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1955 American League Catcher

1954 AL  / 1956 AL  / 1955 NL  / 1955 MLB  Catcher

Team & League Standard Fielding--C

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch PB WP SB CS CS%
BAL 4 4.83 156 156 121 1388.2 807 718 77 12 17 .985 -7 -6 -7 22 39 54 37 41%
BOS 4 4.23 154 154 148 1384.1 845 757 76 12 8 .986 0 0 0 5 30 44 36 45%
CHW 4 3.59 155 155 121 1378.0 900 822 73 5 15 .994 2 2 2 6 17 33 23 41%
CLE 3 3.90 154 154 107 1386.1 1083 1004 72 7 22 .994 2 2 2 13 32 33 36 52%
DET 4 4.27 154 154 137 1380.2 810 738 61 11 10 .986 -1 -1 -1 8 29 39 35 47%
KCA 4 5.88 155 155 127 1382.0 776 689 79 8 17 .990 1 1 1 14 34 37 33 47%
NYY 6 3.69 154 154 141 1372.1 909 835 61 13 13 .986 4 3 4 5 24 27 34 56%
WSH 5 5.12 154 154 129 1354.2 793 702 78 13 13 .984 1 1 1 17 27 48 44 48%
LgAvg 4 4.44 155 155 129 1378 865 783 72 10 14 .988 0 0 0 11 29 39 35 47%
32 4.44 1236 1236 1031 11027.0 6923 6265 577 81 115 .988 2 0 2 90 232 315 278 47%

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%
BAL 6097 4.25 4.89 133 96% 0 0 717 94 3 41 579 77 18 3 2 9 10 0 8 2 4 17 0 2 6 16 88%
BOS 5984 3.71 4.24 109 95% 0 0 771 77 6 22 666 71 17 3 0 8 12 1 8 3 1 8 0 1 2 8 88%
CHW 5819 3.36 3.64 116 97% 1 0 821 82 2 31 706 74 18 4 2 14 5 0 2 3 1 15 1 1 2 13 100%
CLE 5903 3.36 3.90 138 98% 0 0 1007 110 5 19 872 68 14 4 1 6 5 1 3 1 2 21 1 2 4 11 91%
DET 5944 3.79 4.29 120 96% 0 0 738 84 2 24 626 62 20 2 0 4 11 0 6 5 0 10 0 0 0 9 100%
KCA 6190 5.41 5.96 124 98% 0 0 695 91 5 38 561 79 12 4 1 9 8 0 2 6 1 16 1 1 3 7 86%
NYY 5834 3.23 3.73 114 96% 0 1 840 84 3 26 726 59 11 2 3 6 13 3 6 4 0 13 0 0 1 12 83%
WSH 6023 4.64 5.25 112 94% 1 0 696 77 5 21 593 78 18 1 2 4 14 1 8 5 1 14 0 2 3 13 77%
LgAvg 5974 3.97 4.48 121 96% 0 0 786 87 4 28 666 71 16 3 1 8 10 1 5 4 1 14 0 1 3 11 89%
47794 3.97 4.48 966 96% 2 1 6285 699 31 222 5329 568 128 23 11 60 78 6 43 29 10 114 3 9 21 89 89%

