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1954 National League 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%
BRO 3 4.81 154 154 1393.2 955 869 77 9 11 .991 3.0 2.6 3 4 30 28 32 53%
CHC 5 4.97 154 154 1374.1 808 709 85 14 7 .983 -6.0 -5.2 -6 14 27 50 29 37%
CIN 3 4.95 154 154 1367.2 735 644 79 12 14 .984 7.0 6.1 7 9 24 24 34 59%
MLN 3 3.61 154 154 1394.2 908 811 87 10 14 .989 4.0 3.4 4 10 19 33 28 46%
NYG 4 3.57 154 154 1390.0 865 773 75 17 15 .980 0.0 0.0 0 17 19 28 30 52%
PHI 3 3.99 154 153 1365.1 772 701 57 14 5 .982 -2.0 -1.8 -2 9 19 32 23 42%
PIT 6 5.49 154 154 1346.0 764 665 88 11 10 .986 1.0 0.9 1 9 23 48 33 41%
STL 3 5.13 154 153 1390.1 856 780 70 6 15 .993 0.0 0.0 0 8 29 20 21 51%
LgAvg 4 4.56 154 154 1378 833 744 77 12 11 .986 1 0 1 10 24 33 29 47%
28 4.56 1232 1230 11022.0 6663 5952 618 93 91 .986 7.0 0.8 7 80 190 263 230 47%

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%
BRO 6133 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 4578 4.79 5.31 66 97% 1 1 520 42 7 18 453 57 13 1 0 10 8 2 2 4 1 4 0 1 1 13 85%
CIN 6095 4.50 5.02 121 94% 1 0 646 55 7 55 529 77 19 4 1 6 12 0 7 5 1 17 2 2 4 13 85%
MLN 4928 3.20 3.63 96 96% 0 0 663 52 5 39 567 64 17 3 3 7 9 0 6 3 1 12 0 4 5 9 89%
NYG 5639 3.10 3.55 93 95% 1 0 729 71 5 17 636 66 11 1 1 16 16 1 11 4 0 11 1 0 2 5 100%
PHI 5259 3.64 4.07 118 94% 0 0 615 86 2 34 493 50 14 0 0 7 11 0 8 3 2 5 0 1 2 11 91%
PIT 3949 5.33 6.11 105 96% 0 0 444 73 1 28 342 60 13 1 0 7 7 0 6 1 1 6 0 0 2 14 100%
STL 4756 4.66 5.29 87 94% 0 0 577 48 3 32 494 53 11 2 0 9 6 1 5 0 2 9 0 1 3 11 91%
LgAvg 5167 4.13 4.65 103 95% 1 0 633 67 4 30 531 63 14 2 1 11 10 1 6 3 1 9 0 1 3 12 88%
41337 4.13 4.65 823 95% 4 1 5061 535 33 239 4251 506 114 13 6 85 78 7 49 22 9 75 3 9 20 95 88%

* 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
BRO 4 30 2339 28 32 32 53% 26 29 1 3 1 0 0 0 93 44 1.06 1.35
CHC 9 27 1786 50 29 28 37% 42 25 6 3 2 1 0 0 105 38 1.23 1.02
CIN 9 24 2444 24 34 33 59% 22 30 2 3 0 1 8 0 86 48 1.28 1.21
MLN 10 19 1827 33 28 25 46% 29 25 4 0 0 3 7 1 87 47 1.30 1.05
NYG 17 19 2087 28 30 29 52% 25 27 3 1 0 2 2 0 100 43 1.14 1.33
PHI 8 19 1878 32 23 22 42% 31 17 1 5 0 1 1 0 76 35 0.88 1.09
PIT 3 23 1537 48 33 32 41% 42 31 5 1 1 1 2 0 94 43 1.04 0.90
STL 7 29 1821 20 21 21 51% 15 18 4 3 1 0 3 0 82 31 0.86 0.90
LgAvg 8 24 1965 33 29 28 47% 29 25 3 2 1 1 3 0 90 41 1.11 1.12
67 190 15719 263 230 222 47% 232 202 26 19 5 9 23 1 723 329 1.11 1.12

