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1954 Major League Baseball Catcher

1953 MLB  / 1955 MLB  / 1954 AL  / 1954 NL  Catcher

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 3 4.34 154 154 1373.1 871 781 78 12 15 .986 1.0 0.9 1 12 19 55 50 48%
BOS 3 4.67 156 156 1412.1 927 811 96 20 17 .978 -7.0 -5.9 -7 13 22 55 38 41%
BRO 3 4.81 154 154 1393.2 955 869 77 9 11 .991 3.0 2.6 3 4 30 28 32 53%
CHC 5 4.97 154 154 1374.1 808 709 85 14 7 .983 -6.0 -5.2 -6 14 27 50 29 37%
CHW 4 3.36 155 155 1383.0 878 797 74 7 16 .992 1.0 0.9 1 4 23 33 41 55%
CIN 3 4.95 154 154 1367.2 735 644 79 12 14 .984 7.0 6.1 7 9 24 24 34 59%
CLE 4 3.23 156 156 1419.1 873 803 64 6 10 .993 3.0 2.5 3 6 15 43 40 48%
DET 5 4.28 155 155 1383.0 806 714 86 6 15 .993 6.0 5.2 6 5 14 33 44 57%
MLN 3 3.61 154 154 1394.2 908 811 87 10 14 .989 4.0 3.4 4 10 19 33 28 46%
NYG 4 3.57 154 154 1390.0 865 773 75 17 15 .980 0.0 0.0 0 17 19 28 30 52%
NYY 4 3.63 155 155 1379.1 880 801 68 11 15 .988 -2.0 -1.7 -2 7 21 34 36 51%
PHA 3 5.61 156 156 1371.1 777 677 85 15 12 .981 -5.0 -4.4 -5 12 41 48 41 46%
PHI 3 3.99 154 153 1365.1 772 701 57 14 5 .982 -2.0 -1.8 -2 9 19 32 23 42%
PIT 6 5.49 154 154 1346.0 764 665 88 11 10 .986 1.0 0.9 1 9 23 48 33 41%
STL 3 5.13 154 153 1390.1 856 780 70 6 15 .993 0.0 0.0 0 8 29 20 21 51%
WSH 4 4.39 155 155 1383.1 739 651 71 17 11 .977 -10.0 -8.7 -10 8 25 50 36 42%
LgAvg 4 4.38 155 155 1383 838 749 78 12 13 .986 0 0 0 9 23 38 35 48%
56 4.38 2474 2472 22127.0 13414 11987 1240 187 202 .986 -6.0 -0.3 -6 147 370 614 556 48%

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 5907 3.89 4.40 105 91% 0 1 750 76 7 20 645 75 16 0 3 3 11 0 4 7 1 15 0 1 2 17 76%
BOS 6117 4.08 4.71 111 95% 1 2 779 79 13 23 663 90 24 0 3 13 19 2 5 12 1 16 0 5 6 16 88%
BRO 6133 4.31 4.78 137 96% 1 0 867 108 3 16 737 79 16 1 1 23 9 3 4 2 1 11 0 0 1 19 79%
CHC 4578 4.79 5.31 66 97% 1 1 520 42 7 18 453 57 13 1 0 10 8 2 2 4 1 4 0 1 1 13 85%
CHW 5876 3.05 3.39 101 97% 0 2 797 80 2 25 689 75 16 1 0 10 7 0 4 3 0 16 0 0 0 11 73%
CIN 6095 4.50 5.02 121 94% 1 0 646 55 7 55 529 77 19 4 1 6 12 0 7 5 1 17 2 2 4 13 85%
CLE 5980 2.78 3.20 121 100% 0 0 805 114 2 16 673 64 5 1 1 7 6 0 0 6 0 10 0 0 1 6 100%
DET 6044 3.81 4.32 121 100% 0 0 716 96 2 21 597 85 22 3 0 7 6 1 0 5 0 15 1 1 2 16 100%
MLN 4928 3.20 3.63 96 96% 0 0 663 52 5 39 567 64 17 3 3 7 9 0 6 3 1 12 0 4 5 9 89%
NYG 5639 3.10 3.55 93 95% 1 0 729 71 5 17 636 66 11 1 1 16 16 1 11 4 0 11 1 0 2 5 100%
NYY 5631 3.29 3.70 128 98% 0 1 752 107 10 24 609 64 19 1 0 2 11 2 6 3 0 15 0 2 6 19 95%
PHA 6100 5.14 5.67 138 96% 0 2 658 110 3 19 526 84 17 4 1 5 13 1 4 8 0 12 0 1 4 13 85%
PHI 5259 3.64 4.07 118 94% 0 0 615 86 2 34 493 50 14 0 0 7 11 0 8 3 2 5 0 1 2 11 91%
PIT 3949 5.33 6.11 105 96% 0 0 444 73 1 28 342 60 13 1 0 7 7 0 6 1 1 6 0 0 2 14 100%
STL 4756 4.66 5.29 87 94% 0 0 577 48 3 32 494 53 11 2 0 9 6 1 5 0 2 9 0 1 3 11 91%
WSH 6091 3.79 4.38 103 89% 0 3 646 76 7 13 549 72 17 1 1 8 17 0 5 12 0 11 0 2 3 12 58%
LgAvg 2984 3.72 4.21 58 96% 0 1 369 46 3 10 309 38 9 1 1 3 6 0 2 4 0 7 0 1 2 7 85%
47746 3.72 4.21 928 96% 1 11 5903 738 46 161 4951 609 136 11 9 55 90 6 28 56 2 110 1 12 24 110 85%
LgAvg 2584 4.13 4.65 51 95% 0 0 316 33 2 15 266 32 7 1 0 5 5 0 3 1 1 5 0 1 1 6 88%
41337 4.13 4.65 823 95% 4 1 5061 535 33 239 4251 506 114 13 6 85 78 7 49 22 9 75 3 9 20 95 88%

