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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 86.1%   932 568.2 191.9 39.9 14.9 24.8 .950   552.3 144.3 23.4 8.0 2.8 71.1 66.5 27.9 8.8 11.0 13.4 .261 .307 .348 .655 70.4      7.2   6.7    13.9 .047 .044 .091
1902    1 Ossee Schreckengost PHI 27    15.08 84.7%   933 574.9 190.0 35.1 11.0 23.6 .956   547.5 146.3 25.9 6.6 3.7 67.6 70.6 35.5 5.7 11.3 10.4 .267 .318 .359 .677 71.3      8.1   7.1    15.3 .052 .046 .097
1903    1 Ossee Schreckengost PHI 28    12.67 87.5%   962 621.3 156.1 22.6 10.7 17.7 .972   555.8 124.6 19.6 8.3 2.4 47.9 52.3 25.7 5.1 13.4 8.1 .224 .265 .302 .567 47.4      4.1   7.5    11.7 .025 .046 .072
1904    1 Lew Drill WAS/DET 27    15.41 86.9%   1093 629.5 146.3 24.2 11.2 13.9 .970   549.7 117.7 18.7 5.3 1.1 42.7 44.9 31.1 4.2 15.0 7.9 .214 .262 .273 .535 41.7      5.3   7.1    12.3 .032 .043 .075
1905    1 Ed McFarland CHI 30    19.64 76.2%   946 630.6 147.1 22.3 10.2 13.2 .972   541.7 122.2 18.1 5.5 0.9 43.3 53.9 40.4 5.0 12.9 12.2 .226 .285 .284 .569 51.1      8.6   7.4    16.0 .051 .044 .095
1906    1 Ossee Schreckengost PHI 31    18.88 75.9%   961 606.8 161.5 31.7 9.3 17.9 .960   550.7 124.1 16.9 4.3 1.4 44.7 49.5 30.9 3.7 14.7 11.0 .225 .271 .279 .550 44.9      6.7   7.2    13.9 .039 .042 .082
1907    2 Ossee Schreckengost PHI 32    22.39 72.1%   937 602.1 176.2 21.7 13.8 15.9 .973   546.5 116.4 16.0 4.8 0.4 44.2 44.4 34.0 4.6 14.9 8.5 .213 .265 .262 .527 41.4      5.2   8.6    13.8 .030 .049 .079
1908    3 Gabby Street WAS 25    12.28 80.5%   1055 611.6 165.9 22.5 11.7 13.1 .972   547.1 109.3 14.4 3.9 0.8 38.6 41.0 30.7 4.9 17.3 8.3 .200 .249 .245 .494 35.1      2.6   7.5    10.1 .014 .042 .056
1909    1 Bill Carrigan BOS 25    14.75 83.8%   1066 612.1 167.7 20.2 13.0 12.7 .975   534.8 118.5 14.4 4.8 1.0 40.2 49.8 37.9 6.8 20.5 8.7 .222 .282 .272 .554 44.5      6.4   8.1    14.5 .035 .045 .080
                       
1910    2 Ira Thomas PHI 29    10.65 85.1%   1111 592.6 181.5 25.9 14.4 13.2 .968   542.9 112.7 12.0 5.4 1.4 41.7 44.3 34.4 5.1 17.6 8.8 .208 .261 .258 .519 39.5      3.7   7.1    10.8 .021 .040 .061
1911    2 Ira Thomas PHI 30    17.20 84.3%   1141 599.0 174.9 26.1 15.1 17.7 .967   537.3 128.8 16.5 6.2 1.1 47.8 57.9 36.7 7.2 18.8 8.6 .240 .297 .300 .597 52.1      4.3   7.6    11.9 .024 .043 .067
1912    2 Rip Williams WAS 30    12.91 87.8%   1190 588.6 180.8 30.6 14.0 15.3 .962   533.9 126.1 18.2 5.8 0.2 51.6 48.9 44.5 4.8 16.8 9.2 .236 .301 .293 .594 52.4      5.1   7.8    12.9 .028 .043 .071
1913    2 Ray Schalk CHI 20    14.09 81.3%   1060 591.2 184.2 24.6 14.6 15.4 .969   533.8 121.9 19.8 6.6 1.4 45.4 52.0 45.2 73.0 6.6 14.4 15.3 .228 .297 .298 .595 50.8      6.4   8.1    14.5 .035 .044 .079
1914    2 Ray Schalk CHI 21    20.41 79.8%   1092 590.9 183.7 25.4 15.1 14.8 .968   527.4 119.0 15.9 5.1 0.8 41.2 42.0 51.4 74.5 5.5 15.7 15.2 9.3 .226 .301 .280 .581 49.6      7.2   7.6    14.7 .040 .042 .082
