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1957 American League Catcher

1956 AL  / 1958 AL  / 1957 NL  / 1957 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 5 3.82 154 154 112 1408.0 954 856 87 11 20 .988 6 5 6 14 30 41 57 58%
BOS 3 4.34 154 154 119 1376.2 857 780 69 8 18 .991 0 0 0 9 25 33 31 48%
CHW 3 3.65 155 155 133 1401.2 835 757 72 6 9 .993 -2 -2 -2 11 31 38 32 46%
CLE 4 4.72 153 153 120 1380.2 1011 924 77 10 15 .990 -11 -10 -11 21 40 61 36 37%
DET 4 3.99 154 154 138 1417.1 966 869 91 6 13 .994 6 5 6 12 18 33 39 54%
KCA 2 4.61 154 154 143 1369.2 830 735 84 11 15 .987 -12 -11 -12 22 42 53 31 37%
NYY 3 3.47 154 154 135 1395.1 1044 957 80 7 17 .993 5 4 5 13 26 41 50 55%
WSH 3 5.25 154 154 135 1377.0 886 779 99 8 17 .991 -3 -3 -3 15 29 68 50 42%
LgAvg 3 4.23 154 154 129 1391 923 832 82 8 16 .991 0 0 0 15 30 46 41 47%
27 4.23 1232 1232 1035 11126.1 7383 6657 659 67 124 .991 -11 -1 -11 117 241 368 326 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 5862 3.46 3.76 94 95% 0 0 860 75 5 16 763 85 12 1 0 4 10 0 8 2 1 20 1 3 5 7 100%
BOS 5716 3.95 4.49 85 98% 1 2 750 67 3 22 656 65 13 2 1 7 7 0 2 5 0 17 0 1 3 14 86%
CHW 5856 3.35 3.63 115 96% 1 0 760 86 1 18 655 69 23 1 2 7 6 0 3 3 1 9 0 1 1 11 82%
CLE 5990 4.04 4.72 116 97% 0 1 916 93 10 21 792 72 21 1 0 5 10 2 4 4 1 15 0 7 8 11 91%
DET 6006 3.55 3.90 143 97% 0 0 873 109 2 16 746 90 27 0 1 9 6 1 3 2 0 13 0 0 2 22 86%
KCA 5498 4.20 4.68 104 99% 0 0 687 81 6 24 575 74 19 0 1 7 11 1 5 5 1 14 0 1 3 6 100%
NYY 5834 3.00 3.45 94 95% 1 1 897 75 5 14 803 82 13 0 1 10 7 0 4 3 1 17 0 1 1 10 70%
WSH 6013 4.88 5.31 113 93% 0 1 772 75 7 15 675 95 31 0 1 6 8 0 2 6 1 17 0 4 5 16 63%
LgAvg 5847 3.79 4.23 108 96% 0 1 814 83 5 18 708 79 20 1 1 7 8 1 4 4 1 15 0 2 4 12 82%
46775 3.79 4.23 864 96% 3 5 6515 661 39 146 5665 632 159 5 7 55 65 4 31 30 6 122 1 18 28 97 82%

* 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 14 30 2212 41 57 57 58% 37 51 3 5 1 1 1 0 106 65 1.27 1.29
BOS 9 25 2199 32 31 30 49% 31 26 1 3 0 2 3 0 94 37 1.19 1.33
CHW 11 31 2173 38 32 30 46% 34 24 4 3 0 5 3 0 92 39 1.38 1.22
CLE 21 40 2379 61 36 34 37% 52 32 7 1 2 3 3 0 162 44 1.28 1.19
DET 12 18 2296 33 39 39 54% 31 37 2 2 0 0 4 0 82 49 1.14 1.33
KCA 23 42 2058 50 30 30 38% 44 27 6 3 0 0 3 0 151 51 1.26 1.31
NYY 13 26 2177 41 50 48 55% 37 43 3 6 1 1 2 0 102 62 1.28 1.15
WSH 15 29 2368 68 49 49 42% 56 40 8 9 4 0 0 0 133 59 1.17 1.27
LgAvg 15 30 2233 46 41 40 47% 40 35 4 4 1 2 2 0 115 51 1.25 1.26
118 241 17862 364 324 317 47% 322 280 34 32 8 12 19 0 922 406 1.25 1.26

* 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 Earl Battey 22 CHW 43 31 22 289.2 186 165 19 2 2 .989 0 0 0 5.72 4.28 3 10 8 10 56%
2 Lou Berberet 27 WSH 77 71 62 626.1 397 349 48 0 8 1.000 1 2 1 5.70 5.16 7 11 27 24 47%