* 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 G GS 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 83 719.1 403 360 39 4 4 .990 -2.0 -3.3 -2 4.99 4.53 5 6 32 15 32%
2 Ed Bailey 23 CIN 61 53 473.2 220 194 20 6 2 .973 0.0 0.0 0 4.07 3.51 4 8 9 9 50%
3 Smoky Burgess 27 PHI 91 85 749.2 396 356 30 10 4 .975 -1.0 -1.6 -1 4.63 4.24 5 9 20 16 44%
4 Sam Calderone 28 MLN 16 5 69.0 49 45 4 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.39 3.06 3 1 3 3 50%
5 Roy Campanella 32 BRO 111 106 971.2 665 600 58 7 7 .989 1.0 1.2 1 6.09 5.93 4 21 19 22 54%
6 Walker Cooper 39 TOT 50 44 379.0 232 196 31 5 4 .978 0.0 0.0 0 5.39 4.54 4 6 10 8 44%
7 Walker Cooper 39 PIT 2 1 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.91 3.00 0 0 0 0
8 Walker Cooper 39 CHC 48 43 368.0 226 190 31 5 4 .978 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 4.60 4 6 10 8 44%
9 Del Crandall 24 MLN 136 133 1167.1 752 665 79 8 11 .989 5.0 5.1 5 5.74 5.47 6 15 26 23 47%
10 Jim Fanning 26 CHC 11 11 99.1 46 40 6 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -12.1 -1 4.17 4.18 1 6 4 3 43%
11 Joe Garagiola 28 TOT 58 50 432.0 235 208 23 4 0 .983 -2.0 -5.6 -2 4.81 3.98 6 4 16 7 30%
12 Joe Garagiola 28 CHC 55 48 409.0 218 191 23 4 0 .982 -2.0 -5.9 -2 4.71 3.89 6 4 15 7 32%
13 Joe Garagiola 28 NYG 3 2 23.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.65 5.67 0 0 1 0 0%
14 Bill Hall 25 PIT 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 4.00 0 1 1 0 0%
15 Ray Katt 27 NYG 82 56 531.1 296 265 23 8 4 .973 -1.0 -2.3 -1 4.88 3.51 12 6 6 11 65%
16 Nick Koback 18 PIT 4 2 21.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 3.50 0 1 0 0
17 Hobie Landrith 24 CIN 42 26 242.1 140 123 15 2 1 .986 2.0 9.9 2 5.13 3.29 1 4 2 6 75%
18 Stan Lopata 28 PHI 75 66 599.2 366 336 26 4 1 .989 -1.0 -2.0 -1 5.43 4.83 4 10 12 7 37%
19 Jim Mangan 24 PIT 7 5 47.1 27 24 3 0 1 1.000 1.0 25.4 1 5.13 3.86 0 0 0 1 100%
20 Clyde McCullough 37 CHC 26 18 167.0 108 103 3 2 1 .981 -2.0 -14.4 -2 5.71 4.08 3 4 5 2 29%
21 Gus Niarhos 33 PHI 3 2 16.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.62 3.33 0 0 0 0
22 Del Rice 31 STL 52 45 382.0 272 248 20 4 2 .985 -1.0 -3.1 -1 6.31 5.15 3 9 9 4 31%
23 Bill Sarni 26 STL 118 96 903.0 529 486 41 2 12 .996 1.0 1.3 1 5.25 4.47 4 19 9 16 64%
24 Andy Seminick 33 CIN 82 75 651.2 375 327 44 4 11 .989 5.0 9.2 5 5.12 4.52 4 12 13 19 59%
25 Jack Shepard 22 PIT 67 62 539.1 310 257 46 7 5 .977 2.0 4.4 2 5.06 4.52 4 15 15 17 53%
Rk Age Tm G GS 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 13 109.0 81 72 7 2 3 .975 -2.0 -22.0 -2 6.52 4.94 2 0 7 0 0%
27 El Tappe 27 CHC 46 34 331.0 210 185 22 3 2 .986 -1.0 -3.6 -1 5.63 4.50 0 7 16 9 36%
28 Tim Thompson 30 BRO 2 2 18.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 0 0 1 0 0%
29 Rube Walker 28 BRO 47 46 404.0 279 259 19 1 4 .996 2.0 5.9 2 6.19 5.91 0 9 8 10 56%
30 Wes Westrum 31 NYG 98 83 726.2 471 419 45 7 8 .985 3.0 5.0 3 5.75 4.73 3 13 14 19 58%
31 Charlie White 25 MLN 28 16 158.1 107 101 4 2 0 .981 -1.0 -7.6 -1 5.97 3.75 1 3 4 2 33%
32 Sal Yvars 30 STL 21 12 105.1 55 46 9 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.70 2.62 1 1 2 1 33%
LgAvg 18 16 142 86 77 8 1 1 .986 0 0 0 5.39 4.59 1 3 3 3 48%