1915    1 Ray Schalk CHI 22    22.64 83.7%   1152 600.1 172.8 27.1 12.8 16.4 .966   527.2 118.8 16.8 4.6 1.1 45.3 46.0 50.8 59.7 4.6 17.4 9.3 7.1 .225 .299 .281 .580 50.8      6.6   7.3    13.9 .036 .040 .076
1916    1 Les Nunamaker NY 27    21.34 87.0%   1196 606.8 173.1 20.1 21.5 13.5 .975   529.2 126.0 21.9 5.9 0.2 40.4 50.3 50.0 60.6 5.7 15.1 11.3 2.0 .238 .311 .303 .614 53.2      8.6   7.3    15.9 .046 .040 .086
1917    1 Ray Schalk CHI 24    26.89 88.8%   1211 613.1 164.5 22.4 16.7 14.1 .972   530.7 117.6 18.0 4.2 0.4 41.9 51.9 46.6 54.8 5.6 17.1 9.3 .222 .291 .274 .565 45.7      5.7   7.7    13.5 .033 .044 .077
1918    1 Steve O'Neill CLE 26    16.21 92.9%   1012 577.5 198.9 23.6 20.5 14.5 .971   530.5 117.3 14.7 5.1 0.8 40.0 39.5 50.8 49.6 5.1 13.6 8.3 .221 .295 .273 .568 43.8      5.8   7.3    13.2 .035 .044 .079
1919    2 Steve O'Neill CLE 27    20.97 90.1%   1086 608.7 171.7 19.6 17.1 10.6 .976   526.7 132.3 23.0 6.7 2.0 46.5 51.7 51.2 47.9 4.4 17.7 6.8 .251 .323 .332 .655 58.2      8.9   7.4    16.3 .053 .044 .097
                       
1920    1 Steve O'Neill CLE 28    33.41 92.5%   1179 617.6 161.8 20.6 15.8 9.8 .974   529.9 138.2 26.4 4.8 2.9 56.0 54.2 48.6 43.6 4.6 16.9 5.8 4.1 .261 .328 .345 .673 64.0      7.4   7.3    14.7 .046 .045 .091
1921    2 Patsy Gharrity WAS 29    21.94 78.5%   1011 626.1 153.0 20.9 16.7 11.3 .974   526.4 154.0 28.3 5.2 3.8 59.7 71.3 53.8 39.1 2.8 17.0 4.5 4.7 .293 .361 .387 .748 75.0     10.0   7.7    17.7 .063 .049 .112
1922    1 Ray Schalk CHI 29    26.01 80.0%   1071 630.4 151.9 17.7 15.3 12.1 .978   525.2 146.7 26.7 5.3 4.7 57.3 69.3 56.2 41.9 2.8 15.8 4.1 4.3 .279 .352 .377 .729 71.1     10.0   7.3    17.3 .061 .045 .106
1923    1 Muddy Ruel WAS 27    30.26 78.4%   1069 637.5 143.7 18.8 15.5 14.6 .977   521.0 137.7 26.7 4.1 2.7 54.8 61.9 56.9 42.9 3.4 18.7 4.3 4.1 .264 .341 .347 .688 64.7      8.3   6.6    14.9 .053 .042 .094
1924    3 Hank Severeid STL 33    17.94 68.3%   918 625.6 154.6 19.8 15.3 13.6 .975   515.6 136.6 23.1 3.5 1.5 54.6 54.9 60.9 33.5 4.6 18.9 4.4 5.8 .265 .348 .332 .680 62.7      6.7   7.2    13.9 .040 .043 .083
1925    1 Muddy Ruel WAS 29    22.51 63.2%   889 629.9 151.9 18.2 20.4 9.7 .977   515.0 138.3 27.3 2.4 1.2 61.0 59.3 65.6 36.2 3.6 15.8 5.5 4.3 .269 .355 .338 .693 67.4      7.5   7.7    15.2 .043 .044 .087
1926    1 Muddy Ruel WAS 30    23.44 65.8%   945 645.6 136.9 17.5 14.8 10.4 .978   513.0 131.0 20.7 4.3 1.7 52.9 57.7 62.6 45.6 3.5 20.9 6.0 4.5 .255 .340 .322 .662 60.5      7.2   6.9    14.1 .041 .039 .080
1927    2 Muddy Ruel WAS 31    24.53 61.4%   874 626.1 152.7 21.2 13.2 8.9 .974   523.7 142.7 23.3 6.7 2.2 57.9 64.8 56.7 33.2 3.2 16.4 4.9 4.9 .272 .347 .355 .702 67.8      8.4   6.9    15.3 .049 .040 .089
1928    4 Luke Sewell CLE 27     9.94 63.8%   888 654.3 128.8 16.9 15.6 11.8 .979   534.1 132.6 21.2 5.2 2.8 54.0 60.3 48.6 42.7 2.8 14.5 5.6 5.2 .248 .314 .323 .637 55.2      4.6   7.8    12.4 .026 .043 .069
1929    5 Johnny Heving BOS 28     6.61 57.5%   810 648.7 130.7 20.6 16.4 10.7 .974   536.6 132.0 19.5 3.6 2.6 57.9 58.7 44.8 37.5 2.5 16.1 4.3 4.9 .246 .307 .310 .617 51.2      3.4   6.9    10.3 .020 .040 .060
                       
