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Originally Posted by baztacula
Maz 2094 games at 2B
204 errors
.983 Fld%
5.72 Range Factor per 9 innings
Whitaker 2308 games at 2B
189 errors
.984 Fld%
5.39 Range Factor per 9 innings
I don't see where Mazeroski is the best fielding second baseman ever with those stats. There is a good chance that Maz's better range factor is directly related to more balls in play due to less k's by Pirate pitchers in the 50s, 60s & 70s compared to Tigers pitchers in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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How does Brooks do on fielding stats? I always suspect them because guys with great range are going to reach more balls but probably as a result commit more errors. And I don't know how you could account for this unless you had tape of every fielding chance. Maybe "range factor" somehow figures this in through some algorithm?