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1885 1887 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 Fred Carroll     PIT 2 R 21 1B   70 435 87 45 8 95 .921   277 80 16 6 3 52 36 30 2 11 .289 .362 .422 .784 60     10.8   2.4  13.2 .154 .034 .189   17.65 1 1 Fred Carroll
2 2 Chris Fulmer     BAL 8 R 27   68 465 113 31 5 13 .949   227 55 8 3 1 45 25 40 2 24 .242 .361 .317 .678 47      8.8   2.8  11.6 .129 .041 .171   14.75 2 2 Chris Fulmer
3 3 John Kerins     LOU 4 R 27 1B   65 487 157 46 12 83 .933   264 71 10 5 2 61 27 36 2 14 .269 .361 .367 .728 52      6.4   3.3   9.7 .098 .051 .149   11.54 3 3 John Kerins
4 4 Doc Bushong     STL 1 R 29   106 647 134 48 14 70 .942   382 85 8 0 1 55 31 31 0 12 .223 .281 .251 .532 50      3.3   7.4  10.7 .031 .070 .101   10.47 4 4 Doc Bushong
5     Doggie Miller             PIT 2 R 21       61 247 56 27 0 48 .918     227 57 11 1 1 50 26 31     1     25     .251 .344 .322 .666 42        6.5   1.4   7.9 .107 .023 .130    8.75 5     Doggie Miller
6 Amos Cross   R   LOU 4 U 25 1B   51 219 75 29 4 59 .910   195 54 10 4 1 35 29 30 1 9 .277 .376 .385 .761 41      5.2   1.7   6.9 .102 .033 .135    7.81 6 Amos Cross
7 5 Jimmy Peoples     BRO 3 U 22   76 384 145 73 6 58 .879   261 57 5 2 2 33 29 15 0 15 .218 .261 .276 .537 33      2.9   4.0   6.9 .038 .053 .091    6.40 7 5 Jimmy Peoples
8 Jocko Milligan     PHI 6 R 24 1B   40 231 51 25 5 30 .919   158 40 9 2 3 27 24 11 0 9 .253 .302 .392 .694 28      4.1   1.3   5.4 .103 .033 .135    6.11 8 Jocko Milligan
9 6 Kid Baldwin     CIN 5 R 21   71 355 102 56 13 67 .891   249 57 6 6 2 32 25 6 2 9 .229 .253 .325 .578 36      3.4   2.3   5.7 .048 .032 .080    4.97 9 6 Kid Baldwin
10 Jack O'Brien     PHI 6 R 26 1B,3B   36 172 52 20 3 54 .918   142 36 8 2 0 22 19 13 2 8 .254 .325 .338 .663 26      3.8   0.7   4.5 .106 .019 .125    4.90 10 Jack O'Brien
                         
11 Jim Keenan     CIN 5 R 28   30 170 45 20 2 25 .915   93 25 3 2 2 19 15 11 1 0 .269 .352 .409 .761 21      3.1   1.0   4.1 .103 .033 .137    4.67 11 Jim Keenan
12 7 Charlie Reipschlager     NY 7 R 30   57 268 107 49 5 63 .884   200 42 3 5 0 18 22 8 1 2 .210 .244 .275 .519 22      1.0   2.6   3.6 .018 .046 .063    2.79 12 7 Charlie Reipschlager
13 8 Wilbert Robinson Other   R   PHI 6 R 23 1B   61 265 109 45 12 87 .893   237 48 8 2 1 40 21 15 2 23 .203 .256 .266 .522 28      1.9   1.7   3.6 .031 .028 .059    2.69 13 8 Wilbert Robinson
14 Bill Holbert     NY 7 R 31   45 265 100 31 6 39 .922   157 32 4 2 0 7 12 6 0 4 .204 .233 .255 .488 16      0.3   2.8   3.1 .007 .062 .069    2.50 14 Bill Holbert
15     Bill Traffley             BAL 8 R 26       25 163 35 10 4 42 .952     85 18 0 1 0 15 7 10     0     8     .212 .295 .235 .530 12        1.5   1.0   2.5 .060 .040 .100    2.43 15     Bill Traffley
16 Bob Clark   R   BRO 3 R 23   44 219 67 45 7 52 .864   160 34 5 1 0 22 15 10 0 8 .213 .259 .256 .515 19      1.4   1.5   2.9 .032 .034 .066    2.29 16 Bob Clark
17 Pop Snyder     CIN 5 R 31   41 184 73 37 4 35 .874   148 28 5 2 0 22 19 9 2 7 .189 .245 .250 .495 17      0.9   1.4   2.3 .022 .034 .056    1.68 17 Pop Snyder
18 Rudy Kemmler     STL 1 R 26   32 159 63 21 3 35 .914   112 16 2 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 .143 .200 .161 .361 6      -     2.1   2.1 .000 .066 .066    1.66 18 Rudy Kemmler
19 Tom Dolan     BAL 8 R 27   35 190 67 23 1 41 .918   115 18 3 2 0 12 11 7 0 7 .157 .205 .217 .422 10      0.5   1.2   1.7 .014 .034 .049    1.15 19 Tom Dolan
20 Paul Cook   R   LOU 4 R 23 1B   21 110 36 22 1 35 .869   83 17 2 1 0 9 4 3 0 2 .205 .233 .253 .486 8      0.1   0.7   0.8 .005 .033 .038    0.48 20 Paul Cook
League Average Age 25.4 League Avg WS/Game .064 .042 .106
League Avg per 800 Chances 562.7 167.1 70.2 11.5 102.9 .912 Offense Share of WS 60.3%
