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1953 National League Catcher

1952 NL  / 1954 NL  / 1953 AL  / 1953 MLB  Catcher

Team & League Standard Fielding--C

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% PB WP SB CS CS%
BRO 2 4.45 155 155 142 1009 927 69 13 11 .987 4 25 22 25 53%
CHC 4 5.39 155 155 132 828 722 87 19 9 .977 8 24 47 34 42%
CIN 5 5.08 155 155 142 710 637 60 13 6 .982 7 18 35 19 35%
MLN 4 3.75 157 157 142 930 838 79 13 17 .986 10 16 48 31 39%
NYG 5 4.82 155 155 111 847 746 86 15 12 .982 16 40 33 35 51%
PHI 2 4.27 156 156 137 797 739 50 8 10 .990 14 17 40 17 30%
PIT 8 5.76 154 154 126 823 703 99 21 8 .974 32 38 64 35 35%
STL 5 4.54 157 157 123 906 811 85 10 9 .989 10 27 53 31 37%
LgAvg 4 4.75 156 156 132 856 765 77 14 10 .984 13 26 43 28 40%
32 4.75 1244 1244 1055 6850 6123 615 112 82 .984 101 205 342 227 40%

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 5865 4.10 4.49 125 97% 2 1 929 102 2 24 801 66 14 0 0 15 13 2 7 4 0 11 0 1 1 8 75%
CHC 5075 5.06 5.86 97 94% 0 1 598 60 5 32 501 62 16 2 0 10 14 0 9 5 1 6 1 0 2 9 89%
CIN 5914 4.64 5.20 142 96% 0 2 637 85 7 48 497 58 18 1 0 9 11 1 6 4 1 7 1 1 2 15 80%
MLN 4707 3.51 3.95 84 95% 0 0 682 58 2 30 592 60 8 2 1 11 9 2 6 1 1 14 0 1 2 5 80%
NYG 5776 4.29 4.95 109 97% 1 1 728 77 7 34 608 79 19 2 0 18 13 0 10 3 1 11 1 0 2 12 92%
PHI 5029 3.94 4.47 81 99% 0 0 640 66 3 28 543 49 7 1 0 14 5 0 4 1 0 10 0 1 2 6 100%
PIT 3987 5.74 6.32 65 91% 0 0 467 42 2 25 397 66 13 0 0 15 14 0 7 7 1 8 0 1 1 9 78%
STL 4493 4.61 5.06 79 100% 0 0 616 58 3 20 535 58 15 0 1 11 7 0 3 4 0 8 0 0 2 4 100%
LgAvg 5106 4.44 4.99 98 96% 0 1 662 69 4 30 559 62 14 1 0 13 11 1 7 4 1 9 0 1 2 9 85%
40846 4.44 4.99 782 96% 3 5 5297 548 31 241 4474 498 110 8 2 103 86 5 52 29 5 75 3 5 14 68 85%

* 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 25 2147 22 25 24 53% 20 20 1 4 1 1 1 1 81 40 1.18 0.93
CHC 7 24 2081 39 26 25 40% 33 24 6 1 0 1 0 0 98 37 1.04 1.06
CIN 7 18 2304 35 19 19 35% 27 18 5 1 3 0 8 1 80 43 1.36 1.13
MLN 9 16 1809 39 27 25 41% 34 23 5 3 0 1 2 0 84 40 1.08 1.23
NYG 14 40 2204 32 32 32 50% 27 26 4 4 1 2 3 0 134 44 1.12 1.13
PHI 14 17 1898 34 14 14 29% 30 12 3 2 1 0 2 0 85 23 1.30 1.20
PIT 17 38 1551 41 22 22 35% 30 21 8 1 3 0 7 0 137 36 0.95 0.77
STL 3 27 1768 44 24 21 35% 40 19 3 4 1 1 4 0 99 34 1.02 0.91
LgAvg 9 26 1970 36 24 23 40% 30 20 4 3 1 1 3 0 100 37 1.12 1.04
75 205 15762 286 189 182 40% 241 163 35 20 10 6 27 2 798 297 1.12 1.04

