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1948 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 3 4.65 155 155 142 674 588 74 12 11 .982 5 20 40 27 40%
CHW 3 5.29 154 154 143 605 510 85 10 9 .983 15 12 54 38 41%
CLE 3 3.64 156 156 130 825 721 94 10 21 .988 8 17 30 32 52%
DET 4 4.71 154 154 110 861 774 77 10 21 .988 13 13 49 28 36%
NYY 5 4.11 154 154 129 868 777 79 12 14 .986 13 10 49 42 46%
PHA 4 4.77 154 154 141 703 617 77 9 13 .987 7 18 39 33 46%
SLB 2 5.48 155 155 130 739 654 74 11 15 .985 7 20 67 30 31%
WSH 3 5.17 154 154 116 664 556 99 9 14 .986 12 15 35 58 62%
LgAvg 3 4.73 155 155 130 742 650 82 10 15 .986 10 16 45 36 44%
27 4.73 1236 1236 1041 5939 5197 659 83 118 .986 80 125 363 288 44%

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Tm PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
BOS 4544 4.27 4.83 62 95% 0 0 467 37 6 20 403 56 12 4 0 5 8 1 3 4 0 10 2 1 4 7 100%
CHW 2534 5.02 5.56 42 95% 0 0 210 27 5 17 161 36 10 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 9 100%
CLE 5930 3.26 3.63 125 100% 0 1 717 88 14 31 583 86 25 2 1 7 10 0 4 6 0 21 0 5 8 5 100%
DET 2693 4.20 4.76 36 94% 0 0 366 27 3 11 325 28 7 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 2 2 4 75%
NYY 3009 4.07 4.45 67 97% 0 0 391 48 0 17 326 34 7 2 0 1 9 0 4 5 0 7 1 0 1 7 100%
PHA 3955 4.64 5.06 79 97% 0 1 391 60 3 19 307 45 12 1 0 2 6 1 2 3 2 6 0 1 2 4 100%
SLB 2385 5.50 6.09 42 93% 0 0 244 33 0 7 204 22 3 1 1 0 7 0 3 4 1 7 1 0 1 6 83%
WSH 5466 4.69 5.29 93 97% 0 1 480 72 12 21 375 92 18 0 0 3 9 0 5 4 2 12 0 5 6 6 100%
LgAvg 3815 4.31 4.81 68 97% 0 0 408 49 5 18 336 50 12 1 0 3 7 0 3 3 1 9 1 2 3 6 96%
30516 4.31 4.81 546 97% 0 3 3266 392 43 143 2684 399 94 10 3 22 53 3 24 26 6 75 4 14 25 48 96%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
BOS 4 20 1781 33 25 24 43% 29 17 2 3 2 5 5 0 76 35 1.05 1.26
CHW 7 12 1061 22 18 16 45% 19 16 2 1 1 1 0 0 50 27 1.63 1.01
CLE 8 17 2253 30 40 39 57% 25 32 4 5 1 3 4 0 81 55 1.12 1.26
DET 6 13 1044 19 14 14 42% 17 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 51 18 0.88 1.23
NYY 7 10 1233 28 21 21 43% 26 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 56 27 1.07 1.04
PHA 6 18 1633 28 23 22 45% 24 19 2 0 2 4 1 0 76 29 0.99 1.27
SLB 3 20 967 39 11 11 22% 33 9 4 1 2 1 0 0 77 21 0.99 0.99
WSH 11 15 2214 34 59 59 63% 29 51 4 4 1 4 6 0 82 72 1.09 1.13
LgAvg 7 16 1523 29 26 26 48% 25 22 3 2 1 2 2 0 69 36 1.09 1.17
52 125 12186 233 211 206 48% 202 178 21 15 10 18 17 0 549 284 1.09 1.17

