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1954 American League Catcher

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Team & League Standard Fielding--C

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Tm #Fld R/G G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch PB WP SB CS CS%
BAL 3 4.34 154 154 1373.1 871 781 78 12 15 .986 1.0 0.9 1 12 19 55 50 48%
BOS 3 4.67 156 156 1412.1 927 811 96 20 17 .978 -7.0 -5.9 -7 13 22 55 38 41%
CHW 4 3.36 155 155 1383.0 878 797 74 7 16 .992 1.0 0.9 1 4 23 33 41 55%
CLE 4 3.23 156 156 1419.1 873 803 64 6 10 .993 3.0 2.5 3 6 15 43 40 48%
DET 5 4.28 155 155 1383.0 806 714 86 6 15 .993 6.0 5.2 6 5 14 33 44 57%
NYY 4 3.63 155 155 1379.1 880 801 68 11 15 .988 -2.0 -1.7 -2 7 21 34 36 51%
PHA 3 5.61 156 156 1371.1 777 677 85 15 12 .981 -5.0 -4.4 -5 12 41 48 41 46%
WSH 4 4.39 155 155 1383.1 739 651 71 17 11 .977 -10.0 -8.7 -10 8 25 50 36 42%
LgAvg 4 4.19 155 155 1388 844 754 78 12 14 .986 -1 0 -1 8 23 44 41 48%
28 4.19 1242 1242 11105.0 6751 6035 622 94 111 .986 -13.0 -1.4 -13 67 180 351 326 48%

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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%
BAL 5907 3.89 4.40 105 91% 0 1 750 76 7 20 645 75 16 0 3 3 11 0 4 7 1 15 0 1 2 17 76%
BOS 6117 4.08 4.71 111 95% 1 2 779 79 13 23 663 90 24 0 3 13 19 2 5 12 1 16 0 5 6 16 88%
CHW 5876 3.05 3.39 101 97% 0 2 797 80 2 25 689 75 16 1 0 10 7 0 4 3 0 16 0 0 0 11 73%
CLE 5980 2.78 3.20 121 100% 0 0 805 114 2 16 673 64 5 1 1 7 6 0 0 6 0 10 0 0 1 6 100%
DET 6044 3.81 4.32 121 100% 0 0 716 96 2 21 597 85 22 3 0 7 6 1 0 5 0 15 1 1 2 16 100%
NYY 5631 3.29 3.70 128 98% 0 1 752 107 10 24 609 64 19 1 0 2 11 2 6 3 0 15 0 2 6 19 95%
PHA 6100 5.14 5.67 138 96% 0 2 658 110 3 19 526 84 17 4 1 5 13 1 4 8 0 12 0 1 4 13 85%
WSH 6091 3.79 4.38 103 89% 0 3 646 76 7 13 549 72 17 1 1 8 17 0 5 12 0 11 0 2 3 12 58%
LgAvg 5968 3.72 4.21 116 96% 0 1 738 92 6 20 619 76 17 1 1 7 11 1 4 7 0 14 0 2 3 14 85%
47746 3.72 4.21 928 96% 1 11 5903 738 46 161 4951 609 136 11 9 55 90 6 28 56 2 110 1 12 24 110 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
BAL 12 19 2255 55 50 47 48% 52 42 3 5 0 3 4 0 100 62 1.16 1.21
BOS 13 22 2385 55 38 38 41% 50 33 4 5 1 0 6 0 126 48 1.33 1.07
CHW 4 23 2177 33 41 40 55% 30 34 2 5 1 2 2 0 75 49 1.41 1.24
CLE 6 15 2175 43 40 40 48% 38 36 4 3 1 1 5 1 81 49 1.37 1.26
DET 5 14 2292 33 44 44 57% 31 36 1 8 1 0 5 1 71 50 1.31 1.22
NYY 7 21 2131 34 36 35 51% 31 31 1 4 2 1 1 0 77 43 1.12 1.20
PHA 11 41 2434 48 41 40 46% 43 34 5 6 0 1 11 0 145 57 1.02 0.87
WSH 8 25 2418 50 36 36 42% 42 32 6 4 2 0 1 0 111 43 1.21 1.11
LgAvg 8 23 2283 44 41 40 48% 40 35 3 5 1 1 4 0 98 50 1.23 1.15
66 180 18267 351 326 320 48% 317 278 26 40 8 8 35 2 786 401 1.23 1.15

