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1956 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 4 3.90 154 154 1368.2 950 866 70 14 7 .985 -2.0 -1.8 -2 9 40 32 27 46%
CHC 5 4.51 157 157 1391.2 962 843 96 23 12 .976 1.0 0.9 1 17 14 48 26 35%
CIN 3 4.25 155 155 1389.0 848 768 70 10 12 .988 6.0 5.2 6 8 19 50 32 39%
MLN 4 3.67 155 155 1393.1 836 759 70 7 13 .992 5.0 4.3 5 5 14 14 14 50%
NYG 5 4.22 154 154 1377.0 989 893 83 13 19 .987 6.0 5.2 6 24 18 28 30 52%
PHI 4 4.79 154 154 1377.1 931 864 49 18 13 .981 -4.0 -3.5 -4 3 18 62 21 25%
PIT 5 4.16 157 157 1376.1 865 774 77 14 14 .984 3.0 2.6 3 17 24 20 26 57%
STL 4 4.47 156 156 1388.2 898 806 79 13 7 .986 -8.0 -6.9 -8 8 45 52 23 31%
LgAvg 4 4.25 155 155 1383 910 822 74 14 12 .985 1 0 1 11 24 38 25 39%
31 4.25 1242 1242 11062.0 7279 6573 594 112 97 .985 7.0 0.8 7 91 192 306 199 39%

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 5801 3.56 3.95 116 94% 0 3 867 78 6 20 763 65 20 2 1 9 14 2 4 8 0 9 1 0 2 25 84%
CHC 4232 4.11 4.68 76 92% 0 0 563 53 3 23 484 56 10 2 0 7 13 0 8 5 2 6 0 1 2 14 64%
CIN 6028 3.85 4.27 130 96% 0 0 774 107 5 14 648 67 11 4 2 7 10 1 5 4 0 13 1 2 4 6 100%
MLN 4024 3.25 3.86 73 96% 0 0 497 55 9 17 416 42 9 3 1 5 5 0 3 2 0 10 1 3 4 4 100%
NYG 4605 3.86 4.26 101 96% 0 0 670 79 8 17 566 66 18 0 0 7 8 1 2 5 0 16 0 3 5 11 91%
PHI 5900 4.24 4.83 121 96% 0 0 852 107 1 17 726 45 8 1 0 2 18 3 8 7 1 11 0 1 3 7 100%
PIT 3825 3.86 4.49 71 94% 2 0 482 53 2 14 413 46 12 1 0 3 8 1 6 1 0 7 0 0 1 8 100%
STL 6059 3.98 4.52 129 99% 0 0 809 103 1 14 691 77 22 1 0 19 13 0 6 7 0 7 1 0 2 11 100%
LgAvg 5059 3.85 4.36 102 96% 0 0 689 79 4 17 588 58 14 2 1 7 11 1 5 5 0 10 1 1 3 11 88%
40474 3.85 4.36 817 96% 2 3 5514 635 35 136 4707 464 110 14 4 59 89 8 42 39 3 79 4 10 23 86 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 9 40 1998 32 27 26 46% 28 25 4 1 0 1 3 0 110 39 1.36 1.22
CHC 7 14 1554 48 26 25 35% 39 23 9 2 0 1 4 0 87 38 1.10 1.40
CIN 8 19 2255 50 32 31 39% 43 27 6 3 1 2 5 1 96 47 1.23 1.08
MLN 3 14 1480 14 14 13 50% 11 14 2 0 1 0 3 0 46 26 1.46 1.09
NYG 15 18 1660 28 30 27 52% 22 26 5 1 1 3 1 0 88 42 1.13 1.27
PHI 3 18 2137 62 21 21 25% 55 16 7 3 0 2 1 0 105 32 1.19 1.21
PIT 7 24 1447 20 26 25 57% 20 21 0 3 0 2 2 1 73 38 1.11 1.05
STL 8 45 2200 52 23 23 31% 46 21 5 2 1 0 3 1 144 42 1.29 1.11
LgAvg 8 24 1841 38 25 24 39% 33 22 5 2 1 1 3 0 94 38 1.22 1.18
60 192 14731 306 199 191 39% 264 173 38 15 4 11 22 3 749 304 1.22 1.18

* 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 32 TOT 19 15 111.0 65 59 6 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.27 3.42 2 3 4 4 50%
2 Toby Atwell 32 PIT 9 6 41.1 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -29.0 -1 6.31 3.22 1 2 3 0 0%
3 Toby Atwell 32 MLN 10 9 69.2 36 32 4 0 1 1.000 1.0 17.2 1 4.65 3.60 1 1 1 4 80%
4 Ed Bailey 25 CIN 106 102 924.0 572 511 52 9 10 .984 6.0 7.8 6 5.48 5.31 4 10 30 25 45%
5 Smoky Burgess 29 CIN 55 53 463.0 275 257 18 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.35 5.00 4 9 20 7 26%
6 Mack Burk 21 PHI 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 0 0 0 0
7 Roy Campanella 34 BRO 121 113 1006.0 719 659 49 11 3 .985 -2.0 -2.4 -2 6.33 5.85 8 30 24 20 45%
8 Harry Chiti 23 CHC 67 63 540.0 369 327 35 7 2 .981 3.0 6.7 3 6.03 5.40 6 4 15 15 50%
