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Pos Pct. of Catcher Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Catcher   Win Shares
Year Rank WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC   B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
1901    1 Ossee Schreckengost BOS 26    13.06 43.5%   470 562.8 197.9 39.3 14.8 24.1 .951   550.7 137.0 18.2 7.6 3.0 67.5 68.2 25.8 6.9 16.6 13.9 .249 .291 .326 .617 62.5      5.0   7.8    12.8 .032 .050 .083
1902    1 Ossee Schreckengost PHI 27    15.08 49.1%   531 582.5 184.7 32.8 11.1 26.8 .959   551.2 144.8 21.9 8.3 3.0 68.7 61.3 29.0 6.8 13.0 10.4 .263 .308 .349 .657 67.8      7.1   8.0    15.1 .045 .051 .096
1903    1 Ossee Schreckengost PHI 28    12.67 55.8%   618 627.4 148.7 23.9 11.1 20.4 .970   556.1 124.5 22.3 7.6 2.1 49.1 57.0 23.9 7.1 12.9 8.7 .224 .265 .303 .568 47.3      4.4   6.8    11.2 .027 .042 .069
1904    1 Lew Drill WAS/DET 27    15.41 36.6%   468 635.3 137.6 27.1 10.5 15.4 .966   544.5 114.5 21.3 5.3 1.1 46.2 46.6 34.5 3.9 17.1 9.6 .210 .262 .275 .537 44.5      7.6   5.9    13.6 .046 .036 .081
1905    3 Lew Drill DET 28    16.09 21.2%   271 621.8 153.3 24.9 12.7 14.3 .969   541.4 114.0 14.6 3.2 1.3 39.5 45.9 40.1 4.5 14.0 13.4 .211 .271 .256 .527 42.0      7.7   6.2    13.9 .045 .036 .081
1906    7 Fred Payne DET 25     7.57 26.4%   344 577.8 190.6 31.6 10.3 16.2 .960   537.9 114.0 12.8 6.7 0.5 46.7 45.7 42.6 4.1 15.4 8.7 .212 .275 .264 .539 43.2      3.8   8.5    12.3 .022 .048 .070
1907    4 Red Kleinow NY 27    10.38 28.2%   367 585.4 181.0 33.6 14.1 23.4 .958   548.8 121.9 10.7 7.4 0.5 49.8 45.1 28.4 7.9 14.9 12.1 .222 .270 .271 .541 47.4      6.3   6.7    13.0 .037 .039 .076
1908    1 Boss Schmidt DET 27    19.58 35.5%   457 593.2 179.4 27.4 12.2 9.7 .966   538.7 123.6 13.9 6.6 1.5 48.1 43.0 41.2 5.1 15.0 7.7 .230 .291 .288 .579 50.7      8.7   6.3    15.0 .052 .038 .090
1909    1 Bill Carrigan BOS 25    14.75 63.7%   808 603.3 174.8 21.9 13.2 12.0 .973   537.3 125.5 17.6 5.7 1.1 43.7 51.6 34.5 7.5 20.7 8.4 .234 .289 .294 .583 49.2      7.5   8.0    15.5 .042 .045 .087
                       
1910    1 Ted Easterly CLE 25    15.64 63.7%   827 592.2 183.6 24.2 13.8 12.7 .970   542.5 126.1 13.3 6.9 1.7 44.7 54.3 32.5 4.6 20.4 7.3 .232 .282 .292 .574 48.5      6.6   7.2    13.8 .038 .042 .080
1911    1 Jack Lapp PHI 26    17.99 62.2%   838 590.1 178.2 31.7 16.8 16.3 .960   540 136.0 18.7 6.1 1.4 50.2 55.9 37.8 5.9 16.3 7.7 .252 .308 .317 .625 57.9      6.0   6.8    12.8 .035 .040 .075
1912    1 Jack Lapp PHI 27    13.10 53.2%   731 585.9 183.6 30.5 16.4 17.5 .962   538.5 134.9 18.9 6.9 0.7 50.2 55.0 44.0 3.6 13.9 7.7 .250 .311 .315 .626 57.9      7.1   6.8    13.9 .040 .039 .079
1913    5 Bill Carrigan BOS 29     9.80 27.2%   357 577.5 199.2 23.3 13.6 13.6 .971   527.6 120.8 17.8 9.2 2.0 44.9 50.0 53.0 68.3 6.6 12.8 10.7 .229 .307 .309 .616 54.5      7.4   7.5    14.9 .041 .041 .082
1914    4 Les Nunamaker BOS/NY 25    13.06 32.3%   450 584.1 192.3 23.6 12.3 15.6 .971   524.4 120.1 14.6 4.4 1.2 44.5 39.2 57.0 71.6 4.9 13.7 17.4 10.9 .229 .310 .281 .591 53.0      8.8   8.0    16.8 .048 .044 .092
