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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    6 Mike Grady WAS   31     6.54 36.6%   402 561.5 194.6 43.9 14.0 28.3 .945   545.0 137.4 18.8 7.9 2.7 68.3 61.3 35.0 8.2 11.8 16.1 .252 .307 .331 .638 67.5      6.7   6.4    13.1 .043 .041 .083
1902    5 Mike Powers PHI   31     8.11 44.3%   496 563.6 198.2 38.2 13.5 27.0 .952   548.6 137.4 20.3 7.0 3.2 63.1 67.6 34.6 6.0 10.8 10.8 .250 .302 .330 .632 61.9      5.9   7.1    13.0 .038 .045 .083
1903    5 Fred Abbott CLE   28     5.81 46.8%   525 621.2 155.2 23.6 9.8 20.2 .970   553.3 123.0 17.0 7.3 1.9 45.4 49.2 24.3 6.0 16.4 11.0 .222 .263 .289 .552 44.8      3.2   6.7    10.0 .020 .041 .060
1904    4 Ed McFarland CHI   29    12.02 46.0%   594 621.7 149.8 28.5 12.4 18.9 .964   541.6 112.9 18.6 5.3 0.6 40.6 39.2 37.5 5.0 15.9 8.1 .208 .266 .265 .531 41.1      5.7   6.3    12.0 .035 .038 .073
1905    1 Ed McFarland CHI   30    19.64 44.1%   558 619.9 154.4 25.7 10.0 15.1 .968   542.2 116.2 18.7 4.8 0.3 44.3 48.5 39.1 5.4 13.3 7.5 .214 .274 .268 .542 46.1      7.4   6.7    14.1 .044 .040 .084
1906    2 Nig Clarke CLE   23    15.80 49.9%   636 591.9 174.2 33.9 8.1 17.2 .958   550.7 121.4 13.2 4.4 1.1 43.8 46.5 31.7 6.3 11.3 9.6 .220 .271 .266 .537 42.7      6.1   7.4    13.5 .035 .042 .077
1907    3 Ed McFarland CHI   32    11.24 44.1%   588 597.6 176.8 25.6 14.8 19.8 .968   540.8 106.6 13.7 4.3 0.3 39.5 35.5 37.9 5.8 15.5 9.7 .197 .257 .240 .497 36.7      4.2   7.3    11.5 .023 .041 .064
1908    5 Ira Thomas DET   27     5.52 38.0%   505 618.6 153.1 28.3 10.8 13.0 .965   550.0 113.5 17.0 2.5 1.1 37.0 38.8 25.0 7.2 17.8 10.2 .206 .250 .252 .502 37.3      3.7   7.1    10.8 .020 .039 .059
1909    4 Paddy Livingston PHI   29    10.08 43.7%   565 602.7 171.4 25.9 11.7 15.9 .968   541.5 126.1 13.0 6.0 1.6 41.4 55.0 33.5 7.3 17.7 8.2 .233 .287 .288 .575 49.0      7.5   7.5    15.0 .042 .042 .084
                               
1910    2 Ira Thomas PHI   29    10.65 48.9%   646 598.0 175.9 26.1 14.2 15.4 .967   552.6 112.9 12.9 5.9 1.1 40.4 42.4 30.0 4.8 12.6 7.0 .204 .251 .255 .506 36.2      3.9   7.6    11.5 .021 .042 .063
1911    1 Jack Lapp PHI   26    17.99 48.7%   672 603.3 169.1 27.6 14.7 21.3 .965   535.9 129.7 18.1 6.5 1.1 50.5 61.4 40.3 4.6 19.2 9.7 .242 .301 .306 .607 55.1      5.7   7.4    13.1 .031 .041 .072
1912    2 Rip Williams WAS   30    12.91 50.2%   685 595.5 173.7 30.8 15.7 17.4 .961   537.7 127.3 20.8 7.2 0.8 51.4 56.7 36.7 5.9 19.7 7.7 .237 .293 .307 .600 53.0      5.6   8.3    13.9 .031 .046 .076
1913    1 Wally Schang PHI   23    18.14 41.0%   551 595.8 177.3 26.9 13.9 19.0 .966   531.0 125.6 21.1 7.7 2.5 51.0 57.0 47.5 87.3 7.8 13.7 14.8 .237 .309 .319 .628 57.4      9.6   7.6    17.2 .050 .039 .089
1914    4 Les Nunamaker NY   25    12.92 40.6%   583 595.4 176.9 27.7 13.0 16.4 .965   525.5 117.9 15.9 5.6 1.0 43.4 43.4 58.0 76.2 4.6 11.9 11.3 9.9 .224 .307 .282 .589 50.3      7.7   7.3    14.9 .040 .038 .077
