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Billy Williams

Billy Leo Williams (Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler)

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 15, 1938 in Whistler, AL
High School: Whistler HS (Whistler, AL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1959
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Athletics 1959-1976

Final Game: October 2, 1976
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1987 (354/413 ballots).
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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
1959 CHC NL 21 LF 10 7 5 65.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1 18 2.49 1.80 .971 2.04 2.02
1959 CHC NL 21 OF 10 7 5 65.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1 18 2.49 1.80 .977 2.22 2.19
1960 CHC NL 22 LF 12 12 12 109.2 28 27 0 1 0 .964 1 10 2.22 2.25 .974 1.99 1.99
1960 CHC NL 22 OF 12 12 12 109.2 26 25 0 1 0 .962 1 10 2.05 2.08 .978 2.20 2.20
1961 CHC NL 23 OF 135 133 130 1179.1 240 220 9 11 3 .954 -10 -10 1.75 1.70 .977 2.16 2.14 RoY-1
1961 CHC NL 23 LF 111 111 108 974.1 199 184 6 9 2 .955 -9 -11 1.76 1.71 .973 1.88 1.86 RoY-1
1961 CHC NL 23 RF 26 22 22 205.0 39 36 1 2 1 .949 -1 -8 1.62 1.42 .974 1.93 1.91 RoY-1
1962 CHC NL 24 LF 159 159 159 1412.1 298 272 17 9 4 .970 -2 -2 1.84 1.82 .968 1.81 1.80 AS
1962 CHC NL 24 OF 159 159 159 1412.1 301 273 18 10 4 .967 -2 -2 1.85 1.83 .974 2.07 2.05 AS
1963 CHC NL 25 LF 160 160 160 1439.0 315 298 13 4 2 .987 11 9 1.95 1.94 .971 1.80 1.79
1963 CHC NL 25 OF 160 160 160 1439.0 315 298 13 4 2 .987 11 9 1.95 1.94 .977 2.01 2.00
1964 CHC NL 26 LF 162 159 158 1427.0 257 230 14 13 0 .949 -9 -8 1.54 1.51 .965 1.70 1.69 AS,MVP-18
1964 CHC NL 26 OF 162 161 158 1436.0 260 233 14 13 0 .950 -9 -8 1.55 1.52 .973 1.99 1.98 AS,MVP-18
1964 CHC NL 26 CF 2 2 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 1.00 0.50 .980 2.40 2.35 AS,MVP-18
1965 CHC NL 27 OF 164 164 160 1472.0 316 296 10 10 2 .968 3 2 1.87 1.87 .975 2.00 2.00 AS,MVP-12
1965 CHC NL 27 RF 106 106 106 945.1 194 179 10 5 2 .974 5 7 1.80 1.78 .975 1.95 1.95 AS,MVP-12
1965 CHC NL 27 LF 33 29 29 271.0 46 43 0 3 0 .935 -2 -11 1.43 1.30 .966 1.71 1.71 AS,MVP-12
1965 CHC NL 27 CF 29 29 25 255.2 70 68 0 2 0 .971 0 1 2.39 2.34 .981 2.29 2.30 AS,MVP-12
1966 CHC NL 28 OF 162 162 158 1451.0 336 319 9 8 3 .976 3 3 2.03 2.02 .974 2.03 2.03
1966 CHC NL 28 RF 152 152 148 1351.1 304 291 7 6 3 .980 0 0 1.98 1.96 .978 1.96 1.95
1966 CHC NL 28 LF 11 10 10 99.2 27 23 2 2 0 .926 3 36 2.26 2.27 .963 1.74 1.74
1967 CHC NL 29 OF 162 162 154 1444.0 277 271 3 3 1 .989 0 0 1.71 1.69 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 CHC NL 29 LF 161 159 153 1418.0 275 269 3 3 1 .989 0 0 1.73 1.69 .969 1.74 1.74
1967 CHC NL 29 RF 6 3 1 26.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 1.38 0.67 .975 2.04 2.03
1968 CHC NL 30 OF 163 163 140 1447.1 274 261 4 9 0 .967 -4 -3 1.65 1.63 .975 2.02 2.03 AS,MVP-8
1968 CHC NL 30 LF 138 120 115 1102.1 185 176 2 7 0 .962 -6 -6 1.45 1.29 .963 1.64 1.65 AS,MVP-8
1968 CHC NL 30 RF 47 43 25 345.0 87 83 2 2 0 .977 2 5 2.22 1.81 .981 2.01 2.02 AS,MVP-8
1969 CHC NL 31 OF 159 159 129 1403.0 277 250 15 12 2 .957 -5 -5 1.70 1.67 .973 2.02 2.01 MVP-23
1969 CHC NL 31 LF 151 130 122 1198.0 227 208 11 8 2 .965 -3 -3 1.65 1.45 .963 1.69 1.67 MVP-23
1969 CHC NL 31 RF 30 29 7 205.0 48 41 3 4 0 .917 -3 -15 1.93 1.47 .975 1.83 1.82 MVP-23
1970 CHC NL 32 OF 160 159 143 1382.0 275 259 13 3 1 .989 2 2 1.77 1.70 .976 2.07 2.06 MVP-2
1970 CHC NL 32 LF 154 149 137 1302.1 259 244 13 2 1 .992 4 4 1.78 1.67 .971 1.75 1.75 MVP-2
1970 CHC NL 32 RF 10 10 6 79.2 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -2 -35 1.81 1.60 .976 1.99 1.98 MVP-2
