Catchers Born in Illinois
Catcher DOB BirthCity Debut AVG OBP SLG OPS
ADAMS, JIM (JAMES J)     1868 East St. Louis   0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500
ALEXANDER, NIN (WILLIAM HENRY) 11 24 1858 Pana   0.130 0.143 0.130 0.273
ASMUSSEN, TOM (THOMAS WILLIAM) 9 26 1876 Chicago 8/10/1907 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
ASTROTH, JOE (JOSEPH HENRY) 9 1 1922 East Alton 8/13/1945 0.254 0.334 0.324 0.658
BENNETT, GARY (GARY DAVID JR.) 4 17 1972 Waukegan 9/24/1995 0.259 0.324 0.351 0.675
BERTELL, DICK (RICHARD GEORGE) 11 21 1935 Oak Park 9/22/1960 0.250 0.307 0.312 0.619
BISCHOFF, JOHN (JOHN GEORGE) 10 28 1894 Granite City 4/18/1925 0.262 0.320 0.369 0.689
BOWMAN, BILL (WILLIAM GEORGE)     1869 Chicago   0.089 0.196 0.111 0.307
BREMER, HERB (HERBERT FREDERICK) 10 26 1913 Chicago 9/16/1937 0.212 0.255 0.285 0.540
BROCK, JOHN (JOHN ROY) 10 16 1896 Hamilton 8/10/1917 0.254 0.286 0.299 0.584
BRUMMER, GLENN (GLENN EDWARD) 11 23 1954 Olney 5/25/1981 0.251 0.305 0.305 0.610
CADY, HICK (FORREST LEROY) 1 26 1886 Bishop Hill 4/26/1912 0.240 0.297 0.320 0.616
CAITHAMER, GEORGE (GEORGE THEODORE) 7 22 1910 Chicago 9/17/1934 0.316 0.350 0.368 0.718
CASTINO, VINCE (VINCENT CHARLES) 10 11 1917 Willisville 6/24/1943 0.228 0.311 0.288 0.600
CHITI, HARRY (HARRY ) 11 16 1932 Kincaid 9/27/1950 0.238 0.296 0.365 0.661
CLEMENS, CLEM (CLEMENT LAMBERT) 11 21 1886 Chicago 5/15/1914 0.109 0.174 0.125 0.299
CONROY, BILL (WILLIAM GORDON) 2 26 1915 Bloomington 9/21/1935 0.199 0.322 0.274 0.596
CROMPTON, HERB (HERBERT BRYAN) 11 7 1911 Taylor Ridge 4/26/1937 0.196 0.212 0.225 0.437
DALESANDRO, MARK (MARK ANTHONY) 5 14 1968 Chicago 6/6/1994 0.240 0.263 0.364 0.627
DECKER, HARRY (EARLE HARRY) 9 3 1854 Lockport   0.242 0.293 0.318 0.611
DECKER, STEVE (STEVEN MICHAEL) 10 25 1965 Rock Island 9/18/1990 0.221 0.303 0.314 0.617
DIXON, LEO (LEO MOSES) 9 4 1894 Chicago 4/14/1925 0.206 0.291 0.272 0.562
DONAHUE, JIM (JAMES AUGUSTUS) 1 8 1862 Lockport   0.234 0.295 0.275 0.570
DUGDALE, DAN (DANIEL EDWARD) 10 28 1864 Peoria   0.224 0.286 0.270 0.556
EDWARDS, BRUCE (CHARLES BRUCE) 7 15 1923 Quincy 6/23/1946 0.256 0.335 0.390 0.725
ERICKSON, HANK (HENRY NELS) 11 11 1907 Chicago 4/17/1935 0.261 0.323 0.375 0.698
FANNING, JIM (WILLIAM JAMES) 9 14 1927 Chicago 9/11/1954 0.170 0.209 0.184 0.394
FASANO, SAL (SALVATORE FRANK) 8 10 1971 Chicago 4/3/1996 0.215 0.302 0.390 0.692
FELSKE, JOHN (JOHN FREDERICK) 5 30 1942 Chicago 7/26/1968 0.135 0.204 0.212 0.415
