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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1948 BRO NL 26 C 78 467 413 45 9 12 .981 5.87 .980 4.41 4 MVP-21
1949 BRO NL 27 C 127 750 684 55 11 5 .985 5.82 .982 4.39 7 AS,MVP-15
1950 BRO NL 28 C 123 748 683 54 11 14 .985 5.99 .982 4.53 6 AS,MVP-13
1951 BRO NL 29 C 140 805 722 72 11 12 .986 5.67 .981 4.43 4 AS,MVP-1
1952 BRO NL 30 C 122 721 662 55 4 7 .994 5.88 .984 4.84 9 AS,MVP-10
1953 BRO NL 31 C 140 874 807 57 10 9 .989 6.17 .984 4.66 3 AS,MVP-1
1954 BRO NL 32 C 111 106 971.2 665 600 58 7 7 .989 1.0 1.2 1 6.09 5.93 .986 5.36 4.57 4 21 19 22 54% AS
1955 BRO NL 33 C 121 118 1042.0 732 672 54 6 8 .992 2.0 2.3 2 6.27 6.00 .987 5.65 4.82 4 25 21 23 52% AS,MVP-1
1956 BRO NL 34 C 121 113 1006.0 719 659 49 11 3 .985 -2.0 -2.4 -2 6.33 5.85 .985 5.83 5.01 8 30 24 20 45% AS
1957 BRO NL 35 C 100 94 830.2 674 618 51 5 5 .993 2.0 2.9 2 7.25 6.69 .988 5.98 4.99 7 17 21 15 42%
10 Seasons C 1183 431 3850.1 7155 6520 550 85 82 .988 3.0 0.9 3 16.53 5.98 .984 5.70 4.66 56 93 85 80 48%
10 Seasons TOT 1183 431 3850.1 7155 6520 550 85 82 .988 3.0 0.9 3 16.53 5.98 .972 5.70 4.66 56 93 85 80 48%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 BRO NL 26 83 83 83 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BRO NL 27 130 130 130 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 28 126 126 126 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 29 143 143 143 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 30 128 128 128 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 31 144 144 144 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 32 111 106 111 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 BRO NL 33 123 118 123 123 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 BRO NL 34 124 113 124 124 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1957 BRO NL 35 103 94 103 103 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Seasons 1215 431 1215 1215 0 1183 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age 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%
1954 BRO NL 32 4281 4.21 4.69 104 96% 0 0 598 82 3 11 499 61 12 1 1 19 7 3 2 2 1 7 0 0 1 16 75%
1955 BRO NL 33 4417 3.52 4.06 86 98% 0 0 672 69 3 21 579 51 12 0 1 13 6 2 2 2 0 8 0 1 3 10 100%
1956 BRO NL 34 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%
1957 BRO NL 35 3557 3.34 3.80 78 97% 0 0 618 52 3 19 544 49 17 1 0 10 5 1 2 2 0 5 0 1 1 12 100%
4 Seasons 16501 3.67 4.13 353 97% 0 1 2547 264 15 65 2200 209 53 4 3 50 29 6 9 14 1 24 1 2 7 54 89%
MLB Averages 3.95 4.45 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 BRO NL 32 4 21 1612 19 22 22 54% 17 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 68 34 1.13 1.35
1955 BRO NL 33 4 25 1554 21 23 21 52% 19 17 2 1 0 5 0 0 61 29 0.97 1.10
1956 BRO NL 34 8 30 1467 24 20 19 45% 20 18 4 1 0 1 2 0 87 28 1.43 1.26
1957 BRO NL 35 7 17 1292 21 15 15 42% 16 12 4 0 1 3 2 0 60 23 1.11 1.18
4 Seasons 23 93 5925 85 80 77 48% 72 67 11 4 2 9 4 0 276 114 1.17 1.22
MLB Averages 45% 1.17 1.16

* 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.

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