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Willie Wilson

Willie James Wilson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 9, 1955 in Montgomery, AL
High School: Summit HS (Summit, NJ)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1976
Teams (by GP): Royals/Athletics/Cubs 1976-1994
Agents: Jack Sands,Steve Freyer [*]
Final Game: May 16, 1994
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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
1976 KCR AL 20 CF 6 1 1 18.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 0 33 3.50 1.17 .984 3.00 2.98
1976 KCR AL 20 OF 6 1 1 18.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 0 33 3.50 1.17 .981 2.45 2.48
1977 KCR AL 21 CF 9 6 5 73.1 26 25 0 1 0 .962 1 15 3.07 2.78 .983 2.82 2.81
1977 KCR AL 21 OF 9 6 5 73.1 25 24 0 1 0 .960 1 15 2.95 2.67 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 KCR AL 21 DH 2 0
1978 KCR AL 22 OF 112 45 32 541.1 181 171 6 4 2 .978 10 22 2.94 1.58 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 KCR AL 22 LF 82 29 22 364.2 102 95 5 2 2 .980 6 20 2.47 1.22 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 KCR AL 22 CF 35 16 10 176.2 78 76 0 2 0 .974 4 26 3.87 2.17 .984 2.97 2.94
1978 KCR AL 22 DH 6 0
1979 KCR AL 23 OF 152 135 122 1251.1 402 384 12 6 0 .985 25 24 2.85 2.61 .981 2.46 2.43 MVP-17
1979 KCR AL 23 LF 131 112 105 1037.1 322 308 10 4 0 .988 21 24 2.76 2.43 .980 2.22 2.20 MVP-17
1979 KCR AL 23 CF 24 19 15 180.0 74 70 2 2 0 .973 4 24 3.60 3.00 .983 2.92 2.88 MVP-17
1979 KCR AL 23 RF 5 4 2 34.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.65 2.00 .980 2.25 2.22 MVP-17
1979 KCR AL 23 DH 2 1 MVP-17
1980 KCR AL 24 OF 159 157 144 1401.0 497 482 9 6 1 .988 24 20 3.15 3.09 .979 2.47 2.46 MVP-4,GG,SS
1980 KCR AL 24 LF 102 101 91 877.0 301 288 8 5 1 .983 18 24 3.04 2.90 .980 2.35 2.35 MVP-4,GG,SS
1980 KCR AL 24 CF 63 56 53 524.0 195 193 1 1 0 .995 6 15 3.33 3.08 .983 2.92 2.91 MVP-4,GG,SS
1981 KCR AL 25 OF 101 100 95 884.1 317 299 14 4 3 .987 20 27 3.19 3.10 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 KCR AL 25 LF 85 83 79 736.1 259 244 11 4 2 .985 16 27 3.12 3.00 .979 2.38 2.38
1981 KCR AL 25 CF 18 17 16 148.0 58 55 3 0 1 1.000 4 29 3.53 3.22 .988 2.90 2.89
1982 KCR AL 26 OF 135 135 119 1162.0 385 376 4 5 0 .987 23 24 2.94 2.81 .982 2.47 2.46 AS,MVP-15,SS
1982 KCR AL 26 LF 118 117 103 1002.2 315 307 3 5 0 .984 16 19 2.78 2.63 .981 2.29 2.28 AS,MVP-15,SS
1982 KCR AL 26 CF 20 18 16 159.1 71 70 1 0 0 1.000 7 52 4.01 3.55 .985 2.84 2.83 AS,MVP-15,SS
1983 KCR AL 27 OF 136 132 117 1150.0 366 354 3 9 0 .975 -7 -7 2.79 2.63 .981 2.50 2.48 AS
1983 KCR AL 27 CF 75 69 57 599.0 219 214 0 5 0 .977 -4 -8 3.22 2.85 .987 2.93 2.91 AS
1983 KCR AL 27 LF 64 63 60 551.0 145 137 3 5 0 .966 -3 -6 2.29 2.19 .977 2.32 2.30 AS
1984 KCR AL 28 CF 128 128 119 1129.0 388 378 6 4 2 .990 6 6 3.06 3.00 .986 3.01 2.99 MVP-10
1984 KCR AL 28 OF 128 128 119 1129.0 393 383 6 4 2 .990 6 6 3.10 3.04 .983 2.51 2.49 MVP-10
1985 KCR AL 29 CF 140 140 132 1244.2 386 380 4 2 1 .995 -2 -2 2.78 2.74 .988 2.91 2.88
1985 KCR AL 29 OF 140 140 132 1244.2 384 378 4 2 1 .995 -2 -2 2.76 2.73 .982 2.44 2.42
1986 KCR AL 30 CF 155 149 137 1305.2 421 413 5 3 3 .993 5 5 2.88 2.70 .986 2.83 2.80
1986 KCR AL 30 OF 155 149 137 1305.2 415 408 4 3 2 .993 5 5 2.84 2.66 .980 2.39 2.37
1987 KCR AL 31 CF 143 142 133 1221.1 346 342 3 1 1 .997 1 1 2.54 2.41 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 KCR AL 31 OF 143 142 133 1221.1 346 342 3 1 1 .997 1 1 2.54 2.41 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 KCR AL 31 DH 2 2
