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1955 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 4.22 154 154 1378.0 945 868 68 9 11 .990 0.0 0.0 0 5 34 34 28 45%
CHC 5 4.63 154 154 1378.1 886 776 95 15 11 .983 -5.0 -4.4 -5 21 25 54 25 32%
CIN 5 4.44 154 154 1362.2 751 676 65 10 14 .987 3.0 2.6 3 10 29 31 31 50%
MLN 4 4.34 154 154 1383.0 845 749 83 13 10 .985 5.0 4.3 5 10 19 26 28 52%
NYG 4 4.37 154 154 1386.2 901 811 78 12 13 .987 2.0 1.7 2 23 14 31 28 47%
PHI 4 4.32 154 154 1356.2 905 815 85 5 15 .994 4.0 3.5 4 18 27 35 33 49%
PIT 5 4.98 154 154 1362.0 847 751 82 14 13 .983 1.0 0.9 1 19 16 39 29 43%
STL 4 4.92 154 154 1377.0 912 826 70 16 13 .982 -4.0 -3.5 -4 14 18 29 18 38%
LgAvg 4 4.53 154 154 1373 874 784 78 12 13 .987 1 0 1 15 23 35 28 44%
31 4.53 1232 1232 10984.1 6992 6272 626 94 100 .987 6.0 0.7 6 120 182 279 220 44%

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 5906 3.68 4.25 104 98% 0 1 868 80 4 26 758 65 16 0 1 14 9 3 3 3 0 11 0 1 4 18 100%
CHC 3950 4.31 4.79 70 97% 0 0 557 52 3 16 486 58 15 1 0 12 7 0 5 2 0 9 0 2 2 3 100%
CIN 5907 3.94 4.52 106 95% 0 1 677 88 12 9 568 63 14 2 0 7 11 2 6 3 1 14 0 3 4 4 50%
MLN 4186 4.29 4.77 68 94% 0 0 521 33 2 32 454 54 11 3 0 4 9 0 3 6 2 6 1 1 2 8 88%
NYG 4454 3.90 4.47 72 94% 0 0 580 58 4 15 503 50 10 1 0 5 8 1 5 2 1 10 0 1 1 7 71%
PHI 5431 3.89 4.36 139 98% 0 1 735 110 1 29 594 70 18 4 2 10 3 1 2 0 0 12 0 1 4 13 92%
PIT 3469 5.00 5.68 65 94% 0 0 378 46 6 24 301 47 9 1 0 4 6 0 2 4 3 9 0 2 2 6 83%
STL 3575 4.70 5.13 49 96% 0 0 467 38 3 17 409 32 4 0 0 7 11 0 5 6 1 9 0 0 1 3 100%
LgAvg 4610 4.13 4.66 84 96% 0 0 598 63 4 21 509 55 12 2 0 8 8 1 4 3 1 10 0 1 3 8 89%
36878 4.13 4.66 673 96% 0 3 4783 505 35 168 4073 439 97 12 3 63 64 7 31 26 8 80 1 11 20 62 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 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 5 34 2114 34 28 26 45% 27 22 5 1 2 5 0 0 92 37 1.11 1.09
CHC 12 25 1416 54 25 24 32% 47 21 6 3 1 1 4 1 112 31 1.15 1.10
CIN 10 29 2156 31 31 27 50% 27 27 4 3 0 1 5 0 104 48 1.05 0.90
MLN 6 19 1616 26 28 27 52% 19 26 6 2 1 0 4 0 78 36 1.27 1.03
NYG 18 14 1700 31 28 27 47% 26 28 4 0 1 0 1 0 89 34 1.05 1.10
PHI 16 27 1898 35 33 31 49% 31 29 3 1 1 3 3 1 101 37 1.00 1.09
PIT 15 16 1391 39 29 27 43% 31 25 7 3 1 1 2 0 89 38 0.80 0.95
STL 11 18 1328 29 18 16 38% 21 14 7 3 1 1 1 1 87 26 1.22 1.34
LgAvg 12 23 1702 35 28 26 44% 29 24 5 2 1 2 3 0 94 36 1.07 1.06
93 182 13619 279 220 205 44% 229 192 42 16 8 12 20 3 752 287 1.07 1.06

* 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 31 PIT 67 58 524.2 361 334 24 3 3 .992 -2.0 -4.6 -2 6.14 5.34 5 8 19 7 27%
2 Ed Bailey 24 CIN 11 9 76.0 52 42 8 2 3 .962 1.0 15.8 1 5.92 4.55 1 1 0 4 100%
3 Matt Batts 33 CIN 21 18 155.1 74 65 8 1 2 .986 0.0 0.0 0 4.23 3.48 0 4 3 3 50%
4 Nelson Burbrink 33 STL 55 49 423.1 291 261 24 6 4 .979 0.0 0.0 0 6.06 5.18 7 7 7 8 53%
5 Smoky Burgess 28 TOT 113 109 963.0 535 492 36 7 6 .987 -1.0 -1.2 -1 4.93 4.67 9 22 25 18 42%
6 Smoky Burgess 28 PHI 6 6 51.0 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.35 6.00 1 1 0 0
7 Smoky Burgess 28 CIN 107 103 912.0 499 457 35 7 6 .986 -1.0 -1.3 -1 4.86 4.60 8 21 25 18 42%
8 Roy Campanella 33 BRO 121 118 1042.0 732 672 54 6 8 .992 2.0 2.3 2 6.27 6.00 4 25 21 23 52%
