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1949 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 4.30 155 155 141 764 674 74 16 15 .979 4 25 35 28 44%
CHW 4 4.79 154 154 141 717 614 93 10 10 .986 7 12 50 39 44%
CLE 2 3.73 154 154 118 810 722 81 7 19 .991 5 21 32 37 54%
DET 3 4.23 155 155 124 795 711 73 11 16 .986 10 15 45 36 44%
NYY 4 4.11 155 155 118 913 813 89 11 25 .988 5 29 54 42 44%
PHA 3 4.71 154 154 139 696 603 81 12 9 .983 10 23 46 40 47%
SLB 2 5.89 155 155 134 656 562 80 14 12 .979 6 23 48 38 44%
WSH 3 5.64 154 154 127 624 537 78 9 12 .986 6 38 56 39 41%
LgAvg 3 4.67 155 155 130 747 655 81 11 15 .985 7 23 46 37 45%
24 4.67 1236 1236 1042 5975 5236 649 90 118 .985 53 186 366 299 45%

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 5454 3.92 4.26 83 94% 1 1 614 40 4 38 532 63 14 3 0 11 14 2 6 6 1 13 3 1 6 11 82%
CHW 3526 4.71 5.32 71 96% 0 0 348 44 2 24 278 49 12 0 0 5 7 0 4 3 1 5 0 1 1 6 100%
CLE 5875 3.36 3.73 127 98% 0 0 724 89 13 37 583 84 21 2 0 9 7 0 6 1 1 20 1 6 9 6 100%
DET 3624 3.85 4.29 50 94% 0 0 414 33 3 23 355 39 6 1 1 4 8 0 3 5 0 10 0 0 2 3 67%
NYY 4640 3.54 4.02 103 96% 0 1 636 64 6 31 533 62 12 3 1 4 9 2 4 3 0 18 0 1 2 6 83%
PHA 4571 4.12 4.64 94 97% 2 2 454 59 4 27 364 61 14 3 0 5 12 1 5 6 0 6 0 1 2 13 77%
SLB 3572 5.72 6.67 74 89% 0 0 318 39 5 31 243 39 12 0 1 1 8 1 5 2 1 8 0 0 1 10 70%
WSH 5690 5.19 5.94 75 93% 0 0 494 48 9 21 416 74 21 1 1 5 9 1 4 4 2 11 0 2 3 13 92%
LgAvg 4619 4.22 4.76 85 95% 0 1 500 52 6 29 413 59 14 2 1 6 9 1 5 4 1 11 1 2 3 9 84%
36952 4.22 4.76 677 95% 3 4 4002 416 46 232 3304 471 112 13 4 44 74 7 37 30 6 91 4 12 26 68 84%

* 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 3 25 2276 28 23 22 45% 22 18 6 3 0 2 6 0 83 35 1.05 1.92
CHW 5 12 1410 30 24 21 44% 25 20 4 4 1 0 3 0 60 36 1.31 1.20
CLE 5 21 2249 32 41 40 56% 27 38 5 1 0 2 2 0 84 50 1.60 1.39
DET 6 15 1478 25 17 17 40% 19 12 4 4 2 1 3 0 63 27 1.64 1.14
NYY 5 29 1844 36 32 32 47% 31 28 4 4 1 0 3 0 89 46 1.49 1.35
PHA 7 23 1871 36 31 31 46% 30 27 5 3 1 1 2 0 98 45 1.14 1.17
SLB 2 23 1519 31 19 19 38% 25 17 5 1 1 1 1 0 73 24 1.18 0.83
WSH 5 38 2385 48 34 32 41% 38 29 5 4 5 1 6 0 129 51 1.34 1.13
LgAvg 5 23 1879 33 28 27 45% 27 24 5 3 1 1 3 0 85 39 1.34 1.28
38 186 15032 266 221 214 45% 217 189 38 24 11 8 26 0 679 314 1.34 1.28