* 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 Ferrell Anderson 35 STL 12 6 6 36 32 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 10 2 17%
2 Toby Atwell 29 TOT 69 57 53 347 295 37 15 2 .957 4.81 7 15 24 12 33%
3 Toby Atwell 29 CHC 24 22 21 133 108 17 8 0 .940 5.21 1 3 8 4 33%
4 Toby Atwell 29 PIT 45 35 32 214 187 20 7 2 .967 4.60 6 12 16 8 33%
5 Ed Bailey 22 CIN 2 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 0 0
6 Frank Baldwin 24 CIN 6 3 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0
7 Smoky Burgess 26 PHI 95 85 76 421 395 23 3 8 .993 4.40 10 8 22 10 31%
8 Paul Burris 29 MLN 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 0 0
9 Sam Calderone 27 NYG 31 6 5 58 50 6 2 2 .966 1.81 0 4 6 4 40%
10 Roy Campanella 31 BRO 140 131 127 874 807 57 10 9 .989 6.17 3 21 19 22 54%
11 Walker Cooper 38 MLN 35 34 29 174 165 6 3 1 .983 4.89 0 3 8 3 27%
12 Del Crandall 23 MLN 108 106 96 637 566 62 9 13 .986 5.81 6 9 29 27 48%
13 Ed Fitz Gerald 29 PIT 5 4 4 16 13 3 0 0 1.000 3.20 0 0 1 1 50%
14 Hank Foiles 24 CIN 3 3 3 11 7 3 1 0 .909 3.33 0 1 1 1 50%
15 Les Fusselman 32 STL 11 1 1 22 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 2 2 50%
16 Joe Garagiola 27 TOT 90 79 72 427 378 44 5 2 .988 4.69 6 15 34 16 32%
17 Joe Garagiola 27 PIT 22 19 18 93 82 10 1 0 .989 4.18 0 3 8 2 20%
18 Joe Garagiola 27 CHC 68 60 54 334 296 34 4 2 .988 4.85 6 12 26 14 35%
19 Vic Janowicz 23 PIT 35 32 27 127 104 15 8 2 .937 3.40 7 9 14 4 22%
20 Ray Katt 26 NYG 8 8 7 40 33 6 1 0 .975 4.88 1 0 0 3 100%
21 Nick Koback 17 PIT 6 5 3 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 1.67 2 0 1 0 0%
22 Hobie Landrith 23 CIN 47 41 36 195 179 13 3 4 .985 4.09 2 3 8 7 47%
23 Stan Lopata 27 PHI 80 71 61 376 344 27 5 2 .987 4.64 4 9 18 7 28%
24 Clyde McCullough 36 CHC 73 67 52 308 273 31 4 7 .987 4.16 1 8 11 14 56%
25 Pete Naton 21 PIT 4 4 3 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.25 2 1 0 0
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Ray Noble 34 NYG 41 27 22 168 152 13 3 0 .982 4.02 7 4 8 4 33%
27 Dick Rand 22 STL 9 9 6 64 56 7 1 0 .984 7.00 1 1 0 2 100%
28 Del Rice 30 STL 135 128 103 695 627 60 8 6 .988 5.09 8 23 35 21 38%
29 Mike Sandlock 37 PIT 64 55 39 342 290 49 3 4 .991 5.30 15 13 24 20 45%
30 Carl Sawatski 25 CHC 15 6 5 53 45 5 3 0 .943 3.33 0 1 2 2 50%
31 Andy Seminick 32 CIN 112 106 99 489 436 44 9 2 .982 4.29 4 13 26 11 30%
32 Jack Shepard 22 PIT 2 0 0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 3.00 0 0 0 0
33 Ebba St. Claire 31 MLN 27 17 17 118 106 11 1 3 .992 4.33 4 4 11 1 8%
34 Rube Walker 27 BRO 28 24 15 135 120 12 3 2 .978 4.71 1 4 3 3 50%
35 Wes Westrum 30 NYG 106 101 67 503 441 53 9 9 .982 4.66 6 28 15 18 55%
36 Sal Yvars 29 TOT 46 26 17 167 146 20 1 4 .994 3.61 2 6 10 10 50%
37 Sal Yvars 29 NYG 20 13 10 78 70 8 0 1 1.000 3.90 2 4 4 6 60%
38 Sal Yvars 29 STL 26 13 7 89 76 12 1 3 .989 3.38 0 2 6 4 40%
LgAvg 17 15 13 82 74 7 1 1 .985 4.68 1 2 4 3 41%

