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1952 American League Catcher

1951 AL  / 1953 AL  / 1952 NL  / 1952 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 4 4.27 154 154 134 836 732 93 11 14 .987 10 27 35 37 51%
CHW 5 3.64 156 156 117 978 879 82 17 8 .983 6 32 63 35 36%
CLE 4 3.91 155 155 125 871 769 89 13 8 .985 5 29 50 40 44%
DET 3 4.73 156 156 128 927 822 89 16 12 .983 13 32 48 39 45%
NYY 3 3.62 154 154 139 853 764 82 7 12 .992 5 12 49 37 43%
PHA 3 4.66 155 155 143 784 691 87 6 13 .992 11 21 37 48 56%
SLB 3 4.73 155 155 138 800 691 100 9 13 .989 12 18 51 47 48%
WSH 4 3.87 157 157 128 814 694 96 24 9 .971 11 23 40 37 48%
LgAvg 3 4.18 155 155 132 858 755 90 13 11 .985 9 24 47 40 46%
27 4.18 1242 1242 1052 6863 6042 718 103 89 .985 73 194 373 320 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 5868 3.78 4.30 102 94% 0 3 725 70 11 32 610 90 19 1 1 9 11 2 6 3 2 14 0 3 3 13 92%
CHW 5953 3.25 3.61 110 91% 2 1 882 75 7 31 768 71 17 2 1 5 17 0 10 7 3 8 0 1 3 10 70%
CLE 5950 3.35 3.90 106 93% 0 0 765 75 6 21 661 92 16 1 1 8 13 1 8 4 3 8 0 0 0 14 71%
DET 5105 4.44 5.01 105 97% 0 1 694 72 11 27 584 70 17 1 1 4 15 0 5 10 2 11 0 1 1 11 100%
NYY 5158 3.24 3.70 100 97% 0 0 685 71 3 23 588 71 19 1 1 4 6 1 3 2 0 9 0 2 2 8 100%
PHA 5311 4.37 4.96 113 98% 0 0 608 91 3 19 495 78 14 2 0 5 6 1 2 3 0 11 0 0 0 8 88%
SLB 4667 4.12 4.81 85 92% 0 1 541 53 6 27 455 75 14 4 0 7 9 1 3 5 1 11 0 2 3 6 67%
WSH 6079 3.37 3.82 137 89% 0 0 690 100 4 26 560 94 16 3 1 10 24 1 13 10 3 9 0 1 1 12 50%
LgAvg 5511 3.71 4.23 107 94% 0 1 699 76 6 26 590 80 17 2 1 7 13 1 6 6 2 10 0 1 2 10 79%
44091 3.71 4.23 858 94% 2 6 5590 607 51 206 4721 641 132 15 6 52 101 7 50 44 14 81 0 10 13 82 79%

* 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 10 27 2283 35 37 37 51% 33 33 2 4 0 0 4 0 95 53 1.23 1.06
CHW 8 32 2258 63 35 33 36% 60 27 3 5 0 3 4 0 117 53 1.34 1.13
CLE 5 29 2315 50 40 40 44% 48 36 1 3 1 1 10 0 122 60 1.22 1.32
DET 12 32 1970 44 30 30 41% 36 28 8 2 0 0 6 0 128 46 1.29 0.94
NYY 4 12 1971 44 33 32 43% 39 30 4 2 1 1 2 0 79 50 1.49 1.29
PHA 11 21 2048 33 46 45 58% 29 42 4 1 0 3 3 0 97 57 1.12 1.21
SLB 9 18 1829 47 38 37 45% 41 30 4 5 2 3 3 0 97 54 1.19 1.20
WSH 11 23 2405 40 37 35 48% 36 32 3 3 1 2 19 1 107 72 1.26 1.17
LgAvg 9 24 2135 45 37 36 45% 40 32 4 3 1 2 6 0 105 56 1.28 1.17
70 194 17079 356 296 289 45% 322 258 29 25 5 13 51 1 842 445 1.28 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 Joe Astroth 29 PHA 102 92 90 476 436 36 4 9 .992 4.63 7 13 19 22 54%
2 Matt Batts 30 DET 55 50 42 303 262 36 5 4 .983 5.42 4 11 20 18 47%
3 Yogi Berra 27 NYY 140 138 131 779 700 73 6 10 .992 5.52 5 12 39 36 48%
4 George Bradshaw 27 WSH 9 7 5 24 21 1 2 0 .917 2.44 0 3 7 1 13%
5 Clint Courtney 25 SLB 113 108 96 558 487 69 2 7 .996 4.92 9 14 35 32 48%
