Player Defensive Value

I have not seen this before..........in Auto League 1174 Random Players,,,,,,,I have a player Redus. who's primary position is OF. Yet he does not have a fielding percentage value. I'm assuming this needs to be corrected. If not, is he currently prone to make errors or would he not make any errors.

My guess is he'd have lots of errors (i've seen something that feels vaguely similar with a full time DH who is listed as DH(OF) but then has no fld % maybe because they had 0 fielding chances that season... but I can't remember specifically who that was now)

However, I think this would be a great experiment! It's really rare to find these quirks of the game. I'd start him and watch about 10 games - If he makes 4 errors, you'll have your answer that he's not 1.000 fld and can adjust accordingly (play a backup or move him to DH or whatever) . If he keeps making plays, you let it ride.

Imagine watching those box scores... In the immortal words of Willy Wonka "the suspense is terrible... i hope it will last."

This has indeed been discussed before but I don't remember what the answer to that question was. However, unlike that time (which was about a player who actually was a perma-DH in the season in question, no fielding chances whatsoever if I recall correctly), this seems to be an error in the database. This player's season was from the 1920s, meaning the DH role would not be a factor until about half a century later, but also since there are fielding stats for him on baseball reference

I recall when asked gbacci said he'd expect it to default to something like a .900 fielding percentage.

This issue comes up with some of the Negro League players who are listed as OF but don't have fielding % stats. I checked Wild Bill Wright and clicked Compare Across Leagues -- it shows him with a .896 overall. Willard Brown is .928. So that tracks.

I used Harold Baines in a Custom Real Progression league with no Fld % in OF - he made 25 errors. I really had no other options, but it interesting to see the result.