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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    2 Boileryard Clarke WAS 32    12.46 29.7%   319 574.0 187.8 38.2 14.6 25.6 .952   546.9 146.3 27.0 7.5 3.3 75.5 66.6 33.1 13.0 7.0 13.0 .267 .324 .362 .686 76.9      9.2   6.8    16.0 .062 .046 .108
1902    3 Lou Criger BOS 30    12.04 28.8%   323 558.3 210.4 31.3 15.2 15.7 .961   538.9 138.8 23.7 4.5 4.0 63.6 67.1 43.4 5.6 12.1 8.1 .257 .319 .341 .660 67.1      7.4   8.6    16.0 .046 .053 .098
1903    3 Lou Criger BOS 31    10.12 35.5%   388 613.8 168.1 18.1 9.4 11.4 .977   547.2 115.4 14.0 6.3 1.7 44.4 46.9 31.7 2.1 19.0 8.0 .211 .257 .269 .526 40.2      1.5   8.8    10.4 .009 .054 .063
1904    2 Lou Criger BOS 32    13.05 36.5%   457 630.4 149.2 20.4 10.9 12.3 .975   550.2 125.0 14.1 4.7 0.7 40.8 44.8 27.8 5.4 16.6 6.9 .227 .271 .274 .545 41.2      4.8   7.7    12.5 .029 .047 .076
1905    1 Ed McFarland CHI 30    19.64 56.2%   676 629.2 149.4 21.4 9.9 13.5 .973   544.3 122.0 18.1 7.3 1.0 47.4 55.0 38.6 4.6 12.5 12.0 .224 .281 .290 .571 52.1      8.3   8.3    16.6 .050 .050 .100
1906    1 Ossee Schreckengost PHI 31    18.88 36.3%   451 603.8 168.5 27.7 10.5 15.0 .965   550.2 129.9 24.7 5.2 2.2 49.4 50.9 29.9 5.9 14.0 11.8 .236 .283 .312 .595 52.8      8.9   8.0    16.8 .053 .048 .101
1907    2 Ossee Schreckengost PHI 32    22.39 40.4%   520 621.3 159.1 19.6 11.8 13.3 .976   544.8 122.4 16.8 3.7 0.0 42.4 44.7 40.0 4.4 10.8 9.4 .225 .283 .269 .552 47.1      6.6   8.4    15.1 .038 .048 .086
1908    4 Billy Sullivan CHI 33     5.85 23.6%   313 625.0 155.8 19.2 9.6 13.2 .976   551.1 110.3 14.2 3.4 0.0 44.9 44.9 21.6 4.5 22.8 17.1 .200 .236 .238 .474 34.7      2.2   7.5     9.7 .012 .042 .054
1909   12 Billy Sullivan CHI 34     3.28 7.4%   97 622.4 163.8 13.8 8.3 13.8 .983   526.5 85.4 6.0 0.0 0.0 21.9 31.8 33.8 9.9 29.8 17.9 .162 .226 .174 .400 17.9      -     8.7     8.7 .000 .045 .045
                       
1910    8 Paddy Livingston PHI 30     4.43 11.9%   159 608.3 166.6 25.1 15.4 15.4 .969   544.9 111.3 13.8 5.7 1.1 43.6 42.4 41.3 6.9 6.9 14.9 .204 .269 .257 .526 42.4      4.5   6.9    11.4 .025 .038 .062
1911    2 Ira Thomas PHI 30    17.20 13.1%   185 609.0 168.7 22.3 16.6 11.5 .972   531.1 132.5 21.2 4.2 1.1 59.4 70.0 40.3 11.6 17.0 11.7 .250 .316 .311 .627 62.5      8.1  10.6    18.7 .041 .054 .095
1912    2 Rip Williams WAS 30    12.91 8.7%   117 588.8 187.2 24.0 17.4 8.7 .970   555.8 150.8 27.4 10.7 1.5 48.7 60.9 24.4 4.6 15.2 12.2 .271 .307 .367 .674 70.1     10.1   9.3    19.3 .056 .052 .109
1913    9 Fred Carisch CLE 31     4.93 13.5%   177 583.0 191.2 25.8 12.5 10.1 .968   537.5 121.9 21.9 5.2 0.0 34.4 55.2 47.9 64.6 3.1 11.5 11.5 .227 .294 .287 .581 46.9      4.5   7.2    11.7 .024 .039 .063
1914    3 Bill Carrigan BOS 30    13.56 22.6%   309 595.8 179.8 24.4 11.6 15.8 .970   524.3 117.2 13.3 6.4 1.2 36.4 46.8 52.0 75.1 5.2 18.5 4.0 4.6 .224 .300 .280 .580 47.9      7.3   6.0    13.3 .041 .034 .074