1915    2 Hick Cady BOS 29    13.92 36.2%   511 596.3 173.6 30.1 14.6 13.5 .962   526.4 120.2 13.5 6.0 0.4 48.8 41.0 50.7 56.7 6.8 16.1 10.1 4.9 .228 .304 .279 .583 52.6      7.5   8.2    15.7 .039 .043 .082
1916    1 Les Nunamaker NY 27    21.34 43.8%   609 588.4 189.7 21.9 18.7 13.2 .973   515.2 131.8 21.3 5.9 1.2 45.2 50.8 63.8 54.7 7.1 13.9 9.5 .256 .346 .327 .673 63.2     13.0   6.3    19.3 .072 .035 .107
1917    2 Wally Schang PHI 27    16.03 65.7%   902 606.0 171.0 23.0 16.5 16.7 .971   529.9 120.7 19.1 4.7 0.6 44.7 52.7 46.9 52.0 5.1 18.1 8.8 .228 .297 .285 .582 47.5      6.8   7.1    13.9 .039 .040 .079
1918    1 Steve O'Neill CLE 26    16.21 66.1%   722 587.9 188.4 23.7 18.4 15.4 .970   517.4 117.0 14.4 5.6 0.7 47.2 39.3 63.1 47.2 5.8 13.7 10.2 .226 .317 .280 .597 49.1      7.8   7.0    14.8 .047 .042 .088
1919    1 Wally Schang BOS 29    25.09 60.4%   722 610.4 169.4 20.2 15.9 11.2 .975   518.5 139.5 24.0 6.9 1.3 54.4 55.3 59.8 43.0 5.6 16.1 9.9 .269 .351 .350 .701 67.4     12.6   6.9    19.5 .078 .043 .120
                       
1920    1 Steve O'Neill CLE 28    33.41 57.5%   723 620.8 160.0 19.2 18.5 9.5 .976   519.9 139.0 25.2 5.2 2.2 61.6 57.2 56.3 36.5 5.7 18.1 6.7 4.8 .267 .345 .349 .694 67.2      8.8   8.0    16.8 .056 .051 .107
1921    2 Patsy Gharrity WAS 29    21.94 68.1%   878 620.0 160.3 19.7 17.1 12.1 .975   522.7 151.0 28.3 5.2 3.8 57.3 69.8 57.1 38.0 3.6 16.6 4.0 4.5 .289 .363 .385 .748 74.1      9.7   7.5    17.1 .061 .047 .108
1922    1 Ray Schalk CHI 29    26.01 58.8%   788 631.7 151.6 16.7 16.7 10.7 .979   519.1 141.5 21.5 3.9 4.3 57.8 61.1 60.4 43.5 2.3 18.2 4.7 3.7 .273 .351 .354 .705 67.7      9.1   7.7    16.7 .056 .047 .103
1923    1 Muddy Ruel WAS 27    30.26 57.0%   780 625.9 152.1 22.0 14.1 13.8 .973   513.6 142.4 26.7 5.1 3.0 59.1 66.1 65.8 41.5 3.0 17.6 2.8 4.0 .277 .363 .367 .730 73.4     11.3   6.8    18.1 .071 .043 .115
1924    1 Johnny Bassler DET 29    27.31 55.2%   737 628.5 150.1 21.4 17.7 10.4 .973   517.9 151.3 23.9 4.8 2.6 59.5 74.5 60.0 25.5 4.8 17.3 5.7 4.6 .292 .371 .372 .743 74.9     10.7   6.8    17.4 .066 .042 .108
1925    1 Muddy Ruel WAS 29    22.51 41.9%   582 640.8 142.2 17.0 17.7 9.9 .979   525.4 150.7 27.2 4.6 6.7 66.5 72.3 57.0 28.3 3.4 14.2 3.5 3.2 .287 .360 .394 .754 77.5      9.9   7.4    17.3 .059 .044 .103
1926    2 Pat Collins NY 29    22.49 35.6%   506 642.9 137.6 19.5 10.0 10.0 .976   514 129.8 18.8 5.5 3.1 52.9 56.0 62.8 59.8 2.4 20.8 5.1 2.7 .252 .337 .328 .665 60.8      7.3   7.0    14.3 .042 .041 .083
1927    6 Luke Sewell CLE 26    10.66 31.1%   444 619.0 156.4 24.6 17.8 9.1 .969   536.4 147.3 27.0 7.7 1.5 61.7 61.7 44.7 38.6 3.5 15.4 4.2 7.3 .275 .334 .362 .696 64.0      7.4   7.4    14.8 .043 .043 .087
1928    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI 25    29.43 50.0%   673 662.4 116.7 20.9 14.6 11.3 .974   530.6 140.3 25.1 7.8 4.3 65.6 59.1 48.3 41.5 3.3 17.8 4.3 5.8 .264 .329 .365 .694 64.3      7.5   7.4    14.9 .044 .044 .088
