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1887 1889 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 Buck Ewing Vet     NY 1 R 28 3B   78 480 143 35 12 65 .947   308 94 13 11 4 62 43 18 21 2 39 .305 .348 .458 .806 68     16.4   3.8  20.2 .210 .049 .259   30.10 1 1 Buck Ewing
2 2 King Kelly Vet     BOS 4 R 30 RF   76 367 146 54 8 54 .905   304 97 15 8 6 59 49 21 27 3 39 .319 .369 .480 .849 69     13.6   2.8  16.4 .179 .037 .216   22.31 2 2 King Kelly
3 3 Charlie Bennett     DET 5 R 33   73 424 94 18 10 14 .966   255 67 12 4 5 32 29 31 39 2 4 .263 .347 .400 .747 44      7.8   4.4  12.2 .107 .060 .167   14.60 3 3 Charlie Bennett
4 4 Doggie Miller     PIT 6 R 23 LF   68 268 76 35 6 48 .908   264 73 11 3 0 33 24 12 10 5 18 .277 .320 .341 .661 41      8.1   1.8   9.9 .119 .026 .146   11.06 4 4 Doggie Miller
5     Fred Carroll             PIT 6 R 23 LF     54 269 61 38 9 46 .897     202 50 8 3 1 34 26 18   17 6     10     .248 .327 .332 .659 31        6.0   1.3   7.3 .111 .024 .135    7.86 5     Fred Carroll
6 5 Connie Mack Other     WAS 8 R 25   79 361 152 47 8 48 .916   279 52 5 6 3 46 27 16 17 7 29 .186 .248 .280 .528 31      3.6   3.4   7.0 .046 .043 .089    6.10 6 5 Connie Mack
7 6 Jack Clements     PHI 3 L 23   85 494 104 47 6 39 .927   322 79 8 4 1 26 32 10 36 4 3 .245 .277 .304 .581 36      3.5   3.1   6.6 .041 .036 .078    5.38 7 6 Jack Clements
8 7 Dick Buckley   R   IND 7 R 29 3B   51 213 60 31 5 28 .898   177 48 6 2 3 19 15 4 16 0 3 .271 .287 .379 .666 25      4.1   1.1   5.2 .080 .022 .102    4.86 8 7 Dick Buckley
9 George Myers     IND 7 R 27   47 211 63 21 4 27 .929   162 39 6 0 1 24 10 10 9 2 18 .241 .293 .296 .589 22      3.5   1.1   4.6 .074 .023 .098    4.21 9 George Myers
10 8 Tom Daly     CHI 2 B 22   62 400 107 33 10 36 .939   206 39 2 6 0 32 27 9 24 1 9 .189 .227 .257 .484 17      0.3   4.3   4.6 .005 .069 .074    3.67 10 8 Tom Daly
                                 
11 Pop Tate     BOS 4 R 27   41 188 64 43 6 19 .854   144 33 7 1 1 18 6 8 7 2 3 .229 .279 .313 .592 16      1.7   1.6   3.3 .041 .039 .080    2.74 11 Pop Tate
12 Dell Darling     CHI 2 R 26   20 139 26 12 5 21 .932   75 16 3 1 2 12 7 3 12 1 0 .213 .253 .360 .613 9      1.0   1.3   2.3 .050 .065 .115    2.28 12 Dell Darling
13 Charlie Ganzel     DET 5 R 26 2B   28 156 41 9 11 15 .956   114 28 4 1 0 13 14 4 4 0 4 .246 .271 .298 .569 13      1.5   1.0   2.5 .054 .036 .089    2.19 13 Charlie Ganzel
14 Con Daily     IND 7 L 23   42 215 69 34 6 41 .893   146 32 4 1 0 10 10 7 20 0 11 .219 .255 .260 .515 14      1.3   1.1   2.4 .031 .026 .057    1.68 14 Con Daily
15     Duke Farrell       R     CHI 2 B 21       33 171 50 32 3 34 .874     122 28 3 2 2 17 10 2   21 0     4     .230 .242 .336 .578 13        0.9   1.3   2.2 .027 .039 .067    1.66 15     Duke Farrell
16 Willard Brown     NY 1 R 22   20 134 24 19 0 26 .893   59 16 1 0 0 4 6 1 8 0 1 .271 .283 .288 .571 6      0.8   0.9   1.7 .040 .045 .085    1.45 16 Willard Brown
17 Pat Murphy   R   NY 1 R 31   28 186 56 23 3 23 .913   106 18 1 0 0 11 4 6 11 0 3 .170 .214 .179 .393 5      -     1.7   1.7 .000 .061 .061    1.23 17 Pat Murphy
18 Silver Flint     CHI 2 R 32   22 96 42 11 7 14 .926   77 14 3 0 0 6 3 1 21 1 1 .182 .203 .221 .424 4      -     1.3   1.3 .000 .059 .059    0.93 18 Silver Flint
19 Pat Deasley     WAS 8 R 30   31 177 60 20 3 25 .922   116 18 1 0 0 5 4 2 16 0 2 .155 .169 .164 .333 3      -     1.4   1.4 .000 .045 .045    0.87 19 Pat Deasley
20 Pop Schriver   R   PHI 3 R 22   27 148 39 28 1 29 .870   90 18 3 1 1 10 16 5 14 2 1 .200 .258 .289 .547 9      0.5   0.7   1.2 .019 .026 .044    0.74 20 Pop Schriver
                                 
21 Tom O'Rourke   R   BOS 4 U 22   20 89 37 17 1 14 .881   70 12 0 0 0 3 4 1 9 0 2 .171 .183 .171 .354 3      -     0.9   0.9 .000 .045 .045    0.56 21 Tom O'Rourke
League Average Age 26.1 League Avg WS/Game .076 .041 .117
League Avg per 800 Chances 567.8 165.8 66.4 13.6 72.9 .917 Offense Share of WS 64.9%
League Average per 600 PA 564.4 136.6 18.2 8.5 4.7 74.7 57.4 29.6 56.3 6.0 32.0 .242 .287 .329 .616 75.1 Average WS/Team  14.36
