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Chuck Wortman

William Lewis Wortman

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: January 5, 1892 in Baltimore, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1916
Team: Cubs 1916-1918

Final Game: August 29, 1918
Died: August 19, 1977 in Las Vegas, NV
Buried: Memory Gardens Cemetery, Las Vegas, NV
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1916 CHC NL 24 SS 69 347 124 191 32 24 .908 4.57 .926 5.52
1917 CHC NL 25 SS 65 269 85 162 22 26 .918 3.80 .931 5.34
1917 CHC NL 25 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .955 5.30
1917 CHC NL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
1918 CHC NL 26 2B 8 2 1 22 8 11 3 1 .864 2.38 .957 5.45
1918 CHC NL 26 SS 4 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 1.75 .934 5.80
3 Seasons SS 138 0 0 623 214 355 54 50 .913 4.12 .928 5.44
2 Seasons 2B 9 2 1 24 8 13 3 1 .875 2.33 .957 5.43
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
3 Seasons TOT 148 2 1 647 222 368 57 51 .912 3.99 .929 5.43
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1916 CHC NL 24 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0
1917 CHC NL 25 75 75 0 0 0 1 1 65 0 0 0 0 0
1918 CHC NL 26 17 17 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 161 161 0 0 0 9 1 138 0 0 0 0 0
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.

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