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 Ferrell Anderson 35 STL 174 5.90 6.13 1 100% 0 0 20 0 0 2 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Toby Atwell 29 PIT 949 6.62 7.29 23 91% 0 0 127 16 0 10 101 14 4 0 0 1 6 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
3 Toby Atwell 29 CHC 662 4.96 6.09 17 94% 0 1 71 9 1 4 57 12 5 0 0 2 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
4 Ed Bailey 22 CIN 82 6.50 7.50 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Frank Baldwin 24 CIN 116 2.17 2.17 1 100% 0 0 9 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Smoky Burgess 26 PHI 2687 3.92 4.61 36 97% 0 0 329 30 3 9 287 24 3 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 1 2 3 100%
7 Paul Burris 29 MLN 6 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sam Calderone 27 NYG 436 5.25 5.53 5 100% 0 0 49 1 0 6 42 7 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Roy Campanella 31 BRO 5012 4.20 4.59 110 97% 2 1 804 91 2 22 689 58 13 0 0 13 10 2 6 2 0 9 0 1 1 8 75%
10 Walker Cooper 38 MLN 814 3.66 4.24 12 83% 0 0 115 8 0 5 102 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
11 Del Crandall 23 MLN 3367 3.43 3.78 65 97% 0 0 495 45 2 20 428 51 6 2 1 8 7 2 4 1 1 12 0 1 2 3 100%
12 Ed Fitz Gerald 29 PIT 117 2.57 3.21 2 100% 0 0 11 1 0 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Hank Foiles 24 CIN 113 6.84 7.20 2 100% 0 0 7 0 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Les Fusselman 32 STL 125 4.88 5.20 0 0 0 19 0 0 1 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Joe Garagiola 27 CHC 2053 5.33 6.18 36 89% 0 0 256 20 1 12 223 21 7 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 80%
16 Joe Garagiola 27 PIT 524 7.51 8.35 6 83% 0 0 57 2 0 1 54 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
17 Vic Janowicz 23 PIT 711 5.84 6.35 5 80% 0 0 59 4 1 4 50 10 1 0 0 3 4 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 0
18 Ray Katt 26 NYG 146 4.11 4.11 0 1 0 20 0 0 1 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Nick Koback 17 PIT 73 2.00 2.00 3 100% 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Hobie Landrith 23 CIN 1567 5.12 5.93 42 98% 0 0 178 27 4 14 133 14 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 1 4 75%
21 Stan Lopata 27 PHI 2342 3.97 4.31 45 100% 0 0 311 36 0 19 256 25 4 1 0 10 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
22 Clyde McCullough 36 CHC 2046 4.71 5.36 35 97% 0 0 233 24 1 12 196 25 4 2 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 5 1 0 2 2 100%
23 Pete Naton 21 PIT 116 4.44 4.78 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Ray Noble 34 NYG 1154 3.99 4.99 23 96% 0 1 146 17 0 4 124 14 3 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
25 Dick Rand 22 STL 111 2.30 2.30 1 100% 0 0 31 1 0 0 30 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Del Rice 30 STL 3597 4.40 4.86 67 100% 0 0 479 50 2 13 414 43 12 0 0 8 5 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 3 100%
27 Mike Sandlock 37 PIT 1483 5.23 5.75 25 92% 0 0 192 16 1 8 166 34 4 0 0 11 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 50%
28 Carl Sawatski 25 CHC 314 5.85 6.54 9 100% 0 0 38 7 2 4 25 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Andy Seminick 32 CIN 4036 4.44 4.92 97 96% 0 2 437 57 3 32 345 41 12 1 0 8 8 1 3 4 0 2 1 0 1 10 80%
30 Jack Shepard 22 PIT 14 0.00 0.00 1 100% 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Ebba St. Claire 31 MLN 520 3.72 4.61 7 100% 0 0 72 5 0 5 62 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
32 Rube Walker 27 BRO 853 3.55 3.95 15 93% 0 0 125 11 0 2 112 8 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
33 Wes Westrum 30 NYG 3480 4.11 4.72 72 99% 0 0 442 51 6 22 362 49 15 2 0 9 8 0 6 2 1 9 1 0 2 9 89%
34 Sal Yvars 29 STL 486 6.36 6.97 10 100% 0 0 67 7 1 4 55 9 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 100%
35 Sal Yvars 29 NYG 560 5.36 6.16 9 89% 0 0 71 8 1 1 61 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
LgAvg 567 4.44 4.99 11 96% 0 0 74 8 0 3 62 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 85%

