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1951 National League Catcher

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Team & League Standard Fielding--C

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% PB WP SB CS CS%
BRO 4 4.25 158 158 143 922 824 85 13 13 .986 4 37 21 43 67%
BSN 3 4.27 155 155 136 835 719 101 15 16 .982 13 32 67 55 45%
CHC 5 4.84 155 155 120 781 656 100 25 19 .968 17 32 92 50 35%
CIN 4 4.30 155 155 130 776 689 70 17 10 .978 14 30 74 29 28%
NYG 3 4.08 157 157 130 832 744 73 15 13 .982 9 20 41 40 49%
PHI 4 4.18 154 154 140 804 713 74 17 11 .979 14 24 50 37 43%
PIT 3 5.45 155 155 125 825 717 95 13 16 .984 9 19 58 34 37%
STL 4 4.33 155 155 121 764 667 87 10 17 .987 8 12 50 33 40%
LgAvg 3 4.46 156 156 131 817 716 86 16 14 .981 11 26 57 40 41%
26 4.46 1244 1244 1045 6539 5729 685 125 115 .981 88 206 453 321 41%

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
BRO 6012 3.89 4.25 143 95% 0 3 822 106 3 24 688 85 20 3 2 5 13 0 5 8 1 14 0 2 3 26 85%
BSN 6011 3.79 4.30 129 97% 0 0 718 57 5 68 588 103 23 2 0 15 15 2 10 3 1 16 0 3 6 11 91%
CHC 4825 4.33 4.81 79 96% 0 0 532 52 5 31 444 83 17 1 0 3 20 0 9 11 0 17 1 4 7 9 89%
CIN 4402 3.91 4.39 85 93% 0 0 506 54 3 24 425 55 14 0 0 8 14 0 9 5 2 6 0 1 2 6 100%
NYG 5308 3.52 4.07 115 98% 1 0 674 96 7 19 551 65 9 2 1 5 15 1 6 8 2 11 0 1 4 8 100%
PHI 4966 3.77 4.13 131 95% 0 0 621 91 3 37 490 62 14 3 2 5 12 0 7 5 3 10 1 1 3 11 91%
PIT 4412 4.97 5.66 102 95% 1 0 510 65 8 27 410 65 23 0 2 5 7 1 5 1 3 13 0 4 7 12 83%
STL 4336 4.22 4.66 86 99% 1 0 490 56 5 28 401 59 19 0 1 6 9 0 1 8 0 16 0 3 6 10 90%
LgAvg 5034 4.01 4.49 109 96% 0 0 609 72 5 32 500 72 17 1 1 7 13 1 7 6 2 13 0 2 5 12 89%
40272 4.01 4.49 870 96% 3 3 4873 577 39 258 3997 577 139 11 8 52 105 4 52 49 12 103 2 19 38 93 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
BRO 4 37 2238 21 43 42 67% 18 38 2 3 1 2 9 2 98 57 1.06 1.35
BSN 13 32 2443 67 55 53 45% 53 51 7 0 7 4 1 0 142 72 1.45 1.11
CHC 12 32 1894 76 43 41 36% 68 35 6 5 2 3 4 0 153 53 1.07 1.15
CIN 12 30 1754 65 24 23 27% 55 21 8 2 2 1 2 1 139 33 1.21 1.22
NYG 8 20 1924 39 37 34 49% 32 34 5 1 2 2 3 0 97 46 1.32 1.18
PHI 11 24 1898 43 33 33 43% 36 29 6 3 1 1 1 0 100 40 1.36 1.18
PIT 6 19 1745 38 29 28 43% 33 25 3 2 2 2 1 1 75 46 0.96 1.13
STL 6 12 1660 39 26 25 40% 35 25 1 0 3 1 3 0 82 38 1.06 1.38
LgAvg 9 26 1945 49 36 35 43% 41 32 5 2 3 2 3 1 111 48 1.20 1.20
72 206 15556 388 290 279 43% 330 258 38 16 20 16 24 4 886 385 1.20 1.20

