1956 American League Catcher

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Mickey Mantle

ML Cy Young: Don Newcombe

AL Rookie of the Year: Luis Aparicio

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Team Fielding - C

Team Fielding - C Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rctch	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Baltimore Orioles	4	4.58	154	154	122	1360.2	927	828	92	7	24	.992	1	1	1	5	35	59	36	38%
Boston Red Sox	2	4.85	155	155	139	1398.0	861	775	74	12	14	.986	-1	-1	-1	10	30	39	32	45%
Chicago White Sox	3	4.12	154	154	124	1389.0	889	832	50	7	7	.992	0	0	0	9	34	28	24	46%
Cleveland Indians	4	3.75	155	155	110	1384.0	1030	967	50	13	4	.987	-8	-7	-8	10	31	52	25	32%
Detroit Tigers	5	4.51	155	155	136	1379.0	960	880	68	12	17	.988	3	3	3	11	29	33	36	52%
Kansas City Athletics	4	5.40	154	154	138	1370.1	874	768	93	13	14	.985	3	3	3	19	36	49	47	49%
New York Yankees	3	4.10	154	154	141	1381.2	931	849	70	12	20	.987	5	4	5	9	21	33	33	50%
Washington Nationals	3	5.96	155	155	126	1368.2	858	762	82	14	18	.984	1	1	1	11	39	54	45	45%
League Average	3	4.66	154	154	130	1379	916	833	72	11	15	.988	0	0	0	10	32	43	35	44%
	26	4.66	1236	1236	1036	11031.1	7330	6661	579	90	118	.988	4	0	4	84	255	347	278	44%

Team Advanced Fielding - C*

Team Advanced Fielding - C* Table
		Pitching Stats						Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Tm	PA	ERA	RA9	Fld	F2O%	XI	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	SO	Tot	1B	2B	3B	K23	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	263	n23	GB	bFld	bF2O%
Baltimore Orioles	5886	4.22	4.66	110	98%	0	0	823	81	6	30	705	91	18	2	2	15	7	0	1	6	0	22	0	1	6	14	100%
Boston Red Sox	6035	4.19	4.82	78	94%	0	1	765	54	2	19	690	68	13	2	1	9	11	1	4	6	1	13	1	2	5	10	90%
Chicago White Sox	5928	3.71	4.11	116	97%	0	1	832	96	2	18	716	50	12	0	1	6	7	1	4	2	1	7	0	0	0	6	100%
Cleveland Indians	5898	3.34	3.78	136	99%	1	0	968	110	3	21	833	49	14	1	0	7	13	2	7	4	0	4	0	2	2	7	100%
Detroit Tigers	6086	4.05	4.56	115	98%	0	0	892	83	5	28	775	70	19	2	2	9	12	1	5	6	0	17	1	1	4	13	92%
Kansas City Athletics	5973	4.92	5.51	136	98%	1	2	752	104	7	29	612	89	14	0	2	12	13	2	8	3	0	14	0	2	3	10	90%
New York Yankees	5941	3.63	4.11	123	96%	0	0	850	95	7	24	723	69	21	2	0	7	11	2	7	2	1	20	1	4	7	16	94%
Washington Nationals	6274	5.31	6.08	96	95%	0	0	767	73	9	28	657	85	20	1	1	7	14	1	4	9	0	18	1	4	8	11	82%
League Average	6003	4.17	4.70	114	97%	0	0	831	87	5	25	714	71	16	1	1	9	11	1	5	5	0	14	0	2	4	11	93%
	48021	4.17	4.70	910	97%	2	4	6649	696	41	197	5711	571	131	10	9	72	88	10	40	38	3	115	4	16	35	87	93%

Team Advanced Fielding - C Baserunning*

Team Advanced Fielding - C Baserunning* Table
Tm	PB	WP	SBO	SB	CS	CSctch	CS%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	RBA	RK	SBlev	CSlev
Baltimore Orioles	5	35	2242	59	36	35	38%	49	29	8	6	2	1	9	0	128	60	1.26	1.21
Boston Red Sox	10	30	2398	38	31	30	45%	34	27	4	2	0	2	1	0	111	39	1.33	1.14
Chicago White Sox	9	34	2271	29	24	23	45%	23	20	4	1	2	3	4	0	96	32	1.00	1.10
Cleveland Indians	10	31	2269	51	25	22	33%	45	21	5	0	1	4	1	0	117	30	1.24	1.05
Detroit Tigers	11	29	2398	33	36	34	52%	25	33	5	3	3	0	1	1	112	44	1.08	1.22
Kansas City Athletics	19	36	2317	49	46	42	48%	42	40	7	4	0	2	5	0	150	63	1.26	0.93
New York Yankees	9	21	2339	33	33	33	50%	27	32	6	1	0	0	2	0	94	48	1.38	1.15
Washington Nationals	11	39	2572	54	44	43	45%	44	35	6	6	4	3	5	1	155	58	0.95	0.88
League Average	10	32	2351	43	34	33	44%	36	30	6	3	2	2	4	0	120	47	1.19	1.07
	84	255	18806	346	275	262	44%	289	237	45	23	12	15	28	2	963	374	1.19	1.07

