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1956 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 4.58 154 154 1360.2 927 828 92 7 24 .992 1.0 0.9 1 5 35 59 36 38%
BOS 2 4.85 155 155 1398.0 861 775 74 12 14 .986 -1.0 -0.9 -1 10 30 38 31 45%
BRO 4 3.90 154 154 1368.2 950 866 70 14 7 .985 -2.0 -1.8 -2 9 40 32 27 46%
CHC 5 4.51 157 157 1391.2 962 843 96 23 12 .976 1.0 0.9 1 17 14 48 26 35%
CHW 3 4.12 154 154 1389.0 889 832 50 7 7 .992 0.0 0.0 0 9 34 28 24 46%
CIN 3 4.25 155 155 1389.0 848 768 70 10 12 .988 6.0 5.2 6 8 19 50 32 39%
CLE 4 3.75 155 155 1384.0 1030 967 50 13 4 .987 -8.0 -6.9 -8 10 31 52 25 32%
DET 5 4.51 155 155 1379.0 960 880 68 12 17 .988 3.0 2.6 3 11 29 33 36 52%
KCA 4 5.40 154 154 1370.1 874 768 93 13 14 .985 3.0 2.6 3 19 36 49 47 49%
MLN 4 3.67 155 155 1393.1 836 759 70 7 13 .992 5.0 4.3 5 5 14 14 14 50%
NYG 5 4.22 154 154 1377.0 989 893 83 13 19 .987 6.0 5.2 6 24 18 28 30 52%
NYY 3 4.10 154 154 1381.2 931 849 70 12 20 .987 5.0 4.3 5 9 21 33 33 50%
PHI 4 4.79 154 154 1377.1 931 864 49 18 13 .981 -4.0 -3.5 -4 3 18 62 21 25%
PIT 5 4.16 157 157 1376.1 865 774 77 14 14 .984 3.0 2.6 3 17 24 20 26 57%
STL 4 4.47 156 156 1388.2 898 806 79 13 7 .986 -8.0 -6.9 -8 8 45 52 23 31%
WSH 3 5.96 155 155 1368.2 858 762 82 14 18 .984 1.0 0.9 1 11 39 54 45 45%
LgAvg 4 4.45 155 155 1381 913 827 73 13 13 .986 1 0 1 11 28 41 30 42%
56 4.45 2478 2478 22093.1 14609 13234 1173 202 215 .986 11.0 0.6 11 175 447 652 476 42%

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 6047 4.22 4.66 109 98% 0 0 823 81 6 29 706 90 18 2 2 15 7 0 1 6 0 22 0 1 6 14 100%
BOS 6145 4.20 4.83 77 94% 0 1 764 54 2 18 690 68 13 2 1 9 11 1 4 6 1 13 1 2 5 10 90%
BRO 5801 3.56 3.95 116 94% 0 3 867 78 6 20 763 65 20 2 1 9 14 2 4 8 0 9 1 0 2 25 84%
CHC 4232 4.11 4.68 76 92% 0 0 563 53 3 23 484 56 10 2 0 7 13 0 8 5 2 6 0 1 2 14 64%
CHW 6039 3.71 4.11 116 97% 0 1 832 95 2 19 716 50 12 0 1 6 7 1 4 2 1 7 0 0 0 6 100%
CIN 6028 3.85 4.27 130 96% 0 0 774 107 5 14 648 67 11 4 2 7 10 1 5 4 0 13 1 2 4 6 100%
CLE 6024 3.34 3.78 134 99% 1 0 968 110 3 19 835 49 14 1 0 7 13 2 7 4 0 4 0 2 2 7 100%
DET 6205 4.05 4.56 115 98% 0 0 892 83 5 28 775 71 20 2 2 9 12 1 5 6 0 18 1 1 5 13 92%
KCA 6140 4.92 5.51 137 98% 1 2 752 104 6 30 612 89 14 0 2 12 13 2 8 3 0 14 0 2 3 10 90%
MLN 4024 3.25 3.86 73 96% 0 0 497 55 9 17 416 42 9 3 1 5 5 0 3 2 0 10 1 3 4 4 100%
NYG 4605 3.86 4.26 101 96% 0 0 670 79 8 17 566 66 18 0 0 7 8 1 2 5 0 16 0 3 5 11 91%
NYY 6057 3.63 4.11 122 96% 0 0 851 95 7 24 724 69 21 2 0 7 11 2 7 2 1 20 1 4 7 16 94%
PHI 5900 4.24 4.83 121 96% 0 0 852 107 1 17 726 45 8 1 0 2 18 3 8 7 1 11 0 1 3 7 100%
PIT 3825 3.86 4.49 71 94% 2 0 482 53 2 14 413 46 12 1 0 3 8 1 6 1 0 7 0 0 1 8 100%
STL 6059 3.98 4.52 129 99% 0 0 809 103 1 14 691 77 22 1 0 19 13 0 6 7 0 7 1 0 2 11 100%
WSH 6444 5.31 6.08 96 95% 0 0 767 73 9 28 657 85 20 1 1 7 14 1 4 9 0 18 1 4 8 11 82%
