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1959 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 2 4.01 155 155 1400.1 945 838 92 15 9 .984 -7.0 -6.0 -7 49 35 40 40 50%
BOS 4 4.52 154 154 1364.0 915 823 85 7 13 .992 2.0 1.8 2 13 35 37 34 48%
CHC 3 4.44 155 155 1391.0 903 828 57 18 3 .980 -14.0 -12.1 -14 12 34 108 27 20%
CHW 4 3.77 156 156 1425.1 974 887 77 10 20 .990 2.0 1.7 2 10 21 56 37 40%
CIN 2 4.79 154 154 1357.0 871 779 84 8 9 .991 11.0 9.7 11 6 28 40 35 47%
CLE 4 4.19 154 154 1383.2 958 865 81 12 17 .987 -1.0 -0.9 -1 6 44 59 38 39%
DET 4 4.75 154 154 1360.0 980 904 65 11 13 .989 3.0 2.6 3 14 24 45 35 44%
KCA 3 4.94 154 154 1361.0 895 800 78 17 17 .981 -6.0 -5.3 -6 15 41 50 31 38%
LAD 3 4.29 156 156 1411.2 1254 1174 71 9 18 .993 2.0 1.7 2 19 39 24 31 56%
MLN 3 3.97 157 157 1400.2 947 868 72 7 17 .993 10.0 8.6 10 5 25 35 32 48%
NYY 3 4.17 155 155 1399.0 1034 944 85 5 12 .995 6.0 5.1 6 11 30 42 36 46%
PHI 4 4.68 155 155 1354.0 952 871 63 18 9 .981 -4.0 -3.5 -4 14 38 73 38 34%
PIT 4 4.39 155 155 1393.1 873 796 66 11 10 .987 -2.0 -1.7 -2 10 39 57 32 36%
SFG 4 3.98 154 154 1376.1 1049 960 82 7 7 .993 4.0 3.5 4 7 30 50 35 41%
STL 6 4.71 154 154 1363.0 1024 939 73 12 14 .988 -1.0 -0.9 -1 15 47 52 38 42%
WSH 5 4.55 154 154 1360.0 847 775 63 9 9 .989 -14.0 -12.4 -14 19 37 85 27 24%
LgAvg 3 4.38 155 155 1381 964 878 75 11 12 .989 0 0 0 14 34 53 34 39%
54 4.38 2476 2476 22100.1 15421 14051 1194 176 197 .989 -9.0 -0.5 -9 225 547 853 546 39%

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 6020 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 6014 4.20 4.62 117 97% 1 1 813 82 6 19 706 83 27 3 2 10 7 0 4 3 1 13 0 3 5 11 82%
CHC 5974 4.05 4.48 71 92% 0 0 808 50 2 22 734 56 11 0 0 11 17 1 6 10 1 3 0 0 1 6 100%
CHW 6149 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%
CIN 6014 4.31 4.90 104 97% 1 0 787 79 3 23 682 74 16 1 0 7 8 1 4 3 0 9 0 1 2 9 89%
CLE 6070 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 5912 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 6048 4.41 5.07 111 93% 0 2 796 81 3 27 684 73 20 2 0 12 17 3 3 11 4 17 1 1 2 17 71%
LAD 6209 3.79 4.27 101 98% 0 0 1175 69 6 32 1068 71 20 0 0 9 9 3 0 6 2 19 0 3 5 16 88%
MLN 5771 3.58 4.10 93 94% 1 1 813 53 3 24 733 73 23 2 1 1 7 0 5 2 3 15 0 0 1 14 86%
NYY 6119 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%
PHI 5988 4.27 4.82 95 95% 0 1 870 80 1 27 761 63 7 1 0 9 18 2 2 14 0 9 0 0 1 8 50%
PIT 5834 3.90 4.42 74 91% 0 0 756 49 3 15 688 62 15 2 0 4 11 1 6 4 2 10 0 0 0 6 83%
SFG 5995 3.46 4.01 107 98% 1 0 964 73 5 22 863 80 23 5 0 10 7 0 1 6 0 9 0 4 4 16 88%
STL 6131 4.31 4.79 92 96% 2 0 939 75 5 21 838 72 10 2 0 9 13 0 6 7 1 15 0 1 1 8 100%