1930    3 Rick Ferrell STL 24     9.14 60.6%   838 680.7 108.0 11.3 11.1 11.3 .986   538.6 136.6 22.6 7.0 1.9 55.3 60.6 43.3 37.8 2.3 15.8 3.6 1.9 .254 .312 .332 .644 59.8      4.2   7.1    11.3 .024 .040 .064
1931    3 Rick Ferrell STL 25    17.34 64.7%   870 668.2 114.7 17.1 12.2 7.7 .979   546.2 142.0 26.2 4.6 2.7 54.2 63.5 46.1 37.5 1.6 6.1 1.7 2.1 .260 .319 .340 .659 64.3      6.5   6.6    13.0 .039 .039 .078
1932    3 Rick Ferrell STL 26    20.31 66.5%   931 674.1 109.5 16.4 14.7 7.1 .979   534.6 142.4 28.4 4.9 2.6 59.3 69.8 56.2 36.1 1.1 8.1 3.8 2.9 .266 .337 .352 .689 68.5      7.2   6.8    14.0 .042 .040 .082
1933    3 Rick Ferrell STL/BOS 27    18.90 74.7%   1008 684.3 107.3 8.4 16.8 6.3 .989   531.1 134.9 21.8 4.0 2.5 58.6 63.5 58.0 37.5 1.8 9.1 2.8 1.5 .254 .329 .324 .653 62.8      6.2   7.1    13.3 .037 .042 .079
1934    3 Rick Ferrell BOS 28    21.63 75.9%   1032 692.7 90.8 16.5 14.6 10.2 .979   535.0 135.2 25.3 4.4 2.9 52.5 57.9 55.2 50.8 2.1 7.7 4.7 1.6 .253 .325 .333 .658 62.6      5.4   6.9    12.3 .032 .041 .073
1935    3 Rick Ferrell BOS 29    17.63 72.3%   958 680.1 105.9 14.0 13.8 9.6 .983   532.7 147.4 27.6 4.4 4.1 59.7 69.5 56.5 37.8 1.2 9.6 2.9 2.9 .277 .347 .368 .715 69.5      7.8   7.3    15.0 .048 .045 .092
1936    2 Rick Ferrell BOS 30    18.62 72.9%   948 684.6 99.7 15.7 13.7 11.2 .980   533.9 142.4 26.2 3.9 4.6 63.8 67.3 57.9 37.8 1.9 6.3 4.1 2.4 .267 .340 .356 .696 69.7      6.1   7.1    13.1 .038 .043 .081
1937    2 Frankie Pytlak CLE 28    20.48 79.0%   997 686.2 97.1 16.7 15.1 11.2 .979   528.5 135.2 20.9 5.4 7.3 64.2 67.1 63.9 45.5 1.7 5.9 4.8 2.7 .256 .338 .358 .696 67.4      7.2   7.0    14.1 .045 .044 .089
1938    2 Rudy York DET 24    32.50 75.9%   1006 690.2 96.4 13.4 14.4 13.5 .983   518.1 146.0 27.4 4.6 8.7 69.3 82.0 72.7 49.9 1.6 7.6 3.3 2.7 .282 .372 .403 .775 82.3     10.9   6.7    17.5 .068 .042 .110
1939    2 Frankie Hayes PHI 24    19.54 79.7%   1027 694.4 91.8 13.8 13.6 15.0 .983   529.1 142.5 23.9 4.1 7.4 68.8 68.2 55.9 45.0 2.1 12.9 5.0 3.0 12.3 .269 .341 .372 .713 69.3      7.6   6.6    14.2 .049 .043 .092
                       
1940    1 Frankie Hayes PHI 25    19.37 77.6%   1043 699.1 87.2 13.7 11.6 13.4 .983   535.9 143.4 24.1 4.5 6.3 65.2 64.7 55.2 41.8 1.9 7.0 4.5 4.2 13.9 .268 .338 .365 .703 66.9      8.0   7.3    15.3 .049 .045 .094
1941    2 Frankie Hayes PHI 26    16.10 70.2%   912 693.7 94.0 12.3 15.8 12.1 .985   536.4 140.2 26.4 4.4 4.0 55.5 60.3 57.5 42.5 0.7 5.4 3.3 2.3 15.6 .261 .334 .350 .684 62.7      7.1   7.4    14.5 .044 .046 .090
1942    2 Birdie Tebbetts DET 29    10.45 71.3%   981 683.7 99.3 17.0 13.3 13.5 .979   534.5 121.3 17.9 1.3 2.9 42.6 47.1 56.0 59.1 1.3 8.2 3.2 2.1 12.0 .227 .302 .281 .583 47.4      4.3   7.5    11.8 .024 .043 .067
1943    3 Buddy Rosar CLE 28    18.06 70.7%   974 675.7 108.9 15.4 14.9 10.6 .981   528.7 121.0 17.1 1.9 3.3 47.4 51.1 62.2 50.5 1.6 7.5 1.2 1.4 14.8 .229 .312 .287 .599 48.6      6.4   7.6    14.1 .037 .045 .082
