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1955 National League Catcher

1954 NL  / 1956 NL  / 1955 AL  / 1955 MLB  Catcher

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 4.22 154 154 139 1378.0 945 868 68 9 11 .990 0 0 0 5 34 34 28 45%
CHC 5 4.63 154 154 124 1378.1 886 776 95 15 11 .983 -5 -4 -5 21 29 72 44 38%
CIN 5 4.44 154 154 137 1362.2 751 676 65 10 14 .987 3 3 3 10 29 31 31 50%
MLN 4 4.34 154 154 143 1383.0 845 749 83 13 10 .985 5 4 5 10 23 35 42 55%
NYG 4 4.37 154 154 98 1386.2 901 811 78 12 13 .987 2 2 2 23 15 38 40 51%
PHI 4 4.32 154 154 143 1356.2 905 815 85 5 15 .994 4 4 4 18 28 39 34 47%
PIT 5 4.98 154 154 130 1362.1 847 751 82 14 13 .983 1 1 1 19 21 63 46 42%
STL 4 4.92 154 154 133 1377.0 912 826 70 16 13 .982 -4 -3 -4 14 27 43 35 45%
LgAvg 4 4.53 154 154 131 1373 874 784 78 12 13 .987 1 0 1 15 26 44 38 46%
31 4.53 1232 1232 1047 10984.2 6992 6272 626 94 100 .987 6 1 6 120 206 355 300 46%

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 5799 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 4670 4.07 4.54 93 98% 0 0 661 67 3 21 569 72 20 1 0 13 7 0 5 2 0 11 0 2 2 7 100%
CIN 5778 3.95 4.53 106 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 4965 4.34 4.87 82 95% 0 0 652 44 2 34 572 67 13 3 0 5 12 1 4 7 2 8 1 1 3 8 88%
NYG 5025 3.82 4.41 78 95% 0 0 697 64 5 19 609 57 10 1 0 8 10 1 7 2 1 14 0 1 1 7 71%
PHI 5546 3.91 4.38 144 98% 0 1 758 113 2 30 612 75 20 4 2 10 3 1 2 0 0 14 0 2 5 13 92%
PIT 4302 4.88 5.60 82 94% 0 0 548 56 7 30 454 61 11 1 0 4 14 2 2 10 3 13 0 2 3 6 83%
STL 4775 4.83 5.25 70 96% 0 0 663 54 3 23 583 48 6 0 0 8 13 1 5 7 1 13 0 0 2 4 100%
LgAvg 5108 4.14 4.68 95 96% 0 0 691 71 5 24 591 64 14 2 0 9 10 1 4 4 1 12 0 2 3 8 90%
40860 4.14 4.68 759 96% 0 3 5524 566 38 192 4725 508 110 12 3 69 79 11 34 34 8 98 1 12 24 67 90%

* 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 5 34 2114 34 28 26 45% 27 22 5 1 2 5 0 0 92 37 1.12 1.09
CHC 19 29 1741 64 31 30 33% 55 25 8 5 1 1 5 1 136 40 1.17 1.13
CIN 10 29 2156 31 30 27 49% 27 26 4 3 0 1 5 0 104 44 1.05 0.91
MLN 7 23 1948 30 36 35 55% 23 31 6 5 1 0 5 0 94 47 1.26 1.26
NYG 18 15 1926 36 32 31 47% 31 31 4 0 1 1 1 0 98 37 1.03 1.10
PHI 16 28 1995 39 33 31 46% 35 29 3 1 1 3 3 1 110 38 1.02 1.09
PIT 18 21 1746 57 37 35 39% 47 31 9 5 1 1 5 0 128 50 0.97 1.00
STL 12 27 1821 37 29 26 44% 25 25 11 3 1 1 2 1 115 37 1.14 1.26
LgAvg 13 26 1931 41 32 30 44% 34 28 6 3 1 2 3 0 110 41 1.09 1.10
105 206 15447 328 256 241 44% 270 220 50 23 8 13 26 3 877 330 1.09 1.10

