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1956 National League Catcher

1955 NL  / 1957 NL  / 1956 AL  / 1956 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 4 3.90 154 154 137 1368.2 950 866 70 14 7 .985 -2 -2 -2 9 40 32 27 46%
CHC 5 4.51 157 157 138 1391.2 962 843 96 23 12 .976 1 1 1 17 23 61 44 42%
CIN 3 4.25 155 155 149 1389.0 848 768 70 10 12 .988 6 5 6 8 19 50 32 39%
MLN 4 3.67 155 155 123 1393.1 836 759 70 7 13 .992 5 4 5 5 20 31 28 47%
NYG 5 4.22 154 154 109 1378.0 989 893 83 13 19 .987 6 5 6 24 21 35 36 51%
PHI 4 4.79 154 154 143 1377.1 931 864 49 18 13 .981 -4 -3 -4 3 18 63 21 25%
PIT 5 4.16 157 157 121 1376.1 865 774 77 14 14 .984 3 3 3 17 30 46 37 45%
STL 4 4.47 156 156 142 1388.2 898 806 79 13 7 .986 -8 -7 -8 8 45 52 23 31%
LgAvg 4 4.25 155 155 133 1383 910 822 74 14 12 .985 1 0 1 11 27 46 31 40%
31 4.25 1242 1242 1062 11063.0 7279 6573 594 112 97 .985 7 1 7 91 216 370 248 40%

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 5684 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 5178 3.97 4.54 100 93% 0 0 741 65 6 25 645 81 17 4 0 10 17 0 9 8 2 9 1 2 4 22 77%
CIN 5905 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 5190 3.13 3.66 104 96% 0 0 670 78 10 25 556 61 11 4 1 8 6 0 3 3 0 11 2 3 5 9 100%
NYG 5225 3.86 4.28 123 95% 0 0 793 93 8 23 669 75 22 0 0 8 11 1 5 5 0 17 0 3 5 16 88%
PHI 5851 4.21 4.79 122 96% 0 0 869 107 1 17 743 46 9 1 0 2 18 3 8 7 1 11 0 1 3 7 100%
PIT 4491 3.72 4.32 91 95% 2 0 595 65 3 19 505 59 16 1 1 5 10 2 7 1 0 10 0 0 2 10 100%
STL 5909 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 5429 3.79 4.29 114 96% 0 0 765 87 5 20 653 66 16 2 1 9 12 1 6 5 0 11 1 1 3 13 90%
43433 3.79 4.29 915 96% 2 3 6118 696 40 157 5220 531 128 17 5 68 99 9 47 43 3 87 6 11 27 106 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 9 40 1998 32 27 26 46% 28 25 4 1 0 1 3 0 110 39 1.34 1.21
CHC 14 23 1957 55 36 35 40% 44 32 11 3 0 1 5 1 114 50 1.20 1.41
CIN 8 19 2255 50 32 31 39% 43 27 6 3 1 2 5 1 96 47 1.23 1.09
MLN 4 20 1895 24 25 23 51% 18 23 5 1 1 1 5 0 65 39 1.23 1.09
NYG 22 21 1908 31 33 30 52% 25 29 5 1 1 3 1 0 106 48 1.10 1.32
PHI 3 18 2160 63 21 21 25% 56 16 7 3 0 2 1 0 106 31 1.18 1.20
PIT 12 30 1707 24 29 28 55% 22 23 2 3 0 3 2 1 93 43 1.00 1.02
STL 8 45 2200 52 23 23 31% 46 21 5 2 1 0 3 1 144 42 1.28 1.13
LgAvg 10 27 2010 41 28 27 41% 35 25 6 2 1 2 3 1 104 42 1.21 1.19
80 216 16080 331 226 217 41% 282 196 45 17 4 13 25 4 834 339 1.21 1.19