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Player Standard Fielding--C

Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
1 Smoky Burgess 24 CHC 64 49 39 250 210 35 5 6 .980 3.83 6 14 38 15 28%
2 Roy Campanella 29 BRO 140 133 127 805 722 72 11 12 .986 5.67 4 34 15 34 69%
3 Harry Chiti 18 CHC 8 8 8 46 34 8 4 1 .913 5.25 2 1 3 4 57%
4 Walker Cooper 36 BSN 90 84 73 432 367 57 8 9 .981 4.71 8 17 27 26 49%
5 Bruce Edwards 27 TOT 37 35 28 172 150 17 5 4 .971 4.51 4 4 28 16 36%
6 Bruce Edwards 27 BRO 9 7 5 40 37 3 0 0 1.000 4.44 0 0 0 2 100%
7 Bruce Edwards 27 CHC 28 28 23 132 113 14 5 4 .962 4.54 4 4 28 14 33%
8 Ed Fitz Gerald 27 PIT 38 15 15 115 98 13 4 2 .965 2.92 1 4 10 3 23%
9 Joe Garagiola 25 TOT 84 78 65 376 336 36 4 6 .989 4.43 9 5 33 10 23%
10 Joe Garagiola 25 STL 23 20 14 87 81 6 0 2 1.000 3.78 2 3 5 2 29%
11 Joe Garagiola 25 PIT 61 58 51 289 255 30 4 4 .986 4.67 7 2 28 8 22%
12 Dixie Howell 31 CIN 73 57 53 307 275 28 4 5 .987 4.15 4 10 31 7 18%
13 Hobie Landrith 21 CIN 4 4 4 25 23 2 0 0 1.000 6.25 0 0 1 1 50%
14 Mickey Livingston 36 BRO 2 2 0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.50 0 0 0 2 100%
15 Stan Lopata 25 PHI 1 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 0 0
16 Clyde McCullough 34 PIT 87 82 59 421 364 52 5 10 .988 4.78 1 13 20 23 53%
17 Ray Mueller 39 BSN 23 18 15 100 85 15 0 2 1.000 4.35 0 3 9 8 47%
18 Ray Noble 32 NYG 41 26 25 156 144 8 4 3 .974 3.71 2 1 7 4 36%
19 Mickey Owen 35 CHC 57 40 23 223 188 28 7 6 .969 3.79 5 8 14 13 48%
20 Johnny Pramesa 25 CIN 63 61 45 277 241 27 9 4 .968 4.25 7 15 27 13 33%
21 Del Rice 28 STL 120 108 89 521 447 66 8 12 .985 4.28 5 6 36 25 41%
22 Bill Sarni 23 STL 35 22 15 122 107 13 2 3 .984 3.43 1 2 6 6 50%
23 Bob Scheffing 37 TOT 52 38 31 201 182 15 4 1 .980 3.79 3 6 18 8 31%
24 Bob Scheffing 37 CIN 41 33 28 167 150 13 4 1 .976 3.98 3 5 15 8 35%
25 Bob Scheffing 37 STL 11 5 3 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 3.09 0 1 3 0 0%
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Andy Seminick 30 PHI 91 90 78 434 378 47 9 6 .979 4.67 5 13 30 23 43%
27 Ken Silvestri 35 PHI 3 2 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 1 2 0 1 100%
28 Ebba St. Claire 29 BSN 62 53 48 303 267 29 7 5 .977 4.77 5 12 31 21 40%
29 Rube Walker 25 TOT 54 46 38 202 173 23 6 2 .970 3.63 0 8 15 9 38%
30 Rube Walker 25 CHC 31 30 27 130 111 15 4 2 .969 4.06 0 5 9 4 31%
31 Rube Walker 25 BRO 23 16 11 72 62 8 2 0 .972 3.04 0 3 6 5 45%
32 Wes Westrum 28 NYG 122 119 97 624 554 62 8 9 .987 5.05 5 16 29 31 52%
33 Del Wilber 32 PHI 73 61 59 360 326 26 8 5 .978 4.82 8 9 20 13 39%
34 Sal Yvars 27 NYG 23 12 8 52 46 3 3 1 .942 2.13 2 3 5 5 50%
LgAvg 17 15 12 78 68 8 1 1 .981 4.49 1 3 5 4 44%

