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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: Chicago White Sox

AL Most Valuable Player: Nellie Fox

ML Cy Young: Early Wynn

AL Rookie of the Year: Bob Allison

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Team Fielding - CF

Team Fielding - CF Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof
Baltimore Orioles	4	4.01	155	155	137	1400.1	422	394	13	15	4	.964	-5	-5	-4	-1
Boston Red Sox	6	4.52	154	154	125	1364.0	402	383	14	5	4	.988	2	2	-2	4
Chicago White Sox	6	3.77	156	156	143	1425.1	474	462	9	3	3	.994	26	22	24	2
Cleveland Indians	5	4.19	154	154	129	1383.2	421	407	6	8	2	.981	12	10	12	0
Detroit Tigers	4	4.75	154	154	145	1360.0	429	418	5	6	0	.986	-2	-1	-1	-1
Kansas City Athletics	5	4.94	154	154	138	1361.0	440	410	21	9	3	.980	8	7	-1	9
New York Yankees	4	4.17	155	155	146	1399.0	416	406	8	2	4	.995	5	4	3	2
Washington Senators	4	4.55	154	154	148	1360.0	392	373	9	10	0	.974	-10	-8	-5	-5
League Average	5	4.36	154	154	139	1382	424	407	11	7	2	.983	5	0	3	1
	37	4.36	1236	1236	1111	11053.1	3396	3253	85	58	20	.983	37	4	27	10

Team Advanced Fielding - CF*

Team Advanced Fielding - CF* Table
	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
Tm	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%
Baltimore Orioles	15	1	12	2	0	13	0	3	4	3	82	40	6	52	5	1	8	1	0	21	4	0	41	31	3	204	81	39.7%	113	10	4.9%	3	5851	66%	77%	28%	746	54%
Boston Red Sox	5	0	5	0	2	14	0	5	2	4	67	38	1	49	7	1	16	5	3	22	3	0	37	31	2	191	84	44.0%	100	7	3.7%	7	5897	67%	75%	27%	660	59%
Chicago White Sox	3	0	3	0	1	9	0	2	2	2	98	52	1	41	6	2	20	9	0	18	6	0	35	27	0	212	100	47.2%	109	3	1.4%	6	6018	65%	76%	28%	869	54%
Cleveland Indians	8	0	7	1	0	6	1	4	0	1	88	52	0	49	8	0	22	11	0	28	3	0	46	35	1	233	109	46.8%	123	1	0.4%	5	5916	61%	73%	30%	744	55%
Detroit Tigers	6	0	3	3	1	5	0	1	3	1	44	20	2	27	4	0	5	2	0	18	1	0	35	30	0	129	57	44.2%	70	2	1.6%	3	5789	64%	74%	29%	583	73%
Kansas City Athletics	8	0	7	1	3	21	1	5	8	7	84	48	4	52	5	2	17	7	1	23	7	2	41	33	0	217	100	46.1%	108	9	4.1%	12	5914	68%	77%	27%	697	61%
New York Yankees	2	0	2	0	2	8	0	0	1	5	100	56	1	59	7	3	7	2	0	27	4	2	44	35	0	237	104	43.9%	127	6	2.5%	2	5976	64%	74%	27%	744	55%
Washington Senators	10	0	7	3	2	9	0	3	5	1	93	38	1	54	7	0	19	7	0	23	5	0	42	34	0	231	91	39.4%	139	1	0.4%	8	5867	63%	78%	26%	723	52%
League Average	7	0	6	1	1	11	0	3	3	3	82	43	2	48	6	1	14	6	0	22	4	0	40	32	1	207	91	43.9%	111	5	2.4%	6	5904	65%	75%	28%	721	57%
	57	1	46	10	11	85	2	23	25	24	656	344	16	383	49	9	114	44	4	180	33	4	321	256	6	1654	726	43.9%	889	39	2.4%	46	47228	65%	75%	28%	5766	57%