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Player Standard Fielding--C

Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
1 Matt Batts 26 BOS 41 31 29 138 118 18 2 3 .986 3.32 0 5 12 6 33%
2 Yogi Berra 23 NYY 71 65 55 340 297 36 7 5 .979 4.69 8 4 31 19 38%
3 Lou Boudreau 30 CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
4 Earle Brucker 22 PHA 2 2 2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 1 3 3 0 0%
5 Jake Early 33 WSH 92 76 57 322 268 51 3 7 .991 3.47 8 9 17 29 63%
6 Al Evans 31 WSH 85 66 55 288 245 38 5 6 .983 3.33 3 6 15 25 63%
7 Herman Franks 34 PHA 27 25 23 133 113 17 3 2 .977 4.81 0 3 6 5 45%
8 Joe Ginsberg 21 DET 11 10 10 53 46 4 3 3 .943 4.55 0 1 7 0 0%
9 Mike Guerra 35 PHA 47 40 37 188 163 20 5 1 .973 3.89 4 4 19 7 27%
10 Jim Hegan 27 CLE 142 137 116 720 637 76 7 17 .990 5.02 6 13 27 29 52%
11 Ralph Houk 28 NYY 14 8 6 56 51 5 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 1 0 2 100%
12 Sherm Lollar 23 NYY 10 6 4 41 36 4 1 1 .976 4.00 0 0 6 1 14%
13 Babe Martin 28 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
14 Les Moss 23 SLB 103 88 79 414 357 52 5 8 .988 3.97 4 12 31 24 44%
15 Gus Niarhos 27 NYY 82 71 62 413 376 33 4 7 .990 4.99 5 5 11 20 65%
16 Len Okrie 24 WSH 17 12 4 54 43 10 1 1 .981 3.12 1 0 3 4 57%
17 Roy Partee 30 SLB 76 67 51 325 297 22 6 7 .982 4.20 3 8 36 6 14%
18 Hank Riebe 26 DET 24 16 9 96 90 6 0 1 1.000 4.00 2 2 8 2 20%
19 Aaron Robinson 33 CHW 92 91 83 357 303 50 4 4 .989 3.84 7 5 29 28 49%
20 Buddy Rosar 33 PHA 90 87 79 375 335 39 1 10 .997 4.16 2 8 11 21 66%
21 Charlie Silvera 23 NYY 4 4 2 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 1 0 0%
22 Bob Swift 33 DET 112 99 69 536 476 55 5 13 .991 4.74 10 9 21 19 48%
23 Birdie Tebbetts 35 BOS 126 124 113 536 470 56 10 8 .981 4.17 5 15 28 21 43%
24 Joe Tipton 26 CLE 40 19 14 105 84 18 3 4 .971 2.55 2 4 3 3 50%
25 Mike Tresh 34 CHW 34 29 27 117 99 16 2 1 .983 3.38 4 3 10 3 23%
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Hal Wagner 32 DET 52 29 22 176 162 12 2 4 .989 3.35 1 1 13 7 35%
27 Ralph Weigel 26 CHW 39 34 33 131 108 19 4 4 .969 3.26 4 4 15 7 32%
LgAvg 20 17 14 82 72 9 1 2 .986 4.08 1 2 5 4 44%

Player Advanced Fielding -- c

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Rk Age Tm PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1 Matt Batts 26 BOS 789 4.33 4.78 7 100% 0 0 85 6 1 2 76 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0
2 Yogi Berra 23 NYY 1164 4.87 5.18 28 93% 0 0 147 21 0 6 120 10 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 1 3 100%
3 Lou Boudreau 30 CLE 10 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Earle Brucker 22 PHA 83 6.00 7.00 1 100% 0 0 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jake Early 33 WSH 2549 4.42 4.99 41 98% 0 0 222 33 5 5 179 47 11 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 5 0 3 3 5 100%
6 Al Evans 31 WSH 2540 4.96 5.66 44 95% 0 1 222 32 6 13 171 37 6 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 2 6 0 1 2 1 100%
7 Herman Franks 34 PHA 474 5.21 5.89 12 92% 0 0 55 9 0 4 42 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Joe Ginsberg 21 DET 110 2.57 2.57 6 100% 0 0 17 3 0 2 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Mike Guerra 35 PHA 1108 4.73 5.21 21 95% 0 0 99 17 1 5 76 9 2 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
10 Jim Hegan 27 CLE 5044 3.07 3.41 108 100% 0 1 634 76 10 28 519 69 20 2 1 4 7 0 3 4 0 17 0 4 5 3 100%
11 Ralph Houk 28 NYY 151 1.67 1.91 3 100% 0 0 21 1 0 1 19 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 Sherm Lollar 23 NYY 57 3.46 3.46 2 100% 0 0 10 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Babe Martin 28 BOS 15 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Les Moss 23 SLB 1362 5.07 5.59 19 89% 0 0 136 15 0 2 119 14 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 4 75%
15 Gus Niarhos 27 NYY 1488 3.61 4.00 30 100% 0 0 198 22 0 10 166 16 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 100%
16 Len Okrie 24 WSH 377 4.75 4.96 8 100% 0 0 36 7 1 3 25 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
17 Roy Partee 30 SLB 1023 6.09 6.78 23 96% 0 0 108 18 0 5 85 8 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 100%
18 Hank Riebe 26 DET 169 6.57 7.28 2 100% 0 0 25 2 0 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Aaron Robinson 33 CHW 1608 4.83 5.31 30 97% 0 0 141 22 4 7 108 22 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 100%
20 Buddy Rosar 33 PHA 2290 4.44 4.75 45 100% 0 1 232 33 2 10 185 31 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 2 2 100%
21 Charlie Silvera 23 NYY 149 5.70 6.90 4 100% 0 0 15 2 0 0 13 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Bob Swift 33 DET 1751 4.56 5.11 23 91% 0 0 238 17 2 7 212 22 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 3 67%
23 Birdie Tebbetts 35 BOS 3740 4.24 4.82 55 95% 0 0 382 31 5 18 327 46 11 3 0 3 8 1 3 4 0 7 2 0 2 7 100%
24 Joe Tipton 26 CLE 876 4.33 4.92 17 100% 0 0 83 12 4 3 64 17 5 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 3 2 100%
25 Mike Tresh 34 CHW 351 5.73 6.93 5 100% 0 0 26 4 1 1 20 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Rk Age Tm PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
26 Hal Wagner 32 DET 663 3.02 3.70 5 100% 0 0 86 5 1 2 78 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
27 Ralph Weigel 26 CHW 575 5.13 5.49 7 86% 0 0 43 1 0 9 33 10 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 100%
LgAvg 424 4.31 4.81 8 97% 0 0 45 5 1 2 37 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 96%

