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John Romano

John Anthony Romano (Honey)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 23, 1934 in Hoboken, NJ
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1958
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Cardinals 1958-1967

Final Game: September 4, 1967
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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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1958 CHW AL 23 C 2 2 1 13.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 6.50 .990 6.02 5.95 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 24 C 38 34 19 285.2 189 169 16 4 5 .979 -3 -13 5.83 4.87 .989 6.08 6.04 5 5 14 6 30% 40% 0
1960 CLE AL 25 C 99 88 77 777.2 506 470 30 6 6 .988 -1 -2 5.79 5.05 .987 5.93 5.92 7 21 36 20 36% 40% 2
1961 CLE AL 26 C 141 140 134 1232.2 819 752 58 9 8 .989 -1 -1 5.91 5.74 .989 6.21 6.14 10 41 48 31 39% 36% 2 AS,MVP-24
1962 CLE AL 27 C 130 128 123 1124.2 727 657 63 7 6 .990 7 7 5.76 5.54 .989 6.30 6.28 15 18 46 30 39% 36% 9 AS
1963 CLE AL 28 C 71 64 57 589.2 439 408 28 3 5 .993 3 6 6.65 6.14 .989 6.64 6.64 5 11 20 12 38% 33% 1
1963 CLE AL 28 LF 4 4 2 24.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -1 -65 1.88 1.25 .977 1.91 1.90
1963 CLE AL 28 OF 4 4 2 24.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -1 -65 1.88 1.25 .982 2.17 2.15
1964 CLE AL 29 C 96 93 87 841.2 759 714 38 7 3 .991 -2 -3 8.04 7.83 .990 7.07 7.06 11 30 37 17 31% 37% 4
1964 CLE AL 29 1B 1 1 1 9.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 9.00 9.00 .991 9.40 9.40
1964 CLE AL 29 LF 1 1 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.86 3.00 .973 1.80 1.80
1965 CHW AL 30 C 111 107 42 819.1 635 569 61 5 10 .992 -2 -3 6.92 5.68 .988 6.96 6.94 11 33 47 22 32% 34% 3
1965 CHW AL 30 LF 4 3 1 25.1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0 19 2.49 1.75 .979 1.88 1.85
1965 CHW AL 30 OF 4 3 1 25.1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0 19 2.49 1.75 .979 2.02 2.02
1965 CHW AL 30 1B 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.45 9.55
1966 CHW AL 31 C 102 96 59 791.0 602 552 46 4 7 .993 -2 -3 6.80 5.86 .988 6.86 6.85 10 26 43 18 30% 38% 2
1967 STL NL 32 C 20 19 14 154.0 116 111 3 2 1 .983 -2 -16 6.66 5.70 .990 6.89 6.89 3 5 5 1 17% 40% 0
10 Seasons C 810 771 613 6629.1 4805 4415 343 47 51 .990 -3 -1 6.46 5.87 .989 6.52 6.50 77 190 296 157 35% 37% 23
3 Seasons LF 9 8 3 56.1 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -1 -19 2.40 1.67 .977 1.89 1.87
2 Seasons OF 8 7 3 49.1 13 11 1 1 0 .923 -1 -22 2.19 1.50 .980 2.10 2.09
2 Seasons 1B 3 1 1 11.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -22 7.36 3.00 .991 9.41 9.50
10 Seasons TOT 821 779 617 6689.2 4827 4435 344 48 51 .990 -4 -1 6.43 5.82 .989 6.49 6.47 77 190 296 157 35% 37% 23
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/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
1958 CHW AL 23 C 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 24 C -3 -13 -3
1960 CLE AL 25 C -1 -2 -1
1961 CLE AL 26 C -1 -1 -1
1962 CLE AL 27 C 7 7 7
1963 CLE AL 28 C 3 6 3
1963 CLE AL 28 LF -1 -65 -0 0 -0 -1
1964 CLE AL 29 C -2 -3 -2
1964 CLE AL 29 1B -0 -27 -0 -0 0 0
1964 CLE AL 29 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 30 C -2 -3 -2
1965 CHW AL 30 LF 0 19 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 30 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHW AL 31 C -2 -3 -2
1967 STL NL 32 C -2 -16 -2
10 Seasons C -3 -1 -3
3 Seasons LF -1 -19 0 0 0 -1
2 Seasons 1B -0 -22 -0 -0 0 0
10 Seasons TOT -4 -1 -0 -0 0 0 -1 -3