1915    3 Jack Lapp PHI 30    13.50 22.9%   313 602.1 171.9 26.0 15.4 19.0 .967   528 118.0 19.8 5.1 1.7 42.0 52.7 47.1 60.7 3.9 21.0 6.8 2.8 .223 .292 .290 .582 52.2      8.6   6.4    15.0 .049 .036 .085
1916    9 Oscar Stanage DET 33     4.85 16.9%   241 621.7 160.7 17.6 13.7 16.3 .978   536.3 122.8 22.5 7.0 0.0 31.1 52.8 43.5 65.3 3.9 16.3 6.2 .229 .292 .297 .589 48.2      6.7   6.3    13.0 .036 .034 .069
1917    7 Tubby Spencer DET 33     7.01 17.5%   242 622.9 155.7 21.4 18.7 16.0 .973   538.9 115.8 20.1 4.3 0.0 35.3 48.9 38.8 57.6 10.1 12.2 3.6 .215 .280 .268 .548 42.4      4.1   6.8    10.9 .024 .039 .063
1918   10 Tubby Spencer DET 34     3.46 12.6%   144 568.8 201.1 30.1 16.2 11.6 .962   534.4 105.9 20.2 2.5 0.0 30.3 23.9 45.4 63.0 6.3 13.9 1.3 .198 .269 .245 .514 34.0      3.8   6.7    10.5 .021 .037 .058
1919   10 Truck Hannah NY 30     5.24 12.1%   158 626.0 158.5 15.5 24.4 13.3 .981   520.8 115.2 22.8 3.6 1.2 31.2 43.2 48.0 46.8 4.8 26.4 1.2 .221 .293 .286 .579 46.8      4.9   7.3    12.2 .026 .039 .065
                       
1920    3 Wally Schang BOS 30    17.84 12.2%   151 620.9 146.6 32.5 9.4 7.3 .959   515 141.7 30.4 6.1 5.1 61.7 58.7 65.8 59.7 6.1 13.1 7.1 5.1 .275 .364 .387 .751 78.9     13.2   5.5    18.6 .086 .036 .122
1921    1 Wally Schang NY 31    23.89 24.2%   304 638.1 138.5 23.4 15.0 10.0 .971   517 168.1 30.2 7.0 4.0 80.0 79.5 65.9 26.2 2.5 14.6 7.6 3.5 .325 .404 .434 .838 95.6     16.2   6.4    22.6 .106 .042 .148
1922    2 Wally Schang NY 32    20.68 38.8%   501 625.4 155.6 19.0 14.5 14.5 .976   518.8 158.3 31.4 7.3 3.4 54.3 76.3 59.8 34.8 4.3 17.1 5.8 5.2 .305 .381 .413 .794 81.7     13.7   6.1    19.8 .090 .040 .130
1923    3 Hank Severeid STL 32    18.52 43.0%   589 644.4 138.5 17.1 15.3 14.9 .979   526.5 135.7 21.2 4.1 2.4 55.9 59.2 49.7 37.4 5.1 18.7 6.0 3.8 .258 .328 .327 .655 58.6      5.7   6.2    11.9 .036 .039 .074
1924    2 Wally Schang NY 34    18.78 38.4%   509 618.1 161.4 20.5 12.9 17.6 .974   512.1 133.8 24.2 4.2 3.6 52.0 55.6 63.3 40.7 3.6 21.0 3.2 6.8 .261 .347 .346 .693 64.3      7.2   7.6    14.8 .044 .046 .090
1925    3 Hank Severeid STL/WAS 34    15.83 37.1%   534 625.7 156.0 18.3 21.8 10.9 .977   507.7 138.5 27.8 2.7 1.3 59.6 66.9 73.6 36.8 3.0 15.7 5.7 4.0 .273 .368 .346 .714 72.6      9.0   7.2    16.2 .050 .040 .091
1926    1 Muddy Ruel WAS 30    23.44 42.6%   609 642.8 144.0 13.2 18.5 9.2 .984   511.5 136.2 24.0 4.2 2.3 53.6 63.7 62.9 38.3 4.2 21.4 5.6 4.5 .266 .351 .343 .694 65.4      8.7   6.7    15.4 .051 .039 .090
1927    2 Muddy Ruel WAS 31    24.53 43.5%   621 625.3 154.6 20.1 12.8 7.0 .975   508.1 139.0 22.6 5.1 2.5 57.8 62.6 73.3 31.0 2.8 15.8 7.0 3.4 .274 .368 .353 .721 73.0     10.2   7.6    17.7 .058 .043 .101
1928    3 Pinky Hargrave DET 32    11.86 43.9%   603 657.9 124.3 17.8 12.9 11.9 .978   530.6 132.4 20.2 4.5 6.2 51.8 69.2 57.9 40.9 1.7 9.8 7.3 6.7 .250 .325 .339 .664 60.2      6.2   6.8    13.0 .037 .040 .077
1929    4 Pinky Hargrave DET 33     7.80 20.1%   287 649.9 135.0 15.1 18.0 14.4 .981   532.9 137.3 21.7 2.5 4.3 57.1 63.4 51.6 32.3 3.1 12.4 3.1 4.3 .258 .327 .332 .659 59.6      5.6   6.7    12.3 .031 .038 .069
                       
