Charlie Silvera

Charles Anthony Ryan Silvera (Swede)
Sometimes spelled Selvera

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 13, 1924 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Saint Ignatius HS (San Francisco, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1948
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Cubs 1948-1957

Final Game: September 28, 1957
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Standard Batting

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
1942	17	NYY-min	D	75	256	256		65	16	2	1						.254	.254	.344	.598		88							WVL · PONY
1946	21	NYY-min	AAA	91	321	284	22	71	13	2	3	45	5		34	22	.250	.332	.342	.674		97	4	1	2				KCY · AA
1947	22	POR	AAA	120	403	356	40	88	12	3	1	39	0		37	34	.247	.322	.306	.628		109		2	8				POR · PCL
1948	23	POR	AAA	144	548	501	58	151	36	6	5	85	5		41	31	.301	.355	.427	.783		214		1	5				POR · PCL
1948	23	NYY	AL	4	14	14	1	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.571	.571	.714	1.286	242	10	0	0	0			/2
1949	24	NYY	AL	58	148	130	8	41	2	0	0	13	2	1	18	5	.315	.403	.331	.733	95	43	5	1	0			2
1950	25	NYY	AL	18	26	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.160	.192	.160	.352	-8	4	0	0	0			2
1951	26	NYY	AL	18	56	51	5	14	3	0	1	7	0	0	5	3	.275	.339	.392	.731	101	20	6	0	0			2
1952	27	NYY	AL	20	61	55	4	18	3	0	0	11	0	3	5	2	.327	.383	.382	.765	119	21	1	0	0			2
1953	28	NYY	AL	42	94	82	11	23	3	1	0	12	0	1	9	5	.280	.352	.341	.693	91	28	0	0	3			2/5
1954	29	NYY	AL	20	42	37	1	10	1	0	0	4	0	1	3	2	.270	.341	.297	.639	79	11	2	1	1	0		2
1955	30	NYY	AL	14	32	26	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	.192	.344	.192	.536	48	5	0	0	0	0	0	2
1956	31	NYY	AL	7	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	61	2	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1957	32	CHC	NL	26	57	53	1	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.208	.263	.264	.527	43	14	2	0	0	0	0	2
1958	33	NYY-min	AA	24	51	51		11	0	0	0						.216	.216	.216	.431		11							NOR · SOUA
1959	34	NYY-min	A	28	89	65	7	16	3	0	0	4	0		22	5	.246	.443	.292	.735		19		1	1	0	2		BNG · EL
1960	35	PIT-min	AAA	44	124	110	8	24	5	0	0	9	1	0	14	20	.218	.306	.264	.570		29							SLC · PCL
10 Yrs				227	541	482	34	136	15	2	1	52	2	6	53	32	.282	.356	.328	.683	86	158	17	2	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	386	344	24	97	11	1	1	37	1	4	38	23	.282	.356	.328	.683	86	113	12	1	3

NYY (9 yrs)				201	484	429	33	125	12	2	1	50	2	6	49	27	.291	.367	.336	.702	92	144	15	2	4	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				26	57	53	1	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.208	.263	.264	.527	43	14	2	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				201	484	429	33	125	12	2	1	50	2	6	49	27	.291	.367	.336	.702	92	144	15	2	4	0	0
NL (1 yr)				26	57	53	1	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.208	.263	.264	.527	43	14	2	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1948	23	NYY	AL	4	14	3	-1	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	3	0.3	.555	.501	0.3	0.0	3	$	/2
1949	24	NYY	AL	58	148	1	0	-0	1	1	3	0.3	4	6	0.6	.504	.502	0.5	0.2	5	$	2
1950	25	NYY	AL	18	26	-4	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.483	.498	-0.2	0.0	-3	$	2
1951	26	NYY	AL	18	56	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1952	27	NYY	AL	20	61	2	-1	-0	0	0	1	0.1	2	2	0.2	.504	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$	2
1953	28	NYY	AL	42	94	-0	0	0	4	1	5	0.5	2	7	0.8	.512	.503	0.3	0.5	3	$	2/5
1954	29	NYY	AL	20	42	-1	-1	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.479	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	2
1955	30	NYY	AL	14	32	-2	0	0	1	0	-0	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	2
1956	31	NYY	AL	7	11	-0	-0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.474	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/2
1957	32	CHC	NL	26	57	-4	-0	-0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.482	.497	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	2
10 Seasons				227	541	-6	-3	-2	2	5	-4	-0.4	15	11	1.0	.498	.500	0.8	0.7	9	$