* 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 Joe Astroth 26 PHA 44 41 36 191 163 24 4 4 .979 4.25 2 7 8 13 62%
2 Matt Batts 27 BOS 50 39 36 221 193 23 5 2 .977 4.32 2 16 13 7 35%
3 Yogi Berra 24 NYY 109 104 84 611 544 60 7 18 .989 5.54 4 25 36 25 41%
4 Jake Early 34 WSH 53 41 34 187 160 22 5 6 .973 3.43 3 10 21 14 40%
5 Al Evans 32 WSH 107 99 81 372 322 47 3 2 .992 3.45 2 25 31 23 43%
6 Mike Guerra 36 PHA 95 86 80 383 328 48 7 3 .982 3.96 7 15 28 23 45%
7 Jim Hegan 28 CLE 152 146 116 731 651 73 7 16 .990 4.76 4 17 30 34 53%
8 Ralph Houk 29 NYY 5 0 0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Sherm Lollar 24 SLB 93 76 72 322 279 39 4 3 .988 3.42 2 9 25 19 43%
10 Eddie Malone 29 CHW 51 48 45 210 186 22 2 2 .990 4.08 1 5 16 8 33%
11 Babe Martin 29 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
12 Les Moss 24 SLB 83 79 62 334 283 41 10 9 .970 3.90 4 14 23 19 45%
13 Gus Niarhos 28 NYY 30 14 9 91 84 7 0 2 1.000 3.03 1 1 5 3 38%
14 Hank Riebe 27 DET 11 6 5 25 21 3 1 1 .960 2.18 1 2 4 1 20%
15 Aaron Robinson 34 DET 108 97 78 509 458 44 7 9 .986 4.65 6 3 31 23 43%
16 Buddy Rosar 34 PHA 31 27 23 122 112 9 1 2 .992 3.90 1 1 10 4 29%
17 Charlie Silvera 24 NYY 51 37 25 202 177 22 3 5 .985 3.90 0 3 13 13 50%
18 Bob Swift 34 DET 69 52 41 261 232 26 3 6 .989 3.74 3 10 10 12 55%
19 Birdie Tebbetts 36 BOS 118 116 105 543 481 51 11 13 .980 4.51 2 9 22 21 49%
20 Joe Tipton 27 CHW 53 49 46 237 203 32 2 4 .992 4.43 4 3 13 14 52%
21 Mike Tresh 35 CLE 38 8 2 79 71 8 0 3 1.000 2.08 1 4 2 3 60%
22 Ralph Weigel 27 WSH 21 14 12 65 55 9 1 4 .985 3.05 1 3 4 2 33%
23 Don Wheeler 26 CHW 58 54 47 252 210 36 6 4 .976 4.24 2 3 19 15 44%
24 George Yankowski 26 CHW 6 3 3 18 15 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 1 2 2 50%
LgAvg 20 17 14 83 73 9 1 2 .985 4.10 1 3 5 4 45%

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 Joe Astroth 26 PHA 953 5.64 6.24 30 90% 2 2 95 15 0 12 68 16 3 1 0 1 4 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 6 50%
2 Matt Batts 27 BOS 1349 4.55 4.75 30 93% 0 1 163 16 0 8 139 19 6 1 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 100%
3 Yogi Berra 24 NYY 2937 3.05 3.48 74 96% 0 1 424 49 4 18 352 41 8 1 1 4 5 0 3 2 0 13 0 0 1 3 67%
4 Jake Early 34 WSH 1561 5.18 6.35 17 88% 0 0 145 12 3 6 124 21 3 0 0 1 5 1 2 2 1 6 0 1 1 1 100%
5 Al Evans 32 WSH 3542 5.20 5.78 47 94% 0 0 297 30 5 10 252 43 13 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 89%
6 Mike Guerra 36 PHA 2884 3.89 4.46 47 100% 0 0 268 33 3 10 222 42 9 1 0 4 7 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 100%
7 Jim Hegan 28 CLE 5356 3.34 3.73 123 98% 0 0 659 86 10 36 525 75 19 2 0 9 7 0 6 1 1 17 1 5 8 6 100%
8 Ralph Houk 29 NYY 64 5.14 5.79 2 100% 0 0 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sherm Lollar 24 SLB 1716 6.09 7.21 41 93% 0 0 164 20 3 20 121 20 6 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 60%
10 Eddie Malone 29 CHW 1050 4.47 5.13 15 100% 0 0 99 10 2 7 80 14 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
11 Les Moss 24 SLB 1856 5.38 6.18 33 85% 0 0 154 19 2 11 122 19 6 0 0 0 6 1 4 1 1 6 0 0 0 5 80%
12 Gus Niarhos 28 NYY 493 6.36 6.71 7 100% 0 0 65 2 1 5 57 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Hank Riebe 27 DET 222 5.70 6.08 2 100% 0 0 18 1 0 2 15 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Aaron Robinson 34 DET 2118 3.59 3.95 28 93% 0 0 266 19 1 7 239 24 4 1 1 2 5 0 2 3 0 7 0 0 1 1 100%
15 Buddy Rosar 34 PHA 734 3.16 3.37 17 100% 0 0 91 11 1 5 74 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
16 Charlie Silvera 24 NYY 1146 3.61 4.26 20 95% 0 0 140 11 1 8 119 15 3 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 100%
17 Bob Swift 34 DET 1284 4.01 4.57 20 95% 0 0 130 13 2 14 101 13 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 50%
18 Birdie Tebbetts 36 BOS 4105 3.71 4.10 53 94% 1 0 451 24 4 30 393 44 8 2 0 10 10 1 4 5 1 11 2 1 4 6 67%
19 Joe Tipton 27 CHW 1340 5.35 5.81 28 100% 0 0 138 21 0 8 109 19 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
20 Mike Tresh 35 CLE 519 3.51 3.73 4 100% 0 0 65 3 3 1 58 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
21 Ralph Weigel 27 WSH 587 5.13 5.85 11 100% 0 0 52 6 1 5 40 10 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 3 100%
22 Don Wheeler 26 CHW 1067 4.36 4.99 27 89% 0 0 103 12 0 9 82 15 4 0 0 3 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 100%
23 George Yankowski 26 CHW 69 1.69 3.94 1 100% 0 0 8 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LgAvg 513 4.22 4.76 9 95% 0 0 56 6 1 3 46 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 84%