1930    5 Glenn Myatt CLE 32     7.39 31.2%   411 689.3 98.7 12.0 13.3 7.3 .985   533.3 137.8 24.2 6.1 3.6 55.4 65.5 51.3 42.4 3.7 11.7 4.4 2.0 .258 .328 .347 .675 65.5      5.7   7.4    13.1 .034 .045 .079
1931    4 Roy Spencer WAS 31    11.50 32.1%   424 690.5 97.6 11.9 11.5 6.4 .985   549 143.9 28.2 4.9 1.9 52.2 68.5 41.1 31.2 1.5 8.4 1.1 1.9 .262 .315 .342 .657 63.6      5.6   6.6    12.3 .035 .041 .076
1932    6 Luke Sewell CLE 31     8.13 33.7%   477 678.3 109.0 12.7 19.7 8.8 .984   541.2 133.6 25.6 3.8 4.8 60.2 74.8 47.4 31.5 1.4 10.0 2.4 3.8 .247 .309 .335 .644 58.9      3.8   7.6    11.4 .023 .046 .069
1933    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI 30    36.44 41.8%   560 690.5 102.1 7.4 15.8 7.7 .991   518.5 135.6 25.9 4.0 6.3 73.4 62.2 70.5 33.7 2.6 8.4 4.9 2.3 .262 .353 .364 .717 74.6     10.5   6.4    16.9 .065 .040 .105
1934    1 Mickey Cochrane DET 31    32.71 36.3%   499 697.0 90.9 12.1 13.3 8.7 .985   525.2 136.7 22.9 3.0 2.0 49.5 63.6 64.0 44.8 2.4 8.4 4.0 2.7 .260 .343 .327 .670 65.7      7.6   6.7    14.2 .045 .040 .085
1935    1 Mickey Cochrane DET 32    33.44 39.5%   508 690.9 100.5 8.6 14.0 8.6 .989   525.8 149.4 29.9 3.7 4.0 69.0 73.0 63.8 33.6 1.2 9.2 2.4 2.1 .284 .363 .378 .741 77.0     10.2   8.4    18.6 .066 .054 .120
1936    2 Rick Ferrell BOS 30    18.62 26.8%   345 710.4 79.3 10.3 8.3 8.8 .987   508.7 135.5 25.7 3.8 5.2 63.7 65.1 77.5 35.2 1.9 11.9 1.0 1.0 .266 .365 .363 .728 74.2      7.9   7.8    15.7 .048 .048 .096
1937    1 Bill Dickey NY 30    50.34 45.9%   559 696.6 92.0 11.4 13.1 6.6 .986   523.2 137.6 23.9 2.7 10.0 67.6 74.9 68.4 38.0 2.4 6.0 1.6 1.9 .263 .351 .377 .728 74.7      9.4   8.0    17.4 .062 .052 .114
1938    1 Bill Dickey NY 31    36.77 33.3%   423 697.2 89.7 13.1 13.1 9.6 .984   506.7 151.5 28.2 5.1 11.6 77.0 90.1 83.2 30.4 1.1 9.0 2.2 0.7 .299 .399 .443 .842 96.2     15.3   7.6    22.9 .100 .049 .150
1939    1 Bill Dickey NY 32    39.99 41.8%   521 699.3 88.7 12.0 12.0 10.7 .985   522.1 143.8 23.2 4.0 8.5 74.5 66.8 64.6 37.7 1.7 11.6 5.4 3.1 9.1 .275 .357 .384 .741 77.6     10.2   7.8    18.0 .069 .053 .122
                       
1940    2 Rollie Hemsley CLE 33    15.49 43.9%   597 709.0 83.7 7.3 11.3 12.7 .991   527 131.8 21.0 3.4 6.7 61.3 61.3 64.1 37.8 1.9 7.0 1.4 3.4 15.1 .250 .334 .341 .675 60.7      7.2   8.6    15.8 .043 .052 .095
1941    1 Bill Dickey NY 34    21.00 38.5%   490 715.8 74.3 9.9 14.8 6.9 .988   539.1 142.3 28.6 4.6 4.9 57.6 67.4 52.4 26.4 2.0 6.5 3.9 3.9 11.4 .264 .331 .361 .692 65.4      8.0   8.4    16.4 .050 .053 .103
1942    4 Johnny Peacock BOS 32     7.67 6.0%   82 682.9 107.3 9.8 19.5 14.6 .988   555.3 147.6 13.6 5.8 0.0 33.0 48.5 40.8 21.4 0.0 3.9 1.9 1.9 9.7 .266 .316 .311 .627 54.4      6.0   7.6    13.6 .038 .048 .085
1943    4 Paul Richards DET 34    11.28 16.1%   218 678.5 105.2 16.3 13.5 7.8 .980   530.9 118.1 15.3 2.4 4.0 46.6 51.4 60.3 58.6 1.6 7.2 1.6 2.4 12.0 .222 .304 .283 .587 47.4      4.6   9.0    13.6 .026 .051 .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