Player Fielding - C

Player Fielding - C Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
1	Joe Astroth	33	KCA	8	5	2	42.0	24	19	5	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	5.14	3.00	0	2	2	2	50%
2	Earl Averill	24	CLE	34	25	17	225.0	173	157	15	1	2	.994	-1	-5	-1	6.88	5.06	2	6	16	9	36%
3	Earl Battey	21	CHW	3	1	0	11.1	5	4	0	1	0	.800	0	0	0	3.18	1.33	1	0	0	0
4	Lou Berberet	26	WSH	59	54	37	461.2	295	266	28	1	6	.997	5	13	5	5.73	4.98	4	12	15	20	57%
5	Yogi Berra	31	NYY	135	134	122	1172.1	798	732	55	11	15	.986	4	4	4	6.04	5.83	7	14	26	24	48%
6	Clint Courtney	29	WSH	76	66	58	583.1	332	290	35	7	7	.979	-2	-4	-2	5.01	4.28	3	20	22	17	44%
7	Pete Daley	26	BOS	57	43	41	424.2	244	228	14	2	1	.992	-3	-8	-3	5.13	4.25	4	9	14	5	26%
8	Ed FitzGerald	32	WSH	50	35	31	323.2	231	206	19	6	5	.974	-2	-7	-2	6.26	4.50	4	7	17	8	32%
9	Hank Foiles	27	CLE	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
10	Tom Gastall	24	BAL	20	11	6	113.2	73	67	6	0	1	1.000	-1	-11	-1	5.78	3.65	1	3	3	1	25%
11	Joe Ginsberg	29	TOT	65	57	51	512.1	303	269	31	3	3	.990	2	5	2	5.27	4.62	5	11	19	15	44%
12	Joe Ginsberg	29	KCA	57	50	45	451.1	269	238	28	3	3	.989	3	8	3	5.30	4.67	5	8	16	15	48%
13	Joe Ginsberg	29	BAL	8	7	6	61.0	34	31	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-20	-1	5.02	4.25	0	3	3	0	0%
14	Jim Hegan	35	CLE	118	97	72	863.2	686	648	28	10	2	.985	-5	-7	-5	7.04	5.73	2	17	25	10	29%
15	Frank House	26	DET	88	78	71	700.2	490	450	33	7	8	.986	1	2	1	6.20	5.49	3	16	17	17	50%
16	Elston Howard	27	NYY	26	19	18	184.0	122	108	14	0	5	1.000	2	13	2	5.97	4.69	2	5	7	9	56%
17	Charley Lau	23	DET	3	3	2	23.0	17	17	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	6.65	5.67	0	0	0	0
18	Sherm Lollar	31	CHW	132	123	102	1074.2	724	679	40	5	6	.993	3	3	3	6.02	5.45	4	24	17	20	54%
19	Les Moss	31	CHW	49	30	22	303.0	160	149	10	1	1	.994	-3	-12	-3	4.72	3.24	4	10	11	4	27%
20	Hal Naragon	27	CLE	48	33	21	294.1	171	162	7	2	0	.988	-2	-8	-2	5.17	3.52	6	8	11	6	35%
21	Jay Porter	23	DET	2	1	1	10.0	7	7	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	6.30	3.50	1	0	0	0
22	Charlie Silvera	31	NYY	7	1	1	25.1	11	9	1	1	0	.909	-1	-47	-1	3.55	1.43	0	2	0	0
23	Hal Smith	25	TOT	108	96	82	832.1	556	496	55	5	14	.991	-3	-4	-3	5.96	5.10	6	25	43	23	35%
24	Hal Smith	25	BAL	71	60	48	527.2	348	313	33	2	11	.994	-2	-5	-2	5.90	4.87	1	16	28	14	33%
25	Hal Smith	25	KCA	37	36	34	304.2	208	183	22	3	3	.986	-1	-4	-1	6.06	5.54	5	9	15	9	38%
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
26	Walt Streuli	20	DET	3	3	2	24.0	15	13	1	1	1	.933	0	0	0	5.25	4.67	0	0	1	1	50%
27	Tim Thompson	32	KCA	68	63	57	572.1	373	328	38	7	7	.981	1	2	1	5.76	5.38	9	17	16	21	57%
28	Gus Triandos	25	BAL	89	76	62	658.1	472	417	50	5	12	.989	5	9	5	6.38	5.25	3	13	25	21	46%
29	Sammy White	28	BOS	114	112	98	973.1	617	547	60	10	13	.984	2	2	2	5.61	5.32	6	21	25	27	52%
30	Red Wilson	27	DET	78	70	60	621.1	431	393	34	4	7	.991	2	4	2	6.19	5.47	7	13	15	18	55%

