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
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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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  6. Johnny Romano (904)
  7. Paul Gillespie (900)
  8. Billy Bryan (899)
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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