* 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 31 PIT 67 58 50 524.0 361 334 24 3 3 .992 -2 -5 -2 6.15 5.34 5 11 30 11 27%
2 Ed Bailey 24 CIN 11 9 6 76.0 52 42 8 2 3 .962 1 16 1 5.92 4.55 1 1 0 4 100%
3 Matt Batts 33 CIN 21 18 15 155.1 74 65 8 1 2 .986 0 0 0 4.23 3.48 0 4 3 3 50%
4 Nelson Burbrink 33 STL 55 49 42 425.1 291 261 24 6 4 .979 0 0 0 6.03 5.18 7 10 14 11 44%
5 Smoky Burgess 28 TOT 113 109 100 963.0 535 492 36 7 6 .987 -1 -1 -1 4.93 4.67 9 22 26 18 41%
6 Smoky Burgess 28 PHI 6 6 5 51.0 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 6.35 6.00 1 1 1 0 0%
7 Smoky Burgess 28 CIN 107 103 95 912.0 499 457 35 7 6 .986 -1 -1 -1 4.86 4.60 8 21 25 18 42%
8 Roy Campanella 33 BRO 121 118 111 1042.0 732 672 54 6 8 .992 2 2 2 6.27 6.00 4 25 21 23 52%
9 Harry Chiti 22 CHC 113 103 86 906.2 573 495 69 9 10 .984 -4 -5 -4 5.60 4.99 17 20 50 34 40%
10 Walker Cooper 40 CHC 31 21 16 200.2 103 88 11 4 1 .961 0 0 0 4.44 3.19 1 2 10 4 29%
11 Del Crandall 25 MLN 131 124 120 1123.0 688 611 67 10 8 .985 7 7 7 5.43 5.18 7 11 27 34 56%
12 Jim Fanning 27 CHC 5 4 3 33.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 8.73 6.40 2 1 1 1 50%
13 Mickey Grasso 35 NYG 8 1 0 21.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -1 -57 -1 3.86 1.13 1 1 1 0 0%
14 Bobby Hofman 29 NYG 19 7 3 77.0 46 40 6 0 1 1.000 -1 -16 -1 5.38 2.42 1 1 4 0 0%
15 Dixie Howell 35 BRO 13 9 8 88.0 54 49 4 1 0 .981 -1 -14 -1 5.42 4.08 1 2 2 0 0%
16 Ray Katt 28 NYG 122 95 72 849.1 534 482 45 7 7 .987 3 4 3 5.58 4.32 17 7 20 29 59%
17 Nick Koback 19 PIT 2 1 1 11.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 4.09 2.50 0 2 0 0
18 Hobie Landrith 25 CIN 27 20 19 183.1 100 86 14 0 3 1.000 3 20 3 4.91 3.70 1 2 2 5 71%
19 Stan Lopata 29 PHI 66 60 58 550.0 371 332 37 2 9 .995 2 4 2 6.04 5.59 9 10 16 15 48%
20 Jerry Lynch 24 PIT 2 2 2 18.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 1 67 1 5.00 5.00 0 0 0 1 100%
21 Clyde McCullough 38 CHC 37 26 19 234.0 174 160 12 2 0 .989 -1 -5 -1 6.62 4.65 1 5 11 5 31%
22 Gus Niarhos 34 PHI 7 2 2 25.0 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 5.40 2.14 0 0 2 0 0%
23 Hardy Peterson 25 PIT 31 22 18 214.1 143 117 21 5 4 .965 2 11 2 5.79 4.45 1 2 13 12 48%
24 Dick Rand 24 STL 3 3 3 27.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 3.33 0 0 0 1 100%
25 Del Rice 32 TOT 40 37 26 314.0 187 164 18 5 3 .973 -3 -11 -3 5.22 4.55 3 10 7 7 50%
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 Del Rice 32 STL 18 18 10 144.1 83 74 6 3 1 .964 -2 -17 -2 4.99 4.44 2 4 4 2 33%
27 Del Rice 32 MLN 22 19 16 169.2 104 90 12 2 2 .981 -1 -7 -1 5.41 4.64 1 6 3 5 63%
28 Bob Roselli 23 MLN 2 2 1 15.1 12 9 2 1 0 .917 6.46 5.50 1 1 2 1 33%
29 Bill Sarni 27 STL 99 84 78 780.1 528 482 39 7 8 .987 -2 -3 -2 6.01 5.26 5 13 25 21 46%
30 Andy Seminick 34 TOT 93 90 80 766.2 509 461 45 3 6 .994 2 3 2 5.94 5.44 8 18 21 20 49%
31 Andy Seminick 34 CIN 5 4 2 36.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 6.50 5.20 0 1 1 1 50%
32 Andy Seminick 34 PHI 88 86 78 730.2 483 435 45 3 6 .994 2 3 2 5.91 5.45 8 17 20 19 49%
33 Jack Shepard 24 PIT 77 71 59 595.0 328 288 34 6 6 .982 0 0 0 4.87 4.18 13 6 20 22 52%
34 El Tappe 28 CHC 2 0 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 9.00 2.00 0 1 0 0
35 Rube Walker 29 BRO 35 27 20 248.0 159 147 10 2 3 .987 -1 -5 -1 5.70 4.49 0 7 11 5 31%
36 Wes Westrum 32 NYG 68 51 23 439.1 311 280 27 4 5 .987 1 3 1 6.29 4.51 4 6 13 11 46%
37 Charlie White 27 MLN 10 9 6 75.0 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -16 -1 4.92 4.10 1 5 3 2 40%
LgAvg 16 14 12 124 80 72 7 1 1 .986 0 0 0 5.72 4.79 1 2 4 4 46%

