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Merv Shea

Mervyn John Shea

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 5, 1900 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1927
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Tigers/Browns/Dodgers/RedSox/... 1927-1944

Final Game: August 19, 1944
Died: January 27, 1953 in Sacramento, CA
Buried: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
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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
1927 DET AL 26 C 31 28 16 117 94 17 6 1 .949 3.58 .974 4.63 3 19 5 21% 39%
1928 DET AL 27 C 30 26 17 123 93 24 6 2 .951 3.90 .976 4.71 2 13 13 50% 41%
1929 DET AL 28 C 46 42 38 196 157 32 7 4 .964 4.11 .976 4.69 2 31 19 38% 44%
1933 TOT AL 32 C 101 98 82 449 376 71 2 17 .996 4.43 .988 4.88 3 21 35 63% 45%
1933 BOS AL 32 C 16 16 14 59 48 11 0 2 1.000 3.69 .988 4.88 0 3 5 63% 45%
1933 SLB AL 32 C 85 82 68 390 328 60 2 15 .995 4.56 .988 4.88 3 18 30 63% 45%
1934 CHW AL 33 C 60 54 46 283 240 35 8 4 .972 4.58 .981 4.99 7 31 14 31% 37%
1935 CHW AL 34 C 43 37 34 193 161 30 2 2 .990 4.44 .984 4.75 2 16 14 47% 41%
1936 CHW AL 35 C 14 7 6 35 32 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 .979 4.78 0 3 3 50% 36%
1937 CHW AL 36 C 25 23 20 116 91 21 4 1 .966 4.48 .980 5.04 0 7 6 46% 37%
1938 BRO NL 37 C 47 40 26 172 149 19 4 2 .977 3.57 .979 4.85 0 15 7 32% 45%
1939 DET AL 38 C 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.25 .980 4.92 0 0 0
1944 PHI NL 43 C 6 5 1 21 18 2 1 0 .952 3.33 .979 4.57 1 3 1 25% 42%
11 Seasons C 407 360 286 1707 1412 254 41 33 .976 4.09 .981 4.83 20 159 117 42% 41%
11 Seasons TOT 407 360 286 1707 1412 254 41 33 .976 4.09 .981 4.83 20 159 117 42% 41%
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1927 DET AL 26 34 28 34 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1928 DET AL 27 39 26 39 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1929 DET AL 28 50 42 50 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1933 SLB AL 32 94 82 94 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1933 BOS AL 32 16 16 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 CHW AL 33 62 54 62 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1935 CHW AL 34 46 37 46 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1936 CHW AL 35 14 7 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 CHW AL 36 25 23 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 BRO NL 37 48 40 48 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1939 DET AL 38 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 PHI NL 43 7 5 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Seasons 439 360 439 407 0 407 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
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

Assists as C s c a p y
1933 AL  71 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1934 AL  8 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  7 (3rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1933 AL  35 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1933 AL  62.5 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1933 AL  4.43 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1933 AL  .996 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1938 NL  born 1900-09-05 (7th)
1939 AL  born 1900-09-05 (5th)
1944 NL  born 1900-09-05 (1st)

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