NYY (9 yrs)				201	484	-3	-2	-1	3	4	1	0.0	13	13	1.3	.500	.500	1.0	0.8	10	$
CHC (1 yr)				26	57	-4	-0	-0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.482	.497	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1948	23	NYY	AL	14	6	6	26.6	105	.615	.571	.272	.571	.357	.714	.393	1.286	.750	242	.961	2.6	0.2	1.667	.143	.143
1949	24	NYY	AL	148	95	17	4.8	107	.328	.315	.271	.403	.363	.331	.393	.733	.756	95	.518	0.0	0.0	.663	.162	.015	.0
1950	25	NYY	AL	26	21	1	1.3	111	.174	.160	.275	.192	.361	.160	.412	.352	.773	-8	.075	-4.1	-0.4	.238	.040	.000
1951	26	NYY	AL	56	43	7	4.4	99	.277	.275	.263	.339	.343	.392	.385	.731	.728	101	.486	0.1	0.0	.581	.216	.118	.0
1952	27	NYY	AL	61	41	7	4.6	91	.340	.327	.253	.383	.332	.382	.369	.765	.701	119	.548	1.6	0.2	.561	.091	.055
1953	28	NYY	AL	94	63	10	4.3	99	.299	.280	.265	.352	.340	.341	.390	.693	.730	91	.479	-0.8	-0.1	.600	.159	.061
1954	29	NYY	AL	42	31	3	2.6	96	.286	.270	.262	.341	.337	.297	.383	.639	.720	79	.288	-1.0	-0.1	.467	.081	.027
1955	30	NYY	AL	32	21	2	2.6	102	.227	.192	.265	.344	.345	.192	.395	.536	.740	48	.255	-1.6	-0.2	.524	.231	.000
1956	31	NYY	AL	11	8	1	3.4	104	.333	.222	.264	.364	.345	.222	.402	.586	.748	61	.340	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.222	.000
1957	32	CHC	NL	57	44	3	1.8	102	.229	.208	.267	.263	.331	.264	.414	.527	.745	43	.157	-4.2	-0.4	.409	.132	.057
10 Yrs				541	373	57	4.1	101	.301	.282	.266	.356	.346	.328	.392	.683	.738	86	.455	-7.9	-0.8	.566	.147	.046	1.3
162 Game Avg.				386	266	41	4.1	101	.301	.282	.266	.356	.346	.328	.392	.683	.738	86	.455	-7.9	-0.8	.566	.147	.046	1

NYY (9 yrs)				484	329	54	4.4	101	.309	.291	.265	.367	.348	.336	.389	.702	.737	92	.490	-3.7	-0.4	.588	.149	.044	1.3
CHC (1 yr)				57	44	3	1.9	102	.229	.208	.267	.263	.331	.264	.414	.527	.745	43	.157	-4.2	-0.4	.409	.132	.057

AL (9 yrs)				484	329	54	4.4	101	.309	.291	.265	.367	.348	.336	.389	.702	.737	92	.490	-3.7	-0.4	.588	.149	.044	1.3
NL (1 yr)				57	44	3	1.9	102	.229	.208	.267	.263	.331	.264	.414	.527	.745	43	.157	-4.2	-0.4	.409	.132	.057