Player Advanced Fielding -- c

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1 Smoky Burgess 24 CHC 1791 4.61 5.03 19 89% 0 0 181 10 2 13 156 30 5 0 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 5 0 1 3 3 67%
2 Roy Campanella 29 BRO 5071 3.93 4.27 128 96% 0 2 720 97 2 21 599 73 19 2 2 5 11 0 5 6 1 13 0 2 3 22 91%
3 Harry Chiti 18 CHC 73 4.11 6.46 2 100% 0 0 15 2 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Walker Cooper 36 BSN 3194 3.96 4.61 57 100% 0 0 367 26 4 33 304 56 12 1 0 9 8 2 6 0 0 9 0 3 5 4 100%
5 Bruce Edwards 27 BRO 266 4.35 4.79 6 100% 0 0 37 5 1 1 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bruce Edwards 27 CHC 779 4.32 4.81 17 100% 0 0 92 13 1 6 72 14 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 1 2 100%
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 27 PIT 753 5.58 6.52 20 100% 1 0 84 11 3 6 64 9 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
8 Joe Garagiola 25 STL 579 4.96 5.72 12 100% 0 0 60 9 1 3 47 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
9 Joe Garagiola 25 PIT 1710 5.40 6.02 43 95% 0 0 189 30 3 9 147 24 9 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 2 3 7 86%
10 Dixie Howell 31 CIN 1638 3.86 4.10 35 100% 0 0 198 25 2 11 160 20 5 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 1 100%
11 Hobie Landrith 21 CIN 36 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mickey Livingston 36 BRO 51 1.29 1.29 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Stan Lopata 25 PHI 40 1.00 1.00 3 100% 0 0 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Clyde McCullough 34 PIT 1949 4.39 5.04 39 92% 0 0 237 24 2 12 199 32 10 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 1 3 3 67%
15 Ray Mueller 39 BSN 718 2.40 2.77 24 100% 0 0 86 9 0 12 65 16 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
16 Ray Noble 32 NYG 975 3.21 3.63 19 100% 0 0 120 16 1 3 100 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 Mickey Owen 35 CHC 1185 4.11 4.70 20 95% 0 0 146 14 2 7 123 22 5 0 0 1 7 0 4 3 0 6 0 2 2 1 100%
18 Johnny Pramesa 25 CIN 1638 3.48 4.06 28 86% 0 0 180 13 1 9 157 24 6 0 0 4 8 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 100%
19 Del Rice 28 STL 2962 3.97 4.43 57 98% 0 0 331 36 3 18 274 42 12 0 1 3 7 0 0 7 0 12 0 2 4 6 83%
20 Bill Sarni 23 STL 617 4.59 4.78 14 100% 1 0 77 8 0 7 62 11 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 100%
21 Bob Scheffing 37 CIN 1090 4.80 5.54 22 91% 0 0 126 16 0 4 106 11 3 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
22 Bob Scheffing 37 STL 178 4.85 4.85 3 100% 0 0 22 3 1 0 18 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Andy Seminick 30 PHI 2830 3.60 3.87 74 95% 0 0 340 51 1 17 271 39 9 3 0 2 6 0 3 3 2 5 1 1 2 8 88%
24 Ken Silvestri 35 PHI 112 4.68 6.48 2 100% 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Ebba St. Claire 29 BSN 2099 4.04 4.37 48 92% 0 0 265 22 1 23 219 31 6 0 0 4 7 0 4 3 1 5 0 0 1 4 75%
Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
26 Rube Walker 25 CHC 997 4.13 4.44 21 100% 0 0 98 13 0 4 81 17 5 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 100%
27 Rube Walker 25 BRO 624 3.60 4.14 9 78% 0 1 62 4 0 2 56 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 50%
28 Wes Westrum 28 NYG 3848 3.60 4.16 86 98% 1 0 507 71 6 13 416 57 8 2 1 5 8 1 5 2 2 9 0 1 3 8 100%
29 Del Wilber 32 PHI 1984 4.02 4.44 52 94% 0 0 272 35 2 20 215 22 5 0 2 3 6 0 4 2 1 5 0 0 1 3 100%
30 Sal Yvars 27 NYG 485 3.54 4.26 10 100% 0 0 47 9 0 3 35 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
LgAvg 559 4.01 4.49 12 96% 0 0 68 8 1 4 56 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 89%

