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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	STL	@	CHC	W,7-4	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	7 (3)	Apr 21	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	9 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
4	11 (1)	Apr 25	STL	@	HOU	T,5-5	GF	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	PH C
5	13 (1)	Apr 27	STL		CIN	W,14-3	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	15 (1)	Apr 29 (1)	STL		CIN	W,16-3	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	18 (2)	May 2	STL		HOU	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	21 (2)	May 5	STL	@	CIN	L,7-8	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	22	May 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	24 (1)	May 8	STL		SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	25	May 9	STL		SFG	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	27 (1)	May 11	STL		LAD	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	31 (3)	May 16	STL	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	34 (2)	May 19	STL	@	LAD	W,8-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	35	May 20	STL	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	37 (1)	May 22	STL		PHI	W,6-2	GS	23	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
17	38	May 23	STL		PIT	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
18	39	May 24	STL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	40	May 25	STL		MLN	L,8-11	GF	24	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
20	41	May 26	STL		MLN	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
21	42	May 27	STL		MLN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	43	May 28	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	GF	11	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
23	44	May 29	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
24	45	May 30	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	46	May 31	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	47	Jun 1	STL	@	MLN	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	50 (2)	Jun 5	STL		CIN	W,10-9	CG	52	11.0	12	0	0	12	1	C
28	51	Jun 6	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	53 (1)	Jun 8	STL		SFG	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
30	54	Jun 9	STL		SFG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	56 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	STL		SFG	W,13-3	GS	29	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
32	57	Jun 11	STL		PHI	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
33	58	Jun 12	STL		PHI	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	61 (2)	Jun 16	STL	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
35	62	Jun 17	STL	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
36	64 (1)	Jun 19	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	66 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
38	71 (4)	Jun 25	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	24	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	73 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	74	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-0	GF	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	75	Jun 28	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	77 (1)	Jun 30	STL		PIT	L,7-17	CG	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	78	Jul 1	STL		PIT	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	79	Jul 2	STL		MLN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
45	81 (1)	Jul 3 susp	STL		MLN	L,5-7	GS	37	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
46	83 (1)	Jul 6	STL	@	NYM	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	84	Jul 7 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
48	86 (1)	Jul 8	STL	@	NYM	W,15-1	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	87	Jul 12	STL	@	MLN	L,6-8	GF	11	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
50	89 (1)	Jul 14	STL	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	91 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	3	2	0	5	0	C
52	95 (3)	Jul 19	STL		CHC	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	97 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	HOU	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	102 (4)	Jul 25	STL		LAD	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	104 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	STL		NYM	W,6-5	GS	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	109 (4)	Aug 2	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	110	Aug 3	STL		HOU	L,3-8	GS	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	116 (5)	Aug 10	STL		PHI	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	118 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
60	119	Aug 12 (2)	STL		PHI	L,7-9	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
61	122 (2)	Aug 16	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	123	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	127 (3)	Aug 22	STL	@	MLN	L,4-6	GS	19	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
64	129 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	132 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	STL		PIT	L,6-7	GS	31	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	138 (5)	Sep 3 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
67	141 (2)	Sep 5	STL		MLN	L,0-1	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
68	150 (8)	Sep 16	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	152 (1)	Sep 18	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	157 (4)	Sep 23	STL		LAD	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							70gm		514.0	354	24	1	379	4