Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers

CAREER BATTING STATISTICS

BATTING
YR 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963	TM Cle NY NY StL StL StL Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi	LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL	POS C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C	G 28 11 22 109 126 98 132 113 107 138 136 101 127 140 129 116 84 35	AB 62 32 38 284 396 310 375 334 316 426 450 351 421 505 421 337 220 73	R 7 4 0 28 55 44 35 46 31 67 55 33 53 63 43 38 17 4	H 15 7 8 74 111 78 90 96 77 111 132 90 115 134 106 95 59 17	2B 6 0 0 9 22 21 15 19 13 13 28 11 16 22 23 10 12 4	3B 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0	HR 1 1 0 8 13 8 13 8 7 16 11 11 20 22 7 7 2 0	RBI 9 6 4 49 65 44 50 54 34 61 75 70 84 84 46 41 26 6	TB 24 12 8 109 178 123 144 139 111 174 197 138 191 228 150 128 77 21	BB 5 1 1 32 64 43 54 47 37 68 53 35 57 55 42 37 32 8	IBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 2 3 6 3 10 9 0
Totals				G 1752	AB 5351	R 623	H 1415	2B 244	3B 14	HR 155	RBI 808	TB 2152	BB 671	IBB 49

BATTING								BASERUNNING			PERCENTAGES
YR 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963	TM Cle NY NY StL StL StL Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi	LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL	K 9 5 6 22 25 26 34 29 28 34 34 24 37 49 39 22 23 7	HBP 0 0 0 2 8 4 12 8 7 10 16 13 8 9 8 6 3 1	SH 3 0 0 3 6 2 6 7 3 4 2 0 1 2 5 1 1 1	SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 4 4 5 8 3 0 0	GDP 1 3 4 8 12 20 15 7 5 10 19 7 12 27 22 5 5 2	SB 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 4 2 0 1 0	CS 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0	SB% .000 .000 -.--- .000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .500 1.000 1.000 .667 .571 1.000 -.--- 1.000 -.---	AVG .242 .219 .211 .261 .280 .252 .240 .287 .244 .261 .293 .256 .273 .265 .252 .282 .268 .233	OBP .299 .242 .231 .340 .391 .350 .354 .388 .334 .374 .383 .342 .367 .345 .326 .360 .369 .317	SLG .387 .375 .211 .384 .449 .397 .384 .416 .351 .408 .438 .393 .454 .451 .356 .380 .350 .288	AB/HR 62.0 32.0 --.- 35.5 30.5 38.8 28.8 41.8 45.1 26.6 40.9 31.9 21.1 23.0 60.1 48.1 110.0 --.-	AB/K 6.9 6.4 6.3 12.9 15.8 11.9 11.0 11.5 11.3 12.5 13.2 14.6 11.4 10.3 10.8 15.3 9.6 10.4
Totals			K 453	HBP 115	SH 47	SF 34	GDP 184	SB 20	CS 10	SB% .667	BAVG .264	OBP .357	SLG .402	AB/HR 34.5	AB/K 11.8

CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS

YEAR	TEAM	LG	POS	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT
1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1951 1952 1953 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1963	Cle NYY NYY StL StL StL StL CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS CWS	AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL	C C C C C 3B C C 1B C C C C C C 1B C C C C 1B C	24 9 10 93 109 1 85 120 1 107 93 136 132 96 116 24 122 123 107 66 2 23	99 47 41 322 423 0 411 650 3 524 436 730 724 500 669 195 679 612 513 324 4 105	89 44 36 279 367 0 361 590 3 470 395 664 679 454 597 177 623 555 464 298 4 94	9 3 4 39 48 0 48 53 0 51 38 62 40 45 63 17 51 54 48 23 0 9	1 0 1 4 8 0 2 7 0 3 3 4 5 1 9 1 5 3 1 3 0 2	1 0 1 3 9 0 8 4 0 2 8 12 6 5 8 19 14 12 6 0 0 2	0.990 1.000 0.976 0.988 0.981 -.--- 0.995 0.989 1.000 0.994 0.993 0.995 0.993 0.998 0.987 0.995 0.993 0.995 0.998 0.991 1.000 0.981
Totals				G 1599	Ch 8011	PO 7243	A 705	E 63	DP 120	FPCT 0.992

ALL-STAR STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS

BATTING															PERCENTAGES
YR 1950 1954 1955 1956 1958 1959 1959 1960 1960	TM StL Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi	LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL	G 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1	AB 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2	R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	H 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1	2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	RBI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	TB 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2	BB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0	K 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	SB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	BAVG -.--- -.--- -.--- .500 -.--- .000 -.--- .000 .500	SLG -.--- -.--- -.--- .500 -.--- .000 -.--- .000 1.000	AB/HR --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.-	AB/K --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.-
Totals			G 5	AB 6	R 0	H 2	2B 1	3B 0	HR 0	RBI 0	TB 3	BB 1	K 0	SB 0	AVG .333	SLG .500	AB/HR --.-	AB/K --.-

WORLD SERIES STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS

BATTING															PERCENTAGES
YR 1947 1959	TM NY Chi	LG AL AL	G 2 6	AB 4 22	R 3 3	H 3 5	2B 2 0	3B 0 0	HR 0 1	RBI 1 5	TB 5 8	BB 0 1	K 0 3	SB 0 0	BAVG .750 .227	SLG 1.250 .364	AB/HR --.- 22.0	AB/K --.- 7.3
Totals			G 8	AB 26	R 6	H 8	2B 2	3B 0	HR 1	RBI 6	TB 13	BB 1	K 3	SB 0	AVG .308	SLG .500	AB/HR 26.0	AB/K 8.7

WORLD SERIES FIELDING

YEAR	TEAM	POS	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT
1947 1959	NYY CWS	C C	2 6	3 34	2 29	1 5	0 0	0 0	1.000 1.000
Totals			G 8	Ch 37	PO 31	A 6	E 0	DP 0	FPCT 1.000

TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY
YEARS 1946 1947-1948 1949-1951 1952-1963	TM Cle NY StL Chi	LG AL AL AL AL	TEAM NAME Cleveland Indians New York Yankees St. Louis Browns Chicago White Sox	LEAGUE NAME American League American League American League American League

Lollar, a quiet workhorse who led by example, was the White Sox' catcher through the "Go-Go" years. This was ironic, since he was painfully slow. But he was a dangerous hitter with good power and was outstanding on defense. He led AL backstops four times in fielding and his .992 career average ranks in the top five all-time. In 1962 he equaled the ML record by catching six pop-ups in one game.

Lollar came up with the Indians in 1946 but was traded to the Yankees that December in the deal that sent Gene Bearden to Cleveland. After he put in two years of backup work in New York, the Browns acquired him in one of their many deals with the Yankees. In 1952 an eight-player deal brought him to Chicago, where he appeared in over 100 games for ten straight seasons.

On April 23, 1955 he became the third major leaguer in history to collect two hits in one inning twice in the same game. He slugged a pair of homers and had five RBI as the Sox defeated Kansas City 29-6. His best season was 1959. He hit 22 homers and had 84 RBI while handling Sox pitchers faultlessly as Chicago won its first pennant in 40 years.