1944    7 Mike Tresh CHI 30     8.89 11.7%   151 685.6 93.2 21.2 15.3 26.0 .973   541.4 145.3 15.7 3.1 1.0 53.3 56.4 52.3 30.3 2.1 4.2 8.4 5.2 13.6 .268 .335 .315 .650 60.6      9.9   5.3    15.3 .063 .034 .097
1945    1 Frankie Hayes PHI/CLE 30    21.75 55.2%   737 680.8 108.8 10.4 16.8 13.1 .987   526.6 118.4 14.7 2.8 4.4 46.1 52.5 60.8 54.6 2.3 10.3 3.9 1.8 14.2 .225 .308 .288 .596 47.0      6.3   7.0    13.2 .037 .041 .078
1946    1 Aaron Robinson NY 31    27.78 63.8%   828 699.8 86.1 14.1 12.0 13.7 .982   524.9 127.4 21.6 2.2 8.5 47.1 61.9 66.8 58.1 1.4 6.9 1.6 3.4 15.6 .243 .330 .341 .671 57.9      8.3   7.4    15.7 .049 .044 .094
1947    1 Aaron Robinson NY 32    17.23 64.3%   884 697.5 91.3 11.2 15.1 9.4 .986   527.9 131.3 18.8 3.3 3.7 44.5 51.7 63.3 45.5 0.8 8.0 2.7 3.5 12.8 .249 .330 .318 .648 56.9      7.9   7.5    15.4 .046 .044 .089
1948    4 Buddy Rosar PHI 33    12.35 46.9%   660 699.3 91.3 9.4 16.4 11.6 .988   514.1 120.6 17.2 2.4 5.6 49.0 58.6 74.2 46.6 1.9 9.8 1.9 1.9 11.9 .235 .333 .310 .643 56.2      6.1   7.3    13.4 .035 .042 .077
1949    2 Aaron Robinson DET 34    18.27 25.4%   368 707.9 81.6 10.5 13.8 8.3 .987   502.7 128.2 16.8 1.4 8.4 49.1 62.2 89.4 35.6 0.9 7.0 1.9 1.9 14.5 .255 .369 .345 .714 67.4      9.6   6.1    15.7 .056 .036 .091
                       
1950    6 Phil Masi CHI 34    10.86 23.9%   337 702.9 80.7 16.4 16.4 10.5 .980   529.8 140.0 19.3 4.0 5.4 51.9 64.3 61.8 53.9 3.5 4.9 2.0 1.0 21.3 .264 .345 .346 .691 62.3      6.1   5.0    11.1 .036 .030 .067
1951    2 Jim Hegan CLE 30    15.08 27.0%   357 700.7 86.0 13.3 14.3 11.8 .983   527.8 126.6 20.5 2.3 4.2 61.4 51.7 65.2 56.3 1.4 5.6 1.9 2.8 13.5 .240 .325 .311 .636 55.9      7.1   7.2    14.2 .043 .043 .086
1952    5 Joe Tipton PHI/CLE 30    11.07 36.6%   523 691.7 94.8 13.5 10.3 10.6 .983   538.3 120.0 19.7 1.4 7.1 42.7 54.9 54.2 66.4 2.7 4.8 1.4 1.0 14.6 .223 .297 .304 .601 48.1      5.2   7.4    12.5 .029 .041 .071
1953    4 Matt Batts DET 31    10.73 30.6%   421 708.1 79.3 12.6 12.2 14.8 .984   548.9 137.7 26.2 2.9 13.5 60.5 67.8 45.0 58.0 3.7 2.4 1.6 2.0 19.6 .251 .312 .383 .695 61.3      7.9   6.2    14.1 .046 .036 .082
1954    2 Jim Hegan CLE 33    15.70 30.9%   417 719.3 70.9 9.8 11.4 6.3 .988   530.6 130.2 18.7 6.1 8.1 54.8 53.1 55.6 6.5 56.4 2.8 6.5 4.5 0.0 1.2 16.6 .245 .318 .349 .667 58.4      7.5   7.0    14.5 .045 .041 .086
1955    1 Yogi Berra NY 30    29.77 47.6%   635 730.0 61.9 8.1 13.6 9.6 .990   512.7 130.5 13.4 2.1 17.2 67.9 69.6 67.7 7.8 42.4 7.2 8.1 4.3 1.3 1.6 14.2 .255 .347 .390 .737 71.7     11.7   7.9    19.5 .068 .046 .114
1956    1 Yogi Berra NY 31    44.95 31.6%   434 732.8 56.7 10.5 11.9 9.8 .987   525.1 153.1 28.6 2.2 19.5 73.8 85.8 60.1 5.8 39.1 8.3 2.2 4.3 2.2 2.9 14.5 .292 .370 .466 .836 90.1     16.2   6.4    22.7 .103 .041 .144