FLETCHER, DARRIN (DARRIN GLEN) 10 3 1966 Elmhurst 9/10/1989 0.269 0.321 0.423 0.744
FLORENCE, PAUL (PAUL ROBERT) 4 22 1900 Chicago 5/22/1926 0.229 0.322 0.314 0.636
FOSSE, RAY (RAYMOND EARL) 4 4 1947 Marion 9/8/1967 0.256 0.308 0.367 0.675
GASTFIELD, ED (EDWARD ) 8 1 1865 Chicago   0.068 0.089 0.080 0.168
GIRARDI, JOE (JOSEPH ELLIOTT) 10 14 1964 Peoria 4/4/1989 0.267 0.317 0.352 0.669
GLOCKSON, NORM (NORMAN STANLEY) 6 15 1894 Blue Island 9/16/1914 0.000 0.077 0.000 0.077
GRAHAM, PEACHES (GEORGE FREDERICK) 3 23 1877 Aledo 9/14/1902 0.265 0.347 0.314 0.661
GROSS, EMIL (EMIL MICHAEL) 3 3 1858 Chicago   0.295 0.329 0.427 0.756
HALLER, TOM (THOMAS FRANK) 6 23 1937 Lockport 4/11/1961 0.257 0.342 0.414 0.756
HANSON, HARRY (HARRY FRANCIS) 1 17 1896 Elgin 7/14/1913 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
HARSHANY, SAM (SAMUEL ) 4 24 1910 Madison 9/28/1937 0.238 0.303 0.254 0.557
HECHINGER, MIKE (MICAHEL VINCENT) 2 14 1890 Chicago 9/27/1912 0.125 0.222 0.188 0.410
HOLM, BILLY (WILLIAM FREDERICK) 7 21 1912 Chicago 9/24/1943 0.156 0.272 0.177 0.449
HONAN, MARTY (MARTIN WELDON) 5 29 1869 Chicago   0.133 0.188 0.267 0.454
HOOVER, CHARLIE (CHARLES E) 9 21 1865 Mound City   0.250 0.328 0.306 0.634
INGRAHAM, CHARLIE (CHARLES W) 4 8 1860     0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500
JACOBS, OTTO (OTTO ALBERT) 4 19 1889 Chicago 6/13/1918 0.205 0.256 0.274 0.530
KAFORA, JAKE (FRANK JACOB) 10 16 1888 Chicago 10/5/1913 0.125 0.222 0.125 0.347
KEMMLER, RUDY (RUDOLPH )     1860 Chicago   0.195 0.234 0.230 0.464
KRIEG, BILL (WILLIAM FREDERICK) 1 29 1859 Petersburg   0.237 0.270 0.344 0.614
KRUEGER, ERNIE (ERNEST GEORGE) 12 27 1890 Chicago 8/4/1913 0.263 0.319 0.376 0.695
LAMONT, GENE (GENE WILLIAM) 12 25 1946 Rockford 9/2/1970 0.233 0.278 0.371 0.649
LANDRITH, HOBIE (HOBERT NEAL) 3 16 1930 Decatur 7/30/1950 0.233 0.323 0.327 0.650
LINDEN, WALT (WALTER CHARLES) 3 27 1924 Chicago 4/30/1950 0.400 0.500 0.600 1.100
LINDSTROM, CHUCK (CHARLES WILLIAM) 9 7 1936 Chicago 9/28/1958 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000
LYNN, BYRD (BYRD ) 3 13 1889 Unionville 4/16/1916 0.237 0.303 0.289 0.592
MALONE, EDDIE (EDWARD RUSSELL) 6 16 1920 Chicago 7/17/1949 0.257 0.361 0.324 0.684
MASI, PHIL (PHILLIP SAMUEL) 1 6 1916 Chicago 4/23/1939 0.264 0.344 0.370 0.714
MCDONOUGH, ED (EDWARD SEBASTIAN) 9 11 1886 Elgin 8/3/1909 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.200
