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1955 Major League Baseball 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 4.83 156 156 1388.2 807 718 77 12 17 .985 -7.0 -6.0 -7 22 39 54 37 41%
BOS 4 4.23 154 154 1384.1 845 757 76 12 8 .986 0.0 0.0 0 5 30 44 36 45%
BRO 3 4.22 154 154 1378.0 945 868 68 9 11 .990 0.0 0.0 0 5 34 34 28 45%
CHC 5 4.63 154 154 1378.1 886 776 95 15 11 .983 -5.0 -4.4 -5 21 25 54 25 32%
CHW 4 3.59 155 155 1378.0 900 822 73 5 15 .994 2.0 1.7 2 6 17 33 23 41%
CIN 5 4.44 154 154 1362.2 751 676 65 10 14 .987 3.0 2.6 3 10 29 31 31 50%
CLE 3 3.90 154 154 1386.1 1083 1004 72 7 22 .994 2.0 1.7 2 13 32 33 36 52%
DET 4 4.27 154 154 1380.2 810 738 61 11 10 .986 -1.0 -0.9 -1 8 29 39 35 47%
KCA 4 5.88 155 155 1382.0 776 689 79 8 17 .990 1.0 0.9 1 14 34 37 33 47%
MLN 4 4.34 154 154 1383.0 845 749 83 13 10 .985 5.0 4.3 5 10 19 26 28 52%
NYG 4 4.37 154 154 1386.2 901 811 78 12 13 .987 2.0 1.7 2 23 14 31 28 47%
NYY 6 3.69 154 154 1372.1 909 835 61 13 13 .986 4.0 3.5 4 5 24 27 34 56%
PHI 4 4.32 154 154 1356.2 905 815 85 5 15 .994 4.0 3.5 4 18 27 35 33 49%
PIT 5 4.98 154 154 1362.0 847 751 82 14 13 .983 1.0 0.9 1 19 16 39 29 43%
STL 4 4.92 154 154 1377.0 912 826 70 16 13 .982 -4.0 -3.5 -4 14 18 29 18 38%
WSH 5 5.12 154 154 1354.2 793 702 78 13 13 .984 1.0 0.9 1 17 27 48 44 48%
LgAvg 4 4.49 154 154 1376 870 784 75 11 13 .987 1 0 1 13 26 37 31 46%
63 4.49 2468 2468 22011.1 13915 12537 1203 175 215 .987 8.0 0.4 8 210 414 594 498 46%

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 6265 4.25 4.89 133 96% 0 0 717 94 3 41 579 77 18 3 2 9 10 0 8 2 4 17 0 2 6 16 88%
BOS 6112 3.71 4.24 109 95% 0 0 771 77 6 22 666 71 17 3 0 8 12 1 8 3 1 8 0 1 2 8 88%
BRO 5906 3.68 4.25 104 98% 0 1 868 80 4 26 758 65 16 0 1 14 9 3 3 3 0 11 0 1 4 18 100%
CHC 3950 4.31 4.79 70 97% 0 0 557 52 3 16 486 58 15 1 0 12 7 0 5 2 0 9 0 2 2 3 100%
CHW 5911 3.36 3.64 116 97% 1 0 821 82 2 31 706 74 18 4 2 14 5 0 2 3 1 15 1 1 2 13 100%
CIN 5907 3.94 4.52 106 95% 0 1 677 88 12 9 568 63 14 2 0 7 11 2 6 3 1 14 0 3 4 4 50%
CLE 6018 3.36 3.90 138 98% 0 0 1008 110 5 19 873 68 14 4 1 6 5 1 3 1 2 21 1 2 4 11 91%
DET 6066 3.79 4.29 120 96% 0 0 738 84 2 24 626 62 20 2 0 4 11 0 6 5 0 10 0 0 0 9 100%
KCA 6330 5.41 5.96 124 98% 0 0 695 91 5 38 561 79 12 4 1 9 8 0 2 6 1 16 1 1 3 7 86%
MLN 4186 4.29 4.77 68 94% 0 0 521 33 2 32 454 54 11 3 0 4 9 0 3 6 2 6 1 1 2 8 88%
