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1917 Major League Baseball Catcher

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Team & League Standard Fielding--C

Tm #Fld R/G G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% PB WP SB CS CS%
BOS 4 2.90 157 871 666 182 23 16 .974 22 138 119 46%
BRO 5 3.58 156 998 792 183 23 15 .977 14 144 105 42%
BSN 5 3.52 157 1013 766 221 26 18 .974 17 126 115 48%
CHC 4 3.61 157 1089 823 235 31 17 .972 26 146 127 47%
CHW 3 2.97 156 909 728 161 20 22 .978 10 108 110 50%
CIN 5 3.89 157 871 642 204 25 14 .971 24 159 116 42%
CLE 3 3.48 156 824 602 204 18 22 .978 12 144 131 48%
DET 3 3.75 154 878 697 161 20 24 .977 21 178 112 39%
NYG 6 2.89 158 893 724 146 23 11 .974 7 137 64 32%
NYY 4 3.60 155 976 740 208 28 20 .971 15 124 131 51%
PHA 6 4.49 154 936 669 225 42 17 .955 17 208 150 42%
PHI 3 3.25 154 1005 792 198 15 18 .985 16 125 109 47%
PIT 5 3.79 157 920 670 221 29 21 .968 16 194 129 40%
SLB 3 4.43 155 826 608 185 33 13 .960 20 189 130 41%
STL 5 3.68 154 883 621 240 22 18 .975 15 115 124 52%
WSH 3 3.61 157 1093 857 209 27 21 .975 22 179 139 44%
LgAvg 4 3.59 156 937 712 199 25 18 .973 17 151 119 44%
65 3.59 2494 14985 11397 3183 405 287 .973 274 2414 1911 44%

