Roy Campanella - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Roy Campanella



Roy Campanella
(Campy)

Born: November 19, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: June 26, 1993 in Woodland Hills, CA
          (71 years old)

Bats: R
Throws: R
Ht: 5'9"
Wt: 190
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Notes:


• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969
• High School: Simon Gratz HS (Philadelphia, PA)
• Buried: Cremated
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues


Compared to Contemporary Catchers (Top 50)

Compare With:

Glossary
# Players Pos Yrs Career HoF
WAR
Off
Fld
Pit
Adj
1
C
24
1920-1947
✔
31.4
27.8
1.5
-0.7
2.8
2
C
26
1921-1947
6.7
3.5
0.6
0.0
2.7
3
C
26
1920-1946
15.6
6.3
6.6
0.0
2.7
4
C
29
1916-1947
5.6
2.8
0.6
0.0
2.1
5
C
17
1930-1946
✔
56.5
53.6
1.3
-0.2
1.8
6
C
25
1922-1948
-6.5
-8.8
0.2
0.4
1.7
7
C
15
1928-1945
5.5
5.5
-1.4
0.0
1.4
8
C
17
1916-1941
5.7
3.8
1.2
-0.6
1.3
9
C
20
1927-1946
6.5
6.4
-1.3
0.0
1.3
10
C
19
1928-1948
5.5
6.1
-1.7
0.0
1.2
11
C
13
1926-1941
10.0
7.4
1.5
0.0
1.2
12
C
6
1940-1945
9.7
8.8
-0.2
-0.1
1.1
13
C
11
1935-1946
-4.2
-5.3
0.1
0.0
1.0
14
C
9
1937-1945
✔
10.9
10.3
-0.1
-0.1
0.8
15
C
12
1934-1948
2.9
1.2
0.8
0.1
0.8
16
C
13
1935-1948
-0.6
-0.3
-0.3
-0.8
0.8
17
C
12
1930-1942
-1.9
-0.6
-1.7
-0.3
0.6
18
C
12
1932-1948
6.9
6.1
0.4
-0.1
0.6
19
C
17
1930-1948
19.6
17.8
1.7
-0.5
0.6
20
C
11
1932-1943
0.8
-0.9
1.2
0.0
0.5
21
C
12
1932-1948
-0.7
-1.1
0.0
-0.1
0.5
22
C
10
1926-1945
-3.6
-3.6
-0.7
0.2
0.4
23
C
8
1937-1946
1.6
1.2
0.0
0.0
0.4
24
C
8
1941-1948
2.2
1.0
1.0
-0.2
0.3
25
C
9
1938-1947
2.1
1.6
0.1
0.0
0.3
26
C
13
1930-1944
0.1
-0.4
0.2
0.0
0.3
27
C
6
1940-1948
-2.1
-2.1
-0.3
0.0
0.3
28
C
2
1940-1941
-1.2
-1.6
0.0
0.0
0.3
29
C
8
1940-1948
0.0
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.3
30
C
4
1940-1943
-1.4
-1.6
0.0
0.0
0.3
31
C
9
1937-1946
0.3
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.3
32
C
16
1922-1941
-1.8
-0.9
-1.1
0.0
0.3
33
C
5
1939-1948
1.7
1.4
0.1
0.0
0.3
34
C
9
1932-1944
-2.0
-1.8
-0.4
0.0
0.3
35
C
6
1940-1945
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
36
C
6
1939-1948
-1.5
-0.9
-0.8
0.0
0.2
37
C
9
1932-1942
0.8
1.5
-0.8
0.0
0.2
38
C
6
1940-1948
-0.2
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
39
C
3
1940-1942
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
40
C
5
1937-1942
-0.6
-0.5
-0.2
0.0
0.1
41
C
5
1937-1948
-0.4
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
0.1
42
C
8
1934-1946
-0.5
-0.3
0.0
-0.3
0.1
43
C
2
1939-1941
0.4
0.7
-0.4
0.0
0.1
44
C
7
1937-1943
1.9
1.6
0.1
0.1
0.1
45
C
4
1940-1945
-0.3
-0.4
0.1
0.0
0.1
46
C
5
1929-1943
0.6
0.4
-0.1
0.4
0.1
47
C
2
1937-1946
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
48
C
2
1941-1943
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
49
C
3
1940-1943
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
50
C
4
1940-1948
-0.2
-0.4
0.2
0.0
0.0

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