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Mike Difelice

Michael William Difelice

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 28, 1969 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Bearden HS (Knoxville, TN)
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1996
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Cardinals/Royals/Mets/Tigers/... 1996-2008

Final Game: April 18, 2008
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1996 STL NL 27 C 4 2 1 18.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 8.00 4.00 .989 7.50 7.45 0 2 3 1 25% 28% 0
1997 STL NL 28 C 91 81 54 688.2 656 586 64 6 10 .991 1 2 8.49 7.14 .990 7.68 7.62 12 24 62 34 35% 32% 1
1997 STL NL 28 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.40
1998 TBD AL 29 C 84 75 69 671.0 539 483 52 4 8 .993 5 9 7.18 6.37 .990 7.13 7.05 13 21 49 32 40% 31% 2
1999 TBD AL 30 C 51 50 47 442.1 377 344 28 5 5 .987 2 5 7.57 7.29 .991 6.98 6.87 8 13 23 17 43% 33% 2
2000 TBD AL 31 C 59 57 53 496.2 394 351 35 8 6 .980 -1 -2 6.99 6.54 .991 6.93 6.85 10 16 35 17 33% 30% 0
2001 TOT MLB 32 C 60 53 42 446.0 385 346 32 7 5 .982 3 8 7.63 6.30 .990 7.25 7.22 3 19 29 19 40% 30% 2
2001 TBD AL 32 C 48 46 37 386.1 328 293 29 6 4 .982 2 6 7.50 6.71 .990 7.17 7.11 2 17 28 16 36% 29% 2
2001 ARI NL 32 C 12 7 5 59.2 57 53 3 1 1 .982 1 20 8.45 4.67 .992 7.74 7.65 1 2 1 3 75% 33% 0
2002 STL NL 33 C 61 51 32 435.1 348 313 32 3 5 .991 -2 -6 7.13 5.66 .991 7.53 7.47 2 22 23 9 28% 32% 1
2003 KCR AL 34 C 58 54 48 469.2 341 304 35 2 1 .994 -2 -1 -5 -3 6.50 5.84 .991 6.79 6.72 2 27 37 16 30% 30% 0
2003 KCR AL 34 DH 2 0
2004 TOT MLB 35 C 16 4 3 65.1 52 46 6 0 1 1.000 0 -1 0 -18 7.16 3.25 .992 7.15 7.15 0 5 1 1 50% 32% 0
2004 DET AL 35 C 12 4 3 59.0 46 40 6 0 1 1.000 0 -1 0 -20 7.02 3.83 .992 7.12 7.07 0 5 1 1 50% 32% 0
2004 DET AL 35 DH 1 0
2004 CHC NL 35 C 4 0 0 6.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 8.53 1.50 .993 7.39 7.40 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYM NL 36 C 11 5 4 50.0 42 39 2 1 1 .976 0 0 0 0 7.38 3.73 .992 7.25 7.16 0 1 1 1 50% 29% 0
2006 NYM NL 37 C 15 9 6 84.0 76 71 3 2 0 .974 0 -1 0 -14 7.93 4.93 .992 7.37 7.32 0 0 7 1 13% 28% 0
2007 NYM NL 38 C 16 11 10 106.2 92 83 7 2 0 .978 0 0 0 0 7.59 5.63 .991 7.39 7.36 2 2 6 1 14% 25% 2
2008 TBR AL 39 C 7 6 6 54.0 45 42 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 7.50 6.43 .991 7.27 7.19 0 3 4 2 33% 27% 0
13 Seasons C 533 458 375 4027.2 3363 3023 300 40 43 .988 6 -3 2 -4 7.43 6.23 .991 7.22 7.17 52 155 280 151 35% 31% 10
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.40
13 Seasons TOT 534 458 375 4028.2 3364 3024 300 40 43 .988 6 -3 2 -4 7.43 6.22 .991 7.22 7.17 52 155 280 151 35% 31% 10
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1996 STL NL 27 C 0 0 0
1997 STL NL 28 C 1 2 1
1997 STL NL 28 1B
1998 TBD AL 29 C 5 9 5
1999 TBD AL 30 C 2 5 2
2000 TBD AL 31 C -1 -2 -1
2001 TBD AL 32 C 2 6 2
2001 ARI NL 32 C 1 20 1
2002 STL NL 33 C -2 -6 -2
2003 KCR AL 34 C -2 -5 -2 -1 -3 0 -1 0
2004 DET AL 35 C 0 0 0 -1 -20 0 0 0
2004 CHC NL 35 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYM NL 36 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYM NL 37 C 0 0 0 -1 -14 0 0 -1
2007 NYM NL 38 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 TBR AL 39 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons C 6 2 6 -3 -4 0 -1 0
1 Season 1B
13 Seasons TOT 6 2 6 -3 -4 0 -1 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1996 STL NL 27 4 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 STL NL 28 93 81 93 92 0 91 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 TBD AL 29 84 75 84 84 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 TBD AL 30 51 50 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TBD AL 31 60 57 60 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2001 TBD AL 32 48 46 48 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 ARI NL 32 12 7 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 STL NL 33 70 51 70 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2003 KCR AL 34 62 54 62 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
2004 DET AL 35 13 4 13 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
