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1959 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%
CHC 3 4.44 155 155 1391.0 903 828 57 18 3 .980 -14.0 -12.1 -14 12 34 108 27 20%
CIN 2 4.79 154 154 1357.0 871 779 84 8 9 .991 11.0 9.7 11 6 28 40 35 47%
LAD 3 4.29 156 156 1411.2 1254 1174 71 9 18 .993 2.0 1.7 2 19 39 24 31 56%
MLN 3 3.97 157 157 1400.2 947 868 72 7 17 .993 10.0 8.6 10 5 25 35 32 48%
PHI 4 4.68 155 155 1354.0 952 871 63 18 9 .981 -4.0 -3.5 -4 14 38 73 38 34%
PIT 4 4.39 155 155 1393.1 873 796 66 11 10 .987 -2.0 -1.7 -2 10 39 57 32 36%
SFG 4 3.98 154 154 1376.1 1049 960 82 7 7 .993 4.0 3.5 4 7 30 50 35 41%
STL 6 4.71 154 154 1363.0 1024 939 73 12 14 .988 -1.0 -0.9 -1 15 47 52 38 42%
LgAvg 4 4.40 155 155 1381 984 902 71 11 11 .989 1 0 1 11 35 55 34 38%
28 4.40 1240 1240 11047.0 7873 7215 568 90 87 .989 6.0 0.7 6 88 280 439 268 38%

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%
CHC 5974 4.05 4.48 71 92% 0 0 808 50 2 22 734 56 11 0 0 11 17 1 6 10 1 3 0 0 1 6 100%
CIN 6014 4.31 4.90 104 97% 1 0 787 79 3 23 682 74 16 1 0 7 8 1 4 3 0 9 0 1 2 9 89%
LAD 6209 3.79 4.27 101 98% 0 0 1175 69 6 32 1068 71 20 0 0 9 9 3 0 6 2 19 0 3 5 16 88%
MLN 5771 3.58 4.10 93 94% 1 1 813 53 3 24 733 73 23 2 1 1 7 0 5 2 3 15 0 0 1 14 86%
PHI 5988 4.27 4.82 95 95% 0 1 870 80 1 27 761 63 7 1 0 9 18 2 2 14 0 9 0 0 1 8 50%
PIT 5834 3.90 4.42 74 91% 0 0 756 49 3 15 688 62 15 2 0 4 11 1 6 4 2 10 0 0 0 6 83%
SFG 5995 3.46 4.01 107 98% 1 0 964 73 5 22 863 80 23 5 0 10 7 0 1 6 0 9 0 4 4 16 88%
STL 6131 4.31 4.79 92 96% 2 0 939 75 5 21 838 72 10 2 0 9 13 0 6 7 1 15 0 1 1 8 100%
LgAvg 5990 3.96 4.47 92 95% 1 0 889 66 4 23 796 69 16 2 0 8 11 1 4 7 1 11 0 1 2 10 86%
47916 3.96 4.47 737 95% 5 2 7112 528 28 186 6367 551 125 13 1 60 90 8 30 52 9 89 0 9 15 83 86%

* 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
CHC 12 34 2155 108 27 24 20% 96 24 10 1 2 2 5 1 195 41 1.21 0.96
CIN 7 28 2275 40 35 35 47% 35 32 3 2 2 1 10 0 98 56 1.03 1.16
LAD 19 39 2294 24 31 29 56% 20 27 4 3 0 1 2 0 124 41 1.38 1.24
MLN 5 25 2161 35 32 32 48% 32 29 3 2 0 1 6 0 83 48 1.02 1.16
PHI 14 38 2178 73 38 36 34% 63 33 8 3 2 2 4 1 175 53 1.18 1.05
PIT 9 39 2124 57 32 32 36% 49 32 7 0 1 0 1 0 139 40 1.11 1.10
SFG 7 30 2238 50 35 31 41% 44 29 6 5 0 1 4 0 117 51 0.98 1.23
STL 15 47 2375 52 38 35 42% 46 32 5 3 1 3 7 0 159 55 0.99 1.17
LgAvg 11 35 2225 55 34 32 38% 48 30 6 2 1 1 5 0 136 48 1.12 1.14
88 280 17800 439 268 254 38% 385 238 46 19 8 11 39 2 1090 385 1.12 1.14

* 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 Earl Averill 27 CHC 32 25 236.2 191 173 11 7 1 .963 -4.0 -20.3 -4 7.00 5.75 3 6 18 4 18%
2 Ed Bailey 28 CIN 117 110 961.2 619 549 64 6 6 .990 12.0 15.0 12 5.74 5.24 3 17 20 27 57%
3 Smoky Burgess 32 PIT 101 95 798.0 488 441 39 8 4 .984 0.0 0.0 0 5.41 4.75 3 23 30 21 41%
4 Del Crandall 29 MLN 146 142 1271.2 859 783 71 5 15 .994 12.0 11.3 12 6.04 5.85 2 22 28 32 53%
5 Dutch Dotterer 27 CIN 51 44 395.1 252 230 20 2 3 .992 -1.0 -3.0 -1 5.69 4.90 3 11 20 8 29%
