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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-9	GS	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	9 (3)	Apr 24	PHI		PIT	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	15 (5)	May 1	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	16	May 2	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
5	21 (4)	May 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	22	May 8	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
7	25 (2)	May 10 susp	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	26	May 11	PHI	@	LAD	L,10-11	CG	45	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	31 (4)	May 16	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	32	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	33	May 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	35 (1)	May 22	PHI		MLN	L,5-10	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
13	38 (2)	May 24 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,3-8	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	39	May 25	PHI		MLN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
15	40	May 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
16	41	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	43 (1)	May 29	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
18	44	May 30	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	45	May 31 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	47 (1)	Jun 3	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	48	Jun 4	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	GS	23	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
22	49	Jun 6	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	50	Jun 7 (1)	PHI		STL	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
24	52 (1)	Jun 9	PHI		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	56 (3)	Jun 13	PHI		SFG	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	57	Jun 14 (1)	PHI		SFG	W,7-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	58	Jun 14 (2)	PHI		SFG	W,6-3	GS	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	60 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
29	61	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,4-10	GS	33	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	62	Jun 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	63	Jun 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	64	Jun 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	70 (5)	Jun 27	PHI	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	75 (4)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,4-8	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	76	Jul 3	PHI		CIN	L,1-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
36	77	Jul 4	PHI		MLN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	78	Jul 5	PHI		MLN	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
38	79	Jul 9 (1)	PHI		STL	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	80	Jul 9 (2)	PHI		STL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
40	81	Jul 10	PHI		STL	L,7-9	GF	18	3.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	82	Jul 11	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
42	84 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
43	89 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,4-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
44	95 (5)	Jul 26 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	103 (7)	Aug 4	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	104	Aug 5	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	106 (1)	Aug 7	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
48	107	Aug 8 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	109 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	120 (10)	Aug 19 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
51	122 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
52	126 (3)	Aug 22	PHI		SFG	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
53	130 (3)	Aug 27 (2)	PHI		SFG	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	131	Aug 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-9	GF	14	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
55	132	Aug 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	135 (2)	Sep 1	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
57	136	Sep 2	PHI	@	MLN	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	138 (1)	Sep 5	PHI		PIT	L,6-7	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	139	Sep 6	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	GS	26	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	140	Sep 7	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	141	Sep 9	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	144 (2)	Sep 12	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
63	146 (1)	Sep 15	PHI	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	147	Sep 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	149 (1)	Sep 19	PHI		MLN	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	150	Sep 20	PHI		MLN	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	151	Sep 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	153 (1)	Sep 25	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	155 (1)	Sep 27	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	2	10	0	C
							69gm		498.2	306	23	7	336	4