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1928 1930 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 Mickey Cochrane BBW     PHI 1 L 26   135 659 77 13 9 9 .983   514 170 37 8 7 113 95 69 8 2 21 7 6 .331 .412 .475 .887 104     18.3   8.9  27.2 .136 .066 .201   40.73 1 1 Mickey Cochrane
2 2 Bill Dickey BBW   R   NY 2 L 22   127 476 95 12 13 4 .979   447 145 30 6 10 60 65 14 16 1 11 5 3 .324 .346 .485 .831 73     12.5   5.5  18.0 .098 .043 .142   22.61 2 2 Bill Dickey
3 3 Wally Schang     STL 4 B 39   85 268 56 4 6 5 .988   249 59 10 5 5 43 36 74 22 7 4 1 4 .237 .424 .378 .802 47      7.2   4.1  11.3 .085 .048 .133   13.74 3 3 Wally Schang
4 Pinky Hargrave     DET 6 B 33   48 175 38 6 7 5 .973   185 61 12 0 3 26 26 20 24 2 3 2 2 .330 .401 .443 .844 33      5.0   1.4   6.4 .104 .029 .133    7.80 4 Pinky Hargrave
5     Johnny Heving             BOS 8 R 28       55 207 40 3 4 2 .988     188 60 4 3 0 26 23 8   7 2 2   1 2   .319 .354 .372 .726 24        3.0   3.0   6.0 .055 .055 .109    6.61 5     Johnny Heving
6 4 Moe Berg     CHI 7 R 27   106 290 86 7 12 6 .982   352 101 7 0 0 32 47 17 16 2 12 5 1 .287 .323 .307 .630 36      2.9   4.5   7.4 .027 .042 .070    6.52 6 4 Moe Berg
7 5 Bennie Tate     WAS 5 L 27   74 291 49 10 10 2 .971   265 78 12 3 0 26 30 16 8 0 8 2 5 .294 .335 .362 .697 33      3.5   3.0   6.5 .047 .041 .088    6.43 7 5 Bennie Tate
8 Merv Shea     DET 6 R 28   46 157 32 7 4 2 .964   162 47 6 0 3 23 24 19 18 0 1 2 1 .290 .365 .383 .748 24      3.1   1.2   4.3 .067 .026 .093    4.39 8 Merv Shea
9 6 Charlie Berry     BOS 8 R 26   72 236 51 5 8 5 .983   207 50 11 4 1 19 21 15 29 3 4 2 4 .242 .302 .348 .650 20      1.3   3.6   4.9 .018 .050 .068    4.26 9 6 Charlie Berry
10 Muddy Ruel     WAS 5 R 33   63 247 52 3 6 5 .990   188 46 4 2 0 16 20 31 7 0 5 0 4 .245 .352 .287 .639 21      1.7   2.8   4.5 .027 .044 .071    4.01 10 Muddy Ruel
                         
11 7 Luke Sewell     CLE 3 R 28   123 433 81 18 11 9 .966   406 96 16 3 1 41 39 29 26 0 22 6 6 .236 .287 .298 .585 32      -     5.3   5.3 .000 .043 .043    3.67 11 7 Luke Sewell
12 Rick Ferrell Vet   R   STL 4 R 23   45 140 35 7 3 2 .962   144 33 6 1 0 21 20 32 10 1 4 1 2 .229 .373 .285 .658 18      1.6   2.0   3.6 .036 .044 .080    3.40 12 Rick Ferrell
13 Buck Crouse     CHI 7 L 32   40 111 29 3 5 3 .979   107 29 7 0 2 11 12 5 7 2 3 2 0 .271 .316 .393 .709 14      1.7   1.6   3.3 .043 .040 .083    3.16 13 Buck Crouse
14 Clyde Manion     STL 4 R 32   34 141 22 4 2 0 .976   111 27 2 0 1 16 11 15 3 0 2 1 0 .243 .333 .288 .621 11      0.6   1.9   2.5 .018 .056 .074    2.26 14 Clyde Manion
15 8   Eddie Phillips       R     DET 6 R 28       63 255 34 10 4 5 .967     221 52 13 1 2 24 21 20   16 1 7   0 1   .235 .302 .330 .632 23        1.3   1.7   3.0 .021 .027 .048    2.18 15 8   Eddie Phillips