1988 KCR AL 32 CF 143 141 122 1194.0 370 364 2 4 0 .989 -5 -5 2.76 2.56 .985 2.91 2.89
1988 KCR AL 32 OF 142 141 122 1194.0 370 365 1 4 0 .989 -5 -5 2.76 2.58 .979 2.47 2.45
1989 KCR AL 33 CF 108 95 81 831.2 260 252 2 6 0 .977 3 4 2.75 2.35 .984 2.78 2.75
1989 KCR AL 33 OF 108 95 81 831.2 260 252 2 6 0 .977 3 4 2.75 2.35 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 KCR AL 33 DH 1 0
1990 KCR AL 34 OF 106 81 73 724.2 189 187 2 0 1 1.000 -5 -8 2.35 1.78 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 KCR AL 34 LF 54 39 36 359.1 93 92 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -6 2.33 1.72 .978 2.19 2.16
1990 KCR AL 34 CF 48 41 36 350.0 91 91 0 0 1 1.000 -4 -13 2.34 1.90 .985 2.74 2.71
1990 KCR AL 34 RF 4 1 1 15.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 39 3.52 1.50 .978 2.23 2.20
1990 KCR AL 34 DH 1 1
1991 OAK AL 35 OF 87 63 55 597.0 181 176 2 3 0 .983 10 20 2.68 2.05 .983 2.37 2.37
1991 OAK AL 35 LF 41 26 25 258.1 84 81 1 2 0 .976 6 26 2.86 2.00 .978 2.17 2.16
1991 OAK AL 35 CF 33 23 21 212.0 67 66 0 1 0 .985 3 18 2.80 2.00 .989 2.76 2.76
1991 OAK AL 35 RF 19 14 9 126.2 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 1 10 2.13 1.58 .980 2.19 2.19
1991 OAK AL 35 DH 9 1
1992 OAK AL 36 OF 120 100 94 925.0 364 355 2 7 2 .981 3 4 3.47 2.98 .983 2.47 2.46
1992 OAK AL 36 CF 118 98 92 903.0 360 351 2 7 2 .981 4 5 3.52 2.99 .986 2.90 2.89
1992 OAK AL 36 DH 5 0
1992 OAK AL 36 RF 3 2 2 22.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -16 2.05 1.67 .982 2.25 2.23
1993 CHC NL 37 CF 82 39 33 411.2 112 110 1 1 0 .991 -2 -5 2.43 1.35 .985 2.75 2.73
1993 CHC NL 37 OF 82 39 33 411.2 111 109 1 1 0 .991 -2 -5 2.40 1.34 .979 2.34 2.33
1994 CHC NL 38 CF 10 3 3 39.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -57 2.04 0.90 .982 2.63 2.61
1994 CHC NL 38 OF 10 3 3 39.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -57 2.04 0.90 .980 2.25 2.23
19 Seasons OF 2031 1792 1617 16105.2 5203 5060 76 67 15 .987 108 8 2.87 2.53 .981 2.44 2.42
19 Seasons CF 1358 1201 1082 10721.0 3539 3465 33 41 11 .988 29 3 2.94 2.58 .986 2.86 2.84
8 Seasons LF 677 570 521 5186.2 1621 1552 42 27 5 .983 78 18 2.77 2.35 .979 2.28 2.26
4 Seasons RF 31 21 14 198.0 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 2 9 2.32 1.65 .980 2.21 2.20
19 Seasons TOT 2031 1792 1617 16105.2 5203 5060 76 67 15 .987 108 8 2.87 2.53 .981 2.44 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
1976 KCR AL 20 CF 0 33 -0 0 -1 1
1977 KCR AL 21 CF 1 15 2 1 1 -1
1978 KCR AL 22 LF 6 20 4 2 2 2
1978 KCR AL 22 CF 4 26 5 2 3 -1
1979 KCR AL 23 LF 21 24 19 8 10 2
1979 KCR AL 23 CF 4 24 3 2 1 1
1979 KCR AL 23 RF 0 7 0 1 -1 0
1980 KCR AL 24 LF 18 24 18 7 10 0
1980 KCR AL 24 CF 6 15 5 7 -1 1
1981 KCR AL 25 LF 16 27 12 6 6 4
1981 KCR AL 25 CF 4 29 3 0 2 1
1982 KCR AL 26 LF 16 19 18 8 10 -2
1982 KCR AL 26 CF 7 52 6 4 2 1
1983 KCR AL 27 CF -4 -8 -1 -2 1 -3
1983 KCR AL 27 LF -3 -6 -2 3 -5 -1
1984 KCR AL 28 CF 6 6 8 3 5 -2
1985 KCR AL 29 CF -2 -2 -1 -4 3 -1
1986 KCR AL 30 CF 5 5 6 9 -3 -1
1987 KCR AL 31 CF 1 1 -0 -1 1 1
1988 KCR AL 32 CF -5 -5 -8 -4 -4 3
1989 KCR AL 33 CF 3 4 4 0 4 -1
1990 KCR AL 34 LF -2 -6 -1 -4 3 -1
1990 KCR AL 34 CF -4 -13 -4 -3 -0 0
1990 KCR AL 34 RF 0 39 0 0 0 0
1991 OAK AL 35 LF 6 26 7 3 3 -1
1991 OAK AL 35 CF 3 18 5 0 5 -2
1991 OAK AL 35 RF 1 10 0 -1 1 1
1992 OAK AL 36 CF 4 5 6 2 3 -2
1992 OAK AL 36 RF -0 -16 -0 -0 0 0
1993 CHC NL 37 CF -2 -5 -1 2 -2 -1
1994 CHC NL 38 CF -2 -57 -1 -0 -1 -1
19 Seasons CF 29 3 36 17 20 -7
8 Seasons LF 78 18 75 34 41 3
4 Seasons RF 2 9 0 0 0 1