WSH 6045 4.00 4.64 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 3024 3.87 4.40 53 95% 0 0 425 39 2 11 373 38 10 1 0 6 5 1 3 2 1 7 0 1 2 6 80%
48377 3.87 4.40 847 95% 3 7 6799 617 32 178 5968 613 159 12 5 88 86 10 40 36 9 108 2 17 27 91 80%
LgAvg 2995 3.96 4.47 46 95% 0 0 445 33 2 12 398 34 8 1 0 4 6 1 2 3 1 6 0 1 1 5 86%
47916 3.96 4.47 737 95% 5 2 7112 528 28 186 6367 551 125 13 1 60 90 8 30 52 9 89 0 9 15 83 86%

* 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 49 35 2162 40 40 38 50% 37 33 2 5 1 2 3 0 157 47 1.15 1.21
BOS 13 35 2364 37 34 31 48% 36 26 1 6 0 2 5 0 119 43 0.91 1.20
CHC 12 34 2155 108 27 24 20% 96 24 10 1 2 2 5 1 195 41 1.21 0.96
CHW 10 21 2237 56 37 35 40% 52 33 3 3 1 1 1 0 106 42 1.38 1.27
CIN 7 28 2275 40 35 35 47% 35 32 3 2 2 1 10 0 98 56 1.03 1.16
CLE 6 44 2231 59 38 35 39% 53 30 6 6 0 2 5 0 146 53 1.17 1.16
DET 14 24 2141 45 35 33 44% 42 32 3 2 0 1 2 0 115 43 1.58 1.14
KCA 15 41 2332 50 31 30 38% 43 27 6 3 1 1 3 0 147 40 1.04 1.15
LAD 19 39 2294 24 31 29 56% 20 27 4 3 0 1 2 0 124 41 1.38 1.24
MLN 5 25 2161 35 32 32 48% 32 29 3 2 0 1 6 0 83 48 1.02 1.16
NYY 11 30 2307 42 36 35 46% 39 33 3 0 0 3 7 0 104 52 1.46 1.38
PHI 14 38 2178 73 38 36 34% 63 33 8 3 2 2 4 1 175 53 1.18 1.05
PIT 9 39 2124 57 32 32 36% 49 32 7 0 1 0 1 0 139 40 1.11 1.10
SFG 7 30 2238 50 35 31 41% 44 29 6 5 0 1 4 0 117 51 0.98 1.23
STL 15 47 2375 52 38 35 42% 46 32 5 3 1 3 7 0 159 55 0.99 1.17
WSH 19 37 2294 85 27 26 24% 75 20 8 3 2 4 6 0 167 42 1.21 1.16
LgAvg 9 17 1129 26 17 16 40% 24 15 2 2 0 1 2 0 66 23 1.24 1.21
137 267 18068 414 278 263 40% 377 234 32 28 5 16 32 0 1061 362 1.24 1.21
LgAvg 6 18 1113 27 17 16 38% 24 15 3 1 1 1 2 0 68 24 1.12 1.14
88 280 17800 439 268 254 38% 385 238 46 19 8 11 39 2 1090 385 1.12 1.14

* 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 Earl Averill 27 CHC NL 32 25 236.2 191 173 11 7 1 .963 -4.0 -20.3 -4 7.00 5.75 3 6 18 4 18%
2 Ed Bailey 28 CIN NL 117 110 961.2 619 549 64 6 6 .990 12.0 15.0 12 5.74 5.24 3 17 20 27 57%
3 Earl Battey 24 CHW AL 20 16 141.2 103 92 10 1 1 .990 0.0 0.0 0 6.48 5.10 1 5 5 4 44%
4 Lou Berberet 29 DET AL 95 91 812.0 556 511 39 6 4 .989 6.0 8.9 6 6.10 5.79 6 14 19 24 56%
5 Yogi Berra 34 NYY AL 116 112 1000.2 761 698 61 2 9 .997 4.0 4.8 4 6.83 6.54 3 19 32 26 45%
6 Johnny Blanchard 26 NYY AL 12 2 40.0 27 25 1 1 1 .963 -2.0 -60.0 -2 5.85 2.17 4 2 5 1 17%
7 Dick Brown 24 CLE AL 48 40 376.2 270 248 21 1 5 .996 -1.0 -3.2 -1 6.43 5.60 1 17 12 10 45%
8 Smoky Burgess 32 PIT NL 101 95 798.0 488 441 39 8 4 .984 0.0 0.0 0 5.41 4.75 3 23 30 21 41%
9 Cam Carreon 21 CHW AL 1 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 3.00 0 0 0 0
10 Harry Chiti 26 KCA AL 47 44 383.1 256 228 25 3 5 .988 1.0 3.1 1 5.94 5.38 5 9 12 11 48%