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Player Advanced Fielding - c

Player Advanced Fielding - c Table
					Pitching Stats						Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	ERA	RA9	Fld	F2O%	XI	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	SO	Tot	1B	2B	3B	K23	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	263	n23	GB	bFld	bF2O%
1	Joe Astroth	33	KCA	201	6.64	6.86	7	100%	0	0	19	5	0	1	13	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	100%
2	Earl Averill	24	CLE	960	3.36	3.92	24	100%	0	0	156	22	1	4	129	14	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	100%
3	Earl Battey	21	CHW	49	3.18	3.97	2	100%	0	0	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Lou Berberet	26	WSH	2099	5.34	5.87	26	85%	0	0	265	18	2	10	235	32	4	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	2	4	50%
5	Yogi Berra	31	NYY	5022	3.49	3.94	106	95%	0	0	730	82	6	17	625	54	18	1	0	5	10	2	6	2	1	15	0	3	5	13	92%
6	Clint Courtney	29	WSH	2692	5.25	6.14	42	100%	0	0	292	31	4	13	244	34	11	1	0	2	7	0	1	6	0	7	1	1	2	5	100%
7	Pete Daley	26	BOS	1878	4.49	5.09	24	96%	0	0	229	18	0	9	202	14	4	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	100%
8	Ed FitzGerald	32	WSH	1483	5.39	6.26	28	96%	0	0	210	24	3	5	178	19	5	0	1	2	6	1	2	3	0	5	0	2	4	2	100%
9	Hank Foiles	27	CLE	4	0.00	0.00	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Tom Gastall	24	BAL	504	5.23	5.54	8	100%	0	0	67	6	0	1	60	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	100%
11	Joe Ginsberg	29	BAL	289	5.16	5.61	3	100%	0	0	31	3	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Joe Ginsberg	29	KCA	1991	5.22	5.74	39	100%	0	1	238	32	2	7	197	28	3	0	0	4	3	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	100%
13	Jim Hegan	35	CLE	3683	3.29	3.69	90	98%	1	0	647	67	2	16	561	27	10	1	0	4	10	2	7	1	0	2	0	1	1	6	100%
14	Frank House	26	DET	3122	4.37	4.87	67	99%	0	0	461	45	1	17	397	36	12	2	1	3	7	1	2	4	0	8	1	0	3	8	100%
15	Elston Howard	27	NYY	797	4.40	4.94	16	100%	0	0	111	12	1	7	90	14	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	2	3	100%
16	Charley Lau	23	DET	103	4.30	4.30	0		0	0	17	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Sherm Lollar	31	CHW	4587	3.71	4.06	90	98%	0	1	674	75	1	12	586	40	9	0	1	4	5	1	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	4	100%
18	Les Moss	31	CHW	1292	3.71	4.28	24	96%	0	0	152	20	1	5	126	10	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	100%
19	Hal Naragon	27	CLE	1251	3.46	3.94	22	100%	0	0	165	21	0	1	143	8	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Jay Porter	23	DET	46	3.60	4.50	0		0	0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
21	Charlie Silvera	31	NYY	122	4.62	6.04	1	100%	0	0	9	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Hal Smith	25	BAL	2324	4.43	5.01	48	100%	0	0	316	38	4	18	256	34	4	0	1	7	2	0	0	2	0	11	0	1	4	3	100%
23	Hal Smith	25	KCA	1268	4.52	5.24	38	95%	0	1	169	27	2	8	132	22	5	0	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	5	80%
24	Walt Streuli	20	DET	106	4.13	5.25	2	100%	0	0	14	2	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
25	Tim Thompson	32	KCA	2513	4.74	5.35	52	98%	1	0	326	40	3	13	270	35	5	0	1	5	7	1	5	1	0	7	0	1	2	3	100%
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	ERA	RA9	Fld	F2O%	XI	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	SO	Tot	1B	2B	3B	K23	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	263	n23	GB	bFld	bF2O%
26	Gus Triandos	25	BAL	2769	3.79	4.14	51	96%	0	0	409	34	2	11	361	48	13	1	1	4	5	0	1	4	0	10	0	0	2	10	100%
27	Sammy White	28	BOS	4157	4.06	4.70	54	93%	0	1	536	36	2	10	488	54	9	2	1	6	9	1	2	6	1	12	1	2	5	6	83%
28	Red Wilson	27	DET	2709	3.69	4.20	46	98%	0	0	393	36	4	9	344	33	7	0	1	6	4	0	2	2	0	7	0	1	1	5	80%
	LgAvg			667	4.17	4.70	13	97%	0	0	92	10	1	3	79	8	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	93%

