Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella (Campy)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 19, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Simon Gratz (Philadlephia, PA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Final Game: September 29, 1957
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1969 (270/340 ballots).
Died: June 26, 1993 in Woodland Hills, CA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1948 26 BRO NL 83 321 279 32 72 11 3 9 45 3 36 45 .258 .345 .416 .761 102 116 3 1 5 2 MVP-21
1949 27 BRO NL 130 507 436 65 125 22 2 22 82 3 67 36 .287 .385 .498 .883 131 217 11 3 1 *2 AS,MVP-15
1950 28 BRO NL 126 494 437 70 123 19 3 31 89 1 55 51 .281 .364 .551 .916 135 241 17 2 0 *2 AS,MVP-13
1951 29 BRO NL 143 562 505 90 164 33 1 33 108 1 2 53 51 .325 .393 .590 .983 159 298 19 4 0 *2 AS,MVP-1
1952 30 BRO NL 128 533 468 73 126 18 1 22 97 8 4 57 59 .269 .352 .453 .805 121 212 22 3 5 *2 AS,MVP-10
1953 31 BRO NL 144 590 519 103 162 26 3 41 142 4 2 67 58 .312 .395 .611 1.006 154 317 13 4 0 *2 AS,MVP-1
1954 32 BRO NL 111 446 397 43 82 14 3 19 51 1 4 42 49 .207 .285 .401 .686 74 159 13 2 4 1 *2 AS
1955 33 BRO NL 123 522 446 81 142 20 1 32 107 2 3 56 41 .318 .395 .583 .978 152 260 14 6 5 9 9 *2 AS,MVP-1
1956 34 BRO NL 124 461 388 39 85 6 1 20 73 1 0 66 61 .219 .333 .394 .727 88 153 20 1 4 2 15 *2 AS
1957 35 BRO NL 103 380 330 31 80 9 0 13 62 1 0 34 50 .242 .316 .388 .703 82 128 11 4 6 6 6 2
10 Seasons 1215 4816 4205 627 1161 178 18 242 856 25 15 533 501 .276 .360 .500 .860 124 2101 143 30 30 18 30
162 Game Avg. 162 642 561 84 155 24 2 32 114 3 71 67 .276 .360 .500 .860 124 280 19 4 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1948 26 BRO NL 321 215 40 4.9 104 .280 .258 .273 .345 .347 .416 .403 .761 .750 102 .548 0.8 0.1 .743 .297 .158 4.5
1949 27 BRO NL 507 323 83 6.9 107 .272 .287 .275 .385 .349 .498 .412 .883 .761 131 .677 20.6 2.0 .901 .372 .211 5.3
1950 28 BRO NL 494 331 87 7.0 110 .259 .281 .272 .364 .349 .551 .422 .916 .771 135 .673 21.0 2.0 .903 .398 .270 1.9
1951 29 BRO NL 562 362 115 8.5 105 .311 .325 .270 .393 .344 .590 .409 .983 .753 159 .762 41.6 4.1 .978 .368 .265 1.9
1952 30 BRO NL 533 373 74 5.3 98 .269 .269 .263 .352 .336 .453 .391 .805 .727 121 .611 13.2 1.4 .750 .314 .184 11.7
1953 31 BRO NL 590 372 124 8.8 112 .288 .312 .278 .395 .349 .611 .433 1.006 .782 154 .751 41.5 3.9 1.048 .432 .299 7.3
1954 32 BRO NL 446 337 44 3.5 112 .191 .207 .279 .285 .351 .401 .431 .686 .782 74 .359 -17.9 -1.7 .602 .292 .194 1.9
1955 33 BRO NL 522 335 101 8.1 109 .288 .318 .270 .395 .342 .583 .428 .978 .769 152 .730 35.0 3.4 1.000 .388 .265 3.8
1956 34 BRO NL 461 329 49 4.0 110 .210 .219 .274 .333 .342 .394 .433 .727 .775 88 .447 -6.7 -0.7 .684 .348 .175 1.9
1957 35 BRO NL 380 273 40 4.0 110 .245 .242 .279 .316 .344 .388 .432 .703 .775 82 .430 -8.9 -0.9 .640 .252 .145 1.9
10 Seasons 4816 3250 757 6.2 108 .264 .276 .273 .360 .345 .500 .419 .860 .764 124 .636 140.2 13.6 .835 .353 .224 45.3
162 Game Avg. 642 433 101 6.2 108 .264 .276 .273 .360 .345 .500 .419 .860 .764 124 .636 19 2 .835 .353 .224 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 27 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 18 15 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 .267 .389 .533 .922 8 0 0 0 0 1
1952 30 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 29 28 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 .214 .241 .214 .456 6 1 0 0 0 0
1953 31 BRO NL WS NYY L 6 25 22 6 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 .273 .360 .409 .769 9 0 1 0 0 1
1955 33 BRO NL WS NYY W 7 31 27 4 7 3 0 2 4 0 0 3 3 .259 .333 .593 .926 16 0 0 1 0 0
1956 34 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 27 22 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 7 .182 .259 .227 .487 5 0 0 0 2 1
5 Seasons (5 Series) 32 130 114 14 27 5 0 4 12 0 2 12 20 .237 .310 .386 .696 44 1 1 1 2 3
5 WS 32 130 114 14 27 5 0 4 12 0 2 12 20 .237 .310 .386 .696 44 1 1 1 2 3

