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1953 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 4.13 153 153 131 831 739 80 12 11 .986 8 27 39 36 48%
CHW 3 3.79 156 156 127 898 812 77 9 4 .990 4 37 41 41 50%
CLE 5 4.05 155 155 112 748 657 74 17 7 .977 13 23 46 36 44%
DET 4 5.84 158 158 141 855 765 78 12 13 .986 20 43 54 49 48%
NYY 4 3.62 151 151 120 797 706 80 11 10 .986 10 13 33 37 53%
PHA 3 5.09 157 157 148 817 708 99 10 23 .988 15 49 30 59 66%
SLB 3 5.05 154 154 133 817 732 68 17 11 .979 8 32 50 47 48%
WSH 6 4.04 152 152 138 696 615 71 10 9 .986 12 16 35 36 51%
LgAvg 4 4.46 155 155 131 807 717 78 12 11 .985 11 30 41 43 51%
30 4.46 1236 1236 1050 6459 5734 627 98 88 .985 90 240 328 341 51%

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 5929 3.59 4.14 118 94% 0 1 734 86 6 17 624 81 18 1 1 15 14 1 9 4 2 11 0 0 0 10 70%
CHW 5966 3.40 3.80 110 94% 0 0 813 82 5 22 703 75 14 3 1 9 9 0 6 3 1 4 1 0 1 10 90%
CLE 5807 3.64 4.11 87 92% 0 1 660 66 4 14 576 70 12 3 1 10 17 1 8 8 5 7 0 1 4 6 50%
DET 6349 5.25 5.87 117 97% 0 1 763 85 9 30 639 79 17 0 0 8 12 0 3 9 0 13 0 2 2 14 86%
NYY 5414 3.16 3.60 113 95% 0 3 671 73 5 28 563 76 22 2 1 4 11 2 4 5 2 10 0 0 0 14 93%
PHA 5921 4.71 5.15 133 99% 0 0 675 109 3 30 532 94 19 0 0 6 8 0 3 5 1 22 0 2 5 7 100%
SLB 5591 4.51 5.05 89 90% 1 0 681 68 1 23 589 58 8 0 0 7 15 0 9 6 2 9 0 0 2 8 50%
WSH 5692 3.66 4.11 109 95% 2 0 620 90 2 26 501 70 8 0 0 14 11 0 7 4 0 9 0 1 1 2 100%
LgAvg 5834 3.99 4.48 110 95% 0 1 702 82 4 24 591 75 15 1 1 9 12 1 6 6 2 11 0 1 2 9 80%
46669 3.99 4.48 876 95% 3 6 5617 659 35 190 4727 603 118 9 4 73 97 4 49 44 13 85 1 6 15 71 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 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 8 27 2351 39 36 35 48% 33 28 6 5 0 3 3 0 102 51 1.29 1.33
CHW 4 37 2271 41 41 38 50% 34 33 7 4 0 4 5 0 110 54 1.20 1.25
CLE 12 23 2280 46 36 34 44% 41 28 3 4 2 4 1 0 109 39 1.42 1.37
DET 20 43 2615 54 49 47 48% 47 40 3 7 4 2 0 0 166 57 1.19 1.03
NYY 9 13 2131 33 36 34 52% 30 30 2 3 1 3 6 1 75 49 1.28 1.24
PHA 15 49 2381 30 58 57 66% 24 47 5 7 1 4 7 0 132 72 0.79 1.11
SLB 8 32 2235 45 38 37 46% 38 31 7 6 0 1 3 1 109 41 1.60 1.17
WSH 12 16 2220 35 36 35 51% 31 31 3 3 1 2 6 1 87 46 1.07 1.17
LgAvg 11 30 2311 40 41 40 51% 35 34 5 5 1 3 4 0 111 51 1.25 1.20
88 240 18484 323 330 317 51% 278 268 36 39 9 23 31 3 890 409 1.25 1.20

* 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 30 PHA 79 75 71 393 341 47 5 13 .987 4.91 7 23 12 31 72%
2 Dick Aylward 28 CLE 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 0
3 Matt Batts 31 DET 103 98 87 514 463 44 7 7 .986 4.92 13 24 24 25 51%
4 Yogi Berra 28 NYY 133 124 109 639 566 64 9 9 .986 4.74 8 11 27 28 51%
5 Johnny Bucha 28 DET 56 43 41 244 218 22 4 4 .984 4.29 5 14 24 15 38%
6 Clint Courtney 26 SLB 103 93 82 493 436 47 10 7 .980 4.69 4 20 29 32 52%
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 29 WSH 85 76 74 356 319 33 4 3 .989 4.14 8 4 19 18 49%
8 Hank Foiles 24 CLE 7 3 1 15 10 4 1 1 .933 2.00 3 0 0 3 100%
9 Joe Ginsberg 26 TOT 54 46 35 229 201 22 6 4 .974 4.13 4 9 19 14 42%
10 Joe Ginsberg 26 DET 15 15 13 84 71 12 1 2 .988 5.53 2 5 6 9 60%
11 Joe Ginsberg 26 CLE 39 31 22 145 130 10 5 2 .966 3.59 2 4 13 5 28%
12 Mickey Grasso 33 WSH 59 57 46 247 219 24 4 4 .984 4.12 4 10 11 12 52%
13 Jim Hegan 32 CLE 106 91 66 452 399 42 11 3 .976 4.16 5 15 25 21 46%
14 Ralph Houk 33 NYY 8 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 0 0 1 0 0%
15 Sherm Lollar 28 CHW 107 97 82 524 470 51 3 2 .994 4.87 3 22 20 25 56%
16 Babe Martin 33 SLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
17 Les Moss 28 SLB 71 61 51 324 296 21 7 4 .978 4.46 4 12 21 15 42%
18 Ray Murray 35 PHA 78 75 70 379 330 45 4 8 .989 4.81 8 25 16 24 60%
19 Gus Niarhos 32 BOS 16 13 7 67 61 5 1 2 .985 4.13 1 2 3 3 50%