Player Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning

Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1 Matt Batts 26 BOS 0 5 319 9 4 4 31% 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 8 1.06 1.27
2 Yogi Berra 23 NYY 4 4 493 15 7 7 32% 13 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 27 12 1.30 1.01
3 Lou Boudreau 30 CLE 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Earle Brucker 22 PHA 1 3 32 3 0 0 0% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1.76
5 Jake Early 33 WSH 7 9 1037 16 27 27 63% 13 22 2 2 1 3 3 0 46 33 1.22 1.29
6 Al Evans 31 WSH 3 6 1029 17 26 26 60% 16 24 1 1 0 1 2 0 30 30 1.02 0.98
7 Herman Franks 34 PHA 0 3 197 3 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 1.03 0.74
8 Joe Ginsberg 21 DET 0 1 37 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.84
9 Mike Guerra 35 PHA 4 4 477 15 2 2 12% 12 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 30 5 0.84 1.82
10 Jim Hegan 27 CLE 6 13 1906 24 34 33 59% 19 27 4 5 1 2 4 0 63 47 1.16 1.29
11 Ralph Houk 28 NYY 0 1 56 0 4 4 100% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.98
12 Sherm Lollar 23 NYY 0 0 25 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.37
13 Babe Martin 28 BOS 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Les Moss 23 SLB 1 12 537 20 8 8 29% 18 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 41 15 1.03 0.76
15 Gus Niarhos 27 NYY 3 5 596 10 10 10 50% 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 11 0.97 1.09
16 Len Okrie 24 WSH 1 0 148 1 6 6 86% 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 9 0.02 1.08
17 Roy Partee 30 SLB 2 8 430 19 3 3 14% 15 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 36 6 0.95 1.60
18 Hank Riebe 26 DET 1 2 69 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1.15 0.04
19 Aaron Robinson 33 CHW 4 5 644 14 14 13 50% 11 13 2 0 1 1 0 0 28 19 1.68 1.10
20 Buddy Rosar 33 PHA 1 8 927 7 18 17 72% 7 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 27 20 0.98 1.29
21 Charlie Silvera 23 NYY 0 0 63 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.08
22 Bob Swift 33 DET 5 9 699 10 11 11 52% 9 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 30 14 1.02 1.37
23 Birdie Tebbetts 35 BOS 4 15 1457 24 21 20 47% 21 14 2 3 1 4 5 0 59 27 1.05 1.26
24 Joe Tipton 26 CLE 2 4 343 6 6 6 50% 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 8 0.96 1.08
25 Mike Tresh 34 CHW 2 3 160 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 2.08 0.89
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Hal Wagner 32 DET 0 1 239 6 2 2 25% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0.58 1.07
27 Ralph Weigel 26 CHW 1 4 257 5 3 2 38% 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 4 1.23 0.62
LgAvg 1 2 169 3 3 3 48% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 1.09 1.17


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