NYG 4454 3.90 4.47 72 94% 0 0 580 58 4 15 503 50 10 1 0 5 8 1 5 2 1 10 0 1 1 7 71%
NYY 5935 3.23 3.73 114 96% 0 1 840 84 3 26 726 59 11 2 3 6 13 3 6 4 0 13 0 0 1 12 83%
PHI 5431 3.89 4.36 139 98% 0 1 735 110 1 29 594 70 18 4 2 10 3 1 2 0 0 12 0 1 4 13 92%
PIT 3469 5.00 5.68 65 94% 0 0 378 46 6 24 301 47 9 1 0 4 6 0 2 4 3 9 0 2 2 6 83%
STL 3575 4.70 5.13 49 96% 0 0 467 38 3 17 409 32 4 0 0 7 11 0 5 6 1 9 0 0 1 3 100%
WSH 6176 4.64 5.25 112 94% 1 0 696 77 5 21 593 78 18 1 2 4 14 1 8 5 1 14 0 2 3 13 77%
LgAvg 3051 3.97 4.48 60 96% 0 0 393 44 2 14 333 36 8 1 1 4 5 0 3 2 1 7 0 1 1 6 89%
48813 3.97 4.48 966 96% 2 1 6286 699 31 222 5330 568 128 23 11 60 78 6 43 29 10 114 3 9 21 89 89%
LgAvg 2305 4.13 4.66 42 96% 0 0 299 32 2 11 255 27 6 1 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 5 0 1 1 4 89%
36878 4.13 4.66 673 96% 0 3 4783 505 35 168 4073 439 97 12 3 63 64 7 31 26 8 80 1 11 20 62 89%

* 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 18 39 2481 54 37 35 41% 47 31 6 3 1 3 4 0 147 50 1.07 1.03
BOS 5 30 2325 44 36 34 45% 40 24 4 10 0 2 5 1 101 42 1.08 1.15
BRO 5 34 2114 34 28 26 45% 27 22 5 1 2 5 0 0 92 37 1.11 1.09
CHC 12 25 1416 54 25 24 32% 47 21 6 3 1 1 4 1 112 31 1.15 1.10
CHW 5 17 2224 33 23 23 41% 30 22 2 1 1 0 7 0 69 36 1.14 1.17
CIN 10 29 2156 31 31 27 50% 27 27 4 3 0 1 5 0 104 48 1.05 0.90
CLE 13 32 2369 33 36 33 52% 30 32 2 2 1 2 2 0 97 46 0.96 1.34
DET 8 29 2282 39 35 33 47% 35 26 4 4 0 5 1 0 100 42 1.13 1.33
KCA 14 34 2492 37 33 30 47% 32 28 4 2 1 3 12 0 112 58 0.91 1.10
MLN 6 19 1616 26 28 27 52% 19 26 6 2 1 0 4 0 78 36 1.27 1.03
NYG 18 14 1700 31 28 27 47% 26 28 4 0 1 0 1 0 89 34 1.05 1.10
NYY 5 24 2217 27 34 30 56% 25 32 1 2 1 0 2 0 90 41 1.47 1.09
PHI 16 27 1898 35 33 31 49% 31 29 3 1 1 3 3 1 101 37 1.00 1.09
PIT 15 16 1391 39 29 27 43% 31 25 7 3 1 1 2 0 89 38 0.80 0.95
STL 11 18 1328 29 18 16 38% 21 14 7 3 1 1 1 1 87 26 1.22 1.34
WSH 17 27 2520 48 44 43 48% 42 35 5 5 1 4 5 0 131 62 0.82 1.18
LgAvg 5 15 1182 20 17 16 47% 18 14 2 2 0 1 2 0 53 24 1.05 1.17
85 232 18910 315 278 261 47% 281 230 28 29 6 19 38 1 847 377 1.05 1.17
LgAvg 6 11 851 17 14 13 44% 14 12 3 1 1 1 1 0 47 18 1.07 1.06
93 182 13619 279 220 205 44% 229 192 42 16 8 12 20 3 752 287 1.07 1.06

* 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 32 KCA AL 100 92 818.0 475 420 50 5 9 .989 2.0 2.9 2 5.17 4.70 11 16 21 21 50%
2 Toby Atwell 31 PIT NL 67 58 524.2 361 334 24 3 3 .992 -2.0 -4.6 -2 6.14 5.34 5 8 19 7 27%