League Average per 600 PA 549.3 126.7 18.3 7.1 2.8 85.6 58.5 47.9 2.8 28.7 .231 .296 .305 .601 83.6 Average WS/Team  13.65
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   0.0%                                                                               Bats Left
Bats Right 88.1%   908 5032 1454 601 105 914 .915   3316 759 111 43 16 520 344 284 18 173 .229 .293 .303 .596 500     57.8  37.6  95.4 .064 .041 .105 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both 0.0%                                     Bats Both
Bats Unknown   11.9%     127 603 220 102 10 117 .890     456 111 15 6 3 68 58 45     1     24     .243 .313 .322 .635 74        8.1   5.7  13.8 .064 .045 .109 Bats Unknown
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 24 & under 41.9%   444 2246 653 338 52 472 .896   1652 390 62 21 12 265 180 121 7 102 .236 .291 .321 .612 254     31.1  15.3  46.4 .070 .034 .105 Age 24 & under
Win Shares Digital Update Age 25-29 44.5%   448 2672 741 248 48 422 .932   1615 378 52 19 7 276 169 185 9 82 .234 .316 .303 .619 265     32.6  21.2  53.8 .073 .047 .120 Age 25-29
baseball-reference.com Age 30-34 13.6%   143 717 280 117 15 137 .895   505 102 12 9 0 47 53 23 3 13 .202 .241 .261 .502 55      2.2   6.8   9.0 .015 .048 .063 Age 30-34
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Age 35 & over   0.0%                                     Age 35 & over  
Rookie     16.6%     177 813 287 141 24 233 .886     675 153 25 8 2 106 69 58     3     42     .227 .291 .296 .587 96        8.6   5.6  14.2 .049 .032 .080 Rookie  
Starter 56.6%   574 3306 954 393 75 536 .916   2097 495 64 29 12 336 216 181 11 110 .236 .300 .311 .611 328     38.5  26.5  65.0 .067 .046 .113 Starter  
Reserve     43.4%     461 2329 720 310 40 495 .908     1675 375 62 20 7 252 186 148     8     87     .224 .290 .297 .587 246       27.4  16.8  44.2 .059 .036 .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   0.0%                                                                               Bats Left
Bats Right 88.1%   908 568.0 164.1 67.9 11.9 103.2 .915   549.9 125.9 18.4 7.1 2.7 86.2 57.0 47.1 3.0 28.7 .229 .293 .303 .596 82.9      9.6   6.2  15.8 .064 .041 .105 Bats Right
Bats Both 0.0%                                     Bats Both
Bats Unknown   11.9%     127 521.5 190.3 88.2 8.6 101.2 .890     545.0 132.7 17.9 7.2 3.6 81.3 69.3 53.8     1.2     28.7     .243 .313 .322 .635 88.4        9.7   6.8  16.5 .064 .045 .109 Bats Unknown
Age 24 & under 41.9%   444 555.1 161.4 83.5 12.9 116.7 .896   556.8 131.5 20.9 7.1 4.0 89.3 60.7 40.8 2.4 34.4 .236 .291 .321 .612 85.6     10.5   5.2  15.6 .070 .034 .105 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 44.5%   448 583.9 161.9 54.2 10.5 92.2 .932   535.6 125.4 17.2 6.3 2.3 91.5 56.1 61.4 3.0 27.2 .234 .316 .303 .619 87.9     10.8   7.0  17.8 .073 .047 .120 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 13.6%   143 514.9 201.1 84.0 10.8 98.4 .895   570.6 115.3 13.6 10.2 0.0 53.1 59.9 26.0 3.4 14.7 .202 .241 .261 .502 62.1      2.5   7.7  10.2 .015 .048 .063 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                     Age 35 & over  
Rookie     16.6%     177 524.1 185.0 90.9 15.5 150.2 .886     550.3 124.7 20.4 6.5 1.6 86.4 56.3 47.3     2.4     34.2     .227 .291 .296 .587 78.3        7.0   4.6  11.6 .049 .032 .080 Rookie  
Starter 56.6%   574 568.4 164.0 67.6 19.7 140.5 .916   549.7 129.8 16.8 7.6 3.1 88.1 56.6 47.4 2.9 28.8 .236 .300 .311 .611 86.0     10.1   6.9  17.0 .067 .046 .113 Starter  
Reserve     43.4%     461 554.7 171.5 73.8 13.1 162.2 .908     548.9 122.9 20.3 6.6 2.3 82.6 61.0 48.5     2.6     28.5     .224 .290 .297 .587 80.6        9.0   5.5  14.5 .059 .036 .096 Reserve