Carl Sawatski

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 210lb (178cm, 95kg)

Born: November 4, 1927 in Shickshinny, PA us

Died: November 24, 1991 in Little Rock, AR

Buried: Pine Crest Memorial Park, Alexander, AR

High School: Pompton Lakes HS (Pompton Lakes, NJ)

Debut: September 29, 1948 (Age 20-330d, 10,567th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1963 (Age 35-329d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Carl Ernest Sawatski

Nicknames: Swats, Swisher or Swish

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1957 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

1449

351

.242

133

RBI

213

OBP

.330

SLG

.401

OPS

.731

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 58 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 13 go ahead

5 Tms
STL	35
PHI	14
MLN	6
CHC	2
CHW	1

Platoon
vs RHP	58

Home/Road
Home	35
Away	23

Outs
1	20
0	19
2	19

11 Opps
CIN	10
CHC	10
MLN	9
LAD/BRO	8
PIT	6
NYG/SFG	5
PHI	5
HOU	2
NYM	1
STL	1
NYY	1

38 Pitchers
Don Drysdale	4
Bob Buhl	4
Don Newcombe	3
Jay Hook	3
Ken Johnson	3
Don Cardwell	2
Bob Anderson	2
Joey Jay	2
Glen Hobbie	2
Carl Willey	2
Lew Burdette	2
Vern Law	2
Juan Marichal	2
Bud Podbielan	1
Jim Brosnan	1
Russ Kemmerer	1
Tom Sturdivant	1
Art Mahaffey	1
Ray Culp	1
Stan Williams	1
Bob Chesnes	1
Cal McLish	1
Jack Sanford	1
Clem Labine	1
Russ Meyer	1
Ramón Monzant	1
Bob Grim	1
Gene Conley	1
Paul Toth	1
Sal Maglie	1
Curt Barclay	1
Roy Face	1
Jim Owens	1
John Boozer	1
Dave Hillman	1
Joe Schaffernoth	1
Don Elston	1
Moe Drabowsky	1

12 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	25
Crosley Fld (CIN)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
County Stad (MIL)	6
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	5
Colt Stad (HOU)	2
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	2
LA Coliseum (LOS)	1
Polo Grounds (NYC)	1
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
9	44
89	3
8	2
78	2
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	54
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	15
12-	2
123	1
-2-	1
-23	1
1-3	1

85 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	37
1 on	16
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	21

Inning
1	1
2	12
3	5
4	5
5	4
6	6
7	11
8	5
9	9

1-3	18
4-6	15
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	6
+1	8
Tied	9
-1	10
-2	13
-3	3
-4..	5