6 Hank Foiles 30 PIT 51 24 234.2 161 153 8 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.17 3.16 3 8 4 3 43%
7 Gene Green 26 STL 11 4 37.1 37 34 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.92 3.36 0 1 1 0 0%
8 Jim Hegan 38 TOT 46 27 254.0 176 156 17 3 3 .983 2.0 9.4 2 6.13 3.76 2 1 12 9 43%
9 Jim Hegan 38 PHI 25 18 155.1 96 84 11 1 2 .990 2.0 15.5 2 5.50 3.80 1 1 8 7 47%
10 Jim Hegan 38 SFG 21 9 98.2 80 72 6 2 1 .975 0.0 0.0 0 7.11 3.71 1 0 4 2 33%
11 Ray Katt 32 STL 14 5 55.0 41 38 2 1 0 .976 1.0 21.8 1 6.55 2.86 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Danny Kravitz 28 PIT 45 36 355.2 220 198 19 3 3 .986 -2.0 -6.7 -2 5.49 4.82 4 8 23 8 26%
13 Hobie Landrith 29 SFG 109 88 782.0 626 576 45 5 5 .992 6.0 9.2 6 7.15 5.70 4 16 23 24 51%
14 Joe Lonnett 32 PHI 43 33 291.0 178 171 4 3 0 .983 -3.0 -12.4 -3 5.41 4.07 4 10 14 4 22%
15 Stan Lopata 33 MLN 11 7 65.1 43 43 0 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -18.4 -1 5.92 3.91 1 1 6 0 0%
16 Roger McCardell 26 SFG 3 1 9.2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.59 2.00 0 0 1 1 50%
17 Tim McCarver 17 STL 6 6 51.0 35 32 2 1 0 .971 -2.0 -47.1 -2 6.00 5.67 3 3 2 0 0%
18 Cal Neeman 30 CHC 38 34 264.2 168 158 9 1 1 .994 -3.0 -13.6 -3 5.68 4.39 3 6 20 2 9%
19 Gene Oliver 24 STL 9 2 32.0 27 24 2 1 0 .963 -1.0 -37.5 -1 7.31 2.89 2 2 0 1 100%
20 Hardy Peterson 29 PIT 2 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.20 2.00 0 0 0 0
21 Joe Pignatano 29 LAD 49 41 380.0 340 322 17 1 8 .997 0.0 0.0 0 8.03 6.92 5 10 7 6 46%
22 Jay Porter 26 STL 19 9 82.0 57 53 4 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -29.3 -2 6.26 3.00 5 7 5 4 44%
23 Del Rice 36 MLN 9 8 63.2 45 42 1 2 1 .956 -1.0 -18.8 -1 6.08 4.78 2 2 1 0 0%
24 Johnny Roseboro 26 LAD 117 114 1021.2 910 848 54 8 10 .991 2.0 2.3 2 7.95 7.71 14 29 17 25 60%
25 Carl Sawatski 31 PHI 69 61 498.2 336 306 23 7 4 .979 -5.0 -12.0 -5 5.94 4.77 4 17 31 10 24%
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 Bob Schmidt 26 SFG 70 56 486.0 337 307 30 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -4.9 -2 6.24 4.81 2 14 22 8 27%
27 Norm Sherry 27 LAD 2 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 0 0 0 0
28 Hal Smith 28 STL 141 128 1105.2 827 758 60 9 13 .989 3.0 3.3 3 6.66 5.80 5 34 44 32 42%
29 Sammy Taylor 26 CHC 109 96 889.2 544 497 37 10 1 .982 -7.0 -9.4 -7 5.40 4.90 6 22 70 21 23%
30 Valmy Thomas 30 PHI 65 43 409.0 342 310 25 7 3 .980 2.0 5.9 2 7.37 5.15 5 10 20 17 46%
LgAvg 20 17 150 107 98 8 1 1 .989 0 0 0 6.35 5.29 1 4 6 4 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 Earl Averill 27 CHC 1027 4.35 4.94 15 87% 0 0 167 11 1 7 148 10 1 0 0 2 6 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Ed Bailey 28 CIN 4245 4.31 4.87 74 100% 1 0 555 57 3 14 481 57 12 1 0 6 6 1 2 3 0 6 0 1 2 5 100%
3 Smoky Burgess 32 PIT 3273 3.54 3.95 39 90% 0 0 419 28 2 5 384 37 7 0 0 2 8 1 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 5 80%