1957    1 Yogi Berra NY 32    29.20 34.7%   480 724.0 68.9 7.1 13.2 11.9 .991   531.7 133.9 21.9 2.4 16.1 63.9 75.2 53.3 7.2 42.0 8.9 2.7 3.4 2.1 1.0 13.0 .252 .328 .393 .721 69.0     11.9   7.1    19.0 .072 .044 .116
1958    1 Sherm Lollar CHI 33    25.29 30.0%   392 728.5 64.3 7.2 12.5 8.6 .991   527.9 132.7 19.3 0.8 18.1 61.4 85.8 55.9 3.9 41.7 7.9 2.0 6.3 2.0 2.8 14.2 .251 .329 .394 .723 68.9     12.7   7.6    20.4 .082 .049 .132
1959    1 Yogi Berra NY 34    30.30 47.1%   643 732.4 61.5 6.1 10.9 13.3 .992   543.9 143.5 24.8 4.3 12.4 62.9 71.7 43.7 5.6 47.0 4.5 2.3 5.6 3.0 2.8 16.7 .264 .321 .393 .714 66.7     10.0   7.6    17.6 .062 .047 .108
                       
1960    6 Elston Howard NY 31     9.70 34.7%   480 718.4 69.6 12.0 8.1 13.6 .985   526.7 122.1 15.9 1.9 6.7 50.7 51.1 58.1 7.4 62.9 4.1 4.8 6.3 3.7 1.1 13.7 .232 .310 .307 .617 51.4      5.8   7.1    13.0 .033 .040 .073
1961    1 Elston Howard NY 32    37.00 38.1%   654 729.8 60.7 9.5 11.8 15.8 .988   539 142.2 22.1 3.2 14.7 59.1 67.8 51.5 5.5 77.3 2.1 4.8 2.6 1.1 1.6 14.7 .264 .329 .398 .727 71.0     10.9   7.4    18.3 .063 .043 .106
1962    2 Elston Howard NY 33    24.59 23.4%   419 732.0 57.0 11.0 8.2 12.0 .986   535.8 127.1 18.5 4.1 16.4 61.3 72.4 53.0 4.9 85.9 2.1 3.3 5.8 0.8 0.4 16.4 .237 .305 .379 .684 60.9      7.8   6.6    14.4 .045 .038 .083
1963    1 Elston Howard NY 34    38.57 29.3%   534 738.0 54.2 7.8 10.4 10.4 .990   540 127.6 20.7 2.9 19.1 61.0 67.8 48.1 5.8 81.7 4.5 4.2 3.2 0.6 0.0 17.1 .236 .302 .391 .693 63.9     11.0   6.9    18.0 .064 .040 .104
1964    8 Charlie Lau KC/BAL 31     7.47 9.0%   177 745.1 47.4 7.5 4.2 15.0 .991   532.5 122.5 30.1 2.1 9.3 54.0 49.8 58.1 10.4 87.2 1.0 4.2 4.2 1.0 0.0 12.5 .230 .305 .347 .652 59.2      8.8   6.1    14.9 .048 .033 .081
1965    1 Earl Battey MIN 30    33.77 29.1%   565 727.2 61.6 11.2 9.0 12.2 .986   521.9 131.8 18.6 2.4 10.8 48.0 61.8 59.8 10.1 76.7 3.4 7.8 7.1 0.7 1.0 16.9 .252 .329 .359 .688 62.2     11.7   8.0    19.7 .061 .042 .103
1966    1 John Romano CHI 31    20.92 16.6%   306 744.8 50.3 4.9 9.4 6.7 .994   520.1 128.7 16.8 1.8 12.0 53.5 59.5 69.1 11.4 79.4 3.6 2.4 4.8 2.4 0.6 13.8 .247 .337 .356 .693 64.9     12.2   9.3    21.5 .066 .051 .117
1967    3 J.C. Martin CHI 30    12.27 21.2%   427 723.3 68.2 8.5 8.5 12.2 .989   535.4 109.6 16.4 1.0 7.2 40.5 44.6 49.7 8.2 99.4 2.6 9.2 3.1 2.0 2.0 14.3 .205 .274 .279 .553 41.5      5.8   9.5    15.4 .027 .044 .070
1968   10 Jim Pagliaroni OAK 30     6.93 9.4%   178 739.6 54.1 6.3 9.5 14.3 .992   527.6 108.6 9.9 1.1 9.9 46.1 45.0 55.9 5.5 99.8 5.5 6.6 4.4 0.0 0.0 6.6 .206 .287 .285 .572 48.3      8.8   6.3    15.0 .045 .032 .077
1969    9 Jerry McNertney SEA 32     8.34 18.1%   388 717.7 70.7 11.6 10.2 13.7 .985   539.3 129.8 21.7 2.7 9.7 50.5 60.3 48.7 7.1 74.0 0.9 5.3 5.8 2.2 2.2 16.4 .241 .302 .345 .647 54.9      6.4   5.9    12.3 .037 .035 .072
                       
1970    6 Jake Gibbs NY 31    13.26 11.1%   250 719.6 70.6 9.8 8.5 13.4 .988   547.9 137.5 23.0 3.0 10.4 50.6 46.8 37.2 6.7 60.2 5.2 4.5 5.2 1.5 3.0 21.6 .251 .302 .361 .663 56.5      8.6   7.1    15.6 .046 .038 .084