3 Yogi Berra 32 NYY 121 116 108 1030.2 769 704 61 4 12 .995 6 7 6 6.68 6.32 9 16 29 37 56%
4 Dick Brown 22 CLE 33 32 27 274.0 211 190 18 3 4 .986 -4 -18 -4 6.83 6.30 4 12 19 8 30%
5 Clint Courtney 30 WSH 59 51 49 474.1 325 288 35 2 6 .994 1 3 1 6.13 5.47 6 12 22 22 50%
6 Pete Daley 27 BOS 77 49 43 487.2 309 289 20 0 5 1.000 1 2 1 5.70 4.01 2 7 10 10 50%
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 33 WSH 37 32 24 276.1 164 142 16 6 3 .963 -5 -22 -5 5.15 4.27 2 6 19 4 17%
8 Joe Ginsberg 30 BAL 66 46 30 426.1 276 252 20 4 6 .986 1 3 1 5.74 4.12 6 4 17 13 43%
9 Jim Hegan 36 CLE 58 48 36 421.0 301 287 14 0 4 1.000 -1 -3 -1 6.43 5.19 3 9 12 7 37%
10 Frank House 27 DET 97 95 83 849.1 591 535 54 2 5 .997 3 4 3 6.24 6.07 5 12 22 21 49%
11 Elston Howard 28 NYY 32 26 22 238.1 192 178 11 3 4 .984 0 0 0 7.14 5.91 3 6 6 9 60%
12 Darrell Johnson 28 NYY 20 12 5 126.1 83 75 8 0 1 1.000 -1 -9 -1 5.91 4.15 1 4 6 4 40%
13 Sherm Lollar 32 CHW 96 90 84 820.0 500 454 45 1 5 .998 1 1 1 5.48 5.20 5 17 23 21 48%
14 Les Moss 32 CHW 39 34 27 292.0 149 138 8 3 2 .980 -3 -12 -3 4.50 3.74 3 4 7 1 13%
15 Hal Naragon 28 CLE 39 28 21 267.0 195 179 14 2 2 .990 -2 -9 -2 6.51 4.95 3 9 7 7 50%
16 Russ Nixon 22 CLE 57 45 36 418.2 304 268 31 5 5 .984 -4 -11 -4 6.43 5.25 11 10 23 14 38%
17 Tom Patton 21 BAL 1 0 0 5.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 10.80 6.00 0 1 1 1 50%
18 Jay Porter 24 DET 12 9 8 82.0 60 50 7 3 3 .950 0 0 0 6.26 4.75 0 0 2 3 60%
19 Jim Pyburn 24 BAL 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
20 Hal Smith 26 KCA 103 95 92 855.0 527 463 55 9 8 .983 -8 -11 -8 5.45 5.03 16 22 32 19 37%
21 Haywood Sullivan 26 BOS 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 18.00 2.00 0 0 0 0
22 Tim Thompson 33 KCA 62 59 51 514.2 303 272 29 2 7 .993 -4 -9 -4 5.26 4.85 6 20 21 12 36%
23 Gus Triandos 26 BAL 120 107 81 949.2 649 580 64 5 13 .992 6 8 6 6.10 5.37 7 25 21 42 67%
24 Sammy White 29 BOS 111 105 76 888.0 546 489 49 8 13 .985 -1 -1 -1 5.45 4.85 7 18 23 21 48%
25 Red Wilson 28 DET 60 50 47 483.0 309 280 29 0 5 1.000 3 7 3 5.76 5.15 7 6 8 15 65%
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 Tom Yewcic 25 DET 1 0 0 3.0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 0 0 0 15.00 5.00 0 0 1 0 0%
27 Frank Zupo 17 BAL 8 1 1 26.0 23 20 1 2 0 .913 -1 -46 -1 7.27 2.63 1 0 2 1 33%
LgAvg 20 17 14 155 103 92 9 1 2 .991 0 0 0 5.92 5.11 2 3 5 5 47%

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 Earl Battey 22 CHW 1200 3.23 3.39 19 89% 0 0 165 13 0 6 146 18 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 67%
2 Lou Berberet 27 WSH 2673 4.40 4.69 48 100% 0 0 344 33 3 5 303 46 15 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 3 5 100%
3 Yogi Berra 32 NYY 4323 2.99 3.40 74 96% 0 1 698 58 5 11 624 63 12 0 1 8 4 0 1 3 0 12 0 1 1 7 57%
