Carl Sawatski

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 210lb (178cm, 95kg)

Born: November 4, 1927 in Shickshinny, PA us

Died: November 24, 1991 in Little Rock, AR

Buried: Pine Crest Memorial Park, Alexander, AR

High School: Pompton Lakes HS (Pompton Lakes, NJ)

Debut: September 29, 1948 (Age 20-330d, 10,567th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1963 (Age 35-329d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Carl Ernest Sawatski

Nicknames: Swats, Swisher or Swish

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1957 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

1449

351

.242

133

RBI

213

OBP

.330

SLG

.401

OPS

.731

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-43 / in Starts: 29-32
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 233 PAs	43
Actual Runners on Base	165 (91-53-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 233 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	144 (75-45-23)

Most Driven In
Self	9
H Anderson	7
G Freese	7
S Anderson	5
J Koppe	4
W Jones	4
W Post	2
D Philley	2

Most Driven In By
Self	9
S Anderson	1
G Freese	1
J Koppe	1
W Post	1
R Ashburn	1
E Bouchee	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	255	5 (4)	Apr 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-9	GS-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.08	0.065	5.71	0.11%	0.66	C
2	256	9 (3)	Apr 24	PHI		PIT	L,5-8	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	8	2.94	0.422	7.61	0.66%	1.15	C
May		Gtm	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
3	257	15 (5)	May 1	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.571	1.016	8	1.11	0.188	2.20	0.22%	1.82	C
4	258	16	May 2	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.364	.671	8	1.76	-0.179	3.66	-0.22%	-0.94	C
5	259	21 (4)	May 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.400	.753	8	1.13	0.057	2.21	0.07%	0.78	C
6	260	22	May 8	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.444	.899	8	.47	0.113	.82	0.12%	1.84	C
7	261	25 (2)	May 10 susp	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-7	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.478	.632	1.110	8	.92	0.052	1.74	0.06%	1.75	C
8	262	26	May 11	PHI	@	LAD	L,10-11	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.542	.970	8	1.72	-0.096	3.40	-0.11%	0.61	C
9	263	31 (4)	May 16	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.296	.406	.481	.888	8	.49	-0.028	.45	-0.02%	-1.01	C
10	264	32	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-9	3	3	1	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.633	1.062	8	1.07	0.300	.87	0.15%	2.88	C
11	265	33	May 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.421	.594	1.015	8	.77	-0.018	.54	-0.01%	-0.20	C
12	266	35 (1)	May 22	PHI		MLN	L,5-10	5-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.415	.571	.986	8	.07	0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.07	PH C
13	267	38 (2)	May 24 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,3-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.289	.386	.526	.913	8	1.31	0.002	1.14	0.00%	-0.43	C
14	268	39	May 25	PHI		MLN	W,7-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.396	.595	.991	8	1.58	-0.017	1.12	-0.01%	1.03	C
15	269	40	May 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.423	.600	1.023	8	1.66	-0.017	1.28	-0.01%	0.41	C
16	270	41	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.393	.551	.944	8	.63	-0.062	.38	-0.02%	-1.36	C
17	271	43 (1)	May 29	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.383	.519	.903	8	1.34	-0.043	.94	-0.02%	-0.38	C
18	272	44	May 30	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.391	.571	.962	8	1.29	0.114	.89	0.05%	0.71	C
19	273	45	May 31 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.382	.550	.932	8	.68	-0.076	.32	-0.02%	-0.10	C
Jun		Gtm	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
20	274	47 (1)	Jun 3	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.361	.516	.877	6	.89	-0.090	.33	-0.02%	-1.07	C
21	275	48	Jun 4	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.500	.860	6	2.27	0.114	.84	0.03%	0.34	C
22	276	49	Jun 6	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.368	.507	.876	6	.99	0.041	.32	0.01%	0.38	C
23	277	50	Jun 7 (1)	PHI		STL	W,11-9	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.296	.370	.507	.877	6	1.02	0.073	.43	0.02%	0.90	C
24	278	52 (1)	Jun 9	PHI		LAD	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.365	.486	.851	6	1.53	-0.102	.68	-0.03%	-0.93	C
25	279	56 (3)	Jun 13	PHI		SFG	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.365	.486	.851	8						C
26	280	57	Jun 14 (1)	PHI		SFG	W,7-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.364	.481	.844	6	.88	-0.020	.18	0.00%	-0.08	C
27	281	58	Jun 14 (2)	PHI		SFG	W,6-3	GS-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.291	.380	.481	.861	6	1.37	0.168	.33	0.02%	1.07	C
28	282	60 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.396	.488	.884	6	1.00	0.079	.24	0.01%	0.80	C
29	283	61	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,4-10	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.394	.482	.876	8	.86	0.017	.15	0.00%	0.17	C
30	284	62	Jun 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.388	.472	.860	8	.63	-0.057	.11	-0.01%	-0.94	C
31	285	63	Jun 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.290	.374	.452	.825	8	.69	-0.051	.13	-0.01%	-0.47	C
32	286	64	Jun 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.373	.448	.821	8	.65	-0.004	.18	0.00%	-0.20	C
33	287	70 (5)	Jun 27	PHI	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.375	.449	.824	8	.61	0.024	.03	0.00%	0.43	C
Jul		Gtm	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
34	288	75 (4)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,4-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.374	.455	.829	8	.85	0.012	.03	0.00%	1.26	C
35	289	76	Jul 3	PHI		CIN	L,1-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.371	.451	.822	9	.62	-0.016	.01	0.00%	-0.10	PH C
36	290	77	Jul 4	PHI		MLN	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.378	.452	.830	8	1.10	0.111	.02	0.00%	1.12	C