1915    2 Hick Cady BOS   29    13.92 41.6%   591 599.3 172.5 28.2 14.2 19.6 .965   519.6 115.3 18.4 5.5 1.0 46.8 45.5 55.5 69.1 3.6 21.3 7.8 5.8 .222 .301 .284 .585 52.0      7.9   7.3    15.2 .042 .038 .080
1916    5 Roxy Walters NY   23     9.80 43.0%   614 591.0 184.7 24.3 19.1 13.2 .970   529.7 118.1 19.4 5.7 1.0 39.2 42.0 49.0 72.9 5.4 15.9 7.0 .223 .295 .287 .582 46.5      6.6   6.7    13.3 .034 .035 .068
1917    6 Pinch Thomas BOS   29     8.01 34.5%   493 621.3 155.2 23.5 15.6 14.9 .971   528.5 117.3 15.6 3.5 0.0 40.3 48.5 46.9 57.5 7.8 16.8 5.1 .222 .295 .265 .560 44.6      5.7   7.5    13.2 .030 .039 .069
1918    4 Wally Schang BOS   28     9.56 37.6%   418 593.4 178.5 28.1 18.0 11.7 .965   536.6 120.3 15.6 3.6 0.8 41.3 38.1 49.4 55.7 2.8 11.2 5.6 .224 .293 .271 .564 43.3      6.3   6.3    12.7 .038 .038 .076
1919    8 Patsy Gharrity WAS   27     5.78 32.4%   409 602.1 178.5 19.4 19.7 12.1 .976   530.1 114.1 20.3 4.4 1.3 37.1 46.4 40.7 58.8 6.2 23.0 2.7 .215 .279 .278 .557 42.0      4.2   7.5    11.7 .023 .041 .065
                               
1920    3 Wally Schang BOS   30    17.84 27.0%   351 619.1 153.0 27.9 12.3 9.3 .965   533.5 140.2 26.3 7.0 3.8 60.0 50.2 45.9 55.8 7.0 13.6 6.6 5.2 .263 .329 .359 .688 66.1      8.2   5.2    13.4 .050 .032 .081
1921    9 Les Nunamaker CLE   32     6.41 22.8%   316 629.1 141.5 29.4 14.4 13.8 .963   524.9 146.2 24.3 4.5 0.6 50.8 62.7 52.5 55.9 2.3 20.3 5.1 2.3 .278 .347 .345 .692 66.0      8.1   7.2    15.3 .046 .040 .086
1922    9 Pat Collins STL   25     7.66 24.2%   346 648.5 123.7 27.8 12.4 11.8 .965   534.4 138.9 23.2 4.6 5.7 58.9 60.4 48.5 65.1 3.1 14.0 3.1 3.6 .260 .325 .353 .678 62.5      7.3   6.0    13.4 .041 .034 .075
1923    6 Fred Hofmann NY   29     9.00 31.7%   461 636.8 138.1 25.1 13.2 18.7 .969   540.5 133.7 22.2 6.7 5.2 52.5 63.5 38.8 58.0 4.1 16.6 4.1 3.0 .247 .303 .342 .645 57.6      5.9   5.5    11.5 .035 .033 .067
1924    6 Larry Woodall DET   29     7.13 29.5%   421 610.3 163.1 26.6 14.1 18.1 .967   518.9 132.9 21.6 4.3 1.7 66.0 54.8 61.7 45.7 4.7 14.7 5.6 3.9 .256 .340 .324 .664 61.3      6.7   6.2    12.9 .037 .034 .071
1925    3 Hank Severeid STL   34     8.18 39.3%   564 625.3 151.6 23.1 19.8 13.5 .971   528.2 144.5 30.3 2.8 5.1 64.8 69.5 56.9 30.7 2.6 12.3 4.1 3.5 .273 .347 .370 .717 71.8      8.6   6.8    15.4 .048 .038 .087
1926    5 Johnny Bassler DET   31    13.21 42.4%   622 630.2 153.2 16.6 15.6 13.2 .979   522.8 138.4 24.9 5.4 2.9 50.0 62.6 56.0 47.2 2.3 18.9 2.3 3.4 .265 .339 .350 .689 64.1      8.1   6.6    14.7 .045 .037 .083
1927    8 Johnny Bassler DET   32     9.04 41.6%   614 611.1 163.1 25.8 17.0 8.5 .968   521.0 131.5 23.5 4.5 1.5 50.1 59.4 57.3 35.6 2.1 19.6 2.4 4.2 .252 .329 .324 .653 58.2      5.3   7.1    12.4 .029 .038 .067
1928    6 Pat Collins NY   31     7.93 43.3%   620 648.3 129.7 22.0 13.1 10.7 .972   533.9 133.2 19.8 5.0 4.4 50.4 55.1 54.2 42.5 1.7 10.2 4.4 6.7 .249 .321 .330 .651 57.4      5.6   7.0    12.6 .031 .039 .070
1929    4 Pinky Hargrave DET   33     7.80 40.2%   575 647.5 132.6 19.9 16.7 11.2 .975   535.1 134.5 20.6 3.1 4.3 63.1 61.8 49.2 38.2 3.4 12.3 3.4 4.3 .251 .318 .325 .643 56.9      5.3   6.6    11.9 .030 .037 .067
                               
