Roy Campanella

Full Name: Roy Campanella	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 9.5"/190	First Game: April 20, 1948
Birthdate: November 19, 1921	Final Game: September 29, 1957
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: June 26, 1993
Deathplace: Woodland Hills, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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[edit] Biography

Roy Campanella (Roy Campanella) was born on November 19, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1948 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 9 home runs and 45 RBI. Campanella played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for his entire 10 year career.

Most people believe that Roy Campanella's best season was 1953, when he slugged 41 home runs, hit for a .312 average and knocked in 142 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	BRO	N	83	279	32	72	9	45	.258	.345	.416	11	3	36	45	1	5	3	0	3
1949	BRO	N	130	436	65	125	22	82	.287	.385	.498	22	2	67	36	3	1	3	0	11
1950	BRO	N	126	437	70	123	31	89	.281	.364	.551	19	3	55	51	2	0	1	0	17
1951	BRO	N	143	505	90	164	33	108	.325	.393	.590	33	1	53	51	4	0	1	0	19
1952	BRO	N	128	468	73	126	22	97	.269	.352	.453	18	1	57	59	3	5	8	0	22
1953	BRO	N	144	519	103	162	41	142	.312	.395	.611	26	3	67	58	4	0	4	0	13
1954	BRO	N	111	397	43	82	19	51	.207	.285	.401	14	3	42	49	2	4	1	6	13
1955	BRO	N	123	446	81	142	32	107	.318	.395	.583	20	1	56	41	6	5	2	9	14
1956	BRO	N	124	388	39	85	20	73	.219	.333	.394	6	1	66	61	1	4	1	15	20
1957	BRO	N	103	330	31	80	13	62	.242	.316	.388	9	0	34	50	4	6	1	6	11
Total			1215	4205	627	1161	242	856	.276	.360	.500	178	18	533	501	30	30	25	36	143

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	BRO	N	C	78	0	0	413	45	9	12	4	0	0	0	.981
1949	BRO	N	C	127	0	0	684	55	11	5	7	0	0	0	.985
1950	BRO	N	C	123	0	0	683	54	11	14	6	0	0	0	.985
1951	BRO	N	C	140	0	0	722	72	11	12	4	0	0	0	.986
1952	BRO	N	C	122	0	0	662	55	4	7	9	0	0	0	.994
1953	BRO	N	C	140	0	0	807	57	10	9	3	0	0	0	.989
1954	BRO	N	C	111	106	971.2	600	58	7	7	4	19	22	0	.989
1955	BRO	N	C	121	0	0	672	54	6	8	4	0	0	0	.992
1956	BRO	N	C	121	0	0	659	49	11	3	8	0	0	0	.985
1957	BRO	N	C	100	94	830.2	618	51	5	5	7	21	15	2	.993
Total			C	1183	200	1802.1	6520	550	85	82	56	40	37	2	.988

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1946).

[edit] Trivia

Won the MVP in 1951, 1953, and 1955
All-Star Games: 8 times (1949-1956
Won the World Series in 1955 with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Made the World Series with the Dodgers in 1949, 1952, 1953, and 1956, but lost to the New York Yankees every time.
lead the league in RBI with 142 in 1953