1929    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI 26    40.73 57.7%   767 661.5 117.6 20.9 15.6 10.7 .974   537.1 146.2 24.3 4.6 3.3 69.2 67.1 42.6 32.6 2.7 17.6 5.4 5.8 .272 .329 .353 .682 64.0      6.9   7.0    13.9 .044 .044 .087
                       
1930    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI 27    48.88 42.3%   566 684.3 103.8 11.9 12.6 14.2 .985   543.2 160.3 31.2 6.7 5.0 73.4 70.8 40.5 30.9 0.6 15.7 4.7 1.5 .295 .345 .405 .750 80.1     10.2   7.4    17.6 .062 .045 .107
1931    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI 28    42.92 47.6%   621 664.0 119.4 16.6 13.5 8.0 .979   538.6 154.7 28.8 5.6 6.9 69.1 71.4 55.3 33.9 1.5 4.6 2.8 2.8 .287 .355 .400 .755 81.8     11.5   6.8    18.3 .073 .043 .116
1932    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI 29    44.11 57.9%   762 689.9 96.8 13.3 12.5 7.8 .983   524.8 152.9 30.9 5.2 10.0 80.8 83.6 67.1 29.7 2.1 6.0 3.6 2.5 .291 .374 .428 .802 89.4     13.5   7.0    20.5 .085 .044 .129
1933    2 Bill Dickey NY 26    35.11 44.4%   565 695.3 96.2 8.5 14.4 6.7 .989   528.8 143.5 22.6 4.6 5.7 55.5 75.8 60.6 31.4 2.0 8.6 2.3 2.0 .271 .348 .364 .712 73.2      9.7   6.5    16.3 .060 .041 .101
1934    2 Bill Dickey NY 27    27.52 53.9%   690 696.7 88.3 15.0 15.9 9.3 .981   536 148.1 31.2 5.4 4.7 64.6 65.8 55.4 40.9 2.5 6.1 5.6 1.8 .276 .347 .381 .728 75.6      9.2   7.9    17.1 .059 .051 .110
1935    2 Bill Dickey NY 28    24.19 54.7%   700 683.4 101.8 14.8 12.5 10.4 .981   531.2 151.8 30.0 7.0 6.6 63.5 70.1 57.6 26.9 2.2 9.0 3.3 3.7 .286 .358 .406 .764 78.2     10.9   6.3    17.2 .071 .041 .112
1936    1 Bill Dickey NY 29    38.32 43.4%   550 676.6 103.2 20.2 16.2 10.3 .975   541.7 170.2 35.7 7.0 8.1 83.7 88.2 51.9 26.5 2.2 4.2 3.9 3.3 .314 .377 .451 .828 93.8     12.1   6.8    18.9 .079 .045 .123
1937    2 Frankie Pytlak CLE 28    20.48 14.6%   177 684.7 97.8 17.5 13.1 7.0 .978   516.6 157.2 23.4 9.6 3.5 76.4 58.2 66.9 27.8 6.9 9.6 14.8 6.9 .304 .391 .407 .798 86.0     13.5   7.2    20.8 .088 .047 .135
1938    4 Frankie Pytlak CLE 29    14.58 29.0%   394 701.8 88.2 10.0 16.2 11.9 .987   548.1 155.9 22.6 5.4 4.2 60.8 81.7 42.7 24.7 2.1 7.1 10.1 5.4 .284 .339 .369 .708 71.2      7.2   7.0    14.2 .044 .042 .086
1939    3 Rudy York DET 25    13.50 38.1%   488 694.4 89.7 15.9 13.2 16.3 .980   530.6 142.3 19.5 3.8 6.4 69.7 71.6 54.7 39.0 2.6 12.1 3.2 2.6 12.5 .268 .339 .356 .695 67.2      6.3   6.4    12.6 .040 .041 .081
                       
1940    1 Frankie Hayes PHI 25    19.37 52.1%   680 692.4 89.1 18.5 12.1 12.1 .977   536.4 152.6 26.0 5.7 7.5 70.9 70.2 55.5 44.2 2.0 6.1 5.9 4.5 12.0 .285 .354 .396 .750 76.8      9.8   6.3    16.1 .064 .041 .105
1941    2 Frankie Hayes PHI 26    16.10 46.0%   596 681.3 102.2 16.5 17.7 17.1 .979   536.3 145.8 28.2 5.2 6.8 60.1 70.3 58.8 47.0 1.3 3.6 1.8 0.8 16.5 .272 .345 .382 .727 71.3      9.8   6.3    16.1 .063 .041 .104
1942    2 Birdie Tebbetts DET 29    10.45 70.7%   951 678.8 102.8 18.4 14.6 15.7 .977   535.2 120.2 20.2 1.4 3.7 42.9 51.7 56.4 59.8 1.9 6.5 2.8 1.4 12.1 .225 .301 .288 .589 48.4      4.5   6.7    11.1 .027 .040 .067
1943    2 Jake Early WAS 28    20.26 62.9%   871 669.5 114.0 16.5 14.9 15.3 .979   528.3 125.8 20.7 1.7 3.8 49.6 52.8 62.7 49.8 2.9 6.1 2.5 2.7 15.2 .238 .322 .305 .627 54.2      8.8   6.4    15.2 .053 .038 .092
