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1940 American League Catcher

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Team & League Standard Fielding--C

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% PB WP SB CS CS%
BOS 4 5.36 154 154 129 801 729 64 8 10 .990 12 64 30 32%
CHW 3 4.34 155 155 145 828 730 82 16 7 .981 15 55 31 36%
CLE 3 4.11 155 155 134 927 827 95 5 13 .995 5 42 47 53%
DET 2 4.63 155 155 146 1007 864 118 25 14 .975 8 54 58 52%
NYY 2 4.33 155 155 145 776 683 85 8 17 .990 6 43 42 49%
PHA 4 6.05 154 154 133 765 654 88 23 14 .970 15 92 37 29%
SLB 4 5.65 156 156 112 662 573 77 12 12 .982 18 63 33 34%
WSH 4 5.27 154 154 143 870 738 112 20 10 .977 23 65 55 46%
LgAvg 3 4.97 155 155 136 830 725 90 15 12 .982 13 60 42 41%
26 4.97 1238 1238 1087 6636 5798 721 117 97 .982 102 478 333 41%

Player Standard Fielding--C

Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
1 Earle Brucker 39 PHA 13 10 8 58 47 9 2 1 .966 4.31 2 6 2 25%
2 Gene Desautels 33 BOS 70 69 49 355 325 27 3 8 .992 5.03 2 16 13 45%
3 Bill Dickey 33 NYY 102 96 92 483 425 55 3 9 .994 4.71 5 27 26 49%
4 Jake Early 25 WSH 56 51 47 327 276 41 10 5 .969 5.66 5 30 24 44%
5 Al Evans 23 WSH 9 6 5 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 1 5 1 17%
6 Rick Ferrell 34 WSH 99 97 91 504 427 67 10 5 .980 4.99 17 30 30 50%
7 Jimmie Foxx 32 BOS 42 42 39 197 178 18 1 2 .995 4.67 7 25 8 24%
8 Joe Glenn 31 BOS 19 12 12 76 67 6 3 0 .961 3.84 1 13 2 13%
9 Joe Grace 26 SLB 12 3 2 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 1.42 0 0 1 100%
10 Dick Hahn 23 WSH 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 0
11 Buddy Hancken 25 PHA 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0
12 Sam Harshaney 30 SLB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
13 Frankie Hayes 25 PHA 134 126 113 595 515 63 17 9 .971 4.31 13 62 29 32%
14 Hank Helf 26 CLE 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0
15 Rollie Hemsley 33 CLE 117 113 96 660 591 65 4 8 .994 5.61 4 22 30 58%
16 Johnny Peacock 30 BOS 48 31 29 173 159 13 1 0 .994 3.58 2 10 7 41%
17 Frankie Pytlak 31 CLE 58 42 38 266 235 30 1 5 .996 4.57 1 20 17 46%
18 Buddy Rosar 25 NYY 63 59 53 293 258 30 5 8 .983 4.57 1 16 16 50%
19 Ken Silvestri 24 CHW 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0
20 Billy Sullivan 29 DET 57 51 48 329 292 29 8 4 .976 5.63 2 14 17 55%
21 George Susce 32 SLB 61 37 21 192 168 21 3 3 .984 3.10 7 12 10 45%
22 Bob Swift 25 SLB 128 116 89 453 389 55 9 8 .980 3.47 11 51 22 30%
23 Birdie Tebbetts 27 DET 107 104 98 678 572 89 17 10 .975 6.18 6 40 41 51%
24 Mike Tresh 26 CHW 135 135 125 700 619 69 12 7 .983 5.10 13 43 25 37%
25 Tom Turner 23 CHW 29 20 20 127 110 13 4 0 .969 4.24 2 12 6 33%
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Hal Wagner 24 PHA 28 18 12 111 91 16 4 4 .964 3.82 0 24 6 20%
LgAvg 19 17 15 92 81 10 2 1 .982 4.68 1 7 5 41%


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