1930    5 Glenn Myatt CLE   32     7.39 43.5%   610 679.4 109.3 11.3 14.9 11.6 .986   535.0 131.5 23.1 5.6 3.0 51.6 58.8 49.3 43.9 2.4 13.3 3.6 1.5 .246 .312 .327 .639 58.5      4.6   7.1    11.7 .025 .039 .065
1931    8 Pinky Hargrave WAS   35     4.64 30.5%   435 665.5 116.7 17.8 13.4 6.7 .978   548.9 125.8 24.3 4.1 2.1 45.4 56.9 45.4 48.2 1.2 4.5 2.5 2.9 .229 .289 .300 .589 52.0      3.8   6.4    10.2 .021 .035 .057
1932    5 Charlie Berry CHI   29     8.26 36.4%   542 673.2 111.7 15.1 14.7 8.3 .981   537.7 132.3 24.9 6.2 5.2 58.2 69.6 51.9 45.4 1.7 8.7 2.4 1.7 .246 .314 .344 .658 61.3      5.3   6.6    11.9 .028 .035 .063
1933    5 Frankie Pytlak CLE   24    14.49 29.9%   431 669.1 119.7 11.2 16.3 8.1 .986   537.7 132.2 18.6 4.7 3.4 60.2 59.3 55.1 45.3 1.7 5.5 2.1 2.1 .246 .318 .317 .635 58.1      5.5   6.9    12.4 .030 .038 .068
1934    6 Ray Hayworth DET   30     5.88 39.1%   544 700.7 80.3 19.0 13.8 9.7 .976   539.1 129.8 22.5 2.9 2.9 49.6 54.4 54.8 58.3 1.3 4.8 3.5 1.9 .241 .312 .309 .621 54.8      4.0   6.5    10.5 .023 .037 .060
1935    7 Ray Hayworth DET   31     8.32 30.9%   426 690.4 97.7 11.9 13.8 9.1 .985   525.4 140.3 21.3 4.1 5.7 57.4 67.3 62.7 47.6 2.1 9.8 2.5 2.1 .267 .347 .356 .703 68.5      8.0   6.8    14.9 .046 .039 .085
1936    6 Frankie Pytlak CLE   27     8.21 32.5%   432 687.0 98.6 14.4 11.3 10.0 .982   530.6 137.9 22.3 3.6 1.2 60.2 60.2 57.0 40.3 2.4 10.0 3.6 1.6 .260 .334 .322 .656 62.6      5.9   7.7    13.6 .034 .045 .079
1937    6 Mickey Cochrane DET   34     7.37 34.8%   453 681.6 97.4 21.0 12.1 15.0 .974   530.4 133.8 25.1 4.7 7.2 66.0 67.4 61.3 49.1 2.5 5.8 2.5 1.8 .252 .333 .358 .691 66.3      6.6   6.2    12.7 .040 .038 .078
1938    7 Rollie Hemsley CLE   31     8.63 35.1%   484 696.5 88.8 14.7 12.8 15.1 .982   533.6 145.8 28.7 3.9 4.3 61.7 78.4 56.8 45.4 0.7 8.9 3.9 2.5 .273 .344 .366 .710 70.6      7.2   6.2    13.4 .042 .036 .078
1939    3 Rudy York DET   25    13.50 35.9%   467 702.2 87.5 10.3 13.4 13.0 .987   533.7 140.7 23.8 4.7 7.0 67.0 67.7 51.9 47.9 2.0 12.4 5.7 2.7 13.4 .264 .331 .365 .696 66.0      6.9   6.8    13.7 .044 .043 .088
                               
1940    5 Buddy Rosar NY   25    12.36 32.0%   442 701.5 83.8 14.7 12.3 10.7 .982   523.7 136.3 22.1 6.5 8.8 72.5 71.0 63.7 42.7 3.8 8.8 5.0 2.3 14.9 .260 .345 .378 .723 69.8      9.7   7.3    16.9 .057 .043 .100
1941    6 Buddy Rosar NY   26    10.13 36.0%   466 707.3 80.0 12.7 15.2 11.6 .984   536.1 139.8 31.2 3.8 2.4 56.9 64.2 57.6 32.3 0.7 5.6 3.1 2.4 11.5 .261 .333 .347 .680 63.9      7.3   7.2    14.5 .045 .045 .090
1942    4 Johnny Peacock BOS   32     7.67 48.5%   667 683.8 97.6 18.6 14.9 13.2 .977   544.6 127.7 17.3 1.5 2.8 41.0 51.1 47.7 61.1 0.5 7.2 2.8 3.1 12.1 .234 .297 .288 .585 46.7      4.5   6.9    11.4 .026 .040 .066
1943    6 Rick Ferrell STL   37     7.91 43.7%   616 680.2 101.7 18.1 13.9 11.9 .977   533.4 118.6 18.2 2.3 2.8 43.5 48.9 56.6 52.9 2.3 7.7 1.4 2.3 15.1 .222 .300 .281 .581 44.4      5.1   6.9    12.0 .029 .039 .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
