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1945 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 5 4.29 157 157 124 726 605 113 8 18 .989 18 55 55 50%
CHW 2 4.22 150 150 125 729 607 109 13 8 .982 9 35 50 59%
CLE 5 3.73 147 147 125 785 679 95 11 31 .986 18 68 45 40%
DET 4 3.65 155 155 131 839 726 106 7 20 .992 11 50 52 51%
NYY 4 3.99 152 152 134 692 594 88 10 15 .986 8 73 54 43%
PHA 5 4.17 153 153 131 778 662 101 15 15 .981 9 66 47 42%
SLB 3 3.56 154 154 135 786 698 79 9 15 .989 6 60 36 38%
WSH 3 3.60 156 156 150 776 654 111 11 10 .986 40 46 34 43%
LgAvg 4 3.90 153 153 132 764 653 100 11 17 .986 15 57 47 45%
29 3.90 1224 1224 1055 6111 5225 802 84 132 .986 119 453 373 45%

Player Standard Fielding--C

Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
1 Joe Astroth 22 PHA 8 3 2 28 20 4 4 0 .857 3.00 0 4 0 0%
2 Vince Castino 27 CHW 25 1 0 41 32 7 2 1 .951 1.56 3 0 0
3 Herb Crompton 33 NYY 33 27 23 125 105 18 2 1 .984 3.73 3 15 11 42%
4 Gene Desautels 38 CLE 10 1 0 11 8 3 0 1 1.000 1.10 1 1 1 50%
5 Bill Drescher 24 NYY 33 30 27 115 101 13 1 1 .991 3.45 4 11 10 48%
6 Al Evans 28 WSH 41 40 40 184 160 19 5 4 .973 4.37 9 11 5 31%
7 Rick Ferrell 39 WSH 83 82 77 399 331 64 4 3 .990 4.76 21 20 21 51%
8 Bob Garbark 35 BOS 67 57 49 282 249 31 2 9 .993 4.18 6 22 16 42%
9 Mike Garbark 29 NYY 59 52 47 250 202 41 7 10 .972 4.12 1 31 26 46%
10 Greek George 32 PHA 46 36 32 180 161 14 5 3 .972 3.80 2 14 8 36%
11 Mike Guerra 32 WSH 38 34 33 193 163 28 2 3 .990 5.03 10 15 8 35%
12 Frankie Hayes 30 TOT 151 150 126 738 639 91 8 29 .989 4.83 14 76 44 37%
13 Frankie Hayes 30 PHA 32 32 28 160 131 28 1 6 .994 4.97 3 20 13 39%
14 Frankie Hayes 30 CLE 119 118 98 578 508 63 7 23 .988 4.80 11 56 31 36%
15 Red Hayworth 29 SLB 55 44 36 241 216 23 2 5 .992 4.35 1 11 13 54%
16 Billy Holm 32 BOS 57 50 34 204 170 30 4 3 .980 3.51 5 24 14 37%
17 Frank Mancuso 27 SLB 115 108 97 528 467 55 6 10 .989 4.54 5 46 23 33%
18 Jim McDonnell 22 CLE 23 11 10 99 85 12 2 4 .980 4.22 2 2 6 75%
19 Hack Miller 32 DET 2 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 1 0 0%
20 Jim Pruett 27 PHA 4 1 1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.25 0 2 0 0%
21 Frankie Pytlak 36 BOS 6 6 6 23 17 6 0 0 1.000 3.83 0 2 0 0%
22 Paul Richards 36 DET 83 70 59 407 361 44 2 7 .995 4.88 4 16 15 48%
23 Aaron Robinson 30 NYY 45 43 37 202 186 16 0 3 1.000 4.49 0 16 7 30%
24 Buddy Rosar 30 PHA 85 81 68 397 338 54 5 6 .987 4.61 4 26 26 50%
25 Hank Ruszkowski 19 CLE 14 14 14 79 63 14 2 2 .975 5.50 3 9 7 44%
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Joe Schultz 26 SLB 4 2 2 17 15 1 1 0 .941 4.00 0 3 0 0%
27 Red Steiner 30 TOT 28 19 18 91 76 14 1 5 .989 3.21 5 3 3 50%
28 Red Steiner 30 CLE 4 3 3 18 15 3 0 1 1.000 4.50 1 0 0
29 Red Steiner 30 BOS 24 16 15 73 61 11 1 4 .986 3.00 4 3 3 50%
30 Bob Swift 30 DET 94 84 71 423 358 60 5 12 .988 4.45 7 33 37 53%
31 Mike Tresh 31 CHW 150 149 125 688 575 102 11 7 .984 4.51 6 35 50 59%
32 Fred Walters 32 BOS 38 28 20 144 108 35 1 2 .993 3.76 3 4 22 85%
33 Milt Welch 20 DET 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 0 0
LgAvg 17 15 13 73 63 10 1 1 .986 4.27 1 5 5 47%


1944 AL  / 1946 AL  / 1945 NL  / 1945 MLB  Catcher