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1956 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 4 4.58 154 154 1360.2 927 828 92 7 24 .992 1.0 0.9 1 5 35 59 36 38%
BOS 2 4.85 155 155 1398.0 861 775 74 12 14 .986 -1.0 -0.9 -1 10 30 38 31 45%
CHW 3 4.12 154 154 1389.0 889 832 50 7 7 .992 0.0 0.0 0 9 34 28 24 46%
CLE 4 3.75 155 155 1384.0 1030 967 50 13 4 .987 -8.0 -6.9 -8 10 31 52 25 32%
DET 5 4.51 155 155 1379.0 960 880 68 12 17 .988 3.0 2.6 3 11 29 33 36 52%
KCA 4 5.40 154 154 1370.1 874 768 93 13 14 .985 3.0 2.6 3 19 36 49 47 49%
NYY 3 4.10 154 154 1381.2 931 849 70 12 20 .987 5.0 4.3 5 9 21 33 33 50%
WSH 3 5.96 155 155 1368.2 858 762 82 14 18 .984 1.0 0.9 1 11 39 54 45 45%
LgAvg 3 4.66 155 155 1379 916 833 72 11 15 .988 1 0 1 11 32 43 35 44%
26 4.66 1236 1236 11031.1 7330 6661 579 90 118 .988 4.0 0.4 4 84 255 346 277 44%

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 6047 4.22 4.66 109 98% 0 0 823 81 6 29 706 90 18 2 2 15 7 0 1 6 0 22 0 1 6 14 100%
BOS 6145 4.20 4.83 77 94% 0 1 764 54 2 18 690 68 13 2 1 9 11 1 4 6 1 13 1 2 5 10 90%
CHW 6039 3.71 4.11 116 97% 0 1 832 95 2 19 716 50 12 0 1 6 7 1 4 2 1 7 0 0 0 6 100%
CLE 6024 3.34 3.78 134 99% 1 0 968 110 3 19 835 49 14 1 0 7 13 2 7 4 0 4 0 2 2 7 100%
DET 6205 4.05 4.56 115 98% 0 0 892 83 5 28 775 71 20 2 2 9 12 1 5 6 0 18 1 1 5 13 92%
KCA 6140 4.92 5.51 137 98% 1 2 752 104 6 30 612 89 14 0 2 12 13 2 8 3 0 14 0 2 3 10 90%
NYY 6057 3.63 4.11 122 96% 0 0 851 95 7 24 724 69 21 2 0 7 11 2 7 2 1 20 1 4 7 16 94%
WSH 6444 5.31 6.08 96 95% 0 0 767 73 9 28 657 85 20 1 1 7 14 1 4 9 0 18 1 4 8 11 82%
LgAvg 6138 4.17 4.70 113 97% 0 1 831 87 5 24 714 71 17 1 1 9 11 1 5 5 0 15 1 2 5 11 93%
49101 4.17 4.70 906 97% 2 4 6649 695 40 195 5715 571 132 10 9 72 88 10 40 38 3 116 4 16 36 87 93%

* 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 5 35 2243 59 36 35 38% 49 29 8 6 2 1 8 0 128 60 1.26 1.22
BOS 10 30 2398 38 31 30 45% 34 27 4 2 0 2 1 0 111 39 1.33 1.14
CHW 9 34 2272 28 24 23 46% 23 20 3 1 2 3 4 0 95 32 1.03 1.10
CLE 10 31 2268 52 25 22 32% 46 21 5 0 1 4 1 0 118 30 1.22 1.04
DET 11 29 2398 33 36 34 52% 25 33 5 3 3 0 1 1 112 44 1.08 1.22
KCA 17 36 2318 49 47 43 49% 42 41 7 4 0 2 4 0 148 63 1.25 0.94
NYY 9 21 2339 33 33 33 50% 27 32 6 1 0 0 2 0 94 48 1.37 1.14
WSH 11 39 2571 54 45 44 45% 44 36 6 6 4 3 5 1 155 58 0.94 0.89
LgAvg 10 32 2351 43 35 33 44% 36 30 6 3 2 2 3 0 120 47 1.18 1.07
82 255 18807 346 277 264 44% 290 239 44 23 12 15 26 2 961 374 1.18 1.07

* 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 33 KCA 8 5 42.0 24 19 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.14 3.00 0 2 2 2 50%
2 Earl Averill 24 CLE 34 25 225.0 173 157 15 1 2 .994 -1.0 -5.3 -1 6.88 5.06 2 6 16 9 36%
3 Earl Battey 21 CHW 3 1 11.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 0 3.18 1.33 1 0 0 0
