Harry Bemis

Harry Parker Bemis

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: February 1, 1874 in Farmington, NH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1902
Teams (by GP): Naps/Bronchos 1902-1910

Final Game: August 15, 1910
Died: May 23, 1947 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Elmhurst Park Cemetery, Avon, OH
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1902	CLE	AL	28	C	87				470	333	120	17	2	.964		5.21	.957		4.90		22		115	94	45%	44%
1902	CLE	AL	28	OF	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.940		2.05	0-0-2
1902	CLE	AL	28	2B	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.950		5.40
1903	CLE	AL	29	C	74				402	315	82	5	6	.988		5.36	.971		6.07		7		70	55	44%	44%
1903	CLE	AL	29	1B	10				103	99	3	1	3	.990		10.20	.981		10.79
1903	CLE	AL	29	2B	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.940		5.10
1904	CLE	AL	30	C	79				500	393	86	21	8	.958		6.06	.969		6.15		4		62	57	48%	44%
1904	CLE	AL	30	1B	13				112	103	4	5	6	.955		8.23	.982		11.03
1904	CLE	AL	30	2B	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.950		5.10
1905	CLE	AL	31	C	58				317	256	52	9	4	.972		5.31	.971		6.40		3		57	38	40%	45%
1905	CLE	AL	31	2B	4				22	7	15	0	0	1.000		5.50	.952		5.00
1905	CLE	AL	31	3B	2				9	4	5	0	0	1.000		4.50	.923		3.15
1905	CLE	AL	31	1B	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.980		10.80
1906	CLE	AL	32	C	81				429	340	73	16	7	.963		5.10	.961		5.98		10		86	60	41%	45%
1907	CLE	AL	33	C	51				232	180	42	10	3	.957		4.35	.968		6.11		4		47	29	38%	44%
1907	CLE	AL	33	1B	2				26	26	0	0	3	1.000		13.00	.982		11.15
1908	CLE	AL	34	C	76				415	326	74	15	5	.964		5.26	.969		6.28		10		55	51	48%	45%
1908	CLE	AL	34	1B	2				12	11	1	0	0	1.000		6.00	.984		11.35
1909	CLE	AL	35	C	36				206	167	33	6	0	.971		5.56	.969		6.46		2		36	25	41%	45%
1910	CLE	AL	36	C	46				259	186	63	10	4	.961		5.41	.968		6.88		6		63	43	41%	45%
	9 Seasons			C	588				3230	2496	625	109	39	.966		5.31	.966		6.05		68		591	452	43%	45%
	5 Seasons			1B	28				254	240	8	6	12	.976		8.86	.982		10.97
	4 Seasons			2B	7				25	8	17	0	0	1.000		3.57	.951		5.09
	1 Season			OF	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.940		2.05	0-0-2
	1 Season			3B	2				9	4	5	0	0	1.000		4.50	.923		3.15
	9 Seasons			TOT	627				3519	2749	655	115	51	.967		5.43	.967		6.23	0-0-2	68		591	452	43%	45%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	2B	3B	RF	OF
1902	CLE	AL	28	93	93	87	0	1	0	2	2
1903	CLE	AL	29	92	92	74	10	1	0	0	0
1904	CLE	AL	30	97	97	79	13	1	0	0	0
1905	CLE	AL	31	70	70	58	1	4	2	0	0
1906	CLE	AL	32	93	93	81	0	0	0	0	0
1907	CLE	AL	33	65	65	51	2	0	0	0	0
1908	CLE	AL	34	91	91	76	2	0	0	0	0
1909	CLE	AL	35	42	42	36	0	0	0	0	0
1910	CLE	AL	36	61	61	46	0	0	0	0	0
	9 Seasons			704	704	588	28	7	2	2	2

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y 1902 AL 87 (1st) 1903 AL 74 (4th) 1906 AL 81 (4th)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1902 AL 333 (2nd) 1904 AL 393 (5th) 1906 AL 340 (5th)	Assists as C s c a p y 1902 AL 120 (1st) 1903 AL 82 (5th)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1904 AL 21 (3rd) 1908 AL 15 (3rd)
Passed Balls s c a p y 1902 AL 22 (1st) 1906 AL 10 (3rd) 1908 AL 10 (4th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1902 AL 115 (2nd) 1903 AL 70 (5th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1902 AL 94 (1st) Career 452 (81st)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1904 AL 47.9 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1902 AL 5.21 (3rd) 1904 AL 6.06 (4th) 1906 AL 5.10 (4th)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1902 AL .964 (5th) 1903 AL .988 (1st) 1906 AL .963 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1910 AL born 1874-02-01 (8th)

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