6 Joe Ginsberg 25 DET 101 83 76 491 442 41 8 7 .984 4.78 8 17 26 16 38%
7 Mickey Grasso 32 WSH 114 103 88 566 485 64 17 4 .970 4.82 8 15 21 22 51%
8 Jim Hegan 31 CLE 107 93 81 558 498 53 7 7 .987 5.15 3 16 27 25 48%
9 Ralph Houk 32 NYY 9 0 0 12 10 1 1 1 .917 1.22 0 0 0 0
10 Darrell Johnson 23 TOT 43 29 24 189 161 23 5 4 .974 4.28 0 5 11 6 35%
11 Darrell Johnson 23 SLB 22 18 16 101 86 14 1 3 .990 4.55 0 1 5 4 44%
12 Darrell Johnson 23 CHW 21 11 8 88 75 9 4 1 .955 4.00 0 4 6 2 25%
13 Hal Keller 24 WSH 11 7 5 30 25 4 1 1 .967 2.64 0 0 6 1 14%
14 Clyde Kluttz 34 WSH 52 40 30 194 163 27 4 4 .979 3.65 3 5 6 13 68%
15 Sherm Lollar 27 CHW 120 108 84 650 590 53 7 4 .989 5.36 1 19 33 23 41%
16 Phil Masi 36 CHW 25 15 11 113 101 7 5 2 .956 4.32 2 4 11 4 27%
17 Les Moss 27 SLB 39 29 26 141 118 17 6 3 .957 3.46 3 3 11 11 50%
18 Ray Murray 34 PHA 42 40 31 211 175 35 1 3 .995 5.00 4 6 13 17 57%
19 Gus Niarhos 31 BOS 25 19 14 120 107 12 1 2 .992 4.76 0 6 7 1 13%
20 Len Okrie 28 BOS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 0
21 Bud Sheely 31 CHW 31 21 13 118 105 12 1 1 .992 3.77 3 4 10 5 33%
22 Charlie Silvera 27 NYY 20 16 8 62 54 8 0 1 1.000 3.10 0 0 10 1 9%
23 Bob Swift 37 DET 28 23 10 133 118 12 3 1 .977 4.64 1 4 2 5 71%
24 Birdie Tebbetts 39 CLE 37 31 18 148 131 15 2 0 .986 3.95 0 9 14 7 33%
25 Joe Tipton 30 TOT 58 52 47 237 198 34 5 2 .979 4.00 2 5 13 15 54%
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Joe Tipton 30 PHA 23 23 22 97 80 16 1 1 .990 4.17 0 2 5 9 64%
27 Joe Tipton 30 CLE 35 29 25 140 118 18 4 1 .971 3.89 2 3 8 6 43%
28 Quincy Trouppe 39 CLE 6 2 1 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 4.17 0 1 1 2 67%
29 Sammy White 24 BOS 110 103 94 532 464 59 9 7 .983 4.75 4 14 21 26 55%
30 Del Wilber 33 BOS 39 32 26 183 160 22 1 5 .995 4.67 6 7 7 10 59%
31 Red Wilson 23 CHW 2 1 1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 1 3 1 25%
LgAvg 19 16 14 89 79 9 1 1 .986 4.74 1 3 5 4 46%

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 29 PHA 3185 4.33 4.77 63 100% 0 0 382 55 3 12 312 30 6 0 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Matt Batts 30 DET 1576 3.86 4.38 29 97% 0 1 218 15 2 7 194 33 6 1 1 2 5 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 6 100%
3 Yogi Berra 27 NYY 4523 3.27 3.75 97 97% 0 0 628 68 2 23 535 63 18 1 1 2 5 0 3 2 0 7 0 1 1 8 100%
4 George Bradshaw 27 WSH 265 4.81 6.05 5 100% 0 0 21 5 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Clint Courtney 25 SLB 3399 4.00 4.69 53 94% 0 1 410 29 3 21 357 50 11 3 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 1 2 5 80%
6 Joe Ginsberg 25 DET 2984 4.49 5.03 58 97% 0 0 398 45 8 15 330 29 8 0 0 1 7 0 2 5 1 6 0 1 1 3 100%
7 Mickey Grasso 32 WSH 3960 3.23 3.67 97 89% 0 0 482 67 3 21 391 61 14 2 0 6 17 1 8 8 3 4 0 0 0 10 50%