1944    2 Hal Wagner BOS   28    19.52 37.5%   507 686.0 90.1 23.9 17.1 15.6 .970   543.5 136.3 24.0 4.1 2.7 44.3 57.8 43.6 54.5 2.7 10.2 4.1 3.0 18.3 .251 .310 .325 .635 53.8      7.4   6.4    13.8 .043 .037 .080
1945    4 Paul Richards DET   36    13.79 41.3%   577 689.0 100.9 10.1 16.1 18.1 .987   534.1 118.7 16.9 2.8 5.3 44.7 59.7 53.7 60.0 2.2 10.0 4.1 2.5 14.1 .222 .296 .294 .590 46.2      6.6   7.2    13.8 .037 .040 .077
1946    8 Bill Dickey NY   39     6.41 41.5%   570 690.1 93.3 16.6 13.7 15.4 .979   524.2 119.3 22.4 2.3 6.6 47.5 46.8 64.6 73.5 0.7 10.5 2.3 3.3 18.1 .228 .313 .317 .630 49.5      6.0   7.4    13.4 .032 .039 .071
1947    4 Hal Wagner DET   31    10.63 42.9%   614 698.6 86.9 14.5 11.7 8.6 .982   531.4 129.3 19.0 2.7 4.8 47.7 63.1 61.6 49.8 0.6 6.4 1.8 2.7 11.5 .243 .323 .317 .640 56.5      8.2   6.7    15.0 .044 .036 .081
1948    2 Yogi Berra NY   23    15.08 37.5%   536 697.5 87.2 15.3 14.9 12.2 .981   531.0 132.1 21.4 5.3 4.9 50.6 74.9 57.5 46.0 2.6 8.9 3.0 3.6 15.4 .249 .325 .337 .662 58.2      6.8   6.4    13.2 .039 .036 .075
1949    4 Les Moss STL   24    11.80 38.7%   574 697.8 89.1 13.1 17.8 8.4 .984   512.3 129.3 16.9 2.5 6.3 51.4 55.1 82.4 51.7 1.9 3.4 2.2 1.9 15.0 .252 .358 .332 .690 65.1      8.0   6.6    14.6 .045 .037 .081
                               
1950    7 Matt Batts BOS   28     6.71 36.4%   523 709.4 72.8 17.8 12.5 13.2 .978   531.5 145.1 19.9 2.7 8.1 59.4 67.5 62.4 48.6 1.7 4.4 1.0 0.7 20.2 .273 .351 .366 .717 68.2      7.5   6.4    13.8 .042 .036 .078
1951    5 Matt Batts STL   29     8.94 43.1%   585 697.5 87.1 15.4 14.1 14.5 .981   527.8 126.5 22.2 1.2 4.6 50.2 52.3 65.5 42.7 1.2 5.5 2.0 1.2 15.9 .240 .325 .312 .637 56.6      6.3   6.0    12.4 .037 .036 .073
1952    5 Joe Tipton CLE   30     7.15 33.1%   494 688.8 96.7 14.5 11.9 10.4 .982   528.1 121.5 17.3 1.5 7.9 40.6 54.9 62.8 62.8 3.8 5.3 1.5 2.3 18.1 .230 .316 .313 .629 51.2      6.6   6.9    13.5 .035 .037 .072
1953    6 Ray Murray PHI   35     9.65 35.2%   494 711.4 75.6 13.0 10.3 12.6 .984   536.6 137.0 24.3 2.5 8.7 56.5 65.2 54.0 52.5 3.6 5.8 1.1 2.2 18.5 .255 .327 .359 .686 60.5      7.5   6.4    13.8 .042 .036 .077
1954    5 Red Wilson DET   25     8.67 30.5%   431 711.4 77.9 10.7 16.9 8.7 .987   523.1 123.3 23.0 5.0 4.2 42.6 48.1 64.4 7.1 65.2 1.2 7.1 4.2 1.3 1.3 15.5 .236 .319 .323 .642 54.4      6.3   7.0    13.3 .035 .039 .074
1955    4 Clint Courtney WAS   28     8.68 29.2%   434 720.7 68.8 10.5 17.1 13.6 .987   532.8 147.3 22.4 3.2 7.8 59.0 52.1 54.9 5.9 39.8 0.9 8.2 3.2 0.9 0.9 16.9 .276 .343 .374 .717 86.4     13.3   6.8    17.0 .067 .034 .086
1956    4 Red Wilson DET   27    12.18 39.7%   594 725.2 67.6 7.2 13.0 13.0 .991   524.3 141.2 23.6 3.7 12.6 62.8 66.2 64.3 8.6 58.5 2.5 4.3 4.6 1.8 1.2 20.2 .269 .349 .400 .749 71.4      9.8   6.5    16.3 .054 .036 .089
