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1879 National League 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%
BSN 2 4.14 84 615 420 147 48 10 .922 84
BUF 4 4.62 79 484 361 76 47 4 .903 74
CHC 3 4.95 83 532 369 116 47 6 .912 69
CIN 4 5.73 81 617 415 143 59 5 .904 109
CLV 7 5.62 82 685 486 105 94 5 .863 122
PRO 5 4.18 85 707 492 119 96 6 .864 82
SYR 7 6.51 71 491 351 82 58 5 .882 86
TRO 4 7.05 77 530 361 99 70 4 .868 150
LgAvg 4 5.31 80 583 407 111 65 6 .889 97
34 5.31 642 4661 3255 887 519 45 .889 776

Player Standard Fielding--C

Rk Age Tm G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
1 Doug Allison 32 PRO 1 12 9 1 2 0 .833 10.00 2
2 Lew Brown 21 PRO 48 412 286 63 63 5 .847 7.27 42
3 Ed Caskin 27 TRO 22 160 105 35 20 1 .875 6.36 45
4 John Clapp 27 BUF 63 382 286 60 36 4 .906 5.49 56
5 Bill Crowley 22 BUF 10 49 34 8 7 0 .857 4.20 7
6 Frank Decker 22 SYR 2 7 5 0 2 0 .714 2.50 3
7 Tom Dolan 24 CHC 1 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 8.00 1
8 Mike Dorgan 25 SYR 4 36 24 5 7 0 .806 7.25 1
9 Charlie Eden 24 CLV 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 2
10 Silver Flint 23 CHC 78 492 341 109 42 6 .915 5.77 59
11 Barney Gilligan 23 CLV 27 216 147 41 28 0 .870 6.96 42
12 Emil Gross 21 PRO 30 213 152 39 22 1 .897 6.37 30
13 Fred Gunkle 21 CLV 1 4 1 0 3 0 .250 1.00 7
14 Bill Hawes 25 BSN 5 31 22 5 4 0 .871 5.40 13
15 Sonny Hoffman 26 CLV 2 14 8 4 2 1 .857 6.00 7
16 Bill Holbert 24 TOT 60 408 293 73 42 5 .897 6.10 63
17 Bill Holbert 24 SYR 56 380 277 64 39 4 .897 6.09 57
18 Bill Holbert 24 TRO 4 28 16 9 3 1 .893 6.25 6
19 Pete Hotaling 22 CIN 8 44 26 15 3 1 .932 5.13 16
20 John Kelly 20 CLV 1 7 4 0 3 0 .571 4.00 4
21 Kick Kelly 22 TOT 11 71 42 16 13 1 .817 5.27 22
22 Kick Kelly 22 SYR 8 52 33 10 9 1 .827 5.38 12
23 Kick Kelly 22 TRO 3 19 9 6 4 0 .789 5.00 10
24 King Kelly 21 CIN 21 130 82 36 12 1 .908 5.62 37
25 Rudy Kemmler 19 PRO 2 24 13 7 4 0 .833 10.00 4
Rk Age Tm G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Doc Kennedy 25 CLV 46 367 277 50 40 2 .891 7.11 34
27 Cal McVey 29 CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
28 Jim O'Rourke 28 PRO 5 46 32 9 5 0 .891 8.20 4
29 Charlie Osterhout 23 SYR 1 6 3 2 1 0 .833 5.00 4
30 Bill Phillips 22 CLV 11 76 48 10 18 2 .763 5.27 26
31 Blondie Purcell 25 SYR 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 5
32 Charlie Reilley 23 TRO 49 323 231 49 43 2 .867 5.71 89
33 Hardy Richardson 24 BUF 1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 11.00 3
34 John Richmond 24 SYR 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 4
35 Jack Rowe 22 BUF 6 42 30 8 4 0 .905 6.33 8
36 Pop Snyder 24 BSN 80 584 398 142 44 10 .925 6.75 71
37 Deacon White 31 CIN 59 443 307 92 44 3 .901 6.76 56
38 Ned Williamson 21 CHC 4 32 22 5 5 0 .844 6.75 9
LgAvg 8 58 41 11 6 1 .889 6.27 10


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