George Zuverink
George Zuverink
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 20, 1924 in Holland, MI
High School: Holland (Holland, MI)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Final Game: June 15, 1959
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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
1951 CLE AL 26 P 16 9 1 7 1 0 .889 0.50 .956 0.99
1952 CLE AL 27 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.00
1954 TOT MLB 29 P 37 25 209.0 67 18 46 3 3 .955 2.76 1.73 .960 2.01 0.93
1954 CIN NL 29 P 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.85
1954 DET AL 29 P 35 25 203.0 67 18 46 3 3 .955 2.84 1.83 .960 2.01 0.93
1955 TOT AL 30 P 42 6 114.2 37 9 25 3 2 .919 2.67 0.81 .957 1.99 0.83
1955 DET AL 30 P 14 1 28.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.54 0.57 .950 2.00 0.83
1955 BAL AL 30 P 28 5 86.1 29 7 19 3 2 .897 2.71 0.93 .959 1.99 0.83
1956 BAL AL 31 P 62 0 97.1 25 8 17 0 2 1.000 2.31 0.40 .948 1.92 0.82
1957 BAL AL 32 P 56 0 112.2 31 5 26 0 2 1.000 2.48 0.55 .961 1.99 0.86
1958 BAL AL 33 P 45 0 69.0 23 4 19 0 1 1.000 3.00 0.51 .961 1.94 0.82
1959 BAL AL 34 P 6 0 13.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77 0.67 .950 2.08 0.85
8 Seasons P 265 31 615.2 197 45 145 7 10 .964 2.78 0.72 .958 1.98 0.86
8 Seasons TOT 265 31 615.2 197 45 145 7 10 .964 2.78 0.72 .922 1.98 0.86

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
1951 CLE AL 26 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 27 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 29 35 25 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CIN NL 29 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BAL AL 30 28 5 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 30 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 31 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 32 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BAL AL 33 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 34 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 266 31 266 266 265 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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%
1954 DET AL 29 881 84% 30% 53 91% 3 18 1 15 47 39 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 3 0 14 71%
1954 CIN NL 29 30 90% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BAL AL 30 351 85% 28% 20 90% 0 6 2 3 17 13 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 80%
1955 DET AL 30 144 81% 28% 8 100% 0 2 0 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 31 442 84% 27% 20 95% 1 9 2 4 17 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 83%
1957 BAL AL 32 480 84% 30% 26 100% 0 6 0 3 27 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 11 100%
1958 BAL AL 33 302 85% 26% 21 100% 1 4 0 2 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 100%
1959 BAL AL 34 56 88% 21% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2686 84% 28% 152 95% 5 45 5 29 141 118 10 6 0 3 3 2 10 5 8 2 43 86%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* 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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