Jerry Zimmerman
Gerald Robert Zimmerman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 21, 1934 in Omaha, NE
High School: Milwaukie (Milwaukie, OR)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1961
Final Game: September 22, 1968
Died: September 9, 1998 in Neskowin, OR
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1961 CIN NL 26 C 76 64 546.2 406 374 22 10 8 .975 -2.0 -4.4 -2 6.52 5.21 .985 6.39 5.17 8 18 24 12 33%
1962 MIN AL 27 C 34 15 172.1 121 111 9 1 0 .992 1.0 7.0 1 6.27 3.53 .989 6.30 5.57 0 4 5 5 50%
1963 MIN AL 28 C 39 15 165.2 124 116 8 0 0 1.000 1.0 7.2 1 6.74 3.18 .989 6.64 5.78 0 4 4 2 33%
1964 MIN AL 29 C 63 31 335.1 288 264 22 2 1 .993 2.0 7.2 2 7.68 4.54 .990 7.07 6.07 4 11 12 12 50%
1965 MIN AL 30 C 82 44 468.1 344 321 22 1 5 .997 2.0 5.1 2 6.59 4.18 .988 6.96 5.67 4 8 19 8 30%
1966 MIN AL 31 C 59 30 327.2 281 264 16 1 5 .996 1.0 3.7 1 7.69 4.75 .988 6.86 5.86 2 18 11 10 48%
1967 MIN AL 32 C 104 81 692.1 621 572 44 5 7 .992 6.0 10.4 6 8.01 5.92 .989 7.22 6.15 1 20 29 26 47%
1968 MIN AL 33 C 24 18 145.0 117 109 7 1 0 .991 2.0 16.6 2 7.20 4.83 .990 6.97 6.01 0 1 6 5 45%
8 Seasons C 481 298 2853.1 2302 2131 150 21 26 .991 13.0 5.5 13 7.19 4.74 .988 6.86 5.79 19 84 110 80 42%
8 Seasons TOT 481 298 2853.1 2302 2131 150 21 26 .991 13.0 5.5 13 7.19 4.74 .979 6.86 5.79 19 84 110 80 42%

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
1961 CIN NL 26 76 64 76 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MIN AL 27 34 15 34 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 MIN AL 28 39 15 39 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 MIN AL 29 63 31 63 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1965 MIN AL 30 83 44 83 83 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 MIN AL 31 60 30 60 60 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1967 MIN AL 32 104 81 104 104 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 MIN AL 33 24 18 24 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 483 298 483 483 0 481 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1961 CIN NL 26 2412 3.97 4.68 39 95% 0 0 377 35 0 12 329 22 1 0 0 4 10 0 3 7 0 7 0 0 1 1 100%
1962 MIN AL 27 744 4.23 4.49 5 100% 0 0 114 4 0 0 110 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN AL 28 707 3.37 3.97 6 100% 0 0 114 4 0 2 108 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 MIN AL 29 1473 3.62 4.08 21 90% 0 0 263 13 1 2 247 21 7 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 100%
1965 MIN AL 30 1978 3.11 3.52 23 96% 0 0 321 15 1 6 299 24 7 0 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 100%
1966 MIN AL 31 1406 3.13 3.60 21 100% 0 0 265 19 3 10 232 15 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 1 100%
1967 MIN AL 32 2930 2.74 3.31 41 98% 0 0 575 29 2 12 532 41 7 0 0 4 5 1 2 2 1 7 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 MIN AL 33 596 2.54 2.86 9 100% 0 0 110 6 0 3 101 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
8 Seasons 12246 3.30 3.82 165 96% 0 0 2139 125 7 47 1958 144 29 1 0 22 21 2 8 11 1 25 0 3 5 11 100%
MLB Averages 3.54 4.03 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1961 CIN NL 26 9 18 868 24 12 12 33% 23 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 74 16 1.06 0.99
1962 MIN AL 27 0 4 278 5 5 4 50% 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 6 2.57 1.83
1963 MIN AL 28 0 4 262 4 2 2 33% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0.81 0.34
1964 MIN AL 29 4 11 544 12 12 10 50% 10 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 38 11 1.12 2.04
1965 MIN AL 30 4 8 694 19 8 8 30% 18 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 40 11 1.73 1.47
1966 MIN AL 31 2 18 479 11 10 8 48% 10 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 40 13 1.07 0.86
1967 MIN AL 32 1 20 1022 29 26 22 47% 29 24 0 1 0 1 3 0 70 30 1.50 1.33
1968 MIN AL 33 0 1 185 6 5 5 45% 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 5 2.45 1.16
8 Seasons 20 84 4332 110 80 71 42% 102 71 7 5 1 4 4 0 291 95 1.43 1.34
MLB Averages 38% 1.25 1.22

* 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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