1971 CHC NL 33 OF 154 152 146 1342.2 299 284 8 7 3 .977 -4 -3 1.96 1.90 .979 2.19 2.19 MVP-21
1971 CHC NL 33 LF 151 148 143 1306.2 287 273 8 6 3 .979 -4 -3 1.94 1.86 .970 1.87 1.87 MVP-21
1971 CHC NL 33 RF 4 4 3 36.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0 -3 1.75 1.75 .982 2.08 2.05 MVP-21
1972 CHC NL 34 LF 144 142 129 1254.2 244 231 9 4 0 .984 -8 -8 1.72 1.67 .974 1.92 1.93 AS,MVP-2
1972 CHC NL 34 OF 144 142 129 1254.2 246 233 9 4 0 .984 -8 -8 1.74 1.68 .978 2.18 2.19 AS,MVP-2
1972 CHC NL 34 1B 5 5 4 43.0 46 42 4 0 5 1.000 -1 -39 9.63 9.20 .992 9.73 9.76 AS,MVP-2
1973 CHC NL 35 LF 138 132 107 1136.0 265 247 14 4 1 .985 -4 -4 2.07 1.89 .977 2.05 2.05 AS,MVP-29
1973 CHC NL 35 OF 138 132 107 1136.0 271 253 14 4 1 .985 -4 -4 2.12 1.93 .977 2.23 2.23 AS,MVP-29
1973 CHC NL 35 1B 19 19 14 159.1 189 167 20 2 14 .989 -2 -11 10.56 9.84 .992 9.83 9.83 AS,MVP-29
1974 CHC NL 36 1B 65 64 52 557.0 624 566 49 9 48 .986 -5 -10 9.94 9.46 .991 9.94 9.93
1974 CHC NL 36 LF 43 41 18 343.1 75 69 4 2 2 .973 -4 -14 1.91 1.70 .976 1.99 1.99
1974 CHC NL 36 OF 43 41 18 343.1 75 69 4 2 2 .973 -4 -14 1.91 1.70 .979 2.27 2.27
1975 OAK AL 37 DH 145 142
1975 OAK AL 37 1B 7 5 0 36.0 34 30 3 1 5 .971 -1 -20 8.25 4.71 .990 9.85 9.81
1976 OAK AL 38 DH 106 100
1976 OAK AL 38 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1976 OAK AL 38 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.50
17 Seasons OF 2088 2068 1908 18319.1 3806 3562 143 101 24 .973 -30 -2 1.82 1.77 .976 2.08 2.07
17 Seasons LF 1739 1668 1565 14861.1 3005 2812 116 77 18 .974 -31 -3 1.77 1.68 .970 1.81 1.80
8 Seasons RF 381 369 318 3193.1 701 657 23 21 6 .970 1 0 1.92 1.78 .977 1.95 1.95
4 Seasons 1B 96 93 70 795.1 893 805 76 12 72 .987 -8 -13 9.97 9.18 .991 9.90 9.89
2 Seasons CF 31 31 25 264.2 71 69 0 2 0 .972 0 0 2.35 2.23 .981 2.30 2.30
18 Seasons TOT 2184 2161 1978 19114.2 4699 4367 219 113 96 .976 -38 -2 2.16 2.10 .979 2.40 2.42
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
1959 CHC NL 21 LF 1 18 1 1 0 0
1960 CHC NL 22 LF 1 10 1 -0 1 0
1961 CHC NL 23 LF -9 -11 -6 -3 -3 -3
1961 CHC NL 23 RF -1 -8 -0 1 -1 -1
1962 CHC NL 24 LF -2 -2 -2 -3 1 0
1963 CHC NL 25 LF 11 9 10 4 6 1
1964 CHC NL 26 LF -9 -8 -11 -2 -9 2
1964 CHC NL 26 CF -0 -27 -0 0 -0 0
1965 CHC NL 27 RF 5 7 1 -0 2 4
1965 CHC NL 27 LF -2 -11 -2 -1 -0 -1
1965 CHC NL 27 CF 0 1 1 2 -1 -1
1966 CHC NL 28 RF 0 0 0 3 -2 0
1966 CHC NL 28 LF 3 36 1 -0 1 2
1967 CHC NL 29 LF 0 0 5 6 -1 -5
1967 CHC NL 29 RF 0 14 0 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 30 LF -6 -6 -6 -4 -1 0
1968 CHC NL 30 RF 2 5 2 0 2 -1
1969 CHC NL 31 LF -3 -3 -5 -5 0 2
1969 CHC NL 31 RF -3 -15 -2 -1 -1 -1
1970 CHC NL 32 LF 4 4 0 -1 1 4
1970 CHC NL 32 RF -2 -35 -1 -1 -0 -1
1971 CHC NL 33 LF -4 -3 -2 2 -4 -2
1971 CHC NL 33 RF -0 -3 -0 0 -1 0
1972 CHC NL 34 LF -8 -8 -8 -4 -5 0
1972 CHC NL 34 1B -1 -39 -1 -0 -1 0
1973 CHC NL 35 LF -4 -4 -4 -1 -4 0
1973 CHC NL 35 1B -2 -11 -2 -2 0 0
1974 CHC NL 36 1B -5 -10 -5 -1 -4 0
1974 CHC NL 36 LF -4 -14 -2 -2 -0 -2
1975 OAK AL 37 1B -1 -20 -1 0 -1 0
1976 OAK AL 38 LF -0 -60 -0 -0 0
17 Seasons LF -31 -3 -29 -13 -16 -2
8 Seasons RF 1 0 1 2 -1 0
4 Seasons 1B -8 -13 -8 -2 -6 0
2 Seasons CF 0 0 1 2 -1 -1
18 Seasons TOT -38 -2 -35 -11 -24 0 -3
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
1959 CHC NL 21 18 7 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 7 1
1960 CHC NL 22 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 0
1961 CHC NL 23 146 133 146 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 26 135 0 13 0
1962 CHC NL 24 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 159 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 25 161 160 161 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 160 0 1 0
1964 CHC NL 26 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 2 0 162 0 1 0