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   13.0%   127 709 173 81 12 80 .916     468 111 12 5 1 36 42 17   56 4     14     .237 .270 .291 .561 50        4.8   4.2   9.0 .038 .033 .071 Bats Left
Bats Right 75.1%   743 3817 1147 444 98 502 .918   2732 681 99 41 27 388 283 160 249 33 175 .249 .299 .345 .644 396     68.6  29.6  98.2 .092 .040 .132 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both 9.9%   95 571 157 65 13 70 .918   328 67 5 8 2 49 37 11 45 1 13 .204 .232 .287 .519 30      1.2   5.6   6.8 .013 .059 .072 Bats Both
Bats Unknown   1.9%     20 89 37 17 1 14 .881     70 12 0 0 0 3 4 1   9 0     2     .171 .183 .171 .354 3        -     0.9   0.9 .000 .045 .045 Bats Unknown
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 24 & under 41.4%   411 2188 567 283 42 313 .907   1481 347 40 20 5 169 155 65 159 18 59 .234 .275 .298 .573 170     21.4  15.4  36.8 .052 .037 .090 Age 24 & under
Win Shares Digital Update Age 25-29 34.6%   344 1748 549 198 51 223 .921   1259 310 44 22 14 194 122 63 86 14 96 .246 .290 .349 .639 184     31.8  13.3  45.1 .092 .039 .131 Age 25-29
baseball-reference.com Age 30-34 24.0%   230 1250 398 126 31 130 .929   858 214 32 12 11 113 89 61 114 6 49 .249 .304 .353 .657 125     21.4  11.6  33.0 .093 .050 .143 Age 30-34
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Age 35 & over   0.0%                         Age 35 & over  
Rookie     15.9%     159 807 242 131 13 128 .889     565 124 13 5 6 60 49 18   71 2     13     .219 .246 .292 .538 55        5.5   5.7  11.2 .035 .036 .070 Rookie  
Starter 58.1%   572 3007 882 300 65 332 .928   2115 549 72 44 22 309 246 121 190 24 144 .260 .307 .366 .673 331     57.4  24.7  82.1 .100 .043 .144 Starter  
Reserve     41.9%     413 2179 632 307 59 334 .902     1483 322 44 10 8 167 120 68   169 14     60     .217 .258 .276 .534 148       17.2  15.6  32.8 .042 .038 .079 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   13.0%   127 589.0 143.7 67.3 10.0 66.5 .916     574.2 136.2 14.7 6.1 1.2 44.2 51.5 20.9   68.7 4.9     17.2     .237 .270 .291 .561 61.3        5.9   5.2  11.0 .038 .033 .071 Bats Left
Bats Right 75.1%   743 564.6 169.7 65.7 14.5 74.3 .918   560.4 139.7 20.3 8.4 5.5 79.6 58.1 32.8 51.1 6.8 35.9 .249 .299 .345 .644 81.2     14.1   6.1  20.1 .092 .040 .132 Bats Right
Bats Both 9.9%   95 576.0 158.4 65.6 13.1 70.6 .918   578.8 118.2 8.8 14.1 3.5 86.5 65.3 19.4 79.4 1.8 22.9 .204 .232 .287 .519 52.9      2.1   9.9  12.0 .013 .059 .072 Bats Both
Bats Unknown   1.9%     20 497.9 207.0 95.1 5.6 78.3 .881     591.5 101.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.4 33.8 8.5   76.1 0.0     16.9     .171 .183 .171 .354 25.4        -     7.6   7.6 .000 .045 .045 Bats Unknown
Age 24 & under 41.4%   411 576.2 149.3 74.5 11.1 82.4 .907   568.2 133.1 15.3 7.7 1.9 64.8 59.5 24.9 61.0 6.9 22.6 .234 .275 .298 .573 65.2      8.2   5.9  14.1 .052 .037 .090 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 34.6%   344 560.5 176.0 63.5 16.4 71.5 .921   565.4 139.2 19.8 9.9 6.3 87.1 54.8 28.3 38.6 6.3 43.1 .246 .290 .349 .639 82.6     14.3   6.0  20.3 .092 .039 .131 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 24.0%   230 563.7 179.5 56.8 14.0 58.6 .929   556.5 138.8 20.8 7.8 7.1 73.3 57.7 39.6 73.9 3.9 31.8 .249 .304 .353 .657 81.1     13.9   7.5  21.4 .093 .050 .143 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                         Age 35 & over  
Rookie     15.9%     159 547.1 164.1 88.8 8.8 86.8 .889     579.5 127.2 13.3 5.1 6.2 61.5 50.3 18.5   72.8 2.0     13.3     .219 .246 .292 .538 56.4        5.6   5.8  11.5 .035 .036 .070 Rookie  
Starter 58.1%   572 574.3 168.4 57.3 12.4 63.4 .928   561.5 145.8 19.1 11.7 5.8 82.0 65.3 32.1 50.4 6.4 38.2 .260 .307 .366 .673 87.9     15.2   6.6  21.8 .100 .043 .144 Starter  
Reserve     41.9%     413 559.1 162.1 78.8 15.1 85.7 .902     568.5 123.5 16.9 3.8 3.1 64.0 46.0 26.1   64.8 5.4     23.0     .217 .258 .276 .534 56.7        6.6   6.0  12.6 .042 .038 .079 Reserve