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Rudy Kemmler

Rudolph Kemmler
born Rudolph Kemler

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 206 lb.

Born: January, 1860 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1879
Teams (by GP): Buckeyes/PittsburghAlleghenys/Browns/Solons/RedStockings/... 1879-1889

Final Game: August 11, 1889
Died: June 20, 1909 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1879 PRO NL 19 C 2 24 13 7 4 0 .833 10.00 .889 6.45 4
1881 CLV NL 21 C 1 7 5 2 0 1 1.000 7.00 .911 6.20 2
1882 TOT AA 22 C 26 185 131 39 15 1 .919 6.54 .880 6.31 19
1882 TOT AA 22 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0-0-2
1882 CIN AA 22 C 3 11 8 2 1 0 .909 3.33 .880 6.30 3
1882 CIN AA 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0-0-1
1882 PIT AA 22 C 23 174 123 37 14 1 .920 6.96 .880 6.31 16
1882 PIT AA 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0-0-1
1883 COL AA 23 C 82 556 388 97 71 10 .872 5.91 .890 6.68 114
1883 COL AA 23 OF 2 6 2 2 2 1 .667 2.00 .852 1.80 0-2-0
1884 COL AA 24 C 58 381 268 77 36 3 .906 5.95 .913 7.44 63
1884 COL AA 24 1B 2 23 22 0 1 1 .957 11.00 .958 10.65
1884 COL AA 24 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .847 1.60 1-0-0
1885 PIT AA 25 C 18 131 86 28 17 0 .870 6.33 .908 6.94 22
1886 STL AA 26 C 32 243 159 63 21 3 .914 6.94 .910 7.19 35
1886 STL AA 26 1B 3 27 23 2 2 1 .926 8.33 .968 10.27
1889 COL AA 29 C 8 57 35 18 4 1 .930 6.63 .917 6.26 12
8 Seasons C 227 1584 1085 331 168 19 .894 6.24 .900 6.91 271
3 Seasons OF 5 9 5 2 2 1 .778 1.40 .850 1.76 1-2-2
2 Seasons 1B 5 50 45 2 3 2 .940 9.40 .963 10.42
8 Seasons TOT 237 1643 1135 335 173 22 .895 6.20 .902 6.87 1-2-2 271
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G 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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1879 PRO NL 19 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1881 CLV NL 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1882 PIT AA 22 24 24 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1882 CIN AA 22 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1883 COL AA 23 84 84 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1884 COL AA 24 61 61 0 58 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1885 PIT AA 25 18 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1886 STL AA 26 35 35 0 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1889 COL AA 29 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 236 236 0 227 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1883 AA  82 (1st)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1883 AA  388 (2nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1883 AA  97 (2nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1883 AA  71 (1st)
Career  168 (58th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1883 AA  114 (1st)
Career  271 (26th)

Youngest s c a p y
1879 NL  born 1860-01-00 (3rd)
1881 NL  born 1860-01-00 (5th)

                           

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