Pos Pct. of Catcher Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Catcher   Win Shares
Year Rank WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC   B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
1944    1 Frankie Hayes PHI 29    20.49 59.0%   767 693.4 90.4 16.2 15.0 12.3 .980   534.8 132.7 20.8 3.8 4.4 43.7 61.8 54.3 54.9 2.9 8.0 1.5 2.1 16.4 .248 .321 .326 .647 55.5      7.7   7.3    14.9 .047 .045 .092
1945    5 Frank Mancuso STL 27    12.85 19.3%   268 685.2 99.4 15.4 21.9 16.8 .981   524 128.6 20.1 5.2 2.6 57.8 60.4 67.5 59.1 2.6 5.9 1.3 2.6 18.2 .245 .334 .318 .652 57.1      8.6   6.6    15.2 .049 .038 .087
1946    7 Al Evans WAS 29     7.10 23.5%   320 713.4 69.5 17.1 11.2 23.5 .979   535.6 134.5 19.6 8.4 2.8 58.8 45.4 56.6 66.7 2.8 5.0 2.2 3.4 15.7 .251 .326 .335 .661 57.1      9.0   4.6    13.7 .050 .026 .076
1947    3 Jim Hegan CLE 26    14.12 18.8%   263 712.2 72.9 14.9 12.8 8.1 .981   537.8 131.3 16.8 4.9 2.8 44.7 58.0 52.4 61.5 1.4 8.4 2.1 0.7 15.4 .244 .313 .309 .622 52.4      6.1   7.3    13.4 .033 .040 .073
1948    1 Jim Hegan CLE 27    19.68 26.9%   368 705.2 84.8 10.0 18.0 9.5 .988   528.2 135.7 25.8 5.2 7.5 62.4 69.0 62.9 61.0 1.4 7.5 3.8 4.2 11.7 .257 .338 .368 .706 67.1      9.2   8.2    17.4 .053 .048 .101
1949    3 Jim Hegan CLE 28    14.50 32.9%   459 698.7 90.5 10.8 15.2 6.8 .986   520.9 122.5 20.8 5.5 5.8 58.3 60.1 72.5 70.4 1.1 5.5 2.9 1.1 14.6 .235 .330 .330 .660 59.1      6.2   8.0    14.1 .037 .048 .085
                       
1950    1 Yogi Berra NY 25    45.82 50.1%   652 718.2 69.7 12.1 13.8 8.2 .985   531.7 149.4 23.7 4.5 17.4 74.6 86.6 60.1 38.7 2.6 5.6 1.6 0.7 14.5 .281 .357 .440 .797 85.1     12.5   7.1    19.6 .082 .046 .128
1951    1 Yogi Berra NY 26    46.12 40.4%   511 696.1 88.9 15.0 18.9 11.1 .981   531.3 138.0 25.4 2.1 14.6 71.1 70.5 62.4 44.5 2.7 3.6 2.7 1.8 19.1 .260 .341 .398 .739 74.4     11.6   7.3    18.9 .076 .048 .124
1952    1 Yogi Berra NY 27    44.25 46.9%   635 718.4 73.2 8.4 10.4 8.4 .990   526.2 136.0 20.2 2.0 14.3 58.5 72.1 62.7 36.2 5.4 5.7 1.5 3.0 16.2 .259 .344 .386 .730 67.9     11.4   6.7    18.1 .073 .043 .116
1953    1 Yogi Berra NY 28    40.99 48.4%   648 713.1 74.9 12.0 9.3 10.3 .985   536.1 145.7 25.1 2.3 11.4 61.3 72.7 53.7 43.1 4.1 6.1 1.0 2.0 13.9 .272 .343 .391 .734 72.5     11.5   6.3    17.7 .070 .038 .108
1954    1 Yogi Berra NY 29    51.30 58.1%   764 715.4 73.7 10.9 13.6 8.6 .986   536.4 144.2 25.0 4.2 10.9 54.8 70.9 49.9 6.9 43.9 3.2 5.9 4.6 1.3 1.5 12.0 .269 .332 .392 .724 69.3     11.6   7.0    18.5 .072 .044 .115
1955    3 Frank House DET 25    11.42 40.9%   563 719.5 69.6 10.9 12.8 8.2 .986   538.4 143.6 24.6 3.6 10.0 61.9 59.2 47.3 6.1 43.4 3.3 6.7 4.3 0.9 1.2 17.3 .267 .327 .382 .709 67.4      8.4   6.7    15.1 .049 .039 .089
1956    3 Gus Triandos BAL 25    14.25 56.6%   808 719.3 71.6 9.1 15.1 9.7 .989   533.9 141.0 22.7 4.0 12.3 58.8 71.9 54.4 8.1 52.9 4.2 2.5 5.0 1.9 2.1 21.5 .264 .334 .391 .725 66.9      8.2   6.7    15.0 .049 .040 .089
