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1938 American League Left Field

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AL Most Valuable Player: Jimmie Foxx

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Team Fielding - LF

Team Fielding - LF Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
Boston Red Sox	4	5.01	150	150	147	283	262	14	7	4	.975
Chicago White Sox	2	5.05	149	149	149	291	280	4	7	0	.976
Cleveland Indians	3	5.11	153	153	147	333	314	9	10	5	.970
Detroit Tigers	6	5.13	155	155	140	292	270	11	11	1	.962
New York Yankees	3	4.52	157	157	151	315	295	10	10	5	.968
Philadelphia Athletics	4	6.21	154	154	153	329	302	13	14	1	.957
St. Louis Browns	4	6.17	156	156	149	302	277	13	12	3	.960
Washington Nationals	5	5.74	152	152	138	282	268	7	7	1	.975
League Average	4	5.37	153	153	147	303	284	10	10	2	.968
	31	5.37	1226	1226	1174	2427	2268	81	78	20	.968

Team Advanced Fielding - LF*

Team Advanced Fielding - LF* 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%
Boston Red Sox	6	0	5	1	1	11	0	3	1	4	46	29	3	31	5	0	30	17	1	12	2	1	24	22	1	143	75	52.4%	62	6	4.2%	5	4669	59%	78%	27%	448	51%
Chicago White Sox	7	0	7	0	2	4	0	2	0	1	53	45	1	34	6	1	20	7	0	20	5	0	24	22	0	151	85	56.3%	64	2	1.3%	2	4801	59%	79%	28%	484	50%
Cleveland Indians	10	0	10	0	1	9	0	5	0	0	77	55	0	39	3	0	19	12	0	18	7	0	29	27	1	182	104	57.1%	78	1	0.5%	8	5667	61%	74%	27%	588	51%
Detroit Tigers	8	0	8	0	2	10	0	4	3	0	44	33	1	39	7	1	15	6	0	15	5	0	26	23	0	139	74	53.2%	63	2	1.4%	8	4446	61%	78%	25%	434	53%
New York Yankees	10	0	8	2	2	10	1	6	1	1	35	24	0	18	2	0	19	16	0	14	4	0	39	32	3	125	78	62.4%	44	3	2.4%	7	5911	62%	79%	27%	437	68%
Philadelphia Athletics	12	0	11	1	4	12	1	4	1	4	37	26	2	26	5	1	8	6	0	18	5	0	32	30	1	121	72	59.5%	45	4	3.3%	8	4935	59%	78%	29%	407	63%
St. Louis Browns	11	0	11	0	1	13	0	2	5	5	56	41	3	41	4	2	26	15	1	18	2	1	27	25	1	168	87	51.8%	73	8	4.8%	5	4746	59%	72%	25%	475	49%
Washington Nationals	4	0	2	2	0	5	0	1	3	1	44	29	2	23	5	0	21	7	0	20	2	1	24	20	0	132	63	47.7%	66	3	2.3%	2	4452	63%	76%	26%	387	58%
League Average	8	0	8	1	2	9	0	3	2	2	49	35	2	31	5	1	20	11	0	17	4	0	28	25	1	145	80	55.0%	62	4	2.5%	6	4953	60%	77%	27%	458	55%
	68	0	62	6	13	74	2	27	14	16	392	282	12	251	37	5	158	86	2	135	32	3	225	201	7	1161	638	55.0%	495	29	2.5%	45	39627	60%	77%	27%	3660	55%