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 BRO NL 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1
1950 BRO NL 28 as C 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 29 as C 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 30 as C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 31 as C 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 32 as C 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BRO NL 33 DNP
1956 BRO NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons (7 Appearances) 23 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .100 .217 .100 .317 2 0 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 26 BRO NL 321 2.8% 14.0% 11.2% 7.2% 32% 1.25 6.2 31.0 6.2 70%
1949 27 BRO NL 507 4.3% 7.1% 13.2% 9.1% 37% 0.54 12.1 19.8 5.3 75%
1950 28 BRO NL 494 6.3% 10.3% 11.1% 10.7% 43% 0.93 8.6 14.1 4.9 72%
1951 29 BRO NL 562 5.9% 9.1% 9.4% 11.9% 41% 0.96 9.9 15.3 4.7 75%
1952 30 BRO NL 533 4.1% 11.1% 10.7% 7.7% 33% 1.04 7.9 21.3 4.8 73%
1953 31 BRO NL 590 7.0% 9.8% 11.4% 11.9% 43% 0.87 8.9 12.7 3.7 71%
1954 32 BRO NL 446 4.3% 11.0% 9.4% 8.1% 44% 1.17 8.1 20.9 7.8 0.78 74%
1955 33 BRO NL 522 6.1% 7.9% 10.7% 10.2% 37% 0.73 10.9 13.9 4.2 0.81 73%
1956 34 BRO NL 461 4.3% 13.2% 14.3% 5.9% 32% 0.92 6.4 19.4 5.3 0.80 67%
1957 35 BRO NL 380 3.4% 13.2% 9.0% 5.8% 28% 1.47 6.6 25.4 5.3 0.74 72%
10 Seasons 4816 5.0% 10.4% 11.1% 9.1% 38% 0.94 8.4 17.4 4.9 0.79 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 32 BRO NL 6 0 22% 149 1 4 20% 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 4 32% 12 10 2 3 2 1 10 5 5
1955 33 BRO NL 2 0 29% 196 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 13 28% 32 25 7 12 10 2 9 3 6
1956 34 BRO NL 5 0 14% 147 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 31% 21 16 4 4 1 3 4 2 2
1957 35 BRO NL 2 0 17% 111 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 26% 16 13 3 1 1 0 6 3 3
10 Seasons 15 0 26% 603 25 15 76% 4 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 20 25 29% 81 64 16 20 14 6 29 13 16
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 32 BRO NL 446 12% 82 1 0 0 0 3.47 19 0 11 16 3 9 10 0 4 4 100% 93 13 14% 51 12 24% 301 39 13% 25 7 28% 22 9 41% 0
1955 33 BRO NL 522 9% 142 3 2 0 1 1.32 32 0 17 28 4 21 11 0 7 5 71% 119 14 12% 52 22 42% 391 79 20% 42 17 40% 25 9 36% 0
1956 34 BRO NL 461 12% 85 4 0 0 0 2.69 20 0 13 19 1 12 8 0 7 4 57% 94 20 21% 47 16 34% 336 55 16% 37 16 43% 37 8 22% 0
1957 35 BRO NL 380 5% 80 4 1 0 0 1.48 13 0 17 11 2 10 3 0 9 6 67% 98 11 11% 45 18 40% 288 50 17% 30 20 67% 18 7 39% 0
10 Seasons 1809 10% 1161 12 3 0 1 2.01 242 0 58 74 10 52 32 0 27 30 111% 404 143 35% 195 68 35% 1316 223 17% 134 60 45% 102 33 32% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 26 83 321 279 32 72 11 3 9 45 3 36 45 .258 .345 .416 .761 102 116 3 1 5
1949 27 213 828 715 97 197 33 5 31 127 6 103 81 .276 .370 .466 .836 120 333 14 4 6
1950 28 339 1322 1152 167 320 52 8 62 216 7 158 132 .278 .368 .498 .866 126 574 31 6 6
1951 29 482 1884 1657 257 484 85 9 95 324 8 2 211 183 .292 .375 .526 .902 136 872 50 10 6
1952 30 610 2417 2125 330 610 103 10 117 421 16 6 268 242 .287 .370 .510 .880 133 1084 72 13 11
1953 31 754 3007 2644 433 772 129 13 158 563 20 8 335 300 .292 .375 .530 .905 137 1401 85 17 11
1954 32 865 3453 3041 476 854 143 16 177 614 21 12 377 349 .281 .364 .513 .877 129 1560 98 19 15 1
1955 33 988 3975 3487 557 996 163 17 209 721 23 15 433 390 .286 .368 .522 .890 132 1820 112 25 20 10 9
1956 34 1112 4436 3875 596 1081 169 18 229 794 24 15 499 451 .279 .364 .509 .873 127 1973 132 26 24 12 24
1957 35 1215 4816 4205 627 1161 178 18 242 856 25 15 533 501 .276 .360 .500 .860 124 2101 143 30 30 18 30

