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BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 3/28/2008 on www.baseball-reference.com [flag]
Well, in the process of fixing a bug with the 2007 GS totals, I decided it made sense to spend three more hours and add retrosheet-extracted fielding to the player pages. Retrosheet data is essentially complete back to 1956, so for those years forward, we now have. SB, CS, and WP allowed data for all catchers. Johnny Bench Innings Played and GS for all players at all positions. Ozzie Smith , ... [link]

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B-ref Blog: Expanded Fielding Stats
Published 3/28/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
B-ref Blog: Expanded Fielding Stats News from Chairman Sean: Retrosheet data is essentially complete back to 1956, so for those years forward, we now have. SB, CS, and WP allowed data for all catchers. Johnny Bench Innings Played and GS for all players at all positions. Ozzie Smith, 1960 Fielding Register – This means range factor calculations are now much more accurate. Composite OF totals and LF, CF, RF totals for those 52 years. Have fun mocking ...

The Roundup - Monday
Published 4/1/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
... (they lost the game 7-2 against the New York Mets ). What?! Other than having a reliable arm as far as injury go, this is the only comparison you can make with a 'regular' Opening Day starter. He can hold his own in the control department, but his big curve ball puts him in trouble sometimes, especially when his high-80s fastball does not feel accountable in the control department. - Baseball-Reference just got better: they now offer stolen bases and caught stealing percentage for catchers .

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