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Hank Severeid

Henry Levai Severeid

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 1, 1891 in Story City, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1911
Teams (by GP): Browns/Reds/Senators/Yankees 1911-1926

Final Game: September 25, 1926
Died: December 17, 1968 in San Antonio, TX
Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, TX
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1135. Dick Dietz… #1136. Jeff Francoeur… #1137. Jose Guillen… #1138. HANK SEVEREID… #1139. Wid Conroy… #1140. Alex Gonzalez… #1141. Walt Wilmot… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1911 20 CIN NL 37 60 56 5 17 6 1 0 10 0 3 6 .304 .350 .446 .796 125 25 1 0 2
1912 21 CIN NL 50 126 114 10 27 0 3 0 13 0 8 11 .237 .287 .289 .576 60 33 0 4 2/3O
1913 22 CIN NL 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 /2O
1915 24 SLB AL 80 220 203 12 45 6 1 1 22 2 1 16 25 .222 .279 .276 .554 69 56 0 1 2
1916 25 SLB AL 100 328 293 23 80 8 2 0 34 3 0 26 17 .273 .341 .314 .655 101 92 4 5 2/35
1917 26 SLB AL 143 544 501 45 133 23 4 1 57 6 28 20 .265 .306 .333 .639 98 167 1 14 *2/3
1918 27 SLB AL 51 156 133 8 34 4 0 0 11 4 18 4 .256 .357 .286 .643 97 38 3 2 2
1919 28 SLB AL 112 384 351 16 87 12 2 0 36 2 21 13 .248 .298 .293 .591 65 103 4 8 *2
1920 29 SLB AL 123 465 422 46 117 14 5 2 49 5 3 33 11 .277 .336 .348 .684 79 147 4 6 *2
1921 30 SLB AL 143 531 472 66 153 23 7 2 78 7 2 42 9 .324 .379 .415 .795 98 196 0 17 *2
1922 31 SLB AL 137 559 517 49 166 32 7 3 78 1 4 28 12 .321 .356 .427 .783 100 221 0 14 *2
1923 32 SLB AL 122 480 432 50 133 27 6 3 51 3 0 31 11 .308 .356 .419 .775 98 181 1 16 *2
1924 33 SLB AL 137 500 432 37 133 23 2 4 48 1 6 36 15 .308 .362 .398 .761 91 172 1 31 *2 MVP-6
1925 34 TOT AL 84 248 219 26 79 17 1 1 35 0 2 24 8 .361 .424 .461 .885 123 101 0 5 2
1925 34 SLB AL 34 123 109 15 40 9 0 1 21 0 2 11 2 .367 .425 .477 .902 124 52 0 3 2
1925 34 WSH AL 50 125 110 11 39 8 1 0 14 0 0 13 6 .355 .423 .445 .868 121 49 0 2 2
1926 35 TOT AL 63 179 161 15 41 9 1 0 17 1 1 16 6 .255 .322 .323 .645 69 52 0 2 2
1926 35 WSH AL 22 37 34 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 .206 .270 .235 .506 34 8 0 0 2
1926 35 NYY AL 41 142 127 13 34 8 1 0 13 1 1 13 4 .268 .336 .346 .682 79 44 0 2 2
15 Seasons 1390 4787 4312 408 1245 204 42 17 539 35 19 331 169 .289 .342 .367 .709 91 1584 19 125
162 Game Avg. 162 558 503 48 145 24 5 2 63 4 39 20 .289 .342 .367 .709 91 185 2 15
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
SLB (11 yrs) 1182 4290 3865 367 1121 181 36 17 485 34 18 290 139 .290 .342 .369 .711 92 1425 18 117
CIN (3 yrs) 95 193 176 15 44 6 4 0 23 0 0 12 18 .250 .302 .330 .631 76 58 1 4
WSH (2 yrs) 72 162 144 13 46 9 1 0 18 0 0 16 8 .319 .388 .396 .783 101 57 0 2
NYY (1 yr) 41 142 127 13 34 8 1 0 13 1 1 13 4 .268 .336 .346 .682 79 44 0 2
AL (12 yrs) 1295 4594 4136 393 1201 198 38 17 516 35 19 319 151 .290 .344 .369 .713 92 1526 18 121
NL (3 yrs) 95 193 176 15 44 6 4 0 23 0 0 12 18 .250 .302 .330 .631 76 58 1 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1911 20 CIN NL 60 1 -1 0 0 -1 1 2 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 2
1912 21 CIN NL 126 -6 -1 0 0 -2 1 4 -4 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ 2/3O