Player Fielding - CF

Player Fielding - CF Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
1	Bob Allison	24	WSH	133	132	128	1152.2	338	322	8	8	0	.976	-7	-7	-2	-5	2.58	2.48
2	Jim Busby	32	BOS	26	16	12	158.1	42	40	1	1	0	.976	-3	-20	-3	0	2.33	1.58
3	Neil Chrisley	27	DET	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	360	0	0	9.00	1.00
4	Larry Doby	35	CHW	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	-60	0	0	0.00	0.00
5	Tito Francona	25	CLE	61	59	48	514.2	136	130	2	4	0	.971	-4	-9	-4	0	2.31	2.16
6	Gary Geiger	22	BOS	60	57	40	474.0	134	128	4	2	1	.985	0	1	-2	2	2.51	2.20
7	Lenny Green	26	WSH	14	11	10	108.0	33	31	1	1	0	.970	2	19	1	1	2.67	2.29
8	Johnny Groth	32	DET	18	12	10	107.1	39	38	0	1	0	.974	1	11	2	-1	3.19	2.11
9	Carroll Hardy	26	CLE	14	8	8	85.2	40	40	0	0	0	1.000	1	17	2	-1	4.20	2.86
10	Woodie Held	27	CLE	6	3	2	28.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-21	-1	0	2.25	1.17
11	Whitey Herzog	27	KCA	12	11	4	79.2	34	32	0	2	0	.941	3	47	3	0	3.62	2.67
12	Joe Hicks	26	CHW	2	0	0	7.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1	103	1	0	3.86	1.50
13	Jackie Jensen	32	BOS	7	7	4	56.1	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-43	-2	0	2.24	2.00
14	Al Kaline	24	DET	121	120	114	1045.0	331	323	4	4	0	.988	4	5	2	2	2.82	2.70
15	Marty Keough	25	BOS	69	53	49	491.1	154	148	5	1	1	.994	3	7	2	1	2.80	2.22
16	Tony Kubek	23	NYY	15	10	9	103.1	30	29	1	0	1	1.000	1	10	0	1	2.61	2.00
17	Harvey Kuenn	28	DET	24	22	21	206.2	58	56	1	1	0	.983	-7	-41	-5	-2	2.48	2.38
18	Jim Landis	25	CHW	147	144	138	1301.2	438	426	9	3	3	.993	25	23	23	2	3.01	2.96
19	Jerry Mallett	23	BOS	4	4	4	37.0	14	12	2	0	2	1.000	1	26	1	0	3.41	3.50
20	Mickey Mantle	27	NYY	142	142	134	1257.2	378	369	7	2	3	.995	4	4	3	1	2.69	2.65
21	Roger Maris	24	KCA	5	4	3	34.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-21	-2	1	2.38	1.80
22	Jim McAnany	22	CHW	2	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1	200	1	0	6.00	1.00
23	Albie Pearson	24	TOT	29	23	18	214.0	58	56	0	2	0	.966	-4	-25	-3	-1	2.36	1.93
24	Albie Pearson	24	WSH	12	11	10	97.1	21	20	0	1	0	.952	-4	-54	-3	-1	1.85	1.67
25	Albie Pearson	24	BAL	17	12	8	116.2	37	36	0	1	0	.973	0	0	0	0	2.78	2.12
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
26	Bubba Phillips	31	CHW	14	11	5	93.2	24	24	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-13	-1	0	2.31	1.71
27	Jim Piersall	29	CLE	91	77	67	696.2	227	219	4	4	2	.982	17	29	16	1	2.88	2.45
28	Al Pilarcik	28	BAL	8	7	1	44.0	12	11	0	1	0	.917	0	-3	0	0	2.25	1.38
29	Jim Pisoni	29	NYY	2	1	1	11.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	-33	0	0	0.00	0.00
30	Barry Shetrone	20	BAL	17	14	13	137.2	31	29	0	2	0	.935	-2	-17	-2	0	1.90	1.71
31	Norm Siebern	25	NYY	5	2	2	27.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0	9	0	0	2.67	1.60
32	Al Smith	31	CHW	3	1	0	18.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	2	100	2	0	3.50	2.33
33	Russ Snyder	25	KCA	30	26	23	229.0	74	69	3	2	0	.973	-6	-32	-6	0	2.83	2.40
34	Gene Stephens	26	BOS	17	17	16	147.0	44	41	2	1	0	.977	3	21	2	1	2.63	2.53
35	Chuck Tanner	30	CLE	7	7	4	58.2	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-35	-2	0	1.69	1.57
36	Willie Tasby	26	BAL	131	122	115	1102.0	342	318	13	11	4	.968	-3	-4	-2	-1	2.70	2.53
37	Faye Throneberry	28	WSH	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0.00	0.00
38	Bill Tuttle	29	KCA	121	111	106	1000.1	318	296	17	5	3	.984	13	15	5	8	2.82	2.59
39	Dick Williams	30	KCA	2	2	2	18.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-73	-1	0	2.50	2.50