* 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
BAL 18 39 2481 54 37 35 41% 47 31 6 3 1 3 4 0 147 50 1.07 1.03
BOS 5 30 2325 44 36 34 45% 40 24 4 10 0 2 5 1 101 42 1.07 1.15
CHW 5 17 2224 33 23 23 41% 30 22 2 1 1 0 7 0 69 36 1.15 1.17
CLE 13 32 2369 33 36 33 52% 30 32 2 2 1 2 2 0 97 46 0.96 1.36
DET 8 29 2282 39 35 33 47% 35 26 4 4 0 5 1 0 100 42 1.14 1.33
KCA 14 34 2491 37 33 30 47% 32 28 4 2 1 3 12 0 112 58 0.91 1.11
NYY 5 24 2217 27 34 30 56% 25 32 1 2 1 0 2 0 90 41 1.48 1.10
WSH 17 27 2520 48 44 43 48% 42 35 5 5 1 4 5 0 131 62 0.81 1.16
LgAvg 11 29 2364 39 35 33 47% 35 29 4 4 1 2 5 0 106 47 1.05 1.17
85 232 18909 315 278 261 47% 281 230 28 29 6 19 38 1 847 377 1.05 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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
1 Joe Astroth 32 KCA 100 92 73 818.0 475 420 50 5 9 .989 2 3 2 5.17 4.70 11 16 21 21 50%
2 Earl Battey 20 CHW 5 2 1 20.0 21 19 2 0 0 1.000 1 60 1 9.45 4.20 0 0 0 2 100%
3 Hank Bauer 32 NYY 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1 0 0 0
4 Lou Berberet 25 NYY 1 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 10.00 10.00 0 0 0 0
5 Yogi Berra 30 NYY 145 141 133 1234.1 815 748 54 13 10 .984 3 3 3 5.85 5.53 3 19 26 28 52%
6 Johnny Blanchard 22 NYY 1 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 7.88 7.00 0 0 0 0
7 Clint Courtney 28 TOT 84 71 64 625.1 339 301 33 5 6 .985 0 0 0 4.81 3.98 6 16 25 18 42%
8 Clint Courtney 28 CHW 17 10 8 95.0 53 49 4 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 5.02 3.12 2 1 3 1 25%
9 Clint Courtney 28 WSH 67 61 56 530.1 286 252 29 5 4 .983 0 0 0 4.77 4.19 4 15 22 17 44%
10 Pete Daley 25 BOS 14 10 9 111.2 79 75 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -11 -1 6.37 5.64 0 2 4 1 20%
11 Bruce Edwards 31 WSH 22 17 8 145.1 101 88 11 2 2 .980 -1 -8 -1 6.13 4.50 3 6 10 6 38%
12 Ed Fitz Gerald 31 WSH 72 66 56 572.1 340 304 30 6 5 .982 1 2 1 5.25 4.64 8 5 16 17 52%
13 Hank Foiles 26 CLE 41 31 20 261.0 248 222 23 3 7 .988 1 5 1 8.45 5.98 3 10 9 13 59%
14 Tom Gastall 23 BAL 15 2 2 58.0 30 28 1 1 1 .967 -1 -21 -1 4.50 1.93 0 3 4 1 20%
15 Jim Hegan 34 CLE 111 91 69 825.1 619 583 34 2 12 .997 -2 -3 -2 6.73 5.56 8 14 19 13 41%
16 Frank House 25 DET 93 87 77 750.1 464 423 35 6 5 .987 2 3 2 5.49 4.92 3 11 27 24 47%
17 Elston Howard 26 NYY 9 4 2 48.0 26 23 3 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 4.88 2.89 0 3 0 2 100%
18 Steve Korcheck 22 WSH 12 8 8 80.2 53 46 7 0 2 1.000 1 15 1 5.91 4.42 2 0 0 3 100%
19 Sherm Lollar 30 CHW 136 130 103 1100.0 730 664 62 4 12 .995 3 3 3 5.94 5.34 3 12 23 18 44%
20 Eric MacKenzie 22 KCA 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
21 Les Moss 30 TOT 49 25 19 269.0 167 156 10 1 5 .994 -4 -18 -4 5.55 3.39 3 11 18 7 28%
22 Les Moss 30 BAL 17 12 10 106.0 71 66 5 0 4 1.000 -2 -23 -2 6.03 4.18 2 7 11 5 31%
23 Les Moss 30 CHW 32 13 9 163.0 96 90 5 1 1 .990 -2 -15 -2 5.25 2.97 1 4 7 2 22%
24 Hal Naragon 26 CLE 52 32 18 300.0 216 199 15 2 3 .991 3 12 3 6.42 4.12 2 8 5 10 67%
25 Bob Oldis 27 WSH 6 2 1 26.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 4.50 2.17 0 1 0 1 100%
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Jim Pagliaroni 17 BOS 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
27 Jay Porter 22 DET 4 4 3 33.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 4.64 4.25 0 0 1 0 0%
28 Jim Robertson 27 KCA 4 2 2 19.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 4.74 2.50 0 2 1 1 50%
29 Billy Shantz 27 KCA 78 61 52 544.0 291 261 27 3 8 .990 -1 -2 -1 4.76 3.69 3 16 15 11 42%
30 Charlie Silvera 30 NYY 11 7 4 72.0 51 47 4 0 1 1.000 1 17 1 6.38 4.64 1 2 1 4 80%
31 Hal Smith 24 BAL 125 113 91 980.1 563 497 58 8 9 .986 -3 -4 -3 5.10 4.44 14 24 31 23 43%
32 Walt Streuli 19 DET 2 1 1 11.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 5.73 3.50 0 0 0 0
33 Haywood Sullivan 24 BOS 2 2 1 15.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 7.20 6.00 0 0 1 0 0%
34 Gus Triandos 24 BAL 36 29 18 244.1 143 127 13 3 3 .979 -1 -5 -1 5.16 3.89 6 5 8 8 50%
35 Sammy White 27 BOS 143 142 138 1255.2 754 671 71 12 8 .984 1 1 1 5.32 5.19 5 28 39 35 47%
36 Red Wilson 26 DET 72 62 56 586.1 322 292 25 5 5 .984 -3 -6 -3 4.87 4.40 5 18 11 11 50%
LgAvg 18 16 13 141 89 81 7 1 1 .988 0 0 0 5.63 4.82 1 3 4 4 48%