1957    7 Clint Courtney WAS   30     7.33 42.1%   624 728.5 64.3 7.2 13.6 13.1 .991   534.9 130.3 23.4 2.4 10.4 56.6 56.0 49.9 7.0 70.6 5.5 6.4 3.3 2.4 2.4 15.5 .244 .313 .355 .668 58.8      7.0   6.6    13.6 .037 .035 .072
1958    4 Elston Howard NY   29    16.01 35.4%   514 726.7 65.1 8.2 13.6 21.5 .990   537.4 126.6 18.5 4.3 12.8 57.3 64.4 50.9 5.3 89.6 4.3 2.8 4.6 1.4 1.1 17.4 .236 .304 .357 .661 58.0      8.9   6.9    15.8 .049 .038 .087
1959    5 John Romano CHI   24     7.66 40.6%   582 719.7 70.7 9.6 14.1 18.2 .988   541.5 130.9 24.5 3.3 9.4 59.1 60.6 45.8 2.7 74.5 3.6 4.2 4.9 1.2 1.5 12.7 .242 .303 .351 .654 57.9      7.4   6.5    13.9 .042 .037 .079
                               
1960    7 Yogi Berra NY   35     9.45 41.9%   584 727.9 59.2 12.9 6.9 12.4 .984   533.3 120.3 15.8 1.3 10.1 51.8 51.8 51.5 6.6 59.4 5.7 5.7 3.8 2.5 2.2 16.1 .226 .299 .317 .616 49.9      5.4   6.8    12.2 .029 .037 .066
1961    6 Johnny Blanchard NY   28    12.55 35.1%   612 732.2 57.8 10.0 11.3 13.0 .987   536.9 135.0 20.8 2.9 12.0 57.8 54.9 50.5 6.7 75.1 2.1 7.0 3.5 1.5 2.6 15.8 .251 .316 .368 .684 61.3      7.5   7.0    14.5 .042 .039 .081
1962    7 Sherm Lollar CHI   37     8.90 34.7%   643 731.2 59.8 9.0 6.4 13.4 .989   544.3 132.4 22.4 3.7 14.5 55.4 65.3 44.6 7.1 71.9 4.8 1.7 4.6 0.9 0.3 10.2 .243 .304 .378 .682 63.1      8.0   6.3    14.2 .044 .034 .078
1963    5 Yogi Berra NY   38    13.27 43.5%   814 739.2 51.6 9.2 10.6 9.1 .988   533.0 125.0 21.1 2.3 11.8 57.3 57.8 54.8 9.3 78.6 3.2 5.4 3.6 2.0 0.9 14.0 .235 .308 .349 .657 58.4      8.5   6.9    15.4 .046 .037 .084
1964    7 Joe Azcue CLE   24     8.06 32.9%   642 738.8 52.2 9.0 7.0 16.2 .989   537.8 125.4 22.4 1.8 10.3 47.2 58.1 46.3 7.4 95.0 4.1 5.0 6.8 0.3 0.6 15.3 .233 .295 .339 .634 53.1      6.6   6.4    13.0 .035 .034 .069
1965    5 J.C. Martin CHI   28     8.44 39.7%   808 727.8 59.8 12.4 6.8 16.3 .985   534.5 116.4 14.4 2.1 10.4 45.8 51.1 49.0 10.1 95.9 3.5 7.4 5.6 1.1 0.8 18.9 .218 .285 .311 .596 46.3      5.4   6.8    12.2 .025 .031 .057
1966    9 Orlando McFarlane DET   28     7.14 33.0%   652 729.0 59.1 11.9 9.4 11.2 .985   537.3 126.7 15.5 2.6 9.4 42.3 52.7 52.7 9.7 94.0 2.9 4.8 2.3 2.9 2.3 12.9 .236 .306 .327 .633 54.0      7.9   7.1    15.0 .037 .034 .071
1967    5 Duke Sims CLE   26    11.06 37.7%   725 724.1 66.8 9.1 9.3 12.1 .989   544.8 118.0 20.9 1.1 10.6 43.8 54.4 42.4 5.4 109.6 2.7 6.8 3.3 1.4 1.9 15.8 .217 .275 .318 .593 46.8      5.5   7.8    13.4 .028 .040 .068
1968    3 Duke Sims CLE   27    16.78 42.2%   781 726.7 64.4 8.9 8.5 14.3 .989   524.2 113.6 17.6 0.7 13.0 50.6 51.0 65.7 8.7 102.6 3.6 3.4 3.1 1.2 1.9 10.4 .217 .307 .328 .635 55.1     11.1   6.5    17.6 .059 .035 .094
1969    3 Frank Fernandez NY   26    15.92 44.4%   1005 721.4 66.8 11.8 9.7 15.6 .985   517.4 116.0 18.4 2.5 12.9 51.1 60.4 68.9 9.1 94.7 3.6 3.2 6.9 1.1 1.7 14.8 .224 .316 .344 .660 58.5      8.2   7.2    15.4 .043 .038 .081
                               
1970    6 Jake Gibbs NY   31    13.26 39.5%   872 730.7 56.9 12.4 10.0 10.5 .985   527.3 129.0 21.3 2.3 13.8 58.4 58.8 59.8 5.6 91.3 5.2 3.5 4.2 1.9 2.5 16.5 .245 .325 .372 .697 64.0      9.6   6.7    16.2 .053 .037 .089
