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1951 American League Catcher

1950 AL  / 1952 AL  / 1951 NL  / 1951 MLB  Catcher

Team & League Standard Fielding--C

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% PB WP SB CS CS%
BOS 7 4.71 154 154 126 838 754 75 9 16 .989 10 26 46 32 41%
CHW 6 4.15 155 155 124 803 715 74 14 16 .983 8 17 58 35 38%
CLE 4 3.83 155 155 134 864 758 95 11 10 .987 9 20 54 39 42%
DET 4 4.81 154 154 118 807 690 101 16 11 .980 13 34 71 47 40%
NYY 4 4.03 154 154 145 868 764 90 14 27 .984 4 23 43 51 54%
PHA 3 4.84 154 154 140 672 565 94 13 19 .981 12 29 37 50 57%
SLB 4 5.73 154 154 147 777 673 88 16 15 .979 15 15 58 57 50%
WSH 5 4.96 154 154 137 668 573 73 22 8 .967 11 12 49 39 44%
LgAvg 4 4.63 154 154 134 787 687 86 14 15 .982 10 22 52 44 46%
31 4.63 1234 1234 1071 6297 5492 690 115 122 .982 82 176 416 350 46%

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 6066 4.15 4.67 83 94% 0 0 749 41 11 43 651 73 19 3 0 6 9 1 4 4 1 14 2 3 7 12 83%
CHW 5472 3.62 4.23 133 99% 0 0 645 107 3 21 513 71 20 1 2 5 13 0 3 10 1 13 0 1 2 12 100%
CLE 5940 3.39 3.84 131 97% 0 0 755 95 2 33 625 96 25 0 2 15 11 1 2 8 2 10 0 2 2 13 85%
DET 4511 4.24 4.79 74 93% 0 0 528 39 6 28 455 65 16 2 2 4 12 0 5 7 2 9 0 2 4 7 71%
NYY 5375 3.57 4.09 110 95% 2 1 719 78 5 19 617 87 17 6 0 10 12 1 7 4 2 27 0 4 6 7 86%
PHA 5218 4.50 4.98 125 90% 0 2 498 84 10 25 378 86 19 0 1 7 12 1 5 6 2 18 0 6 7 12 58%
SLB 4304 5.36 5.94 82 98% 0 0 471 58 5 31 377 53 9 1 0 3 10 2 3 5 0 13 1 2 4 4 100%
WSH 5689 4.61 5.15 97 87% 1 0 537 63 4 29 441 70 16 2 0 5 22 1 11 10 1 7 0 1 1 12 67%
LgAvg 5322 4.13 4.65 104 94% 0 0 613 71 6 29 507 75 18 2 1 7 13 1 5 7 1 14 0 3 4 10 80%
42575 4.13 4.65 835 94% 3 3 4902 565 46 229 4057 601 141 15 7 55 101 7 40 54 11 111 3 21 33 79 80%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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 10 26 2446 46 32 31 41% 40 25 4 5 2 2 6 0 110 53 1.13 1.21
CHW 6 17 2154 54 35 34 39% 49 27 4 7 1 1 3 0 108 47 1.14 1.53
CLE 9 20 2338 54 39 38 42% 47 35 4 2 3 2 6 0 104 48 1.32 1.13
DET 7 34 1809 51 32 32 39% 48 27 3 3 0 2 2 0 135 47 1.18 1.27
NYY 5 23 2123 41 47 45 53% 37 41 4 6 0 0 4 0 86 61 1.42 1.36
PHA 11 29 2094 34 46 44 58% 33 43 1 2 0 1 8 0 100 60 1.13 1.09
SLB 10 15 1796 44 37 34 46% 37 30 6 5 1 2 3 1 89 42 1.24 1.09
WSH 10 12 2266 49 38 38 44% 44 31 4 7 1 0 3 0 98 50 1.16 1.07
LgAvg 9 22 2128 47 38 37 45% 42 32 4 5 1 1 4 0 104 51 1.21 1.21
68 176 17026 373 306 296 45% 335 259 30 37 8 10 35 1 830 408 1.21 1.21