* 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 12 19 2255 55 50 47 48% 52 42 3 5 0 3 4 0 100 62 1.16 1.21
BOS 13 22 2385 55 38 38 41% 50 33 4 5 1 0 6 0 126 48 1.33 1.07
BRO 4 30 2339 28 32 32 53% 26 29 1 3 1 0 0 0 93 44 1.06 1.35
CHC 9 27 1786 50 29 28 37% 42 25 6 3 2 1 0 0 105 38 1.23 1.02
CHW 4 23 2177 33 41 40 55% 30 34 2 5 1 2 2 0 75 49 1.41 1.24
CIN 9 24 2444 24 34 33 59% 22 30 2 3 0 1 8 0 86 48 1.28 1.21
CLE 6 15 2175 43 40 40 48% 38 36 4 3 1 1 5 1 81 49 1.37 1.26
DET 5 14 2292 33 44 44 57% 31 36 1 8 1 0 5 1 71 50 1.31 1.22
MLN 10 19 1827 33 28 25 46% 29 25 4 0 0 3 7 1 87 47 1.30 1.05
NYG 17 19 2087 28 30 29 52% 25 27 3 1 0 2 2 0 100 43 1.14 1.33
NYY 7 21 2131 34 36 35 51% 31 31 1 4 2 1 1 0 77 43 1.12 1.20
PHA 11 41 2434 48 41 40 46% 43 34 5 6 0 1 11 0 145 57 1.02 0.87
PHI 8 19 1878 32 23 22 42% 31 17 1 5 0 1 1 0 76 35 0.88 1.09
PIT 3 23 1537 48 33 32 41% 42 31 5 1 1 1 2 0 94 43 1.04 0.90
STL 7 29 1821 20 21 21 51% 15 18 4 3 1 0 3 0 82 31 0.86 0.90
WSH 8 25 2418 50 36 36 42% 42 32 6 4 2 0 1 0 111 43 1.21 1.11
LgAvg 4 11 1142 22 20 20 48% 20 17 2 3 1 1 2 0 49 25 1.23 1.15
66 180 18267 351 326 320 48% 317 278 26 40 8 8 35 2 786 401 1.23 1.15
LgAvg 4 12 982 16 14 14 47% 15 13 2 1 0 1 1 0 45 21 1.11 1.12
67 190 15719 263 230 222 47% 232 202 26 19 5 9 23 1 723 329 1.11 1.12