Player Fielding - LF

Player Fielding - LF Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1	Ethan Allen	34	SLB	2	2	2		4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
2	Babe Barna	23	PHA	4	4	4		8	7	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
3	Ben Chapman	29	BOS	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0.00
4	Sam Chapman	22	PHA	103	102	102		213	195	7	11	0	.948	1.96
5	Roy Cullenbine	24	DET	17	14	14		35	34	1	0	0	1.000	2.06
6	Lou Finney	27	PHA	19	19	19		40	37	2	1	0	.975	2.05
7	Goose Goslin	37	WSH	12	8	6		16	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.33
8	Jeff Heath	23	CLE	113	113	110		241	230	4	7	2	.971	2.07
9	Myril Hoag	30	NYY	32	28	26		52	47	2	3	2	.942	1.53
10	Bob Johnson	32	PHA	29	29	28		68	63	3	2	1	.971	2.28
11	Chet Laabs	26	DET	17	16	16		41	40	1	0	0	1.000	2.41
12	Mel Mazzera	24	SLB	25	23	22		45	39	4	2	1	.956	1.72
13	Glenn McQuillen	23	SLB	30	27	23		61	59	0	2	0	.967	1.97
14	Buster Mills	29	SLB	106	104	102		192	175	9	8	2	.958	1.74
15	Chet Morgan	28	DET	5	5	4		5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
16	Red Nonnenkamp	26	BOS	5	4	4		4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.80
17	Johnny Peacock	28	BOS	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
18	Jake Powell	29	NYY	37	36	35		79	76	1	2	0	.975	2.08
19	Rip Radcliff	32	CHW	99	99	99		206	197	4	5	0	.976	2.03
20	George Selkirk	30	NYY	94	93	90		184	172	7	5	3	.973	1.90
21	Al Simmons	36	WSH	111	103	98		178	170	4	4	1	.978	1.57
22	Moose Solters	32	CLE	40	37	34		86	79	4	3	3	.965	2.08
23	John Stone	32	WSH	30	29	25		60	55	3	2	0	.967	1.93
24	Joe Vosmik	28	BOS	146	146	143		278	257	14	7	4	.975	1.86
25	Dixie Walker	27	DET	95	87	82		144	133	7	4	1	.972	1.47
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
26	Gee Walker	30	CHW	50	50	50		85	83	0	2	0	.976	1.66
27	Roy Weatherly	23	CLE	6	3	3		6	5	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
28	Sam West	33	WSH	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
29	Jo-Jo White	29	DET	22	19	18		46	43	1	2	0	.957	2.00
30	Taffy Wright	26	WSH	12	11	8		26	25	0	1	0	.962	2.08
31	Rudy York	24	DET	14	14	6		21	15	1	5	0	.762	1.14