LgAvg 3069 4.17 4.70 57 97% 0 0 416 43 3 12 357 36 8 1 1 5 6 1 3 2 0 7 0 1 2 5 93%
49101 4.17 4.70 906 97% 2 4 6649 695 40 195 5715 571 132 10 9 72 88 10 40 38 3 116 4 16 36 87 93%
LgAvg 2530 3.85 4.36 51 96% 0 0 345 40 2 9 294 29 7 1 0 4 6 1 3 2 0 5 0 1 1 5 88%
40474 3.85 4.36 817 96% 2 3 5514 635 35 136 4707 464 110 14 4 59 89 8 42 39 3 79 4 10 23 86 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 5 35 2243 59 36 35 38% 49 29 8 6 2 1 8 0 128 60 1.26 1.22
BOS 10 30 2398 38 31 30 45% 34 27 4 2 0 2 1 0 111 39 1.33 1.14
BRO 9 40 1998 32 27 26 46% 28 25 4 1 0 1 3 0 110 39 1.36 1.22
CHC 7 14 1554 48 26 25 35% 39 23 9 2 0 1 4 0 87 38 1.10 1.40
CHW 9 34 2272 28 24 23 46% 23 20 3 1 2 3 4 0 95 32 1.03 1.10
CIN 8 19 2255 50 32 31 39% 43 27 6 3 1 2 5 1 96 47 1.23 1.08
CLE 10 31 2268 52 25 22 32% 46 21 5 0 1 4 1 0 118 30 1.22 1.04
DET 11 29 2398 33 36 34 52% 25 33 5 3 3 0 1 1 112 44 1.08 1.22
KCA 17 36 2318 49 47 43 49% 42 41 7 4 0 2 4 0 148 63 1.25 0.94
MLN 3 14 1480 14 14 13 50% 11 14 2 0 1 0 3 0 46 26 1.46 1.09
NYG 15 18 1660 28 30 27 52% 22 26 5 1 1 3 1 0 88 42 1.13 1.27
NYY 9 21 2339 33 33 33 50% 27 32 6 1 0 0 2 0 94 48 1.37 1.14
PHI 3 18 2137 62 21 21 25% 55 16 7 3 0 2 1 0 105 32 1.19 1.21
PIT 7 24 1447 20 26 25 57% 20 21 0 3 0 2 2 1 73 38 1.11 1.05
STL 8 45 2200 52 23 23 31% 46 21 5 2 1 0 3 1 144 42 1.29 1.11
WSH 11 39 2571 54 45 44 45% 44 36 6 6 4 3 5 1 155 58 0.94 0.89
LgAvg 5 16 1175 22 17 17 44% 18 15 3 1 1 1 2 0 60 23 1.18 1.07
82 255 18807 346 277 264 44% 290 239 44 23 12 15 26 2 961 374 1.18 1.07
LgAvg 4 12 921 19 12 12 39% 17 11 2 1 0 1 1 0 47 19 1.22 1.18
60 192 14731 306 199 191 39% 264 173 38 15 4 11 22 3 749 304 1.22 1.18

* 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 33 KCA AL 8 5 42.0 24 19 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.14 3.00 0 2 2 2 50%
2 Toby Atwell 32 TOT NL 19 15 111.0 65 59 6 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.27 3.42 2 3 4 4 50%
3 Toby Atwell 32 PIT NL 9 6 41.1 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -29.0 -1 6.31 3.22 1 2 3 0 0%
4 Toby Atwell 32 MLN NL 10 9 69.2 36 32 4 0 1 1.000 1.0 17.2 1 4.65 3.60 1 1 1 4 80%
5 Earl Averill 24 CLE AL 34 25 225.0 173 157 15 1 2 .994 -1.0 -5.3 -1 6.88 5.06 2 6 16 9 36%
6 Ed Bailey 25 CIN NL 106 102 924.0 572 511 52 9 10 .984 6.0 7.8 6 5.48 5.31 4 10 30 25 45%
7 Earl Battey 21 CHW AL 3 1 11.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 0 3.18 1.33 1 0 0 0
8 Lou Berberet 26 WSH AL 59 54 461.2 295 266 28 1 6 .997 5.0 13.0 5 5.73 4.98 4 12 15 20 57%
9 Yogi Berra 31 NYY AL 135 134 1172.1 798 732 55 11 15 .986 4.0 4.1 4 6.04 5.83 7 14 26 24 48%
10 Smoky Burgess 29 CIN NL 55 53 463.0 275 257 18 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.35 5.00 4 9 20 7 26%
11 Mack Burk 21 PHI NL 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 0 0 0 0