4 Lou Berberet 26 WSH 59 54 461.2 295 266 28 1 6 .997 5.0 13.0 5 5.73 4.98 4 12 15 20 57%
5 Yogi Berra 31 NYY 135 134 1172.1 798 732 55 11 15 .986 4.0 4.1 4 6.04 5.83 7 14 26 24 48%
6 Clint Courtney 29 WSH 76 66 583.1 332 290 35 7 7 .979 -2.0 -4.1 -2 5.01 4.28 3 20 22 17 44%
7 Pete Daley 26 BOS 57 43 425.0 244 228 14 2 1 .992 -3.0 -8.5 -3 5.12 4.25 4 9 14 5 26%
8 Ed Fitz Gerald 32 WSH 50 35 323.2 231 206 19 6 5 .974 -2.0 -7.4 -2 6.26 4.50 4 7 17 8 32%
9 Hank Foiles 27 CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
10 Tom Gastall 24 BAL 20 11 113.2 73 67 6 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -10.6 -1 5.78 3.65 1 3 3 1 25%
11 Joe Ginsberg 29 TOT 65 57 512.1 303 269 31 3 3 .990 2.0 4.7 2 5.27 4.62 5 11 19 15 44%
12 Joe Ginsberg 29 KCA 57 50 451.1 269 238 28 3 3 .989 3.0 8.0 3 5.30 4.67 5 8 16 15 48%
13 Joe Ginsberg 29 BAL 8 7 61.0 34 31 3 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -19.7 -1 5.02 4.25 0 3 3 0 0%
14 Jim Hegan 35 CLE 118 97 864.1 686 648 28 10 2 .985 -5.0 -6.9 -5 7.04 5.73 2 17 25 10 29%
15 Frank House 26 DET 88 78 700.2 490 450 33 7 8 .986 1.0 1.7 1 6.20 5.49 3 16 17 17 50%
16 Elston Howard 27 NYY 26 19 184.0 122 108 14 0 5 1.000 2.0 13.0 2 5.97 4.69 2 5 7 9 56%
17 Charley Lau 23 DET 3 3 23.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.65 5.67 0 0 0 0
18 Sherm Lollar 31 CHW 132 123 1074.2 724 679 40 5 6 .993 3.0 3.3 3 6.02 5.45 4 24 17 20 54%
19 Les Moss 31 CHW 49 30 303.0 160 149 10 1 1 .994 -3.0 -11.9 -3 4.72 3.24 4 10 11 4 27%
20 Hal Naragon 27 CLE 48 33 293.2 171 162 7 2 0 .988 -2.0 -8.2 -2 5.18 3.52 6 8 11 6 35%
21 Jay Porter 23 DET 2 1 10.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.30 3.50 1 0 0 0
22 Charlie Silvera 31 NYY 7 1 25.1 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -1.0 -47.4 -1 3.55 1.43 0 2 0 0
23 Hal Smith 25 TOT 108 95 832.1 556 496 55 5 14 .991 -3.0 -4.3 -3 5.96 5.10 6 25 43 23 35%
24 Hal Smith 25 BAL 71 59 527.2 348 313 33 2 11 .994 -2.0 -4.5 -2 5.90 4.87 1 16 28 14 33%
25 Hal Smith 25 KCA 37 36 304.2 208 183 22 3 3 .986 -1.0 -3.9 -1 6.06 5.54 5 9 15 9 38%
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 Walt Streuli 20 DET 3 3 24.0 15 13 1 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 0 5.25 4.67 0 0 1 1 50%
27 Tim Thompson 32 KCA 68 63 572.1 373 328 38 7 7 .981 1.0 2.1 1 5.76 5.38 9 17 16 21 57%
28 Gus Triandos 25 BAL 89 77 658.1 472 417 50 5 12 .989 5.0 9.1 5 6.38 5.25 3 13 25 21 46%
29 Sammy White 27 BOS 114 112 973.0 617 547 60 10 13 .984 2.0 2.5 2 5.61 5.32 6 21 24 26 52%
30 Red Wilson 27 DET 78 70 621.1 431 393 34 4 7 .991 2.0 3.9 2 6.19 5.47 7 13 15 18 55%
LgAvg 18 15 135 90 82 7 1 1 .987 0 0 0 5.94 5.04 1 3 4 3 46%

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 33 KCA 210 6.64 6.86 7 100% 0 0 19 5 0 1 13 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Earl Averill 24 CLE 993 3.36 3.93 24 100% 0 0 156 22 1 4 129 14 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