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 94.6%   1230 687.7 95.0 17.3 15.6 15.5 .978   539.8 133.4 19.7 3.2 3.6 42.5 56.4 50.3 46.2 1.8 8.1 3.2 2.6 17.8 .247 .313 .315 .628 52.3      6.4   7.2    13.6 .040 .044 .084
1945    1 Frankie Hayes PHI/CLE 30    21.75 90.6%   1220 683.6 105.6 10.8 17.0 15.3 .987   529.0 123.5 17.3 3.0 2.7 49.8 56.0 59.4 50.9 2.5 9.1 3.5 2.7 14.8 .233 .314 .292 .606 48.9      6.8   7.4    14.2 .040 .043 .082
1946    3 Buddy Rosar PHI 31    11.70 73.2%   973 702.7 84.1 13.2 12.7 15.4 .983   531.6 128.6 21.9 4.6 4.0 50.3 52.0 58.2 61.6 1.6 8.6 2.2 3.8 18.2 .242 .319 .323 .642 51.2      6.3   7.4    13.7 .035 .042 .077
1947    2 Buddy Rosar PHI 32    14.67 72.2%   1006 696.0 91.3 12.7 16.0 7.8 .984   537.7 129.8 17.4 3.2 2.6 42.6 49.5 51.8 50.0 1.0 9.5 2.5 2.6 14.8 .241 .309 .300 .609 49.1      5.4   7.7    13.1 .030 .043 .074
1948    1 Jim Hegan CLE 27    19.68 75.9%   1041 703.8 85.4 10.8 16.4 9.9 .987   521.8 130.9 21.3 3.3 7.6 54.6 67.3 67.5 51.4 1.4 9.3 3.1 3.1 16.1 .251 .338 .348 .686 62.6      7.5   7.3    14.8 .044 .043 .087
1949    3 Jim Hegan CLE 28    14.50 79.6%   1144 698.4 89.6 12.0 14.6 6.8 .985   518.6 131.6 19.0 3.0 6.9 54.8 61.7 73.9 52.5 1.2 6.3 3.7 1.2 15.1 .254 .348 .342 .690 64.7      8.0   6.8    14.7 .047 .039 .086
                       
1950    2 Sherm Lollar STL 25    16.19 78.2%   1084 709.4 78.2 12.4 14.5 9.8 .985   529.5 142.7 20.7 4.0 10.7 59.7 71.1 61.4 47.2 2.6 6.5 1.4 0.6 18.7 .269 .348 .384 .732 70.8      8.0   6.7    14.6 .048 .040 .089
1951    2 Jim Hegan CLE 30    15.08 74.2%   991 699.0 86.7 14.3 14.1 11.6 .982   527.7 127.1 22.4 1.8 6.5 58.1 56.5 65.5 54.1 1.8 5.0 2.3 2.0 16.2 .241 .327 .327 .654 58.5      6.7   6.6    13.3 .040 .040 .081
1952    3 Sherm Lollar CHI 27    13.57 71.2%   1016 701.2 85.2 13.6 10.3 8.0 .983   537.3 127.4 19.3 1.7 8.4 45.2 59.7 53.1 59.8 4.1 5.5 1.7 2.1 18.6 .237 .311 .327 .638 52.6      6.3   7.2    13.5 .036 .041 .077
1953    2 Sherm Lollar CHI 28    22.92 77.6%   1051 711.5 77.3 11.2 10.1 11.7 .986   542.7 141.7 28.5 2.4 10.7 60.2 69.4 48.0 55.1 3.6 5.7 2.1 2.3 17.4 .261 .325 .382 .707 65.2      8.6   7.2    15.8 .050 .042 .093
1954    2 Jim Hegan CLE 33    15.70 66.4%   894 714.1 74.3 11.6 13.6 7.9 .986   533.0 134.3 22.8 4.1 8.7 52.2 56.7 52.3 6.6 55.9 2.8 7.0 4.9 0.8 1.7 15.4 .252 .319 .359 .678 59.5      7.7   6.7    14.3 .046 .040 .085
1955    2 Sherm Lollar CHI 30    26.34 72.0%   985 721.2 69.7 9.1 14.3 12.1 .989   524.3 133.7 18.7 2.5 10.9 60.8 56.4 57.9 6.2 48.3 5.1 8.6 4.1 1.1 2.6 18.5 .255 .333 .363 .696 68.8      8.8   7.5    15.1 .051 .043 .087
1956    2 Sherm Lollar CHI 31    20.37 61.2%   875 729.8 61.5 8.7 12.3 8.0 .989   526.8 139.8 25.4 2.6 14.1 60.0 75.3 59.6 7.2 63.8 4.6 4.2 4.8 2.0 0.8 22.3 .265 .342 .404 .746 70.2      9.5   7.0    16.5 .055 .040 .095
1957    2 Sherm Lollar CHI 32    16.42 57.7%   828 723.2 69.1 7.7 13.4 12.2 .990   538.0 135.2 23.8 1.7 14.3 55.6 69.4 46.8 5.5 74.5 4.9 6.2 4.1 2.1 2.1 18.3 .251 .315 .381 .696 63.4      8.5   6.7    15.2 .048 .038 .086
