Chris Zachary
William Christopher Zachary
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 19, 1944 in Knoxville, TN
High School: Central (Knoxville, TN)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1963
Final Game: September 29, 1973
Died: April 19, 2003 in Knoxville, TN
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 HOU NL 19 P 22 7 57.0 17 3 14 0 0 1.000 2.68 0.77 .947 2.05 0.84
1964 HOU NL 20 P 1 1 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 2.00 .950 2.25 0.80
1965 HOU NL 21 P 4 2 10.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.53 0.75 .967 2.11 0.80
1966 HOU NL 22 P 10 8 55.0 13 5 6 2 0 .846 1.80 1.10 .954 1.96 0.74
1967 HOU NL 23 P 9 7 36.1 9 2 5 2 1 .778 1.73 0.78 .967 2.01 0.78
1969 KCR AL 25 P 8 2 18.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.98 0.25 .950 1.87 0.69
1971 STL NL 27 P 23 12 89.2 19 4 14 1 2 .947 1.81 0.78 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 DET AL 28 P 25 1 38.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.28 .943 1.85 0.75
1973 PIT NL 29 P 6 0 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.17 .900 1.88 0.73
9 Seasons P 108 40 321.1 73 19 49 5 3 .932 1.90 0.63 .952 1.95 0.77
9 Seasons TOT 108 40 321.1 73 19 49 5 3 .932 1.90 0.63 .884 1.95 0.77

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
1963 HOU NL 19 22 7 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 20 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HOU NL 21 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 22 10 8 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 HOU NL 23 10 7 10 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 KCR AL 25 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 STL NL 27 24 12 24 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 DET AL 28 25 1 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 PIT NL 29 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 110 40 110 110 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1963 HOU NL 19 266 75% 26% 15 93% 0 2 0 2 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1964 HOU NL 20 20 85% 35% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 HOU NL 21 52 81% 23% 2 100% 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 22 249 72% 24% 8 75% 0 4 0 3 6 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1967 HOU NL 23 169 81% 22% 9 89% 0 3 1 1 8 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 75%
1969 KCR AL 25 92 86% 25% 6 67% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1971 STL NL 27 412 81% 28% 16 81% 0 3 2 0 12 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 67%
1972 DET AL 28 159 77% 23% 8 88% 0 2 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 PIT NL 29 50 86% 26% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1469 78% 26% 66 85% 0 17 5 8 52 44 1 5 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 3 16 69%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

* 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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