Catchers Born in Michigan
Catcher DOB BirthCity Debut AVG OBP SLG OPS
AYRAULT, JOE (JOSEPH ALLEN) 10 8 1971 Rochester 9/1/1996 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533
BALDWIN, REGGIE (REGINALD CONRAD) 8 19 1954 River Rouge 5/25/1978 0.241 0.267 0.345 0.611
BILLINGS, DICK (RICHARD ARLIN) 12 4 1942 Detroit 9/11/1968 0.227 0.283 0.304 0.587
BOWERMAN, FRANK (FRANK EUGENE) 12 5 1868 Romeo   0.251 0.287 0.314 0.602
DEVOGT, REX (REX EUGENE) 1 4 1888 Clare 4/17/1913 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
DEVORMER, AL (ALBERT E) 8 19 1891 Grand Rapids 8/4/1918 0.258 0.292 0.333 0.625
ESSIAN, JIM (JAMES SARKIS) 1 2 1951 Detroit 9/15/1973 0.244 0.330 0.347 0.676
FAHEY, BILL (WILLIAM ROGER) 6 14 1950 Detroit 9/26/1971 0.241 0.298 0.296 0.594
FELLER, JACK (JACK LELAND) 12 10 1936 Adrian 9/13/1958 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
FREEHAN, BILL (WILLIAM ASHLEY) 11 29 1941 Detroit 9/26/1961 0.262 0.342 0.412 0.754
GUINEY, BEN (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN) 11 16 1858 Detroit   0.083 0.083 0.083 0.167
KILLEFER, BILL (WILLIAM LAVIER) 10 10 1887 Bloomingdale 9/13/1909 0.238 0.273 0.283 0.555
LAU, CHARLIE (CHARLES RICHARD) 4 12 1933 Romulus 9/12/1956 0.255 0.321 0.365 0.686
LOOK, BRUCE (BRUCE MICHAEL) 6 9 1943 Lansing 4/17/1968 0.246 0.355 0.280 0.635
LOPATA, STAN (STANLEY EDWARD) 9 12 1925 Delray 9/19/1948 0.254 0.354 0.452 0.805
MCDONNELL, JIM (JAMES WILLIAM) 8 15 1922 Gagetown 9/23/1943 0.211 0.272 0.232 0.503
NAHORODNY, BILL (WILLIAM GERARD) 8 31 1953 Hamtramck 9/27/1976 0.241 0.292 0.385 0.678
OKRIE, LEN (LEONARD JOSEPH) 7 16 1923 Detroit 6/16/1948 0.218 0.307 0.256 0.563
PAGLIARONI, JIM (JAMES VINCENT) 12 8 1937 Dearborn 8/13/1955 0.252 0.346 0.407 0.754
PEOPLES, JIMMY (JAMES ELSWORTH) 10 8 1863 Big Beaver   0.211 0.252 0.279 0.531
SACKA, FRANK (FRANK ) 8 30 1924 Romulus 4/29/1951 0.265 0.324 0.265 0.589
SIMMONS, TED (TED LYLE) 8 9 1949 Highland Park 9/21/1968 0.285 0.352 0.437 0.789
SMITH, WIB (WILBUR FLOYD) 8 30 1886 Evart 5/31/1909 0.190 0.190 0.190 0.381
STEPHENSON, JOE (JOSEPH CHESTER) 6 30 1921 Detroit 9/19/1943 0.179 0.225 0.194 0.419
TRAY, JIM (JAMES ) 2 14 1860 Jackson   0.286 0.348 0.286 0.634
WALKER, WALT (WALTER S) 3 12 1860 Berlin   0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500
WHITT, ERNIE (LEO ERNEST) 6 13 1952 Detroit 9/12/1976 0.249 0.327 0.410 0.737
WILBER, DEL (DELBERT QUENTIN) 2 24 1919 Lincoln Park 4/21/1946 0.242 0.242 0.389 0.631
YAIK, HENRY (HENRY ) 3 1 1864 Detroit   0.333 0.429 0.333 0.762
YELLE, ARCHIE (ARCHIE JOSEPH) 6 11 1892 Saginaw 5/12/1917 0.161 0.223 0.181 0.404


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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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