9 Harry Chiti 22 CHC 113 103 904.2 573 495 69 9 10 .984 -4.0 -5.3 -4 5.61 4.99 17 17 37 17 31%
10 Walker Cooper 40 CHC 31 21 202.2 103 88 11 4 1 .961 0.0 0.0 0 4.40 3.19 1 2 5 3 38%
11 Del Crandall 25 MLN 131 124 1123.0 688 611 67 10 8 .985 7.0 7.5 7 5.43 5.18 7 9 21 24 53%
12 Jim Fanning 27 CHC 5 4 33.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.73 6.40 2 1 1 1 50%
13 Mickey Grasso 35 NYG 8 1 21.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -1.0 -57.1 -1 3.86 1.13 1 1 1 0 0%
14 Bobby Hofman 29 NYG 19 7 77.0 46 40 6 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -15.6 -1 5.38 2.42 1 1 3 0 0%
15 Dixie Howell 35 BRO 13 9 88.0 54 49 4 1 0 .981 -1.0 -13.6 -1 5.42 4.08 1 2 2 0 0%
16 Ray Katt 28 NYG 122 95 849.1 534 482 45 7 7 .987 3.0 4.2 3 5.58 4.32 17 7 17 20 54%
17 Nick Koback 19 PIT 2 1 11.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.09 2.50 0 2 0 0
18 Hobie Landrith 25 CIN 27 20 183.1 100 86 14 0 3 1.000 3.0 19.6 3 4.91 3.70 1 2 2 5 71%
19 Stan Lopata 29 PHI 66 60 550.0 371 332 37 2 9 .995 2.0 4.4 2 6.04 5.59 9 10 14 15 52%
20 Jerry Lynch 24 PIT 2 2 18.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 66.7 1 5.00 5.00 0 0 0 1 100%
21 Clyde McCullough 38 CHC 37 26 234.0 174 160 12 2 0 .989 -1.0 -5.1 -1 6.62 4.65 1 4 11 4 27%
22 Gus Niarhos 34 PHI 7 2 25.0 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 2.14 0 0 2 0 0%
23 Hardy Peterson 25 PIT 31 22 214.1 143 117 21 5 4 .965 2.0 11.2 2 5.79 4.45 1 0 8 9 53%
24 Dick Rand 24 STL 3 3 27.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 3.33 0
25 Del Rice 32 TOT 40 37 314.0 187 164 18 5 3 .973 -3.0 -11.5 -3 5.22 4.55 3 9 7 3 30%
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 Del Rice 32 STL 18 18 144.1 83 74 6 3 1 .964 -2.0 -16.6 -2 4.99 4.44 2 4 4 1 20%
27 Del Rice 32 MLN 22 19 169.2 104 90 12 2 2 .981 -1.0 -7.1 -1 5.41 4.64 1 5 3 2 40%
28 Bob Roselli 23 MLN 2 2 15.1 12 9 2 1 0 .917 6.46 5.50 1
29 Bill Sarni 27 STL 99 84 782.1 528 482 39 7 8 .987 -2.0 -3.1 -2 5.99 5.26 5 7 18 9 33%
30 Andy Seminick 34 TOT 93 90 766.2 509 461 45 3 6 .994 2.0 3.1 2 5.94 5.44 8 17 20 19 49%
31 Andy Seminick 34 CIN 5 4 36.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.50 5.20 0 1 1 1 50%
32 Andy Seminick 34 PHI 88 86 730.2 483 435 45 3 6 .994 2.0 3.3 2 5.91 5.45 8 16 19 18 49%
33 Jack Shepard 23 PIT 77 71 594.0 328 288 34 6 6 .982 0.0 0.0 0 4.88 4.18 13 6 12 12 50%
34 El Tappe 28 CHC 2 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 0 1 0 0
35 Rube Walker 29 BRO 35 27 248.0 159 147 10 2 3 .987 -1.0 -4.8 -1 5.70 4.49 0 7 11 5 31%
36 Wes Westrum 32 NYG 68 51 439.1 311 280 27 4 5 .987 1.0 2.7 1 6.29 4.51 4 5 10 8 44%
37 Charlie White 26 MLN 10 9 75.0 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -16.0 -1 4.92 4.10 1 5 2 2 50%
LgAvg 16 14 124 80 72 7 1 1 .986 0 0 0 5.72 4.79 1 2 3 3 44%

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 31 PIT 1315 4.81 5.42 24 96% 0 0 169 19 2 10 137 11 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 100%
2 Ed Bailey 24 CIN 332 3.91 4.62 9 89% 0 0 43 7 3 0 33 9 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 50%
3 Matt Batts 33 CIN 667 4.31 4.71 10 100% 0 0 68 8 0 0 60 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