20 Bob Oldis 25 WSH 7 5 5 26 23 3 0 1 1.000 3.71 0 0 3 2 40%
21 Les Peden 29 WSH 8 8 7 31 26 5 0 1 1.000 3.88 0 1 2 3 60%
22 Frank Sacka 28 WSH 6 5 5 30 25 5 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 1 0 1 100%
23 Bud Sheely 32 CHW 17 11 6 62 60 2 0 1 1.000 3.65 0 2 1 1 50%
24 Charlie Silvera 28 NYY 39 25 10 129 113 15 1 1 .992 3.28 2 1 3 9 75%
25 Bob Swift 38 DET 2 2 0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 6.50 0 0 0 0
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Kite Thomas 30 WSH 1 1 1 6 3 1 2 0 .667 4.00 0 0 0 0
27 Joe Tipton 31 CLE 46 30 23 132 114 18 0 1 1.000 2.87 3 4 8 7 47%
28 Gus Triandos 22 NYY 5 2 1 19 17 1 1 0 .947 3.60 0 1 2 0 0%
29 Neal Watlington 30 PHA 9 7 7 45 37 7 1 2 .978 4.89 0 1 2 4 67%
30 Sammy White 25 BOS 131 121 110 665 588 68 9 9 .986 5.01 5 20 33 29 47%
31 Del Wilber 34 BOS 28 19 14 99 90 7 2 0 .980 3.46 2 5 3 4 57%
32 Red Wilson 24 CHW 63 48 39 312 282 24 6 1 .981 4.86 1 13 20 15 43%
LgAvg 19 17 14 87 77 8 1 1 .985 4.45 1 3 4 5 51%

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 30 PHA 2837 4.86 5.36 70 100% 0 0 328 60 1 11 256 47 7 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 13 0 1 3 2 100%
2 Dick Aylward 28 CLE 51 12.60 12.60 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Matt Batts 31 DET 3850 5.47 6.11 77 97% 0 0 462 60 8 19 375 43 9 0 0 5 7 0 3 4 0 7 0 2 2 7 100%
4 Yogi Berra 28 NYY 4341 3.15 3.60 98 94% 0 3 538 61 2 23 450 61 20 2 1 3 10 2 4 4 2 9 0 0 0 12 92%
5 Johnny Bucha 28 DET 1848 4.93 5.56 26 92% 0 1 218 15 1 9 193 24 5 0 0 3 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 5 60%
6 Clint Courtney 26 SLB 3357 4.96 5.66 54 91% 1 0 401 41 1 17 342 40 5 0 0 7 8 0 5 3 2 6 0 0 2 3 33%
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 29 WSH 2935 3.71 4.08 57 93% 0 0 323 49 0 11 262 33 2 0 0 10 5 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
8 Hank Foiles 24 CLE 109 3.46 3.46 3 67% 0 0 11 2 0 0 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0%
9 Joe Ginsberg 26 CLE 1094 4.50 5.36 14 79% 0 1 130 11 0 3 116 10 2 0 0 2 5 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 2 0
10 Joe Ginsberg 26 DET 596 4.98 5.44 11 100% 0 0 70 7 0 2 61 12 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
11 Mickey Grasso 33 WSH 2016 3.32 3.89 43 95% 0 0 218 33 1 13 171 25 4 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Jim Hegan 32 CLE 3317 3.34 3.74 59 95% 0 0 399 46 3 8 342 40 7 2 1 5 11 1 5 5 2 3 0 1 2 5 60%
13 Ralph Houk 33 NYY 98 3.52 3.52 2 100% 0 0 10 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sherm Lollar 28 CHW 3677 3.43 3.82 65 97% 0 0 471 48 3 13 407 49 11 3 0 5 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 100%
15 Babe Martin 33 SLB 3 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Les Moss 28 SLB 2231 3.87 4.18 35 89% 0 0 280 27 0 6 247 18 3 0 0 0 7 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 5 60%
17 Ray Murray 35 PHA 2757 4.46 4.91 57 98% 0 0 309 43 2 17 246 41 12 0 0 2 4 0 1 3 1 7 0 1 2 5 100%
18 Gus Niarhos 32 BOS 459 3.26 4.11 11 91% 0 0 61 8 0 1 52 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
19 Bob Oldis 25 WSH 202 2.81 3.38 3 100% 0 0 23 3 1 0 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
20 Les Peden 29 WSH 287 3.97 4.63 4 100% 0 0 27 4 0 0 23 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Frank Sacka 28 WSH 205 5.55 5.55 1 100% 0 0 26 1 0 2 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Bud Sheely 32 CHW 388 2.41 2.60 7 100% 0 0 59 6 1 0 52 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Charlie Silvera 28 NYY 883 3.17 3.64 12 100% 0 0 106 10 2 4 90 14 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