1965 CHC NL 27 164 164 164 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 29 106 164 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 28 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 152 162 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 29 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 6 162 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 30 163 163 163 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 47 163 0 0 0
1969 CHC NL 31 163 159 163 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 30 159 0 4 0
1970 CHC NL 32 161 159 161 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 10 160 0 1 0
1971 CHC NL 33 157 152 157 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 4 154 0 5 0
1972 CHC NL 34 150 147 150 148 0 0 5 0 0 0 144 0 0 144 0 3 0
1973 CHC NL 35 156 151 156 153 0 0 19 0 0 0 138 0 0 138 0 4 0
1974 CHC NL 36 117 105 117 106 0 0 65 0 0 0 43 0 0 43 0 12 0
1975 OAK AL 37 155 147 155 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 8 0
1976 OAK AL 38 120 100 120 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 106 20 0
18 Seasons 2488 2403 2488 2177 0 0 96 0 0 0 1739 31 381 2088 251 79 1
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 -- 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%
1959 CHC NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 279 55% 84% 32% 35 51%
1960 CHC NL 22 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 3 0 16 10 62.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 486 54% 82% 33% 47 57%
1961 CHC NL 23 9 0 7 2 5 6 0 3 1 0 66 51 1 43 7 0 26 14 0 9 2 0 14 13 0 158 87 55.1% 70 1 0.6% 5 4255 65% 83% 27% 480 39%
1962 CHC NL 24 9 0 9 0 3 17 1 10 3 3 73 55 1 36 2 4 28 13 0 10 3 0 29 24 4 176 97 55.1% 70 9 5.1% 8 6133 61% 81% 30% 620 46%
1963 CHC NL 25 4 0 4 0 3 13 0 6 1 4 64 46 2 27 6 0 17 9 1 16 5 1 31 29 1 155 95 61.3% 55 5 3.2% 8 5924 61% 82% 31% 604 51%
1964 CHC NL 26 13 0 12 1 2 14 0 3 3 7 74 50 5 42 7 4 31 17 2 8 4 0 18 18 0 173 96 55.5% 66 11 6.4% 3 6069 64% 84% 27% 602 41%
1965 CHC NL 27 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 0 7 0 0 11 9 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 36 21 58.3% 15 0 0.0% 0 1162 58% 81% 28% 113 38%
1966 CHC NL 28 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 12 10 83.3% 1 1 8.3% 1 419 65% 83% 26% 43 58%
1967 CHC NL 29 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 67 53 0 35 4 1 33 18 0 14 4 0 24 19 0 173 98 56.6% 74 1 0.6% 2 5944 66% 80% 25% 593 46%
1968 CHC NL 30 7 0 7 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 69 58 0 24 5 0 14 8 0 5 1 0 18 18 0 130 90 69.2% 40 0 0.0% 2 4552 68% 81% 25% 457 39%
1969 CHC NL 31 8 0 7 1 2 11 0 4 2 4 73 59 2 27 7 2 20 11 1 17 5 0 21 19 1 158 101 63.9% 52 6 3.8% 5 5007 62% 78% 23% 497 43%
1970 CHC NL 32 2 0 2 0 2 13 0 2 4 6 72 54 3 38 13 2 27 15 2 11 2 1 22 21 0 170 105 61.8% 57 8 4.7% 5 5523 63% 78% 24% 567 45%
1971 CHC NL 33 6 0 6 0 2 8 0 4 2 2 74 59 1 35 5 2 19 10 0 13 2 0 30 25 3 171 101 59.1% 64 6 3.5% 2 5522 63% 81% 29% 609 46%
1972 CHC NL 34 4 0 3 1 2 9 0 3 3 1 64 50 2 41 8 1 22 13 0 15 2 0 18 18 0 160 91 56.9% 66 3 1.9% 6 5238 57% 81% 28% 537 45%
1973 CHC NL 35 4 0 4 0 1 14 0 4 2 5 74 55 2 42 8 3 21 8 3 10 4 0 20 19 0 167 94 56.3% 65 8 4.8% 6 4818 54% 81% 30% 550 47%
1974 CHC NL 36 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 26 15 0 17 3 2 7 3 0 3 0 0 11 11 0 64 32 50.0% 30 2 3.1% 2 1485 58% 80% 30% 166 43%
1976 OAK AL 38 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% 17% 0
17 Seasons 77 0 70 7 26 116 1 42 22 36 824 625 19 419 77 22 281 152 9 139 37 2 263 241 9 1926 1132 58.8% 734 61 3.2% 55 62822 62% 81% 27% 6520 45%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.8% 63% 80% 27% 48%
Lg 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%