Player Advanced Fielding - C Baserunning

Player Advanced Fielding - C Baserunning Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PB	WP	SBO	SB	CS	CSctch	CS%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	RBA	RK	SBlev	CSlev
1	Joe Astroth	33	KCA	0	2	91	2	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0.04	0.88
2	Earl Averill	24	CLE	2	6	366	16	9	8	36%	14	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	26	9	0.82	1.06
3	Earl Battey	21	CHW	1	0	23	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Lou Berberet	26	WSH	4	12	851	15	20	19	57%	15	17	0	2	0	1	2	0	43	24	0.98	0.99
5	Yogi Berra	31	NYY	7	14	1980	26	24	24	48%	21	23	5	1	0	0	2	0	69	37	1.43	1.31
6	Clint Courtney	29	WSH	3	20	1130	22	16	16	42%	17	12	3	2	2	2	1	0	67	23	0.71	0.67
7	Pete Daley	26	BOS	4	9	748	14	5	5	26%	12	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	34	8	1.01	1.18
8	Ed FitzGerald	32	WSH	4	7	591	17	8	8	32%	12	6	3	2	2	0	2	1	45	11	1.24	1.04
9	Hank Foiles	27	CLE	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Tom Gastall	24	BAL	1	3	205	3	1	1	25%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	1.71	0.76
11	Joe Ginsberg	29	BAL	0	3	139	3	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	1.19
12	Joe Ginsberg	29	KCA	5	8	739	16	15	14	48%	13	15	3	0	0	0	2	0	39	20	0.97	0.68
13	Jim Hegan	35	CLE	2	17	1433	25	10	9	29%	21	9	4	0	0	1	0	0	57	13	1.56	1.05
14	Frank House	26	DET	3	16	1234	17	17	16	50%	12	16	3	1	2	0	1	1	63	20	1.21	1.22
15	Elston Howard	27	NYY	2	5	300	7	9	9	56%	6	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	11	1.19	0.73
16	Charley Lau	23	DET	0	0	39	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Sherm Lollar	31	CHW	4	24	1762	17	20	19	54%	16	17	1	1	0	2	3	0	65	25	1.14	1.18
18	Les Moss	31	CHW	4	10	486	12	4	4	25%	7	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	30	7	0.82	0.71
19	Hal Naragon	27	CLE	6	8	469	10	6	5	38%	10	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	34	8	1.13	1.01
20	Jay Porter	23	DET	1	0	17	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21	Charlie Silvera	31	NYY	0	2	59	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
22	Hal Smith	25	BAL	1	16	906	28	14	13	33%	24	9	4	5	0	0	2	0	61	21	1.04	1.30
23	Hal Smith	25	KCA	5	9	496	15	9	8	38%	12	6	3	2	0	1	2	0	37	14	1.77	0.91
24	Walt Streuli	20	DET	0	0	49	1	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.60	1.05
25	Tim Thompson	32	KCA	9	17	991	16	20	18	56%	15	17	1	2	0	1	1	0	67	25	1.22	1.14
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PB	WP	SBO	SB	CS	CSctch	CS%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	RBA	RK	SBlev	CSlev
26	Gus Triandos	25	BAL	3	13	992	25	21	21	46%	19	19	4	1	2	1	6	0	53	35	1.46	1.17
27	Sammy White	28	BOS	6	21	1650	24	26	25	52%	22	23	2	2	0	1	1	0	77	31	1.52	1.13
28	Red Wilson	27	DET	7	13	1059	15	18	17	55%	12	16	2	2	1	0	0	0	45	23	0.96	1.23
	LgAvg			1	4	261	5	4	4	44%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	5	1.19	1.07