1953 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1953 on one page, top ten in each.
Sherm Lollar led qualified catchers with a .994 fielding percentage in 1953. Roy Campanella led in putouts (807). Sammy White led in assists (68). Del Crandall led in double plays (13). Toby Atwell made the most errors, 15.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 78 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Sherm Lollar .994
- 2 Smoky Burgess .993
- 3 Ed FitzGerald .989
- 4 Roy Campanella .989
- 5 Del Rice .988
- 6 Joe Garagiola .988
- 7 Joe Astroth .987
- 8 Stan Lopata .987
- 9 Sammy White .986
- 10 Matt Batts .986
Putouts
C PO- 1 Roy Campanella 807
- 2 Del Rice 627
- 3 Sammy White 588
- 4 Yogi Berra 566
- 4 Del Crandall 566
- 6 Sherm Lollar 470
- 7 Matt Batts 463
- 8 Wes Westrum 441
- 9 Andy Seminick 436
- 9 Clint Courtney 436
Assists
C A- 1 Sammy White 68
- 2 Yogi Berra 64
- 3 Del Crandall 62
- 4 Del Rice 60
- 5 Roy Campanella 57
- 6 Wes Westrum 53
- 7 Sherm Lollar 51
- 8 Mike Sandlock 49
- 9 Clint Courtney 47
- 9 Joe Astroth 47
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Del Crandall 13
- 1 Joe Astroth 13
- 3 Roy Campanella 9
- 3 Yogi Berra 9
- 3 Sammy White 9
- 3 Wes Westrum 9
- 7 Smoky Burgess 8
- 7 Ray Murray 8
- 9 Matt Batts 7
- 9 Clint Courtney 7
Range Factor
C RF- 1 Roy Campanella 6.17
- 2 Del Crandall 5.81
- 3 Del Rice 5.09
- 4 Sammy White 5.01
- 5 Matt Batts 4.92
- 6 Joe Astroth 4.91
- 7 Sherm Lollar 4.87
- 8 Yogi Berra 4.74
- 9 Clint Courtney 4.69
- 10 Joe Garagiola 4.69
Games
C G- 1 Roy Campanella 140
- 2 Del Rice 135
- 3 Yogi Berra 133
- 4 Sammy White 131
- 5 Andy Seminick 112
- 6 Del Crandall 108
- 7 Sherm Lollar 107
- 8 Jim Hegan 106
- 8 Wes Westrum 106
- 10 Matt Batts 103
Errors
C E- 1 Toby Atwell 15
- 2 Jim Hegan 11
- 3 Roy Campanella 10
- 3 Clint Courtney 10
- 5 Yogi Berra 9
- 5 Sammy White 9
- 5 Andy Seminick 9
- 5 Del Crandall 9
- 5 Wes Westrum 9
- 10 Del Rice 8