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Roy
Campanella		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 215
 
Born: November 19, 1921 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1951    1952   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 7
1946 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 7
1947 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 8
1948 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8
1949 27 MIN AL $ 4,635,714   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8
1950 28 MIN AL $ 4,635,714   5 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8
1951 29 MIN AL $ 4,635,714   5 5 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 8 8 8
1952 30 MIN AL $ 4,650,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
1953 31 NYA AL $ 4,650,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 7 8 7 7
1954 32 CLE AL $ 4,650,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 8 7 7
1955 33 SEM AL $ 4,250,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 8 7 8
1956 34 SEM AL     3 3 3 2 1 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 1 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,650,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1945 23 MIN AL 22 83 15 15 3 1 3 11 0 0 9 12 .181 .258 .349 .607 7.3 0.1
    AAA   133 479 96 152 21 2 48 114 3 6 87 40 .317 .422 .670 1.092 123.6  
1946 24 MIN AL 127 428 65 104 21 2 28 79 0 0 56 60 .243 .337 .498 .835 71.5 8.4
    AAA   26 87 14 27 5 0 11 23 0 0 13 8 .310 .400 .747 1.147 23.6  
1947 25 MIN AL 144 510 62 134 26 2 24 98 0 1 60 70 .263 .338 .463 .801 76.2 9.0
1948 26 MIN AL 103 344 61 104 13 0 27 65 1 0 55 38 .302 .399 .576 .974 73.5 12.4
1949 27 MIN AL 137 449 62 113 20 1 18 87 0 1 65 43 .252 .339 .421 .760 71.2 7.6
1950 28 MIN AL 137 481 74 121 18 0 29 91 0 0 63 61 .252 .336 .470 .806 78.8 10.2
1951 29 MIN AL 142 480 67 130 24 0 18 76 2 0 65 44 .271 .359 .433 .792 70.3 9.5
1952 30 MIN AL 132 445 47 96 12 1 13 52 0 0 48 53 .216 .293 .335 .628 41.7 0.4
1953 31 NYA AL 145 464 64 117 17 2 22 55 0 0 66 78 .252 .345 .440 .784 70.9 10.6
1954 32 CLE AL 53 177 20 59 10 1 3 26 1 0 26 21 .333 .422 .452 .874 32.3 6.9
    AAA   45 120 28 44 9 1 12 33 0 0 24 9 .367 .472 .758 1.231 36.7  
    AA   55 198 35 65 7 0 13 40 1 0 39 20 .328 .439 .561 .999 46.9  
1955 33 DET AL 61 178 23 43 11 1 3 17 1 0 25 29 .242 .332 .365 .697 21.8 2.6
  SEM AL 59 146 18 41 6 0 3 13 1 0 19 17 .281 .361 .384 .745 19.8 2.9
  TOT   120 324 41 84 17 1 6 30 2 0 44 46 .259 .345 .373 .718 41.6 5.5
1956 34 SEM AL 64 172 13 39 5 0 3 10 0 0 17 33 .227 .296 .308 .604 15.0 1.1
    AAA   31 103 16 31 2 0 4 7 0 0 12 25 .301 .374 .437 .811 16.9  
12 Years Sim 1326 4357 591 1116 186 11 194 680 6 2 574 559 .256 .342 .437 .780 650.3 81.6
4 Years AAA 235 789 154 254 37 3 75 177 3 6 136 82 .322 .422 .662 1.083 200.8  
1 Years AA 55 198 35 65 7 0 13 40 1 0 39 20 .328 .446 .561 1.006 46.9  
5 Years Minors 290 987 189 319 44 3 88 217 4 6 175 102 .323 .427 .641 1.068 247.7  
162 Game Average 532 72 136 22 1 23 83 0 0 70 68 .256 .342 .437 .780 79.5  
Career Highs 145 510 74 134 26 2 29 98 2 1 66 78 .333 .422 .576 .974 78.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2656 344 674 119 7 116 435 4 1 284 333 .254 .325 .435 .760 382.7
vs LH   1701 247 442 67 4 78 245 2 1 290 226 .260 .367 .442 .809 289.0
Home 637 2052 289 523 84 7 98 315 3 1 269 245 .255 .340 .446 .786 320.8
Away 689 2305 302 593 102 4 96 365 3 1 305 314 .257 .344 .430 .774 350.9
RISP   1135 0 270 41 1 48 449 0 0 167 155 .238 .326 .403 .729 163.4
Pinch Hitting   165 15 40 3 0 3 18 0 0 17 20 .242 .321 .315 .636 17.3
Close/Late   579 59 173 31 3 23 96 0 0 67 67 .299 .373 .482 .854 100.4
Mar/Apr 169 554 59 139 31 1 15 72 3 0 71 51 .251 .336 .392 .728 75.8
May 226 749 102 189 31 2 29 102 0 0 102 81 .252 .342 .415 .757 110.6
June 228 729 95 172 30 3 34 113 0 1 94 106 .236 .323 .425 .749 104.3
July 220 706 89 187 31 2 34 117 1 1 96 102 .265 .354 .459 .813 116.0
August 237 800 115 202 31 1 44 143 2 0 106 102 .253 .336 .459 .794 128.7
Sep/Oct 246 819 131 227 32 2 38 133 0 0 105 117 .277 .359 .460 .819 136.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1945 23 MIN AL C 22 21 192.0 70 5 2 1 .974 3.52 6 1 .167 1 0.6
