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Rafael Figarola
Rafael (González) Figarola
 
 
Born: , 1882 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'8" Wt:
Batting Ratings(?)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame as a Player in 1950
- Visit Figarola's Managerial Page

Comparison

Comparison
Catchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Gervasio González
1903 - 1917
C
104.5
  
77.1
27.4
0.0
-
2 Regino García
1903 - 1915
C
75.4
  
62.0
13.4
0.0
-
3 Bruce Petway
1906 - 1924
C
67.7
  
32.6
35.0
0.0
-
4 Louis Santop
1910 - 1924
C
66.4
  
54.7
11.6
0.0
-
5 Russell Powell
1914 - 1921
C
36.8
  
19.9
16.9
0.0
-
6 Julio Rojo
1916 - 1928
C
35.5
  
22.8
11.9
0.8
-
7 Dan Kennard
1913 - 1923
C
35.3
  
27.0
8.3
0.0
-
8 Francisco Morán
1903 - 1912
C
32.0
  
23.4
8.6
0.0
-
9 Pearl Webster
1911 - 1918
C
30.2
  
25.3
4.9
0.0
-
10 Vicente Rodríguez
1913 - 1923
C
29.2
  
14.1
14.7
0.4
-
11 Doc Wiley
1909 - 1923
C
27.0
  
20.1
6.4
0.5
-
12 José María Fernández
1916 - 1933
C
24.2
  
16.0
7.6
0.6
-
13 Rafael Figarola
1904 - 1923
C
22.3
  
10.3
7.7
4.4
-
14 Miguel Angel González
1910 - 1917
C
21.7
  
14.5
7.2
0.0
-
15 Pete Booker
1905 - 1917
C
17.7
  
11.4
6.3
0.0
-
16 Chappie Johnson
1899 - 1919
C
16.5
  
10.2
6.3
0.0
-
17 Clarence Williams
1899 - 1913
C
15.6
  
11.5
4.1
0.0
-
18 Tinti Molina
1904 - 1911
C
12.0
  
6.9
5.1
0.0
-
19 Lorenza Cobb
1913 - 1920
C
11.2
  
8.1
3.1
0.0
-
20 Phil Bradley
1907 - 1914
C
9.9
  
6.1
3.8
0.0
-
21 Big Bill Smith
1900 - 1914
C
9.1
  
6.9
2.1
0.0
-
22 Gonzalo Sánchez
1903 - 1912
C
8.1
  
2.8
5.3
0.0
-
23 Gus James
1907 - 1912
C
7.8
  
6.2
1.6
0.0
-
24 William Tenny
1909 - 1912
C
5.8
  
4.0
1.8
0.0
-
25 Ernest Gatewood
1914 - 1924
C
5.6
  
1.0
4.6
0.0
-
26 Clarence Coleman
1911 - 1918
C
5.2
  
3.8
1.4
0.0
-
27 William Webster
1915 - 1933
C
5.0
  
1.3
3.6
0.0
-
28 Tim Strothers
1907 - 1916
C
4.5
  
2.4
2.1
0.0
-
29 Ricardo Torres
1914 - 1917
C
4.0
  
0.9
3.1
0.0
-
30 Jack Watts
1913 - 1921
C
3.7
  
0.9
2.8
0.0
-
31 Art Wilson
1912 - 1912
C
3.0
  
2.6
0.5
0.0
-
32 Will Jones
1915 - 1920
C
2.6
  
0.7
1.8
0.0
-
33 William Fischer
1911 - 1914
C
2.2
  
2.1
0.1
0.0
-
34 Buddy Hayes
1916 - 1923
C
1.9
  
1.0
0.9
0.0
-
35 Joseph Parks
1910 - 1918
C
1.8
  
1.4
0.4
0.0
-
36 Will McMurray
1908 - 1915
C
1.7
  
0.7
1.0
0.0
-
37 Sibley
1910 - 1913
C
1.6
  
1.4
0.1
0.0
-
38 Burlin White
1915 - 1933
C
1.5
  
0.6
1.0
0.0
-
39 Otto Miller
1914 - 1914
C
1.4
  
1.3
0.0
0.0
-
40 Bill Killefer
1912 - 1912
C
1.1
  
0.6
0.4
0.0
-
41 Handsome Pannell
1914 - 1914
C
1.1
  
1.0
0.1
0.0
-
42 Jack Lapp
1911 - 1913
C
1.1
  
0.6
0.5
0.0
-
43 Sam Gordon
1908 - 1913
C
1.0
  
0.7
0.3
0.0
-
44 José Gutiérrez
1915 - 1916
C
0.9
  
0.8
0.1
0.0
-
45 Luther O'Neal
1910 - 1914
C
0.9
  
0.1
0.8
0.0
-
46 Johnson
1915 - 1916
C
0.9
  
0.0
0.8
0.1
-
47 Nolan
1916 - 1916
C
0.7
  
0.7
0.0
0.0
-
48 L. Jiménez
1911 - 1914
C
0.6
  
0.5
0.1
0.0
-
49 Clarkson Brazelton
1915 - 1916
C
0.6
  
0.0
0.6
0.0
-
50 Ira Thomas
1911 - 1913
C
0.5
  
0.0
0.5
0.0
-
                   
  Rafael Figarola
1904 - 1923
C
22.3
  
10.3
7.7
4.4
-

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