3 Ed Bailey 24 CIN NL 11 9 76.0 52 42 8 2 3 .962 1.0 15.8 1 5.92 4.55 1 1 0 4 100%
4 Earl Battey 20 CHW AL 5 2 20.0 21 19 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 60.0 1 9.45 4.20 0 0 0 2 100%
5 Matt Batts 33 CIN NL 21 18 155.1 74 65 8 1 2 .986 0.0 0.0 0 4.23 3.48 0 4 3 3 50%
6 Hank Bauer 32 NYY AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1 0 0 0
7 Lou Berberet 25 NYY AL 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 10.00 10.00 0 0 0 0
8 Yogi Berra 30 NYY AL 145 141 1234.1 815 748 54 13 10 .984 3.0 2.9 3 5.85 5.53 3 19 26 28 52%
9 Johnny Blanchard 22 NYY AL 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.88 7.00 0 0 0 0
10 Nelson Burbrink 33 STL NL 55 49 423.1 291 261 24 6 4 .979 0.0 0.0 0 6.06 5.18 7 7 7 8 53%
11 Smoky Burgess 28 TOT NL 113 109 963.0 535 492 36 7 6 .987 -1.0 -1.2 -1 4.93 4.67 9 22 25 18 42%
12 Smoky Burgess 28 PHI NL 6 6 51.0 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.35 6.00 1 1 0 0
13 Smoky Burgess 28 CIN NL 107 103 912.0 499 457 35 7 6 .986 -1.0 -1.3 -1 4.86 4.60 8 21 25 18 42%
14 Roy Campanella 33 BRO NL 121 118 1042.0 732 672 54 6 8 .992 2.0 2.3 2 6.27 6.00 4 25 21 23 52%
15 Harry Chiti 22 CHC NL 113 103 904.2 573 495 69 9 10 .984 -4.0 -5.3 -4 5.61 4.99 17 17 37 17 31%
16 Walker Cooper 40 CHC NL 31 21 202.2 103 88 11 4 1 .961 0.0 0.0 0 4.40 3.19 1 2 5 3 38%
17 Clint Courtney 28 TOT AL 84 71 625.1 339 301 33 5 6 .985 0.0 0.0 0 4.81 3.98 6 16 25 18 42%
18 Clint Courtney 28 CHW AL 17 10 95.0 53 49 4 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.02 3.12 2 1 3 1 25%
19 Clint Courtney 28 WSH AL 67 61 530.1 286 252 29 5 4 .983 0.0 0.0 0 4.77 4.19 4 15 22 17 44%
20 Del Crandall 25 MLN NL 131 124 1123.0 688 611 67 10 8 .985 7.0 7.5 7 5.43 5.18 7 9 21 24 53%
21 Pete Daley 25 BOS AL 14 10 111.2 79 75 4 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -10.7 -1 6.37 5.64 0 2 4 1 20%
22 Bruce Edwards 31 WSH AL 22 17 145.1 101 88 11 2 2 .980 -1.0 -8.3 -1 6.13 4.50 3 6 10 6 38%
23 Jim Fanning 27 CHC NL 5 4 33.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.73 6.40 2 1 1 1 50%
24 Ed Fitz Gerald 31 WSH AL 72 66 572.1 340 304 30 6 5 .982 1.0 2.1 1 5.25 4.64 8 5 16 17 52%
25 Hank Foiles 26 CLE AL 41 31 261.0 248 222 23 3 7 .988 1.0 4.6 1 8.45 5.98 3 10 9 13 59%
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 Tom Gastall 23 BAL AL 15 2 58.0 30 28 1 1 1 .967 -1.0 -20.7 -1 4.50 1.93 0 3 4 1 20%