19 Seasons TOT 108 8 111 51 61 -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
1976 KCR AL 20 12 1 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 6
1977 KCR AL 21 13 6 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 2 0 5
1978 KCR AL 22 127 45 127 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 35 0 117 6 2 42
1979 KCR AL 23 154 136 154 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 24 5 160 2 0 8
1980 KCR AL 24 161 157 161 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 63 0 165 0 3 0
1981 KCR AL 25 102 100 102 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 18 0 103 0 0 0
1982 KCR AL 26 136 135 136 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 20 0 138 0 1 0
1983 KCR AL 27 137 132 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 75 0 139 0 3 1
1984 KCR AL 28 128 128 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 0 0 0
1985 KCR AL 29 141 140 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 0 0 1
1986 KCR AL 30 156 149 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 6 0
1987 KCR AL 31 146 144 146 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 2 1 1
1988 KCR AL 32 147 141 147 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 0 4 1
1989 KCR AL 33 112 95 112 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 108 1 4 5
1990 KCR AL 34 115 82 115 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 48 4 106 1 11 7
1991 OAK AL 35 113 64 113 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 33 19 93 9 23 11
1992 OAK AL 36 132 100 132 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 3 121 5 12 8
1993 CHC NL 37 105 39 105 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 82 0 42 1
1994 CHC NL 38 17 3 17 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 7 3
19 Seasons 2154 1797 2154 2033 0 0 0 0 0 0 677 1358 31 2066 28 119 100
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 -- 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%
1976 KCR AL 20 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 3 1 12.5% 0 86 62% 88% 24% 18 39%
1977 KCR AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 291 66% 82% 32% 34 74%
1978 KCR AL 22 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 13 8 0 29 13 44.8% 16 0 0.0% 0 771 61% 84% 32% 114 67%
1979 KCR AL 23 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 10 8 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 3 0 26 12 46.2% 12 2 7.7% 0 768 62% 86% 30% 111 65%
1980 KCR AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 35 25 0 19 3 0 5 1 1 11 1 0 19 13 0 89 43 48.3% 45 1 1.1% 0 2233 62% 85% 29% 324 60%
1981 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 7 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 4 1 20 9 45.0% 9 2 10.0% 1 623 57% 84% 31% 78 73%
1982 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 6 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 9 6 0 26 15 57.7% 11 0 0.0% 1 700 70% 86% 32% 93 75%
1983 KCR AL 27 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 23 0 28 2 1 5 0 0 13 2 0 23 16 0 108 43 39.8% 64 1 0.9% -1 2576 68% 85% 30% 407 53%
1984 KCR AL 28 4 0 4 0 1 6 0 3 2 0 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 26 5 0 33 16 1 68 25 36.8% 42 1 1.5% 5 4760 65% 83% 28% 393 96%
1985 KCR AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 14 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 0 34 23 0 74 35 47.3% 39 0 0.0% 4 5292 63% 81% 25% 412 92%
1986 KCR AL 30 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 53 34 1 52 10 0 8 3 0 30 6 0 43 23 1 186 76 40.9% 108 2 1.1% 3 5519 59% 81% 34% 723 57%