1971    7 Ellie Hendricks BAL 30    11.03 14.3%   297 732.5 56.5 11.0 7.2 12.9 .986   540.9 126.8 26.4 1.1 10.3 52.2 57.4 47.6 6.9 66.5 5.2 4.0 2.3 1.1 1.1 17.2 .234 .301 .345 .646 54.5      6.8   6.6    13.4 .040 .039 .079
1972    2 Bill Freehan DET 30    24.32 17.2%   356 737.4 53.8 8.8 8.0 7.6 .989   529.6 121.2 22.2 2.1 10.1 52.9 56.6 57.1 5.3 81.0 6.4 5.8 1.1 0.0 1.6 12.2 .229 .311 .336 .647 57.7     11.0   8.0    19.0 .058 .043 .101
1973    8 Duke Sims DET/TEX 32    11.85 30.2%   623 732.5 57.5 10.0 6.8 6.3 .988   530.7 119.5 20.3 0.9 7.9 48.4 56.7 52.8 3.2 63.1 7.1 5.0 4.4 1.2 2.1 17.9 .225 .301 .311 .612 49.9      4.5   7.7    12.2 .025 .042 .066
1974    1 Bill Freehan DET 32    21.18 18.5%   432 713.8 73.1 13.1 9.9 8.7 .984   548.2 126.5 18.5 1.9 11.9 55.2 53.7 33.3 2.4 88.4 4.8 9.0 4.7 2.4 0.0 15.7 .231 .278 .337 .615 53.2      7.0   8.2    15.3 .034 .040 .074
1975    6 Bill Freehan DET 33    13.31 16.9%   393 716.8 75.4 7.8 10.4 6.9 .990   538.7 130.2 17.7 3.5 17.7 61.3 76.5 46.1 5.1 90.2 4.6 6.6 4.0 2.0 1.0 11.1 .242 .305 .387 .692 64.4      9.7   7.9    17.6 .049 .040 .088
1976    8 Bob Stinson KC 30     8.17 19.9%   452 711.8 72.6 15.6 9.6 5.9 .981   539.3 127.5 16.4 1.8 5.8 46.5 47.4 45.6 1.3 83.7 3.5 8.9 2.7 1.3 2.2 14.2 .236 .299 .305 .604 49.6      5.7   7.2    12.9 .028 .036 .064
1977    2 Thurman Munson NY 30    28.32 23.8%   606 715.5 71.4 13.1 7.6 8.4 .984   549.7 152.8 19.8 3.7 11.7 64.5 70.7 36.4 4.3 66.0 3.7 7.1 3.1 3.1 6.8 15.4 .278 .325 .391 .716 66.4      9.7   5.9    15.6 .052 .031 .083
1978    1 Carlton Fisk BOS 30    42.93 19.5%   464 707.8 78.8 13.4 8.9 7.5 .983   531.2 144.0 26.8 3.0 12.9 70.8 71.5 54.2 3.7 70.1 5.1 3.1 6.4 3.0 1.7 13.9 .271 .341 .406 .747 74.9     14.1   6.6    20.8 .090 .042 .132
1979    8 Thurman Munson NY 32    11.22 19.7%   486 702.7 79.6 17.7 8.0 8.7 .978   543.5 140.6 23.4 2.4 14.0 57.9 71.5 39.4 2.4 65.9 2.8 7.0 7.3 3.5 2.1 15.7 .259 .308 .388 .696 63.1      6.9   6.1    13.0 .041 .036 .077
                       
1980    4 Carlton Fisk BOS 32    21.96 28.5%   751 717.1 71.2 11.7 9.6 8.9 .985   540 140.6 24.2 2.9 13.1 64.8 58.5 46.7 4.1 73.1 4.8 6.3 2.2 6.3 3.4 15.0 .260 .324 .388 .712 68.2      9.6   7.4    17.0 .053 .041 .094
1981    1 Jim Sundberg TEX 30    22.57 38.2%   599 719.0 73.0 8.0 10.7 6.6 .990   530.5 130.1 21.1 2.5 10.8 61.2 57.8 53.4 3.6 60.6 4.7 6.1 5.3 3.9 4.7 12.5 .245 .317 .356 .673 59.5      9.8   7.5    17.3 .059 .045 .104
1982    2 Carlton Fisk CHI 34    23.77 49.5%   1252 719.0 72.4 8.6 9.2 8.6 .989   536.7 136.8 23.0 2.0 12.7 61.9 70.2 48.4 3.1 59.4 1.6 7.3 6.0 8.4 3.5 15.7 .255 .315 .376 .691 63.3      8.7   7.4    16.1 .052 .043 .095
1983    4 Ernie Whitt TOR 31    18.16 40.9%   1086 727.1 64.7 8.2 7.1 6.2 .990   536.5 130.3 25.4 1.4 10.7 62.0 59.3 52.6 3.2 74.5 2.1 4.6 4.2 4.6 3.3 15.8 .243 .311 .355 .666 59.3      7.2   8.7    15.9 .038 .045 .083
1984    2 Jim Sundberg MIL 33    18.66 24.2%   643 732.8 60.4 6.8 9.0 4.8 .992   527.6 123.0 22.6 1.8 14.3 55.7 58.7 59.6 3.3 86.4 2.1 6.2 4.5 3.0 3.6 15.8 .233 .311 .364 .675 59.9      7.9   8.1    16.0 .041 .042 .083