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%
1961 CHC NL 23 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18 7 38.9% 11 0 0.0% 1 865 65% 81% 26% 88 41%
1965 CHC NL 27 5 0 4 1 1 10 1 2 3 3 50 22 3 19 5 0 15 9 1 8 5 1 22 15 0 114 56 49.1% 53 5 4.4% 5 3923 62% 81% 30% 404 46%
1966 CHC NL 28 6 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 59 24 1 42 13 1 18 13 0 17 4 1 23 15 1 159 69 43.4% 86 4 2.5% 3 5708 71% 80% 26% 547 54%
1967 CHC NL 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 96 51% 78% 25% 6 67%
1968 CHC NL 30 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 21 7 0 9 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 5 2 0 39 12 30.8% 26 1 2.6% 1 1472 68% 80% 25% 161 53%
1969 CHC NL 31 4 0 4 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 17 3 1 10 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 7 23.3% 22 1 3.3% 2 866 67% 80% 25% 88 50%
1970 CHC NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 344 53% 79% 24% 40 40%
1971 CHC NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 146 71% 80% 27% 14 50%
8 Seasons 21 0 18 3 5 23 1 5 5 6 165 63 5 87 24 2 38 27 1 28 9 2 54 34 1 372 157 42.2% 204 11 3.0% 12 13420 67% 80% 27% 1348 50%
MLB Averages 40.9% 3.2% 63% 80% 27% 53%