* 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 32 TOT 19 15 10 110.1 65 59 6 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 5.30 3.42 2 3 6 4 40%
2 Toby Atwell 32 PIT 9 6 3 41.1 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -29 -1 6.31 3.22 1 2 4 0 0%
3 Toby Atwell 32 MLN 10 9 7 69.0 36 32 4 0 1 1.000 1 17 1 4.70 3.60 1 1 2 4 67%
4 Ed Bailey 25 CIN 106 102 99 924.0 572 511 52 9 10 .984 6 8 6 5.48 5.31 4 10 30 25 45%
5 Smoky Burgess 29 CIN 55 53 50 463.0 275 257 18 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 5.35 5.00 4 9 20 7 26%
6 Mack Burk 21 PHI 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 9.00 1.00 0 0 0 0
7 Roy Campanella 34 BRO 121 113 106 1006.0 719 659 49 11 3 .985 -2 -2 -2 6.33 5.85 8 30 24 20 45%
8 Harry Chiti 23 CHC 67 63 51 540.0 369 327 35 7 2 .981 3 7 3 6.03 5.40 6 7 20 19 49%
9 Walker Cooper 41 STL 16 12 10 112.0 61 56 4 1 0 .984 -4 -43 -4 4.82 3.75 2 9 5 0 0%
10 Del Crandall 26 MLN 109 87 81 822.2 494 448 44 2 9 .996 4 6 4 5.38 4.51 3 8 14 15 52%
11 Bruce Edwards 32 CIN 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
12 Jim Fanning 28 CHC 1 1 1 8.0 10 5 3 2 1 .800 9.00 8.00 0 1 1 50%
13 Hank Foiles 27 PIT 73 66 55 563.0 325 291 30 4 8 .988 2 4 2 5.13 4.40 7 15 16 15 48%
14 Bill Hall 27 PIT 1 0 0 7.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 10.29 8.00 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Gil Hodges 32 BRO 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 9.00 2.00 0 0 0 0
16 Bobby Hofman 30 NYG 7 3 2 35.0 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 1 34 1 8.23 4.57 0 0 3 1 25%
17 Dixie Howell 36 BRO 6 4 4 38.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 5.21 3.67 0 2 0 1 100%
18 Ray Katt 29 TOT 84 76 59 663.1 437 395 34 8 4 .982 3 5 3 5.82 5.11 5 9 18 14 44%
19 Ray Katt 29 NYG 37 30 20 259.1 186 164 18 4 1 .978 5 23 5 6.32 4.92 3 1 4 10 71%
20 Ray Katt 29 STL 47 46 39 404.0 251 231 16 4 3 .984 -2 -6 -2 5.50 5.26 2 8 14 4 22%
21 Danny Kravitz 25 PIT 26 14 7 129.1 107 93 8 6 1 .944 -1 -9 -1 7.03 3.88 5 2 3 3 50%
22 Hobie Landrith 26 CHC 99 90 83 802.0 552 483 55 14 9 .975 -2 -3 -2 6.04 5.43 10 16 38 23 38%
23 Joe Lonnett 29 PHI 7 3 2 38.2 26 24 2 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 6.05 3.71 1 0 1 1 50%
24 Stan Lopata 30 PHI 102 102 97 910.0 608 573 24 11 10 .982 -3 -4 -3 5.90 5.85 1 9 40 10 20%
25 Jim Mangan 26 NYG 15 6 1 52.2 35 34 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 5.98 2.33 0 2 1 0 0%
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 Clyde McCullough 39 CHC 7 3 3 36.1 27 24 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 6.69 3.86 1 0 2 1 33%
27 Del Rice 33 MLN 65 59 35 494.2 297 271 21 5 2 .983 0 0 0 5.31 4.49 0 10 15 8 35%
28 Bob Roselli 24 MLN 3 0 0 7.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 11.57 3.00 1 1 0 1 100%
29 Bill Sarni 28 TOT 119 110 97 976.1 652 586 61 5 10 .992 4 5 4 5.96 5.44 11 18 29 24 45%
30 Bill Sarni 28 STL 41 40 37 356.2 246 219 25 2 1 .992 0 0 0 6.16 5.95 3 7 18 8 31%
31 Bill Sarni 28 NYG 78 70 60 619.2 406 367 36 3 9 .993 4 8 4 5.85 5.17 8 11 11 16 59%
32 Andy Seminick 35 PHI 54 49 44 427.2 296 266 23 7 2 .976 -1 -3 -1 6.08 5.35 1 9 22 10 31%
33 Jack Shepard 25 PIT 86 71 56 635.2 396 356 36 4 4 .990 3 6 3 5.55 4.56 4 11 23 18 44%
34 Hal Smith 25 STL 66 58 56 516.0 340 300 34 6 3 .982 -2 -5 -2 5.83 5.06 1 21 15 11 42%
35 El Tappe 29 CHC 3 0 0 5.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 6.75 1.33 0 0 0 0
36 Rube Walker 30 BRO 43 37 27 322.2 207 184 20 3 4 .986 0 0 0 5.69 4.74 1 8 8 6 43%
37 Wes Westrum 33 NYG 67 45 26 411.1 330 297 27 6 7 .982 -4 -12 -4 7.09 4.84 13 7 16 9 36%
LgAvg 17 14 12 129 85 77 7 1 1 .984 0 0 0 5.82 4.98 1 3 4 3 39%