Player Advanced Fielding -- c

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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 2198 5.26 5.93 64 95% 0 0 255 42 1 16 196 29 10 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 100%
2 Ed Bailey 23 CIN 2100 5.03 5.27 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 2871 3.45 3.90 49 90% 0 0 309 36 1 14 258 29 6 0 0 5 8 0 6 2 1 4 0 1 2 3 67%
4 Sam Calderone 28 MLN 299 5.06 5.63 3 100% 0 0 41 1 1 4 35 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
5 Roy Campanella 32 BRO 4281 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 CHC 1127 5.09 5.49 15 100% 0 0 129 11 1 2 115 19 4 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 100%
7 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
8 Del Crandall 24 MLN 4082 3.20 3.59 88 97% 0 0 542 50 4 28 460 58 16 3 3 6 7 0 4 3 0 9 0 3 4 8 100%
9 Jim Fanning 26 CHC 333 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 90 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 1432 4.88 5.51 23 91% 0 1 154 10 5 7 132 18 6 0 0 4 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 71%
12 Bill Hall 25 PIT 37 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 2148 3.06 3.48 30 90% 0 0 246 21 1 10 214 22 2 0 1 5 8 0 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Nick Koback 18 PIT 83 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 1123 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 2313 3.82 4.21 68 97% 0 0 297 50 0 20 227 20 7 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 100%
17 Jim Mangan 24 PIT 124 1.78 2.37 1 100% 0 0 11 1 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Clyde McCullough 37 CHC 549 5.30 5.59 8 100% 0 0 75 5 0 5 65 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 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 1444 5.33 5.90 33 88% 0 0 198 16 1 14 167 15 2 2 0 2 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 75%
21 Bill Sarni 26 STL 2903 4.22 4.90 48 98% 0 0 337 30 2 17 288 31 6 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 1 3 7 100%
22 Andy Seminick 33 CIN 2872 3.78 4.30 63 97% 0 0 328 32 5 23 268 44 8 4 1 2 4 0 3 1 1 12 2 0 2 6 83%
23 Jack Shepard 22 PIT 1466 5.75 6.78 37 97% 0 0 156 28 0 11 117 30 3 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 4 100%
24 Ebba St. Claire 32 NYG 422 4.35 5.04 6 100% 1 0 61 3 0 1 57 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
25 El Tappe 27 CHC 1137 4.78 5.40 16 100% 1 0 133 14 1 3 115 14 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 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 77 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 1775 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 2979 3.03 3.48 54 96% 0 0 406 44 4 6 352 39 6 1 0 9 7 1 3 3 0 7 1 0 1 4 100%
29 Charlie White 25 MLN 547 2.22 2.94 5 80% 0 0 80 1 0 7 72 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
30 Sal Yvars 30 STL 409 5.56 6.07 6 100% 0 0 42 2 0 1 39 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
LgAvg 574 4.13 4.65 11 95% 0 0 70 7 0 3 59 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 88%

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
1 Toby Atwell 30 PIT 3 6 865 32 15 14 32% 28 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 47 19 1.17 0.81
2 Ed Bailey 23 CIN 4 8 804 9 9 8 50% 9 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 30 12 0.80 1.08
3 Smoky Burgess 27 PHI 5 9 1008 20 16 15 44% 19 11 1 4 0 1 0 0 41 21 1.01 1.19
4 Sam Calderone 28 MLN 3 1 137 3 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 1.27 0.66
5 Roy Campanella 32 BRO 4 21 1612 19 22 22 54% 17 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 68 34 1.13 1.35
6 Walker Cooper 39 PIT 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Walker Cooper 39 CHC 2 6 432 10 8 8 44% 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 10 1.97 0.94
8 Del Crandall 24 MLN 6 15 1489 26 23 21 47% 22 21 4 0 0 2 7 1 67 40 1.34 1.10
9 Jim Fanning 26 CHC 0 6 137 4 3 3 43% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 1.18 1.50
10 Joe Garagiola 28 NYG 0 0 32 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.22
11 Joe Garagiola 28 CHC 4 4 550 15 7 7 32% 10 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 28 10 1.01 0.71
12 Bill Hall 25 PIT 0 1 12 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.37
13 Ray Katt 27 NYG 11 6 802 6 11 10 65% 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 41 17 1.07 1.26
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 0.89
16 Stan Lopata 28 PHI 3 10 840 12 7 7 37% 12 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 35 14 0.66 0.87
17 Jim Mangan 24 PIT 0 0 40 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.07
18 Clyde McCullough 37 CHC 3 4 221 5 2 1 29% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 2 1.07 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 9 541 9 4 4 31% 8 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 32 10 0.70 0.98
21 Bill Sarni 26 STL 4 19 1121 9 16 16 64% 5 13 4 3 0 0 0 0 47 19 0.92 0.84
22 Andy Seminick 33 CIN 4 12 1149 13 19 19 59% 11 17 2 2 0 0 5 0 40 29 1.65 1.37
23 Jack Shepard 22 PIT 0 15 569 15 17 17 53% 13 15 2 1 0 1 2 0 44 23 0.75 0.92
24 Ebba St. Claire 32 NYG 3 0 168 7 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.27
25 El Tappe 27 CHC 0 7 446 16 9 9 36% 15 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 13 1.02 1.23
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 0.17
27 Rube Walker 28 BRO 0 9 702 8 10 10 56% 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 10 0.99 1.33
28 Wes Westrum 31 NYG 3 13 1085 14 19 19 58% 13 17 1 1 0 1 2 0 46 26 1.09 1.38
29 Charlie White 25 MLN 1 3 201 4 2 1 33% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 4 1.05 1.13
30 Sal Yvars 30 STL 0 1 159 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1.35 1.57
LgAvg 1 3 218 4 3 3 47% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 1.11 1.12
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