Player Advanced Fielding - cf

Player Advanced Fielding - cf Table
				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
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	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%
1	Bob Allison	24	WSH	8	0	5	3	1	8	0	2	5	1	77	29	1	45	6	0	16	5	0	21	5	0	38	31	0	197	76	38.6%	120	1	0.5%	7	4972	63%	78%	26%	617	53%
2	Jim Busby	32	BOS	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	4	0	9	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	24	10	41.7%	14	0	0.0%	1	684	70%	77%	28%	81	52%
3	Neil Chrisley	27	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	75%	50%	25%	1	100%
4	Larry Doby	35	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	7	71%	71%	29%	1	0%
5	Tito Francona	25	CLE	4	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	37	24	0	24	3	0	8	4	0	11	1	0	15	12	0	95	44	46.3%	51	0	0.0%	2	2246	62%	72%	30%	260	50%
6	Gary Geiger	22	BOS	2	0	2	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	23	14	1	12	2	0	4	0	0	5	1	0	12	12	0	56	29	51.8%	26	1	1.8%	3	2073	64%	75%	27%	217	60%
7	Lenny Green	26	WSH	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	5	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	15	8	53.3%	7	0	0.0%	1	448	63%	79%	26%	56	57%
8	Johnny Groth	32	DET	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	7	2	28.6%	5	0	0.0%	0	461	65%	71%	27%	44	86%
9	Carroll Hardy	26	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	7	5	0	25	10	40.0%	15	0	0.0%	0	385	55%	76%	32%	67	60%
10	Woodie Held	27	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	125	71%	72%	26%	15	47%
11	Whitey Herzog	27	KCA	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	10	4	40.0%	6	0	0.0%	0	338	73%	75%	33%	47	68%
12	Joe Hicks	26	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	27	74%	74%	33%	3	100%
13	Jackie Jensen	32	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	9	5	55.6%	4	0	0.0%	0	217	60%	79%	23%	22	50%
14	Al Kaline	24	DET	4	0	1	3	1	4	0	0	3	1	33	19	2	25	4	0	4	2	0	13	1	0	27	24	0	102	50	49.0%	50	2	2.0%	2	4401	62%	75%	30%	458	71%
15	Marty Keough	25	BOS	1	0	1	0	1	5	0	1	1	3	22	13	0	16	1	1	8	4	2	12	1	0	16	11	1	74	30	40.5%	40	4	5.4%	1	2143	69%	74%	28%	246	62%
16	Tony Kubek	23	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	11	7	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	5	0	24	13	54.2%	10	1	4.2%	0	443	61%	72%	27%	61	48%
17	Harvey Kuenn	28	DET	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	4	0	20	5	25.0%	15	0	0.0%	1	923	72%	75%	28%	80	71%
18	Jim Landis	25	CHW	3	0	3	0	1	9	0	2	2	2	85	43	1	37	6	2	19	8	0	16	6	0	32	25	0	189	88	46.6%	98	3	1.6%	6	5503	65%	76%	28%	791	55%
19	Jerry Mallett	23	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0.0%	2	1	33.3%	1	152	74%	76%	30%	16	75%
20	Mickey Mantle	27	NYY	2	0	2	0	2	7	0	0	1	4	89	49	1	52	6	3	7	2	0	24	4	1	39	30	0	211	91	43.1%	115	5	2.4%	2	5374	64%	74%	27%	671	56%
21	Roger Maris	24	KCA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	66.7%	1	0	0.0%	1	158	80%	77%	23%	10	90%
22	Jim McAnany	22	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	10	50%	70%	60%	3	67%
23	Albie Pearson	24	BAL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	4	3	0	19	10	52.6%	9	0	0.0%	0	504	74%	75%	26%	73	49%
24	Albie Pearson	24	WSH	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	7	36.8%	12	0	0.0%	0	439	62%	76%	23%	50	40%
25	Bubba Phillips	31	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	9	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	23	12	52.2%	11	0	0.0%	0	403	61%	78%	27%	60	40%
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	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%
26	Jim Piersall	29	CLE	4	0	3	1	0	4	1	3	0	0	36	20	0	18	4	0	12	6	0	10	2	0	23	17	1	99	49	49.5%	49	1	1.0%	3	2922	61%	73%	29%	377	59%
27	Al Pilarcik	28	BAL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	12	3	25.0%	8	1	8.3%	-1	190	69%	73%	27%	28	43%
28	Jim Pisoni	29	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	41	49%	76%	37%	1	0%
29	Barry Shetrone	20	BAL	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	10	6	60.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	556	71%	77%	28%	58	50%
30	Norm Siebern	25	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	118	69%	71%	17%	11	73%
31	Al Smith	31	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	68	46%	79%	35%	11	64%
32	Russ Snyder	25	KCA	2	0	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	2	18	10	0	11	2	0	4	1	1	6	0	0	12	9	0	51	22	43.1%	28	1	2.0%	2	1048	71%	77%	27%	131	55%
33	Gene Stephens	26	BOS	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	9	5	0	10	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	3	3	0	25	10	40.0%	14	1	4.0%	1	628	72%	76%	28%	78	54%
34	Chuck Tanner	30	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	9	4	44.4%	5	0	0.0%	0	238	59%	77%	33%	25	44%
35	Willie Tasby	26	BAL	11	1	10	0	0	13	0	3	4	3	65	29	5	42	3	1	6	1	0	16	3	0	34	26	3	163	62	38.0%	92	9	5.5%	4	4601	64%	77%	29%	587	55%
36	Faye Throneberry	28	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	8	25%	63%	38%	0
37	Bill Tuttle	29	KCA	4	0	3	1	1	17	1	3	8	5	63	35	4	36	3	2	12	6	0	15	6	2	26	22	0	152	72	47.4%	72	8	5.3%	9	4283	67%	77%	27%	501	61%
38	Dick Williams	30	KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	87	62%	77%	20%	8	63%
	LgAvg			1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	5	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	23	10	43.9%	12	1	2.4%	1	656	65%	75%	28%	80	57%