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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 28 PHA 57 50 50 248 228 18 2 2 .992 4.32 7 12 19 10 34%
2 Matt Batts 29 TOT 75 68 65 341 291 37 13 6 .962 4.37 11 5 28 22 44%
3 Matt Batts 29 BOS 11 8 6 40 32 7 1 0 .975 3.55 2 2 2 1 33%
4 Matt Batts 29 SLB 64 60 59 301 259 30 12 6 .960 4.52 9 3 26 21 45%
5 Yogi Berra 26 NYY 141 140 134 788 693 82 13 25 .984 5.50 3 20 40 47 54%
6 Clint Courtney 24 NYY 1 1 1 5 3 1 1 0 .800 4.00 0 0 0 1 100%
7 Joe Erautt 29 CHW 12 8 4 44 37 6 1 1 .977 3.58 0 0 4 5 56%
8 Al Evans 34 BOS 10 8 4 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 4.10 0 0 4 2 33%
9 Joe Ginsberg 24 DET 95 81 72 454 388 56 10 7 .978 4.67 6 19 47 24 34%
10 Mickey Grasso 31 WSH 49 47 39 215 182 26 7 6 .967 4.24 4 7 10 10 50%
11 Mike Guerra 38 TOT 76 64 63 272 238 29 5 1 .982 3.51 1 3 25 15 38%
12 Mike Guerra 38 BOS 10 9 9 50 46 4 0 1 1.000 5.00 0 0 1 0 0%
13 Mike Guerra 38 WSH 66 55 54 222 192 25 5 0 .977 3.29 1 3 24 15 38%
14 Sam Hairston 31 CHW 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 0 0
15 Jim Hegan 30 CLE 129 116 109 669 597 66 6 8 .991 5.14 7 11 33 26 44%
16 Ralph Houk 31 NYY 3 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 1 50%
17 Frank House 21 DET 18 11 9 70 56 11 3 1 .957 3.72 0 2 7 9 56%
18 Clyde Kluttz 33 TOT 47 45 39 190 168 16 6 2 .968 3.91 5 2 11 11 50%
19 Clyde Kluttz 33 SLB 1 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 1 1 50%
20 Clyde Kluttz 33 WSH 46 45 39 185 165 14 6 2 .968 3.89 5 2 10 10 50%
21 Sherm Lollar 26 SLB 85 83 78 411 361 48 2 8 .995 4.81 6 10 29 29 50%
22 Phil Masi 35 CHW 78 61 54 330 299 24 7 7 .979 4.14 4 8 26 11 30%
23 Les Moss 26 TOT 81 64 59 378 335 36 7 5 .981 4.58 6 17 25 16 39%
24 Les Moss 26 SLB 12 11 10 60 50 8 2 1 .967 4.83 0 2 2 6 75%
25 Les Moss 26 BOS 69 53 49 318 285 28 5 4 .984 4.54 6 15 23 10 30%
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Ray Murray 33 TOT 40 35 31 138 111 25 2 5 .986 3.40 4 11 8 16 67%
27 Ray Murray 33 CLE 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 0 1 100%
28 Ray Murray 33 PHA 39 35 31 133 107 24 2 5 .985 3.36 4 11 8 15 65%
29 Hal Naragon 22 CLE 2 2 2 14 12 1 1 1 .929 6.50 1 0 1 1 50%
30 Gus Niarhos 30 CHW 59 52 45 275 240 31 4 5 .985 4.59 3 6 14 17 55%
31 Len Okrie 27 WSH 5 3 2 20 13 4 3 0 .850 3.40 0 0 4 2 33%
32 Aaron Robinson 36 TOT 60 51 36 234 201 31 2 3 .991 3.87 6 13 13 17 57%
33 Aaron Robinson 36 DET 35 29 16 117 100 17 0 0 1.000 3.34 5 7 5 8 62%
34 Aaron Robinson 36 BOS 25 22 20 117 101 14 2 3 .983 4.60 1 6 8 9 53%
35 Buddy Rosar 36 BOS 56 50 36 256 235 20 1 6 .996 4.55 1 2 5 10 67%
36 Frank Sacka 26 WSH 6 4 3 26 21 4 1 0 .962 4.17 1 0 1 2 67%
37 Bud Sheely 30 CHW 33 29 20 140 127 11 2 3 .986 4.18 1 2 14 2 13%
38 Charlie Silvera 26 NYY 18 12 9 72 66 6 0 2 1.000 4.00 1 3 2 2 50%
39 Bob Swift 36 DET 43 33 21 166 146 17 3 3 .982 3.79 2 6 12 6 33%
40 Birdie Tebbetts 38 CLE 44 37 23 176 145 27 4 1 .977 3.91 1 9 20 11 35%
41 Joe Tipton 29 PHA 72 69 59 291 230 52 9 12 .969 3.92 1 6 10 25 71%
42 Sammy White 23 BOS 4 4 2 16 15 1 0 2 1.000 4.00 0 1 3 0 0%
43 Red Wilson 22 CHW 4 4 1 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 1 0 0
LgAvg 14 13 11 66 58 7 1 1 .983 4.55 1 2 4 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 28 PHA 1646 4.50 4.98 40 93% 0 0 189 28 2 9 150 15 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 33%
2 Matt Batts 29 BOS 339 5.18 5.79 7 100% 0 0 33 1 1 3 28 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
3 Matt Batts 29 SLB 1531 4.75 5.26 20 95% 0 0 154 13 2 8 131 16 1 1 0 1 8 2 2 4 0 6 1 0 1 1 100%
4 Yogi Berra 26 NYY 4774 3.49 4.00 101 95% 1 1 649 72 4 15 558 79 14 6 0 9 11 1 6 4 2 25 0 3 5 6 83%
