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Clyde Sukeforth

Clyde Leroy Sukeforth (Sukey)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: November 30, 1901 in Washington, ME
School: Georgetown University (Washington, DC) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1926
Teams (by GP): Reds/Dodgers 1926-1945

Final Game: June 7, 1945
Died: September 3, 2000 in Waldoboro, ME
Buried: Brookland Cemetery, Waldoboro, ME
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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 CIN NL 25 C 24 16 12 66 52 12 2 1 .970 2.67 .974 4.43 1 6 4 40% 39%
1928 CIN NL 26 C 26 9 9 58 48 8 2 1 .966 2.15 .979 4.42 2 3 4 57% 45%
1929 CIN NL 27 C 76 61 59 215 171 40 4 4 .981 2.78 .974 4.34 6 29 23 44% 42%
1930 CIN NL 28 C 82 73 71 287 234 46 7 8 .976 3.41 .976 4.57 7 29 25 46% 44%
1931 CIN NL 29 C 106 99 95 372 300 59 13 9 .965 3.39 .980 4.64 5 40 33 45% 46%
1932 BRO NL 30 C 36 22 13 109 95 13 1 2 .991 3.00 .979 4.66 2 8 6 43% 44%
1933 BRO NL 31 C 18 12 6 58 50 7 1 2 .983 3.17 .982 4.35 0 7 3 30% 46%
1934 BRO NL 32 C 18 6 2 42 38 4 0 2 1.000 2.33 .985 4.85 2 1 2 67% 44%
1945 BRO NL 43 C 13 13 10 57 53 1 3 0 .947 4.15 .978 4.57 1 4 0 0% 40%
9 Seasons C 399 311 277 1264 1041 190 33 29 .974 3.09 .978 4.54 26 127 100 44% 44%
10 Seasons TOT 399 311 277 1264 1041 190 33 29 .974 3.09 .978 4.54 26 127 100 44% 44%
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
1926 CIN NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1927 CIN NL 25 39 16 39 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11
1928 CIN NL 26 33 9 33 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1929 CIN NL 27 84 61 84 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1930 CIN NL 28 95 73 95 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3
1931 CIN NL 29 112 99 112 106 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1932 BRO NL 30 59 22 59 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2
1933 BRO NL 31 20 12 20 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1934 BRO NL 32 27 6 27 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
1945 BRO NL 43 18 13 18 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10 Seasons 488 311 488 400 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 27
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

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1931 NL  106 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1931 NL  59 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1931 NL  13 (1st)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1929 NL  6 (3rd)
1930 NL  7 (3rd)
1931 NL  5 (4th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1931 NL  40 (2nd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1931 NL  33 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1929 NL  44.2 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1945 NL  born 1901-11-30 (4th)

                                         

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