1985    4 Ernie Whitt TOR 33    16.97 24.5%   613 735.5 52.6 11.9 9.1 12.4 .985   534.4 129.1 22.5 4.3 15.0 63.3 63.0 52.3 4.6 79.4 2.3 8.4 2.6 2.9 5.5 13.3 .242 .311 .384 .695 63.3      8.6   7.2    15.8 .049 .041 .089
1986    2 Lance Parrish DET 30    21.34 28.9%   754 732.2 60.2 7.6 6.8 11.0 .990   534 132.8 21.5 2.0 18.1 62.1 70.9 52.3 2.2 85.1 3.2 5.4 5.1 2.9 1.7 14.4 .249 .317 .398 .715 67.5      9.2   7.2    16.4 .050 .039 .089
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    7 Terry Kennedy BAL 31    11.20 28.2%   760 730.5 61.4 8.1 9.3 12.4 .990   541.7 126.0 24.0 1.0 12.0 54.7 53.4 43.7 2.1 97.1 3.4 7.8 3.4 0.8 1.3 15.6 .233 .292 .347 .639 53.9      3.9   8.3    12.2 .020 .042 .062
1988   13 Tim Laudner MIN 30     7.82 22.1%   574 740.4 51.4 8.2 7.4 9.8 .990   537.9 128.5 21.7 2.4 12.5 58.3 53.9 46.1 1.0 103.4 5.1 6.8 4.1 1.4 2.0 15.9 .239 .303 .358 .661 58.3      5.0   6.8    11.7 .025 .035 .060
1989    6 Lance Parrish CAL 33    12.88 19.3%   477 722.2 70.4 7.4 9.5 8.0 .991   542.4 127.2 18.5 2.5 13.8 53.3 58.0 44.6 3.6 115.2 4.0 3.6 5.4 3.6 1.4 17.0 .234 .295 .354 .649 55.8      7.1   7.4    14.4 .041 .043 .083
                       
1990    1 Lance Parrish CAL 34    30.95 28.5%   716 727.6 66.1 6.3 10.3 11.6 .992   541.1 143.8 25.0 1.7 8.7 59.1 59.4 45.8 3.2 74.7 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.2 3.7 19.8 .266 .326 .366 .692 61.9      8.7   8.5    17.3 .049 .048 .097
1991    1 Mickey Tettleton DET 30    31.85 32.1%   848 736.1 56.1 7.8 8.3 9.7 .990   533.2 130.7 23.5 1.7 10.9 61.8 62.7 50.5 3.0 79.0 4.8 7.2 4.3 3.0 3.0 18.9 .245 .314 .357 .671 59.4      7.0   7.0    13.9 .038 .038 .075
1992    1 Terry Steinbach OAK 30    27.91 31.7%   796 721.0 69.8 9.2 9.7 7.8 .989   532.2 134.5 23.4 0.7 13.7 62.2 60.4 54.3 5.2 77.9 5.2 4.0 4.3 1.1 2.9 15.3 .253 .325 .377 .702 65.3      9.5   6.4    15.9 .053 .036 .089
1993    2 Mike Stanley NY 30    33.21 40.9%   1047 728.3 65.2 6.5 10.3 9.1 .992   535.5 141.9 26.2 0.7 13.8 59.0 72.1 46.5 4.5 77.8 7.4 5.9 4.7 2.7 2.7 15.5 .265 .330 .394 .724 69.7      9.5   6.9    16.4 .054 .039 .094
1994    3 Terry Steinbach OAK 32    18.52 43.3%   753 734.7 58.6 6.7 6.4 11.1 .992   526.3 136.9 27.0 2.2 18.9 72.2 77.9 57.9 3.3 106.9 6.6 3.9 5.3 0.9 2.6 12.7 .260 .338 .427 .765 76.6      9.9   6.4    16.3 .060 .039 .099
1995    2 Terry Steinbach OAK 33    20.50 35.8%   773 741.5 52.9 5.6 7.5 12.6 .993   522.6 129.9 29.0 1.3 20.2 69.0 82.9 59.8 2.4 114.3 9.2 2.9 5.5 1.8 2.0 13.2 .249 .333 .425 .758 75.2      9.7   7.5    17.2 .057 .044 .101
1996    2 Terry Steinbach OAK 34    22.02 48.5%   1213 747.4 45.2 7.4 6.1 8.9 .991   538.6 143.5 28.4 1.5 21.3 72.2 77.6 47.5 3.1 100.5 6.0 4.4 3.5 3.3 1.6 14.9 .266 .331 .443 .774 78.1      8.7   5.5    14.2 .053 .034 .086
1997    3 Sandy Alomar Jr. CLE 31    23.00 40.2%   984 745.6 48.6 5.8 7.3 9.8 .993   541 144.1 26.7 1.4 16.2 65.5 75.4 44.4 2.4 100.9 5.8 4.9 3.9 1.0 2.7 16.3 .266 .327 .411 .738 70.6      8.5   7.2    15.6 .051 .043 .093
