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Sy Sutcliffe

Elmer Ellsworth Sutcliffe

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 15, 1862 in Wheaton, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: October 2, 1884
Teams (by GP): Infants/Orioles/Statesmen/Wolverines/Spiders/... 1884-1892

Final Game: October 6, 1892
Died: February 13, 1893 in Wheaton, IL
Buried: Wheaton Cemetery, Wheaton, 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 G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1884 CHC NL 22 C 4 41 34 6 1 1 .976 10.00 .895 7.38 11
1885 TOT NL 23 C 25 152 105 26 21 0 .862 5.24 .893 6.63 36
1885 TOT NL 23 OF 3 8 3 2 3 0 .625 1.67 .881 1.83 0-0-3
1885 CHC NL 23 C 11 68 46 11 11 0 .838 5.18 .893 6.63 17
1885 CHC NL 23 OF 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .880 1.80 0-0-1
1885 SLM NL 23 C 14 84 59 15 10 0 .881 5.29 .893 6.63 19
1885 SLM NL 23 OF 2 6 2 1 3 0 .500 1.50 .882 1.85 0-0-2
1888 DTN NL 26 SS 24 141 39 88 14 6 .901 5.29 .881 4.47
1888 DTN NL 26 C 14 125 75 34 16 5 .872 7.79 .912 6.83 0
1888 DTN NL 26 1B 5 60 54 1 5 2 .917 11.00 .977 10.50
1888 DTN NL 26 OF 4 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.75 .905 1.90 0-0-4
1888 DTN NL 26 2B 2 8 1 4 3 0 .625 2.50 .920 5.65
1889 CLV NL 27 C 37 279 179 70 30 3 .892 6.73 .910 6.00 23
1889 CLV NL 27 1B 8 79 74 4 1 7 .987 9.75 .974 10.36
1889 CLV NL 27 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
1890 CLE PL 28 C 84 429 264 115 50 9 .883 4.51 .901 5.36 55 213 110 34% 37%
1890 CLE PL 28 OF 15 27 19 4 4 1 .852 1.53 .904 2.11 1-0-14
1890 CLE PL 28 SS 4 14 3 7 4 1 .714 2.50 .868 5.12
1890 CLE PL 28 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.55
1891 WAS AA 29 OF 35 61 50 6 5 1 .918 1.60 .908 1.88 9-5-21
1891 WAS AA 29 C 22 105 65 30 10 3 .905 4.32 .929 6.19 17 34 28 45% 38%
1891 WAS AA 29 SS 3 14 3 5 6 0 .571 2.67 .879 5.13
1891 WAS AA 29 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.60
1892 BLN NL 30 1B 66 733 678 24 31 39 .958 10.64 .976 10.54
6 Seasons C 186 1131 722 281 128 21 .887 5.39 .906 5.91 142 247 138 36% 37%
3 Seasons 1B 79 872 806 29 37 48 .958 10.57 .976 10.52
5 Seasons OF 58 100 75 12 13 2 .870 1.50 .905 1.94 10-5-43
3 Seasons SS 31 169 45 100 24 7 .858 4.68 .880 4.62
2 Seasons 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.57
1 Season 2B 2 8 1 4 3 0 .625 2.50 .920 5.65
8 Seasons TOT 359 2280 1649 426 205 78 .910 5.78 .931 6.15 10-5-43 142 247 138 36% 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
1884 CHC NL 22 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1885 SLM NL 23 16 16 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1885 CHC NL 23 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1887 DTN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1888 DTN NL 26 49 49 0 14 5 2 0 24 0 0 4 4 0
1889 CLV NL 27 46 46 0 37 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1890 CLE PL 28 99 99 0 84 0 0 2 4 1 0 14 15 0
1891 WAS AA 29 53 53 0 22 0 0 1 3 9 5 21 35 0
1892 BLN NL 30 66 66 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 344 344 0 186 79 2 3 31 10 5 43 58 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

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1890 PL  84 (3rd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1890 PL  264 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1890 PL  115 (3rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1890 PL  50 (1st)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1890 PL  55 (1st)
Career  142 (73rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1890 PL  213 (2nd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1890 PL  110 (3rd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1891 AA  45.2 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1890 PL  4.51 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1890 PL  .883 (5th)

                           

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