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 32 MLN 272 4.50 5.34 6 83% 0 0 30 5 0 1 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Toby Atwell 32 PIT 193 6.13 6.35 8 100% 0 0 26 7 1 0 18 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ed Bailey 25 CIN 3912 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 1985 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 4159 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 2021 3.82 4.43 38 92% 0 0 291 25 1 9 256 31 9 1 0 5 5 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 11 82%
8 Walker Cooper 41 STL 481 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 3028 3.01 3.48 59 97% 0 0 400 43 7 17 332 38 7 4 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 8 2 2 4 5 100%
10 Bruce Edwards 32 CIN 8 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 1865 3.25 3.66 36 97% 1 0 234 24 2 9 198 27 8 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 5 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 89 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 142 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 STL 1699 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%
17 Ray Katt 29 NYG 1063 3.64 4.33 19 95% 0 0 158 17 0 3 138 16 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
18 Danny Kravitz 25 PIT 403 4.63 5.74 10 80% 1 0 66 7 0 1 58 5 1 0 0 2 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
19 Hobie Landrith 26 CHC 2974 3.91 4.47 60 93% 0 0 422 38 5 15 364 46 8 3 0 3 12 0 7 5 1 7 1 1 3 11 73%
20 Joe Lonnett 29 PHI 167 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 3875 4.07 4.75 69 96% 0 0 583 62 1 12 508 22 5 0 0 2 11 2 6 3 0 7 0 1 2 3 100%
22 Jim Mangan 26 NYG 214 4.47 4.83 4 100% 0 0 34 3 1 1 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Clyde McCullough 39 CHC 154 5.50 5.77 2 100% 0 0 24 2 0 1 21 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Del Rice 33 MLN 1854 3.08 3.65 39 97% 0 0 232 30 3 7 192 18 4 0 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 100%
25 Bob Roselli 24 MLN 36 6.43 6.43 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 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 1488 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 2292 3.86 4.20 49 96% 0 0 325 38 6 10 271 30 10 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 9 0 3 4 5 100%
28 Andy Seminick 35 PHI 1805 4.43 4.78 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 25 PIT 2003 3.79 4.51 37 95% 0 0 262 27 0 9 224 24 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 100%
30 Hal Smith 25 STL 2241 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 29 15.19 15.19 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Rube Walker 30 BRO 1375 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 1567 3.90 4.30 48 94% 0 0 254 32 1 9 212 27 10 0 0 4 6 1 2 3 0 6 0 0 1 10 80%
LgAvg 603 3.79 4.29 13 96% 0 0 85 10 1 2 73 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 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 32 PIT 1 2 83 4 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.75
2 Toby Atwell 32 MLN 1 1 97 1 4 3 80% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0.80 1.18
3 Ed Bailey 25 CIN 4 10 1453 30 25 24 45% 25 21 5 3 0 1 3 1 56 33 1.35 1.05
4 Smoky Burgess 29 CIN 4 9 798 20 7 7 26% 18 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 40 13 1.05 1.22
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 1.40 1.26
7 Harry Chiti 23 CHC 4 7 735 16 17 16 52% 12 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 34 19 0.91 1.38
8 Walker Cooper 41 STL 2 9 174 5 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 1.80
9 Del Crandall 26 MLN 2 8 1105 13 14 13 52% 9 12 3 1 1 1 2 0 29 21 1.36 1.21
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 6 15 693 6 13 13 68% 5 11 1 1 0 1 1 1 36 19 1.07 1.16
12 Bill Hall 27 PIT 0 0 11 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.75
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 0.74
15 Dixie Howell 36 BRO 0 2 41 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.85
16 Ray Katt 29 NYG 2 1 392 5 10 9 67% 5 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 14 0.91 0.98
17 Ray Katt 29 STL 2 8 608 14 4 4 22% 11 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 36 12 1.23 1.02
18 Danny Kravitz 25 PIT 3 2 152 2 2 1 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 3 0.89 1.95
19 Hobie Landrith 26 CHC 9 16 1151 37 18 18 33% 30 15 7 2 0 1 5 1 77 29 1.35 1.43
20 Joe Lonnett 29 PHI 1 0 58 1 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1.00 0.37
21 Stan Lopata 30 PHI 1 9 1413 40 10 10 20% 35 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 62 14 1.01 1.53
22 Jim Mangan 26 NYG 0 2 73 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.80
23 Clyde McCullough 39 CHC 1 0 59 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.65 1.40
24 Del Rice 33 MLN 0 10 680 10 6 6 38% 8 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 30 12 1.11 0.92
25 Bob Roselli 24 MLN 1 1 13 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 STL 3 7 554 18 8 8 31% 16 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 35 12 1.34 1.36
27 Bill Sarni 28 NYG 8 11 816 11 14 12 56% 9 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 42 21 0.86 1.37
28 Andy Seminick 35 PHI 1 9 686 22 10 10 31% 20 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 42 15 1.50 0.95
29 Jack Shepard 25 PIT 2 11 768 12 13 13 52% 11 10 1 2 0 1 1 0 38 20 1.06 0.76
30 Hal Smith 25 STL 1 21 864 15 11 11 42% 14 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 52 16 1.08 0.99
31 El Tappe 29 CHC 0 0 12 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 1.14 1.11
33 Wes Westrum 33 NYG 12 7 591 14 8 8 36% 10 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 46 12 1.37 1.73
LgAvg 1 3 223 5 3 3 41% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 1.21 1.19


1955 NL  / 1957 NL  / 1956 AL  / 1956 MLB  Catcher