1956 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1956 on one page, top ten in each.
Del Crandall led qualified catchers with a .996 fielding percentage in 1956. Yogi Berra led in putouts (732) and double plays (15). Bill Sarni led in assists (61). Hobie Landrith made the most errors, 14.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 78 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Del Crandall .996
- 2 Sherm Lollar .993
- 3 Bill Sarni .992
- 4 Hal Smith .991
- 5 Red Wilson .991
- 6 Jack Shepard .990
- 7 Gus Triandos .989
- 8 Yogi Berra .986
- 9 Frank House .986
- 10 Jim Hegan .985
Putouts
C PO- 1 Yogi Berra 732
- 2 Sherm Lollar 679
- 3 Roy Campanella 659
- 4 Jim Hegan 648
- 5 Bill Sarni 586
- 6 Stan Lopata 573
- 7 Sammy White 547
- 8 Ed Bailey 511
- 9 Hal Smith 496
- 10 Hobie Landrith 483
Assists
C A- 1 Bill Sarni 61
- 2 Sammy White 60
- 3 Yogi Berra 55
- 3 Hal Smith 55
- 3 Hobie Landrith 55
- 6 Ed Bailey 52
- 7 Gus Triandos 50
- 8 Roy Campanella 49
- 9 Del Crandall 44
- 10 Sherm Lollar 40
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Yogi Berra 15
- 2 Hal Smith 14
- 3 Sammy White 13
- 4 Gus Triandos 12
- 5 Bill Sarni 10
- 5 Ed Bailey 10
- 5 Stan Lopata 10
- 8 Del Crandall 9
- 8 Hobie Landrith 9
- 10 Frank House 8
Range Factor
C RF- 1 Stan Lopata 5.85
- 2 Roy Campanella 5.85
- 3 Yogi Berra 5.83
- 4 Jim Hegan 5.73
- 5 Frank House 5.49
- 6 Red Wilson 5.47
- 7 Sherm Lollar 5.45
- 8 Bill Sarni 5.44
- 9 Hobie Landrith 5.43
- 10 Sammy White 5.32
Games
C G- 1 Yogi Berra 135
- 2 Sherm Lollar 132
- 3 Roy Campanella 121
- 4 Bill Sarni 119
- 5 Jim Hegan 118
- 6 Sammy White 114
- 7 Del Crandall 109
- 8 Hal Smith 108
- 9 Ed Bailey 106
- 10 Stan Lopata 102
Errors
C E- 1 Hobie Landrith 14
- 2 Yogi Berra 11
- 2 Roy Campanella 11
- 2 Stan Lopata 11
- 5 Jim Hegan 10
- 5 Sammy White 10
- 7 Ed Bailey 9
- 8 Ray Katt 8
- 9 Frank House 7
- 9 Clint Courtney 7