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1954 National League Catcher

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Team & League Standard Fielding--C

Tm #Fld R/G G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch PB WP SB CS CS%
BRO 3 4.81 154 154 149 1393.2 955 869 77 9 11 .991 3 3 3 4 30 28 32 53%
CHC 5 4.97 154 154 123 1374.1 808 709 85 14 7 .983 -6 -5 -6 14 34 70 31 31%
CIN 3 4.95 154 154 124 1367.2 735 644 79 12 14 .984 7 6 7 9 24 24 34 59%
MLN 3 3.61 154 154 128 1394.2 908 811 87 10 14 .989 4 3 4 10 20 43 34 44%
NYG 4 3.57 154 154 113 1390.0 865 773 75 17 15 .980 0 0 0 17 20 29 34 54%
PHI 3 3.99 154 153 137 1365.1 772 701 57 14 5 .982 -2 -2 -2 9 19 36 24 40%
PIT 6 5.49 154 154 140 1346.0 764 665 88 11 10 .986 1 1 1 9 26 79 45 36%
STL 3 5.13 154 153 121 1390.1 856 780 70 6 15 .993 0 0 0 8 31 27 25 48%
LgAvg 4 4.56 154 154 129 1378 833 744 77 12 11 .986 1 0 1 10 26 42 32 44%
28 4.56 1232 1230 1035 11022.0 6663 5952 618 93 91 .986 7 1 7 80 204 336 259 44%

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 6031 4.31 4.78 137 96% 1 0 867 108 3 16 737 79 16 1 1 23 9 3 4 2 1 11 0 0 1 19 79%
CHC 4942 4.79 5.33 83 96% 1 1 585 55 7 20 503 64 15 2 0 11 11 2 5 4 2 5 0 1 1 13 85%
CIN 5981 4.51 5.02 120 94% 1 0 645 55 7 54 529 77 19 4 1 6 12 0 7 5 1 17 2 2 4 13 85%
MLN 5194 3.34 3.76 106 96% 0 0 730 56 5 42 627 73 21 4 3 7 9 0 6 3 1 15 1 4 7 12 92%
NYG 5705 3.07 3.52 94 95% 1 0 751 72 5 17 657 68 11 1 1 16 16 1 11 4 0 13 1 0 2 5 100%
PHI 5283 3.66 4.12 122 93% 0 0 637 88 2 34 513 51 14 1 0 7 12 0 9 3 2 5 0 1 2 12 92%
PIT 4332 5.30 6.08 113 95% 0 0 508 75 2 33 398 65 13 1 0 8 9 0 8 1 1 8 0 0 3 14 100%
STL 5141 4.97 5.59 91 95% 0 0 645 50 3 32 559 58 13 2 0 11 6 1 5 0 2 10 0 1 3 13 92%
LgAvg 5326 4.19 4.71 108 95% 1 0 671 70 4 31 565 67 15 2 1 11 11 1 7 3 1 11 1 1 3 13 89%
42609 4.19 4.71 866 95% 4 1 5368 559 34 248 4523 535 122 16 6 89 84 7 55 22 10 84 4 9 23 101 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 30 2339 28 32 32 53% 26 29 1 3 1 0 0 0 93 44 1.05 1.34
CHC 10 34 1967 59 30 29 34% 49 26 7 3 3 1 0 0 129 39 1.23 0.98
CIN 9 24 2444 24 34 33 59% 22 30 2 3 0 1 8 0 86 47 1.29 1.21
MLN 10 20 1986 41 29 27 41% 35 26 5 0 1 3 8 1 97 49 1.25 1.07
NYG 17 20 2160 28 32 31 53% 25 29 3 1 0 2 2 0 101 45 1.13 1.33
PHI 8 19 1920 33 23 22 41% 31 17 1 5 1 1 1 0 77 35 0.85 1.09
PIT 5 26 1728 61 37 36 38% 51 35 9 1 1 1 2 0 118 46 1.07 0.89
STL 7 31 2021 24 22 22 48% 17 19 6 3 1 0 3 0 89 32 0.90 0.96
LgAvg 9 26 2071 37 30 29 45% 32 26 4 2 1 1 3 0 99 42 1.11 1.11
70 204 16565 298 239 232 45% 256 211 34 19 8 9 24 1 790 337 1.11 1.11

* 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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
1 Toby Atwell 30 PIT 88 83 77 719.1 403 360 39 4 4 .990 -2 -3 -2 4.99 4.53 5 6 43 20 32%
2 Ed Bailey 23 CIN 61 53 47 473.2 220 194 20 6 2 .973 0 0 0 4.07 3.51 4 8 9 9 50%
3 Smoky Burgess 27 PHI 91 85 76 749.2 396 356 30 10 4 .975 -1 -2 -1 4.63 4.24 5 9 23 16 41%
4 Sam Calderone 28 MLN 16 5 4 70.0 49 45 4 0 3 1.000 0 0 0 6.30 3.06 3 1 4 3 43%
