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1907 1909 Chronology Home C Index Guide
Pos St All- Other Catcher Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Catcher Win Shares Pos St
Rank Rank Name HOF MVP Star Rookie GG SS Team Stdg Bats Age Pos Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G WSQ Rank Rank Name
1 1 Boss Schmidt     DET 1 B 27   121 541 184 37 12 5 .951   419 111 14 3 1 45 38 16 3 16 5 .265 .297 .320 .617 44      8.6   6.0  14.6 .071 .050 .121   19.58 1 1 Boss Schmidt
2 2 Nig Clarke     CLE 2 L 25   90 327 108 14 6 12 .969   290 70 8 6 1 34 27 30 1 7 6 .241 .315 .321 .636 35      7.1   2.8   9.9 .079 .031 .110   12.68 2 2 Nig Clarke
3 3 Gabby Street     WAS 7 R 25   128 578 167 21 14 10 .973   394 81 12 7 1 31 32 40 6 9 5 .206 .289 .279 .568 34      5.3   5.6  10.9 .041 .044 .085   12.28 3 3 Gabby Street
4 4 Billy Sullivan     CHI 3 R 33   137 553 156 11 11 9 .985   430 82 8 4 0 40 29 22 3 21 15 .191 .235 .228 .463 26      1.0   5.8   6.8 .007 .042 .050    5.85 4 4 Billy Sullivan
5     Ira Thomas             DET 1 R 27       29 124 15 4 3 1 .972     101 31 1 0 0 6 8 5     1 1   0     .307 .346 .317 .663 13        2.8   1.1   3.9 .097 .038 .134    5.52 5     Ira Thomas
6 5 Ossee Schreckengost     PHI/CHI 6/3 R 33   71 402 96 11 4 6 .978   220 48 7 1 0 17 16 7 1 8 1 .218 .246 .259 .505 15      0.6   4.4   5.0 .008 .062 .070    5.12 6 5 Ossee Schreckengost
7 John Warner     WAS 7 L 35   41 178 38 4 2 1 .982   113 27 2 1 0 8 8 8 4 5 7 .239 .312 .274 .586 12      2.3   1.6   3.9 .056 .039 .095    4.64 7 John Warner
8 Harry Bemis     CLE 2 R 34   76 326 74 15 5 10 .964   270 60 9 1 0 22 32 7 4 10 14 .222 .253 .263 .516 20      2.2   2.4   4.6 .029 .032 .061    4.37 8 Harry Bemis
9 6 Lou Criger     BOS 5 R 36   84 380 120 10 11 14 .980   237 45 4 2 0 12 25 13 0 7 1 .190 .232 .224 .456 12      -     4.7   4.7 .000 .056 .056    4.29 9 6 Lou Criger
10 7 Tubby Spencer     STL 4 R 24   88 398 109 9 9 12 .983   286 60 6 1 0 19 28 17 0 7 1 .210 .254 .238 .492 17      0.3   4.4   4.7 .003 .050 .053    4.19 10 7 Tubby Spencer
                             
11 Bill Carrigan   R   BOS 5 R 24   47 203 74 13 5 6 .955   140 33 5 2 0 12 13 3 1 8 1 .236 .257 .300 .557 11      1.3   2.3   3.6 .028 .049 .077    3.85 11 Bill Carrigan
12 Syd Smith   R   PHI/STL 6/4 R 24   55 295 71 9 7 6 .976   180 35 11 0 1 13 13 7 1 3 2 .194 .229 .272 .501 11      0.3   3.1   3.4 .005 .056 .062    3.26 12 Syd Smith
13 Mike Powers     PHI 6 R 37   60 303 74 13 3 3 .967   166 30 6 1 0 8 7 5 3 6 1 .181 .218 .229 .447 7      -     3.3   3.3 .000 .055 .055    2.99 13 Mike Powers
14 Pat Donahue   R   BOS 5 R 23   32 128 35 7 2 2 .959   79 16 2 0 1 7 5 8 2 2 0 .203 .292 .266 .558 7      1.1   1.3   2.4 .034 .041 .075    2.54 14 Pat Donahue
15     Jim Stephens             STL 4 R 24       45 193 68 11 4 4 .960     150 30 4 1 0 14 6 9     2 3   0     .200 .255 .240 .495 9        0.2   2.2   2.4 .004 .049 .053    2.14 15     Jim Stephens
16 8 Red Kleinow     NY 8 R 28   89 381 116 14 5 4 .973   273 46 3 2 1 16 13 22 3 8 5 .168 .238 .205 .443 13      -     1.7   1.7 .000 .019 .019    0.91 16 8 Red Kleinow
17 Walter Blair   R   NY 8 R 24   60 225 58 13 4 6 .956   176 33 4 1 1 8 11 9 2 5 3 .188 .235 .239 .474 10      -     0.8   0.8 .000 .013 .013    0.36 17 Walter Blair
18 Al Shaw     CHI 3 R 33   29 87 15 5 1 4 .953   49 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 .082 .118 .102 .220 0      -     0.6   0.6 .000 .021 .021    0.33 18 Al Shaw
19 Ed Sweeney   R   NY 8 R 19   25 122 26 7 2 4 .955   76 11 2 0 0 4 2 5 0 2 0 .145 .198 .171 .369 1      -     0.5   0.5 .000 .020 .020    0.27 19 Ed Sweeney
League Average Age 28.6 League Avg WS/Game .025 .042 .067
League Avg per 800 Chances 606.5 169.4 24.1 11.6 12.6 .970 Offense Share of WS 37.7%
League Average per 600 PA 545.9 115.0 14.7 4.4 0.9 42.6 42.5 31.7 5.0 17.4 9.0 .211 .260 .259 .519 40.0 Average WS/Team  10.96