8 Jim Hegan 31 CLE 3578 3.33 4.00 74 93% 0 0 492 56 3 11 421 55 9 1 1 2 7 1 5 1 3 7 0 0 0 9 67%
9 Ralph Houk 32 NYY 99 3.18 4.37 1 100% 0 0 10 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Darrell Johnson 23 SLB 452 5.10 5.90 12 83% 0 0 52 7 1 2 42 10 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0%
11 Darrell Johnson 23 CHW 491 3.42 3.81 12 92% 0 1 74 6 0 2 66 7 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
12 Hal Keller 24 WSH 265 2.25 2.39 10 90% 0 0 25 7 1 0 17 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
13 Clyde Kluttz 34 WSH 1589 3.67 4.11 25 88% 0 0 162 21 0 5 136 27 1 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 50%
14 Sherm Lollar 27 CHW 3918 3.44 3.78 71 90% 2 0 590 49 6 19 516 47 10 0 1 4 7 0 7 0 2 4 0 1 2 5 60%
15 Phil Masi 36 CHW 706 2.59 2.92 14 93% 0 0 102 10 1 7 83 6 3 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 100%
16 Les Moss 27 SLB 816 4.10 4.73 20 90% 0 0 79 17 2 4 56 15 1 0 0 1 6 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 0
17 Ray Murray 34 PHA 1319 3.79 4.23 35 94% 0 0 153 25 0 3 125 31 6 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 83%
18 Gus Niarhos 31 BOS 718 3.76 4.41 10 100% 0 0 103 6 0 5 92 11 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
19 Len Okrie 28 BOS 12 3.38 3.38 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bud Sheely 31 CHW 783 2.61 2.89 13 92% 0 0 108 10 0 3 95 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0%
21 Charlie Silvera 27 NYY 536 3.05 3.19 2 100% 0 0 47 2 1 0 44 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
22 Bob Swift 37 DET 545 5.93 6.95 18 100% 0 0 78 12 1 5 60 8 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
23 Birdie Tebbetts 39 CLE 1101 3.31 3.56 16 88% 0 0 131 10 3 3 115 15 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
24 Joe Tipton 30 PHA 807 5.59 7.12 15 100% 0 0 73 11 0 4 58 17 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
25 Joe Tipton 30 CLE 1149 3.23 3.73 14 100% 0 0 120 8 0 5 106 18 3 0 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
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 Quincy Trouppe 39 CLE 122 5.46 5.79 2 100% 0 0 22 1 0 2 19 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
27 Sammy White 24 BOS 3869 3.83 4.34 71 93% 0 3 463 46 5 21 390 56 11 1 1 7 9 1 6 2 2 7 0 0 0 10 90%
28 Del Wilber 33 BOS 1269 3.65 4.14 21 95% 0 0 158 18 6 6 127 23 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 3 1 100%
29 Red Wilson 23 CHW 55 7.20 10.80 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LgAvg 612 3.71 4.23 12 94% 0 0 78 8 1 3 66 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 79%

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 29 PHA 7 13 1185 18 20 19 53% 16 17 2 1 0 2 0 0 57 24 1.28 1.23