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 32 KCA 3652 5.43 5.94 84 98% 0 0 423 64 1 21 337 50 6 3 1 6 5 0 1 4 0 8 1 0 1 4 75%
2 Earl Battey 20 CHW 72 0.45 0.90 1 100% 0 0 18 1 0 0 17 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hank Bauer 32 NYY 5 0.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lou Berberet 25 NYY 37 1.00 2.00 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yogi Berra 30 NYY 5230 3.16 3.60 97 95% 0 0 753 71 3 22 657 51 10 2 3 6 13 3 6 4 0 10 0 0 1 11 82%
6 Johnny Blanchard 22 NYY 44 6.75 9.00 3 100% 0 0 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Clint Courtney 28 CHW 421 3.41 3.98 6 100% 0 0 49 3 0 4 42 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Clint Courtney 28 WSH 2367 4.58 5.36 38 92% 0 0 255 27 1 3 224 30 5 1 1 1 6 1 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 4 75%
9 Pete Daley 25 BOS 472 2.82 3.30 11 100% 0 0 74 9 2 2 61 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Bruce Edwards 31 WSH 629 3.59 4.03 11 91% 1 0 91 5 3 5 78 10 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 50%
11 Ed Fitz Gerald 31 WSH 2536 4.74 5.25 55 95% 0 0 295 39 1 10 245 30 8 0 1 3 6 0 4 2 0 5 0 1 2 6 83%
12 Hank Foiles 26 CLE 1131 3.52 4.28 26 92% 0 0 225 17 0 5 203 20 3 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 7 1 0 1 1 100%
13 Tom Gastall 23 BAL 258 4.66 5.43 2 100% 0 0 32 2 0 2 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Jim Hegan 34 CLE 3528 3.36 3.87 85 99% 0 0 585 69 5 10 500 33 10 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 11 0 1 2 8 88%
15 Frank House 25 DET 3259 4.27 4.73 68 96% 0 0 421 51 1 13 354 35 9 0 0 3 6 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 2 100%
16 Elston Howard 26 NYY 220 5.06 6.38 5 100% 0 0 23 3 0 2 17 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
17 Steve Korcheck 22 WSH 370 5.69 6.14 8 100% 0 0 43 6 0 3 34 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
18 Sherm Lollar 30 CHW 4639 3.45 3.72 100 96% 1 0 662 70 2 26 564 61 17 2 2 11 4 0 2 2 1 12 0 1 1 11 100%
19 Eric MacKenzie 22 KCA 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
20 Les Moss 30 CHW 687 3.09 3.20 9 100% 0 0 92 8 0 1 83 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 100%
21 Les Moss 30 BAL 515 8.24 8.75 6 100% 0 0 66 5 0 3 58 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0
22 Hal Naragon 26 CLE 1244 3.24 3.66 27 100% 0 0 197 24 0 4 169 15 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 100%
23 Bob Oldis 27 WSH 121 6.23 6.92 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Jim Pagliaroni 17 BOS 11 18.00 18.00 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jay Porter 22 DET 140 2.45 3.00 1 100% 0 0 16 0 0 0 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Jim Robertson 27 KCA 94 8.53 9.00 3 100% 0 0 9 2 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Billy Shantz 27 KCA 2441 5.27 5.90 37 97% 0 0 263 25 4 16 218 28 6 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 8 0 1 2 3 100%
28 Charlie Silvera 30 NYY 298 3.25 3.75 9 100% 0 1 47 7 0 2 38 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
29 Hal Smith 24 BAL 4275 3.92 4.56 100 96% 0 0 490 68 2 30 390 56 14 3 2 7 7 0 6 1 4 9 0 1 3 14 86%
30 Walt Streuli 19 DET 44 2.45 2.45 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Haywood Sullivan 24 BOS 69 4.80 7.80 1 100% 0 0 11 1 1 0 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Gus Triandos 24 BAL 1049 3.72 4.38 25 96% 0 0 129 19 1 6 103 15 4 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 100%
33 Sammy White 27 BOS 5432 3.76 4.26 96 94% 0 0 686 67 3 20 596 64 14 3 0 6 12 1 8 3 1 8 0 1 2 7 86%
34 Red Wilson 26 DET 2501 3.28 3.84 51 96% 0 0 294 33 1 11 249 26 10 2 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 7 100%
LgAvg 664 3.97 4.48 13 96% 0 0 87 10 0 3 74 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 89%