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 31 PIT 1531 4.75 5.49 32 97% 0 0 248 23 3 14 207 15 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 100%
2 Ed Bailey 24 CIN 325 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 651 4.32 4.72 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 1584 4.60 4.95 24 96% 0 0 220 20 0 7 193 17 3 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 3 100%
5 Smoky Burgess 28 CIN 3890 3.99 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 217 2.29 4.06 7 100% 0 0 35 6 0 1 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
7 Roy Campanella 33 BRO 4338 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 2870 3.76 4.33 57 98% 0 0 409 41 2 16 349 49 12 1 0 11 6 0 4 2 0 10 0 2 2 5 100%
9 Walker Cooper 40 CHC 753 4.49 4.86 14 100% 0 0 76 9 0 3 64 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Del Crandall 25 MLN 4064 4.10 4.57 72 97% 0 0 546 42 1 29 474 55 12 2 0 3 9 1 2 6 1 7 1 1 3 8 88%
11 Jim Fanning 27 CHC 146 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 89 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 225 5.01 5.54 2 100% 0 0 28 2 0 3 23 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Dixie Howell 35 BRO 379 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 3080 3.55 3.97 37 92% 0 0 425 32 5 9 379 35 3 0 0 5 6 1 3 2 1 7 0 1 1 3 33%
16 Nick Koback 19 PIT 52 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 745 3.00 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 2303 4.52 4.89 59 97% 0 0 307 47 2 14 243 33 9 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 8 0 2 5 6 83%
19 Jerry Lynch 24 PIT 72 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 892 4.46 4.77 16 94% 0 0 145 12 1 2 130 10 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
21 Gus Niarhos 34 PHI 117 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 806 4.80 5.25 14 79% 0 0 100 8 1 1 90 16 4 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 0%
23 Dick Rand 24 STL 72 3.57 3.57 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Del Rice 32 STL 458 3.61 4.11 6 83% 0 0 59 3 0 3 53 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
25 Del Rice 32 MLN 579 4.84 5.63 8 75% 0 0 69 1 1 5 62 9 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 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 Bob Roselli 23 MLN 58 2.93 3.52 1 100% 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Bill Sarni 27 STL 2661 5.22 5.69 40 98% 0 0 378 31 3 13 331 26 3 0 0 4 6 0 3 3 0 8 0 0 1 1 100%
28 Andy Seminick 34 PHI 2909 3.42 3.90 72 99% 0 1 403 56 0 15 332 39 10 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 100%
29 Andy Seminick 34 CIN 167 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
30 Jack Shepard 24 PIT 1841 5.09 5.98 33 97% 0 0 187 22 3 14 148 28 7 0 0 1 6 1 1 4 0 7 0 1 2 3 100%
31 El Tappe 28 CHC 9 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
32 Rube Walker 29 BRO 1082 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%
33 Wes Westrum 32 NYG 1631 4.24 5.13 39 97% 0 0 235 30 0 6 199 20 7 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 100%
34 Charlie White 27 MLN 264 7.66 8.71 1 100% 0 0 28 1 0 0 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LgAvg 568 4.14 4.68 11 96% 0 0 77 8 1 3 66 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 90%

