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1944 1946 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 Bill Salkeld T24 R   PIT 4 L 28   86 279 40 9 8 3 .973   267 83 16 1 15 45 52 50 16 0 0 2 8 .311 .420 .547 .967 63     13.6   3.8  17.4 .158 .044 .202   24.59 1 Bill Salkeld
2 1 Ernie Lombardi Vet a*   NY 5 R 37   96 425 49 8 8 9 .983   368 113 7 1 19 46 70 43 11 5 1 0 12 .307 .387 .486 .873 64     13.0   5.0  18.0 .135 .052 .188   24.49 2 1 Ernie Lombardi
3 2 Ken O'Dea a*   STL 2 L 32   91 321 50 2 14 4 .995   307 78 18 2 4 36 43 50 31 0 5 0 7 .254 .359 .365 .724 44      7.6   7.0  14.6 .084 .077 .160   18.38 3 2 Ken O'Dea
4 3 Phil Masi T29 a*   BOS 6 R 29   95 335 52 8 7 2 .980   346 94 23 4 7 51 43 39 30 1 6 8 9 .272 .347 .422 .769 52      5.9   4.7  10.6 .062 .049 .112   11.13 4 3 Phil Masi
5     Del Rice       R     STL 2 R 22       77 284 39 2 6 7 .994     253 66 17 3 1 27 28 16   33 3 5   0   8 .261 .313 .364 .677 29        3.7   5.3   9.0 .048 .069 .117    9.67 5     Del Rice
6 Paul Gillespie R   CHI 1 L 24   45 161 20 2 1 1 .989   159 46 6 0 3 12 24 18 9 2 0 2 1 .289 .369 .384 .753 24      4.8   2.4   7.2 .107 .053 .160    9.05 6 Paul Gillespie
7 Clyde Kluttz   BOS/NY 6/5 R 27   76 259 43 6 6 3 .981   303 86 18 1 4 34 31 17 16 2 4 1 8 .284 .326 .389 .715 36      4.6   3.7   8.3 .061 .049 .109    8.62 7 Clyde Kluttz
8 4 Mickey Livingston   CHI 1 R 30   68 263 27 3 2 1 .990   221 56 4 2 2 19 23 19 6 4 6 2 7 .253 .324 .317 .641 23      2.9   3.8   6.7 .043 .056 .099    6.61 8 4 Mickey Livingston
9 5 Al Lakeman R   CIN 7 R 26   74 226 31 10 4 8 .963   258 66 9 4 8 22 31 17 45 1 1 0 7 .256 .304 .415 .719 31      5.1   1.4   6.5 .069 .019 .088    6.05 9 5 Al Lakeman
10 Al Unser   CIN 7 R 32   61 207 30 11 5 3 .956   204 54 10 3 3 23 21 14 24 2 1 0 4 .265 .318 .387 .705 25      4.3   1.4   5.7 .070 .023 .093    5.48 10 Al Unser
                           
11 6 Al Lopez Other T29   PIT 4 R 36   91 326 38 3 7 4 .992   243 53 8 0 0 22 18 35 12 0 2 1 5 .218 .317 .251 .568 22      1.3   4.5   5.8 .014 .049 .064    4.60 11 6 Al Lopez
12 7 Mike Sandlock R   BRO 3 B 29 SS   47 196 20 2 3 4 .991   122 34 9 1 1 13 11 11 12 1 3 1 2 .279 .343 .393 .736 18      3.3   1.0   4.3 .070 .021 .091    4.09 12 7 Mike Sandlock
13 Andy Seminick   PHI 8 R 24   70 198 30 5 3 6 .979   175 42 7 2 6 17 24 17 35 2 1 3 5 .240 .314 .406 .720 22      3.4   1.5   4.9 .049 .021 .070    4.07 13 Andy Seminick
14 Johnny Peacock   PHI/BRO 8/3 L 35   61 197 20 6 7 2 .973   184 43 11 1 0 17 20 30 10 0 0 3 3 .234 .341 .304 .645 22      3.2   1.3   4.5 .052 .021 .074    3.84 14 Johnny Peacock
15     Dewey Williams             CHI 1 R 29       54 114 20 3 1 2 .978     100 28 2 2 2 16 5 13   13 0 2   0   5 .280 .363 .400 .763 14        2.4   1.8   4.2 .044 .033 .078    3.68 15     Dewey Williams
16 Stew Hofferth   BOS 6 R 32   45 168 31 4 7 2 .980   170 40 2 0 3 13 15 14 11 1 0 1 3 .235 .297 .300 .597 15      0.7   2.7   3.4 .016 .060 .076    2.94 16 Stew Hofferth