* 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 Lg 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 31 PHA AL 71 64 583.0 343 300 39 4 5 .988 -4.0 -8.2 -4 5.23 4.77 4 19 23 16 41%
2 Toby Atwell 30 PIT NL 88 83 719.1 403 360 39 4 4 .990 -2.0 -3.3 -2 4.99 4.53 5 6 32 15 32%
3 Ed Bailey 23 CIN NL 61 53 473.2 220 194 20 6 2 .973 0.0 0.0 0 4.07 3.51 4 8 9 9 50%
4 Matt Batts 32 TOT AL 50 42 391.2 276 249 24 3 4 .989 -2.0 -6.1 -2 6.27 5.46 1 4 17 9 35%
5 Matt Batts 32 DET AL 8 4 43.0 30 24 5 1 1 .967 0.0 0.0 0 6.07 3.63 0 0 1 1 50%
6 Matt Batts 32 CHW AL 42 38 348.2 246 225 19 2 3 .992 -2.0 -6.9 -2 6.30 5.81 1 4 16 8 33%
7 Lou Berberet 24 NYY AL 3 1 11.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.82 4.00 0 0 0 0
8 Yogi Berra 29 NYY AL 149 148 1271.1 788 717 63 8 14 .990 0.0 0.0 0 5.52 5.23 5 19 28 34 55%
9 Smoky Burgess 27 PHI NL 91 85 749.2 396 356 30 10 4 .975 -1.0 -1.6 -1 4.63 4.24 5 9 20 16 44%
10 Sam Calderone 28 MLN NL 16 5 69.0 49 45 4 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.39 3.06 3 1 3 3 50%
11 Roy Campanella 32 BRO NL 111 106 971.2 665 600 58 7 7 .989 1.0 1.2 1 6.09 5.93 4 21 19 22 54%
12 Walker Cooper 39 TOT NL 50 44 379.0 232 196 31 5 4 .978 0.0 0.0 0 5.39 4.54 4 6 10 8 44%
13 Walker Cooper 39 PIT NL 2 1 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.91 3.00 0 0 0 0
14 Walker Cooper 39 CHC NL 48 43 368.0 226 190 31 5 4 .978 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 4.60 4 6 10 8 44%
15 Clint Courtney 27 BAL AL 111 105 937.2 598 539 53 6 8 .990 2.0 2.6 2 5.68 5.33 9 10 36 36 50%
16 Del Crandall 24 MLN NL 136 133 1167.1 752 665 79 8 11 .989 5.0 5.1 5 5.74 5.47 6 15 26 23 47%
17 Jim Fanning 26 CHC NL 11 11 99.1 46 40 6 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -12.1 -1 4.17 4.18 1 6 4 3 43%
18 Ed Fitz Gerald 30 WSH AL 107 96 879.0 446 396 38 12 5 .973 -6.0 -8.2 -6 4.44 4.06 3 14 26 20 43%
19 Joe Garagiola 28 TOT NL 58 50 432.0 235 208 23 4 0 .983 -2.0 -5.6 -2 4.81 3.98 6 4 16 7 30%
20 Joe Garagiola 28 CHC NL 55 48 409.0 218 191 23 4 0 .982 -2.0 -5.9 -2 4.71 3.89 6 4 15 7 32%
21 Joe Garagiola 28 NYG NL 3 2 23.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.65 5.67 0 0 1 0 0%
22 Joe Ginsberg 27 CLE AL 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 0 0 0 0
23 Mickey Grasso 34 CLE AL 4 2 21.0 12 9 1 2 0 .833 -1.0 -57.1 -1 4.29 2.50 1 2 2 1 33%
24 Bill Hall 25 PIT NL 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 4.00 0 1 1 0 0%
25 Jim Hegan 33 CLE AL 137 121 1113.1 714 661 49 4 9 .994 3.0 3.2 3 5.74 5.18 3 11 27 28 51%
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Frank House 24 DET AL 107 99 880.0 494 434 56 4 7 .992 5.0 6.8 5 5.01 4.58 4 9 23 32 58%
27 Ray Katt 27 NYG NL 82 56 531.1 296 265 23 8 4 .973 -1.0 -2.3 -1 4.88 3.51 12 6 6 11 65%
28 Nick Koback 18 PIT NL 4 2 21.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 3.50 0 1 0 0
29 Steve Korcheck 21 WSH AL 2 2 17.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 -1.0 -70.6 -1 3.18 3.00 0 0 3 0 0%
30 Al Lakeman 35 DET AL 4 2 18.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 2.50 0 0 0 0
31 Hobie Landrith 24 CIN NL 42 26 242.1 140 123 15 2 1 .986 2.0 9.9 2 5.13 3.29 1 4 2 6 75%
32 Sherm Lollar 29 CHW AL 93 84 736.2 436 395 38 3 8 .993 2.0 3.3 2 5.29 4.66 3 10 10 21 68%
33 Stan Lopata 28 PHI NL 75 66 599.2 366 336 26 4 1 .989 -1.0 -2.0 -1 5.43 4.83 4 10 12 7 37%