24 Bob Swift 38 DET 55 4.15 4.85 3 100% 0 0 13 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Kite Thomas 30 WSH 47 10.00 11.00 1 100% 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 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 Joe Tipton 31 CLE 1236 3.44 3.80 11 100% 0 0 116 7 1 2 106 16 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
27 Gus Triandos 22 NYY 92 2.86 2.86 1 100% 0 0 17 1 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Neal Watlington 30 PHA 327 5.49 5.49 6 100% 0 0 38 6 0 2 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
29 Sammy White 25 BOS 4699 3.65 4.14 94 95% 0 1 583 68 6 13 495 69 15 1 1 14 11 1 7 3 1 9 0 0 0 8 75%
30 Del Wilber 34 BOS 771 3.41 4.17 13 92% 0 0 90 10 0 3 77 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
31 Red Wilson 24 CHW 1901 3.55 4.00 38 87% 0 0 283 28 1 9 244 24 3 0 0 4 6 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 80%
LgAvg 648 3.99 4.48 12 95% 0 0 78 9 0 3 66 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 30 PHA 7 23 1170 12 31 30 72% 10 29 2 2 0 0 5 0 64 37 0.89 1.11
2 Dick Aylward 28 CLE 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Matt Batts 31 DET 13 24 1597 24 25 24 51% 23 18 0 5 1 2 0 0 85 30 1.08 1.00
4 Yogi Berra 28 NYY 8 11 1705 27 27 25 50% 24 21 2 3 1 3 4 1 62 37 1.36 1.19
5 Johnny Bucha 28 DET 5 14 752 24 15 14 38% 20 13 2 2 2 0 0 0 61 18 1.24 1.20
6 Clint Courtney 26 SLB 4 20 1367 24 26 25 52% 21 21 3 4 0 1 2 1 63 28 1.57 1.00
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 29 WSH 8 4 1144 19 18 17 49% 17 15 2 2 0 1 0 0 43 21 1.21 1.31
8 Hank Foiles 24 CLE 3 0 42 0 3 3 100% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1.27
9 Joe Ginsberg 26 CLE 2 4 419 13 5 5 28% 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 24 5 1.17 0.42
10 Joe Ginsberg 26 DET 2 5 240 6 9 9 60% 4 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 20 9 1.38 0.84
11 Mickey Grasso 33 WSH 4 10 777 11 12 12 52% 9 11 1 1 1 0 5 1 34 17 0.93 1.09
12 Jim Hegan 32 CLE 4 15 1314 25 21 19 46% 24 18 0 0 1 3 1 0 63 22 1.64 1.54
13 Ralph Houk 33 NYY 0 0 43 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.16
14 Sherm Lollar 28 CHW 3 22 1397 20 25 24 56% 17 20 3 3 0 2 4 0 59 35 1.26 1.14
15 Babe Martin 33 SLB 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Les Moss 28 SLB 4 12 867 21 12 12 36% 17 10 4 2 0 0 1 0 46 13 1.63 1.55
17 Ray Murray 35 PHA 8 25 1094 16 23 23 59% 13 16 2 4 1 3 1 0 65 30 0.72 1.05
18 Gus Niarhos 32 BOS 1 2 196 3 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 1.40 1.87
19 Bob Oldis 25 WSH 0 0 84 3 2 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.49 0.61
20 Les Peden 29 WSH 0 1 100 2 3 3 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 1.48 0.87
21 Frank Sacka 28 WSH 0 1 91 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1.75
22 Bud Sheely 32 CHW 0 2 157 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.75 1.32
23 Charlie Silvera 28 NYY 1 1 344 3 9 9 75% 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 0.82 1.39
24 Bob Swift 38 DET 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Kite Thomas 30 WSH 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Joe Tipton 31 CLE 3 4 485 8 7 7 47% 5 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 18 9 1.15 1.58
27 Gus Triandos 22 NYY 0 1 39 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 1.08
28 Neal Watlington 30 PHA 0 1 117 2 4 4 67% 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 0.67 1.56
29 Sammy White 25 BOS 5 20 1852 33 29 28 47% 29 23 4 4 0 2 2 0 81 42 1.31 1.34
30 Del Wilber 34 BOS 2 5 303 3 4 4 57% 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 5 1.06 0.87
31 Red Wilson 24 CHW 1 13 717 20 15 13 43% 16 12 4 1 0 2 1 0 48 17 1.17 1.44
LgAvg 1 3 257 4 5 4 51% 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 6 1.25 1.20


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