4 Nelson Burbrink 33 STL 1185 4.82 5.19 16 100% 0 0 161 14 0 4 143 11 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
5 Smoky Burgess 28 CIN 3978 3.98 4.62 63 94% 0 1 453 52 7 5 389 36 8 1 0 3 8 2 4 2 0 6 0 2 3 2 50%
6 Smoky Burgess 28 PHI 188 2.72 4.81 5 100% 0 0 30 5 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
7 Roy Campanella 33 BRO 4417 3.52 4.06 86 98% 0 0 672 69 3 21 579 51 12 0 1 13 6 2 2 2 0 8 0 1 3 10 100%
8 Harry Chiti 22 CHC 2430 3.86 4.43 43 98% 0 0 336 32 2 13 289 41 9 1 0 10 6 0 4 2 0 8 0 2 2 1 100%
9 Walker Cooper 40 CHC 517 5.43 5.83 7 100% 0 0 55 4 0 2 49 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Del Crandall 25 MLN 3429 4.06 4.49 59 97% 0 0 443 31 1 27 384 45 11 2 0 2 7 0 1 6 1 6 1 1 2 8 88%
11 Jim Fanning 27 CHC 152 5.97 5.97 6 100% 0 0 30 5 0 0 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Mickey Grasso 35 NYG 92 3.00 4.29 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Bobby Hofman 29 NYG 171 5.84 6.57 2 100% 0 0 17 2 0 2 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Dixie Howell 35 BRO 384 4.70 5.11 6 100% 0 1 50 4 0 1 45 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
15 Ray Katt 28 NYG 2616 3.63 4.04 32 91% 0 0 337 27 4 7 299 30 3 0 0 3 4 1 1 2 1 5 0 1 1 3 33%
16 Nick Koback 19 PIT 55 6.55 6.55 2 100% 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Hobie Landrith 25 CIN 760 2.99 3.44 16 100% 0 0 87 13 2 2 70 13 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
18 Stan Lopata 29 PHI 2237 4.45 4.80 58 97% 0 0 297 46 1 13 236 30 8 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 4 6 83%
19 Jerry Lynch 24 PIT 74 2.00 2.00 1 100% 0 0 9 1 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Clyde McCullough 38 CHC 841 4.73 5.06 14 93% 0 0 135 11 1 1 122 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
21 Gus Niarhos 34 PHI 119 7.92 7.92 6 100% 0 0 13 4 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
22 Hardy Peterson 25 PIT 607 4.69 5.03 10 80% 0 0 65 5 1 1 58 14 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0%
23 Del Rice 32 STL 366 3.75 4.41 5 80% 0 0 43 2 0 3 38 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
24 Del Rice 32 MLN 542 4.66 5.34 8 75% 0 0 58 1 1 5 51 8 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Bill Sarni 27 STL 2024 4.80 5.22 28 96% 0 0 263 22 3 10 228 17 2 0 0 4 6 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 1 1 100%
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 Andy Seminick 34 CIN 170 6.25 6.75 8 100% 0 0 26 8 0 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Andy Seminick 34 PHI 2887 3.40 3.86 70 99% 0 1 395 55 0 15 325 38 9 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 100%
28 Jack Shepard 23 PIT 1418 5.44 6.40 28 96% 0 0 131 19 3 12 97 20 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 3 100%
29 El Tappe 28 CHC 10 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Rube Walker 29 BRO 1105 4.03 4.72 12 100% 0 0 146 7 1 4 134 10 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6 100%
31 Wes Westrum 32 NYG 1575 4.22 4.99 38 97% 0 0 217 29 0 5 183 19 7 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 100%
32 Charlie White 26 MLN 215 7.46 8.34 1 100% 0 0 20 1 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LgAvg 512 4.13 4.66 9 96% 0 0 66 7 0 2 57 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 89%