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 Joe Astroth 26 PHA 0 7 399 5 7 7 58% 4 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 21 12 0.75 1.23
2 Matt Batts 27 BOS 2 16 547 7 7 7 50% 6 6 1 1 0 0 3 0 35 12 1.18 1.50
3 Yogi Berra 24 NYY 4 25 1141 25 18 18 42% 21 16 3 2 1 0 2 0 67 30 1.45 1.38
4 Jake Early 34 WSH 3 10 676 18 12 12 40% 14 11 2 1 2 0 2 0 48 17 1.57 0.80
5 Al Evans 32 WSH 2 25 1456 26 20 18 43% 21 16 2 3 3 1 3 0 69 29 1.16 1.40
6 Mike Guerra 36 PHA 6 15 1185 23 24 24 51% 18 21 4 2 1 1 0 0 65 30 1.11 1.15
7 Jim Hegan 28 CLE 4 17 2060 28 36 35 56% 23 33 5 1 0 2 2 0 69 43 1.50 1.43
8 Ralph Houk 29 NYY 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Sherm Lollar 24 SLB 1 9 737 18 11 11 38% 13 9 4 1 1 1 0 0 36 11 0.93 0.87
10 Eddie Malone 29 CHW 1 5 443 10 6 6 38% 8 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 22 8 1.08 1.52
11 Les Moss 24 SLB 1 14 782 13 8 8 38% 12 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 37 13 1.53 0.77
12 Gus Niarhos 28 NYY 1 1 209 4 5 5 56% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 5 1.61 1.01
13 Hank Riebe 27 DET 1 2 96 4 1 1 20% 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 1.11 0.68
14 Aaron Robinson 34 DET 4 3 850 15 12 12 44% 11 9 3 2 1 1 2 0 29 18 1.76 1.32
15 Buddy Rosar 34 PHA 1 1 287 8 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 1.49
16 Charlie Silvera 24 NYY 0 3 471 7 9 9 56% 6 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 11 1.56 1.49
17 Bob Swift 34 DET 1 10 532 6 4 4 40% 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 25 8 1.68 0.70
18 Birdie Tebbetts 36 BOS 1 9 1729 21 16 15 43% 16 12 5 2 0 2 3 0 48 23 1.00 2.10
19 Joe Tipton 27 CHW 2 3 527 8 11 9 58% 8 9 0 2 0 0 1 0 14 16 1.32 1.22
20 Mike Tresh 35 CLE 1 4 189 4 5 5 56% 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 2.32 1.10
21 Ralph Weigel 27 WSH 0 3 253 4 2 2 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 5 1.50 0.44
22 Don Wheeler 26 CHW 2 3 410 10 6 5 38% 8 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 20 11 1.42 0.81
23 George Yankowski 26 CHW 0 1 30 2 1 1 33% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1.89 1.37
LgAvg 1 3 209 4 3 3 45% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 1.34 1.28


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