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1948 26 87 328 290 33 74 11 3 9 46 3 37 47 .255 .341 .407 .748 41 83
1949 27 135 518 448 64 125 22 2 22 80 3 67 37 .279 .376 .484 .861 81 130
1950 28 132 508 451 68 123 19 3 31 86 1 55 53 .273 .354 .534 .889 85 126
1951 29 148 579 521 91 167 34 1 34 109 1 54 53 .321 .389 .585 .974 116 143
1952 30 134 556 492 80 135 19 1 24 106 9 61 62 .274 .358 .463 .821 80 128
1953 31 150 598 529 97 158 25 3 40 134 4 65 60 .299 .380 .584 .964 116 144
1954 32 117 458 413 43 82 14 3 19 50 1 42 52 .199 .275 .385 .660 43 111
1955 33 129 533 462 80 142 20 1 32 106 2 56 43 .307 .383 .563 .946 100 123
1956 34 130 471 402 39 85 6 1 20 74 1 66 64 .211 .323 .381 .703 49 124
1957 35 108 385 341 30 80 9 0 13 60 1 34 52 .235 .306 .375 .682 39 103
10 Seasons 1270 4934 4349 625 1171 179 18 244 851 26 537 523 .269 .352 .487 .839 750 1215
162 Game Avg. 162 629 555 80 149 23 2 31 109 3 68 67 .269 .352 .487 .839 96 1215

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 *
1950 (C)
1951 (C)
1952 (C)
1953 (C)
1954 (C)
1955
1956 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1951-NL-MVP
1953-NL-MVP
1955-NL-MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1948-NL-21-2%
1949-NL-15-7%
1950-NL-13-9%
1951-NL-1-72%
1952-NL-10-7%
1953-NL-1-88%
1955-NL-1-67%
3 MVPs
2.52 Career Shares (50th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 NL--.325--4th
1953 NL--.312--10th
1955 NL--.318--4th

On-Base% s c a p y
1951 NL--.393--7th
1953 NL--.395--8th
1955 NL--.395--6th

Slugging % s c a p y
1949 NL--.498--10th
1950 NL--.551--6th
1951 NL--.590--3rd
1953 NL--.611--3rd
1955 NL--.583--6th
Career--.500--104th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1949 NL--.883--7th
1950 NL--.916--8th
1951 NL--.983--3rd
1953 NL--1.006--4th
1955 NL--.978--4th
Career--.860--126th

Total Bases s c a p y
1951 NL--298--4th
1953 NL--317--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1951 NL--33--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1950 NL--31--5th
1951 NL--33--3rd
1952 NL--22--7th
1953 NL--41--3rd
1955 NL--32--8th
Career--242--207th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1951 NL--108--4th
1952 NL--97--6th
1953 NL--142--1st
1955 NL--107--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1949 NL--131--9th
1950 NL--135--10th
1951 NL--159--3rd
1953 NL--154--4th
1955 NL--152--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 NL--115--5th
1953 NL--124--4th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 NL--21--9th
1951 NL--42--4th
1953 NL--42--4th
1955 NL--35--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 NL--2.0--9th
1951 NL--4.1--4th
1953 NL--3.9--4th
1955 NL--3.4--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1951 NL--67--4th
1953 NL--70--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 NL--.677--8th
1950 NL--.673--9th
1951 NL--.762--4th
1953 NL--.751--4th
1955 NL--.730--7th
Career--.636--250th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL--6--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 NL--9--2nd
1957 NL--6--8th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--9--9th
1956 NL--15--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 NL--17--8th
1951 NL--19--6th
1952 NL--22--1st
1955 NL--14--9th
1956 NL--20--4th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1952 NL--11.7--4th

AB per HR s c a p y
1949 NL--19.818--5th
1950 NL--14.097--2nd
1951 NL--15.303--4th
1952 NL--21.273--6th
1953 NL--12.659--2nd
1954 NL--20.895--10th**
1955 NL--13.938--6th
Career--17.376--55th

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (518), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 108 (131), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (310), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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