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
1949	24	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	23	NYY	AL	14	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	7.1%	13%		14.0		14.0	0.25	93%
1949	24	NYY	AL	148	0.0%	3.4%	12.2%	1.4%	5%	0.28	26.0		10.0	0.79	84%
1950	25	NYY	AL	26	0.0%	7.7%	3.9%	0.0%	0%	2.00	12.5		25.0	0.70	88%
1951	26	NYY	AL	56	1.8%	5.4%	8.9%	7.1%	29%	0.60	17.0	51.0	7.3	1.92	84%
1952	27	NYY	AL	61	0.0%	3.3%	8.2%	4.9%	17%	0.40	27.5		5.0	0.63	87%
1953	28	NYY	AL	94	0.0%	5.3%	9.6%	4.3%	17%	0.56	16.4		6.8	0.89	82%
1954	29	NYY	AL	42	0.0%	4.8%	7.1%	2.4%	10%	0.67	18.5		9.3	2.22	83%
1955	30	NYY	AL	32	0.0%	12.5%	18.8%	0.0%	0%	0.67	6.5		26.0	0.21	69%
1956	31	NYY	AL	11	0.0%	27.3%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	1.50	3.0			4.00	55%
1957	32	CHC	NL	57	0.0%	8.8%	7.0%	5.3%	27%	1.25	10.6		26.5	1.27	84%
10 Yrs				541	0.2%	5.9%	9.8%	3.3%	13%	0.60	15.1	482.0	9.3	0.97	83%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.7%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.11	8.3	43.0	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	23	NYY	AL	2.6	0.2	14	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.74	0.2	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.83	1.8		0
1949	24	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	120	-0.1	1.6	-1.7	1.00	0.0	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.99	-0.4	1.08	2
1950	25	NYY	AL	-4.1	-0.4	23	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.92	-0.3	-0.1	-4.8	-0.5	0.92	-4.4	0.43	2
1951	26	NYY	AL	-0.0	0.0	53	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.66	-0.2	0.1	-3.5	-0.4	1.00	-1.8		0
1952	27	NYY	AL	1.5	0.2	59	0.1	0.8	-0.7	.75	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.02	2.7		0
1953	28	NYY	AL	-0.9	-0.1	89	0.5	1.8	-1.3	1.04	-0.1	0.6	3.4	0.3	1.02	1.2	4.24	2
1954	29	NYY	AL	-1.0	-0.1	44	-0.3	0.5	-0.7	.91	-0.2	-0.1	-4.3	-0.5	1.10	-2.8	1.52	1
1955	30	NYY	AL	-1.6	-0.2	32	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.75	-0.2	0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.96	-2.1	1.91	2
1956	31	NYY	AL	-0.4	-0.0	11	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	1.46	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	1.09	-1.1		0
1957	32	CHC	NL	-4.2	-0.4	52	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	.92	-0.3	-0.2	-4.7	-0.5	0.89	-3.7		0
10 Yrs				-8.1	-0.8	497	-0.9	6.6	-7.5	.91	-1.1	0.1	-18.7	-1.9	0.99	-10.6	1.87	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	23	NYY	AL	0	13%	11	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	24	NYY	AL	0	13%	45	2	1	67%	2	1	0	2	3	50%	5	3	2	0	0	0	5	1	3
1950	25	NYY	AL	0	40%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	26	NYY	AL	1	22%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	60%	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1952	27	NYY	AL	3	17%	30	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	75%	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	2
1953	28	NYY	AL	2	34%	30	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	33%	4	3	1	1	1	0	4	2	2
1954	29	NYY	AL	0	7%	13	0	1	0%	0	1	1	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1955	30	NYY	AL	0	9%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1956	31	NYY	AL	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1957	32	CHC	NL	1	7%	22	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	25%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
10 Yrs				7	17%	199	2	6	25%	2	6	1	4	5	45%	18	12	6	3	2	1	21	8	12

