Carl Sawatski
Carl Ernest Sawatski (Swats, Swisher or Swish)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 4, 1927 in Shickshinny, PA
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1948
Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: November 24, 1991 in Little Rock, AR
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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
1950 CHC NL 22 C 32 121 100 19 2 6 .983 3.72 .982 4.53 3
1953 CHC NL 25 C 15 53 45 5 3 0 .943 3.33 .985 4.66 0
1954 CHW AL 26 C 33 27 243.2 149 133 14 2 4 .987 1.0 4.9 1 5.43 4.45 .986 5.40 4.76 0 7 7 10 59%
1957 MLN NL 29 C 28 19 189.2 143 121 20 2 2 .986 1.0 6.3 1 6.69 5.04 .988 5.98 4.99 1 8 7 8 53%
1958 TOT NL 30 C 56 48 447.0 303 279 20 4 2 .987 -2.0 -5.4 -2 6.02 5.34 .988 6.06 5.19 6 14 20 10 33%
1958 MLN NL 30 C 3 1 12.0 11 8 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.25 3.67 .991 6.07 5.20 1 1 1 1 50%
1958 PHI NL 30 C 53 47 435.0 292 271 17 4 2 .986 -2.0 -5.5 -2 5.96 5.43 .988 6.06 5.19 5 13 19 9 32%
1959 PHI NL 31 C 69 61 498.2 336 306 23 7 4 .979 -5.0 -12.0 -5 5.94 4.77 .989 6.34 5.24 4 17 31 10 24%
1960 STL NL 32 C 67 42 388.1 306 279 25 2 5 .993 -1.0 -3.1 -1 7.05 4.54 .986 6.58 5.41 5 15 14 11 44%
1961 STL NL 33 C 60 39 356.2 238 218 19 1 3 .996 -3.0 -10.1 -3 5.98 3.95 .985 6.39 5.17 6 9 28 8 22%
1961 STL NL 33 CF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1961 STL NL 33 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1962 STL NL 34 C 70 61 514.0 379 354 24 1 4 .997 -2.0 -4.7 -2 6.62 5.40 .987 6.72 5.50 12 17 27 10 27%
1963 STL NL 35 C 27 22 182.2 138 125 11 2 0 .986 -1.0 -6.6 -1 6.70 5.04 .986 7.07 6.02 0 8 16 7 30%
10 Seasons C 457 319 2820.2 2166 1960 180 26 30 .988 -12.0 -5.1 -12 6.83 4.68 .987 6.35 5.22 37 95 150 74 33%
1 Season CF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1 Season OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
11 Seasons TOT 458 319 2821.0 2166 1960 180 26 30 .988 -12.0 -5.1 -12 6.83 4.67 .975 6.35 5.21 37 95 150 74 33%

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
1948 CHC NL 20 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CHC NL 22 38 38 38 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHC NL 25 43 43 43 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 26 43 27 43 43 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1957 MLN NL 29 58 19 58 58 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
1958 PHI NL 30 60 47 60 60 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1958 MLN NL 30 10 1 10 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1959 PHI NL 31 74 61 74 74 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1960 STL NL 32 78 42 78 78 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
1961 STL NL 33 86 39 86 86 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 43 0
1962 STL NL 34 85 61 85 85 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1963 STL NL 35 56 22 56 56 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
11 Seasons 633 319 633 633 0 457 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 203 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 CHW AL 26 1074 4.03 4.21 19 95% 0 1 133 17 1 2 113 14 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0%
1957 MLN NL 29 857 4.56 5.17 18 94% 0 0 120 14 0 0 106 10 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1958 PHI NL 30 1918 4.41 4.82 30 100% 1 0 262 25 1 5 231 21 5 0 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 100%
1958 MLN NL 30 57 6.75 6.75 1 0% 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 31 2206 4.13 4.89 38 97% 0 1 306 32 0 10 264 23 2 1 0 6 7 1 2 4 0 4 0 0 1 2 100%
1960 STL NL 32 1722 4.10 4.50 23 96% 0 1 278 18 0 8 252 25 2 0 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 2 50%
1961 STL NL 33 1566 3.41 3.91 18 100% 0 0 217 13 1 5 198 19 4 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 100%
1962 STL NL 34 2283 4.17 4.75 22 100% 1 0 357 20 1 4 332 22 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0
1963 STL NL 35 772 3.55 3.94 13 100% 0 0 122 12 1 0 109 10 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 12455 4.08 4.58 182 97% 2 3 1804 151 5 34 1614 146 18 2 2 33 21 4 7 10 0 23 0 2 5 16 88%
MLB Averages 3.88 4.39 95% 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 CHW AL 26 0 7 405 7 10 10 59% 7 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 12 1.52 1.36
1957 MLN NL 29 1 8 330 7 8 7 53% 6 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 9 1.43 1.54
1958 PHI NL 30 5 13 701 19 9 9 32% 16 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 39 11 1.55 0.95
1958 MLN NL 30 0 1 21 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2.38 1.41
1959 PHI NL 31 4 17 797 31 10 9 24% 27 8 2 1 2 1 1 0 70 16 1.11 1.07
1960 STL NL 32 6 15 624 14 11 11 44% 14 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 44 15 1.41 0.99
1961 STL NL 33 6 9 582 28 8 7 22% 27 7 0 1 1 0 1 0 50 11 1.06 0.86
1962 STL NL 34 12 17 842 27 10 9 27% 23 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 65 13 0.89 1.12
1963 STL NL 35 0 8 235 16 7 6 30% 12 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 28 7 1.65 1.51
8 Seasons 34 95 4537 150 74 69 33% 133 65 13 5 4 4 5 0 338 96 1.24 1.16
MLB Averages 40% 1.18 1.17

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1961 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0% 0% 0
MLB Averages 42.4% 2.1% 62% 78% 29% 57%

* 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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