1958    1 Sherm Lollar CHI 33    25.29 63.8%   876 726.4 64.8 8.8 12.4 17.3 .989   535.6 138.8 19.6 2.3 18.4 62.1 74.6 50.9 6.0 76.5 4.2 3.7 5.6 3.5 1.0 16.9 .259 .325 .408 .733 70.5     12.5   7.0    19.5 .074 .042 .116
1959    2 Sherm Lollar CHI 34    26.50 59.0%   823 719.0 71.0 10.0 13.2 14.5 .988   535.5 134.4 23.1 3.5 15.1 59.4 72.8 51.6 4.9 71.8 4.7 3.7 4.5 2.3 1.9 17.1 .251 .320 .392 .712 65.4     10.0   7.4    17.4 .059 .043 .102
                       
1960    1 John Romano CLE 25    20.13 68.0%   910 726.1 64.0 9.9 9.4 12.7 .988   532.5 132.1 21.2 1.6 13.7 54.9 64.0 52.5 5.9 73.6 4.2 5.3 5.5 2.4 1.5 17.9 .248 .318 .371 .689 62.2      8.9   7.0    15.9 .053 .042 .095
1961    1 Elston Howard NY 32    37.00 91.0%   1520 734.0 57.6 8.4 9.6 13.5 .990   529.8 142.8 23.5 2.1 18.9 68.3 71.6 59.8 5.5 81.0 3.0 3.8 3.6 1.2 2.0 14.7 .270 .345 .429 .774 78.3     12.3   7.1    19.4 .074 .043 .118
1962    1 John Romano CLE 27    34.81 69.6%   1209 735.2 56.2 8.6 6.7 11.3 .989   534.0 134.8 21.6 2.7 16.0 62.2 68.1 53.5 5.2 80.0 3.4 4.5 4.6 1.0 0.5 15.5 .252 .322 .393 .715 67.4      9.8   7.3    17.1 .060 .044 .104
1963    1 Elston Howard NY 34    38.57 69.9%   1249 742.2 51.3 6.5 10.4 9.3 .992   536.2 134.5 20.1 2.5 19.3 60.6 69.1 50.8 8.1 84.4 5.4 3.8 3.8 1.4 1.2 15.1 .251 .320 .406 .726 69.1     12.6   8.0    20.5 .073 .047 .120
1964    1 Elston Howard NY 35    46.77 64.9%   1159 742.0 50.2 7.8 5.9 11.2 .990   537.0 143.6 20.1 2.3 15.6 56.8 69.7 48.6 8.1 84.4 5.3 3.6 5.5 1.6 1.0 16.2 .267 .331 .401 .732 70.4     11.9   7.2    19.1 .071 .043 .113
1965    1 Earl Battey MIN 30    33.77 67.4%   1232 733.2 57.6 9.2 7.3 12.3 .988   534.5 121.5 17.0 1.8 11.2 44.5 56.6 51.0 8.1 90.0 4.3 5.3 4.9 1.5 1.0 18.8 .227 .297 .329 .626 51.7      7.1   7.6    14.6 .039 .042 .080
1966    1 John Romano CHI 31    20.92 76.9%   1364 735.9 55.2 8.9 8.7 9.3 .989   540.5 127.2 20.3 2.7 12.3 51.9 56.0 49.2 8.9 98.8 3.0 4.1 3.2 2.1 1.7 14.1 .235 .301 .351 .652 56.4      8.4   7.4    15.7 .048 .042 .089
1967    1 Bill Freehan DET 25    41.20 70.5%   1279 730.8 61.2 8.0 10.1 10.7 .990   541.7 122.6 19.8 2.1 11.2 47.3 53.2 43.5 7.9 101.1 5.4 6.1 3.3 1.6 1.7 15.0 .226 .289 .333 .622 52.0      7.5   7.4    14.9 .042 .041 .082
1968    1 Bill Freehan DET 26    47.90 59.1%   1042 730.0 63.2 6.8 9.9 10.6 .991   539.0 123.6 17.0 2.2 13.1 47.9 59.3 45.9 5.8 93.3 6.5 4.2 4.4 1.2 2.0 12.2 .229 .295 .342 .637 55.6     10.4   7.7    18.1 .059 .044 .102
1969    1 Bill Freehan DET 27    24.20 70.6%   1555 724.6 64.5 10.9 8.6 14.9 .986   530.8 124.1 18.5 2.0 11.0 51.1 56.8 55.2 8.2 86.7 5.1 3.9 5.0 1.4 1.4 17.0 .234 .309 .339 .648 55.9      7.2   6.8    14.0 .039 .037 .077
                       
1970    1 Thurman Munson NY 23    35.09 74.5%   1552 730.0 61.2 8.8 9.5 10.7 .989   535.7 133.0 20.8 2.2 14.7 56.6 59.9 52.2 6.2 89.5 4.6 3.6 3.9 2.3 3.5 15.9 .248 .318 .378 .696 63.1      9.3   7.7    17.0 .055 .045 .100
1971    1 Bill Freehan DET 29    32.65 79.0%   1618 728.4 62.7 8.9 8.5 11.7 .989   538.6 131.7 21.9 2.3 13.5 55.5 60.4 48.5 6.3 90.8 5.0 3.7 4.2 2.6 3.4 15.4 .245 .311 .369 .680 60.9      9.7   7.1    16.8 .057 .042 .100