Player Standard Fielding--C

Rk Age Tm Lg G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
1 Bert Adams 26 PHI NL 38 171 130 40 1 4 .994 4.47 6 23 22 49%
2 Sam Agnew 30 BOS AL 85 399 297 88 14 5 .965 4.53 6 68 58 46%
3 Eddie Ainsmith 27 WSH AL 119 756 580 154 22 15 .971 6.17 15 121 102 46%
4 Walt Alexander 26 NYY AL 20 103 82 16 5 2 .951 4.90 0 12 10 45%
5 Josh Billings 25 CLE AL 48 190 134 51 5 2 .974 3.85 1 32 33 51%
6 Fred Blackwell 25 PIT NL 3 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 5.67 0 3 2 40%
7 John Brock 20 STL NL 4 18 13 4 1 0 .944 4.25 1 2 2 50%
8 Ed Burns 29 PHI NL 15 69 47 20 2 0 .971 4.47 2 10 11 52%
9 Hick Cady 31 BOS AL 14 74 54 17 3 2 .959 5.07 4 11 11 50%
10 Tommy Clarke 29 CIN NL 29 117 93 23 1 2 .991 4.00 3 25 13 34%
11 Manuel Cueto 25 CIN NL 5 13 9 4 0 0 1.000 2.60 0 2 2 50%
12 Hank DeBerry 22 CLE AL 9 31 22 8 1 1 .968 3.33 1 5 5 50%
13 Pickles Dillhoefer 23 CHC NL 37 198 146 49 3 2 .985 5.27 8 25 26 51%
14 Rowdy Elliott 26 CHC NL 73 413 307 93 13 9 .969 5.48 10 58 50 46%
15 William Fischer 26 PIT NL 69 363 272 77 14 8 .961 5.06 4 82 45 35%
16 Patsy Gharrity 25 WSH AL 5 5 3 1 1 0 .800 0.80 0 1 1 50%
17 George Gibson 36 NYG NL 35 145 116 27 2 4 .986 4.09 1 21 12 36%
18 Mike Gonzalez 26 STL NL 68 346 241 97 8 8 .977 4.97 8 46 50 52%
19 Hank Gowdy 27 BSN NL 49 288 204 75 9 3 .969 5.69 1 38 39 51%
20 George Hale 22 SLB AL 28 109 75 26 8 3 .927 3.61 1 20 18 47%
21 Richard Haley 26 PHA AL 34 133 99 27 7 3 .947 3.71 1 34 18 35%
22 Grover Hartley 28 SLB AL 4 8 4 3 1 0 .875 1.75 0 1 2 67%
23 John Henry 27 WSH AL 59 332 274 54 4 6 .988 5.56 7 57 36 39%
24 Emil Huhn 25 CIN NL 15 64 47 15 2 0 .969 4.13 2 12 9 43%
25 Fred Jacklitsch 41 BSN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0
Rk Age Tm Lg G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Joe Jenkins 26 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
27 Bill Killefer 29 PHI NL 120 765 615 138 12 14 .984 6.28 8 92 76 45%
28 Ernie Krueger 26 TOT MLB 28 150 121 25 4 4 .973 5.21 3 22 14 39%
29 Ernie Krueger 26 NYG NL 5 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.20 0 2 0 0%
30 Ernie Krueger 26 BRO NL 23 143 115 25 3 4 .979 6.09 3 20 14 41%
31 Paddy Livingston 37 STL NL 6 32 26 6 0 0 1.000 5.33 0 4 3 43%
32 Byrd Lynn 28 CHW AL 29 122 104 13 5 4 .959 4.03 2 14 9 39%
33 Wally Mayer 26 BOS AL 4 28 19 8 1 1 .964 6.75 0 4 5 56%
34 Wickey McAvoy 22 PHA AL 8 44 27 15 2 0 .955 5.25 0 8 10 56%
35 Lew McCarty 28 NYG NL 54 284 235 43 6 0 .979 5.15 1 41 19 32%
36 Billy Meyer 24 PHA AL 55 313 235 66 12 2 .962 5.47 6 59 44 43%
37 Chief Meyers 36 TOT MLB 68 379 299 74 6 6 .984 5.49 7 52 40 43%
38 Chief Meyers 36 BRO NL 44 229 186 37 6 3 .974 5.07 4 36 21 37%
39 Chief Meyers 36 BSN NL 24 150 113 37 0 3 1.000 6.25 3 16 19 54%
40 Otto Miller 28 BRO NL 91 518 412 95 11 8 .979 5.57 6 74 55 43%
41 Red Murray 33 NYG NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 0
42 Les Nunamaker 28 NYY AL 91 497 372 113 12 12 .976 5.33 10 69 71 51%
43 Bob O'Farrell 20 CHC NL 3 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 3.33 0 2 1 33%
44 Steve O'Neill 25 CLE AL 127 603 446 145 12 19 .980 4.65 10 107 93 47%
45 Jack Onslow 28 NYG NL 9 14 11 2 1 0 .929 1.44 0 2 1 33%
46 Cy Perkins 21 PHA AL 6 46 31 14 1 1 .978 7.50 0 7 9 56%
47 Val Picinich 20 PHA AL 2 14 10 1 3 0 .786 5.50 0 3 1 25%
48 Bill Rariden 29 NYG NL 100 441 354 74 13 7 .971 4.28 5 71 32 31%
49 Art Rico 21 BSN NL 11 20 15 4 1 1 .950 1.73 0 3 2 40%
50 Jack Roche 26 STL NL 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0
Rk Age Tm Lg G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
51 Muddy Ruel 21 NYY AL 6 29 23 6 0 0 1.000 4.83 1 4 4 50%
52 Ray Schalk 24 CHW AL 139 787 624 148 15 18 .981 5.55 8 94 101 52%
53 Wally Schang 27 PHA AL 80 386 267 102 17 11 .956 4.61 10 97 68 41%
54 Walter Schmidt 30 PIT NL 61 320 229 84 7 9 .978 5.13 8 62 49 44%
55 Hank Severeid 26 SLB AL 139 709 529 156 24 10 .966 4.93 19 168 110 40%
56 Harry Smith 27 CIN NL 7 46 34 11 1 0 .978 6.43 3 5 6 55%
57 Red Smith 25 PIT NL 6 31 20 11 0 1 1.000 5.17 1 6 6 50%
58 Frank Snyder 23 STL NL 94 486 341 133 12 10 .975 5.04 6 63 69 52%
59 Jack Snyder 30 BRO NL 5 15 11 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 2 2 50%
60 Tubby Spencer 33 DET AL 62 314 250 57 7 10 .978 4.95 8 63 40 39%
61 Oscar Stanage 34 DET AL 95 484 385 88 11 13 .977 4.98 10 98 61 38%
62 Pinch Thomas 29 BOS AL 77 370 296 69 5 8 .986 4.74 12 55 45 45%
63 Walt Tragesser 30 BSN NL 94 554 433 105 16 11 .971 5.72 13 69 55 44%
64 Bill Wagner 23 PIT NL 37 189 135 46 8 3 .958 4.89 3 41 27 40%
65 Roxy Walters 24 NYY AL 57 347 263 73 11 6 .968 5.89 4 39 46 54%
66 Mack Wheat 24 BRO NL 18 93 68 22 3 0 .968 5.00 0 12 13 52%
67 Art Wilson 31 CHC NL 75 468 361 92 15 5 .968 6.04 8 61 50 45%
68 Ivey Wingo 26 CIN NL 120 631 459 151 21 12 .967 5.08 16 115 86 43%
69 Archie Yelle 25 DET AL 24 80 62 16 2 1 .975 3.25 3 17 11 39%
LgAvg 19 100 76 21 3 2 .973 5.06 2 16 13 44%


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