2004 CHC NL 35 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYM NL 36 11 5 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYM NL 37 15 9 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 NYM NL 38 16 11 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 TBR AL 39 7 6 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 550 458 550 534 0 533 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 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.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
1996 STL NL 27 77 6.00 6.50 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 STL NL 28 2894 3.70 4.18 27 93% 0 0 589 17 3 9 560 61 9 0 0 19 6 0 0 6 1 10 0 1 3 7 71%
1998 TBD AL 29 2885 4.21 4.61 15 93% 0 0 487 9 2 12 464 47 6 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 8 0 1 2 4 75%
1999 TBD AL 30 1949 4.56 4.94 8 100% 2 0 344 3 0 3 337 28 5 0 0 5 5 0 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 TBD AL 31 2172 5.11 5.60 15 100% 2 0 353 8 1 6 337 33 7 0 1 8 8 1 2 5 0 6 0 1 2 2 100%
2001 TBD AL 32 1726 5.73 6.45 12 100% 0 0 293 6 2 8 277 29 7 0 0 6 6 1 0 5 0 4 0 1 2 2 100%
2001 ARI NL 32 249 3.77 3.92 1 100% 0 0 53 1 0 2 50 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2002 STL NL 33 1900 4.01 4.34 13 92% 0 0 331 8 0 6 317 14 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 3 100%
2003 KCR AL 34 2151 5.83 6.11 13 92% 0 0 304 5 0 4 295 36 7 0 0 12 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
2004 DET AL 35 248 4.88 4.88 3 100% 0 0 40 1 1 0 38 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
2004 CHC NL 35 30 11.37 11.37 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYM NL 36 218 3.96 4.50 1 100% 0 0 39 1 1 1 36 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
2006 NYM NL 37 333 2.46 2.46 3 100% 0 0 71 1 0 0 70 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 NYM NL 38 498 4.98 5.74 4 75% 0 0 83 1 0 0 82 7 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2008 TBR AL 39 233 3.67 4.17 1 100% 0 0 42 1 1 0 40 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
13 Seasons 17563 4.58 5.01 116 95% 4 0 3050 62 11 51 2924 273 53 0 1 61 40 5 10 25 2 43 0 7 12 26 85%
MLB Averages 4.46 4.86 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1996 STL NL 27 0 2 28 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1.79 0.71
1997 STL NL 28 12 24 1052 62 34 28 35% 52 30 10 1 0 3 1 0 121 35 1.56 1.36
1998 TBD AL 29 13 21 1095 49 32 28 40% 47 27 1 3 1 2 2 0 104 35 1.12 0.95
1999 TBD AL 30 8 13 730 23 17 16 43% 22 13 1 3 0 1 2 0 54 19 1.24 1.42
2000 TBD AL 31 10 16 797 35 17 15 33% 33 16 2 0 0 1 0 0 84 19 1.13 1.41
2001 TBD AL 32 2 17 661 28 16 12 36% 23 12 5 2 0 2 2 0 55 20 1.00 1.01
2001 ARI NL 32 1 2 91 1 3 3 75% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 3 1.38 1.31
2002 STL NL 33 2 22 714 23 9 8 28% 22 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 56 11 1.15 1.10
2003 KCR AL 34 2 27 875 37 16 15 30% 30 12 7 4 0 0 0 0 87 19 1.24 1.17
2004 DET AL 35 0 5 78 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0.85 3.43
2004 CHC NL 35 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYM NL 36 0 1 83 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.30 0.87
2006 NYM NL 37 0 0 101 7 1 1 13% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.97 1.92
2007 NYM NL 38 2 2 217 6 1 1 14% 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 3 0.94 1.94
2008 TBR AL 39 0 3 90 4 2 2 33% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1.24 0.90
13 Seasons 52 155 6627 280 151 132 35% 251 125 28 15 1 11 10 0 616 170 1.23 1.22
MLB Averages 30% 1.28 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1997 STL NL 28 3 100% 33% 0% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 100% 33% 0% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 77% 31% 93% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as C s c a p y
1998 AL  52 (3rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2000 AL  8 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1997 NL  12 (1st)
1998 AL  13 (4th)
2000 AL  10 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1998 AL  39.5 (4th)
1999 AL  42.5 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1998 AL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1997 NL  8.49 (2nd)
Career  7.43 (30th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
Career  6.23 (69th)

Oldest s c a p y
2008 AL  born 1969-05-28 (10th)

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