4 Del Crandall 29 MLN 5231 3.47 3.97 89 93% 0 1 741 50 2 21 668 71 23 2 1 0 5 0 4 1 3 14 0 0 1 14 86%
5 Dutch Dotterer 27 CIN 1769 4.33 4.96 30 90% 0 0 232 22 0 9 201 17 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 75%
6 Hank Foiles 30 PIT 1021 5.30 5.90 13 100% 0 0 144 9 1 6 127 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
7 Gene Green 26 STL 163 5.06 5.06 1 100% 0 0 34 0 0 0 34 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Jim Hegan 38 SFG 409 3.10 3.47 13 100% 1 0 72 9 0 2 61 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Jim Hegan 38 PHI 691 4.75 5.16 10 100% 0 0 84 9 0 3 72 11 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Ray Katt 32 STL 246 3.76 3.93 5 80% 0 0 38 4 0 0 34 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Danny Kravitz 28 PIT 1516 3.79 4.50 22 86% 0 0 189 12 0 4 173 18 6 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Hobie Landrith 29 SFG 3398 3.26 3.88 58 98% 0 0 577 44 3 15 515 46 11 1 0 7 5 0 0 5 0 6 0 3 3 8 88%
13 Joe Lonnett 32 PHI 1258 3.43 3.87 13 92% 0 0 169 12 1 3 152 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
14 Stan Lopata 33 MLN 249 4.31 4.79 2 100% 0 0 31 1 1 1 28 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Roger McCardell 26 SFG 46 5.59 5.59 2 50% 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
16 Tim McCarver 17 STL 226 3.18 4.59 2 50% 0 0 31 1 0 0 30 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Cal Neeman 30 CHC 1162 5.05 5.51 21 100% 0 0 151 18 0 3 130 9 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
18 Gene Oliver 24 STL 159 4.22 5.34 1 100% 0 0 23 1 1 0 21 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Hardy Peterson 29 PIT 24 3.60 3.60 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Joe Pignatano 29 LAD 1686 4.33 4.67 21 100% 0 0 322 10 3 12 297 17 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 3 2 100%
21 Jay Porter 26 STL 399 5.71 6.59 5 100% 0 0 53 5 0 1 47 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 Del Rice 36 MLN 291 5.09 6.08 2 100% 1 0 41 2 0 2 37 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Johnny Roseboro 26 LAD 4481 3.60 4.14 80 98% 0 0 849 59 3 20 767 54 13 0 0 8 8 3 0 5 2 11 0 1 2 14 86%
24 Carl Sawatski 31 PHI 2206 4.13 4.89 38 97% 0 1 306 32 0 10 264 23 2 1 0 6 7 1 2 4 0 4 0 0 1 2 100%
25 Bob Schmidt 26 SFG 2142 3.82 4.30 34 100% 0 0 310 20 2 5 282 28 8 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 100%
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 Norm Sherry 27 LAD 42 2.70 2.70 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Hal Smith 28 STL 4938 4.27 4.68 78 97% 2 0 760 64 4 20 672 59 10 1 0 3 10 0 4 6 0 14 0 1 1 8 100%
28 Sammy Taylor 26 CHC 3785 3.67 4.06 35 89% 0 0 490 21 1 12 456 37 8 0 0 6 10 0 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 3 100%
29 Valmy Thomas 30 PHI 1833 4.86 5.28 34 91% 0 0 311 27 0 11 273 25 4 0 0 1 7 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 4 25%