2 Matt Batts 30 DET 3 11 600 20 14 14 41% 15 13 5 1 0 0 3 0 45 20 1.29 0.90
3 Yogi Berra 27 NYY 4 12 1740 35 32 31 48% 31 29 3 2 1 1 0 0 67 43 1.49 1.33
4 George Bradshaw 27 WSH 0 3 113 7 1 1 13% 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 1.10 0.31
5 Clint Courtney 25 SLB 7 14 1338 34 26 25 43% 29 19 3 4 2 3 0 0 70 35 1.31 1.11
6 Joe Ginsberg 25 DET 8 17 1142 22 13 13 37% 19 12 3 1 0 0 2 0 70 21 1.27 1.15
7 Mickey Grasso 32 WSH 8 15 1548 21 22 20 51% 20 18 1 2 0 2 12 1 68 46 1.19 1.30
8 Jim Hegan 31 CLE 3 16 1434 27 25 25 48% 25 22 1 2 1 1 8 0 62 41 1.32 1.37
9 Ralph Houk 32 NYY 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
10 Darrell Johnson 23 SLB 0 1 173 4 2 2 33% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 5 0.66 2.59
11 Darrell Johnson 23 CHW 0 4 195 6 2 2 25% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 1.01 0.61
12 Hal Keller 24 WSH 0 0 105 6 1 1 14% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1.62 1.46
13 Clyde Kluttz 34 WSH 3 5 639 6 13 13 68% 5 12 1 1 0 0 7 0 18 22 1.35 1.00
14 Sherm Lollar 27 CHW 2 19 1465 33 23 23 41% 31 18 2 4 0 1 3 0 58 35 1.29 1.23
15 Phil Masi 36 CHW 3 4 280 11 4 2 27% 11 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 24 6 1.67 1.33
16 Les Moss 27 SLB 2 3 318 9 10 10 53% 8 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 20 14 0.95 1.14
17 Ray Murray 34 PHA 4 6 543 10 17 17 63% 9 16 1 0 0 1 2 0 31 22 1.02 1.45
18 Gus Niarhos 31 BOS 0 6 292 7 1 1 13% 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 5 1.15 0.97
19 Len Okrie 28 BOS 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bud Sheely 31 CHW 3 4 290 10 5 5 33% 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 9 1.41 0.85
21 Charlie Silvera 27 NYY 0 0 191 9 1 1 10% 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 6 1.49 0.06
22 Bob Swift 37 DET 1 4 228 2 3 3 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 5 1.50 0.25
23 Birdie Tebbetts 39 CLE 0 9 391 14 7 7 33% 14 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 31 9 0.97 1.41
24 Joe Tipton 30 PHA 0 2 320 5 9 9 64% 4 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 11 0.74 0.71
25 Joe Tipton 30 CLE 2 3 447 8 6 6 43% 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 8 1.19 1.32
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Quincy Trouppe 39 CLE 0 1 43 1 2 2 67% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2.39 0.49
27 Sammy White 24 BOS 4 14 1490 21 26 26 55% 20 23 1 3 0 0 3 0 55 33 1.13 1.04
28 Del Wilber 33 BOS 6 7 499 7 10 10 59% 6 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 15 1.60 1.11
29 Red Wilson 23 CHW 0 1 28 3 1 1 25% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1.20 0.28
LgAvg 1 3 237 5 4 4 45% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 6 1.28 1.17


1951 AL  / 1953 AL  / 1952 NL  / 1952 MLB  Catcher