34 Jim Mangan 24 PIT NL 7 5 47.1 27 24 3 0 1 1.000 1.0 25.4 1 5.13 3.86 0 0 0 1 100%
35 Clyde McCullough 37 CHC NL 26 18 167.0 108 103 3 2 1 .981 -2.0 -14.4 -2 5.71 4.08 3 4 5 2 29%
36 Les Moss 29 BAL AL 38 31 284.0 180 159 16 5 4 .972 -1.0 -4.2 -1 5.55 4.61 2 5 10 7 41%
37 Ray Murray 36 BAL AL 21 18 151.2 93 83 9 1 3 .989 0.0 0.0 0 5.46 4.38 1 4 9 7 44%
38 Hal Naragon 25 CLE AL 45 33 284.2 146 132 14 0 1 1.000 1.0 4.2 1 4.62 3.24 2 2 14 11 44%
39 Gus Niarhos 33 PHI NL 3 2 16.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.62 3.33 0 0 0 0
40 Bob Oldis 26 WSH AL 8 6 52.0 34 30 2 2 0 .941 -2.0 -46.2 -2 5.54 4.00 0 1 4 0 0%
41 Mickey Owen 38 BOS AL 30 16 172.0 94 85 8 1 4 .989 0.0 0.0 0 4.87 3.10 1 3 5 4 44%
42 Del Rice 31 STL NL 52 45 382.0 272 248 20 4 2 .985 -1.0 -3.1 -1 6.31 5.15 3 9 9 4 31%
43 Jim Robertson 26 PHA AL 50 43 381.0 231 207 18 6 6 .974 -5.0 -15.7 -5 5.31 4.50 3 15 18 7 28%
44 Bill Sarni 26 STL NL 118 96 903.0 529 486 41 2 12 .996 1.0 1.3 1 5.25 4.47 4 19 9 16 64%
45 Carl Sawatski 26 CHW AL 33 27 243.2 149 133 14 2 4 .987 1.0 4.9 1 5.43 4.45 0 7 7 10 59%
46 Andy Seminick 33 CIN NL 82 75 651.2 375 327 44 4 11 .989 5.0 9.2 5 5.12 4.52 4 12 13 19 59%
47 Billy Shantz 26 PHA AL 51 49 407.1 203 170 28 5 1 .975 4.0 11.8 4 4.37 3.88 5 7 7 18 72%
48 Jack Shepard 22 PIT NL 67 62 539.1 310 257 46 7 5 .977 2.0 4.4 2 5.06 4.52 4 15 15 17 53%
49 Charlie Silvera 29 NYY AL 18 6 95.0 80 72 5 3 1 .963 -2.0 -25.3 -2 7.29 4.28 2 2 6 2 25%
50 Ebba St. Claire 32 NYG NL 16 13 109.0 81 72 7 2 3 .975 -2.0 -22.0 -2 6.52 4.94 2 0 7 0 0%
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
51 Walt Streuli 18 DET AL 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 0 0 0 0
52 El Tappe 27 CHC NL 46 34 331.0 210 185 22 3 2 .986 -1.0 -3.6 -1 5.63 4.50 0 7 16 9 36%
53 Tim Thompson 30 BRO NL 2 2 18.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 0 0 1 0 0%
54 Joe Tipton 32 WSH AL 52 51 435.1 252 220 30 2 6 .992 -1.0 -2.8 -1 5.17 4.81 5 10 17 16 48%
55 Gus Triandos 23 NYY AL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
56 Rube Walker 28 BRO NL 47 46 404.0 279 259 19 1 4 .996 2.0 5.9 2 6.19 5.91 0 9 8 10 56%
57 Wes Westrum 31 NYG NL 98 83 726.2 471 419 45 7 8 .985 3.0 5.0 3 5.75 4.73 3 13 14 19 58%
58 Charlie White 25 MLN NL 28 16 158.1 107 101 4 2 0 .981 -1.0 -7.6 -1 5.97 3.75 1 3 4 2 33%
59 Sammy White 25 BOS AL 133 124 1114.0 773 677 80 16 11 .979 -6.0 -6.5 -6 6.12 5.69 11 15 45 30 40%
60 Del Wilber 35 BOS AL 18 16 126.1 60 49 8 3 2 .950 -1.0 -9.5 -1 4.06 3.17 1 4 5 4 44%
61 Red Wilson 25 TOT AL 61 56 494.0 318 289 28 1 8 .997 1.0 2.4 1 5.78 5.20 1 7 9 13 59%
62 Red Wilson 25 CHW AL 8 6 54.0 47 44 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.83 5.88 0 2 0 2 100%
63 Red Wilson 25 DET AL 53 50 440.0 271 245 25 1 7 .996 1.0 2.7 1 5.52 5.09 1 5 9 11 55%
64 Sal Yvars 30 STL NL 21 12 105.1 55 46 9 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.70 2.62 1 1 2 1 33%
LgAvg 18 16 142 86 77 8 1 1 .986 0 0 0 5.37 4.65 1 2 4 4 48%

Player Advanced Fielding -- c

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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%
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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
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