5 Roy Campanella 32 BRO 111 106 106 971.2 665 600 58 7 7 .989 1 1 1 6.09 5.93 4 21 19 22 54%
6 Walker Cooper 39 TOT 50 44 36 378.0 232 196 31 5 4 .978 0 0 0 5.40 4.54 4 11 17 8 32%
7 Walker Cooper 39 PIT 2 1 1 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 4.91 3.00 0 0 0 0
8 Walker Cooper 39 CHC 48 43 35 367.0 226 190 31 5 4 .978 0 0 0 5.42 4.60 4 11 17 8 32%
9 Del Crandall 24 MLN 136 133 113 1166.1 752 665 79 8 11 .989 5 5 5 5.74 5.47 6 16 30 29 49%
10 Jim Fanning 26 CHC 11 11 8 99.1 46 40 6 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 -1 4.17 4.18 1 6 4 3 43%
11 Joe Garagiola 28 TOT 58 50 42 432.0 235 208 23 4 0 .983 -2 -6 -2 4.81 3.98 6 5 21 8 28%
12 Joe Garagiola 28 CHC 55 48 40 409.0 218 191 23 4 0 .982 -2 -6 -2 4.71 3.89 6 5 20 8 29%
13 Joe Garagiola 28 NYG 3 2 2 23.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 6.65 5.67 0 0 1 0 0%
14 Bill Hall 25 PIT 1 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 4.50 4.00 0 1 1 0 0%
15 Ray Katt 27 NYG 82 56 44 531.1 296 265 23 8 4 .973 -1 -2 -1 4.88 3.51 12 7 6 12 67%
16 Nick Koback 18 PIT 4 2 2 21.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 6.00 3.50 0 1 0 0
17 Hobie Landrith 24 CIN 42 26 18 242.1 140 123 15 2 1 .986 2 10 2 5.13 3.29 1 4 2 6 75%
18 Stan Lopata 28 PHI 75 66 60 599.2 366 336 26 4 1 .989 -1 -2 -1 5.43 4.83 4 10 13 8 38%
19 Jim Mangan 24 PIT 7 5 5 47.1 27 24 3 0 1 1.000 1 25 1 5.13 3.86 0 0 1 2 67%
20 Clyde McCullough 37 CHC 26 18 17 167.0 108 103 3 2 1 .981 -2 -14 -2 5.71 4.08 3 4 7 2 22%
21 Gus Niarhos 33 PHI 3 2 1 16.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 5.62 3.33 0 0 0 0
22 Del Rice 31 STL 52 45 26 382.0 272 248 20 4 2 .985 -1 -3 -1 6.31 5.15 3 9 9 5 36%
23 Bill Sarni 26 STL 118 96 88 904.0 529 486 41 2 12 .996 1 1 1 5.25 4.47 4 19 15 19 56%
24 Andy Seminick 33 CIN 82 75 59 651.2 375 327 44 4 11 .989 5 9 5 5.12 4.52 4 12 13 19 59%
25 Jack Shepard 23 PIT 67 62 54 539.1 310 257 46 7 5 .977 2 4 2 5.06 4.52 4 18 34 23 40%
Rk Age Tm G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
26 Ebba St. Claire 32 NYG 16 13 8 109.0 81 72 7 2 3 .975 -2 -22 -2 6.52 4.94 2 0 7 0 0%
27 El Tappe 27 CHC 46 34 23 332.0 210 185 22 3 2 .986 -1 -4 -1 5.61 4.50 0 8 22 10 31%
28 Tim Thompson 30 BRO 2 2 2 18.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0 0 0 5.00 5.00 0 0 1 0 0%
29 Rube Walker 28 BRO 47 46 41 404.0 279 259 19 1 4 .996 2 6 2 6.19 5.91 0 9 8 10 56%
30 Wes Westrum 31 NYG 98 83 59 726.2 471 419 45 7 8 .985 3 5 3 5.75 4.73 3 13 15 22 59%
31 Charlie White 26 MLN 28 16 11 158.1 107 101 4 2 0 .981 -1 -8 -1 5.97 3.75 1 3 9 2 18%
32 Sal Yvars 30 STL 21 12 7 104.1 55 46 9 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 4.74 2.62 1 3 3 1 25%
LgAvg 18 16 13 142 86 77 8 1 1 .986 0 0 0 5.39 4.59 1 3 4 3 45%

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 Toby Atwell 30 PIT 2412 5.17 5.83 69 94% 0 0 280 43 2 19 216 30 10 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 100%
2 Ed Bailey 23 CIN 2061 5.03 5.26 42 90% 1 0 194 15 1 25 153 19 6 0 0 2 6 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 5 80%
3 Smoky Burgess 27 PHI 2866 3.50 3.96 49 90% 0 0 316 36 1 14 265 29 6 0 0 5 8 0 6 2 1 4 0 1 2 3 67%