1957    3 Gus Triandos BAL 26    15.85 52.1%   735 719.7 74.2 6.1 13.5 12.2 .992   538.3 139.7 23.5 1.4 13.0 55.7 64.0 48.4 8.8 67.1 3.1 6.4 3.8 1.7 2.1 19.4 .259 .322 .381 .703 63.8      8.1   7.1    15.3 .047 .041 .088
1958    2 Gus Triandos BAL 27    20.48 51.9%   716 728.8 62.6 8.6 12.4 17.0 .989   537.1 136.5 18.7 4.5 15.1 56.5 70.5 50.6 6.9 75.7 2.8 3.8 5.7 3.5 1.4 17.5 .254 .319 .390 .709 65.8     10.9   7.0    17.9 .064 .041 .105
1959    3 Gus Triandos BAL 28    13.50 35.8%   498 717.3 70.4 12.3 10.8 18.9 .985   535.1 122.7 17.4 2.0 15.7 54.5 67.2 55.2 5.4 75.3 2.3 2.7 4.7 0.3 2.3 14.7 .229 .302 .358 .660 57.9      6.2   5.1    11.2 .037 .031 .067
                       
1960    1 John Romano CLE 25    20.13 51.7%   688 732.9 55.8 11.3 7.5 14.5 .986   537.5 136.7 22.4 2.4 17.0 55.5 66.9 49.6 6.1 76.6 4.1 5.1 3.7 1.0 2.4 17.0 .254 .320 .400 .720 67.1     10.0   6.1    16.1 .060 .037 .096
1961    2 John Romano CLE 26    31.52 43.2%   700 737.4 53.6 9.0 8.0 14.6 .989   531.3 149.9 25.6 2.0 23.3 74.0 74.3 58.3 4.7 81.7 2.9 3.2 4.3 1.6 2.0 16.6 .282 .354 .470 .824 86.2     13.9   6.8    20.6 .088 .043 .131
1962    1 John Romano CLE 27    34.81 47.1%   829 735.3 57.7 7.0 6.2 12.0 .991   541.7 142.2 20.3 3.2 17.4 62.0 66.2 45.9 3.8 65.8 2.6 4.6 5.2 0.6 0.2 14.0 .262 .320 .408 .728 70.6     10.3   7.4    17.7 .062 .045 .107
1963    2 Earl Battey MIN 28    33.31 51.8%   938 738.9 52.7 8.4 9.2 10.3 .989   536 135.9 21.6 1.7 15.9 56.7 66.1 51.1 10.0 76.1 5.5 3.7 3.7 1.7 1.5 11.6 .254 .323 .389 .712 67.9     11.2   6.9    18.1 .064 .040 .104
1964    3 Bob Tillman BOS 27    17.71 67.1%   1255 737.9 52.6 9.5 6.7 12.1 .988   536.1 130.3 21.1 1.6 12.8 50.2 60.7 48.7 9.0 86.4 4.3 5.3 5.6 1.4 1.7 18.7 .243 .308 .360 .668 57.4      7.3   6.6    13.9 .041 .037 .078
1965    4 Billy Bryan KC 26    15.16 45.7%   850 733.7 56.6 9.7 6.6 17.2 .988   537 119.2 16.7 2.8 9.1 43.3 51.7 49.3 10.6 94.8 4.1 3.5 6.1 2.4 1.9 17.7 .222 .289 .314 .603 48.5      4.8   6.2    11.0 .026 .034 .060
1966    6 Bob Rodgers CAL 27    11.97 43.2%   811 726.8 62.7 10.5 7.5 13.5 .987   541.9 129.5 19.4 2.8 10.6 46.1 59.2 45.9 8.5 87.3 3.0 5.1 4.1 2.8 3.9 14.1 .239 .300 .344 .644 54.6      7.9   6.6    14.5 .042 .035 .078
1967    1 Bill Freehan DET 25    41.20 61.1%   1079 730.0 61.1 8.9 9.7 11.2 .989   541.8 127.7 18.9 3.3 11.3 49.1 54.6 43.1 6.0 85.4 6.6 4.7 3.8 3.0 3.5 14.6 .236 .298 .346 .644 55.4      8.6   7.1    15.7 .051 .042 .093
1968    1 Bill Freehan DET 26    47.90 73.1%   1296 725.2 66.8 8.0 10.4 11.5 .990   538.4 123.2 19.9 2.2 11.4 46.7 55.0 48.3 5.8 89.1 6.5 3.3 3.5 2.2 3.5 11.5 .229 .298 .337 .635 55.4     10.4   7.7    18.1 .059 .044 .103
1969    1 Bill Freehan DET 27    24.20 53.3%   1155 728.7 63.1 8.2 8.5 13.1 .990   516.4 120.3 15.8 2.0 12.5 53.1 56.1 69.7 10.9 82.3 5.6 3.0 5.3 1.1 1.6 15.2 .233 .328 .344 .672 60.5      9.6   8.1    17.7 .053 .045 .098
                       
1970    3 Bill Freehan DET 28    17.89 54.2%   1145 733.2 56.9 9.9 10.2 9.3 .988   528.6 125.0 19.8 2.4 18.0 59.3 66.0 60.3 6.1 94.0 5.1 3.0 3.0 2.1 2.5 14.2 .237 .319 .385 .704 64.7      9.4   7.1    16.5 .055 .041 .096