1998    3 Chris Hoiles BAL 33    13.37 36.1%   893 741.4 51.4 7.2 6.0 6.2 .991   545.6 137.6 27.4 1.6 12.9 59.8 69.9 37.5 1.8 82.4 4.6 7.1 5.2 1.0 2.8 17.5 .252 .303 .379 .682 60.2      5.9   7.2    13.1 .033 .041 .074
1999    2 Brad Ausmus DET 30    20.37 35.2%   826 737.7 56.1 6.2 7.9 7.1 .992   541.8 145.1 30.9 1.7 15.0 66.2 74.5 39.7 0.8 89.4 8.3 5.2 5.0 4.4 2.3 16.7 .268 .325 .414 .739 71.2      7.4   6.9    14.3 .047 .043 .090
                       
2000    4 Brad Ausmus DET 31    17.14 47.1%   1161 740.8 52.1 7.1 6.9 7.2 .991   545.7 146.5 27.7 1.3 14.7 64.4 63.0 40.7 1.6 85.9 3.3 6.3 4.0 2.6 1.9 13.8 .268 .321 .405 .726 70.1      6.8   7.2    13.9 .041 .043 .084
2001    5 Dan Wilson SEA 32    15.52 37.2%   949 742.1 50.3 7.6 7.1 8.0 .990   547.5 129.1 27.4 1.6 11.2 53.0 56.7 36.6 2.2 89.0 5.7 6.3 3.9 2.2 3.0 15.0 .236 .289 .353 .642 54.5      3.8   6.6    10.5 .021 .035 .056
2002    1 Jorge Posada NY 30    32.37 43.3%   1032 745.8 47.7 6.5 7.6 8.9 .992   541.1 142.9 29.8 1.3 12.5 65.4 67.0 45.3 2.9 108.8 4.7 3.7 5.2 2.9 2.1 16.5 .264 .324 .393 .717 67.5      7.8   6.3    14.1 .046 .038 .084
2003    1 Jorge Posada NY 31    42.21 39.4%   956 742.0 51.2 6.8 6.7 9.5 .991   540.7 138.6 29.9 1.6 17.7 68.3 74.8 44.2 2.7 105.6 6.1 4.5 4.5 2.3 2.2 13.5 .256 .317 .416 .733 71.9      8.9   6.0    14.9 .051 .035 .086
2004    1 Ivan Rodriguez DET 32    28.59 49.3%   1202 745.8 47.6 6.6 7.4 7.7 .992   531.6 149.5 32.4 0.8 17.8 71.9 76.2 56.1 3.8 107.2 6.4 3.0 2.9 2.3 2.6 15.7 .281 .355 .445 .800 84.7     11.2   6.8    18.0 .068 .041 .110
2005    3 Jason Varitek BOS 33    21.85 52.4%   1248 741.2 52.8 6.0 5.0 6.5 .993   539.9 141.5 26.5 1.2 15.8 69.9 67.9 46.4 1.8 93.1 6.9 2.9 3.9 3.0 1.8 17.0 .262 .326 .403 .729 70.0     10.1   6.0    16.2 .062 .037 .099
2006    2 Ivan Rodriguez DET 34    31.71 55.1%   1317 740.5 53.2 6.3 5.9 7.8 .992   544.1 148.8 29.2 1.2 16.6 67.0 73.4 39.7 2.4 86.1 7.9 4.6 3.7 3.5 2.5 15.3 .273 .330 .423 .753 73.8     10.4   8.4    18.8 .066 .053 .119
2007    4 Kenji Johjima SEA 31    21.53 30.3%   746 744.9 49.2 5.9 7.4 9.6 .993   552.4 134.3 26.5 0.2 11.4 55.1 59.0 31.4 1.6 87.0 8.0 4.3 3.9 2.1 2.1 18.3 .243 .292 .354 .646 54.5      5.1   6.6    11.7 .030 .039 .069
2008    7 Rod Barajas TOR 32    10.05 31.2%   740 741.6 51.7 6.7 7.4 9.2 .992   549.2 136.2 29.7 0.9 13.5 61.4 62.5 33.1 2.9 89.0 8.5 3.8 5.4 3.1 0.2 11.5 .248 .298 .379 .677 61.1      5.4   7.2    13.3 .033 .043 .080
2009    5 Rod Barajas TOR 33    11.31 28.0%   652 749.6 44.8 5.6 5.3 6.7 .993   552.2 140.9 25.4 2.0 18.4 62.0 71.7 37.1 2.5 95.6 3.2 2.8 4.7 3.0 1.5 14.2 .255 .303 .408 .711 66.0      6.6   7.0    13.6 .041 .043 .084
                       
2010    2 Victor Martinez BOS 31    22.20 23.5%   563 745.4 49.4 5.2 2.9 4.8 .993   543.4 136.2 27.5 0.0 16.5 57.5 68.2 38.9 2.1 92.5 6.3 7.2 4.2 2.7 2.1 15.6 .251 .306 .392 .698 64.6      7.3   7.6    14.8 .043 .045 .088
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