1913 22 CIN NL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2O
1915 24 SLB AL 220 -9 -1 0 0 -2 4 8 0 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $ 2
1916 25 SLB AL 328 3 -2 0 0 -1 6 11 17 1.8 18 2.0 -0.2 $ 2/35
1917 26 SLB AL 544 -3 -2 0 0 -3 9 19 20 1.9 23 2.5 -0.6 $ *2/3
1918 27 SLB AL 156 0 -1 0 0 -2 3 5 5 0.5 7 0.8 -0.3 $ 2
1919 28 SLB AL 384 -16 -3 0 0 2 7 13 3 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ *2
1920 29 SLB AL 465 -14 0 0 0 3 4 15 8 0.8 5 0.5 0.3 $ *2
1921 30 SLB AL 531 1 1 0 0 1 4 17 24 2.4 23 2.2 0.2 $ *2
1922 31 SLB AL 559 -2 -3 0 0 1 4 18 18 1.8 17 1.7 0.1 $ *2
1923 32 SLB AL 480 -4 0 0 0 4 4 16 20 2.0 16 1.6 0.4 $ *2
1924 33 SLB AL 500 -4 -5 0 0 4 4 16 15 1.5 11 1.1 0.4 $ *2 MVP-6
1925 34 SLB AL 123 5 -1 0 0 1 1 4 10 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $ 2
1925 34 WSH AL 125 5 -1 0 0 -1 1 4 8 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $ 2
1926 35 WSH AL 37 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2
1926 35 NYY AL 142 -4 0 0 0 -1 1 5 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 2
15 Seasons 4787 -51 -20 0 0 3 55 158 145 14.0 142 14.6 -0.6 $
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
SLB (11 yrs) 4290 -43 -17 0 0 8 50 142 140 13.6 132 13.6 -0.0 $
CIN (3 yrs) 193 -6 -2 0 0 -3 2 6 -3 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $
WSH (2 yrs) 162 2 -1 0 0 -1 2 5 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $
NYY (1 yr) 142 -4 0 0 0 -1 1 5 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1925 34 WSH AL WS PIT L 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1926 35 NYY AL WS STL L 7 24 22 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .273 .304 .318 .623 7 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 27 25 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .280 .308 .320 .628 8 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 8 27 25 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .280 .308 .320 .628 8 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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% PO Awards
1911 CIN NL 20 C 22 69 51 12 6 2 .913 2.86 .966 6.44 3 11 9 45%
1912 CIN NL 21 C 20 105 85 14 6 2 .943 4.95 .969 6.31 2 25 11 31%
1912 CIN NL 21 1B 7 42 39 2 1 1 .976 5.86 .988 10.17
1912 CIN NL 21 OF 6 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.33 .956 2.23 5-1-0
1913 CIN NL 22 C 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 6.30 0 1 0 0%
1913 CIN NL 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1915 SLB AL 24 C 64 324 247 66 11 2 .966 4.89 .965 6.46 11 69 40 37%
1916 SLB AL 25 C 89 422 313 99 10 6 .976 4.63 .974 6.33 10 107 54 34%
1916 SLB AL 25 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 .988 11.00
1916 SLB AL 25 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 3.40
1917 SLB AL 26 C 139 709 529 156 24 10 .966 4.93 .971 5.71 19 168 110 40%
1917 SLB AL 26 1B 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .990 11.10
1918 SLB AL 27 C 42 203 148 44 11 3 .946 4.57 .970 5.51 5 43 26 38%
1919 SLB AL 28 C 103 516 401 106 9 12 .983 4.92 .974 5.57 6 74 56 43%
1920 SLB AL 29 C 117 601 480 111 10 16 .983 5.05 .973 5.11 3 71 72 50%
1921 SLB AL 30 C 126 615 481 117 17 12 .972 4.75 .971 4.89 5 60 63 51%
