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1959 American League Catcher

1958 AL  / 1960 AL  / 1959 NL  / 1959 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 2 4.01 155 155 124 1400.1 945 838 92 15 9 .984 -7 -6 -7 49 35 40 40 50%
BOS 4 4.52 154 154 127 1364.0 915 823 85 7 13 .992 2 2 2 13 35 37 34 48%
CHW 4 3.77 156 156 133 1425.1 974 887 77 10 20 .990 2 2 2 10 21 56 37 40%
CLE 4 4.19 154 154 131 1383.2 958 865 81 12 17 .987 -1 -1 -1 6 44 59 38 39%
DET 4 4.75 154 154 144 1360.0 980 904 65 11 13 .989 3 3 3 14 24 45 35 44%
KCA 3 4.94 154 154 144 1361.0 895 800 78 17 17 .981 -6 -5 -6 15 41 50 31 38%
NYY 3 4.17 155 155 139 1399.0 1034 944 85 5 12 .995 6 5 6 11 30 42 36 46%
WSH 5 4.55 154 154 130 1360.0 847 775 63 9 9 .989 -14 -12 -14 19 37 85 27 24%
LgAvg 3 4.36 155 155 134 1382 944 855 78 11 14 .989 -1 0 -1 17 33 52 35 40%
27 4.36 1236 1236 1072 11053.1 7548 6836 626 86 110 .989 -15 -2 -15 137 267 414 278 40%

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 5851 3.56 3.99 123 94% 0 1 826 92 6 17 710 90 22 1 0 20 15 2 7 6 2 9 0 3 5 12 92%
BOS 5896 4.19 4.61 118 97% 1 1 814 83 6 19 706 83 27 3 2 10 7 0 4 3 1 13 0 3 5 11 82%
CHW 6018 3.28 3.71 112 93% 0 3 871 83 8 30 750 75 17 1 1 10 10 1 5 4 2 18 0 4 4 10 80%
CLE 5916 3.75 4.20 80 95% 0 0 866 58 1 21 786 80 14 1 0 13 12 0 7 5 0 17 0 0 1 8 100%
DET 5789 4.20 4.84 82 96% 1 0 904 68 3 15 818 63 13 0 1 9 11 2 7 2 0 13 0 3 5 3 100%
KCA 5910 4.40 5.06 111 93% 0 2 796 81 3 27 684 73 20 2 0 12 17 3 3 11 4 17 1 1 2 17 71%
NYY 5976 3.61 4.16 129 96% 0 0 947 86 3 27 830 85 28 4 0 5 5 0 3 2 0 12 1 2 4 15 80%
WSH 5866 4.00 4.63 93 92% 1 0 776 67 2 22 684 64 18 0 1 9 9 2 4 3 0 9 0 1 1 15 67%
LgAvg 5903 3.87 4.39 106 95% 0 1 850 77 4 22 746 77 20 2 1 11 11 1 5 5 1 14 0 2 3 11 80%
47222 3.87 4.39 848 95% 3 7 6800 618 32 178 5968 613 159 12 5 88 86 10 40 36 9 108 2 17 27 91 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
BAL 49 35 2162 40 40 38 50% 37 33 2 5 1 2 3 0 157 47 1.16 1.20
BOS 13 35 2368 37 34 31 48% 36 26 1 6 0 2 5 0 119 43 0.90 1.20
CHW 10 21 2237 56 37 35 40% 52 33 3 3 1 1 1 0 106 42 1.40 1.27
CLE 6 44 2231 59 38 35 39% 53 30 6 6 0 2 5 0 146 53 1.16 1.16
DET 14 24 2141 45 35 33 44% 42 32 3 2 0 1 2 0 115 43 1.57 1.16
KCA 15 41 2334 50 31 30 38% 43 27 6 3 1 1 3 0 147 40 1.03 1.14
NYY 11 30 2307 42 36 35 46% 39 33 3 0 0 3 7 0 104 52 1.46 1.40
WSH 19 37 2294 85 27 26 24% 75 20 8 3 2 4 7 0 167 42 1.22 1.16
LgAvg 17 33 2259 52 35 33 40% 47 29 4 4 1 2 4 0 133 45 1.24 1.21
137 267 18074 414 278 263 40% 377 234 32 28 5 16 33 0 1061 362 1.24 1.21

* 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 24 CHW 20 16 13 141.2 103 92 10 1 1 .990 0 0 0 6.48 5.10 1 5 5 4 44%
2 Lou Berberet 29 DET 95 91 86 812.0 556 511 39 6 4 .989 6 9 6 6.10 5.79 6 14 19 24 56%
3 Yogi Berra 34 NYY 116 112 104 1000.2 761 698 61 2 9 .997 4 5 4 6.83 6.54 3 19 32 26 45%
4 Johnny Blanchard 26 NYY 12 2 1 40.0 27 25 1 1 1 .963 -2 -60 -2 5.85 2.17 4 2 5 1 17%
5 Dick Brown 24 CLE 48 40 36 376.2 270 248 21 1 5 .996 -1 -3 -1 6.43 5.60 1 17 12 10 45%