1971    1 Bill Freehan DET 29    32.65 60.9%   1258 732.4 58.6 9.0 8.3 10.7 .989   538.2 128.4 21.6 2.0 13.9 52.3 60.9 48.2 7.8 96.2 4.9 4.0 4.7 1.9 3.7 14.3 .239 .305 .364 .669 59.0      9.0   7.1    16.1 .052 .041 .093
1972    3 Thurman Munson NY 25    20.85 66.8%   1360 722.8 65.2 12.0 10.0 12.2 .985   532.4 129.2 17.3 1.6 10.6 49.3 52.9 55.1 10.1 80.6 5.4 2.7 4.4 2.5 4.2 13.5 .243 .318 .341 .659 58.0     11.1   7.2    18.3 .066 .042 .108
1973    1 Thurman Munson NY 26    33.75 56.3%   1136 719.0 69.1 11.9 9.2 12.8 .985   536.3 138.0 23.5 1.8 16.4 62.9 67.0 47.9 2.5 94.5 6.3 6.1 3.4 4.2 3.9 12.3 .257 .324 .399 .723 69.1     11.5   7.3    18.8 .069 .044 .113
1974    2 Ellie Rodriguez CAL 28    20.16 54.9%   1180 715.0 70.2 14.8 8.7 13.7 .982   528.5 129.0 20.7 2.4 14.5 62.2 60.1 57.3 5.7 87.0 4.5 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.0 14.2 .244 .321 .374 .695 64.3     10.7   6.4    17.0 .061 .036 .097
1975    1 Gene Tenace OAK 28    33.84 52.1%   1132 709.1 76.3 14.6 9.1 8.1 .982   527 132.4 20.5 3.7 12.7 62.4 68.3 56.5 3.0 84.9 5.3 6.7 4.5 3.2 2.2 13.9 .251 .327 .377 .704 66.7     10.7   7.4    18.1 .059 .041 .100
1976    1 Thurman Munson NY 29    29.39 59.4%   1295 703.1 82.6 14.3 10.7 8.2 .982   530.8 132.9 22.2 2.0 8.9 59.2 56.2 52.3 1.8 69.1 4.0 8.5 4.4 6.9 5.1 11.3 .250 .320 .350 .670 61.1     10.0   8.0    18.0 .054 .044 .098
1977    1 Carlton Fisk BOS 29    42.60 63.4%   1574 713.6 75.5 10.9 9.5 6.3 .986   526.2 138.2 22.2 3.3 12.4 61.5 67.6 54.8 2.3 72.2 3.1 10.1 5.8 2.3 2.9 12.2 .263 .332 .388 .720 70.2     10.0   8.1    18.1 .055 .044 .099
1978    2 Jim Sundberg TEX 27    28.40 58.6%   1454 705.2 82.9 11.9 11.7 7.9 .985   531.8 131.8 20.7 2.3 11.7 55.4 58.2 53.4 4.8 68.6 2.3 7.7 4.8 2.9 3.1 12.7 .248 .317 .361 .678 61.4      9.1   8.2    17.3 .052 .047 .099
1979    1 Darrell Porter KC 27    40.04 57.5%   1408 711.5 75.0 13.5 10.4 11.2 .983   525.5 135.4 25.5 3.0 11.3 65.3 70.3 59.7 3.2 63.4 3.2 5.6 6.0 3.2 2.8 16.1 .258 .333 .382 .715 68.2     10.1   7.5    17.6 .059 .044 .103
                       
1980    1 Rick Cerone NY 26    26.91 54.7%   1411 720.7 68.8 10.5 9.4 10.6 .987   538.6 138.9 22.5 2.6 10.0 56.8 65.9 45.3 2.3 67.3 1.9 8.0 6.2 3.2 3.3 15.8 .258 .314 .365 .679 61.4      7.8   7.7    15.5 .043 .042 .085
1981    3 Bo Diaz CLE 28    13.67 56.7%   888 710.2 77.0 12.8 7.5 9.8 .984   541.5 129.0 22.0 1.4 9.6 50.9 57.4 45.5 2.9 70.8 1.9 7.4 3.7 2.9 3.3 18.1 .238 .298 .337 .635 52.7      6.5   7.2    13.8 .038 .042 .079
1982    1 Lance Parrish DET 26    34.26 40.6%   1015 729.8 60.7 9.5 10.7 8.9 .988   532.3 128.9 21.5 2.5 11.5 61.7 57.0 56.1 3.4 70.7 1.7 5.5 4.4 3.7 3.0 13.1 .242 .314 .357 .671 61.2      7.5   7.2    14.7 .042 .040 .082
1983    2 Lance Parrish DET 27    30.12 35.1%   886 724.4 63.3 12.3 8.2 9.8 .985   543.3 139.7 26.8 1.4 13.0 62.6 66.7 43.7 2.4 84.4 2.2 5.7 5.1 1.6 2.8 15.7 .257 .312 .383 .695 63.7      8.7   6.2    14.9 .050 .036 .085
1984    1 Lance Parrish DET 28    23.51 47.5%   1197 725.6 64.1 10.3 8.4 8.9 .987   548.6 134.3 23.6 1.9 15.2 62.5 65.8 38.8 4.0 89.1 1.8 5.9 4.9 2.6 3.3 15.9 .245 .294 .378 .672 58.5      7.3   7.0    14.3 .042 .041 .083