4 Sam Calderone 28 MLN 320 6.38 6.92 4 100% 0 0 44 2 1 4 37 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
5 Roy Campanella 32 BRO 4204 4.21 4.69 104 96% 0 0 598 82 3 11 499 61 12 1 1 19 7 3 2 2 1 7 0 0 1 16 75%
6 Walker Cooper 39 PIT 41 5.00 6.00 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Walker Cooper 39 CHC 1262 5.21 5.78 19 100% 0 0 153 13 1 2 137 22 6 0 0 6 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 100%
8 Del Crandall 24 MLN 4279 3.24 3.61 94 97% 0 0 594 52 4 30 508 65 18 4 3 6 7 0 4 3 0 12 1 3 6 10 100%
9 Jim Fanning 26 CHC 319 2.58 3.07 4 100% 0 0 29 2 0 1 26 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Joe Garagiola 28 NYG 89 0.78 1.17 3 100% 0 0 16 3 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Joe Garagiola 28 CHC 1549 4.97 5.54 25 92% 0 1 168 12 5 8 143 20 6 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 71%
12 Bill Hall 25 PIT 35 4.50 4.50 1 100% 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ray Katt 27 NYG 2212 3.03 3.44 30 90% 0 0 258 21 1 10 226 23 2 0 1 5 8 0 7 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Nick Koback 18 PIT 82 6.16 6.63 2 100% 0 0 13 2 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Hobie Landrith 24 CIN 1104 5.42 6.50 16 94% 0 0 124 8 1 7 108 14 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
16 Stan Lopata 28 PHI 2342 3.80 4.24 72 96% 0 0 312 52 0 20 240 21 7 1 0 2 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 100%
17 Jim Mangan 24 PIT 136 1.62 2.16 1 100% 0 0 17 1 0 0 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Clyde McCullough 37 CHC 625 4.79 5.17 11 91% 0 0 86 7 0 6 73 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
19 Gus Niarhos 33 PHI 75 5.63 6.75 1 100% 0 0 9 0 1 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Del Rice 31 STL 1529 5.24 5.80 34 88% 0 0 221 16 1 14 190 19 3 2 0 4 4 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 80%
21 Bill Sarni 26 STL 3129 4.55 5.19 49 98% 0 0 377 31 2 17 326 31 6 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 1 3 7 100%
22 Andy Seminick 33 CIN 2816 3.78 4.30 62 97% 0 0 327 32 5 22 268 44 8 4 1 2 4 0 3 1 1 12 2 0 2 6 83%
23 Jack Shepard 23 PIT 1626 5.82 6.85 40 95% 0 0 189 29 0 13 147 33 3 1 0 4 5 0 4 1 0 6 0 0 3 4 100%
24 Ebba St. Claire 32 NYG 448 4.14 4.86 6 100% 1 0 66 3 0 1 62 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
25 El Tappe 27 CHC 1187 4.70 5.27 24 100% 1 0 149 21 1 3 124 16 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
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 Tim Thompson 30 BRO 76 3.00 5.50 0 1 0 10 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Rube Walker 28 BRO 1751 4.59 4.97 33 97% 0 0 259 26 0 4 229 18 4 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 100%
28 Wes Westrum 31 NYG 2956 3.02 3.46 55 96% 0 0 411 45 4 6 356 40 6 1 0 9 7 1 3 3 0 8 1 0 1 4 100%
29 Charlie White 26 MLN 595 2.61 3.33 8 88% 0 0 92 2 0 8 82 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
30 Sal Yvars 30 STL 483 6.99 7.61 8 100% 0 0 47 3 0 1 43 8 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