6 Cam Carreon 21 CHW 1 0 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 6.75 3.00 0 0 0 0
7 Harry Chiti 26 KCA 47 44 41 383.1 256 228 25 3 5 .988 1 3 1 5.94 5.38 5 9 12 11 48%
8 Clint Courtney 32 WSH 53 48 35 410.2 227 213 11 3 2 .987 -7 -20 -7 4.91 4.23 5 10 28 2 7%
9 Pete Daley 29 BOS 58 41 33 394.2 274 245 28 1 5 .996 3 9 3 6.23 4.71 6 6 5 10 67%
10 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 TOT 61 53 48 468.1 304 260 39 5 5 .984 7 18 7 5.75 4.90 0 11 18 21 54%
11 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 WSH 16 15 15 134.0 81 68 13 0 2 1.000 2 18 2 5.44 5.06 0 6 5 6 55%
12 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 CLE 45 38 33 334.1 223 192 26 5 3 .978 5 18 5 5.87 4.84 0 5 13 15 54%
13 Don Gile 24 BOS 3 2 2 25.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 6.48 6.00 0 0 2 0 0%
14 Joe Ginsberg 32 BAL 62 40 31 433.0 272 241 29 2 4 .993 -1 -3 -1 5.61 4.35 21 6 7 13 65%
15 Frank House 29 KCA 95 92 85 808.2 499 447 43 9 7 .982 -6 -9 -6 5.45 5.16 7 25 33 16 33%
16 Elston Howard 30 NYY 43 41 34 358.1 246 221 23 2 2 .992 4 13 4 6.13 5.67 4 9 5 9 64%
17 Steve Korcheck 26 WSH 22 16 13 144.1 114 103 8 3 3 .974 -1 -8 -1 6.92 5.05 1 3 8 2 20%
18 Charlie Lau 26 DET 2 1 1 11.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 9.82 6.00 0 0 0 0
19 Sherm Lollar 34 CHW 122 106 101 994.0 679 623 51 5 14 .993 5 6 5 6.10 5.52 4 11 37 27 42%
20 Hal Naragon 30 TOT 64 54 52 496.1 331 313 16 2 1 .994 -5 -12 -5 5.97 5.14 7 14 28 10 26%
21 Hal Naragon 30 CLE 10 8 8 75.0 54 51 3 0 1 1.000 1 16 1 6.48 5.40 1 3 2 3 60%
22 Hal Naragon 30 WSH 54 46 44 421.1 277 262 13 2 0 .993 -6 -17 -6 5.87 5.09 6 11 26 7 21%
23 Russ Nixon 24 CLE 74 68 54 597.2 411 374 31 6 8 .985 -6 -12 -6 6.10 5.47 4 19 32 10 24%
24 Jay Porter 26 WSH 34 29 23 249.2 148 129 18 1 2 .993 -2 -10 -2 5.30 4.32 7 7 18 10 36%
25 John Romano 24 CHW 38 34 19 285.2 189 169 16 4 5 .979 -3 -13 -3 5.83 4.87 5 5 14 6 30%
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 Ron Shoop 27 DET 3 2 2 19.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -63 -1 3.79 2.67 0 2 2 0 0%
27 Hal Smith 28 KCA 22 18 18 169.0 140 125 10 5 5 .964 -1 -7 -1 7.19 6.14 3 7 5 4 44%
28 Haywood Sullivan 28 BOS 2 0 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 9.00 2.00 0 0 0 0
29 Gus Triandos 28 BAL 125 115 93 967.1 673 597 63 13 5 .981 -6 -7 -6 6.14 5.28 28 29 33 27 45%
30 Sammy White 31 BOS 119 111 92 940.1 619 557 56 6 8 .990 -1 -1 -1 5.87 5.15 7 29 30 24 44%
31 Red Wilson 30 DET 64 60 55 518.0 404 374 25 5 8 .988 -2 -5 -2 6.93 6.23 8 8 24 11 31%
LgAvg 18 16 14 140 96 87 8 1 1 .989 0 0 0 6.10 5.34 2 3 5 3 40%

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 24 CHW 604 3.62 4.45 9 89% 0 0 91 5 0 4 82 10 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Lou Berberet 29 DET 3425 4.10 4.72 53 94% 0 0 512 44 0 8 460 40 6 0 0 7 6 1 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 100%
3 Yogi Berra 34 NYY 4278 3.45 3.98 92 98% 0 0 700 63 3 16 617 61 21 4 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 9 1 2 3 10 90%