1985    2 Rich Gedman BOS 25    24.20 41.4%   1049 726.1 64.3 9.6 10.8 10.5 .988   540 135.6 25.1 2.1 16.0 58.5 66.1 47.3 3.6 92.9 3.4 5.3 4.0 1.9 2.1 12.2 .251 .313 .394 .707 67.8      8.8   7.0    15.8 .049 .039 .088
1986    1 Rich Gedman BOS 26    23.85 39.0%   1035 737.8 53.2 9.0 7.6 9.4 .989   536.8 129.5 23.7 1.7 16.4 58.7 70.8 43.4 3.4 97.6 5.6 8.8 5.4 3.2 2.2 14.5 .241 .302 .383 .685 61.7      7.7   7.3    15.0 .040 .038 .078
Pos Pct. of Catcher Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Catcher   Win Shares
Year Rank WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC   B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
1987    2 Bill Schroeder MIL 28    21.15 39.6%   1038 737.2 52.9 9.9 6.2 17.6 .988   542.9 131.7 22.4 2.0 17.7 63.4 66.7 39.3 1.7 104.7 5.0 7.4 5.4 2.2 2.4 13.7 .243 .297 .389 .686 63.7      7.4   5.7    13.1 .039 .030 .068
1988    5 Andy Allanson CLE 26    14.43 46.2%   1141 731.8 57.8 10.4 8.0 10.6 .987   544.9 136.4 24.8 1.1 12.2 56.9 60.8 38.1 2.6 88.0 5.4 7.1 4.5 1.5 2.6 16.2 .250 .303 .367 .670 59.4      7.2   6.8    14.0 .041 .039 .079
1989    3 Mickey Tettleton BAL 28    21.72 48.3%   1240 723.9 65.5 10.6 7.5 10.8 .987   543 140.2 22.2 1.6 11.6 55.5 62.4 39.9 2.8 85.1 5.4 7.4 4.3 2.1 2.8 15.6 .258 .313 .369 .682 61.8      8.7   7.3    16.0 .048 .040 .088
                       
1990    5 B.J. Surhoff MIL 25    15.12 45.8%   1220 733.2 60.1 6.7 8.3 10.7 .992   536.9 134.6 23.7 2.3 13.8 61.1 67.3 48.1 3.2 102.0 4.4 6.2 4.4 4.1 2.4 12.9 .251 .315 .380 .695 64.0      9.3   6.5    15.8 .050 .035 .085
1991    4 Matt Nokes NY 27    18.13 45.3%   1205 729.0 62.4 8.6 8.5 10.4 .989   549.8 142.9 30.8 1.2 12.5 56.5 68.2 33.3 2.7 84.6 4.0 6.5 6.4 1.4 2.9 15.1 .260 .303 .389 .692 62.9      8.1   6.4    14.5 .044 .035 .079
1992    4 Chris Hoiles BAL 27    15.34 44.4%   1083 725.8 67.2 7.0 9.3 9.6 .991   534.7 128.9 23.7 1.4 16.7 59.6 66.1 49.9 4.2 91.9 5.5 4.6 5.3 4.3 3.8 13.5 .241 .309 .384 .693 63.7      7.9   7.7    15.6 .045 .044 .090
1993    1 Chris Hoiles BAL 28    38.16 42.1%   1093 723.8 67.8 8.4 8.4 7.8 .990   527.3 134.2 26.9 1.0 19.0 71.7 71.6 53.7 4.0 108.7 7.6 6.3 5.1 6.1 4.1 11.4 .254 .329 .417 .746 75.2     10.6   7.6    18.2 .058 .042 .101
1994    2 Chris Hoiles BAL 29    18.82 36.4%   673 732.0 60.9 7.1 7.3 5.8 .991   534.4 128.4 23.7 1.9 14.9 63.4 65.6 51.0 2.2 106.3 4.1 6.1 4.4 5.0 3.9 14.9 .240 .309 .375 .684 61.7      5.5   7.7    13.1 .030 .041 .071
1995    1 Dan Wilson SEA 26    20.94 42.0%   930 740.0 51.1 8.9 7.0 9.5 .989   546 142.6 28.7 2.1 11.7 64.2 68.7 40.0 1.3 90.4 3.6 7.7 2.7 1.9 1.9 16.6 .261 .314 .386 .700 63.8      6.0   6.7    12.6 .034 .038 .072
1996    3 Dan Wilson SEA 27    17.80 27.9%   753 736.9 55.3 7.8 5.9 6.8 .990   536.5 130.2 24.9 1.0 11.1 63.3 67.7 45.3 2.5 90.8 4.2 8.4 5.6 3.4 2.5 15.3 .243 .304 .355 .659 57.4      4.2   7.1    11.2 .022 .038 .061
1997    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 25    36.93 44.1%   1144 737.6 55.3 7.1 8.9 7.8 .991   540.5 147.3 27.8 1.4 14.1 70.6 66.0 43.6 1.9 89.1 5.2 6.3 4.4 3.5 2.0 13.6 .272 .330 .407 .737 72.5      9.1   7.4    16.5 .051 .041 .092