4 Dick Brown 22 CLE 1131 3.97 4.85 18 100% 0 0 178 12 1 4 161 17 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 3 100%
5 Clint Courtney 30 WSH 2077 5.05 5.55 41 88% 0 1 286 28 0 9 249 33 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 7 43%
6 Pete Daley 27 BOS 2039 4.22 4.72 29 100% 0 0 282 23 1 10 246 18 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 100%
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 33 WSH 1263 5.67 6.32 24 88% 0 0 142 14 4 1 123 16 8 0 1 1 6 0 1 5 1 3 0 2 2 4 50%
8 Joe Ginsberg 30 BAL 1779 3.21 3.61 25 96% 0 0 254 21 3 7 223 20 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 6 0 2 3 2 100%
9 Jim Hegan 36 CLE 1832 3.87 4.36 48 98% 0 0 290 40 2 7 241 14 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 67%
10 Frank House 27 DET 3601 3.56 3.88 86 99% 0 0 536 68 0 4 464 54 17 0 1 7 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 13 92%
11 Elston Howard 28 NYY 993 3.13 3.70 14 86% 1 0 124 11 0 3 110 11 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 100%
12 Darrell Johnson 28 NYY 518 2.85 3.35 6 100% 0 0 75 6 0 0 69 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Sherm Lollar 32 CHW 3408 3.16 3.47 74 100% 0 0 454 56 0 10 388 44 17 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 7 100%
14 Les Moss 32 CHW 1248 4.01 4.35 22 86% 1 0 141 17 1 2 121 7 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0%
15 Hal Naragon 28 CLE 1153 3.67 4.31 22 100% 0 1 178 20 2 3 153 13 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
16 Russ Nixon 22 CLE 1874 4.49 5.25 28 89% 0 0 270 21 5 7 237 28 8 0 0 3 5 1 3 1 1 5 0 4 4 3 100%
17 Tom Patton 21 BAL 20 7.20 7.20 1 100% 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
18 Jay Porter 24 DET 347 3.07 3.62 13 85% 0 0 51 7 0 4 40 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 100%
19 Jim Pyburn 24 BAL 5 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 Hal Smith 26 KCA 3489 4.25 4.78 74 99% 0 0 445 59 3 17 366 47 11 0 1 6 9 0 5 4 1 7 0 0 2 5 100%
21 Haywood Sullivan 26 BOS 6 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Tim Thompson 33 KCA 2009 4.11 4.51 30 100% 0 0 242 22 3 7 209 27 8 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 7 0 1 1 1 100%
23 Gus Triandos 26 BAL 3953 3.53 3.78 65 97% 0 0 582 52 2 9 518 62 9 1 0 3 5 0 4 1 1 13 1 1 2 5 100%
24 Sammy White 29 BOS 3671 3.80 4.35 56 96% 1 2 466 44 2 12 408 47 7 2 1 6 7 0 2 5 0 13 0 1 3 9 78%
25 Red Wilson 28 DET 2047 3.61 3.99 44 95% 0 0 282 34 2 7 239 28 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 71%
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 Tom Yewcic 25 DET 11 3.00 3.00 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Frank Zupo 17 BAL 105 4.50 4.85 3 33% 0 0 20 1 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LgAvg 650 3.79 4.23 12 96% 0 0 90 9 1 2 79 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 82%