1971    6 Gene Tenace OAK   24    13.04 37.8%   814 726.8 61.7 11.5 9.0 13.7 .986   541.1 124.2 21.3 1.6 12.5 50.8 59.8 46.7 5.4 103.6 5.2 3.4 3.6 2.5 4.1 12.7 .230 .295 .344 .639 54.4      7.4   7.2    14.6 .040 .039 .079
1972   11 Duke Sims DET   31     6.82 36.7%   794 732.3 56.4 11.3 8.3 8.5 .986   535.5 113.0 16.3 2.3 9.0 43.5 46.8 53.0 6.5 102.3 5.5 4.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 14.3 .211 .288 .300 .588 47.5      6.7   7.4    14.1 .034 .037 .071
1973    8 Duke Sims DET   32    11.40 33.7%   742 721.7 64.8 13.5 10.2 11.1 .983   525.9 124.0 21.7 1.8 9.3 56.6 65.1 56.3 3.6 82.4 6.5 7.7 3.6 2.3 2.6 16.5 .236 .315 .337 .652 57.1      8.0   6.9    15.0 .042 .036 .078
1974    1 Bill Freehan DET   32    21.18 37.0%   851 711.3 75.1 13.6 10.3 9.5 .983   538.6 124.9 19.6 3.5 12.3 56.7 54.8 46.0 3.1 88.5 5.0 7.3 3.1 3.1 2.1 14.9 .232 .297 .350 .647 58.1      8.6   8.0    16.6 .043 .040 .083
1975    8 Ellie Hendricks BAL   34     8.61 35.8%   850 712.8 72.8 14.4 9.5 9.3 .982   541.9 127.2 20.3 4.8 10.5 57.8 59.6 43.3 3.5 84.1 2.5 8.5 3.8 2.5 2.5 12.5 .235 .293 .348 .641 55.1      6.7   7.5    14.1 .031 .035 .066
1976    5 Gene Tenace OAK   29    14.28 39.7%   918 696.1 85.9 18.0 10.9 8.6 .978   524.9 120.7 18.3 1.8 6.9 54.1 49.6 59.0 2.2 79.6 3.1 10.1 2.9 4.5 4.7 10.3 .230 .310 .311 .621 53.0      7.9   7.5    15.4 .039 .036 .075
1977    8 Dave Skaggs BAL   26    10.19 28.8%   812 716.9 70.6 12.5 7.1 8.2 .984   542.4 138.7 20.9 2.6 10.9 57.9 62.8 39.8 1.7 77.4 2.3 11.8 3.7 2.9 4.3 10.6 .256 .307 .364 .671 60.7      7.9   7.1    15.0 .034 .031 .064
1978    8 Alan Ashby TOR   26     9.90 30.6%   798 713.2 70.4 16.4 10.8 9.0 .980   545.9 124.9 19.9 2.9 12.4 51.9 58.0 37.1 2.7 84.4 3.2 8.7 5.1 1.5 1.9 9.7 .229 .279 .344 .623 52.9      5.4   6.9    12.2 .028 .035 .063
1979   10 Jim Essian OAK   28     8.54 32.4%   865 710.3 74.4 15.3 7.4 13.0 .981   538.2 128.9 24.1 1.4 10.7 55.3 64.8 42.3 1.9 72.7 3.0 11.4 5.1 2.6 1.2 18.6 .239 .296 .349 .645 55.0      5.6   6.6    12.2 .028 .033 .061
                               
1980    7 Dan Graham BAL   25    14.67 37.8%   1063 720.6 65.8 13.6 8.8 12.0 .983   544.9 135.2 20.6 1.9 11.7 55.3 62.7 39.9 3.9 77.9 1.8 9.3 4.1 3.3 2.1 14.4 .248 .299 .358 .657 58.4      6.3   7.1    13.3 .030 .034 .064
1981    3 Bo Diaz CLE   28    13.67 32.0%   520 714.9 72.4 12.7 7.7 9.9 .984   533.7 133.3 25.8 1.4 12.5 60.2 64.2 51.2 1.4 67.4 2.9 7.2 5.0 1.8 3.2 19.4 .250 .316 .374 .690 61.6      9.7   6.9    16.6 .052 .037 .089
1982    8 Butch Wynegar NY   26     8.16 36.5%   967 728.9 60.7 10.4 10.1 7.5 .987   539.8 128.0 24.0 2.0 10.1 57.4 55.6 47.3 2.0 74.1 1.6 6.1 5.2 2.0 1.6 16.9 .237 .298 .345 .643 54.7      5.5   7.1    12.5 .028 .036 .064
1983    9 Buck Martinez TOR   34     9.00 39.3%   1073 729.0 58.9 12.1 9.0 9.0 .985   547.3 131.5 23.8 2.2 11.2 57.5 54.7 41.6 2.1 90.3 2.1 6.6 2.4 2.8 2.8 14.1 .240 .295 .354 .649 56.6      5.6   6.9    12.5 .028 .034 .062