11 Clint Courtney 32 WSH AL 53 48 410.2 227 213 11 3 2 .987 -7.0 -20.5 -7 4.91 4.23 5 10 28 2 7%
12 Del Crandall 29 MLN NL 146 142 1271.2 859 783 71 5 15 .994 12.0 11.3 12 6.04 5.85 2 22 28 32 53%
13 Pete Daley 29 BOS AL 58 41 394.2 274 245 28 1 5 .996 3.0 9.1 3 6.23 4.71 6 6 5 10 67%
14 Dutch Dotterer 27 CIN NL 51 44 395.1 252 230 20 2 3 .992 -1.0 -3.0 -1 5.69 4.90 3 11 20 8 29%
15 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 TOT AL 61 53 468.1 304 260 39 5 5 .984 7.0 17.9 7 5.75 4.90 0 11 18 21 54%
16 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 WSH AL 16 15 134.0 81 68 13 0 2 1.000 2.0 17.9 2 5.44 5.06 0 6 5 6 55%
17 Ed Fitz Gerald 35 CLE AL 45 38 334.1 223 192 26 5 3 .978 5.0 17.9 5 5.87 4.84 0 5 13 15 54%
18 Hank Foiles 30 PIT NL 51 24 234.2 161 153 8 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.17 3.16 3 8 4 3 43%
19 Don Gile 24 BOS AL 3 2 25.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.48 6.00 0 0 2 0 0%
20 Joe Ginsberg 32 BAL AL 62 40 433.0 272 241 29 2 4 .993 -1.0 -2.8 -1 5.61 4.35 21 6 7 13 65%
21 Gene Green 26 STL NL 11 4 37.1 37 34 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.92 3.36 0 1 1 0 0%
22 Jim Hegan 38 TOT NL 46 27 254.0 176 156 17 3 3 .983 2.0 9.4 2 6.13 3.76 2 1 12 9 43%
23 Jim Hegan 38 PHI NL 25 18 155.1 96 84 11 1 2 .990 2.0 15.5 2 5.50 3.80 1 1 8 7 47%
24 Jim Hegan 38 SFG NL 21 9 98.2 80 72 6 2 1 .975 0.0 0.0 0 7.11 3.71 1 0 4 2 33%
25 Frank House 29 KCA AL 95 92 808.2 499 447 43 9 7 .982 -6.0 -8.9 -6 5.45 5.16 7 25 33 16 33%
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 Elston Howard 30 NYY AL 43 41 358.1 246 221 23 2 2 .992 4.0 13.4 4 6.13 5.67 4 9 5 9 64%
27 Ray Katt 32 STL NL 14 5 55.0 41 38 2 1 0 .976 1.0 21.8 1 6.55 2.86 0 0 0 1 100%
28 Steve Korcheck 26 WSH AL 22 16 144.1 114 103 8 3 3 .974 -1.0 -8.3 -1 6.92 5.05 1 3 8 2 20%
29 Danny Kravitz 28 PIT NL 45 36 355.2 220 198 19 3 3 .986 -2.0 -6.7 -2 5.49 4.82 4 8 23 8 26%
30 Hobie Landrith 29 SFG NL 109 88 782.0 626 576 45 5 5 .992 6.0 9.2 6 7.15 5.70 4 16 23 24 51%
31 Charley Lau 26 DET AL 2 1 11.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.82 6.00 0 0 0 0
32 Sherm Lollar 34 CHW AL 122 106 994.0 679 623 51 5 14 .993 5.0 6.0 5 6.10 5.52 4 11 37 27 42%
33 Joe Lonnett 32 PHI NL 43 33 291.0 178 171 4 3 0 .983 -3.0 -12.4 -3 5.41 4.07 4 10 14 4 22%
34 Stan Lopata 33 MLN NL 11 7 65.1 43 43 0 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -18.4 -1 5.92 3.91 1 1 6 0 0%
35 Roger McCardell 26 SFG NL 3 1 9.2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.59 2.00 0 0 1 1 50%
36 Tim McCarver 17 STL NL 6 6 51.0 35 32 2 1 0 .971 -2.0 -47.1 -2 6.00 5.67 3 3 2 0 0%
37 Hal Naragon 30 TOT AL 64 54 496.1 331 313 16 2 1 .994 -5.0 -12.1 -5 5.97 5.14 7 14 28 10 26%