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 Earl Battey 22 CHW 3 10 423 8 10 10 56% 7 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 12 1.26 1.42
2 Lou Berberet 27 WSH 7 11 1031 27 23 23 46% 22 22 4 1 1 0 0 0 51 29 1.33 1.24
3 Yogi Berra 32 NYY 9 16 1630 29 37 35 56% 27 30 2 6 0 1 2 0 71 46 1.24 1.24
4 Dick Brown 22 CLE 4 12 454 19 8 8 30% 15 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 45 9 0.88 1.54
5 Clint Courtney 30 WSH 6 12 828 22 22 22 50% 19 16 2 6 1 0 0 0 47 24 1.37 1.31
6 Pete Daley 27 BOS 2 7 794 10 10 9 50% 10 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 22 10 0.84 1.41
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 33 WSH 2 6 509 19 4 4 17% 15 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 35 6 0.70 1.18
8 Joe Ginsberg 30 BAL 6 4 664 17 13 13 43% 15 12 1 1 1 0 1 0 31 16 1.10 1.17
9 Jim Hegan 36 CLE 3 9 724 12 7 5 37% 11 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 35 9 1.29 1.52
10 Frank House 27 DET 5 12 1380 22 21 21 49% 20 19 2 2 0 0 3 0 49 28 1.24 1.29
11 Elston Howard 28 NYY 3 6 367 6 9 9 60% 5 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 10 1.49 0.90
12 Darrell Johnson 28 NYY 1 4 180 6 4 4 40% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 1.24 0.88
13 Sherm Lollar 32 CHW 5 17 1273 23 21 19 48% 21 14 2 3 0 4 1 0 52 25 1.29 1.17
14 Les Moss 32 CHW 3 4 477 7 1 1 13% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 1.81 0.18
15 Hal Naragon 28 CLE 3 9 438 7 7 7 50% 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 9 0.75 0.73
16 Russ Nixon 22 CLE 11 10 763 23 14 14 38% 20 14 2 0 1 0 1 0 59 17 1.77 1.04
17 Tom Patton 21 BAL 0 1 7 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.12 1.06
18 Jay Porter 24 DET 0 0 136 2 3 3 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.15 1.46
19 Jim Pyburn 24 BAL 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Hal Smith 26 KCA 17 22 1338 31 18 18 37% 27 15 4 3 0 0 3 0 94 32 1.30 1.24
21 Haywood Sullivan 26 BOS 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Tim Thompson 33 KCA 6 20 720 19 12 12 39% 17 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 57 19 1.21 1.41
23 Gus Triandos 26 BAL 7 25 1502 21 42 42 67% 19 37 2 4 0 1 0 0 67 46 1.49 1.36
24 Sammy White 29 BOS 7 18 1403 22 21 21 49% 21 18 1 2 0 1 3 0 72 27 1.36 1.30
25 Red Wilson 28 DET 7 6 778 8 15 15 65% 8 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 17 1.00 1.36
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Tom Yewcic 25 DET 0 0 2 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.02
27 Frank Zupo 17 BAL 1 0 35 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.39 0.09
LgAvg 2 3 248 5 5 4 47% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 1.25 1.26


1956 AL  / 1958 AL  / 1957 NL  / 1957 MLB  Catcher