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%
1972 CHC NL 34 186 58% 83% 32% 4 100% 0 43 2 41 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0
1973 CHC NL 35 691 54% 81% 35% 36 92% 0 171 6 163 2 13 18 11 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 14 0 0 0 12 0 2 1 1 2 100%
1974 CHC NL 36 2493 57% 82% 32% 137 93% 1 570 39 523 8 50 47 32 10 0 4 9 3 6 0 5 48 0 0 1 40 1 8 1 7 6 83%
1975 OAK AL 37 147 69% 78% 23% 6 83% 0 28 1 26 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0
4 Seasons 3517 57% 82% 33% 183 92% 1 812 48 753 11 66 70 44 16 0 6 12 3 9 0 8 72 0 0 2 60 2 12 3 9 8 88%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 94% 87%

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%
1964 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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% 0 41 61% 83% 27% 5 20%
1965 CHC NL 27 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 12 0 9 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 2 0 40 16 40.0% 24 0 0.0% 0 1112 60% 83% 35% 148 46%
2 Seasons 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 12 0 9 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 41 17 41.5% 24 0 0.0% 0 1153 60% 83% 34% 153 45%
MLB Averages 43.0% 2.3% 63% 80% 27% 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

Hall of Fame
1982 BBWAA (23.4%)
1983 BBWAA (40.9%)
1984 BBWAA (50.1%)
1985 BBWAA (63.8%)
1986 BBWAA (74.1%)
1987 BBWAA (85.7%)
Selected to HOF in 1987 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1962-2 *
1964 (LF)
1965 *
1968 *
1972 *
1973 (RF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1961 NL Rookie of the Year
1972 ML Major League Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 NL (18, 2%)
1965 NL (12, 8%)
1968 NL (8, 17%)
1969 NL (23, 2%)
1970 NL (2, 65%)
1971 NL (21, 3%)
1972 NL (2, 63%)
1973 NL (29, 1%)
1.61 Career Shares (129th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1974 NL  9 (5th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 NL  111 (3rd)
1962 NL  159 (1st)
1963 NL  160 (1st)
1964 NL  162 (1st)
1967 NL  161 (1st)
1968 NL  138 (4th)
1969 NL  151 (2nd)
1970 NL  154 (1st)
1971 NL  151 (3rd)
1972 NL  144 (4th)
Career  1,739 (11th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 NL  184 (2nd)
1962 NL  272 (1st)
1963 NL  298 (1st)
1964 NL  230 (2nd)
1967 NL  269 (2nd)
1968 NL  176 (4th)
1969 NL  208 (5th)
1970 NL  244 (1st)
1971 NL  273 (2nd)
1972 NL  231 (4th)
Career  2,812 (20th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 NL  6 (4th)
1962 NL  17 (1st)
1963 NL  13 (1st)
1964 NL  14 (1st)
1969 NL  11 (1st)
1970 NL  13 (2nd)
1971 NL  8 (2nd)
1972 NL  9 (3rd)
1973 NL  14 (2nd)
Career  116 (15th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 NL  9 (2nd)
1962 NL  9 (1st)
1963 NL  4 (5th)
1964 NL  13 (1st)
1968 NL  7 (4th)
1969 NL  8 (3rd)
1971 NL  6 (5th)
Career  77 (21st)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  152 (4th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  291 (3rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  10 (4th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  5 (5th)
1966 NL  6 (3rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1962 NL  159 (3rd)
1963 NL  160 (3rd)
1964 NL  162 (1st)
1965 NL  164 (1st)
1966 NL  162 (1st)
1967 NL  162 (1st)
1968 NL  163 (1st)
1969 NL  159 (2nd)
1970 NL  160 (1st)
Career  2,088 (39th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1966 NL  319 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1962 NL  18 (4th)
1963 NL  13 (4th)
1964 NL  14 (4th)
1969 NL  15 (2nd)
1973 NL  14 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1961 NL  11 (1st)
1962 NL  10 (3rd)
1964 NL  13 (2nd)
1965 NL  10 (5th)
1968 NL  9 (4th)
1969 NL  12 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1963 NL  11 (1st)
1966 NL  3 (5th)
1970 NL  4 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1961 NL  1.76 (5th)
1962 NL  1.84 (4th)
1963 NL  1.95 (3rd)
1969 NL  1.65 (5th)
1971 NL  1.94 (5th)
1973 NL  2.07 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 NL  1.71 (4th)
1962 NL  1.82 (2nd)
1963 NL  1.94 (1st)
1964 NL  1.51 (5th)
1969 NL  1.45 (5th)
1970 NL  1.67 (4th)
1971 NL  1.86 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1962 NL  .970 (4th)
1963 NL  .987 (5th)
1967 NL  .989 (2nd)
1968 NL  .962 (3rd)
1969 NL  .965 (3rd)
1970 NL  .992 (1st)
1971 NL  .979 (5th)
1972 NL  .984 (3rd)
1973 NL  .985 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1966 NL  1.98 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  1.96 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  .980 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1963 NL  11 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1967 NL  .989 (4th)
1970 NL  .989 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1976 AL  born 1938-06-15 (9th)

             

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