38 Hal Naragon 30 CLE AL 10 8 75.0 54 51 3 0 1 1.000 1.0 16.0 1 6.48 5.40 1 3 2 3 60%
39 Hal Naragon 30 WSH AL 54 46 421.1 277 262 13 2 0 .993 -6.0 -17.1 -6 5.87 5.09 6 11 26 7 21%
40 Cal Neeman 30 CHC NL 38 34 264.2 168 158 9 1 1 .994 -3.0 -13.6 -3 5.68 4.39 3 6 20 2 9%
41 Russ Nixon 24 CLE AL 74 68 597.2 411 374 31 6 8 .985 -6.0 -12.0 -6 6.10 5.47 4 19 32 10 24%
42 Gene Oliver 24 STL NL 9 2 32.0 27 24 2 1 0 .963 -1.0 -37.5 -1 7.31 2.89 2 2 0 1 100%
43 Hardy Peterson 29 PIT NL 2 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.20 2.00 0 0 0 0
44 Joe Pignatano 29 LAD NL 49 41 380.0 340 322 17 1 8 .997 0.0 0.0 0 8.03 6.92 5 10 7 6 46%
45 Jay Porter 26 TOT MLB 53 38 331.2 205 182 22 1 3 .995 -4.0 -14.5 -4 5.54 3.85 12 14 23 14 38%
46 Jay Porter 26 WSH AL 34 29 249.2 148 129 18 1 2 .993 -2.0 -9.6 -2 5.30 4.32 7 7 18 10 36%
47 Jay Porter 26 STL NL 19 9 82.0 57 53 4 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -29.3 -2 6.26 3.00 5 7 5 4 44%
48 Del Rice 36 MLN NL 9 8 63.2 45 42 1 2 1 .956 -1.0 -18.8 -1 6.08 4.78 2 2 1 0 0%
49 Johnny Romano 24 CHW AL 38 34 285.2 189 169 16 4 5 .979 -3.0 -12.6 -3 5.83 4.87 5 5 14 6 30%
50 Johnny Roseboro 26 LAD NL 117 114 1021.2 910 848 54 8 10 .991 2.0 2.3 2 7.95 7.71 14 29 17 25 60%
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 Carl Sawatski 31 PHI NL 69 61 498.2 336 306 23 7 4 .979 -5.0 -12.0 -5 5.94 4.77 4 17 31 10 24%
52 Bob Schmidt 26 SFG NL 70 56 486.0 337 307 30 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -4.9 -2 6.24 4.81 2 14 22 8 27%
53 Norm Sherry 27 LAD NL 2 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 0 0 0 0
54 Ron Shoop 27 DET AL 3 2 19.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -63.2 -1 3.79 2.67 0 2 2 0 0%
55 Hal Smith 28 KCA AL 22 18 169.0 140 125 10 5 5 .964 -1.0 -7.1 -1 7.19 6.14 3 7 5 4 44%
56 Hal Smith 28 STL NL 141 128 1105.2 827 758 60 9 13 .989 3.0 3.3 3 6.66 5.80 5 34 44 32 42%
57 Haywood Sullivan 28 BOS AL 2 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 0 0 0 0
58 Sammy Taylor 26 CHC NL 109 96 889.2 544 497 37 10 1 .982 -7.0 -9.4 -7 5.40 4.90 6 22 70 21 23%
59 Valmy Thomas 30 PHI NL 65 43 409.0 342 310 25 7 3 .980 2.0 5.9 2 7.37 5.15 5 10 20 17 46%
60 Gus Triandos 28 BAL AL 125 115 967.1 673 597 63 13 5 .981 -6.0 -7.4 -6 6.14 5.28 28 29 33 27 45%
61 Sammy White 30 BOS AL 119 111 940.1 619 557 56 6 8 .990 -1.0 -1.3 -1 5.87 5.15 7 29 30 24 44%
62 Red Wilson 30 DET AL 64 60 518.0 404 374 25 5 8 .988 -2.0 -4.6 -2 6.93 6.23 8 8 24 11 31%
LgAvg 19 16 145 101 93 8 1 1 .989 0 0 0 6.23 5.31 2 4 6 4 39%

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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