16 Alex Gaston     BOS 8 R 36   49 116 25 2 6 0 .986   116 26 5 2 2 14 9 6 8 0 5 1 0 .224 .262 .353 .615 11      0.5   1.9   2.4 .010 .039 .049    1.77 16 Alex Gaston
17 Cy Perkins     PHI 1 R 33   38 85 15 1 1 1 .990   76 16 4 0 0 4 9 5 4 0 3 0 0 .211 .259 .263 .522 5      -     1.3   1.3 .000 .034 .034    0.80 17 Cy Perkins
18 Glenn Myatt     CLE 3 L 31   41 99 24 3 3 5 .976   129 30 4 1 1 14 17 7 5 1 4 0 1 .233 .277 .302 .579 10      -     1.3   1.3 .000 .032 .032    0.77 18 Glenn Myatt
19 Roy Spencer     WAS 5 R 29   41 128 20 5 2 2 .967   116 18 4 0 1 18 9 8 15 2 4 0 0 .155 .222 .216 .438 4      -     1.2   1.2 .000 .029 .029    0.68 19 Roy Spencer
20 Chick Autry   R   CHI 7 R 26   30 64 14 5 1 2 .940   96 20 6 0 1 7 12 1 8 1 2 0 2 .208 .224 .302 .526 5      -     0.7   0.7 .000 .023 .023    0.36 20 Chick Autry
                         
21 Johnny Grabowski     NY 2 R 29   22 70 12 5 1 1 .943   59 12 1 0 0 4 2 3 6 0 2 1 0 .203 .242 .220 .462 3      -     0.6   0.6 .000 .027 .027    0.33 21 Johnny Grabowski
22 Benny Bengough     NY 2 R 30   23 47 8 1 1 1 .982   62 12 2 1 0 5 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .194 .194 .258 .452 2      -     0.5   0.5 .000 .022 .022    0.25 22 Benny Bengough
League Average Age 28.7 League Avg WS/Game .047 .043 .090
League Avg per 800 Chances 656.2 125.1 18.7 16.6 10.6 .977 Offense Share of WS 52.5%
League Average per 600 PA 531.2 143.4 24.5 4.8 4.8 68.0 67.0 50.0 32.0 3.2 15.6 4.7 5.3 .270 .337 .362 .699 66.8 Average WS/Team  15.28
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   32.4%   417 1636 274 41 40 23 .979     1462 452 90 18 20 224 219 111   44 6 47   16 15   .309 .360 .436 .796 234       36.0  20.3  56.3 .086 .049 .135 Bats Left
Bats Right 57.5%   810 2616 527 83 66 43 .974   2504 616 91 17 12 270 274 209 175 12 75 20 23 .246 .307 .310 .617 239     16.0  32.2  48.2 .020 .040 .060 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   10.1%     133 443 94 10 13 10 .982     434 120 22 5 8 69 62 94   46 9 7   3 6   .276 .415 .406 .821 80       12.2   5.5  17.7 .092 .041 .133 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 13.0%   172 616 130 19 16 6 .975   591 178 36 7 10 81 85 46 26 2 15 6 5 .301 .354 .437 .791 91     14.1   7.5  21.6 .082 .044 .126 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 57.7%   767 2790 496 88 66 45 .974   2586 704 117 22 16 333 323 205 157 13 85 26 28 .272 .329 .353 .682 308     33.4  33.7  67.1 .044 .044 .087 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 20.1%   287 905 188 21 25 20 .981   858 221 35 4 7 92 102 83 52 5 20 5 7 .258 .327 .332 .659 96      9.0  10.8  19.8 .031 .038 .069 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   9.2%   134 384 81 6 12 5 .987   365 85 15 7 7 57 45 80 30 7 9 2 4 .233 .381 .370 .751 58      7.7   6.0  13.7 .057 .045 .102 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     19.9%     265 935 178 34 21 13 .970     908 250 55 8 13 112 118 67   50 4 24   6 8   .275 .328 .396 .724 119       15.4   9.9  25.3 .058 .037 .095 Rookie  