1946 24 MIN AL C 119 108 967.0 376 33 3 1 .993 3.81 36 12 .333 2 4.4
1947 25 MIN AL C 136 128 1150.7 440 52 5 0 .990 3.85 56 25 .446 0 9.0
1948 26 MIN AL C 101 88 808.7 345 28 2 0 .995 4.15 33 9 .273 1 3.8
1949 27 MIN AL C 131 117 1070.7 472 43 6 0 .988 4.33 60 17 .283 0 4.1
1950 28 MIN AL C 133 124 1134.7 533 48 3 0 .995 4.61 39 16 .410 1 8.8
1951 29 MIN AL C 137 126 1154.3 556 55 3 1 .995 4.76 39 18 .462 0 10.5
1952 30 MIN AL C 130 124 1096.7 552 46 3 0 .995 4.91 36 16 .444 0 10.0
1953 31 NYA AL C 132 126 1114.7 602 51 4 0 .994 5.27 54 18 .333 1 7.8
    SS 3 3 24.0 5 5 0 1 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 2 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 32 CLE AL C 50 45 408.3 250 23 1 0 .996 6.02 12 6 .500 1 4.0
1955 33 DET AL C 34 34 319.5 137 12 2 0 .987 4.20 14 7 .500 0 1.4
    1B 6 5 54.1 66 3 1 5 .986 11.48 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 2.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SEM AL C 33 33 257.5 110 10 1 0 .992 4.19 12 5 .417 0 2.0
    1B 5 5 43.6 54 3 0 4 1.000 11.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 67 67 577.0 247 22 3 0 .989 4.20 26 12 .462 0 3.4
      1B 11 10 97.7 120 6 1 9 .992 11.61   0.2
      SS 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1956 34 SEM AL C 44 41 357.7 125 10 0 1 1.000 3.40 7 3 .429 0 1.3
  C 1202 1115 10032.3 4568 416 35 4 .993 4.47 404 153 .379 7 67.8
  1B 11 10 97.7 120 6 1 9 .992 11.61 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 5 3 29.0 7 5 0 1 1.000 3.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 2 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1219 1129 10168.0 4698 429 36 16 .993 4.54 404 153 .379 7 68.1
Career Highs   137 130 1154.3 610 58 6 9 1.000 6.02 60 25 .500 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 26 MIN AL 4 20 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .350 .650
Career Post-Season Batting 4 20 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .350 .650
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1946-9-.487*
 Homeruns
1946-6-28
1947-7-24
1948-5-27
1950-9-29
 RBIs
1947-6-98
 Strikeouts
1953-10-78
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Duke Sims (957)
  2. Andy Seminick (924)
  3. Tim Hosley (918)
  4. Walker Cooper (912)
  5. Bill Sudakis (907)
  6. Johnny Romano (904)
  7. Paul Gillespie (900)
  8. Billy Bryan (899)
  9. Brian Downing (893)
  10. John Bateman (889)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Minnesota in 1945
Had first career hit on 9/4/1945, off Vito Tamulis (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 9/11/1945, off Joe Krakauskas (DET)
Injured on 9/30/1946 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Bronze Rookie in 1946, hitting .243 with 28 HR, 79 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 5/11/1947
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1947, hitting .688 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 4/1/1948 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/12/1948 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,635,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,635,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1950, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against Cleveland on 8/12/1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,635,714 through salary arbitration
7/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $4,650,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1951
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1952
Traded from Minnesota to New York (A) on 3/3/1953 (Going to NYA: C Roy Campanella. Going to MIN: C Gil Hodges)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1953, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from New York (A) to Cleveland on 7/1/1954 (Going to NYA: LF Dick Sipek. Going to CLE: C Roy Campanella)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/5/1955 to a 4-year deal worth $4,250,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Seattle on 7/1/1955 (Going to SEM: C Roy Campanella. Going to DET: CF Stan Musial)
Released by Seattle on 9/22/1956
 
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