MCNEIL, NORM (NORMAN FRANCIS) 10 22 1892 Chicago 6/21/1919 0.333 0.400 0.333 0.733
MEYER, SCOTT (SCOTT WILLIAM) 8 19 1957 Evergreen Park 9/10/1978 0.111 0.111 0.222 0.333
MILLIES, WALLY (WALTER LOUIS) 10 18 1906 Chicago 9/23/1934 0.243 0.280 0.283 0.563
MORAN, BILL (WILLIAM L) 10 10 1869 Joliet   0.147 0.183 0.206 0.389
NEEMAN, CAL (CALVIN AMADUS) 2 18 1929 Valmeyer 4/16/1957 0.224 0.286 0.356 0.642
NOVOTNEY, RUBE (RALPH JOSEPH) 8 5 1924 Streator 4/29/1949 0.269 0.300 0.328 0.628
O'FARRELL, BOB (ROBERT ARTHUR) 10 19 1896 Waukegan 9/5/1915 0.273 0.360 0.388 0.748
OLIVER, GENE (EUGENE GEORGE) 3 22 1935 Moline 6/6/1959 0.246 0.317 0.427 0.744
O'MEARA, TOM (THOMAS EDWARD) 12 12 1872 Chicago   0.147 0.275 0.147 0.422
ORNDORFF, JESS (JESSE WALWORTH) 1 15 1881 Chicago 4/18/1907 0.118 0.118 0.118 0.235
PAPPAS, ERIK (ERIK DANIEL) 4 25 1966 Chicago 4/19/1991 0.242 0.348 0.298 0.646
PAUL, JOSH (JOSHUA WILLIAM) 5 19 1975 Evanston   0.259 0.319 0.364 0.683
PAWELEK, TED (THEODORE JOHN) 8 15 1919 Chicago Heights 9/13/1946 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750
PRATT, LARRY (LESTER JOHN) 10 8 1886 Gibson City 9/19/1914 0.193 0.258 0.298 0.556
PRINCE, TOM (THOMAS ALBERT) 8 13 1964 Kankakee 9/22/1987 0.208 0.288 0.329 0.617
QUINN, JOE (JOSEPH C) 8   1849 Chicago   0.161 0.278 0.161 0.439
REED, JEFF (JEFFREY SCOTT) 11 12 1962 Joliet 4/5/1984 0.250 0.336 0.361 0.698
RETZER, KEN (KENNETH LEO) 4 30 1934 Wood River 9/9/1961 0.264 0.318 0.367 0.685
ROBERTSON, JIM (ALFRED JAMES) 1 29 1928 Chicago 4/15/1954 0.187 0.300 0.239 0.539
ROTH, FRANK (FRANCIS CHARLES) 10 11 1878 Chicago 4/18/1903 0.250 0.289 0.315 0.605
RUDOLPH, KEN (KENNETH VICTOR) 12 29 1946 Rockford 4/20/1969 0.213 0.268 0.273 0.541
SAGE, HARRY (HARRY ) 3 16 1864 Rock Island   0.149 0.235 0.229 0.464
SCHALK, RAY (RAYMOND WILLIAM) 8 12 1892 Harvel 8/11/1912 0.253 0.340 0.316 0.656
SCHLUETER, NORM (NORMAN JOHN) 9 25 1916 Belleville 5/28/1938 0.186 0.230 0.236 0.467
SCHULTZ, JOE (JOSEPH CHARLES Jr.) 8 29 1918 Chicago 9/27/1939 0.259 0.334 0.314 0.648
SEARS, KEN (KENNETH EUGENE) 7 6 1917 Streator 5/2/1943 0.282 0.338 0.347 0.684
SEVCIK, JOHN (JOHN JOSEPH) 7 11 1942 Oak Park 4/24/1965 0.063 0.118 0.125 0.243
SILVESTRI, KEN (KENNETH JOSEPH) 5 3 1916 Chicago 4/18/1939 0.217 0.326 0.355 0.681
SMITH, HAL (HAROLD WAYNE) 12 7 1930 West Frankfort 4/11/1955 0.267 0.320 0.394 0.714
SMITH, NATE (NATHANIEL BEVERLY) 4 26 1935 Chicago 9/19/1962 0.222 0.364 0.333 0.697
