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 16
1979 MIN AL 25 140 115 140 135 0 0 0 133 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 19 5
1980 MIN AL 26 131 107 131 126 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 19 3
1981 MIN AL 27 93 81 93 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1982 CAL AL 28 55 19 55 37 0 0 0 28 5 2 1 2 0 3 1 16 9
1982 MIN AL 28 25 21 25 22 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1983 CAL AL 29 65 39 65 57 0 0 0 40 13 6 0 0 0 0 1 11 4
1984 CAL AL 30 108 72 108 100 0 0 0 96 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 20 3
1985 CAL AL 31 83 54 83 69 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 3
1986 CAL AL 32 92 79 92 90 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1987 SFG NL 33 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 959 717 959 877 0 0 0 839 19 12 2 9 1 12 12 126 54
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 -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1977 MIN AL 23 1978 59% 84% 29% 182 93% 1 114 33 53 28 166 147 16 1 2 12 0 11 1 7 40 18 9 8 1 36 9 27 3 1 1
1978 MIN AL 24 2530 59% 83% 29% 222 96% 1 153 45 73 35 195 166 20 3 3 5 0 4 1 5 37 16 6 9 1 33 10 22 2 2 0
1979 MIN AL 25 4267 61% 84% 29% 440 96% 0 288 103 133 52 381 313 60 0 9 14 0 12 2 13 91 32 18 31 4 86 35 50 3 1 2
1980 MIN AL 26 3957 62% 83% 29% 367 96% 1 241 77 115 49 336 280 50 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 86 33 16 27 2 80 29 49 4 2 2
1981 MIN AL 27 3136 58% 82% 28% 314 96% 1 182 64 84 34 269 220 43 0 2 9 0 9 0 6 54 14 13 19 1 50 22 28 3 1 2
1982 CAL AL 28 639 56% 87% 37% 81 95% 0 33 15 17 1 70 56 14 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 13 3 4 6 0 13 6 7 0 0 0
1982 MIN AL 28 799 63% 81% 27% 71 97% 0 31 12 16 3 67 52 15 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 19 6 3 9 0 18 9 9 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 29 1306 66% 84% 30% 123 94% 0 93 29 53 11 108 94 11 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 26 10 8 5 1 24 6 18 2 2 0
1984 CAL AL 30 2926 55% 82% 27% 300 97% 1 154 58 79 18 273 232 32 0 2 11 0 9 2 8 49 18 7 12 2 42 15 25 6 6 0
1985 CAL AL 31 2134 47% 82% 27% 247 98% 1 126 51 50 25 218 176 38 0 3 5 0 5 0 5 46 14 7 18 0 39 18 21 4 2 2
1986 CAL AL 32 2849 50% 78% 29% 295 96% 3 136 54 58 25 255 216 32 1 3 7 1 5 1 5 49 10 11 20 3 44 22 21 3 2 1
1987 SFG NL 33 62 39% 68% 27% 6 67% 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 26583 58% 82% 29% 2648 96% 9 1553 542 731 282 2341 1954 332 6 27 73 1 65 7 59 512 174 102 165 15 466 182 277 30 19 10
MLB Averages 59% 82% 28% 95%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 CAL AL 28 166 63% 83% 33% 14 93% 0 1 0 0 1 13 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 29 383 62% 88% 28% 46 89% 0 11 7 2 2 33 27 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 4 0 5 1 1 0 1 100%
1984 CAL AL 30 36 42% 92% 31% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 585 61% 87% 29% 64 91% 0 12 7 2 3 50 42 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 4 0 5 1 1 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 59% 82% 28% 90% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1982 CAL AL 28 30 63% 97% 37% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 29 55 51% 85% 24% 3 100% 0 4 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL AL 30 34 50% 82% 18% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 119 54% 87% 25% 8 100% 0 6 3 3 0 7 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 82% 28% 91%

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%
1979 MIN AL 25 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 4 100% 75% 25% 0
1980 MIN AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 2 1 16.7% 0 191 62% 89% 24% 22 36%
1982 CAL AL 28 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% 33% 1 100%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 2 1 16.7% 0 201 64% 89% 24% 23 39%
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.4% 59% 82% 28% 62%

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%
1979 MIN AL 25 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 3 33% 100% 0% 0
1982 CAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 0 16 100% 81% 13% 3 33%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 0 19 89% 84% 11% 3 33%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.9% 59% 82% 28% 53%

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%
1979 MIN AL 25 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 50% 100% 33% 1 100%
1 Season 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 50% 100% 33% 1 100%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 59% 82% 28% 56%

* 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

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1979 AL  133 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1979 AL  14 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (3rd)
1985 AL  8 (5th)
1986 AL  10 (4th)
Career  25 (57th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1979 AL  5.99 (1st)
1984 AL  5.62 (3rd)
Career  5.62 (8th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1980 AL  .995 (1st)
Career  .982 (73rd)

                                         

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