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 Ferrell Anderson 35 STL 1 1 77 9 1 0 10% 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 2 0.54 0.10
2 Toby Atwell 29 CHC 1 3 251 6 4 3 40% 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 8 1.17 1.05
3 Toby Atwell 29 PIT 3 12 389 9 5 5 36% 7 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 36 7 0.86 0.74
4 Ed Bailey 22 CIN 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Frank Baldwin 24 CIN 1 1 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Smoky Burgess 26 PHI 10 8 1036 19 7 7 27% 17 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 47 12 1.18 1.56
7 Paul Burris 29 MLN 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sam Calderone 27 NYG 0 4 188 6 4 4 40% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 1.27 0.33
9 Roy Campanella 31 BRO 3 21 1831 19 22 21 54% 17 17 1 4 1 1 1 1 66 36 1.21 0.92
10 Walker Cooper 38 MLN 0 3 309 7 1 1 13% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1.39 0.60
11 Del Crandall 23 MLN 6 9 1282 26 25 23 49% 22 22 4 2 0 1 2 0 57 37 1.14 1.27
12 Ed Fitz Gerald 29 PIT 0 0 52 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.92 1.41
13 Hank Foiles 24 CIN 0 1 50 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1.01 0.42
14 Les Fusselman 32 STL 0 0 42 2 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.46 0.64
15 Joe Garagiola 27 PIT 0 3 230 6 1 1 14% 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 4 0.20 0.84
16 Joe Garagiola 27 CHC 5 12 871 24 9 9 27% 20 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 55 14 1.03 1.17
17 Vic Janowicz 23 PIT 5 9 244 8 2 2 20% 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 34 6 1.47 0.71
18 Ray Katt 26 NYG 1 0 61 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.39
19 Nick Koback 17 PIT 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Hobie Landrith 23 CIN 2 3 614 8 7 7 47% 7 6 0 1 1 0 2 1 17 13 1.79 1.32
21 Stan Lopata 27 PHI 4 9 862 15 7 7 32% 13 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 38 11 1.45 0.84
22 Clyde McCullough 36 CHC 1 8 817 8 11 11 58% 6 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 13 0.96 1.08
23 Pete Naton 21 PIT 2 1 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
24 Ray Noble 34 NYG 6 4 424 7 3 3 30% 7 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 22 6 0.66 1.59
25 Dick Rand 22 STL 0 1 38 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1.41
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Del Rice 30 STL 2 23 1399 27 17 15 39% 26 13 1 4 0 0 4 0 72 25 1.16 0.94
27 Mike Sandlock 37 PIT 7 13 560 17 13 13 43% 11 12 4 1 2 0 2 0 53 17 1.02 0.73
28 Carl Sawatski 25 CHC 0 1 142 1 2 2 67% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.84 0.38
29 Andy Seminick 32 CIN 4 13 1571 26 11 11 30% 19 11 5 0 2 0 6 0 55 29 1.24 1.07
30 Jack Shepard 22 PIT 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Ebba St. Claire 31 MLN 3 4 216 6 1 1 14% 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 2 0.48 0.90
32 Rube Walker 27 BRO 1 4 316 3 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 1.01 0.98
33 Wes Westrum 30 NYG 5 28 1320 15 18 18 55% 11 13 3 3 1 2 2 0 83 24 1.32 1.26
34 Sal Yvars 29 NYG 2 4 211 4 6 6 60% 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 0.94 0.97
35 Sal Yvars 29 STL 0 2 212 6 3 3 33% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 1.32 1.03
LgAvg 1 3 219 4 3 3 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 1.12 1.04


1952 NL  / 1954 NL  / 1953 AL  / 1953 MLB  Catcher