Paul Casanova
Paulino (Ortiz) Casanova
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 21, 1941 in Colon, Cuba
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1965
Final Game: September 9, 1974
Relatives: Father of Raul Casanova
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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
1965 WSA AL 23 C 4 4 31.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -1.0 -38.7 -1 4.35 3.75 .988 6.97 5.68 0 2 3 0 0%
1966 WSA AL 24 C 119 113 1032.2 741 674 53 14 12 .981 5.0 5.8 5 6.34 6.11 .988 6.86 5.86 6 30 37 32 46%
1967 WSA AL 25 C 137 132 1221.0 912 827 70 15 19 .984 6.0 5.9 6 6.61 6.55 .989 7.22 6.15 14 36 38 37 49% AS,MVP-21
1968 WSA AL 26 C 92 86 761.0 524 472 46 6 3 .989 -2.0 -3.2 -2 6.13 5.63 .990 6.97 6.01 10 32 38 23 38%
1969 WSA AL 27 C 122 106 952.1 647 583 59 5 5 .992 3.0 3.8 3 6.07 5.26 .987 6.65 5.59 11 35 53 27 34%
1970 WSA AL 28 C 100 82 774.1 515 461 48 6 12 .988 8.0 12.4 8 5.92 5.09 .988 6.65 5.82 2 22 23 24 51%
1971 WSA AL 29 C 83 81 716.2 463 416 40 7 4 .985 -1.0 -1.7 -1 5.73 5.49 .988 6.37 5.63 6 20 32 17 35%
1972 ATL NL 30 C 43 32 300.0 159 139 16 4 3 .975 -1.0 -4.0 -1 4.65 3.60 .987 6.61 5.87 4 15 10 8 44%
1973 ATL NL 31 C 78 64 574.1 387 330 48 9 3 .977 -2.0 -4.2 -2 5.92 4.85 .987 6.34 5.58 9 18 59 28 32%
1974 ATL NL 32 C 33 29 247.1 140 123 15 2 4 .986 4.0 19.4 4 5.02 4.18 .985 6.12 5.37 3 3 18 12 40%
10 Seasons C 811 729 6610.2 4504 4040 395 69 65 .985 19.0 3.4 19 6.04 5.47 .988 6.75 5.81 65 213 311 208 40%
10 Seasons TOT 811 729 6610.2 4504 4040 395 69 65 .985 19.0 3.4 19 6.04 5.47 .973 6.75 5.81 65 213 311 208 40%

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
1965 WSA AL 23 5 4 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 WSA AL 24 122 113 122 122 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1967 WSA AL 25 141 132 141 141 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1968 WSA AL 26 96 86 96 96 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1969 WSA AL 27 124 106 124 124 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1970 WSA AL 28 104 82 104 104 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1971 WSA AL 29 94 81 94 94 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1972 ATL NL 30 49 32 49 49 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1973 ATL NL 31 82 64 82 82 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1974 ATL NL 32 42 29 42 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
10 Seasons 859 729 859 850 0 811 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 2
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%
1965 WSA AL 23 136 3.77 5.23 2 50% 0 0 15 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1966 WSA AL 24 4378 3.63 4.05 53 81% 0 0 674 36 3 8 627 52 6 0 0 7 14 2 7 5 3 12 0 1 1 3 33%
1967 WSA AL 25 5224 3.32 3.82 72 93% 0 0 803 54 5 19 724 72 11 2 0 12 15 1 4 10 0 21 0 3 5 5 80%
1968 WSA AL 26 3372 3.88 4.51 39 95% 0 0 468 26 2 12 428 48 11 0 0 9 6 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 1 5 60%
1969 WSA AL 27 4173 3.47 3.95 70 96% 1 0 591 40 2 11 538 61 20 2 1 3 5 0 2 3 1 5 1 1 2 15 87%
1970 WSA AL 28 3304 3.38 3.80 36 92% 1 0 470 25 1 4 439 52 9 0 0 8 6 0 3 3 0 12 0 0 0 5 80%
1971 WSA AL 29 3154 3.78 4.33 48 92% 0 0 416 33 2 10 371 41 9 0 1 8 7 2 3 2 2 4 0 1 1 9 89%
1972 ATL NL 30 1375 4.95 5.43 14 86% 0 0 141 7 1 3 130 15 6 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 3 100%
1973 ATL NL 31 2483 4.52 5.18 25 96% 0 1 318 14 0 10 294 40 6 0 0 5 8 0 1 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 ATL NL 32 1075 2.73 3.20 17 94% 1 0 123 10 0 4 108 19 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 100%
10 Seasons 28674 3.66 4.18 376 91% 3 1 4019 246 16 81 3673 400 82 4 2 58 68 6 27 35 8 67 1 8 11 51 80%
MLB Averages 3.51 3.98 95% 90%

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
1965 WSA AL 23 0 2 53 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1.16
1966 WSA AL 24 6 30 1423 37 32 31 46% 31 27 4 3 2 2 3 0 97 42 1.36 1.35
1967 WSA AL 25 14 36 1840 38 37 32 49% 34 34 4 1 0 2 9 0 129 54 1.44 1.65
1968 WSA AL 26 10 32 1223 38 23 22 38% 32 18 6 5 0 0 2 0 104 25 1.31 1.54
1969 WSA AL 27 11 35 1477 53 27 23 34% 49 23 4 3 0 1 7 0 120 40 1.30 1.30
1970 WSA AL 28 2 22 1147 23 24 22 51% 21 23 2 1 0 0 6 0 63 39 0.97 1.26
1971 WSA AL 29 6 20 1183 32 17 16 35% 27 16 4 0 1 1 0 0 72 24 1.07 1.26
1972 ATL NL 30 4 15 517 10 8 5 44% 10 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 40 9 1.29 1.33
1973 ATL NL 31 9 18 858 59 28 26 32% 52 22 5 4 2 2 0 0 111 34 1.44 1.41
1974 ATL NL 32 3 3 382 18 12 10 40% 14 9 4 0 0 3 3 1 28 15 1.37 1.70
10 Seasons 65 213 10103 311 208 187 40% 273 179 33 17 5 12 30 1 770 283 1.31 1.43
MLB Averages 37% 1.27 1.23

* 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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