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Player Standard Fielding--C

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Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
1 Joe Astroth 31 PHA 71 64 583.0 343 300 39 4 5 .988 -4.0 -8.2 -4 5.23 4.77 4 19 23 16 41%
2 Matt Batts 32 TOT 50 42 391.2 276 249 24 3 4 .989 -2.0 -6.1 -2 6.27 5.46 1 4 17 9 35%
3 Matt Batts 32 DET 8 4 43.0 30 24 5 1 1 .967 0.0 0.0 0 6.07 3.63 0 0 1 1 50%
4 Matt Batts 32 CHW 42 38 348.2 246 225 19 2 3 .992 -2.0 -6.9 -2 6.30 5.81 1 4 16 8 33%
5 Lou Berberet 24 NYY 3 1 11.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.82 4.00 0 0 0 0
6 Yogi Berra 29 NYY 149 148 1271.1 788 717 63 8 14 .990 0.0 0.0 0 5.52 5.23 5 19 28 34 55%
7 Clint Courtney 27 BAL 111 105 937.2 598 539 53 6 8 .990 2.0 2.6 2 5.68 5.33 9 10 36 36 50%
8 Ed Fitz Gerald 30 WSH 107 96 879.0 446 396 38 12 5 .973 -6.0 -8.2 -6 4.44 4.06 3 14 26 20 43%
9 Joe Ginsberg 27 CLE 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 0 0 0 0
10 Mickey Grasso 34 CLE 4 2 21.0 12 9 1 2 0 .833 -1.0 -57.1 -1 4.29 2.50 1 2 2 1 33%
11 Jim Hegan 33 CLE 137 121 1113.1 714 661 49 4 9 .994 3.0 3.2 3 5.74 5.18 3 11 27 28 51%
12 Frank House 24 DET 107 99 880.0 494 434 56 4 7 .992 5.0 6.8 5 5.01 4.58 4 9 23 32 58%
13 Steve Korcheck 21 WSH 2 2 17.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 -1.0 -70.6 -1 3.18 3.00 0 0 3 0 0%
14 Al Lakeman 35 DET 4 2 18.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 2.50 0 0 0 0
15 Sherm Lollar 29 CHW 93 84 736.2 436 395 38 3 8 .993 2.0 3.3 2 5.29 4.66 3 10 10 21 68%
16 Les Moss 29 BAL 38 31 284.0 180 159 16 5 4 .972 -1.0 -4.2 -1 5.55 4.61 2 5 10 7 41%
17 Ray Murray 36 BAL 21 18 151.2 93 83 9 1 3 .989 0.0 0.0 0 5.46 4.38 1 4 9 7 44%
18 Hal Naragon 25 CLE 45 33 284.2 146 132 14 0 1 1.000 1.0 4.2 1 4.62 3.24 2 2 14 11 44%
19 Bob Oldis 26 WSH 8 6 52.0 34 30 2 2 0 .941 -2.0 -46.2 -2 5.54 4.00 0 1 4 0 0%
20 Mickey Owen 38 BOS 30 16 172.0 94 85 8 1 4 .989 0.0 0.0 0 4.87 3.10 1 3 5 4 44%
21 Jim Robertson 26 PHA 50 43 381.0 231 207 18 6 6 .974 -5.0 -15.7 -5 5.31 4.50 3 15 18 7 28%
22 Carl Sawatski 26 CHW 33 27 243.2 149 133 14 2 4 .987 1.0 4.9 1 5.43 4.45 0 7 7 10 59%
23 Billy Shantz 26 PHA 51 49 407.1 203 170 28 5 1 .975 4.0 11.8 4 4.37 3.88 5 7 7 18 72%
24 Charlie Silvera 29 NYY 18 6 95.0 80 72 5 3 1 .963 -2.0 -25.3 -2 7.29 4.28 2 2 6 2 25%
25 Walt Streuli 18 DET 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 0 0 0 0
Rk Age Tm G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Joe Tipton 32 WSH 52 51 435.1 252 220 30 2 6 .992 -1.0 -2.8 -1 5.17 4.81 5 10 17 16 48%
27 Gus Triandos 23 NYY 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
28 Sammy White 25 BOS 133 124 1114.0 773 677 80 16 11 .979 -6.0 -6.5 -6 6.12 5.69 11 15 45 30 40%
29 Del Wilber 35 BOS 18 16 126.1 60 49 8 3 2 .950 -1.0 -9.5 -1 4.06 3.17 1 4 5 4 44%
30 Red Wilson 25 TOT 61 56 494.0 318 289 28 1 8 .997 1.0 2.4 1 5.78 5.20 1 7 9 13 59%
31 Red Wilson 25 CHW 8 6 54.0 47 44 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.83 5.88 0 2 0 2 100%
32 Red Wilson 25 DET 53 50 440.0 271 245 25 1 7 .996 1.0 2.7 1 5.52 5.09 1 5 9 11 55%
LgAvg 18 16 142 86 76 8 1 1 .985 0 0 0 5.34 4.71 1 2 5 4 48%