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 CHW AL 23 4 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1959 CHW AL 24 53 34 53 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
1960 CLE AL 25 109 88 109 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1961 CLE AL 26 142 140 142 141 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 CLE AL 27 135 128 135 130 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1963 CLE AL 28 89 68 89 75 0 71 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 19 0
1964 CLE AL 29 106 95 106 97 0 95 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
1965 CHW AL 30 122 110 122 114 0 111 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 11 0
1966 CHW AL 31 122 96 122 101 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1967 STL NL 32 24 19 24 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Seasons 906 780 906 818 0 809 3 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 105 1
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%
1958 CHW AL 23 47 0.69 0.69 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 24 1181 2.68 3.12 20 95% 0 0 168 14 2 4 148 17 6 0 0 3 4 1 0 3 0 5 0 1 1 4 100%
1960 CLE AL 25 3379 4.08 4.68 48 92% 0 1 473 37 2 17 415 30 4 0 0 3 6 1 3 2 2 6 0 1 2 4 25%
1961 CLE AL 26 5311 4.20 4.75 82 96% 0 0 748 69 0 17 662 56 9 1 1 6 9 1 2 6 0 8 0 0 1 6 83%
1962 CLE AL 27 4823 4.11 4.62 72 97% 2 0 651 46 8 20 576 62 14 2 0 3 7 0 4 3 1 6 0 2 2 4 100%
1963 CLE AL 28 2542 4.57 5.04 41 98% 0 0 419 31 2 13 373 27 6 0 1 6 3 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 4 100%
1964 CLE AL 29 3644 3.75 4.26 64 95% 1 0 715 46 4 9 656 39 9 3 0 4 7 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 1 8 88%
1965 CHW AL 30 3337 2.94 3.24 49 98% 0 1 568 21 5 7 534 65 21 3 1 7 5 0 3 2 0 9 0 2 3 9 100%
1966 CHW AL 31 3205 2.74 3.19 60 98% 0 0 552 47 0 19 486 45 8 1 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 3 100%
1967 STL NL 32 661 4.15 4.97 4 100% 0 0 104 3 0 4 97 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 28130 3.74 4.23 440 96% 3 2 4411 314 23 110 3960 344 78 10 3 40 47 3 19 25 4 49 0 6 11 42 88%
MLB Averages 3.68 4.18 95% 88%

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
1958 CHW AL 23 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 24 5 5 432 14 6 5 30% 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 6 1.20 1.31
1960 CLE AL 25 7 21 1315 36 20 19 36% 33 16 2 1 1 3 2 0 78 26 1.15 1.27
1961 CLE AL 26 10 41 2034 48 31 29 39% 45 30 2 1 1 0 2 0 122 42 1.12 1.02
1962 CLE AL 27 15 18 1789 46 30 30 39% 41 27 4 0 1 3 9 0 119 46 1.13 1.35
1963 CLE AL 28 5 11 948 20 12 12 38% 18 12 2 0 0 0 1 0 50 17 1.38 1.45
1964 CLE AL 29 11 30 1386 37 17 17 31% 35 16 2 1 0 0 4 0 107 24 1.32 1.11
1965 CHW AL 30 10 33 1156 47 22 20 32% 44 20 3 2 0 0 3 0 102 30 1.23 1.33
1966 CHW AL 31 10 26 1091 43 18 17 30% 38 16 5 0 0 2 2 0 93 27 1.19 1.26
1967 STL NL 32 3 5 238 5 1 1 17% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 1.52 1.70
10 Seasons 76 190 10405 296 157 150 35% 272 144 21 5 3 8 23 0 720 220 1.20 1.24
MLB Averages 38% 1.23 1.21

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 CLE AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 113 60% 76% 27% 11 45%
1964 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 58% 73% 21% 5 60%
1965 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 107 66% 76% 22% 13 54%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 253 62% 75% 24% 29 52%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.6% 63% 79% 28% 48%

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%
1964 CLE AL 29 45 60% 80% 20% 3 67% 0 9 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 30 9 67% 78% 22% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 54 61% 80% 20% 3 67% 0 11 1 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 94% 86%

* 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

All-Star Games
1961-1 (C)
1961-2 (C)
1962-1 *
1962-2

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1960 AL  99 (4th)
1961 AL  141 (1st)
1962 AL  130 (4th)
1965 AL  111 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1960 AL  470 (5th)
1961 AL  752 (2nd)
1962 AL  657 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1961 AL  58 (2nd)
1962 AL  63 (3rd)
1965 AL  61 (1st)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1961 AL  9 (2nd)
1962 AL  7 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1962 AL  15 (1st)
1964 AL  11 (5th)
1966 AL  10 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1960 AL  36 (2nd)
1961 AL  48 (1st)
1962 AL  46 (1st)
1964 AL  37 (2nd)
1965 AL  47 (2nd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1960 AL  20 (3rd)
1961 AL  31 (1st)
1962 AL  30 (2nd)
1965 AL  22 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1962 AL  7 (2nd)
1963 AL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1960 AL  5.79 (5th)
1964 AL  8.04 (1st)
1965 AL  6.92 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1964 AL  7.83 (1st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1960 AL  .988 (5th)
1964 AL  .991 (5th)
1965 AL  .992 (4th)
1966 AL  .993 (3rd)
Career  .990 (78th)

                                         

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