1922 SLB AL 31 C 133 686 552 123 11 11 .984 5.08 .977 4.81 6 56 73 57%
1923 SLB AL 32 C 116 603 511 88 4 9 .993 5.16 .975 4.82 3 76 61 45%
1924 SLB AL 33 C 130 553 443 104 6 12 .989 4.21 .972 4.61 5 75 65 46% MVP-6
1925 TOT AL 34 C 66 54 45 286 243 40 3 6 .990 4.29 .977 4.60 6 33 24 42%
1925 SLB AL 34 C 31 27 25 139 114 24 1 3 .993 4.45 .977 4.60 1 22 19 46%
1925 WSH AL 34 C 35 27 20 147 129 16 2 3 .986 4.14 .977 4.60 5 11 5 31%
1926 TOT AL 35 C 56 38 35 206 171 32 3 4 .985 3.63 .979 4.66 7 24 17 41%
1926 WSH AL 35 C 16 4 4 43 36 6 1 1 .977 2.63 .979 4.66 6 2 0 0%
1926 NYY AL 35 C 40 34 31 163 135 26 2 3 .988 4.03 .979 4.66 1 22 17 44%
15 Seasons C 1225 92 80 5900 4657 1112 131 107 .978 4.71 .973 5.25 91 893 681 43%
3 Seasons 1B 9 52 48 3 1 1 .981 5.67 .988 10.37
2 Seasons OF 7 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.14 .956 2.23 6-1-0
1 Season 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 3.40
15 Seasons TOT 1242 92 80 5962 4714 1115 133 108 .978 4.69 .973 5.27 6-1-0 91 893 681 43%
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% 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 AL (6, 27%)
0.27 Career Shares (641st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1924 AL  31 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1916 AL  17.2 (9th)
1917 AL  25.1 (7th)
1919 AL  27.0 (7th)
1920 AL  38.4 (4th)
1921 AL  52.4 (3rd)
1922 AL  43.1 (3rd)
1923 AL  39.3 (6th)
Career  25.5 (50th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1917 AL  139 (1st)
1919 AL  103 (4th)
1920 AL  117 (5th)
1921 AL  126 (3rd)
1922 AL  133 (3rd)
1923 AL  116 (5th)
1924 AL  130 (2nd)
Career  1,225 (68th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1917 AL  529 (3rd)
1919 AL  401 (4th)
1920 AL  480 (4th)
1921 AL  481 (3rd)
1922 AL  552 (2nd)
1923 AL  511 (2nd)
1924 AL  443 (2nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1917 AL  156 (1st)
1920 AL  111 (5th)
1921 AL  117 (3rd)
1922 AL  123 (3rd)
1924 AL  104 (2nd)
Career  1,112 (30th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1917 AL  24 (1st)
1921 AL  17 (3rd)
1922 AL  11 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1915 AL  11 (4th)
1916 AL  10 (3rd)
1917 AL  19 (1st)
1925 AL  6 (4th)
1926 AL  7 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1916 AL  107 (4th)
1917 AL  168 (1st)
1919 AL  85 (2nd)
1920 AL  70 (3rd)
1921 AL  62 (5th)
1923 AL  72 (4th)
1924 AL  81 (1st)
Career  893 (46th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1917 AL  110 (1st)
1919 AL  56 (5th)
1920 AL  66 (4th)
1921 AL  53 (4th)
1922 AL  66 (2nd)
1923 AL  57 (4th)
1924 AL  68 (1st)
Career  681 (32nd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1921 AL  46.1 (4th)
1922 AL  54.1 (1st)
1924 AL  45.6 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1917 AL  4.93 (5th)
1920 AL  5.05 (2nd)
1921 AL  4.75 (3rd)
1922 AL  5.08 (2nd)
1923 AL  5.16 (1st)
1924 AL  4.21 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1916 AL  .976 (5th)
1919 AL  .983 (2nd)
1920 AL  .983 (3rd)
1922 AL  .984 (3rd)
1923 AL  .993 (1st)
1924 AL  .989 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1911 NL  born 1891-06-01 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 25 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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