17 Mickey Owen   BRO 3 R 29   24 92 13 4 2 2 .963   84 24 9 0 0 5 11 10 2 1 3 0 5 .286 .368 .393 .761 13      2.0   0.5   2.5 .083 .021 .104    2.54 17 Mickey Owen
18 Stan Andrews R   BRO/PHI 3/8 R 28   33 93 18 6 2 2 .949   82 19 2 1 1 8 8 6 9 1 0 1 2 .232 .292 .317 .609 8      1.3   0.6   1.9 .039 .018 .058    1.43 18 Stan Andrews
19 Fats Dantonio R   BRO 3 R 26   45 141 16 12 0 1 .929   128 32 6 1 0 12 12 11 6 0 3 3 3 .250 .309 .313 .622 14      1.4   0.5   1.9 .031 .011 .042    1.23 19 Fats Dantonio
20 8 Gus Mancuso   PHI 8 R 39   70 215 34 3 4 3 .988   176 35 5 0 0 11 16 28 10 0 2 2 8 .199 .309 .227 .536 12      -     2.0   2.0 .000 .029 .029    1.06 20 8 Gus Mancuso
                           
21 Len Rice R   CHI 1 R 26   29 115 8 3 1 1 .976   99 23 3 0 0 10 7 5 8 0 3 2 4 .232 .269 .263 .532 6      -     1.3   1.3 .000 .045 .045    0.86 21 Len Rice
22 Hal Spindel R   PHI 8 R 32   31 93 14 4 6 0 .964   87 20 3 0 0 7 8 6 7 0 1 0 1 .230 .280 .264 .544 6      0.3   0.9   1.2 .010 .029 .039    0.74 22 Hal Spindel
23 Johnny Riddle   CIN 7 R 39   23 51 11 0 3 0 1.000   45 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 .178 .245 .178 .423 2      -     0.6   0.6 .000 .026 .026    0.30 23 Johnny Riddle
24 Ray Berres   NY 5 R 37   20 43 2 0 0 0 1.000   30 5 0 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 .167 .219 .167 .386 0      -     0.5   0.5 .000 .025 .025    0.25 24 Ray Berres
League Average Age 30.3 League Avg WS/Game .060 .041 .101
League Avg per 800 Chances 689.2 94.2 16.6 15.4 10.0 .979 Offense Share of WS 59.3%
League Average per 600 PA 533.5 138.8 23.6 3.5 9.6 56.8 63.5 57.5 44.1 3.1 5.9 3.9 14.3 .260 .336 .371 .707 68.3 Average WS/Team  17.88
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   20.5%   283 958 130 19 30 10 .983     917 250 51 4 22 110 139 148   66 2 5   7   19 .273 .375 .409 .784 153       29.2  14.5  43.7 .103 .051 .154 Bats Left
Bats Right 76.2%   1082 3648 506 95 74 56 .978   3372 864 135 24 56 347 375 316 287 23 41 24 97 .256 .324 .360 .684 394     52.3  42.7  95.0 .048 .039 .088 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   3.3%     47 196 20 2 3 4 .991     122 34 9 1 1 13 11 11   12 1 3   1   2 .279 .343 .393 .736 18        3.3   1.0   4.3 .070 .021 .091 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 13.4%   192 643 89 9 10 14 .988   587 154 30 5 10 56 76 51 77 7 6 5 0 14 .262 .329 .382 .711 75     11.9   9.2  21.1 .062 .048 .110 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 39.8%   563 1850 261 63 34 28 .971   1789 489 97 15 38 216 211 179 157 7 25 18 0 53 .273 .342 .408 .750 255     39.6  19.3  58.9 .070 .034 .105 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 21.8%   296 1052 152 24 34 10 .980   989 248 37 7 12 98 110 103 79 7 13 3 0 22 .251 .326 .339 .665 113     15.8  15.8  31.6 .053 .053 .107 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   25.1%   361 1257 154 20 29 18 .986   1046 257 31 2 19 100 128 142 52 5 5 6 0 29 .246 .339 .334 .673 122     17.5  13.9  31.4 .048 .039 .087 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     32.9%     467 1588 206 50 31 27 .973     1455 389 71 11 29 156 181 140   145 8 16   11   36 .267 .335 .391 .726 199       33.5  17.2  50.7 .072 .037 .109 Rookie  
