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
17
1930-1946
✔
60.2
56.6
2.0
-0.2
1.9
2
C
24
1920-1947
✔
28.8
26.0
0.8
-0.6
2.6
3
C
17
1930-1948
19.5
17.7
1.7
-0.4
0.6
4
C
26
1920-1946
16.4
5.9
8.0
0.0
2.6
5
C
13
1926-1941
11.4
7.9
2.6
0.0
1.0
6
C
9
1937-1945
✔
10.8
10.1
0.0
-0.1
0.8
7
C
7
1940-1946
10.0
9.0
-0.2
-0.1
1.3
8
C
26
1921-1947
8.8
4.3
1.9
0.0
2.6
9
C
12
1932-1948
7.7
6.9
0.3
-0.1
0.6
10
C
17
1916-1941
6.6
3.4
2.6
-0.7
1.3
11
C
20
1927-1946
6.0
6.7
-1.9
0.0
1.2
12
C
19
1928-1948
5.4
5.4
-1.3
0.0
1.2
13
C
29
1916-1947
5.1
2.7
0.3
0.1
2.0
14
C
15
1928-1945
4.7
5.5
-2.2
0.0
1.4
15
C
12
1934-1948
3.2
1.7
0.4
0.1
0.9
16
C
8
1941-1948
2.7
1.5
1.0
-0.2
0.4
17
C
9
1938-1947
1.8
1.9
-0.5
0.0
0.4
18
C
5
1939-1948
1.7
1.5
-0.1
0.0
0.3
19
C
8
1937-1946
1.4
1.0
0.1
0.0
0.3
20
C
7
1937-1943
1.3
1.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
21
C
9
1932-1942
1.3
1.9
-0.8
0.0
0.2
22
C
2
1939-1941
1.0
0.7
0.2
0.0
0.1
23
C
11
1932-1943
0.8
-0.9
1.2
0.0
0.5
24
C
16
1929-1947
0.6
2.8
-2.2
0.0
-0.1
25
C
5
1929-1943
0.5
0.4
-0.2
0.4
0.1
26
C
9
1937-1946
0.2
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.3
27
C
8
1940-1948
0.2
-0.2
0.1
0.0
0.3
28
C
2
1937-1946
0.1
0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.0
29
C
5
1932-1945
0.1
-0.3
0.4
0.0
0.1
30
C
6
1940-1945
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
31
C
3
1938-1941
0.0
0.4
-0.4
0.0
0.0
32
C
6
1940-1948
0.0
-0.3
0.2
0.0
0.2
33
C
2
1941-1943
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
34
C
3
1940-1942
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
35
C
2
1940-1941
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
36
C
1
1941
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
37
C
2
1941-1943
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
38
C
4
1940-1946
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
39
C
1
1941
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
40
C
8
1934-1946
-0.1
-0.4
0.3
-0.2
0.1
41
C
2
1936-1947
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
42
C
4
1940-1948
-0.2
-0.4
0.2
0.0
0.0
43
C
5
1937-1948
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
0.0
0.1
44
C
3
1940-1946
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
45
C
5
1937-1942
-0.3
-0.5
0.0
0.0
0.1
46
C
13
1930-1944
-0.6
-0.5
-0.4
0.1
0.3
47
C
12
1932-1948
-1.1
-0.6
-1.0
0.0
0.5
48
C
6
1939-1948
-1.2
-0.9
-0.5
0.0
0.2
49
C
2
1940-1941
-1.2
-1.6
0.0
0.0
0.3
50
C
13
1935-1948
-1.3
-0.5
-1.0
-0.7
0.8

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