27 Mickey Grasso 35 NYG NL 8 1 21.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -1.0 -57.1 -1 3.86 1.13 1 1 1 0 0%
28 Jim Hegan 34 CLE AL 111 91 825.1 619 583 34 2 12 .997 -2.0 -2.9 -2 6.73 5.56 8 14 19 13 41%
29 Bobby Hofman 29 NYG NL 19 7 77.0 46 40 6 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -15.6 -1 5.38 2.42 1 1 3 0 0%
30 Frank House 25 DET AL 93 87 750.1 464 423 35 6 5 .987 2.0 3.2 2 5.49 4.92 3 11 27 24 47%
31 Elston Howard 26 NYY AL 9 4 48.0 26 23 3 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.88 2.89 0 3 0 2 100%
32 Dixie Howell 35 BRO NL 13 9 88.0 54 49 4 1 0 .981 -1.0 -13.6 -1 5.42 4.08 1 2 2 0 0%
33 Ray Katt 28 NYG NL 122 95 849.1 534 482 45 7 7 .987 3.0 4.2 3 5.58 4.32 17 7 17 20 54%
34 Nick Koback 19 PIT NL 2 1 11.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.09 2.50 0 2 0 0
35 Steve Korcheck 22 WSH AL 12 8 80.2 53 46 7 0 2 1.000 1.0 14.9 1 5.91 4.42 2 0 0 3 100%
36 Hobie Landrith 25 CIN NL 27 20 183.1 100 86 14 0 3 1.000 3.0 19.6 3 4.91 3.70 1 2 2 5 71%
37 Sherm Lollar 30 CHW AL 136 130 1100.0 730 664 62 4 12 .995 3.0 3.3 3 5.94 5.34 3 12 23 18 44%
38 Stan Lopata 29 PHI NL 66 60 550.0 371 332 37 2 9 .995 2.0 4.4 2 6.04 5.59 9 10 14 15 52%
39 Jerry Lynch 24 PIT NL 2 2 18.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 66.7 1 5.00 5.00 0 0 0 1 100%
40 Eric Mackenzie 22 KCA AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
41 Clyde McCullough 38 CHC NL 37 26 234.0 174 160 12 2 0 .989 -1.0 -5.1 -1 6.62 4.65 1 4 11 4 27%
42 Les Moss 30 TOT AL 49 25 269.0 167 156 10 1 5 .994 -4.0 -17.8 -4 5.55 3.39 3 11 18 7 28%
43 Les Moss 30 BAL AL 17 12 106.0 71 66 5 0 4 1.000 -2.0 -22.6 -2 6.03 4.18 2 7 11 5 31%
44 Les Moss 30 CHW AL 32 13 163.0 96 90 5 1 1 .990 -2.0 -14.7 -2 5.25 2.97 1 4 7 2 22%
45 Hal Naragon 26 CLE AL 52 32 300.0 216 199 15 2 3 .991 3.0 12.0 3 6.42 4.12 2 8 5 10 67%
46 Gus Niarhos 34 PHI NL 7 2 25.0 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 2.14 0 0 2 0 0%
47 Bob Oldis 27 WSH AL 6 2 26.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 2.17 0 1 0 1 100%
48 Jim Pagliaroni 17 BOS AL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
49 Hardy Peterson 25 PIT NL 31 22 214.1 143 117 21 5 4 .965 2.0 11.2 2 5.79 4.45 1 0 8 9 53%
50 Jay Porter 22 DET AL 4 4 33.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.64 4.25 0 0 1 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 Dick Rand 24 STL NL 3 3 27.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 3.33 0