1972    1 Carlton Fisk BOS 24    49.28 74.1%   1502 723.8 62.9 13.3 9.6 9.8 .983   536.4 129.6 19.1 2.7 11.7 53.0 55.3 52.2 7.2 84.9 5.1 2.9 3.4 2.1 3.0 13.7 .242 .313 .353 .666 59.8     12.1   7.1    19.2 .071 .041 .112
1973    1 Thurman Munson NY 26    33.75 81.5%   1649 725.3 63.7 11.0 8.1 9.3 .986   533.3 132.9 21.7 1.5 14.3 59.4 66.4 51.2 2.2 87.1 6.1 5.8 3.6 3.0 2.8 14.5 .249 .320 .376 .696 64.3      9.9   6.9    16.8 .060 .041 .101
1974    1 Bill Freehan DET 32    21.18 81.6%   1775 716.3 70.8 12.9 9.3 10.9 .984   526.3 127.5 19.6 2.7 11.9 60.6 59.7 57.3 3.5 85.4 4.1 7.7 4.6 4.3 3.7 15.3 .242 .319 .357 .676 61.2      9.9   7.3    17.2 .055 .040 .095
1975    1 Gene Tenace OAK 28    33.84 78.5%   1698 709.6 76.8 13.6 8.6 8.5 .983   527.0 128.8 18.5 2.9 12.5 61.3 64.8 56.1 3.0 84.5 5.0 7.8 4.1 4.2 2.4 14.2 .244 .321 .361 .682 63.0      9.3   7.4    16.7 .052 .041 .093
1976    1 Thurman Munson NY 29    29.39 75.9%   1652 703.6 81.6 14.8 10.1 7.5 .981   534.5 130.8 20.7 2.2 7.9 55.3 52.0 49.9 1.3 74.0 3.8 8.0 3.8 5.3 4.6 11.9 .245 .312 .336 .648 57.5      8.6   7.7    16.3 .047 .042 .089
1977    1 Carlton Fisk BOS 29    42.60 71.9%   1808 712.9 75.8 11.3 8.6 7.8 .986   535.1 144.0 21.8 3.7 11.5 65.1 71.1 47.5 2.0 69.8 3.1 9.6 4.7 3.1 5.0 13.0 .269 .330 .388 .718 68.8      9.8   7.6    17.5 .053 .041 .094
1978    1 Carlton Fisk BOS 30    42.93 74.0%   1823 707.4 79.8 12.8 10.7 7.5 .984   537.9 133.5 21.9 2.7 10.8 57.1 59.1 47.0 2.8 76.0 3.1 6.8 5.2 2.8 2.6 12.1 .248 .310 .359 .669 60.4      8.8   7.8    16.6 .051 .045 .095
1979    2 Brian Downing CAL 28    28.18 73.8%   1822 707.5 77.8 14.7 9.6 11.9 .982   537.5 137.5 25.0 3.0 11.6 63.6 66.6 48.8 2.1 72.8 2.5 5.8 5.4 3.7 3.0 16.6 .256 .318 .378 .696 64.0      8.3   7.4    15.7 .048 .042 .090
                       
1980    1 Rick Cerone NY 26    26.91 71.4%   1853 720.3 69.0 10.7 8.5 10.6 .987   542.1 139.1 24.3 2.8 11.6 61.6 63.2 42.2 2.8 74.4 3.0 8.7 4.0 5.0 3.4 16.3 .257 .312 .376 .688 62.6      7.9   7.5    15.4 .043 .041 .085
1981    1 Jim Sundberg TEX 30    22.57 67.6%   1043 718.5 70.8 10.7 8.1 6.9 .987   534.0 133.8 24.3 2.3 11.0 58.6 58.1 51.7 2.9 66.0 3.4 6.7 4.2 3.7 4.0 17.6 .251 .318 .366 .684 60.4      9.8   7.6    17.4 .058 .045 .104
1982    1 Lance Parrish DET 26    34.26 69.3%   1750 719.8 70.2 10.0 10.4 8.7 .987   536.2 133.3 22.4 2.4 12.2 61.4 62.3 50.9 2.8 71.1 1.7 7.2 4.0 7.1 4.0 14.5 .249 .314 .367 .681 61.9      7.9   7.1    15.1 .046 .041 .087
1983    1 Carlton Fisk CHI 35    39.20 73.9%   1911 725.3 64.0 10.7 8.4 8.3 .987   544.2 134.5 25.2 2.0 12.2 59.7 61.4 42.3 1.8 85.7 2.6 6.3 4.6 4.9 3.8 15.0 .247 .302 .368 .670 59.8      6.9   7.5    14.4 .038 .041 .079
1984    1 Lance Parrish DET 28    23.51 69.6%   1797 724.8 65.2 10.0 8.3 7.3 .988   546.6 126.5 24.3 2.1 14.1 58.6 59.8 39.0 2.3 93.1 2.6 6.2 5.6 3.6 3.3 14.2 .231 .283 .361 .644 55.1      6.0   7.2    13.2 .034 .041 .074