5 Clint Courtney 24 NYY 33 0.00 1.00 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Joe Erautt 29 CHW 288 3.24 3.92 8 100% 0 0 38 7 0 0 31 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
7 Al Evans 34 BOS 301 4.11 4.89 2 100% 0 0 40 1 0 1 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Joe Ginsberg 24 DET 2520 4.63 5.20 42 93% 0 0 305 18 4 20 263 39 10 0 2 2 7 0 3 4 1 6 0 1 3 5 60%
9 Mickey Grasso 31 WSH 1767 4.22 4.66 31 87% 0 0 176 17 1 9 149 24 9 1 0 1 7 0 2 5 1 6 0 1 1 6 83%
10 Mike Guerra 38 BOS 387 4.22 4.85 5 80% 0 0 44 1 1 3 39 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
11 Mike Guerra 38 WSH 2226 5.12 5.90 37 92% 0 0 186 29 3 6 148 23 4 0 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
12 Sam Hairston 31 CHW 46 6.30 7.20 1 100% 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Jim Hegan 30 CLE 4489 3.34 3.65 104 97% 0 0 597 72 2 26 497 68 25 0 1 5 6 1 2 3 2 8 0 2 2 12 92%
14 Ralph Houk 31 NYY 50 3.00 3.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Frank House 21 DET 360 3.54 4.17 5 80% 0 0 46 4 0 2 40 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Clyde Kluttz 33 SLB 29 19.64 31.91 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Clyde Kluttz 33 WSH 1406 4.01 4.33 20 85% 0 0 140 16 0 9 115 13 0 0 0 2 6 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
18 Sherm Lollar 26 SLB 2347 5.43 5.98 52 100% 0 0 272 39 3 17 213 29 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 2 3 100%
19 Phil Masi 35 CHW 2305 3.92 4.53 60 98% 0 0 277 51 1 13 212 23 5 0 0 4 7 0 0 7 1 5 0 0 0 3 100%
20 Les Moss 26 BOS 2245 4.40 4.98 34 91% 0 0 285 16 3 20 245 27 6 2 0 4 5 1 3 1 0 4 1 1 3 4 75%
21 Les Moss 26 SLB 397 6.81 7.36 10 90% 0 0 42 6 0 6 30 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
22 Ray Murray 33 CLE 16 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Ray Murray 33 PHA 1291 5.24 5.73 36 89% 0 1 102 26 3 4 69 25 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 2 4 75%
24 Hal Naragon 22 CLE 93 1.64 3.27 3 100% 0 0 11 3 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Gus Niarhos 30 CHW 1871 3.07 3.56 48 100% 0 0 219 34 1 5 178 32 12 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 7 100%
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 Len Okrie 27 WSH 133 4.03 4.97 7 71% 1 0 14 1 0 3 10 6 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
27 Aaron Robinson 36 DET 811 3.93 4.46 15 93% 0 0 79 8 0 5 66 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
28 Aaron Robinson 36 BOS 864 4.61 5.20 10 90% 0 0 100 5 2 4 88 14 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 100%
29 Buddy Rosar 36 BOS 1804 3.32 3.64 24 100% 0 0 231 16 4 10 200 20 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 3 2 100%
30 Frank Sacka 26 WSH 157 8.13 8.13 2 50% 0 0 21 0 0 2 19 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Bud Sheely 30 CHW 863 3.82 4.59 15 93% 0 0 104 14 1 3 86 9 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
32 Charlie Silvera 26 NYY 518 4.76 5.29 9 100% 0 0 65 6 1 4 54 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
33 Bob Swift 36 DET 820 3.67 4.14 12 100% 0 0 98 9 2 1 86 9 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 100%
34 Birdie Tebbetts 38 CLE 1342 3.63 4.50 24 96% 0 0 143 20 0 6 117 26 0 0 1 10 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
35 Joe Tipton 29 PHA 2281 4.10 4.55 49 88% 0 1 207 30 5 12 159 46 11 0 0 3 8 1 3 4 1 11 0 4 4 5 60%
36 Sammy White 23 BOS 126 6.11 6.75 1 100% 0 0 16 1 0 2 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
37 Red Wilson 22 CHW 99 6.23 7.48 1 100% 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
LgAvg 591 4.13 4.65 12 94% 0 0 68 8 1 3 56 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 80%