Player Advanced Fielding -- c

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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 31 PHA 2653 5.19 5.70 56 93% 0 1 288 39 2 9 238 40 8 3 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 5 0 1 1 8 88%
2 Matt Batts 32 CHW 1498 3.12 3.48 26 100% 0 0 225 22 0 3 200 19 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Matt Batts 32 DET 203 5.23 6.28 3 100% 0 0 24 1 0 1 22 5 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 100%
4 Lou Berberet 24 NYY 50 8.00 8.00 2 100% 0 0 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yogi Berra 29 NYY 5131 3.14 3.50 111 98% 0 0 672 93 8 20 550 59 17 1 0 2 8 2 6 0 0 14 0 2 5 17 100%
6 Clint Courtney 27 BAL 4014 3.86 4.31 76 92% 0 1 519 55 1 16 445 52 10 0 3 2 6 0 3 3 1 9 0 0 1 9 78%
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 30 WSH 3845 3.56 4.14 69 87% 0 2 397 50 2 7 337 38 10 0 1 4 12 0 4 8 0 5 0 0 0 8 63%
8 Joe Ginsberg 27 CLE 5 27.00 27.00 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mickey Grasso 34 CLE 108 3.86 5.14 1 100% 0 0 10 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jim Hegan 33 CLE 4648 2.77 3.19 102 100% 0 0 660 96 0 13 551 48 4 0 1 7 4 0 0 4 0 9 0 0 1 5 100%
11 Frank House 24 DET 3852 3.99 4.46 82 100% 0 0 435 69 1 14 351 55 13 1 0 5 4 1 0 3 0 7 0 1 1 8 100%
12 Steve Korcheck 21 WSH 78 3.18 3.18 1 100% 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Al Lakeman 35 DET 69 2.50 2.50 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sherm Lollar 29 CHW 3068 2.75 3.09 53 96% 0 1 395 38 1 19 336 39 11 1 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 8 75%
15 Les Moss 29 BAL 1182 3.63 4.30 19 84% 0 0 149 12 2 2 133 14 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 7 71%
16 Ray Murray 36 BAL 711 4.57 5.10 10 100% 0 0 82 9 4 2 67 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
17 Hal Naragon 25 CLE 1219 2.72 3.07 18 100% 0 0 134 17 0 2 115 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
18 Bob Oldis 26 WSH 255 7.27 7.79 4 75% 0 0 30 2 2 0 26 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
19 Mickey Owen 38 BOS 749 4.64 5.13 8 100% 1 0 76 7 2 7 60 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 100%
20 Jim Robertson 26 PHA 1621 4.87 5.44 45 100% 0 0 201 40 0 4 157 16 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 3 2 100%
21 Carl Sawatski 26 CHW 1074 4.03 4.21 19 95% 0 1 133 17 1 2 113 14 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0%
22 Billy Shantz 26 PHA 1826 5.32 5.84 37 97% 0 1 169 31 1 6 131 28 4 1 0 1 5 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
23 Charlie Silvera 29 NYY 442 4.74 5.97 15 93% 0 1 72 12 2 4 53 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 50%
24 Walt Streuli 18 DET 8 0.00 13.50 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Joe Tipton 32 WSH 1913 3.85 4.51 29 97% 0 1 214 24 3 6 181 31 5 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 2 3 3 67%
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 Gus Triandos 23 NYY 8 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
27 Sammy White 25 BOS 4816 4.16 4.85 95 96% 0 2 655 69 11 15 560 75 20 0 3 12 15 2 2 11 0 11 0 4 4 13 85%
28 Del Wilber 35 BOS 552 2.64 2.99 8 75% 0 0 48 3 0 1 43 8 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 100%
29 Red Wilson 25 DET 1912 3.38 3.89 36 100% 0 0 246 26 1 5 214 25 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 7 100%
30 Red Wilson 25 CHW 236 2.33 3.17 3 100% 0 0 44 3 0 1 40 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
LgAvg 663 3.72 4.21 13 96% 0 0 82 10 1 2 69 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 85%