52 Del Rice 32 TOT NL 40 37 314.0 187 164 18 5 3 .973 -3.0 -11.5 -3 5.22 4.55 3 9 7 3 30%
53 Del Rice 32 STL NL 18 18 144.1 83 74 6 3 1 .964 -2.0 -16.6 -2 4.99 4.44 2 4 4 1 20%
54 Del Rice 32 MLN NL 22 19 169.2 104 90 12 2 2 .981 -1.0 -7.1 -1 5.41 4.64 1 5 3 2 40%
55 Jim Robertson 27 KCA AL 4 2 19.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.74 2.50 0 2 1 1 50%
56 Bob Roselli 23 MLN NL 2 2 15.1 12 9 2 1 0 .917 6.46 5.50 1
57 Bill Sarni 27 STL NL 99 84 782.1 528 482 39 7 8 .987 -2.0 -3.1 -2 5.99 5.26 5 7 18 9 33%
58 Andy Seminick 34 TOT NL 93 90 766.2 509 461 45 3 6 .994 2.0 3.1 2 5.94 5.44 8 17 20 19 49%
59 Andy Seminick 34 CIN NL 5 4 36.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.50 5.20 0 1 1 1 50%
60 Andy Seminick 34 PHI NL 88 86 730.2 483 435 45 3 6 .994 2.0 3.3 2 5.91 5.45 8 16 19 18 49%
61 Billy Shantz 27 KCA AL 78 61 544.0 291 261 27 3 8 .990 -1.0 -2.2 -1 4.76 3.69 3 16 15 11 42%
62 Jack Shepard 23 PIT NL 77 71 594.0 328 288 34 6 6 .982 0.0 0.0 0 4.88 4.18 13 6 12 12 50%
63 Charlie Silvera 30 NYY AL 11 7 72.0 51 47 4 0 1 1.000 1.0 16.7 1 6.38 4.64 1 2 1 4 80%
64 Hal Smith 24 BAL AL 125 113 980.1 563 497 58 8 9 .986 -3.0 -3.7 -3 5.10 4.44 14 24 31 23 43%
65 Walt Streuli 19 DET AL 2 1 11.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.73 3.50 0 0 0 0
66 Haywood Sullivan 24 BOS AL 2 2 15.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.20 6.00 0 0 1 0 0%
67 El Tappe 28 CHC NL 2 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 0 1 0 0
68 Gus Triandos 24 BAL AL 36 29 244.1 143 127 13 3 3 .979 -1.0 -4.9 -1 5.16 3.89 6 5 8 8 50%
69 Rube Walker 29 BRO NL 35 27 248.0 159 147 10 2 3 .987 -1.0 -4.8 -1 5.70 4.49 0 7 11 5 31%
70 Wes Westrum 32 NYG NL 68 51 439.1 311 280 27 4 5 .987 1.0 2.7 1 6.29 4.51 4 5 10 8 44%
71 Charlie White 26 MLN NL 10 9 75.0 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -16.0 -1 4.92 4.10 1 5 2 2 50%
72 Sammy White 26 BOS AL 143 142 1255.2 754 671 71 12 8 .984 1.0 1.0 1 5.32 5.19 5 28 39 35 47%
73 Red Wilson 26 DET AL 72 62 586.1 322 292 25 5 5 .984 -3.0 -6.1 -3 4.87 4.40 5 18 11 11 50%
LgAvg 17 15 132 85 76 7 1 1 .987 0 0 0 5.67 4.81 1 2 3 3 46%

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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1954 MLB  / 1956 MLB  / 1955 AL  / 1955 NL  Catcher