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 28 PHA 7 12 666 19 8 8 30% 18 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 52 11 1.24 1.24
2 Matt Batts 29 BOS 2 2 138 2 1 1 33% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 2.31 1.24
3 Matt Batts 29 SLB 6 3 637 18 13 11 42% 15 9 2 4 1 0 1 0 34 13 0.97 1.51
4 Yogi Berra 26 NYY 4 20 1882 38 43 41 53% 34 37 4 6 0 0 4 0 79 57 1.46 1.39
5 Clint Courtney 24 NYY 0 0 15 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.77
6 Joe Erautt 29 CHW 0 0 128 4 5 5 56% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 0.93 2.46
7 Al Evans 34 BOS 0 0 115 4 2 2 33% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1.62 1.75
8 Joe Ginsberg 24 DET 1 19 1017 37 17 17 31% 35 14 2 2 0 1 2 0 81 25 1.10 0.94
9 Mickey Grasso 31 WSH 4 7 712 10 10 10 50% 9 7 1 3 0 0 1 0 34 15 1.23 1.11
10 Mike Guerra 38 WSH 1 3 911 24 15 15 38% 21 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 35 18 1.19 1.12
11 Mike Guerra 38 BOS 0 0 159 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 1.15
12 Sam Hairston 31 CHW 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Jim Hegan 30 CLE 7 11 1762 33 26 26 44% 29 23 2 2 2 1 4 0 59 30 1.14 1.16
14 Ralph Houk 31 NYY 0 0 16 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.44 0.33
15 Frank House 21 DET 0 2 124 4 7 7 64% 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 1.86 1.75
16 Clyde Kluttz 33 SLB 0 0 11 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.26 0.00
17 Clyde Kluttz 33 WSH 4 2 526 10 9 9 47% 10 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 22 12 1.28 1.03
18 Sherm Lollar 26 SLB 4 10 982 23 17 17 43% 19 15 4 1 0 1 2 1 48 21 1.50 0.78
19 Phil Masi 35 CHW 3 8 891 25 11 11 31% 20 10 4 1 1 0 1 0 55 16 1.09 1.21
20 Les Moss 26 BOS 6 15 903 23 10 10 30% 18 8 3 2 2 0 2 0 62 19 0.99 1.23
21 Les Moss 26 SLB 0 2 166 2 6 5 75% 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 7 1.11 1.25
22 Ray Murray 33 CLE 0 0 5 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.02
23 Ray Murray 33 PHA 4 11 506 7 15 15 68% 7 14 0 1 0 0 2 0 26 18 0.68 0.99
24 Hal Naragon 22 CLE 1 0 41 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 5.25 1.55
25 Gus Niarhos 30 CHW 2 6 726 14 17 16 55% 14 12 0 4 0 1 0 0 27 19 1.17 1.53
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Len Okrie 27 WSH 0 0 51 4 2 2 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 0.76 0.85
27 Aaron Robinson 36 BOS 1 6 376 8 9 9 53% 7 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 17 10 1.10 0.99
28 Aaron Robinson 36 DET 5 7 320 5 5 5 50% 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 11 0.69 1.57
29 Buddy Rosar 36 BOS 1 2 701 5 10 9 67% 5 8 0 1 0 1 3 0 10 19 1.37 1.28
30 Frank Sacka 26 WSH 1 0 66 1 2 2 67% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.06 0.81
31 Bud Sheely 30 CHW 1 2 356 11 2 2 15% 11 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 19 7 1.31 0.88
32 Charlie Silvera 26 NYY 1 3 210 2 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1.33 0.95
33 Bob Swift 36 DET 1 6 348 5 3 3 38% 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 4 1.66 1.53
34 Birdie Tebbetts 38 CLE 1 9 530 20 11 10 35% 17 11 2 0 1 0 2 0 40 16 1.42 1.11
35 Joe Tipton 29 PHA 0 6 922 8 23 21 74% 8 22 0 0 0 1 6 0 22 31 1.26 1.10
36 Sammy White 23 BOS 0 1 54 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.40
37 Red Wilson 22 CHW 0 1 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
LgAvg 1 2 236 5 4 4 45% 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 6 1.21 1.21


1950 AL  / 1952 AL  / 1951 NL  / 1951 MLB  Catcher