STARNAGLE, GEORGE (GEORGE HENRY) 10 6 1873 Belleville 9/14/1902 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
STELMASZEK, RICK (RICHARD FRANCIS) 10 8 1948 Chicago 6/25/1971 0.170 0.305 0.239 0.543
STIMAC, CRAIG (CRAIG STEVEN) 11 18 1954 Oak Park 8/12/1980 0.203 0.217 0.237 0.454
STOKES, AL (ALBERT JOHN) 1 1 1900 Chicago 5/10/1925 0.181 0.247 0.261 0.508
SUCK, TONY (ANTHONY ) 6 11 1858 Chicago   0.151 0.205 0.161 0.366
SULLIVAN, BILLY (WILLIAM JOSEPH Jr.) 10 23 1910 Chicago 6/9/1931 0.289 0.346 0.395 0.742
SULLIVAN, JOHN (JOHN EUGENE) 2 16 1873   4/19/1905 0.152 0.243 0.152 0.395
SUNDBERG, JIM (JAMES HOWARD) 5 18 1951 Galesburg 4/4/1974 0.248 0.328 0.348 0.676
SUTCLIFFE, SY (ELMER ELLSWORTH) 4 15 1862 Wheaton   0.288 0.336 0.371 0.707
SWEENEY, JEFF (EDWARD FRANCIS) 7 19 1888 Chicago 5/16/1908 0.232 0.310 0.277 0.587
SWINDELLS, CHARLIE (CHARLES JAY) 10 26 1878 Rockford 9/7/1904 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250
TAPPE, EL (ELVIN WALTER) 5 21 1927 Quincy 4/24/1954 0.207 0.283 0.240 0.523
TAYLOR, HAWK (ROBERT DALE) 4 3 1939 Metropolis 6/9/1957 0.218 0.259 0.319 0.578
THOMAS, PINCH (CHESTER DAVID) 1 24 1888 Camp Point 4/24/1912 0.237 0.318 0.284 0.602
THOMPSON, ANDREW (ANDREW M)     1845     0.098 0.098 0.146 0.244
TONNEMAN, TONY (CHARLES RICHARD) 9 10 1881 Chicago 9/19/1911 0.200 0.333 0.400 0.733
TWINEHAM, ART (ARTHUR W) 11 26 1866 Galesburg   0.314 0.375 0.377 0.752
TYREE, EARL (EARL CARLTON) 3 4 1890 Huntsville 10/5/1914 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
UNSER, AL (ALBERT BERNARD) 10 12 1912 Morrisonville 9/14/1942 0.251 0.322 0.355 0.677
WELCH, MILT (MILTON EDWARD) 7 26 1924 Farmersville 6/5/1945 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
WIEGHAUS, TOM (THOMAS ROBERT) 2 1 1957 Chicago Heights 10/4/1981 0.000 0.083 0.000 0.083
WILLIAMS, RIP (ALVA MITCHELL) 1 31 1882 Carthage 4/12/1911 0.265 0.265 0.352 0.616
WILSON, ART (ARTHUR EARL) 12 11 1885 Macon 9/29/1908 0.261 0.261 0.364 0.625
WILSON, DAN (DANIEL ALLEN) 3 25 1969 Arlington Heights 9/7/1992 0.266 0.316 0.394 0.710
WILSON, PARKE (PARKE ASEL) 10 26 1867 Keithsburg   0.265 0.265 0.325 0.591
ZELLER, BART (BARTON WALLACE) 7 22 1941 Chicago Heights 5/21/1970 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000


AVG =
OBP =
SLG =
OPS =

Career Batting Average
On-Base Percentage in Career
Slugging Average in Career [Total Bases divided by At-Bats.]
On-Base Plus Slugging in Career [OBP + SLG].


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