LgAvg 592 4.19 4.71 12 95% 0 0 75 8 0 3 63 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 Toby Atwell 30 PIT 3 6 957 34 16 15 32% 30 16 3 0 1 0 0 0 50 20 1.20 0.81
2 Ed Bailey 23 CIN 4 8 804 9 9 8 50% 9 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 30 12 0.79 1.08
3 Smoky Burgess 27 PHI 5 9 1024 21 16 15 43% 19 11 1 4 1 1 0 0 42 21 0.96 1.19
4 Sam Calderone 28 MLN 3 1 153 4 3 3 43% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0.96 0.63
5 Roy Campanella 32 BRO 4 21 1612 19 22 22 54% 17 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 68 34 1.12 1.36
6 Walker Cooper 39 PIT 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Walker Cooper 39 CHC 3 11 499 16 8 8 33% 13 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 38 10 1.62 0.95
8 Del Crandall 24 MLN 6 16 1601 28 24 23 46% 24 22 4 0 0 2 8 1 71 42 1.45 1.12
9 Jim Fanning 26 CHC 0 6 137 4 3 3 43% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 1.18 1.49
10 Joe Garagiola 28 NYG 0 0 32 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.21
11 Joe Garagiola 28 CHC 4 5 606 16 8 8 33% 10 7 3 1 3 0 0 0 32 11 1.05 0.63
12 Bill Hall 25 PIT 0 1 12 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.44
13 Ray Katt 27 NYG 11 7 839 6 12 11 67% 4 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 42 18 1.05 1.25
14 Nick Koback 18 PIT 0 1 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Hobie Landrith 24 CIN 1 4 491 2 6 6 75% 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 7 1.04 0.87
16 Stan Lopata 28 PHI 3 10 866 12 7 7 37% 12 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 35 14 0.65 0.87
17 Jim Mangan 24 PIT 0 0 43 0 2 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.68
18 Clyde McCullough 37 CHC 3 4 254 5 2 1 29% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 2 1.04 0.69
19 Gus Niarhos 33 PHI 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Del Rice 31 STL 3 9 582 9 5 5 36% 8 5 0 0 1 0 3 0 32 11 0.67 1.22
21 Bill Sarni 26 STL 4 19 1238 12 16 16 57% 6 13 6 3 0 0 0 0 50 19 0.94 0.84
22 Andy Seminick 33 CIN 4 12 1149 13 19 19 59% 11 17 2 2 0 0 5 0 40 28 1.68 1.37
23 Jack Shepard 23 PIT 2 18 667 26 19 19 42% 20 17 6 1 0 1 2 0 65 24 0.88 0.88
24 Ebba St. Claire 32 NYG 3 0 190 7 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.27
25 El Tappe 27 CHC 0 8 471 18 9 9 33% 17 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 13 1.13 1.22
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Tim Thompson 30 BRO 0 0 25 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.03
27 Rube Walker 28 BRO 0 9 702 8 10 10 56% 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 10 0.99 1.31
28 Wes Westrum 31 NYG 3 13 1099 14 20 20 59% 13 18 1 1 0 1 2 0 46 27 1.09 1.38
29 Charlie White 26 MLN 1 3 232 9 2 1 18% 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 16 4 0.77 1.10
30 Sal Yvars 30 STL 0 3 201 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1.41 1.59
LgAvg 1 3 230 4 3 3 45% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 1.11 1.11


1953 NL  / 1955 NL  / 1954 AL  / 1954 MLB  Catcher