3 Earl Battey 21 CHW 50 3.97 4.76 2 100% 0 0 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lou Berberet 26 WSH 2159 5.32 5.89 26 85% 0 0 265 18 2 10 235 32 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 2 4 50%
5 Yogi Berra 31 NYY 5110 3.49 3.94 105 95% 0 0 731 82 6 17 626 54 18 1 0 5 10 2 6 2 1 15 0 3 5 13 92%
6 Clint Courtney 29 WSH 2760 5.26 6.13 42 100% 0 0 292 31 4 13 244 34 11 1 0 2 7 0 1 6 0 7 1 1 2 5 100%
7 Pete Daley 26 BOS 1912 4.56 5.15 24 96% 0 0 229 18 0 9 202 14 4 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 100%
8 Ed Fitz Gerald 32 WSH 1525 5.39 6.26 28 96% 0 0 210 24 3 5 178 19 5 0 1 2 6 1 2 3 0 5 0 2 4 2 100%
9 Hank Foiles 27 CLE 4 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
10 Tom Gastall 24 BAL 516 5.30 5.62 8 100% 0 0 67 6 0 1 60 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
11 Joe Ginsberg 29 BAL 296 5.16 5.61 3 100% 0 0 31 3 0 0 28 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Joe Ginsberg 29 KCA 2035 5.22 5.74 39 100% 0 1 238 32 2 7 197 28 3 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Jim Hegan 35 CLE 3745 3.29 3.69 88 98% 1 0 647 67 2 14 563 27 10 1 0 4 10 2 7 1 0 2 0 1 1 6 100%
14 Frank House 26 DET 3187 4.41 4.91 67 99% 0 0 461 45 1 17 397 37 13 2 1 3 7 1 2 4 0 9 1 0 4 8 100%
15 Elston Howard 27 NYY 822 4.40 4.94 16 100% 0 0 111 12 1 7 90 14 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 3 100%
16 Charley Lau 23 DET 104 4.30 4.30 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sherm Lollar 31 CHW 4666 3.70 4.05 90 98% 0 1 674 74 1 13 586 40 9 0 1 4 5 1 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 4 100%
18 Les Moss 31 CHW 1323 3.71 4.28 24 96% 0 0 152 20 1 5 126 10 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 100%
19 Hal Naragon 27 CLE 1282 3.46 3.95 22 100% 0 0 165 21 0 1 143 8 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Jay Porter 23 DET 47 3.60 4.50 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Charlie Silvera 31 NYY 125 4.62 6.04 1 100% 0 0 9 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Hal Smith 25 BAL 2394 4.42 5.00 47 100% 0 0 316 38 4 17 257 33 4 0 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 11 0 1 4 3 100%
23 Hal Smith 25 KCA 1311 4.52 5.24 38 95% 0 1 169 27 2 8 132 22 5 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 5 80%
24 Walt Streuli 20 DET 108 4.13 5.25 2 100% 0 0 14 2 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Tim Thompson 32 KCA 2584 4.74 5.35 53 98% 1 0 326 40 2 14 270 35 5 0 1 5 7 1 5 1 0 7 0 1 2 3 100%
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 Gus Triandos 25 BAL 2841 3.79 4.14 51 96% 0 0 409 34 2 11 361 48 13 1 1 4 5 0 1 4 0 10 0 0 2 10 100%
27 Sammy White 27 BOS 4233 4.03 4.68 53 92% 0 1 535 36 2 9 488 54 9 2 1 6 9 1 2 6 1 12 1 2 5 6 83%
