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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	8 (6)	Apr 19	STL	@	LAD	L,2-7	GF	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
3	10 (1)	Apr 23 (1)	STL	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	11	Apr 23 (2)	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
5	13 (1)	Apr 26	STL		MLN	L,1-8	GF	20	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
6	14	Apr 28	STL		PHI	W,10-9	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
7	15	Apr 29	STL		PHI	L,2-3	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
8	16	Apr 30	STL		PHI	L,7-11	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	20 (3)	May 7	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	19	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	21	May 10	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
11	23 (1)	May 13	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
12	24	May 14	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
13	26 (1)	May 17	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
14	27	May 19	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	39 (11)	May 30	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	52 (12)	Jun 11 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-9	GF	10	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
17	68 (15)	Jun 27	STL		MLN	L,0-3	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	72 (3)	Jul 2	STL	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	78 (5)	Jul 8	STL	@	SFG	W,9-7	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
20	79	Jul 9 (1)	STL	@	SFG	W,6-3	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
21	82 (2)	Jul 14	STL		MLN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	83	Jul 15	STL		MLN	W,12-4	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	85 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	STL		CHC	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
24	87 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	STL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	89 (1)	Jul 19	STL		SFG	W,3-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
26	90	Jul 20	STL		SFG	L,6-10	GS	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
27	91	Jul 21	STL		LAD	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	92	Jul 22	STL		LAD	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
29	94 (1)	Jul 25	STL	@	CHC	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
30	95	Jul 26	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	96	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
32	98 (1)	Jul 29	STL	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	99	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	101 (1)	Aug 2	STL		PIT	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	104 (2)	Aug 5	STL		PHI	W,7-0	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
36	105	Aug 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	106	Aug 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
38	107	Aug 7	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	108	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
40	110 (1)	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
41	112 (1)	Aug 13	STL	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	113	Aug 14	STL	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	114	Aug 15	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
44	115	Aug 16	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
45	117 (1)	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
46	121 (3)	Aug 23	STL		LAD	W,8-7	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	122	Aug 24	STL		LAD	W,10-1	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	125 (2)	Aug 27	STL		SFG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	127 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	128	Aug 30	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	129	Aug 31	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	25	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	131 (1)	Sep 2	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
53	132	Sep 3	STL		PIT	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	135 (2)	Sep 6	STL		CIN	W,11-5	GF	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
55	137 (1)	Sep 9	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	138	Sep 10	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	141 (2)	Sep 14 (1)	STL		CHC	W,8-7	GS	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	142	Sep 14 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-5		10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
59	148 (5)	Sep 22	STL		LAD	L,3-6	GS	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	151 (2)	Sep 25	STL	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	152	Sep 26	STL	@	MLN	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							61gm		357.0	218	19	1	238	3