1985    1 Carlton Fisk CHI 37    28.77 61.5%   1567 727.9 61.4 10.7 10.2 9.8 .987   539.0 130.7 22.8 2.6 15.9 61.2 64.5 43.4 2.7 92.3 4.9 8.7 4.0 3.7 4.0 11.9 .242 .303 .383 .686 62.9      8.1   7.5    15.6 .044 .041 .085
1986    2 Lance Parrish DET 30    21.34 59.1%   1548 729.4 61.8 8.8 9.0 11.0 .989   537.1 122.1 19.2 1.7 15.0 57.8 63.4 44.9 0.7 101.4 4.0 9.3 4.7 3.6 1.9 12.2 .227 .289 .353 .642 55.8      5.1   7.9    13.1 .027 .042 .069
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 58.0%   1537 731.1 58.7 10.2 9.0 14.3 .987   538.2 125.2 24.5 1.5 16.2 63.7 61.6 41.7 1.5 105.7 5.3 9.6 5.2 2.4 2.4 13.8 .233 .292 .374 .666 59.9      6.5   7.5    14.0 .033 .038 .072
1988    1 Carlton Fisk CHI 40    22.43 57.4%   1454 734.3 57.0 8.7 8.6 8.0 .989   541.4 136.1 24.8 1.4 13.5 58.8 63.4 41.6 2.5 92.3 5.7 7.9 3.4 2.3 2.4 15.0 .251 .310 .377 .687 62.9      8.9   7.2    16.1 .049 .040 .088
1989    1 Bob Boone KC 41    25.70 69.1%   1738 725.2 65.6 9.2 7.5 9.4 .988   539.6 137.5 21.7 2.4 10.8 54.6 63.0 42.7 3.1 89.7 5.4 7.3 5.0 2.7 2.1 17.3 .255 .313 .364 .677 60.2      8.9   7.6    16.5 .049 .043 .092
                       
1990    1 Lance Parrish CAL 34    30.95 72.9%   1866 730.7 62.0 7.3 8.9 10.2 .991   545.9 144.6 26.0 2.0 12.5 63.2 66.0 40.1 2.6 91.9 4.8 5.6 3.6 3.7 3.0 16.1 .265 .319 .389 .708 65.4      9.3   7.7    17.0 .052 .043 .095
1991    2 Lance Parrish CAL 35    18.27 69.0%   1807 729.8 62.6 7.6 9.0 11.0 .990   546.7 134.6 29.3 0.9 11.5 54.8 64.3 37.2 2.1 94.4 5.4 6.1 4.6 1.4 2.8 17.2 .246 .298 .366 .664 57.8      6.6   7.7    14.3 .035 .042 .077
1992    1 Terry Steinbach OAK 30    27.91 72.8%   1775 724.3 67.1 8.6 9.2 8.9 .989   539.9 136.1 23.5 1.5 13.6 58.0 59.9 44.5 2.8 87.5 5.6 6.0 4.0 2.7 2.4 14.4 .252 .314 .377 .691 63.5      7.3   7.5    14.9 .041 .042 .083
1993    1 Chris Hoiles BAL 28    38.16 76.2%   1934 728.2 64.9 6.9 9.0 8.6 .991   533.6 137.9 27.3 1.0 16.3 63.7 71.9 45.9 2.8 92.6 8.4 7.0 5.1 4.3 3.8 15.0 .258 .324 .405 .729 70.7      9.9   7.8    17.7 .056 .044 .099
1994    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 22    20.91 71.3%   1268 733.6 59.5 6.9 6.9 8.8 .991   534.2 136.3 26.2 2.2 19.0 71.6 73.1 50.0 2.5 101.1 7.0 4.0 4.8 3.6 3.4 15.2 .255 .324 .419 .743 72.4      8.6   7.3    15.9 .050 .042 .092
1995    1 Dan Wilson SEA 26    20.94 73.5%   1620 738.1 54.6 7.3 7.1 12.3 .991   537.0 138.5 30.0 1.6 17.8 66.9 77.4 47.7 1.7 102.9 6.4 4.9 4.0 1.9 2.0 14.0 .258 .324 .419 .743 72.3      8.5   7.6    16.1 .049 .043 .092
1996    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 24    29.61 79.8%   2007 742.8 49.9 7.3 6.3 7.7 .991   540.1 141.7 27.9 1.2 19.3 71.8 77.4 44.3 2.5 94.9 6.5 5.4 3.7 3.5 1.9 16.0 .262 .324 .426 .750 73.5      8.0   6.9    14.9 .048 .041 .090
1997    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 25    36.93 71.0%   1750 743.0 51.6 5.4 8.6 8.4 .993   542.8 143.5 28.2 1.3 15.7 67.7 73.0 40.3 2.1 97.9 7.0 5.3 4.6 2.9 2.3 15.3 .264 .321 .408 .729 69.7      8.2   8.2    16.4 .048 .049 .097