37	291	78	Jul 5	PHI		MLN	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.377	.449	.826	8	.65	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.08	C
38	292	79	Jul 9 (1)	PHI		STL	W,11-0	CG	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.394	.464	.857	8	.10	0.020	.00	0.00%	2.16	C
39	293	80	Jul 9 (2)	PHI		STL	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.385	.451	.836	8	.68	-0.055	.01	0.00%	-0.70	C
40	294	81	Jul 10	PHI		STL	L,7-9	6-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.376	.440	.816	8	1.63	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-1.02	C
41	295	82	Jul 11	PHI		STL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.368	.429	.796	8	1.37	-0.102	.01	0.00%	-0.82	C
42	296	84 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.367	.421	.788	8	.39	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
43	297	89 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,4-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.364	.418	.782	8	.36	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
44	298	93 (3)	Jul 24	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.369	.447	.816	9	2.81	0.727	.02	0.00%	1.87	PH
45	299	95 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.361	.437	.798	8	1.38	-0.106	.03	0.00%	-0.73	C
46	300	100 (4)	Jul 31	PHI	@	LAD	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.359	.433	.792	8	2.14	-0.050	.06	0.00%	-0.22	PH
Aug		Gtm	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
47	301	103 (2)	Aug 4	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.365	.434	.799	8	1.42	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.41	C
48	302	104	Aug 5	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.358	.424	.782	8	.70	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.82	C
49	303	105	Aug 6	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.355	.421	.776	1	3.89	-0.083	.01	0.00%	-0.41	PH
50	304	106	Aug 7	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.353	.418	.771	9	4.62	-0.222	.01	0.00%	-0.94	PH C
51	305	107	Aug 8 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.357	.416	.773	8	1.22	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
52	306	109 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	GS-7	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.369	.432	.800	8	1.11	0.151	.00	0.00%	1.53	C
53	307	120 (10)	Aug 19 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.277	.372	.426	.797	8	.74	0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
54	308	121	Aug 19 (2)	PHI		CHC	T,7-7	12-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.372	.426	.797	9						PH
55	309	122	Aug 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.381	.458	.839	8	1.20	0.254	.00	0.00%	3.19	C
56	310	126 (3)	Aug 22	PHI		SFG	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.380	.456	.836	8	1.00	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.52	C
57	311	128 (1)	Aug 25	PHI		LAD	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.378	.453	.831	9	1.22	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
58	312	130 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	PHI		SFG	W,2-1	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.377	.447	.824	8	.84	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
59	313	131	Aug 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-9	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.373	.441	.814	8	.05	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.52	C
60	314	132	Aug 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.365	.429	.794	8	.75	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-1.40	C
Sept		Gtm	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
61	315	135 (2)	Sep 1	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.364	.428	.792	8	1.62	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.30	C
62	316	136	Sep 2	PHI	@	MLN	W,11-5	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.280	.370	.451	.822	8	.75	0.128	.00	0.00%	2.21	C
63	317	138 (1)	Sep 5	PHI		PIT	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.370	.449	.819	8	.98	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
64	318	139	Sep 6	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	GS-8	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.379	.452	.832	8	1.49	0.121	.00	0.00%	0.76	C
65	319	140	Sep 7	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.382	.456	.838	8	1.24	0.171	.00	0.00%	0.82	C
66	320	141	Sep 9	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.381	.451	.832	8	2.36	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.51	C
67	321	144 (2)	Sep 12	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.380	.449	.829	8	.52	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
68	322	146 (1)	Sep 15	PHI	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.383	.447	.830	8	1.09	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.28	C
69	323	147	Sep 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.382	.442	.824	8	.65	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
70	324	149 (1)	Sep 19	PHI		MLN	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.380	.438	.817	8	.86	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-1.20	C
71	325	150	Sep 20	PHI		MLN	L,5-8	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.386	.457	.844	8	1.51	0.491	.00	0.00%	2.29	C
72	326	151	Sep 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.388	.461	.849	8	.83	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
73	327	153 (1)	Sep 25	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.390	.459	.849	8	.34	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.07	C
74	328	155 (1)	Sep 27	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-5	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.392	.480	.872	8	1.02	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.61	C
							30-43		233	198	15	58	10	0	9	43	32	11	36	1	1	1	4	5	0	0	.293	.392	.480	.872		1.09	2.161	.58	1.02%	19.02

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