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 31 PIT 4 11 596 29 9 8 24% 23 6 6 2 0 1 1 0 53 13 1.09 1.09
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 2 1 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 1.19 1.32
4 Nelson Burbrink 33 STL 6 10 617 12 10 8 45% 6 9 6 0 0 1 2 1 45 13 1.01 1.34
5 Smoky Burgess 28 CIN 8 21 1480 25 18 17 42% 21 17 4 1 0 0 3 0 79 25 1.02 0.88
6 Smoky Burgess 28 PHI 1 1 89 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.77
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 15 20 1057 44 21 21 32% 36 16 7 4 1 1 4 1 94 27 1.23 1.09
9 Walker Cooper 40 CHC 1 2 285 8 4 3 33% 7 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 12 7 1.21 1.60
10 Del Crandall 25 MLN 4 11 1587 23 30 30 57% 17 26 5 4 1 0 4 0 60 39 1.26 1.31
11 Jim Fanning 27 CHC 2 1 61 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.28 0.48
12 Mickey Grasso 35 NYG 1 1 42 1 0 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.50
13 Bobby Hofman 29 NYG 0 1 94 4 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.57
14 Dixie Howell 35 BRO 1 2 139 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.63
15 Ray Katt 28 NYG 14 7 1147 19 23 22 55% 17 22 2 0 0 1 1 0 57 28 1.22 0.92
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 7 1.07 0.93
18 Stan Lopata 29 PHI 8 10 827 16 15 14 48% 14 12 2 1 0 2 0 0 42 18 1.13 0.99
19 Jerry Lynch 24 PIT 0 0 29 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.69
20 Clyde McCullough 38 CHC 1 5 334 11 5 5 31% 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 0.98 1.07
21 Gus Niarhos 34 PHI 0 0 51 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.09
22 Hardy Peterson 25 PIT 2 2 328 11 10 10 48% 10 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 25 13 0.79 0.98
23 Dick Rand 24 STL 0 0 23 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.23
24 Del Rice 32 STL 2 4 161 4 1 1 20% 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 3 1.02 1.95
25 Del Rice 32 MLN 1 6 242 3 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 4 1.16 0.56
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Bob Roselli 23 MLN 1 1 15 2 1 1 33% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 1.49 2.96
27 Bill Sarni 27 STL 4 13 1020 21 17 16 45% 16 15 4 2 1 0 0 0 56 20 1.23 1.17
28 Andy Seminick 34 CIN 0 1 82 1 1 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1.32 0.85
29 Andy Seminick 34 PHI 7 17 1028 20 18 17 47% 18 17 1 0 1 1 3 1 63 20 0.98 1.17
30 Jack Shepard 24 PIT 12 6 765 17 17 16 50% 14 16 2 1 1 0 2 0 48 21 0.89 0.92
31 El Tappe 28 CHC 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
32 Rube Walker 29 BRO 0 7 421 11 5 5 31% 6 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 23 8 1.50 1.04
33 Wes Westrum 32 NYG 3 6 643 12 9 9 43% 10 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 31 9 0.85 1.54
34 Charlie White 27 MLN 1 5 104 2 2 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 1.12 0.75
LgAvg 1 3 215 5 4 3 44% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 1.09 1.10


1954 NL  / 1956 NL  / 1955 AL  / 1955 MLB  Catcher