Player Advanced Fielding - lf

Player Advanced Fielding - lf 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	Ethan Allen	34	SLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	0	98	56%	79%	20%	7	57%
2	Babe Barna	23	PHA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	2	50.0%	1	1	25.0%	0	64	70%	78%	25%	5	80%
3	Ben Chapman	29	BOS	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	21	48%	76%	33%	2	0%
4	Sam Chapman	22	PHA	10	0	9	1	4	6	1	2	0	2	20	14	1	18	3	0	2	1	0	9	0	0	22	21	0	71	39	54.9%	31	1	1.4%	5	3165	59%	78%	29%	240	64%
5	Roy Cullenbine	24	DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	4	4	0	17	7	41.2%	10	0	0.0%	1	450	58%	79%	24%	43	74%
6	Lou Finney	27	PHA	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	4	1	0	2	2	0	15	8	53.3%	7	0	0.0%	2	665	63%	79%	27%	59	56%
7	Goose Goslin	37	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	6	4	66.7%	2	0	0.0%	0	266	61%	74%	30%	26	62%
8	Jeff Heath	23	CLE	7	0	7	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	57	43	0	27	2	0	15	9	0	13	4	0	18	17	0	130	75	57.7%	55	0	0.0%	4	4070	62%	74%	27%	413	51%
9	Myril Hoag	30	NYY	3	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	9	4	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	4	2	1	20	8	40.0%	11	1	5.0%	1	1095	61%	79%	26%	81	58%
10	Bob Johnson	32	PHA	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	10	8	0	6	2	1	4	4	0	5	4	0	6	5	1	31	23	74.2%	6	2	6.5%	1	1041	57%	78%	31%	103	63%
11	Chet Laabs	26	DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	6	0	6	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	19	14	73.7%	5	0	0.0%	1	497	55%	77%	29%	55	58%
12	Mel Mazzera	24	SLB	2	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	2	15	11	1	9	0	1	4	2	0	2	0	1	3	3	0	33	16	48.5%	14	3	9.1%	1	668	65%	74%	24%	70	49%
13	Glenn McQuillen	23	SLB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	11	2	18.2%	9	0	0.0%	0	704	58%	73%	28%	66	58%
14	Buster Mills	29	SLB	8	0	8	0	0	9	0	2	3	3	40	30	2	26	4	1	22	13	1	13	2	0	20	19	1	121	68	56.2%	48	5	4.1%	4	3276	58%	72%	25%	332	48%
15	Chet Morgan	28	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	98	74%	72%	18%	4	50%
16	Red Nonnenkamp	26	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	75.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	151	65%	76%	23%	13	31%
17	Johnny Peacock	28	BOS	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	9	56%	78%	22%	1	100%
18	Jake Powell	29	NYY	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	5	0	4	1	0	6	6	0	6	2	0	14	14	0	36	28	77.8%	8	0	0.0%	1	1397	64%	79%	27%	104	74%
19	Rip Radcliff	32	CHW	5	0	5	0	2	4	0	2	0	1	36	31	1	25	4	1	10	3	0	12	1	0	19	17	0	102	56	54.9%	44	2	2.0%	2	2987	58%	79%	28%	307	53%
20	George Selkirk	30	NYY	5	0	4	1	2	7	0	4	1	1	20	15	0	11	1	0	11	9	0	6	1	0	21	16	2	69	42	60.9%	25	2	2.9%	5	3419	62%	79%	27%	252	69%
21	Al Simmons	36	WSH	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	18	10	0	12	3	0	15	5	0	14	2	1	12	9	0	71	29	40.8%	41	1	1.4%	1	2818	62%	75%	25%	209	62%
22	Moose Solters	32	CLE	3	0	3	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	19	12	0	11	1	0	3	3	0	5	3	0	10	9	1	48	28	58.3%	20	1	2.1%	3	1462	56%	75%	27%	159	52%
23	John Stone	32	WSH	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	20	14	2	8	1	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	5	5	0	38	21	55.3%	15	2	5.3%	1	985	65%	78%	28%	109	51%
24	Joe Vosmik	28	BOS	6	0	5	1	1	11	0	3	1	4	45	28	3	29	4	0	30	17	1	11	1	1	24	22	1	139	72	51.8%	61	6	4.3%	5	4488	59%	78%	27%	432	52%
25	Dixie Walker	27	DET	2	0	2	0	0	6	0	3	2	0	24	21	1	18	1	0	10	5	0	7	2	0	13	11	0	72	40	55.6%	31	1	1.4%	5	2439	60%	77%	25%	230	49%
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	Gee Walker	30	CHW	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14	0	9	2	0	10	4	0	8	4	0	5	5	0	49	29	59.2%	20	0	0.0%	0	1814	61%	80%	28%	177	46%
27	Roy Weatherly	23	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	25.0%	3	0	0.0%	1	135	61%	79%	37%	16	38%
28	Jo-Jo White	29	DET	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	6	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	2	0	15	6	40.0%	8	1	6.7%	0	563	59%	79%	25%	58	66%
29	Taffy Wright	26	WSH	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	0	17	9	52.9%	8	0	0.0%	0	383	66%	77%	26%	43	56%
30	Rudy York	24	DET	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	15	6	40.0%	9	0	0.0%	1	399	72%	78%	27%	44	36%
	LgAvg			1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	16	9	55.0%	7	0	2.5%	1	550	60%	77%	27%	51	55%