Starter 59.8%   785 2908 529 79 73 45 .978   2661 751 136 30 26 358 354 254 141 16 89 28 30 .282 .348 .385 .733 368     47.0  36.6  83.6 .060 .047 .106 Starter  
Reserve     40.2%     575 1787 366 55 46 31 .975     1739 437 67 10 14 205 201 160   124 11 40   11 14   .251 .318 .325 .643 185       17.2  21.4  38.6 .030 .037 .067 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   32.4%   417 670.8 112.4 16.8 16.4 9.4 .979     539.5 166.8 33.2 6.6 7.4 82.7 80.8 41.0   16.2 2.2 17.3   5.9 5.5   .309 .360 .436 .796 86.3       13.3   7.5  20.8 .086 .049 .135 Bats Left
Bats Right 57.5%   810 648.7 130.7 20.6 16.4 10.7 .974   536.6 132.0 19.5 3.6 2.6 57.9 58.7 44.8 37.5 2.5 16.1 4.3 4.9 .246 .307 .310 .617 51.2      3.4   6.9  10.3 .020 .040 .060 Bats Right
Bats Both   10.1%     133 647.9 137.5 14.6 19.0 14.6 .982     478.7 132.4 24.3 5.5 8.8 76.1 68.4 103.7   50.7 9.9 7.7   3.3 6.6   .276 .415 .406 .821 88.2       13.5   6.1  19.5 .092 .041 .133 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 13.0%   172 644.2 135.9 19.9 16.7 6.3 .975   542.2 163.3 33.0 6.4 9.2 74.3 78.0 42.2 23.9 1.8 13.8 5.5 4.6 .301 .354 .437 .791 83.5     12.9   6.9  19.8 .082 .044 .126 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 57.7%   767 661.5 117.6 20.9 15.6 10.7 .974   537.1 146.2 24.3 4.6 3.3 69.2 67.1 42.6 32.6 2.7 17.6 5.4 5.8 .272 .329 .353 .682 64.0      6.9   7.0  13.9 .044 .044 .087 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 20.1%   287 649.9 135.0 15.1 18.0 14.4 .981   532.9 137.3 21.7 2.5 4.3 57.1 63.4 51.6 32.3 3.1 12.4 3.1 4.3 .258 .327 .332 .659 59.6      5.6   6.7  12.3 .031 .038 .069 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   9.2%   134 652.2 137.6 10.2 20.4 8.5 .987   475.1 110.6 19.5 9.1 9.1 74.2 58.6 104.1 39.0 9.1 11.7 2.6 5.2 .233 .381 .370 .751 75.5     10.0   7.8  17.8 .057 .045 .102 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     19.9%     265 652.1 124.2 23.7 14.6 9.1 .970     543.2 149.6 32.9 4.8 7.8 67.0 70.6 40.1   29.9 2.4 14.3   3.6 4.8   .275 .328 .396 .724 71.2        9.2   5.9  15.1 .058 .037 .095 Rookie  
Starter 59.8%   785 661.6 120.4 18.0 16.6 10.2 .978   528.7 149.2 27.0 6.0 5.2 71.1 70.3 50.4 28.0 3.2 17.7 5.6 6.0 .282 .348 .385 .733 73.1      9.3   7.3  16.6 .060 .047 .106 Starter  
Reserve     40.2%     575 647.5 132.6 19.9 16.7 11.2 .975     535.1 134.5 20.6 3.1 4.3 63.1 61.8 49.2   38.2 3.4 12.3   3.4 4.3   .251 .318 .325 .643 56.9        5.3   6.6  11.9 .030 .037 .067 Reserve