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Ken Silvestri

Kenneth Joseph Silvestri (Hawk)

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 3, 1916 in Chicago, IL
School: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1939
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Phillies 1939-1951

Final Game: July 31, 1951
Died: March 31, 1992 in Tallahassee, FL
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
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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
1939 CHW AL 23 C 20 19 19 94 74 15 5 3 .947 4.45 .981 4.92 0 6 6 50% 37%
1940 CHW AL 24 C 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 5.30 0 0 0
1941 NYY AL 25 C 13 9 9 49 43 6 0 2 1.000 3.77 .983 5.00 2 4 1 20% 41%
1946 NYY AL 30 C 12 4 3 44 40 3 1 1 .977 3.58 .982 5.52 1 2 0 0% 46%
1947 NYY AL 31 C 3 2 2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.67 .985 5.03 0 1 0 0% 46%
1949 PHI NL 33 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 5.60
1949 PHI NL 33 C 1 1 0 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 .982 5.00 0 0 0 1 100% 43% 0
1949 PHI NL 33 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
1950 PHI NL 34 C 9 7 3 52.0 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 2.89 .982 5.38 5.33 0 3 1 0 0% 38% 0
1951 PHI NL 35 C 3 2 2 25.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 1.33 .980 5.18 5.17 1 2 0 1 100% 41% 0
1951 PHI NL 35 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.70
8 Seasons C 62 44 38 77.0 235 200 29 6 6 .974 3.51 3.69 .982 5.32 5.14 4 5 14 9 39% 39% 0
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.00 0.50 .980 5.40 5.65
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
8 Seasons TOT 65 44 38 78.0 236 201 29 6 6 .975 3.46 3.54 .982 5.32 5.15 4 5 14 9 39% 39% 0
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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1939 CHW AL 23 C
1940 CHW AL 24 C
1941 NYY AL 25 C
1946 NYY AL 30 C
1947 NYY AL 31 C
1949 PHI NL 33 2B
1949 PHI NL 33 C
1949 PHI NL 33 SS
1950 PHI NL 34 C
1951 PHI NL 35 C
1951 PHI NL 35 2B
8 Seasons C
2 Seasons 2B
1 Season SS
8 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1939 CHW AL 23 22 19 22 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1940 CHW AL 24 28 0 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1941 NYY AL 25 17 9 17 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1946 NYY AL 30 13 4 13 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1947 NYY AL 31 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHI NL 33 4 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1950 PHI NL 34 11 7 11 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1951 PHI NL 35 4 2 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 102 44 102 64 0 62 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 1
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.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
1949 PHI NL 33 35 7.71 7.71 1 100% 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1950 PHI NL 34 154 4.50 5.34 3 100% 0 0 21 2 0 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI NL 35 112 4.68 6.48 2 100% 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 301 4.92 6.05 6 100% 0 0 31 4 0 1 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 4.23 4.76 95% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1949 PHI NL 33 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHI NL 34 0 3 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1951 PHI NL 35 1 2 48 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.42
3 Seasons 1 5 125 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.42
MLB Averages 44% 1.21 1.20

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1949 PHI NL 33 9 78% 100% 0% 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI NL 35 3 33% 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
2 Seasons 12 67% 83% 0% 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1949 PHI NL 33 5 0% 60% 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 Season 5 0% 60% 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
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 90%

* 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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