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George Townsend

George Hodgson Townsend (Sleepy)

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 4, 1867 in Hartsdale, NY
School: New York University (New York, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1887
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Athletics 1887-1891

Final Game: October 6, 1891
Died: March 15, 1930 in New Haven, CT
Buried: Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, CT
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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 PHA AA 20 C 28 163 99 42 22 1 .865 5.04 .893 6.26 26
1887 PHA AA 20 OF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .897 2.03 1-0-2
1888 PHA AA 21 C 42 330 225 76 29 2 .912 7.17 .914 7.13 46
1890 BAL AA 23 C 18 114 72 34 8 2 .930 5.89 .925 6.49 7 34 33 49% 38%
1891 BAL AA 24 C 58 285 191 68 26 5 .909 4.47 .929 6.19 23 69 56 45% 38%
1891 BAL AA 24 OF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .910 1.87 0-1-2
4 Seasons C 146 892 587 220 85 10 .905 5.53 .916 6.51 102 103 89 46% 38%
2 Seasons OF 6 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .900 1.95 1-1-4
4 Seasons TOT 152 896 591 220 85 10 .905 5.34 .916 6.33 1-1-4 102 103 89 46% 38%
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 PHA AA 20 31 31 0 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0
1888 PHA AA 21 42 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1890 BAL AA 23 18 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1891 BAL AA 24 61 61 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0
4 Seasons 152 152 0 146 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 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 AA  49.3 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1887 AA  born 1867-06-04 (7th)

                           

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