Jimmie Schaffer
Jimmie Ronald Schaffer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 5, 1936 in Limeport, PA
High School: Coopersburg (Coopersburg, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1961
Final Game: July 11, 1968
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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
1961 STL NL 25 C 68 45 410.2 268 244 23 1 6 .996 1.0 2.9 1 5.85 3.93 .985 6.39 5.17 6 19 14 14 50%
1962 STL NL 26 C 69 14 227.0 145 134 10 1 1 .993 1.0 5.3 1 5.71 2.09 .987 6.72 5.50 1 10 10 7 41%
1963 CHC NL 27 C 54 42 381.2 255 231 23 1 3 .996 3.0 9.4 3 5.99 4.70 .986 7.07 6.02 2 17 8 16 67%
1964 CHC NL 28 C 43 35 302.0 167 143 19 5 1 .970 -2.0 -7.9 -2 4.83 3.77 .988 6.81 5.91 5 13 9 4 31%
1965 TOT MLB 29 C 35 18 166.2 120 110 8 2 2 .983 -1.0 -7.2 -1 6.37 3.37 .988 6.96 5.75 1 8 7 3 30%
1965 CHW AL 29 C 14 8 71.1 57 50 7 0 2 1.000 1.0 16.8 1 7.19 4.07 .988 6.95 5.67 1 1 2 3 60%
1965 NYM NL 29 C 21 10 95.1 63 60 1 2 0 .968 -2.0 -25.2 -2 5.76 2.90 .989 6.96 5.80 0 7 5 0 0%
1966 PHI NL 30 C 6 5 37.0 21 17 3 1 1 .952 0.0 0.0 0 4.86 3.33 .986 6.84 5.82 0 0 3 2 40%
1967 PHI NL 31 C 1 1 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 5.00 .980 6.84 5.80 0 0 0 0
1968 CIN NL 32 C 2 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.14 2.00 1.000 6.81 6.10 0 0 2 0 0%
8 Seasons C 278 160 1537.0 985 888 86 11 14 .989 2.0 1.6 2 5.70 3.50 .986 6.77 5.63 15 67 53 46 46%
8 Seasons TOT 278 160 1537.0 985 888 86 11 14 .989 2.0 1.6 2 5.70 3.50 .975 6.77 5.63 15 67 53 46 46%

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
1961 STL NL 25 68 45 68 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
1962 STL NL 26 70 14 70 70 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1963 CHC NL 27 57 42 57 57 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1964 CHC NL 28 54 35 54 54 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
1965 NYM NL 29 24 10 24 24 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1965 CHW AL 29 17 8 17 17 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1966 PHI NL 30 8 5 8 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 PHI NL 31 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 CIN NL 32 4 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 304 160 304 304 0 278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 11
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%
1961 STL NL 25 1823 4.05 4.84 21 100% 0 0 244 17 2 5 220 23 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 2 1 100%
1962 STL NL 26 981 3.57 4.08 11 100% 0 0 138 11 0 3 124 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 27 1626 3.35 3.91 20 85% 0 0 236 13 0 10 213 22 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 80%
1964 CHC NL 28 1345 4.59 5.28 13 77% 0 0 140 6 3 2 129 17 4 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
1965 NYM NL 29 434 5.10 5.66 5 100% 0 0 56 5 0 0 51 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 29 302 3.03 3.41 4 100% 0 0 50 3 1 2 44 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
1966 PHI NL 30 154 2.43 2.68 2 100% 0 0 17 1 0 0 16 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 31 19 1.80 1.80 2 100% 0 0 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CIN NL 32 30 5.14 5.14 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 6714 3.89 4.51 78 92% 0 0 890 58 6 22 804 82 14 2 0 13 10 2 4 4 0 15 1 2 3 10 80%
MLB Averages 3.54 4.03 95% 90%

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
1961 STL NL 25 6 19 669 14 14 13 50% 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 45 18 1.17 0.90
1962 STL NL 26 1 10 348 10 7 6 41% 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 24 10 2.35 1.37
1963 CHC NL 27 2 17 595 8 16 15 67% 8 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 32 16 1.45 1.05
1964 CHC NL 28 5 13 491 9 4 4 31% 8 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 37 7 2.07 1.34
1965 NYM NL 29 0 7 161 5 0 0 0% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 1.45
1965 CHW AL 29 1 1 93 2 3 3 60% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 6 0.54 0.94
1966 PHI NL 30 0 0 45 3 2 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1.36 1.50
1967 PHI NL 31 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CIN NL 32 0 0 6 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.31
8 Seasons 15 67 2414 53 46 43 46% 49 39 3 3 1 4 2 0 170 59 1.57 1.09
MLB Averages 38% 1.25 1.22

* 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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