1987 KCR AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 61 39 0 50 6 0 10 5 0 15 2 0 32 19 0 168 71 42.3% 97 0 0.0% 3 5254 63% 80% 32% 636 54%
1988 KCR AL 32 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 71 52 0 42 8 0 17 6 0 15 2 0 36 24 1 181 92 50.8% 88 1 0.6% 1 5103 62% 81% 41% 694 53%
1989 KCR AL 33 6 0 6 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 51 33 1 30 4 0 12 6 0 8 1 0 22 14 0 123 58 47.2% 64 1 0.8% 1 3479 55% 80% 40% 481 53%
1990 KCR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 17 0 16 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 9 5 1 52 23 44.2% 28 1 1.9% -1 1546 54% 77% 38% 178 51%
1991 OAK AL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 0 21 6 28.6% 15 0 0.0% 0 961 49% 80% 45% 96 69%
1992 OAK AL 36 7 0 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 20 16 0 10 1 0 1 1 0 21 0 0 27 13 1 79 31 39.2% 47 1 1.3% 1 3864 53% 82% 45% 449 78%
1993 CHC NL 37 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 16 1 17 1 0 6 2 0 7 0 0 5 2 0 58 21 36.2% 36 1 1.7% 0 1757 60% 79% 40% 205 54%
1994 CHC NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 14.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 175 62% 74% 35% 16 56%
19 Seasons 41 0 40 1 13 33 0 12 5 4 443 301 4 305 39 3 69 25 2 184 24 0 330 191 6 1331 580 43.6% 736 15 1.1% 18 45758 61% 82% 34% 5462 64%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.2% 59% 81% 33% 60%
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 -- 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%
1978 KCR AL 22 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 16 12 1 14 6 0 7 4 0 6 2 0 7 5 1 50 29 58.0% 19 2 4.0% 3 1528 62% 84% 32% 204 48%
1979 KCR AL 23 4 1 3 0 0 10 0 5 0 5 97 75 0 69 21 4 32 17 1 11 2 0 29 29 0 238 144 60.5% 89 5 2.1% 5 4451 62% 83% 30% 679 47%
1980 KCR AL 24 5 0 5 0 2 8 0 1 0 3 67 52 1 32 8 4 16 9 1 12 2 0 25 24 1 152 95 62.5% 50 7 4.6% 1 3709 58% 86% 31% 561 52%
1981 KCR AL 25 4 0 4 0 2 11 0 3 3 3 45 35 3 42 15 3 11 7 0 13 3 0 19 18 1 130 78 60.0% 45 7 5.4% 4 3096 63% 86% 32% 474 53%
1982 KCR AL 26 5 0 5 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 44 35 0 34 9 0 31 22 0 15 0 0 30 27 0 154 93 60.4% 61 0 0.0% 3 4261 71% 83% 30% 628 50%
1983 KCR AL 27 5 0 5 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 36 28 1 24 8 0 17 10 0 11 2 0 12 11 0 100 59 59.0% 40 1 1.0% 2 2376 70% 87% 30% 350 40%
1990 KCR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 24 17 1 11 0 0 8 5 0 5 2 0 7 7 0 55 31 56.4% 23 1 1.8% 0 1539 56% 75% 40% 174 53%
1991 OAK AL 35 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 9 6 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 20 14 70.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 1082 49% 78% 45% 110 75%
8 Seasons 27 1 26 0 10 42 0 16 7 11 338 260 7 228 67 11 124 76 2 74 13 0 135 127 3 899 543 60.4% 333 23 2.6% 19 22042 63% 84% 32% 3180 50%
MLB Averages 60.2% 2.8% 59% 81% 33% 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%
1979 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 144 74% 85% 28% 17 59%
1990 KCR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 65 63% 69% 38% 11 55%
1991 OAK AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 1 555 56% 80% 46% 48 63%
1992 OAK AL 36 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 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 96 64% 76% 43% 10 50%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 6 0 6 4 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 8 5 0 30 16 53.3% 14 0 0.0% 1 860 60% 80% 42% 86 59%
MLB Averages 42.2% 2.9% 59% 81% 33% 55%