LgAvg 666 3.96 4.47 10 95% 0 0 99 7 0 3 88 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 86%

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 Earl Averill 27 CHC 3 6 367 18 4 3 18% 17 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 35 7 1.59 0.86
2 Ed Bailey 28 CIN 4 17 1602 20 27 27 57% 17 26 2 1 1 0 7 0 54 41 1.37 1.17
3 Smoky Burgess 32 PIT 4 23 1175 30 21 21 41% 26 21 4 0 0 0 1 0 76 27 1.09 1.23
4 Del Crandall 29 MLN 2 22 1962 28 32 32 53% 25 29 3 2 0 1 5 0 64 46 1.03 1.16
5 Dutch Dotterer 27 CIN 3 11 673 20 8 8 29% 18 6 1 1 1 1 3 0 44 15 0.69 1.11
6 Hank Foiles 30 PIT 2 8 394 4 3 3 43% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 0.63 0.70
7 Gene Green 26 STL 0 1 53 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.41
8 Jim Hegan 38 SFG 1 0 148 4 2 2 33% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.92 1.51
9 Jim Hegan 38 PHI 1 1 259 8 7 6 47% 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 7 1.04 1.24
10 Ray Katt 32 STL 0 0 86 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.70
11 Danny Kravitz 28 PIT 3 8 545 23 8 8 26% 19 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 46 9 1.22 0.91
12 Hobie Landrith 29 SFG 4 16 1267 23 24 22 51% 20 21 3 2 0 1 3 0 63 33 0.83 1.29
13 Joe Lonnett 32 PHI 4 10 438 14 4 4 22% 13 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 37 7 1.63 1.81
14 Stan Lopata 33 MLN 1 1 94 6 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.92
15 Roger McCardell 26 SFG 0 0 26 1 1 0 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.97 1.98
16 Tim McCarver 17 STL 3 3 86 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.17
17 Cal Neeman 30 CHC 3 6 429 20 2 2 9% 18 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 37 9 1.01 1.16
18 Gene Oliver 24 STL 2 2 68 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.07
19 Hardy Peterson 29 PIT 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Joe Pignatano 29 LAD 5 10 640 7 6 6 46% 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 30 10 1.33 1.00
21 Jay Porter 26 STL 5 7 165 5 4 3 44% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 0.72 1.61
22 Del Rice 36 MLN 2 2 105 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2 1.37
23 Johnny Roseboro 26 LAD 14 29 1635 17 25 23 60% 15 22 2 2 0 1 2 0 94 31 1.40 1.29
24 Carl Sawatski 31 PHI 4 17 797 31 10 9 24% 27 8 2 1 2 1 1 0 70 16 1.11 1.07
25 Bob Schmidt 26 SFG 2 14 797 22 8 7 27% 19 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 47 15 1.16 0.88
Rk Age Tm PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
26 Norm Sherry 27 LAD 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Hal Smith 28 STL 5 34 1917 44 32 30 42% 38 26 5 3 1 3 7 0 113 47 1.05 1.16
28 Sammy Taylor 26 CHC 6 22 1359 70 21 19 23% 61 19 7 1 2 1 2 1 123 25 1.17 0.95
29 Valmy Thomas 30 PHI 5 10 684 20 17 17 46% 16 16 4 1 0 0 2 0 56 23 1.01 0.79
LgAvg 1 4 247 6 4 4 38% 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 5 1.12 1.14
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