1984    5 Chris Bando CLE   28    13.43 36.9%   1028 729.3 61.4 9.3 7.4 8.1 .988   539.9 124.2 22.0 1.4 14.6 56.7 60.1 46.7 2.4 104.8 2.8 5.8 4.8 2.6 3.8 16.4 .230 .292 .357 .649 55.3      6.0   7.0    13.0 .029 .034 .063
1985    5 Ron Hassey NY   32    16.79 32.4%   904 727.5 59.9 12.6 9.7 13.3 .984   536.0 122.3 24.5 1.2 12.2 57.1 50.6 47.9 1.9 102.1 3.4 7.9 4.8 1.7 2.9 12.0 .228 .293 .347 .640 57.1      7.0   7.2    14.2 .033 .033 .066
1986   11 Rick Cerone MIL   32     8.61 44.9%   1257 738.0 54.4 7.6 9.0 11.0 .991   537.5 128.7 22.0 1.3 12.8 55.2 59.2 44.4 0.8 98.6 5.0 8.3 4.8 2.2 1.8 15.0 .240 .301 .357 .658 57.4      6.3   7.0    13.2 .030 .033 .063
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 42.2%   1133 732.2 57.8 10.0 7.0 17.0 .988   537.9 121.8 23.1 1.4 13.5 58.9 60.5 43.7 1.1 109.9 4.3 8.9 5.2 3.0 2.0 14.8 .226 .287 .350 .637 56.2      5.8   7.0    12.8 .029 .035 .064
1988    7 Terry Steinbach OAK   26    13.17 43.1%   1130 734.2 57.4 8.4 7.8 9.6 .989   543.5 128.0 24.5 1.5 11.3 54.8 53.2 39.2 1.4 95.2 6.3 7.4 3.6 1.7 1.4 16.6 .236 .293 .349 .642 55.3      5.9   6.8    12.7 .030 .035 .065
1989    8 Charlie O'Brien MIL   29    11.64 40.6%   1068 729.0 61.5 9.5 7.6 11.3 .988   540.8 127.0 21.0 1.5 9.8 50.7 60.3 41.1 1.8 100.8 3.7 9.8 4.6 1.5 1.8 16.6 .235 .291 .333 .624 51.6      6.4   7.1    13.4 .032 .036 .068
                               
1990   10 Jamie Quirk OAK   35     9.61 35.2%   978 729.6 64.1 6.3 8.2 13.3 .992   541.4 136.0 20.6 1.6 9.7 58.2 58.2 43.6 3.3 93.4 1.8 9.3 3.9 1.9 2.3 11.9 .251 .307 .349 .656 58.2      7.6   7.4    15.0 .038 .037 .075
1991    6 Mike MacFarlane KC   27    14.43 37.9%   1066 726.8 63.9 9.3 8.1 10.8 .988   538.2 129.9 27.2 1.2 8.3 49.6 57.3 42.7 2.0 94.3 3.6 11.0 4.5 0.8 3.0 13.6 .241 .299 .342 .641 54.9      5.8   7.2    13.0 .027 .034 .062
1992   12 Mike Stanley NY   29     6.45 33.4%   882 723.3 66.9 9.8 9.2 9.0 .988   537.2 126.7 23.7 1.4 9.4 51.1 55.7 48.1 3.0 89.9 3.4 7.6 3.7 1.4 3.0 15.4 .236 .301 .338 .639 54.5      5.1   7.3    12.4 .025 .036 .061
1993    9 Mickey Tettleton DET   32    12.36 33.5%   945 729.7 63.9 6.4 7.7 9.9 .992   528.4 125.5 23.9 1.1 11.2 58.9 67.3 54.3 4.2 97.5 3.5 8.1 5.7 7.9 4.8 9.4 .238 .310 .350 .660 60.2      7.8   6.2    14.0 .038 .030 .068
1994    7 Mickey Tettleton DET   33     9.05 34.6%   672 732.1 60.1 7.8 6.2 13.1 .990   528.4 130.4 23.3 1.7 14.6 62.3 69.9 53.9 3.5 104.8 5.5 8.4 3.8 2.0 4.7 16.6 .247 .321 .380 .701 62.6      6.6   6.1    12.7 .034 .031 .065
1995    7 Sandy Alomar Jr. CLE   29     8.41 32.5%   776 735.4 55.8 8.8 7.8 13.7 .989   540.6 135.1 27.8 2.1 12.6 62.8 74.1 45.3 1.3 106.3 5.4 5.6 3.1 1.8 1.5 10.0 .250 .313 .379 .692 64.8      6.8   6.8    13.7 .034 .034 .068
1996   10 Dave Valle TEX   35     7.61 36.8%   1000 740.0 52.0 8.0 8.1 9.7 .990   537.4 130.4 24.1 1.3 13.0 62.4 68.5 47.9 1.5 93.8 5.7 5.2 3.8 2.9 1.1 18.0 .243 .309 .365 .674 59.2      4.8   7.1    11.9 .025 .037 .062
1997    4 Jim Leyritz ANA   33    15.06 39.4%   1054 741.4 52.1 6.5 8.5 11.0 .992   531.0 134.8 23.6 1.5 14.3 64.8 68.8 51.4 1.8 96.9 6.2 5.6 5.8 1.8 2.9 13.2 .254 .324 .385 .709 67.3      7.2   7.2    14.4 .038 .038 .075