* 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
2000 BBWAA ( 2.0%)

All-Star Games
1982 *
1983 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (17, 4%)
1980 AL (4, 43%)
1982 AL (15, 4%)
1984 AL (10, 16%)
0.67 Career Shares (358th)

Gold Gloves
1980 AL (OF)

Silver Sluggers
1980 AL (OF)
1982 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1979 AL  25 (2nd)
1980 AL  24 (1st)
1981 AL  20 (3rd)
1982 AL  23 (1st)
Career  108 (40th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  131 (1st)
1981 AL  85 (5th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  308 (1st)
1980 AL  288 (3rd)
1981 AL  244 (2nd)
1982 AL  307 (5th)
Career  1,552 (86th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  10 (2nd)
1981 AL  11 (1st)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  4 (5th)
1980 AL  5 (5th)
1981 AL  4 (5th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  155 (3rd)
1987 AL  143 (5th)
1988 AL  143 (4th)
Career  1,358 (37th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  413 (4th)
1987 AL  342 (5th)
Career  3,465 (39th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  5 (5th)
1989 AL  6 (3rd)
1992 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  41 (86th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1979 AL  152 (3rd)
1980 AL  159 (3rd)
1986 AL  155 (5th)
Career  2,031 (48th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1980 AL  482 (3rd)
1981 AL  299 (4th)
1986 AL  408 (5th)
Career  5,060 (16th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1981 AL  14 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  9 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 AL  6 (3rd)
1979 AL  21 (1st)
1980 AL  18 (2nd)
1981 AL  16 (2nd)
1982 AL  16 (1st)
Career  78 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1978 AL  2.47 (1st)
1979 AL  2.76 (1st)
1980 AL  3.04 (1st)
1981 AL  3.12 (2nd)
1982 AL  2.78 (1st)
Career  2.77 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  2.43 (1st)
1980 AL  2.90 (1st)
1981 AL  3.00 (2nd)
1982 AL  2.63 (1st)
Career  2.35 (8th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 AL  .980 (4th)
1979 AL  .988 (5th)
1981 AL  .985 (5th)
Career  .983 (51st)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 AL  6 (3rd)
1984 AL  6 (5th)
Career  29 (49th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1989 AL  2.75 (5th)
1992 AL  3.52 (1st)
Career  2.94 (14th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  3.00 (5th)
1992 AL  2.99 (2nd)
Career  2.58 (77th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  .995 (2nd)
1986 AL  .993 (4th)
1987 AL  .997 (1st)
1988 AL  .989 (3rd)
1993 NL  .991 (3rd)
Career  .988 (53rd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1979 AL  25 (1st)
1980 AL  24 (1st)
1981 AL  20 (2nd)
1982 AL  23 (1st)
Career  108 (15th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1980 AL  3.15 (3rd)
1981 AL  3.19 (1st)
1982 AL  2.94 (5th)
1992 AL  3.47 (1st)
Career  2.87 (12th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1980 AL  3.09 (3rd)
1981 AL  3.10 (3rd)
1982 AL  2.81 (3rd)
1984 AL  3.04 (5th)
1992 AL  2.98 (2nd)
Career  2.53 (67th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1985 AL  .995 (2nd)
1987 AL  .997 (2nd)
1990 AL  1.000 (1st)

Salary s c a p y
1987 AL  $1,389,706 (10th)
1989 AL  $2,112,205 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1993 NL  born 1955-07-09 (8th)
1994 NL  born 1955-07-09 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1976 AL  born 1955-07-09 (9th)

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