Ray Katt
Raymond Frederick Katt
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 9, 1927 in New Braunfels, TX
School: Texas A&M University
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1952
Final Game: July 21, 1959
Died: October 20, 1999 in New Braunfels, TX
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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
1952 NYG NL 25 C 8 43 39 4 0 0 1.000 5.38 .984 4.84 2
1953 NYG NL 26 C 8 40 33 6 1 0 .975 4.88 .985 4.66 1
1954 NYG NL 27 C 82 56 531.1 296 265 23 8 4 .973 -1.0 -2.3 -1 4.88 3.51 .986 5.36 4.57 12 6 6 11 65%
1955 NYG NL 28 C 122 95 849.1 534 482 45 7 7 .987 3.0 4.2 3 5.58 4.32 .987 5.65 4.82 17 7 17 20 54%
1956 TOT NL 29 C 84 76 663.1 437 395 34 8 4 .982 3.0 5.4 3 5.82 5.11 .985 5.83 5.01 5 8 17 14 45%
1956 NYG NL 29 C 37 30 259.1 186 164 18 4 1 .978 5.0 23.1 5 6.32 4.92 .985 5.83 5.01 3 0 3 10 77%
1956 STL NL 29 C 47 46 404.0 251 231 16 4 3 .984 -2.0 -5.9 -2 5.50 5.26 .985 5.83 5.01 2 8 14 4 22%
1957 NYG NL 30 C 68 47 426.1 268 238 25 5 4 .981 1.0 2.8 1 5.55 3.87 .988 5.98 4.99 6 5 9 8 47%
1958 STL NL 31 C 14 11 93.1 69 63 4 2 2 .971 0.0 0.0 0 6.46 4.79 .988 6.06 5.19 1 1 6 3 33%
1959 STL NL 32 C 14 5 55.0 41 38 2 1 0 .976 1.0 21.8 1 6.55 2.86 .990 6.33 5.24 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons C 400 290 2618.2 1728 1553 143 32 21 .981 7.0 3.2 7 5.83 4.24 .987 5.72 4.86 44 27 55 57 51%
8 Seasons TOT 400 290 2618.2 1728 1553 143 32 21 .981 7.0 3.2 7 5.83 4.24 .968 5.72 4.86 44 27 55 57 51%

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
1952 NYG NL 25 9 9 9 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYG NL 26 8 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYG NL 27 86 56 86 86 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1955 NYG NL 28 124 95 124 124 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 STL NL 29 47 46 47 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYG NL 29 37 30 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 30 72 47 72 72 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1958 STL NL 31 19 11 19 19 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1959 STL NL 32 15 5 15 15 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 417 290 417 417 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 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 NYG NL 27 2148 3.06 3.48 30 90% 0 0 246 21 1 10 214 22 2 0 1 5 8 0 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1955 NYG NL 28 2616 3.63 4.04 32 91% 0 0 337 27 4 7 299 30 3 0 0 3 4 1 1 2 1 5 0 1 1 3 33%
1956 STL NL 29 1734 3.48 3.88 26 100% 0 0 231 23 0 3 205 17 3 0 0 5 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1956 NYG NL 29 1008 3.58 4.31 17 94% 0 0 147 15 0 2 130 16 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 NYG NL 30 1463 4.82 5.54 20 90% 0 1 183 16 2 5 159 15 2 0 0 3 4 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0
1958 STL NL 31 454 5.30 6.17 4 100% 0 0 65 2 1 3 59 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
1959 STL NL 32 246 3.76 3.93 5 80% 0 0 38 4 0 0 34 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 9669 3.72 4.22 134 93% 0 1 1247 108 8 30 1100 106 13 0 1 18 26 3 13 10 1 17 0 3 4 7 71%
MLB Averages 3.93 4.43 96% 87%

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 NYG NL 27 11 6 802 6 11 10 65% 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 41 17 1.07 1.26
1955 NYG NL 28 14 7 976 17 20 19 54% 15 20 2 0 0 0 1 0 52 26 1.26 0.91
1956 STL NL 29 2 8 608 14 4 4 22% 11 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 36 12 1.22 1.01
1956 NYG NL 29 0 0 362 3 10 9 77% 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 13 1.16 0.96
1957 NYG NL 30 5 5 543 9 8 7 47% 9 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 28 13 1.14 1.15
1958 STL NL 31 1 1 174 6 3 2 33% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0.71 1.58
1959 STL NL 32 0 0 86 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.70
6 Seasons 33 27 3551 55 57 52 51% 48 51 6 3 1 3 2 0 182 85 1.14 1.06
MLB Averages 43% 1.18 1.17

* 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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