Ahead	18
Tied	9
Behind	31

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	49
PH	9

OrderPos
8th	24
6th	16
7th	11
9th	4
5th	2
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1950-09-27	CHC		PIT	Bob Chesnes	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	---	1	6	2	0.063	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1953-07-29	CHC		BRO	Russ Meyer	behind 2-6	b 7	2	12-	3	9	PH	0.217	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Brown Scores; H. Jeffcoat Scores
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1954-06-20 (1)	CHW		NYY	Bob Grim	tied 4-4	b 3	1	1--	2	6	2	0.198	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Fain Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1957-06-04	MLN	@	NYG	Curt Barclay	behind 4-5	t 7	1	---	1	9	PH	0.205	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	2	1	1957-06-13	MLN	@	BRO	Clem Labine	ahead 5-4	t 8	2	-23	3	8	2	0.208	96%		Home Run (LF-CF); F. Torre Scores; B. Thomson Scores
6	6	3	1	1957-06-26	MLN		BRO	Don Newcombe	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.094	31%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
7	7	4	1	1957-06-30 (1)	MLN		PIT	Vern Law	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.243	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	5	1	1957-07-15	MLN	@	BRO	Don Drysdale	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.103	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	6	1	1957-08-30	MLN	@	CIN	Bud Podbielan	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.087	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1958-06-28	PHI		STL	Sal Maglie	behind 0-8	b 9	1	---	1	4	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	1958-07-04 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	Gene Conley	ahead 4-1	t 8	1	---	1	5	2	0.034	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	1958-07-27 (1)	PHI		LAD	Stan Williams	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.127	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	4	1	1958-08-31 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	Don Newcombe	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.111	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	5	2	1958-08-31 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	Don Newcombe	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.123	31%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1959-05-10 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	Roy Face	behind 4-7	t 9	1	1--	2	8	2	0.052	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Anderson Scores
16	16	2	1	1959-05-19	PHI	@	CHC	Dave Hillman	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	8	2	0.193	68%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Jones Scores
17	17	3	1	1959-05-25	PHI		MLN	Bob Buhl	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.111	43%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	4	1	1959-05-30	PHI	@	MLN	Bob Buhl	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.178	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	5	1	1959-07-24	PHI	@	CIN	Jay Hook	behind 0-1	t 9	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.727	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Freese Scores
20	20	6	1	1959-08-20 (1)	PHI		CHC	Moe Drabowsky	ahead 6-5	b 8	1	1--	2	8	2	0.101	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Koppe Scores
21	21	7	1	1959-09-02	PHI	@	MLN	Lew Burdette	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	12-	3	8	2	0.165	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Freese Scores; S. Anderson Scores/unER
22	22	8	1	1959-09-20	PHI		MLN	Joey Jay	behind 3-5	b 8	2	1--	2	8	2	0.410	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Anderson Scores
23	23	9	1	1959-09-27	PHI	@	MLN	Bob Buhl	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.151	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1960-04-25	STL		SFG	Ramón Monzant	behind 7-9	b 8	2	---	1	8	PH	0.105	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	1960-04-30	STL		CHC	Bob Anderson	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	1	6	2	0.181	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	3	1	1960-05-22 (1)	STL		CIN	Jay Hook	behind 1-2	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.136	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	4	1	1960-07-15	STL		CHC	Don Cardwell	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.074	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	5	1	1960-07-26	STL		PIT	Vern Law	behind 0-5	b 7	1	1--	2	6	2	0.060	10%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Musial Scores
29	29	6	1	1960-09-03	STL		CHC	Glen Hobbie	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.179	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Moryn Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1961-04-19	STL	@	LAD	Don Drysdale	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	8	PH	0.082	29%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
31	31	2	1	1961-06-05	STL		CHC	Joe Schaffernoth	behind 4-5	b 7	1	1--	2	7	PH	0.380	76%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); C. James Scores
32	32	3	1	1961-06-20 (1)	STL	@	CIN	Jay Hook	behind 0-2	t 7	2	1-3	3	8	PH	0.464	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Musial Scores; C. James Scores
33	33	4	1	1961-07-09 (1)	STL	@	SFG	Juan Marichal	ahead 4-3	t 9	0	1--	2	9	2	0.104	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Schoendienst Scores
34	34	5	1	1961-07-14	STL		MLN	Bob Buhl	tied 1-1	b 9	1	---	1	7	2	0.413	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	6	1	1961-08-06 (2)	STL		PHI	Jim Owens	behind 0-2	b 7	2	1--	2	8	PH	0.335	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Flood Scores/unER; C. Sawatski Scores/unER
36	36	7	1	1961-08-07	STL		CIN	Ken Johnson	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.105	62%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
37	37	8	1	1961-08-23	STL		LAD	Don Drysdale	behind 2-4	b 4	2	---	1	6	2	0.112	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	9	1	1961-09-09	STL	@	CIN	Ken Johnson	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.110	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	10	1	1961-09-22	STL		LAD	Don Drysdale	behind 1-5	b 6	2	1--	2	6	2	0.128	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Boyer Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1962-04-27	STL		CIN	Joey Jay	ahead 5-1	b 5	2	---	1	7	2	0.036	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	2	1	1962-05-08	STL		SFG	Juan Marichal	behind 2-4	b 9	1	---	1	7	2	0.073	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	3	1	1962-05-09	STL		SFG	Jack Sanford	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---	1	6	2	0.074	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	4	1	1962-05-25	STL		MLN	Lew Burdette	behind 5-7	b 7	2	---	1	6	2	0.127	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	5	1	1962-05-26	STL		MLN	Carl Willey	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	2	0.104	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	6	1	1962-06-27 (2)	STL	@	CHC	Bob Anderson	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	6	2	0.084	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	7	2	1962-06-27 (2)	STL	@	CHC	Don Elston	ahead 6-0	t 9	1	1--	2	6	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Boyer Scores
47	47	8	1	1962-07-21 (1)	STL	@	HOU	Russ Kemmerer	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	2	0.149	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. James Scores
48	48	9	1	1962-08-12 (1)	STL		PHI	Cal McLish	behind 1-3	b 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.112	41%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
49	49	10	1	1962-08-26 (2)	STL		PIT	Tom Sturdivant	tied 2-2	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.099	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	11	1	1962-09-03 (1)	STL		CHC	Glen Hobbie	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.088	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	12	1	1962-09-09	STL	@	CIN	Jim Brosnan	behind 1-3	t 9	2	123	4	8	PH	0.762	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. White Scores; K. Boyer Scores; F. Whitfield Scores
52	52	13	1	1962-09-18	STL	@	CHC	Paul Toth	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.107	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1963-04-13	STL		PHI	Art Mahaffey	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.100	74%		Home Run
54	54	2	1	1963-04-17	STL		PIT	Don Cardwell	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.080	82%		Home Run
55	55	3	1	1963-04-22	STL	@	HOU	Ken Johnson	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.152	63%		Home Run
56	56	4	1	1963-05-26 (2)	STL		NYM	Carl Willey	behind 1-2	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.442	63%		Home Run
57	57	5	1	1963-08-03	STL		PHI	John Boozer	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	1--	2	8	2	0.065	97%		Home Run; J. Javier Scores
58	58	6	1	1963-08-04 (1)	STL		PHI	Ray Culp	behind 1-6	b 7	2	1--	2	8	2	0.051	7%		Home Run; J. Javier Scores

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