Roy Campanella

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 190lb (175cm, 86kg)

Born: November 19, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: June 26, 1993 in Woodland Hills, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Simon Gratz HS (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: 1937 (8,069th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: April 20, 1948 (Age 26-153d)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 35-314d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1969. (Voted by BBWAA on 270/340 ballots)
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Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1948 season)

Full Name: Roy Campanella

Nicknames: Campy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.8

5030

1422

260

.283

786

RBI

1019

OBP

.363

SLG

.496

OPS

.859

OPS+

125

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-19 / in Starts: 13-19
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1949	WS g1	Oct 5	BRO	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	8	1.27	-0.035	66.25	-0.87%	-0.25	C
2	1949	WS g2	Oct 6	BRO	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	8	.85	-0.029	45.32	-1.00%	-0.24	C
3	1949	WS g3	Oct 7	BRO		NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.625	1.025	8	.84	-0.038	52.90	-1.24%	0.47	C
4	1949	WS g4	Oct 8	BRO		NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.500	.857	7	.99	-0.007	60.27	-0.19%	0.41	C
5	1949	WS g5	Oct 9	BRO		NYY	L,6-10	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.389	.533	.922	8	.39	0.002	13.49	0.04%	0.10	C
1952 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1952	WS g1	Oct 1	BRO		NYY	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	5	1.27	-0.143	66.24	-4.16%	-1.42	C
7	1952	WS g2	Oct 2	BRO		NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	5	.96	0.089	50.61	2.62%	0.37	C
8	1952	WS g3	Oct 3	BRO	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1.10	-0.086	69.26	-3.05%	-0.85	C
9	1952	WS g4	Oct 4	BRO	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	5	1.10	0.003	67.29	0.09%	-0.27	C
10	1952	WS g5	Oct 5	BRO	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	6	1.74	-0.249	143.86	-12.03%	-1.62	C
11	1952	WS g6	Oct 6	BRO		NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.167	.367	6	1.34	-0.116	102.92	-5.66%	-0.52	C
12	1952	WS g7	Oct 7	BRO		NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.241	.214	.456	5	1.69	0.099	281.67	9.53%	0.78	C
1953 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	1953	WS g1	Sep 30	BRO	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	5	.99	0.034	51.95	0.96%	-0.12	C
14	1953	WS g2	Oct 1	BRO	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	5	1.35	-0.135	71.43	-4.16%	-1.03	C
15	1953	WS g3	Oct 2	BRO		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.417	.647	5	1.80	0.122	74.79	2.81%	-0.45	C
16	1953	WS g4	Oct 3	BRO		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.357	.651	5	.40	-0.005	24.55	-0.15%	0.02	C
17	1953	WS g5	Oct 4	BRO		NYY	L,7-11	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.444	.825	5	.77	0.031	63.38	1.62%	0.72	C
18	1953	WS g6	Oct 5	BRO	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.409	.769	4	.95	-0.029	73.10	-1.26%	0.00	C
1955 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	1955	WS g1	Sep 28	BRO	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	1.35	-0.166	70.58	-4.91%	-1.01	C
20	1955	WS g2	Sep 29	BRO	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	4	.99	-0.057	52.27	-1.55%	-0.37	C
21	1955	WS g3	Sep 30	BRO		NYY	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.538	.824	4	.87	0.207	36.08	4.77%	2.67	C
22	1955	WS g4	Oct 1	BRO		NYY	W,8-5	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.778	1.146	4	.60	0.118	36.80	4.51%	1.28	C
23	1955	WS g5	Oct 2	BRO		NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.667	1.014	4	.62	-0.053	51.54	-2.39%	-0.84	C
24	1955	WS g6	Oct 3	BRO	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.583	.917	4	.65	-0.024	58.05	-1.20%	-0.36	C
25	1955	WS g7	Oct 4	BRO	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.333	.593	.926	4	.98	0.019	163.75	2.00%	-0.06	C
1956 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	1956	WS g1	Oct 3	BRO		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	7	.54	0.020	28.11	0.58%	0.16	C
27	1956	WS g2	Oct 5	BRO		NYY	W,13-8	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.143	.222	.286	.508	8	1.01	-0.077	53.61	-2.44%	-0.33	C
28	1956	WS g3	Oct 6	BRO	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.231	.300	.531	7	1.76	-0.121	73.41	-2.54%	-0.82	C
29	1956	WS g4	Oct 7	BRO	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.417	.828	8	1.08	0.182	65.94	6.13%	2.12	C
30	1956	WS g5	Oct 8	BRO	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.350	.333	.683	8	.91	-0.068	75.06	-3.10%	-0.49	C
31	1956	WS g6	Oct 9	BRO		NYY	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.292	.263	.555	8	1.22	-0.133	109.45	-6.60%	-0.75	C
32	1956	WS g7	Oct 10	BRO		NYY	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.259	.227	.487	8	.33	-0.025	54.44	-2.73%	-0.66	C
									163	144	19	37	6	0	5	20	14	3	20	1	2	2		1	0	2	.257	.323	.403	.726

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