1998    3 Chris Hoiles BAL   33    13.37 38.5%   977 736.8 54.9 8.3 6.7 12.7 .990   541.1 129.9 25.8 2.1 14.8 57.7 67.8 36.3 0.8 114.9 8.9 8.2 5.5 1.3 1.9 14.6 .240 .296 .378 .674 59.6      5.2   6.9    12.0 .028 .037 .065
1999    9 Mike Difelice TB   30    10.96 32.5%   806 736.0 54.7 9.3 8.7 9.8 .988   534.1 132.4 27.1 1.4 15.3 65.2 68.8 46.5 0.5 97.1 7.1 6.6 5.7 3.9 2.7 12.1 .248 .313 .390 .703 67.2      6.7   7.5    14.2 .037 .041 .077
                               
2000   10 Joe Oliver SEA   34     8.62 39.2%   1012 738.5 53.2 8.3 6.6 8.3 .990   541.4 139.5 29.0 2.0 16.3 67.6 68.1 43.5 1.1 103.3 4.9 6.0 4.2 1.8 1.4 12.7 .258 .316 .409 .725 70.5      7.0   7.2    14.2 .038 .039 .077
2001    7 Jason Varitek BOS   29    10.97 41.2%   1084 729.9 62.7 7.4 6.9 8.9 .991   544.4 130.8 24.4 1.4 13.9 54.9 64.7 38.1 2.2 101.3 7.1 6.1 4.3 3.8 3.4 15.0 .240 .296 .367 .663 58.9      5.5   8.0    13.4 .028 .041 .069
2002    6 Ben Davis SEA   25    12.35 34.5%   890 744.5 49.1 6.4 7.7 9.6 .992   544.1 132.1 27.1 1.1 11.2 53.5 63.7 39.4 0.8 100.1 5.5 5.3 5.7 2.1 2.3 15.9 .243 .298 .358 .656 56.7      5.6   6.8    12.4 .030 .036 .066
2003    9 Ben Davis SEA   26     7.62 32.8%   866 738.3 54.2 7.5 6.5 11.4 .991   554.4 131.9 31.5 1.1 13.9 65.7 66.2 29.5 0.9 114.1 5.1 7.4 3.6 1.1 0.9 14.3 .238 .281 .374 .655 58.1      5.7   5.9    11.6 .029 .030 .060
2004   10 Doug Mirabelli BOS   33     7.94 36.4%   966 739.5 52.3 8.2 7.7 11.3 .990   546.0 134.4 27.6 1.4 15.4 64.8 66.8 37.2 1.6 119.0 5.4 7.6 3.8 3.8 3.0 13.4 .246 .299 .386 .685 63.2      5.5   7.5    13.1 .029 .039 .068
2005   14 Mike Redmond MIN   34     8.24 27.9%   743 738.8 54.3 6.9 6.7 7.3 .991   549.5 123.2 23.6 0.6 11.8 57.2 60.1 33.7 0.3 109.2 6.2 8.1 2.5 1.4 0.8 19.4 .224 .275 .334 .609 48.8      3.9   8.3    12.3 .019 .040 .059
2006   12 Mike Redmond MIN   35     6.29 30.7%   779 735.7 56.9 7.4 7.2 9.7 .991   543.7 132.2 30.2 0.2 12.0 57.9 58.4 38.7 1.9 125.7 5.9 8.2 3.5 1.6 2.6 14.3 .243 .299 .366 .665 58.4      4.0   7.5    11.6 .022 .041 .063
2007    7 Mike Redmond MIN   36    11.83 32.8%   851 739.1 53.8 7.1 7.0 9.6 .991   539.4 125.4 26.2 0.9 10.8 55.9 61.9 40.2 0.2 128.3 6.3 9.6 4.5 1.3 1.1 13.7 .232 .291 .344 .635 55.0      5.3   6.5    11.8 .028 .034 .062
2008    4 Mike Napoli LA   26    16.50 32.3%   806 747.1 45.2 7.7 6.8 11.6 .990   536.7 133.5 28.0 1.1 14.2 60.3 67.3 50.4 4.1 121.9 5.7 2.8 4.4 4.8 2.0 13.1 .249 .317 .384 .701 66.4      8.3   6.2    16.1 .047 .035 .091
2009   12 John Buck KC   28     7.25 35.7%   885 743.7 49.0 7.3 5.4 8.5 .991   540.7 137.0 30.5 1.6 14.8 63.1 66.6 47.1 0.8 105.4 3.2 4.9 4.1 2.0 2.6 12.5 .253 .315 .398 .713 67.2      7.1   6.4    13.5 .040 .036 .075
                               
2010    8 Carlos Santana CLE   24     9.99 40.2%   1001 738.6 53.2 8.2 4.7 7.5 .990   530.5 120.0 25.5 0.7 15.5 54.4 58.2 50.5 1.5 127.8 7.5 7.1 4.4 3.1 0.9 14.7 .226 .300 .364 .664 59.6      5.8   6.9    12.8 .032 .038 .070
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