12 Roy Campanella 34 BRO NL 121 113 1006.0 719 659 49 11 3 .985 -2.0 -2.4 -2 6.33 5.85 8 30 24 20 45%
13 Harry Chiti 23 CHC NL 67 63 540.0 369 327 35 7 2 .981 3.0 6.7 3 6.03 5.40 6 4 15 15 50%
14 Walker Cooper 41 STL NL 16 12 112.0 61 56 4 1 0 .984 -4.0 -42.9 -4 4.82 3.75 2 9 5 0 0%
15 Clint Courtney 29 WSH AL 76 66 583.1 332 290 35 7 7 .979 -2.0 -4.1 -2 5.01 4.28 3 20 22 17 44%
16 Del Crandall 26 MLN NL 109 87 819.2 494 448 44 2 9 .996 4.0 5.9 4 5.40 4.51 3 6 9 7 44%
17 Pete Daley 26 BOS AL 57 43 425.0 244 228 14 2 1 .992 -3.0 -8.5 -3 5.12 4.25 4 9 14 5 26%
18 Bruce Edwards 32 CIN NL 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
19 Jim Fanning 28 CHC NL 1 1 8.0 10 5 3 2 1 .800 9.00 8.00 0
20 Ed Fitz Gerald 32 WSH AL 50 35 323.2 231 206 19 6 5 .974 -2.0 -7.4 -2 6.26 4.50 4 7 17 8 32%
21 Hank Foiles 27 TOT MLB 74 66 564.0 325 291 30 4 8 .988 2.0 4.3 2 5.12 4.34 7 12 4 11 73%
22 Hank Foiles 27 CLE AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
23 Hank Foiles 27 PIT NL 73 66 563.0 325 291 30 4 8 .988 2.0 4.3 2 5.13 4.40 7 12 4 11 73%
24 Tom Gastall 24 BAL AL 20 11 113.2 73 67 6 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -10.6 -1 5.78 3.65 1 3 3 1 25%
25 Joe Ginsberg 29 TOT AL 65 57 512.1 303 269 31 3 3 .990 2.0 4.7 2 5.27 4.62 5 11 19 15 44%
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 Joe Ginsberg 29 KCA AL 57 50 451.1 269 238 28 3 3 .989 3.0 8.0 3 5.30 4.67 5 8 16 15 48%
27 Joe Ginsberg 29 BAL AL 8 7 61.0 34 31 3 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -19.7 -1 5.02 4.25 0 3 3 0 0%
28 Bill Hall 27 PIT NL 1 0 7.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 10.29 8.00 0 0 0 1 100%
29 Jim Hegan 35 CLE AL 118 97 864.1 686 648 28 10 2 .985 -5.0 -6.9 -5 7.04 5.73 2 17 25 10 29%
30 Gil Hodges 32 BRO NL 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 0 0 0 0
31 Bobby Hofman 30 NYG NL 7 3 35.0 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 34.3 1 8.23 4.57 0 0 0 1 100%
32 Frank House 26 DET AL 88 78 700.2 490 450 33 7 8 .986 1.0 1.7 1 6.20 5.49 3 16 17 17 50%
33 Elston Howard 27 NYY AL 26 19 184.0 122 108 14 0 5 1.000 2.0 13.0 2 5.97 4.69 2 5 7 9 56%
34 Dixie Howell 36 BRO NL 6 4 38.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.21 3.67 0 2 0 1 100%
35 Ray Katt 29 TOT NL 84 76 663.1 437 395 34 8 4 .982 3.0 5.4 3 5.82 5.11 5 8 17 14 45%
36 Ray Katt 29 NYG NL 37 30 259.1 186 164 18 4 1 .978 5.0 23.1 5 6.32 4.92 3 0 3 10 77%
37 Ray Katt 29 STL NL 47 46 404.0 251 231 16 4 3 .984 -2.0 -5.9 -2 5.50 5.26 2 8 14 4 22%
38 Danny Kravitz 25 PIT NL 26 14 129.1 107 93 8 6 1 .944 -1.0 -9.3 -1 7.03 3.88 5 2 2 2 50%
39 Hobie Landrith 26 CHC NL 99 90 802.0 552 483 55 14 9 .975 -2.0 -3.0 -2 6.04 5.43 10 10 31 11 26%
40 Charley Lau 23 DET AL 3 3 23.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.65 5.67 0 0 0 0
41 Sherm Lollar 31 CHW AL 132 123 1074.2 724 679 40 5 6 .993 3.0 3.3 3 6.02 5.45 4 24 17 20 54%
