Val Picinich

Valentine John Picinich

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 8, 1896 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1916
Teams (by GP): Senators/Reds/RedSox/Robins/Dodgers/... 1916-1933

Final Game: August 28, 1933
Died: December 5, 1942 in Nobleboro, ME
Buried: Dunbar Cemetery, Nobleboro, ME
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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1916	PHA	AL	19	C	37				239	179	52	8	6	.967		6.24	.974		6.33	7		64	29	31%	43%
1917	PHA	AL	20	C	2				14	10	1	3	0	.786		5.50	.971		5.70	0		3	1	25%	45%
1918	WSH	AL	21	C	46	43	37		275	216	48	11	5	.960		5.74	.970		5.51	5		40	26	39%	44%
1919	WSH	AL	22	C	69	60	52		404	303	92	9	3	.978		5.72	.974		5.57	9		53	46	46%	45%
1920	WSH	AL	23	C	45	37	31		231	185	41	5	6	.978		5.02	.973		5.11	3		25	21	46%	48%
1921	WSH	AL	24	C	45	44	37		234	197	29	8	6	.966		5.02	.971		4.89	4		29	13	31%	45%
1922	WSH	AL	25	C	76	70	53		339	276	55	8	4	.976		4.36	.977		4.81	4		42	27	39%	43%
1923	BOS	AL	26	C	81	75	67		351	247	89	15	7	.957		4.15	.975		4.82	4		56	39	41%	45%
1924	BOS	AL	27	C	52	42	41		203	157	36	10	2	.951		3.71	.972		4.61	7		38	12	24%	44%
1925	BOS	AL	28	C	74	70	66		284	222	53	9	1	.968		3.72	.977		4.60	9		56	24	30%	45%
1925	BOS	AL	28	1B	2	1	1		22	20	1	1	3	.955		10.50	.988		10.45
1926	CIN	NL	29	C	86	67	62		302	240	52	10	6	.967		3.40	.971		4.39	10		33	22	40%	43%
1927	CIN	NL	30	C	61	51	46		254	218	31	5	8	.980		4.08	.974		4.43	3		41	10	20%	39%
1928	CIN	NL	31	C	93	88	80		350	279	65	6	6	.983		3.70	.979		4.42	6		34	34	50%	45%
1929	BRO	NL	32	C	85	75	68		381	311	62	8	8	.979		4.39	.974		4.34	9		74	42	36%	42%
1930	BRO	NL	33	C	22	7	7		54	43	8	3	0	.944		2.32	.976		4.57	2		7	4	36%	44%
1931	BRO	NL	34	C	15	11	10		61	55	4	2	1	.967		3.93	.980		4.64	1		5	2	29%	46%
1932	BRO	NL	35	C	24	11	8		66	59	6	1	1	.985		2.71	.979		4.66	0		3	3	50%	44%
1933	TOT	NL	36	C	22	17	15		64	54	8	2	0	.969		2.82	.982		4.35	2		10	4	29%	46%
1933	BRO	NL	36	C	6	1	1		9	6	2	1	0	.889		1.33	.982		4.35	1		1	1	50%	46%
1933	PIT	NL	36	C	16	16	14		55	48	6	1	0	.982		3.38	.982		4.35	1		9	3	25%	46%
	18 Seasons			C	935	768	680		4106	3251	732	123	70	.970		4.26	.974		4.79	85		613	359	37%	44%
	1 Season			1B	2	1	1		22	20	1	1	3	.955		10.50	.988		10.45
	18 Seasons			TOT	937	769	681		4128	3271	733	124	73	.970		4.27	.975		4.80	85		613	359	37%	44%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	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.

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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
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1916	PHA	AL	19	40		40		0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917	PHA	AL	20	2		2		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1918	WSH	AL	21	47		47		0	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1919	WSH	AL	22	80	60	80	69	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1920	WSH	AL	23	49	37	49	46	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1921	WSH	AL	24	45	44	45	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922	WSH	AL	25	76	70	76	76	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923	BOS	AL	26	87	75	87	80	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1924	BOS	AL	27	69	42	69	52	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
1925	BOS	AL	28	90	71	90	76	0	74	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1926	CIN	NL	29	89	67	89	86	0	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1927	CIN	NL	30	65	51	65	61	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1928	CIN	NL	31	96	88	96	93	0	93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1929	BRO	NL	32	93	75	93	85	0	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1930	BRO	NL	33	23	7	23	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1931	BRO	NL	34	24	11	24	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
1932	BRO	NL	35	41	11	41	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	2
1933	PIT	NL	36	16	16	16	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1933	BRO	NL	36	6	1	6	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18 Seasons			1038	726	1038	852	0	935	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	6
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

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

Putouts as C s c a p y 1929 NL 311 (4th)	Assists as C s c a p y 1923 AL 89 (5th) 1928 NL 65 (4th) 1929 NL 62 (4th) Career 732 (91st)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1923 AL 15 (3rd) 1925 AL 9 (2nd) 1926 NL 10 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1919 AL 9 (2nd) 1925 AL 9 (2nd) 1926 NL 10 (3rd) 1928 NL 6 (3rd) 1929 NL 9 (1st)
Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1925 AL 56 (2nd) 1929 NL 74 (1st)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1928 NL 34 (4th) 1929 NL 42 (2nd)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1928 NL 50.0 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1928 NL 3.70 (5th) 1929 NL 4.39 (2nd)
Fielding % as C s c a p y 1928 NL .983 (5th) 1929 NL .979 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1916 AL born 1896-09-08 (4th) 1917 AL born 1896-09-08 (9th)

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