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 31 PIT 2 8 503 19 7 5 27% 14 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 35 10 0.81 1.04
2 Ed Bailey 24 CIN 1 1 129 0 4 4 100% 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0.80
3 Matt Batts 33 CIN 0 4 229 3 3 1 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 1.19 1.15
4 Nelson Burbrink 33 STL 5 7 453 7 8 7 53% 4 7 3 0 0 1 1 1 32 9 1.02 1.55
5 Smoky Burgess 28 PHI 1 1 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Smoky Burgess 28 CIN 8 21 1480 25 18 17 42% 21 17 4 1 0 0 3 0 79 27 1.02 0.87
7 Roy Campanella 33 BRO 4 25 1554 21 23 21 52% 19 17 2 1 0 5 0 0 61 29 0.97 1.10
8 Harry Chiti 22 CHC 8 17 855 37 17 17 31% 31 14 5 2 1 1 4 1 74 23 1.20 1.07
9 Walker Cooper 40 CHC 1 2 184 5 3 2 38% 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 3 1.30 1.54
10 Del Crandall 25 MLN 4 9 1317 21 24 24 53% 15 22 5 2 1 0 3 0 51 30 1.31 1.12
11 Jim Fanning 27 CHC 2 1 61 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.31 0.50
12 Mickey Grasso 35 NYG 1 1 42 1 0 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.46
13 Bobby Hofman 29 NYG 0 1 71 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.70
14 Dixie Howell 35 BRO 1 2 139 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.68
15 Ray Katt 28 NYG 14 7 976 17 20 19 54% 15 20 2 0 0 0 1 0 52 26 1.26 0.91
16 Nick Koback 19 PIT 0 2 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
17 Hobie Landrith 25 CIN 1 2 236 2 5 5 71% 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 8 1.08 0.92
18 Stan Lopata 29 PHI 8 10 771 14 15 14 52% 12 12 2 1 0 2 0 0 40 17 1.14 1.00
19 Jerry Lynch 24 PIT 0 0 29 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.66
20 Clyde McCullough 38 CHC 1 4 312 11 4 4 27% 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4 0.98 1.04
21 Gus Niarhos 34 PHI 0 0 51 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.14
22 Hardy Peterson 25 PIT 2 0 239 8 9 9 53% 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 10 0.69 0.92
23 Del Rice 32 MLN 1 5 219 3 2 2 40% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 3 1.15 0.11
24 Del Rice 32 STL 2 4 123 4 1 1 20% 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 3 1.02 1.90
25 Bill Sarni 27 STL 4 7 752 18 9 8 33% 14 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 41 14 1.34 1.09
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Andy Seminick 34 PHI 7 16 999 19 18 17 49% 17 17 1 0 1 1 3 1 57 20 1.00 1.16
27 Andy Seminick 34 CIN 0 1 82 1 1 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1.31 0.87
28 Jack Shepard 23 PIT 11 6 592 12 12 12 50% 10 12 1 0 1 0 1 0 40 15 0.84 0.85
29 El Tappe 28 CHC 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 Rube Walker 29 BRO 0 7 421 11 5 5 31% 6 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 23 8 1.47 1.03
31 Wes Westrum 32 NYG 3 5 611 10 8 8 44% 8 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 8 0.76 1.58
32 Charlie White 26 MLN 1 5 80 2 2 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0.99 0.78
LgAvg 1 3 189 4 3 3 44% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 1.07 1.06
1954 NL  / 1956 NL  / 1955 AL  / 1955 MLB  Catcher