9 Walker Cooper 41 STL 16 12 112.0 61 56 4 1 0 .984 -4.0 -42.9 -4 4.82 3.75 2 9 5 0 0%
10 Del Crandall 26 MLN 109 87 819.2 494 448 44 2 9 .996 4.0 5.9 4 5.40 4.51 3 6 9 7 44%
11 Bruce Edwards 32 CIN 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
12 Jim Fanning 28 CHC 1 1 8.0 10 5 3 2 1 .800 9.00 8.00 0
13 Hank Foiles 27 PIT 73 66 563.0 325 291 30 4 8 .988 2.0 4.3 2 5.13 4.40 7 12 4 11 73%
14 Bill Hall 27 PIT 1 0 7.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 10.29 8.00 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Gil Hodges 32 BRO 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 0 0 0 0
16 Bobby Hofman 30 NYG 7 3 35.0 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 34.3 1 8.23 4.57 0 0 0 1 100%
17 Dixie Howell 36 BRO 6 4 38.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.21 3.67 0 2 0 1 100%
18 Ray Katt 29 TOT 84 76 663.1 437 395 34 8 4 .982 3.0 5.4 3 5.82 5.11 5 8 17 14 45%
19 Ray Katt 29 NYG 37 30 259.1 186 164 18 4 1 .978 5.0 23.1 5 6.32 4.92 3 0 3 10 77%
20 Ray Katt 29 STL 47 46 404.0 251 231 16 4 3 .984 -2.0 -5.9 -2 5.50 5.26 2 8 14 4 22%
21 Danny Kravitz 25 PIT 26 14 129.1 107 93 8 6 1 .944 -1.0 -9.3 -1 7.03 3.88 5 2 2 2 50%
22 Hobie Landrith 26 CHC 99 90 802.0 552 483 55 14 9 .975 -2.0 -3.0 -2 6.04 5.43 10 10 31 11 26%
23 Joe Lonnett 29 PHI 7 3 38.2 26 24 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.05 3.71 1 0 1 1 50%
24 Stan Lopata 30 PHI 102 102 910.0 608 573 24 11 10 .982 -3.0 -4.0 -3 5.90 5.85 1 9 39 10 20%
25 Jim Mangan 26 NYG 15 6 52.2 35 34 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.98 2.33 0 2 1 0 0%
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 Clyde McCullough 39 CHC 7 3 36.1 27 24 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.69 3.86 1 0 2 0 0%
27 Del Rice 33 MLN 65 59 497.0 297 271 21 5 2 .983 0.0 0.0 0 5.29 4.49 0 7 4 2 33%
28 Bob Roselli 24 MLN 3 0 7.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 11.57 3.00 1 0 0 1 100%
29 Bill Sarni 28 TOT 119 110 975.1 652 586 61 5 10 .992 4.0 4.9 4 5.97 5.44 11 17 28 22 44%
30 Bill Sarni 28 STL 41 40 356.2 246 219 25 2 1 .992 0.0 0.0 0 6.16 5.95 3 7 18 8 31%
31 Bill Sarni 28 NYG 78 70 618.2 406 367 36 3 9 .993 4.0 7.8 4 5.86 5.17 8 10 10 14 58%
32 Andy Seminick 35 PHI 54 49 427.2 296 266 23 7 2 .976 -1.0 -2.8 -1 6.08 5.35 1 9 22 10 31%
33 Jack Shepard 24 PIT 86 71 635.2 396 356 36 4 4 .990 3.0 5.7 3 5.55 4.56 4 8 11 12 52%
34 Hal Smith 25 STL 66 58 516.0 340 300 34 6 3 .982 -2.0 -4.7 -2 5.83 5.06 1 21 15 11 42%
35 El Tappe 29 CHC 3 0 5.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 1.33 0 0 0 0
36 Rube Walker 30 BRO 43 37 322.2 207 184 20 3 4 .986 0.0 0.0 0 5.69 4.74 1 8 8 6 43%
37 Wes Westrum 33 NYG 67 45 411.1 330 297 27 6 7 .982 -4.0 -11.7 -4 7.09 4.84 13 6 14 5 26%
LgAvg 17 14 129 85 77 7 1 1 .984 0 0 0 5.82 4.98 1 2 4 2 38%

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 32 MLN 267 4.38 5.25 6 83% 0 0 29 5 0 0 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Toby Atwell 32 PIT 152 7.67 7.67 4 100% 0 0 19 4 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ed Bailey 25 CIN 3989 4.04 4.41 89 96% 0 0 519 73 5 9 432 47 7 4 0 4 9 1 4 4 0 10 1 2 4 5 100%
4 Smoky Burgess 29 CIN 2029 3.48 3.99 40 100% 0 0 255 34 0 5 216 20 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Mack Burk 21 PHI 4 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