4 Johnny Blanchard 26 NYY 169 3.83 4.05 3 100% 0 0 27 3 0 1 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
5 Dick Brown 24 CLE 1646 3.85 4.37 32 97% 0 0 245 26 0 3 216 20 4 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 100%
6 Cam Carreon 21 CHW 16 4.50 4.50 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Harry Chiti 26 KCA 1618 4.29 4.88 27 93% 0 1 223 18 0 9 196 24 5 2 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 5 80%
8 Clint Courtney 32 WSH 1777 4.01 4.56 27 96% 0 0 215 22 1 8 184 11 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
9 Pete Daley 29 BOS 1726 4.63 4.88 35 97% 0 0 242 22 3 6 211 28 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 4 100%
10 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 WSH 613 4.77 5.51 13 77% 0 0 68 6 1 2 59 14 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 25%
11 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 CLE 1460 4.28 4.66 15 93% 0 0 191 9 0 5 177 26 5 0 0 1 5 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
12 Don Gile 24 BOS 100 2.16 2.16 5 100% 0 0 17 4 0 0 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Joe Ginsberg 32 BAL 1797 3.30 3.85 37 97% 0 0 241 29 4 7 200 27 7 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 3 100%
14 Frank House 29 KCA 3523 4.21 4.90 69 91% 0 1 446 49 2 16 378 40 13 0 0 7 9 1 2 6 4 7 0 0 0 12 67%
15 Elston Howard 30 NYY 1529 4.02 4.67 34 91% 0 0 220 20 0 10 190 23 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 60%
16 Steve Korcheck 26 WSH 611 3.49 4.68 7 71% 0 0 103 3 0 2 98 8 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
17 Charlie Lau 26 DET 59 13.09 13.91 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
18 Sherm Lollar 34 CHW 4217 3.40 3.78 83 93% 0 3 609 64 6 22 517 48 10 1 0 4 5 0 4 1 2 12 0 3 3 6 67%
19 Hal Naragon 30 CLE 304 2.28 2.40 2 100% 0 0 51 2 0 0 49 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 Hal Naragon 30 WSH 1827 4.19 4.83 26 100% 1 0 262 23 0 5 233 13 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
21 Russ Nixon 24 CLE 2506 3.57 4.07 31 94% 0 0 379 21 1 13 344 31 5 0 0 8 6 0 2 4 0 8 0 0 1 4 100%
22 Jay Porter 26 WSH 1038 3.53 3.93 20 95% 0 0 128 13 0 5 110 18 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 75%
23 John Romano 24 CHW 1181 2.68 3.12 20 95% 0 0 168 14 2 4 148 17 6 0 0 3 4 1 0 3 0 5 0 1 1 4 100%
24 Ron Shoop 27 DET 91 6.16 7.58 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Hal Smith 28 KCA 769 5.55 6.24 15 100% 0 0 127 14 1 2 110 9 2 0 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 5 0 1 1 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 Haywood Sullivan 28 BOS 21 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Gus Triandos 28 BAL 4054 3.68 4.06 86 93% 0 1 585 63 2 10 510 63 15 1 0 12 13 1 6 6 1 5 0 1 2 9 89%
28 Sammy White 31 BOS 4049 4.03 4.54 78 97% 1 1 551 57 3 13 478 54 15 2 2 9 6 0 3 3 1 8 0 2 3 7 71%
29 Red Wilson 30 DET 2214 4.10 4.74 29 100% 1 0 373 24 2 7 340 22 6 0 1 2 5 1 3 1 0 8 0 2 3 1 100%