Starter 46.2%   632 2307 301 39 49 35 .985   2041 529 83 14 41 220 255 242 157 12 26 14 0 57 .259 .341 .374 .715 266     39.1  29.4  68.5 .062 .047 .108 Starter  
Reserve     53.8%     780 2495 355 77 58 35 .974     2370 619 112 15 38 250 270 233   208 14 23   18 0 61 .261 .331 .369 .700 299       45.7  28.8  74.5 .059 .037 .096 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   20.5%   283 692.3 94.0 13.7 21.7 7.2 .983     513.3 139.9 28.5 2.2 12.3 61.6 77.8 82.8   36.9 1.1 2.8   3.9 0.0 10.6 .273 .375 .409 .784 85.6       16.3   8.1  24.5 .103 .051 .154 Bats Left
Bats Right 76.2%   1082 686.8 95.3 17.9 13.9 10.5 .978   539.2 138.2 21.6 3.8 9.0 55.5 60.0 50.5 45.9 3.7 6.6 3.8 0.0 15.5 .256 .324 .360 .684 63.0      8.4   6.8  15.2 .048 .039 .088 Bats Right
Bats Both   3.3%     47 719.3 73.4 7.3 11.0 14.7 .991     534.3 148.9 39.4 4.4 4.4 56.9 48.2 48.2   52.6 4.4 13.1   4.4 0.0 8.8 .279 .343 .393 .736 78.8       14.5   4.4  18.8 .070 .021 .091 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 13.4%   192 694.2 96.1 9.7 10.8 15.1 .988   541.0 141.9 27.6 4.6 9.2 51.6 70.0 47.0 71.0 6.5 5.5 4.6 0.0 12.9 .262 .329 .382 .711 69.1     11.0   8.5  19.4 .062 .048 .110 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 39.8%   563 680.8 96.0 23.2 12.5 10.3 .971   536.7 146.7 29.1 4.5 11.4 64.8 63.3 53.7 47.1 2.1 7.5 5.4 0.0 15.9 .273 .342 .408 .750 76.5     11.9   5.8  17.7 .070 .034 .105 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 21.8%   296 685.4 99.0 15.6 22.1 6.5 .980   533.6 133.8 20.0 3.8 6.5 52.9 59.4 55.6 42.6 3.8 7.0 1.6 0.0 11.9 .251 .326 .339 .665 61.0      8.5   8.5  17.1 .053 .053 .107 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   25.1%   361 702.7 86.1 11.2 16.2 10.1 .986   523.9 128.7 15.5 1.0 9.5 50.1 64.1 71.1 26.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 0.0 14.5 .246 .339 .334 .673 61.1      8.8   7.0  15.7 .048 .039 .087 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     32.9%     467 688.9 89.4 21.7 13.4 11.7 .973     539.2 144.2 26.3 4.1 10.7 57.8 67.1 51.9   53.7 3.0 5.9   4.1   13.3 .267 .335 .391 .726 73.7       12.4   6.4  18.8 .072 .037 .109 Rookie  
Starter 46.2%   632 697.2 91.0 11.8 14.8 10.6 .985   527.6 136.8 21.5 3.6 10.6 56.9 65.9 62.6 40.6 3.1 6.7 3.6 0.0 14.7 .259 .341 .374 .715 68.8     10.1   7.6  17.7 .062 .047 .108 Starter  
Reserve     53.8%     780 681.9 97.0 21.1 15.9 9.6 .974     538.6 140.7 25.5 3.4 8.6 56.8 61.4 53.0   47.3 3.2 5.2   4.1 0.0 13.9 .261 .331 .369 .700 68.0       10.4   6.5  16.9 .059 .037 .096 Reserve