42 Joe Lonnett 29 PHI NL 7 3 38.2 26 24 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.05 3.71 1 0 1 1 50%
43 Stan Lopata 30 PHI NL 102 102 910.0 608 573 24 11 10 .982 -3.0 -4.0 -3 5.90 5.85 1 9 39 10 20%
44 Jim Mangan 26 NYG NL 15 6 52.2 35 34 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.98 2.33 0 2 1 0 0%
45 Clyde McCullough 39 CHC NL 7 3 36.1 27 24 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.69 3.86 1 0 2 0 0%
46 Les Moss 31 CHW AL 49 30 303.0 160 149 10 1 1 .994 -3.0 -11.9 -3 4.72 3.24 4 10 11 4 27%
47 Hal Naragon 27 CLE AL 48 33 293.2 171 162 7 2 0 .988 -2.0 -8.2 -2 5.18 3.52 6 8 11 6 35%
48 Jay Porter 23 DET AL 2 1 10.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.30 3.50 1 0 0 0
49 Del Rice 33 MLN NL 65 59 497.0 297 271 21 5 2 .983 0.0 0.0 0 5.29 4.49 0 7 4 2 33%
50 Bob Roselli 24 MLN NL 3 0 7.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 11.57 3.00 1 0 0 1 100%
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 Bill Sarni 28 TOT NL 119 110 975.1 652 586 61 5 10 .992 4.0 4.9 4 5.97 5.44 11 17 28 22 44%
52 Bill Sarni 28 STL NL 41 40 356.2 246 219 25 2 1 .992 0.0 0.0 0 6.16 5.95 3 7 18 8 31%
53 Bill Sarni 28 NYG NL 78 70 618.2 406 367 36 3 9 .993 4.0 7.8 4 5.86 5.17 8 10 10 14 58%
54 Andy Seminick 35 PHI NL 54 49 427.2 296 266 23 7 2 .976 -1.0 -2.8 -1 6.08 5.35 1 9 22 10 31%
55 Jack Shepard 24 PIT NL 86 71 635.2 396 356 36 4 4 .990 3.0 5.7 3 5.55 4.56 4 8 11 12 52%
56 Charlie Silvera 31 NYY AL 7 1 25.1 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -1.0 -47.4 -1 3.55 1.43 0 2 0 0
57 Hal Smith 25 TOT AL 108 95 832.1 556 496 55 5 14 .991 -3.0 -4.3 -3 5.96 5.10 6 25 43 23 35%
58 Hal Smith 25 BAL AL 71 59 527.2 348 313 33 2 11 .994 -2.0 -4.5 -2 5.90 4.87 1 16 28 14 33%
59 Hal Smith 25 STL NL 66 58 516.0 340 300 34 6 3 .982 -2.0 -4.7 -2 5.83 5.06 1 21 15 11 42%
60 Hal Smith 25 KCA AL 37 36 304.2 208 183 22 3 3 .986 -1.0 -3.9 -1 6.06 5.54 5 9 15 9 38%
61 Walt Streuli 20 DET AL 3 3 24.0 15 13 1 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 0 5.25 4.67 0 0 1 1 50%
62 El Tappe 29 CHC NL 3 0 5.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 1.33 0 0 0 0
63 Tim Thompson 32 KCA AL 68 63 572.1 373 328 38 7 7 .981 1.0 2.1 1 5.76 5.38 9 17 16 21 57%
64 Gus Triandos 25 BAL AL 89 77 658.1 472 417 50 5 12 .989 5.0 9.1 5 6.38 5.25 3 13 25 21 46%
65 Rube Walker 30 BRO NL 43 37 322.2 207 184 20 3 4 .986 0.0 0.0 0 5.69 4.74 1 8 8 6 43%
66 Wes Westrum 33 NYG NL 67 45 411.1 330 297 27 6 7 .982 -4.0 -11.7 -4 7.09 4.84 13 6 14 5 26%
67 Sammy White 27 BOS AL 114 112 973.0 617 547 60 10 13 .984 2.0 2.5 2 5.61 5.32 6 21 24 26 52%
68 Red Wilson 27 DET AL 78 70 621.1 431 393 34 4 7 .991 2.0 3.9 2 6.19 5.47 7 13 15 18 55%
LgAvg 17 15 132 87 79 7 1 1 .986 0 0 0 5.88 5.01 1 3 4 3 42%

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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