1998    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 26    39.11 42.4%   1022 735.4 58.1 6.5 6.3 14.0 .992   540.6 142.6 29.5 2.3 15.7 67.3 72.9 42.9 3.1 114.8 6.2 4.6 5.7 2.6 1.0 15.2 .264 .322 .414 .736 71.7      7.5   7.8    15.3 .045 .047 .092
1999    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 27    40.93 45.6%   1100 731.6 60.7 7.7 9.0 9.1 .990   539.8 144.8 27.5 1.7 17.8 73.2 73.9 45.8 1.4 92.2 4.8 5.3 4.3 7.4 4.0 16.2 .268 .328 .424 .752 73.6      8.5   7.0    15.5 .050 .041 .091
                       
2000    1 Jorge Posada NY 28    37.33 39.4%   966 741.5 51.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 .991   526.6 146.1 30.1 2.4 22.0 80.7 84.1 59.4 3.6 100.8 6.3 2.7 5.0 3.4 2.2 15.2 .277 .355 .469 .824 88.0     11.0   7.4    18.5 .067 .045 .112
2001    1 Jorge Posada NY 29    31.02 42.4%   1003 735.6 56.1 8.3 7.9 9.5 .990   541.3 147.5 31.4 1.2 17.9 70.0 76.8 40.6 3.9 88.4 8.6 5.4 4.1 3.9 3.5 14.1 .272 .331 .434 .765 76.3     10.6   7.3    17.9 .064 .044 .108
2002    2 A.J. Pierzynski MIN 25    22.38 46.0%   1110 738.1 56.7 5.2 7.1 8.9 .994   548.2 132.4 27.4 2.1 9.6 57.9 56.7 35.3 1.8 91.8 6.2 6.1 4.2 1.5 2.3 16.6 .242 .293 .352 .645 54.6      4.1   8.6    12.7 .024 .051 .075
2003    2 A.J. Pierzynski MIN 26    29.13 41.7%   1016 734.0 59.3 6.7 8.8 6.9 .992   551.8 140.1 29.0 1.7 15.5 62.9 73.1 30.0 3.6 87.1 8.6 4.0 5.6 1.3 1.7 15.8 .254 .300 .397 .697 64.4      8.0   8.1    16.1 .048 .049 .096
2004    7 Benji Molina ANA 29    11.60 33.8%   839 741.6 51.9 6.5 6.8 9.3 .992   548.1 138.3 30.2 1.6 17.4 66.4 82.7 35.1 2.9 98.0 4.9 5.5 6.4 3.1 2.5 15.5 .252 .300 .408 .708 64.9      7.1   7.4    14.5 .041 .043 .085
2005    2 Victor Martinez CLE 26    27.48 31.0%   753 745.0 49.0 6.0 6.3 6.7 .993   550 142.1 27.4 0.2 17.6 61.0 69.5 35.2 3.2 87.5 6.6 3.2 5.0 0.2 1.1 16.5 .258 .308 .405 .713 67.2      8.4   6.1    14.4 .049 .035 .084
2006    7 Victor Martinez CLE 27    14.95 20.0%   488 743.1 50.2 6.7 6.7 7.2 .992   547.6 156.7 32.2 0.6 16.7 72.7 74.6 39.6 4.5 101.7 6.4 3.2 3.2 1.3 1.0 15.8 .286 .340 .439 .779 78.8      9.2   5.0    14.1 .058 .032 .090
2007    1 Victor Martinez CLE 28    39.07 23.6%   580 736.0 54.5 9.5 9.0 5.7 .988   528.7 132.7 31.1 1.7 19.4 70.8 80.2 50.8 3.4 124.4 8.8 5.1 6.6 3.1 1.4 12.6 .251 .323 .426 .749 75.0     10.4   7.2    17.6 .063 .044 .107
2008    1 Joe Mauer MIN 25    44.08 35.8%   852 747.6 44.0 8.4 5.1 7.3 .989   529.2 138.7 31.3 1.1 16.7 77.9 78.1 53.9 5.4 123.4 6.8 3.9 6.2 3.6 2.2 12.7 .262 .334 .420 .754 76.2     12.4   5.8    18.8 .078 .037 .118
2009    1 Joe Mauer MIN 26    47.53 45.1%   1068 739.2 54.1 6.7 6.6 8.6 .992   533.4 137.9 31.5 1.7 17.0 70.1 70.9 47.6 2.6 108.8 8.4 5.5 5.1 4.3 1.7 13.2 .259 .326 .420 .746 75.2      9.4   7.5    16.9 .057 .046 .103
                       
2010    1 Joe Mauer MIN 27    38.85 42.5%   1032 744.5 47.4 8.1 5.5 7.5 .990   537.6 132.1 27.9 1.3 13.6 64.9 64.7 46.8 3.0 110.5 7.1 3.4 5.1 3.0 1.5 15.6 .246 .312 .379 .691 64.1      9.1   7.1    16.1 .053 .042 .095
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