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	23	NYY	AL	14	21%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	24	NYY	AL	148	47%	41			2	1	0	0	1.08	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23	5	22%	7	4	57%	83	8	10%	5	3	60%	4	3	75%	0
1950	25	NYY	AL	26	43%	4			2	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	1	33%	16	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1951	26	NYY	AL	56	43%	14			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		10	6	60%	8	4	50%	37	6	16%	5	3	60%	2	2	100%	0
1952	27	NYY	AL	61	59%	18			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	1	33%	39	9	23%	6	4	67%	2	2	100%	0
1953	28	NYY	AL	94	53%	23			2	1	0	1	4.24	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	150%	27	0	0%	8	5	63%	60	12	20%	6	5	83%	3	3	100%	0
1954	29	NYY	AL	42	55%	10			1	0	0	1	1.52	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	2	20%	4	2	50%	37	4	11%	7	4	57%	1	1	100%	0
1955	30	NYY	AL	32	69%	5			2	0	0	0	1.91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	24	1	4%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1956	31	NYY	AL	11	27%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1957	32	CHC	NL	57	31%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	2	0	0%	30	2	7%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
10 Yrs				541	48%	136			9	2	0	2	1.87	1	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	133%	94	17	18%	37	17	46%	342	42	12%	34	19	56%	15	12	80%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			91%			12%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	23	4	14	14	1	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.571	.571	.714	1.286	242	10	0	0	0
1949	24	62	162	144	9	49	2	1	0	14	2	1	18	6	.340	.417	.368	.785	109	53	5	1	0
1950	25	80	188	169	11	53	2	1	0	15	2	1	19	8	.314	.386	.337	.724	92	57	5	1	0
1951	26	98	244	220	16	67	5	1	1	22	2	1	24	11	.305	.376	.350	.726	94	77	11	1	0
1952	27	118	305	275	20	85	8	1	1	33	2	4	29	13	.309	.377	.356	.733	99	98	12	1	0
1953	28	160	399	357	31	108	11	2	1	45	2	5	38	18	.303	.371	.353	.724	97	126	12	1	3
1954	29	180	441	394	32	118	12	2	1	49	2	6	41	20	.299	.368	.348	.716	95	137	14	2	4	0
1955	30	194	473	420	33	123	12	2	1	50	2	6	47	24	.293	.367	.338	.705	92	142	14	2	4	0	0
1956	31	201	484	429	33	125	12	2	1	50	2	6	49	27	.291	.367	.336	.702	92	144	15	2	4	0	0
1957	32	227	541	482	34	136	15	2	1	52	2	6	53	32	.282	.356	.328	.683	86	158	17	2	4	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	23	4	14	14	1	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	.571	.571	.714	1.286	5	4
1949	24	61	153	134	8	41	2	0	0	13	2	18	5	.306	.392	.321	.713	17	58
1950	25	19	28	27	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.185	.214	.185	.399	1	18
1951	26	19	59	54	5	15	3	0	1	8	0	5	3	.278	.339	.389	.728	7	18
1952	27	21	65	59	5	20	3	0	0	13	0	6	2	.339	.400	.390	.790	9	20
1953	28	44	98	86	12	24	3	1	0	13	0	9	5	.279	.347	.337	.685	10	42
1954	29	21	44	39	1	11	1	0	0	5	0	3	2	.282	.349	.308	.657	4	20
1955	30	15	35	28	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	.214	.371	.214	.586	2	14
1956	31	7	13	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.300	.462	.300	.762	1	7
1957	32	27	60	56	1	12	3	0	0	2	0	4	5	.214	.267	.268	.535	4	26
10 Yrs		238	569	507	37	145	15	2	1	57	2	56	32	.286	.359	.329	.689	60	227
162 Game Avg.		162	387	345	25	99	10	1	1	39	1	38	22	.286	.359	.329	.689	41	227

* 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.

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