28 Red Wilson 27 DET 2759 3.65 4.16 46 98% 0 0 393 36 4 9 344 33 7 0 1 6 4 0 2 2 0 7 0 1 1 5 80%
LgAvg 682 4.17 4.70 13 97% 0 0 92 10 1 3 79 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 93%

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 33 KCA 0 2 91 2 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0.07 0.81
2 Earl Averill 24 CLE 2 6 366 16 9 8 36% 14 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 26 9 0.83 1.06
3 Earl Battey 21 CHW 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Lou Berberet 26 WSH 4 12 851 15 20 19 57% 15 17 0 2 0 1 2 0 43 24 0.97 0.99
5 Yogi Berra 31 NYY 7 14 1980 26 24 24 48% 21 23 5 1 0 0 2 0 69 37 1.42 1.30
6 Clint Courtney 29 WSH 3 20 1129 22 17 17 44% 17 13 3 2 2 2 1 0 67 23 0.73 0.72
7 Pete Daley 26 BOS 4 9 751 14 5 5 26% 12 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 34 8 1.00 1.17
8 Ed Fitz Gerald 32 WSH 4 7 591 17 8 8 32% 12 6 3 2 2 0 2 1 45 11 1.20 1.00
9 Hank Foiles 27 CLE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Tom Gastall 24 BAL 1 3 206 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 1.72 0.78
11 Joe Ginsberg 29 BAL 0 3 139 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 1.21
12 Joe Ginsberg 29 KCA 4 8 738 16 15 14 48% 13 15 3 0 0 0 2 0 38 20 0.96 0.69
13 Jim Hegan 35 CLE 2 17 1434 25 10 9 29% 21 9 4 0 0 1 0 0 57 13 1.55 1.05
14 Frank House 26 DET 3 16 1236 17 17 16 50% 12 16 3 1 2 0 1 1 63 20 1.21 1.21
15 Elston Howard 27 NYY 2 5 300 7 9 9 56% 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 11 1.20 0.70
16 Charley Lau 23 DET 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sherm Lollar 31 CHW 4 24 1762 17 20 19 54% 16 17 1 1 0 2 3 0 65 25 1.14 1.18
18 Les Moss 31 CHW 4 10 487 11 4 4 27% 7 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 29 7 0.87 0.71
19 Hal Naragon 27 CLE 6 8 467 11 6 5 35% 11 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 35 8 1.02 1.00
20 Jay Porter 23 DET 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
21 Charlie Silvera 31 NYY 0 2 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
22 Hal Smith 25 BAL 1 16 906 28 14 13 33% 24 9 4 5 0 0 1 0 61 21 1.05 1.29
23 Hal Smith 25 KCA 5 9 496 15 9 8 38% 12 6 3 2 0 1 2 0 37 14 1.76 0.90
24 Walt Streuli 20 DET 0 0 49 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.61 1.05
25 Tim Thompson 32 KCA 8 17 993 16 21 19 57% 15 18 1 2 0 1 0 0 66 25 1.20 1.16
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 25 BAL 3 13 992 25 21 21 46% 19 19 4 1 2 1 6 0 53 35 1.44 1.18
27 Sammy White 27 BOS 6 21 1647 24 26 25 52% 22 23 2 2 0 1 1 0 77 31 1.52 1.13
28 Red Wilson 27 DET 7 13 1057 15 18 17 55% 12 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 45 23 0.96 1.24
LgAvg 1 4 261 5 4 4 44% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 1.18 1.07
1955 AL  / 1957 AL  / 1956 NL  / 1956 MLB  Catcher