Fatty Briody
Charles F. Briody
(Alderman)
 
Born: August 13, 1858 in Lansingburg, NY
Died: June 22, 1903 - 44 years old
Bats: Throws: R Ht: 5'8" Wt: 190
(legend)
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Comparison

Comparison
Catchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Buck Ewing
1880 - 1897
C
47.7
Pl
 
42.3
9.4
-0.1
4.0
2 Charlie Bennett
1878 - 1893
C
39.1
 
27.1
18.0
0.0
5.9
3 Jack Clements
1884 - 1900
C
32.0
 
28.5
9.9
0.0
6.3
4 Deacon McGuire
1884 - 1912
C
31.1
 
32.3
8.6
-0.2
9.6
5 Chief Zimmer
1884 - 1903
C
22.8
 
19.4
10.7
0.0
7.2
6 Fred Carroll
1884 - 1891
C
22.3
 
22.7
0.4
0.0
0.7
7 Jocko Milligan
1884 - 1893
C
20.4
 
16.8
6.9
0.0
3.3
8 John Clapp
1872 - 1883
C
18.9
 
16.8
4.5
0.0
2.4
9 Doggie Miller
1884 - 1896
C
18.7
 
22.5
-0.3
0.0
3.5
10 Jim Keenan
1875 - 1891
C
10.4
 
6.2
6.1
0.5
2.4
11 Jack O'Brien
1882 - 1890
C
9.4
 
10.4
0.5
0.0
1.5
12 Emil Gross
1879 - 1884
C
8.0
 
9.7
-0.2
0.0
1.5
13 Silver Flint
1875 - 1889
C
7.7
 
4.1
8.0
0.0
4.4
14 Pop Snyder
1873 - 1891
C
7.6
 
3.8
9.0
0.0
5.2
15 Barney Gilligan
1875 - 1888
C
7.0
 
4.2
5.8
0.0
3.0
16 Doug Allison
1871 - 1883
C
6.6
CW
 
4.8
3.2
-0.2
1.2
17 Charlie Ganzel
1884 - 1897
C
6.6
 
3.8
6.0
0.0
3.2
18 Chris Fulmer
1884 - 1889
C
6.5
 
4.1
3.2
-0.0
0.8
19 Lew Brown
1876 - 1884
C
5.2
 
5.0
2.2
-0.6
1.4
20 Sam Trott
1880 - 1888
C
4.6
 
4.4
2.0
0.0
1.7
21 Con Daily
1884 - 1896
C
4.6
 
5.5
2.2
0.0
3.1
22 Doc Kennedy
1879 - 1883
C
4.5
 
3.2
2.3
0.0
1.0
23 Pat Deasley
1881 - 1888
C
4.5
 
2.8
3.8
0.0
2.1
24 Fatty Briody
1880 - 1888
C
4.1
 
1.8
4.3
0.0
1.9
25 Doc Bushong
1875 - 1890
C
4.0
 
-0.7
8.5
0.0
3.8
26 Fergy Malone
1871 - 1884
C
3.5
 
3.4
1.0
0.0
0.9
27 Sy Sutcliffe
1884 - 1892
C
3.0
 
5.8
-1.7
0.0
1.1
28 Ed Whiting
1882 - 1886
C
2.7
 
4.3
-0.6
0.0
1.0
29 Dan Sullivan
1882 - 1886
C
1.8
 
2.0
1.0
0.0
1.1
30 Bill Holbert
1876 - 1888
C
1.7
 
-2.7
7.4
0.0
3.0
31 Bill Krieg
1884 - 1887
C
1.6
 
0.8
1.1
0.0
0.2
32 Amos Cross
1885 - 1887
C
1.4
 
1.9
-0.1
0.0
0.5
33 Jackie Hayes
1882 - 1890
C
1.1
 
2.3
-0.6
0.0
0.6
34 Pat Dealy
1884 - 1890
C
1.1
 
1.4
0.4
0.0
0.6
35 Harry Decker
1884 - 1890
C
0.8
 
1.7
-0.3
0.0
0.6
36 Rudy Kemmler
1879 - 1889
C
0.7
 
-0.3
2.4
0.0
1.3
37 George Miller
1877 - 1884
C
0.5
 
0.2
0.4
0.0
0.1
38 Charlie Robinson
1884 - 1885
C
0.5
 
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.2
39 Al Dwight
1884 - 1884
C
0.3
 
0.1
0.3
0.0
0.1
40 John Crowley
1884 - 1884
C
0.2
 
1.1
-0.6
0.0
0.3
41 George Bignell
1884 - 1884
C
0.2
 
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
42 Eddie Fusselback
1882 - 1888
C
0.1
 
0.5
0.6
-0.6
0.4
43 Gene Derby
1885 - 1885
C
0.1
 
-0.2
0.3
0.0
0.0
44 Hezekiah Allen
1884 - 1884
C
0.1
 
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
45 Tony Murphy
1884 - 1884
C
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
46 Dell Darling
1883 - 1891
C
0.0
 
1.5
-0.8
0.0
0.6
47 Walt Walker
1884 - 1884
C
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
48 Thomas Loughran
1884 - 1884
C
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
49 George McVey
1885 - 1885
C
-0.0
 
-0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
50 Al Hubbard
1883 - 1883
C
-0.0
 
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
 
  Fatty Briody
1880 - 1888
C
4.1
 
1.8
4.3
0.0
1.9
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