6 Roy Campanella 34 BRO 4246 3.58 3.92 85 95% 0 1 659 61 6 14 578 48 12 2 1 8 11 0 3 8 0 4 1 0 2 16 88%
7 Harry Chiti 23 CHC 1740 4.03 4.57 33 91% 0 0 245 23 0 9 213 24 5 1 0 4 5 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 75%
8 Walker Cooper 41 STL 500 4.42 4.74 6 100% 0 0 57 6 0 1 50 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Del Crandall 26 MLN 2452 3.20 3.75 43 95% 0 0 313 30 7 14 262 30 7 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 7 1 2 3 4 100%
10 Bruce Edwards 32 CIN 10 0.00 0.00 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hank Foiles 27 PIT 1492 3.14 3.66 26 100% 1 0 173 19 2 6 146 20 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 100%
12 Bill Hall 27 PIT 27 3.86 3.86 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Gil Hodges 32 BRO 8 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Bobby Hofman 30 NYG 90 4.05 4.05 3 100% 0 0 22 3 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Dixie Howell 36 BRO 145 2.13 2.13 4 100% 0 0 22 2 0 3 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
16 Ray Katt 29 NYG 1008 3.58 4.31 17 94% 0 0 147 15 0 2 130 16 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
17 Ray Katt 29 STL 1734 3.48 3.88 26 100% 0 0 231 23 0 3 205 17 3 0 0 5 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
18 Danny Kravitz 25 PIT 407 4.74 5.87 10 80% 1 0 64 7 0 1 56 5 1 0 0 2 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
19 Hobie Landrith 26 CHC 2355 3.88 4.49 42 93% 0 0 304 29 3 13 259 30 5 1 0 1 8 0 6 2 1 5 0 1 2 6 50%
20 Joe Lonnett 29 PHI 170 5.12 6.05 2 100% 0 0 24 2 0 0 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Stan Lopata 30 PHI 3872 4.12 4.82 68 96% 0 0 566 62 1 12 491 21 4 0 0 2 11 2 6 3 0 7 0 1 2 3 100%
22 Jim Mangan 26 NYG 169 5.35 5.82 4 100% 0 0 22 3 1 1 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Clyde McCullough 39 CHC 123 7.11 7.46 1 100% 0 0 12 1 0 1 10 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Del Rice 33 MLN 1282 3.00 3.69 24 100% 0 0 152 20 2 3 127 7 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
25 Bob Roselli 24 MLN 23 11.25 11.25 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Bill Sarni 28 STL 1529 3.63 3.99 28 100% 0 0 221 21 0 5 195 24 7 0 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
27 Bill Sarni 28 NYG 2013 3.87 4.13 41 95% 0 0 272 30 6 8 228 29 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 4 5 100%
28 Andy Seminick 35 PHI 1854 4.43 4.77 51 96% 0 0 261 43 0 5 212 22 4 1 0 0 7 1 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 4 100%
29 Jack Shepard 24 PIT 1747 4.04 4.71 31 94% 0 0 219 23 0 7 189 20 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 100%
30 Hal Smith 25 STL 2296 4.52 5.35 69 99% 0 0 300 53 1 5 241 33 12 1 0 4 6 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 1 6 100%
31 El Tappe 29 CHC 14 81.00 81.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Rube Walker 30 BRO 1402 3.68 4.30 27 89% 0 2 184 15 0 3 166 16 8 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 75%
33 Wes Westrum 33 NYG 1325 3.87 4.24 36 97% 0 0 207 28 1 6 172 19 6 0 0 3 5 1 1 3 0 6 0 0 1 5 80%
LgAvg 562 3.85 4.36 11 96% 0 0 77 9 0 2 65 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 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 32 MLN 1 1 89 1 4 3 80% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 3.35 1.25