Player Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning

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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 31 PHA 4 19 1070 23 16 16 41% 21 12 2 3 0 1 5 0 66 22 0.99 0.90
2 Matt Batts 32 CHW 1 4 566 16 8 8 33% 13 7 2 1 1 0 1 0 24 11 1.25 0.74
3 Matt Batts 32 DET 0 0 80 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1.10 0.72
4 Lou Berberet 24 NYY 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yogi Berra 29 NYY 5 19 1934 28 34 33 55% 26 29 0 4 2 1 1 0 62 40 1.26 1.27
6 Clint Courtney 27 BAL 9 10 1539 36 36 34 50% 34 30 2 3 0 3 2 0 62 42 1.24 1.18
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 30 WSH 3 14 1495 26 20 20 43% 23 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 63 22 1.13 1.10
8 Joe Ginsberg 27 CLE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mickey Grasso 34 CLE 1 2 40 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1.46 0.81
10 Jim Hegan 33 CLE 3 11 1665 27 28 28 51% 24 26 3 1 0 1 4 0 49 35 1.39 1.27
11 Frank House 24 DET 4 9 1451 23 32 32 58% 22 27 0 5 1 0 3 1 48 35 1.43 1.19
12 Steve Korcheck 21 WSH 0 0 32 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.89
13 Al Lakeman 35 DET 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sherm Lollar 29 CHW 3 10 1115 10 21 20 68% 10 16 0 3 0 2 0 0 31 24 1.58 1.36
15 Les Moss 29 BAL 2 5 439 10 7 7 41% 9 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 23 12 1.11 1.55
16 Ray Murray 36 BAL 1 4 277 9 7 6 44% 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 8 0.89 1.00
17 Hal Naragon 25 CLE 2 2 468 14 11 11 44% 12 9 1 2 1 0 1 1 22 13 1.31 1.27
18 Bob Oldis 26 WSH 0 1 101 4 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.58
19 Mickey Owen 38 BOS 1 3 292 5 4 4 44% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 8 1.51 0.62
20 Jim Robertson 26 PHA 2 15 659 18 7 6 28% 16 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 46 9 1.22 0.65
21 Carl Sawatski 26 CHW 0 7 405 7 10 10 59% 7 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 12 1.52 1.36
22 Billy Shantz 26 PHA 5 7 705 7 18 18 72% 6 15 1 3 0 0 4 0 33 26 0.61 0.94
23 Charlie Silvera 29 NYY 2 2 164 6 2 2 25% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0.47 0.05
24 Walt Streuli 18 DET 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Joe Tipton 32 WSH 5 10 790 17 16 16 48% 12 14 3 2 2 0 1 0 39 21 1.54 1.11
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Gus Triandos 23 NYY 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Sammy White 25 BOS 11 15 1870 45 30 30 40% 40 26 4 4 1 0 4 0 103 35 1.32 1.09
28 Del Wilber 35 BOS 1 4 223 5 4 4 44% 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 5 1.23 1.42
29 Red Wilson 25 CHW 0 2 91 0 2 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.30
30 Red Wilson 25 DET 1 5 737 9 11 11 55% 8 8 1 3 0 0 2 0 20 13 1.04 1.36
LgAvg 1 3 254 5 5 4 48% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 6 1.23 1.15
1953 AL  / 1955 AL  / 1954 NL  / 1954 MLB  Catcher