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Andy Sommers

Joseph Andrews Sommers

Positions: Catcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 181 lb.

Born: October 26, 1866 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1887
Teams (by GP): Metropolitans/Hoosiers/Giants/WhiteStockings/Spiders/... 1887-1890

Final Game: October 4, 1890
Died: July 22, 1908 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Monroe Street Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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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 G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1887 NYP AA 20 C 31 188 112 44 32 3 .830 5.03 .893 6.26 17
1887 NYP AA 20 1B 1 10 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00 .971 9.90
1887 NYP AA 20 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 2.00 0-0-1
1888 BSN NL 21 C 4 25 20 2 3 0 .880 5.50 .912 6.82 0
1889 TOT NL 22 C 32 204 148 32 24 3 .882 5.63 .910 6.00 31
1889 TOT NL 22 OF 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67 .910 2.00 0-2-1
1889 CHC NL 22 C 11 67 45 11 11 1 .836 5.09 .910 6.00 10
1889 CHC NL 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
1889 IND NL 22 C 21 137 103 21 13 2 .905 5.90 .910 6.00 21
1889 IND NL 22 OF 2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 .910 2.00 0-2-0
1890 TOT NL 23 C 19 133 86 29 18 1 .865 6.05 .926 6.10 15 35 29 45% 37%
1890 TOT NL 23 OF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .913 1.90 0-1-2
1890 NYG NL 23 C 11 80 51 16 13 1 .838 6.09 .926 6.10 12 19 16 46% 37%
1890 NYG NL 23 1B 5 40 38 1 1 2 .975 7.80 .976 10.36
1890 NYG NL 23 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .915 1.90 0-0-2
1890 CLV NL 23 C 8 53 35 13 5 0 .906 6.00 .926 6.10 3 16 13 45% 37%
1890 CLV NL 23 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .910 1.90 0-1-0
4 Seasons C 86 550 366 107 77 7 .860 5.50 .908 6.15 63 35 29 45% 37%
3 Seasons OF 7 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.00 .909 1.96 0-3-4
2 Seasons 1B 6 50 48 1 1 4 .980 8.17 .975 10.28
4 Seasons TOT 99 608 421 108 79 11 .870 5.34 .914 6.11 0-3-4 63 35 29 45% 37%
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% lgCS% 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-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
1887 NYP AA 20 33 33 0 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1888 BSN NL 21 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1889 IND NL 22 23 23 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1889 CHC NL 22 12 12 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1890 NYG NL 23 17 17 0 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1890 CLV NL 23 9 9 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
4 Seasons 98 98 0 86 6 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 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

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1890 NL  45.3 (3rd)

                                         

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