2 Toby Atwell 32 PIT 0 2 64 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.83
3 Ed Bailey 25 CIN 4 10 1453 30 25 24 45% 25 21 5 3 0 1 3 1 56 33 1.33 1.06
4 Smoky Burgess 29 CIN 4 9 798 20 7 7 26% 18 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 40 13 1.07 1.18
5 Mack Burk 21 PHI 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Roy Campanella 34 BRO 8 30 1467 24 20 19 45% 20 18 4 1 0 1 2 0 87 28 1.43 1.26
7 Harry Chiti 23 CHC 2 4 617 15 15 14 50% 12 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 26 17 0.82 1.50
8 Walker Cooper 41 STL 2 9 174 5 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 1.85
9 Del Crandall 26 MLN 1 6 910 9 7 7 44% 6 7 2 0 1 0 2 0 22 14 1.47 1.16
10 Bruce Edwards 32 CIN 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Hank Foiles 27 PIT 3 12 554 4 11 11 73% 4 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 25 15 1.43 1.12
12 Bill Hall 27 PIT 0 0 11 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.76
13 Gil Hodges 32 BRO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Bobby Hofman 30 NYG 0 0 36 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.76
15 Dixie Howell 36 BRO 0 2 41 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.86
16 Ray Katt 29 NYG 0 0 362 3 10 9 77% 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 13 1.16 0.96
17 Ray Katt 29 STL 2 8 608 14 4 4 22% 11 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 36 12 1.22 1.01
18 Danny Kravitz 25 PIT 2 2 150 2 2 1 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 3 0.91 1.86
19 Hobie Landrith 26 CHC 4 10 881 31 11 11 26% 25 9 6 1 0 1 4 0 58 21 1.27 1.26
20 Joe Lonnett 29 PHI 1 0 58 1 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1.00 0.41
21 Stan Lopata 30 PHI 1 9 1390 39 10 10 20% 34 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 61 14 1.01 1.52
22 Jim Mangan 26 NYG 0 2 55 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.85
23 Clyde McCullough 39 CHC 1 0 48 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.68
24 Del Rice 33 MLN 0 7 473 4 2 2 33% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 6 0.95 1.08
25 Bob Roselli 24 MLN 1 0 8 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.02
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Bill Sarni 28 NYG 5 10 720 10 14 12 58% 8 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 33 20 0.82 1.36
27 Bill Sarni 28 STL 3 7 554 18 8 8 31% 16 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 35 12 1.37 1.33
28 Andy Seminick 35 PHI 1 9 686 22 10 10 31% 20 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 42 16 1.52 0.98
29 Jack Shepard 24 PIT 2 8 668 11 12 12 52% 11 9 0 2 0 1 1 0 32 19 1.10 0.87
30 Hal Smith 25 STL 1 21 864 15 11 11 42% 14 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 52 16 1.09 0.99
31 El Tappe 29 CHC 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Rube Walker 30 BRO 1 8 489 8 6 6 43% 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 10 1.16 1.12
33 Wes Westrum 33 NYG 10 6 487 14 5 5 26% 10 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 42 8 1.36 1.74
LgAvg 1 3 205 4 3 3 39% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 1.22 1.18
1955 NL  / 1957 NL  / 1956 AL  / 1956 MLB  Catcher