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 32 KCA 11 16 1466 21 21 19 50% 18 17 2 2 1 2 8 0 65 40 0.91 1.08
2 Earl Battey 20 CHW 0 0 17 0 2 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.26
3 Hank Bauer 32 NYY 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Lou Berberet 25 NYY 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yogi Berra 30 NYY 3 19 1983 26 28 24 52% 24 26 1 2 1 0 2 0 81 35 1.50 1.11
6 Johnny Blanchard 22 NYY 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Clint Courtney 28 CHW 2 1 172 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 1.33 1.15
8 Clint Courtney 28 WSH 4 15 983 22 17 17 44% 17 16 4 0 1 1 4 0 58 25 0.87 1.11
9 Pete Daley 25 BOS 0 2 194 4 1 1 20% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1.16 1.59
10 Bruce Edwards 31 WSH 3 6 250 10 6 6 38% 9 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 23 9 0.88 1.38
11 Ed Fitz Gerald 31 WSH 8 5 1081 16 17 16 52% 16 14 0 2 0 1 0 0 43 24 0.69 1.17
12 Hank Foiles 26 CLE 3 10 456 9 13 11 59% 8 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 29 17 0.90 1.51
13 Tom Gastall 23 BAL 0 3 91 4 1 0 20% 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 1 0.94 1.44
14 Jim Hegan 34 CLE 8 14 1412 19 13 13 41% 17 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 47 15 1.06 1.41
15 Frank House 25 DET 3 11 1250 27 24 23 47% 24 16 3 4 0 4 0 0 56 28 1.26 1.30
16 Elston Howard 26 NYY 0 3 88 0 2 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.88
17 Steve Korcheck 22 WSH 2 0 164 0 3 3 100% 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 1.17
18 Sherm Lollar 30 CHW 3 12 1761 23 18 18 44% 20 17 2 1 1 0 6 0 51 29 1.08 1.26
19 Eric MacKenzie 22 KCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Les Moss 30 CHW 0 4 274 7 2 2 22% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 1.31 0.19
21 Les Moss 30 BAL 2 7 226 11 5 5 31% 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 28 6 0.81 0.61
22 Hal Naragon 26 CLE 2 8 501 5 10 9 67% 5 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 14 0.67 1.10
23 Bob Oldis 27 WSH 0 1 42 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.55
24 Jim Pagliaroni 17 BOS 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jay Porter 22 DET 0 0 59 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.35
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Jim Robertson 27 KCA 0 2 47 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.97 0.83
27 Billy Shantz 27 KCA 3 16 978 15 11 10 42% 13 10 2 0 0 1 4 0 44 17 0.91 1.18
28 Charlie Silvera 30 NYY 1 2 106 1 4 4 80% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.91 1.07
29 Hal Smith 24 BAL 10 24 1752 31 23 22 43% 28 19 3 2 0 2 3 0 86 30 1.22 1.00
30 Walt Streuli 19 DET 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Haywood Sullivan 24 BOS 1 0 24 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.01
32 Gus Triandos 24 BAL 6 5 412 8 8 8 50% 8 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 24 13 0.93 1.31
33 Sammy White 27 BOS 4 28 2102 39 35 33 47% 36 23 3 10 0 2 4 1 91 40 1.09 1.13
34 Red Wilson 26 DET 5 18 958 11 11 10 50% 10 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 43 13 0.91 1.40
LgAvg 1 3 263 4 4 4 47% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 5 1.05 1.17


1954 AL  / 1956 AL  / 1955 NL  / 1955 MLB  Catcher