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Bats Left   9.7%   131 505 146 18 8 13 .973     403 97 10 7 1 42 35 38     5 12   13     .241 .314 .308 .622 47        9.4   4.4  13.8 .072 .034 .105 Bats Left
Bats Right 80.5%   1055 4698 1274 173 90 101 .972   3228 645 85 23 5 228 242 181 29 102 49 .200 .249 .245 .494 207     15.1  44.2  59.3 .014 .042 .056 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   9.8%     121 541 184 37 12 5 .951     419 111 14 3 1 45 38 16     3 16   5     .265 .297 .320 .617 44        8.6   6.0  14.6 .071 .050 .121 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 27.0%   352 1564 441 69 33 40 .967   1088 218 34 5 3 76 78 58 8 31 7 .200 .246 .249 .495 67      3.2  14.6  17.8 .009 .041 .051 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 35.5%   457 1951 590 90 40 32 .966   1477 339 38 18 4 132 118 113 14 41 21 .230 .291 .288 .579 139     23.8  17.2  41.0 .052 .038 .090 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 23.6%   313 1368 341 42 21 29 .976   969 194 25 6 0 79 79 38 8 40 30 .200 .236 .238 .474 61      3.8  13.2  17.0 .012 .042 .054 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   14.0%   185 861 232 27 16 18 .976   516 102 12 4 0 28 40 26 7 18 9 .198 .246 .236 .482 31      2.3   9.6  11.9 .012 .052 .064 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     16.6%     219 973 264 49 20 24 .962     652 128 24 3 3 43 44 32     6 21   6     .196 .241 .256 .497 41        2.7   8.0  10.7 .012 .037 .049 Rookie  
Starter 62.0%   802 3510 1051 126 71 72 .973   2533 540 62 26 4 213 208 166 17 81 39 .213 .266 .263 .529 195     22.9  35.0  57.9 .029 .044 .072 Starter  
Reserve     38.0%     505 2234 553 102 39 47 .965     1517 313 47 7 3 102 107 69     20 49   28     .206 .250 .252 .502 103       10.2  19.6  29.8 .020 .039 .059 Reserve  
Splits per 800 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 800 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 800 TC / 600 PA
Pct of Total
Playing Time Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
Bats Left   9.7%   131 603.9 174.6 21.5 9.6 15.5 .973     527.9 127.1 13.1 9.2 1.3 55.0 45.9 49.8     6.6 15.7   17.0     .241 .314 .308 .622 61.6       12.3   5.8  18.1 .072 .034 .105 Bats Left
Bats Right 80.5%   1055 611.6 165.9 22.5 11.7 13.1 .972   547.1 109.3 14.4 3.9 0.8 38.6 41.0 30.7 4.9 17.3 8.3 .200 .249 .245 .494 35.1      2.6   7.5  10.1 .014 .042 .056 Bats Right
Bats Both   9.8%     121 568.0 193.2 38.8 12.6 5.2 .951     553.7 146.7 18.5 4.0 1.3 59.5 50.2 21.2     4.0 21.1   6.6     .265 .297 .320 .617 58.1       11.4   7.9  19.3 .071 .050 .121 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 27.0%   352 603.3 170.1 26.6 12.7 15.4 .967   550.9 110.4 17.2 2.5 1.5 38.5 39.5 29.4 4.0 15.7 3.5 .200 .246 .249 .495 33.9      1.6   7.4   9.0 .009 .041 .051 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 35.5%   457 593.2 179.4 27.4 12.2 9.7 .966   538.7 123.6 13.9 6.6 1.5 48.1 43.0 41.2 5.1 15.0 7.7 .230 .291 .288 .579 50.7      8.7   6.3  15.0 .052 .038 .090 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 23.6%   313 625.0 155.8 19.2 9.6 13.2 .976   551.1 110.3 14.2 3.4 0.0 44.9 44.9 21.6 4.5 22.8 17.1 .200 .236 .238 .474 34.7      2.2   7.5   9.7 .012 .042 .054 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   14.0%   185 615.0 165.7 19.3 11.4 12.9 .976   546 107.9 12.7 4.2 0.0 29.6 42.3 27.5 7.4 19.1 9.5 .198 .246 .236 .482 32.8      2.4  10.2  12.6 .012 .052 .064 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     16.6%     219 605.3 164.2 30.5 12.4 14.9 .962     550.2 108.0 20.3 2.5 2.5 36.3 37.1 27.0     5.1 17.7   5.1     .196 .241 .256 .497 34.6        2.3   6.8   9.0 .012 .037 .049 Rookie  
Starter 62.0%   802 599.1 179.4 21.5 12.1 12.3 .973   543.4 115.8 13.3 5.6 0.9 45.7 44.6 35.6 3.6 17.4 8.4 .213 .266 .263 .529 41.8      4.9   7.5  12.4 .029 .044 .072 Starter  
Reserve     38.0%     505 618.6 153.1 28.3 10.8 13.0 .965     550.0 113.5 17.0 2.5 1.1 37.0 38.8 25.0     7.2 17.8   10.2     .206 .250 .252 .502 37.3        3.7   7.1  10.8 .020 .039 .059 Reserve