1998    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 26    39.11 68.6%   1684 739.2 53.4 7.4 6.6 9.1 .991   544.8 137.1 28.0 1.9 14.8 60.7 67.7 36.3 0.8 100.4 6.9 7.0 5.0 2.1 2.2 15.0 .252 .304 .391 .695 63.9      5.9   7.4    13.3 .034 .043 .077
1999    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 27    40.93 66.4%   1578 733.4 59.2 7.4 9.1 6.0 .991   543.8 147.0 28.5 1.9 15.4 69.1 72.0 39.5 0.8 90.8 6.5 5.5 4.7 7.2 3.8 15.9 .270 .325 .415 .740 71.7      8.3   7.6    15.9 .050 .046 .096
                       
2000    2 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 28    27.97 67.2%   1673 739.9 52.1 8.0 8.0 6.5 .990   541.7 145.3 28.2 1.9 17.4 71.8 72.3 41.7 1.3 91.0 4.8 6.6 5.2 3.1 1.7 15.6 .268 .323 .424 .747 73.9      7.9   7.7    15.5 .046 .045 .092
2001    2 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 29    24.82 62.4%   1579 733.0 59.2 7.8 7.9 7.1 .990   550.3 137.7 29.0 1.0 13.0 58.9 64.1 31.8 1.7 91.8 8.3 6.5 3.1 3.9 3.5 14.2 .250 .299 .378 .677 60.9      5.9   7.9    13.8 .032 .043 .075
2002    3 Dan Wilson SEA 33    15.09 65.3%   1600 739.8 54.0 6.2 8.0 9.8 .992   549.5 137.0 28.3 1.3 11.4 58.6 58.8 34.7 1.5 94.6 5.2 5.6 5.0 1.9 2.3 17.3 .249 .298 .367 .665 57.9      4.6   7.4    11.9 .026 .043 .069
2003    3 Ramon Hernandez OAK 27    23.31 61.5%   1530 738.4 54.7 6.9 7.7 8.4 .991   553.7 137.7 29.0 1.5 14.1 63.0 66.2 28.1 1.3 92.6 7.1 6.4 4.7 2.2 1.7 14.7 .249 .291 .383 .674 60.1      5.3   7.3    12.6 .030 .041 .071
2004    1 Ivan Rodriguez DET 32    28.59 72.3%   1819 743.5 49.5 7.0 7.0 8.9 .991   545.7 142.9 29.0 1.1 15.4 65.2 73.1 37.4 1.7 105.2 4.8 7.0 5.1 2.4 2.7 15.8 .262 .312 .404 .716 67.7      7.0   7.6    14.6 .040 .044 .084
2005    5 Benji Molina LA 30    15.96 63.0%   1542 741.3 52.3 6.4 5.7 6.7 .992   553.4 139.3 26.1 1.1 13.8 61.2 64.5 30.0 1.0 91.8 7.5 4.8 4.3 2.6 1.6 18.6 .252 .297 .378 .675 59.5      7.0   6.6    13.7 .040 .038 .078
2006    2 Ivan Rodriguez DET 34    31.71 64.9%   1579 740.1 52.9 7.0 6.5 8.1 .991   547.5 145.9 30.0 0.8 16.0 67.7 68.9 36.0 1.7 96.9 8.0 5.0 3.5 3.2 2.5 14.5 .266 .319 .412 .731 70.0      8.7   8.3    17.0 .053 .050 .103
2007    4 Kenji Johjima SEA 31    21.53 56.8%   1404 740.2 52.9 6.9 7.2 7.5 .991   545.5 133.1 28.8 0.9 12.9 60.4 67.9 37.0 0.6 108.8 7.0 5.4 5.1 2.8 2.1 14.5 .244 .298 .371 .669 59.7      6.5   7.3    13.8 .038 .042 .080
2008    2 Kurt Suzuki OAK 24    21.93 64.9%   1562 743.5 49.0 7.5 6.7 8.4 .991   540.4 134.4 29.3 1.0 14.8 65.7 65.5 41.8 3.1 110.4 8.7 4.2 4.9 4.6 1.8 12.6 .249 .310 .389 .699 65.3      7.8   7.5    15.9 .047 .045 .095
2009    3 Kurt Suzuki OAK 25    19.16 55.2%   1308 737.6 55.8 6.6 6.0 7.2 .992   543.2 130.4 28.6 2.2 16.2 62.7 70.0 39.0 0.5 117.0 8.0 5.4 4.4 4.0 2.2 12.6 .240 .298 .390 .688 62.6      5.9   8.2    14.1 .035 .049 .084
                       
2010    3 John Buck TOR 29    22.19 57.9%   1408 737.6 54.1 8.3 5.0 7.5 .990   537.1 123.3 22.9 1.1 12.2 54.6 59.3 41.5 1.4 114.6 9.0 6.8 5.6 4.7 2.1 14.7 .229 .293 .344 .637 54.7      5.0   6.8    11.8 .029 .039 .068
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