LgAvg 656 3.87 4.39 12 95% 0 0 94 9 0 2 83 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 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 Earl Battey 24 CHW 1 5 223 5 4 4 44% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 1.43 1.75
2 Lou Berberet 29 DET 6 14 1259 19 24 22 56% 19 23 0 0 0 1 1 0 59 27 1.38 0.97
3 Yogi Berra 34 NYY 3 19 1670 32 26 25 45% 29 23 3 0 0 3 1 0 66 32 1.40 1.44
4 Johnny Blanchard 26 NYY 4 2 69 5 1 1 17% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 1.89 1.95
5 Dick Brown 24 CLE 1 17 664 12 10 10 45% 10 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 43 14 1.42 1.16
6 Cam Carreon 21 CHW 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Harry Chiti 26 KCA 5 9 637 12 11 11 48% 8 11 4 0 0 0 1 0 36 14 0.92 1.28
8 Clint Courtney 32 WSH 5 10 697 28 2 2 7% 25 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 51 6 1.29 1.05
9 Pete Daley 29 BOS 6 6 690 5 10 10 67% 5 9 0 1 0 0 2 0 23 14 0.92 1.09
10 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 WSH 0 6 266 5 6 5 55% 5 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 16 9 0.86 1.39
11 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 CLE 0 5 581 13 15 14 54% 13 14 0 1 0 0 3 0 20 20 0.94 1.20
12 Don Gile 24 BOS 0 0 37 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.33
13 Joe Ginsberg 32 BAL 21 6 651 7 13 11 65% 6 11 0 0 1 2 0 0 41 13 1.06 1.02
14 Frank House 29 KCA 7 25 1383 33 16 15 33% 30 13 2 2 1 1 1 0 91 20 1.13 1.06
15 Elston Howard 30 NYY 4 9 568 5 9 9 64% 5 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 25 19 1.42 1.22
16 Steve Korcheck 26 WSH 1 3 226 8 2 2 20% 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 17 4 1.13 2.00
17 Charlie Lau 26 DET 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sherm Lollar 34 CHW 4 11 1575 37 27 26 42% 34 23 2 3 1 1 1 0 64 32 1.47 1.19
19 Hal Naragon 30 CLE 1 3 112 2 3 2 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0.75 0.65
20 Hal Naragon 30 WSH 6 11 730 26 7 7 21% 24 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 48 9 1.34 0.64
21 Russ Nixon 24 CLE 4 19 874 32 10 9 24% 28 6 4 3 0 1 2 0 76 16 1.18 1.27
22 Jay Porter 26 WSH 7 7 375 18 10 10 36% 14 9 3 0 1 1 1 0 35 14 1.05 1.25
23 John Romano 24 CHW 5 5 432 14 6 5 30% 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 6 1.20 1.31
24 Ron Shoop 27 DET 0 2 39 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.32
25 Hal Smith 28 KCA 3 7 314 5 4 4 44% 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 6 0.63 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 Haywood Sullivan 28 BOS 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Gus Triandos 28 BAL 28 29 1511 33 27 27 45% 31 22 2 5 0 0 3 0 116 34 1.18 1.28
28 Sammy White 31 BOS 7 29 1630 30 24 21 44% 29 17 1 5 0 2 3 0 94 29 0.93 1.25
29 Red Wilson 30 DET 8 8 820 24 11 11 31% 22 9 2 2 0 0 1 0 51 16 1.75 1.57
LgAvg 2 4 251 6 4 4 40% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 1.24 1.21


1958 AL  / 1960 AL  / 1959 NL  / 1959 MLB  Catcher