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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

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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA (50.7%)
1966 BBWAA (65.0%)
1967 Run Off (55.4%)
1968 BBWAA (72.2%)
1969 BBWAA (79.4%)
Selected to HOF in 1969 by BBWAA

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 (51st)

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 (8th)

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  19.8 (5th)
1950 NL  14.1 (2nd)
1951 NL  15.3 (4th)
1952 NL  21.3 (6th)
1953 NL  12.7 (2nd)
1954 NL  20.9 (10th)**
1955 NL  13.9 (6th)
Career  17.4 (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 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 65 (378), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 108 (136), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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