Player Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning

Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1 Smoky Burgess 24 CHC 5 14 715 36 14 13 28% 33 10 2 2 1 2 2 0 63 21 1.04 1.30
2 Roy Campanella 29 BRO 4 34 1919 15 34 33 69% 14 29 1 3 0 2 7 1 80 45 1.06 1.31
3 Harry Chiti 18 CHC 0 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Walker Cooper 36 BSN 8 17 1335 27 26 24 49% 23 23 2 0 2 3 1 0 73 36 1.35 1.07
5 Bruce Edwards 27 BRO 0 0 88 0 2 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 1.02
6 Bruce Edwards 27 CHC 2 4 294 20 13 12 39% 16 10 3 2 1 1 0 0 32 12 1.29 1.24
7 Ed Fitz Gerald 27 PIT 1 4 316 8 3 3 27% 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 5 0.32 0.82
8 Joe Garagiola 25 STL 2 3 241 4 1 1 20% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0.74 0.91
9 Joe Garagiola 25 PIT 4 2 689 23 6 6 21% 20 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 30 15 1.01 0.90
10 Dixie Howell 31 CIN 4 10 650 30 4 4 12% 24 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 56 11 1.27 0.82
11 Hobie Landrith 21 CIN 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mickey Livingston 36 BRO 0 0 13 0 2 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.22
13 Stan Lopata 25 PHI 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Clyde McCullough 34 PIT 1 13 740 7 20 19 74% 6 17 1 1 0 2 1 1 26 26 1.54 1.25
15 Ray Mueller 39 BSN 0 3 284 9 8 8 47% 7 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 11 1.67 1.31
16 Ray Noble 32 NYG 2 1 348 5 3 3 38% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0.89 1.04
17 Mickey Owen 35 CHC 5 8 472 12 12 12 50% 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 38 13 1.00 0.97
18 Johnny Pramesa 25 CIN 5 15 619 21 12 11 36% 19 10 1 1 1 1 0 0 56 14 1.33 1.10
19 Del Rice 28 STL 3 6 1093 28 19 18 40% 25 18 1 0 2 1 3 0 53 27 1.08 1.40
20 Bill Sarni 23 STL 1 2 249 6 6 6 50% 5 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 9 1.18 1.41
21 Bob Scheffing 37 CIN 3 5 467 14 8 8 36% 12 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 27 8 0.88 1.61
22 Bob Scheffing 37 STL 0 1 77 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.91
23 Andy Seminick 30 PHI 5 13 1108 26 20 20 43% 22 18 4 1 0 1 1 0 56 23 1.50 1.16
24 Ken Silvestri 35 PHI 1 2 48 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.42
25 Ebba St. Claire 29 BSN 5 12 824 31 21 21 40% 23 20 5 0 3 1 0 0 57 25 1.46 1.07
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Rube Walker 25 CHC 0 5 391 8 4 4 33% 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 7 0.80 0.89
27 Rube Walker 25 BRO 0 3 218 6 5 5 45% 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 14 6 1.05 1.02
28 Wes Westrum 28 NYG 4 16 1383 29 29 27 50% 22 27 5 0 2 2 3 0 72 36 1.41 1.23
29 Del Wilber 32 PHI 5 9 725 17 12 12 41% 14 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 40 16 1.15 1.27
30 Sal Yvars 27 NYG 2 3 193 5 5 4 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 5 1.22 0.98
LgAvg 1 3 216 5 4 4 43% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 1.20 1.20


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