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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 63.4%   679 570.5 191.3 38.2 14.6 24.5 .952   555.2 151.4 23.9 8.0 2.4 74.3 68.7 23.4 9.7 11.7 13.7 .273 .314 .357 .671 73.4      7.6   6.9    14.5 .051 .046 .097
1902    1 Ossee Schreckengost PHI   27    15.08 55.7%   612 583.5 185.6 30.9 11.6 22.7 .961   543.6 148.6 26.9 7.0 3.4 67.3 65.5 38.3 5.7 12.4 9.1 .273 .328 .367 .695 74.3      8.9   7.5    16.4 .056 .047 .103
1903    1 Ossee Schreckengost PHI   28    12.67 53.2%   578 622.9 155.4 21.7 11.3 14.7 .973   552.5 121.9 21.9 7.5 2.2 49.1 55.8 31.1 4.5 11.9 5.8 .221 .268 .299 .567 48.0      4.4   8.1    12.4 .027 .050 .078
1904    2 Lou Criger BOS   32    13.05 54.0%   667 634.1 145.5 20.4 11.3 10.6 .975   553.3 124.6 18.2 5.2 1.2 43.0 49.4 27.5 4.7 14.5 7.1 .225 .268 .283 .551 44.2      5.5   8.0    13.5 .034 .049 .083
1905    1 Ossee Schreckengost PHI   30    19.64 55.9%   682 628.7 150.3 21.0 10.0 13.4 .974   540.3 116.4 15.9 6.0 1.5 43.0 53.2 41.8 4.7 13.2 13.9 .215 .278 .275 .553 48.5      7.2   8.0    15.2 .043 .047 .090
1906    2 Ossee Schreckengost PHI   31    17.16 50.1%   630 606.3 164.9 28.8 10.3 15.4 .964   550.1 132.9 22.3 5.8 2.4 48.3 51.0 32.0 3.2 14.7 11.6 .242 .287 .316 .603 54.4      9.0   7.5    16.5 .054 .046 .100
1907    1 Nig Clarke CLE   24    22.74 55.9%   713 609.0 166.3 24.7 12.7 16.8 .969   550.6 133.5 17.6 5.6 0.9 50.5 49.6 32.9 5.2 11.3 7.5 .242 .291 .300 .591 53.3      9.2   7.6    16.8 .055 .045 .100
1908    1 Boss Schmidt DET   27    19.58 62.0%   802 599.1 179.4 21.5 12.1 12.3 .973   543.4 115.8 13.3 5.6 0.9 45.7 44.6 35.6 3.6 17.4 8.4 .213 .266 .263 .529 41.8      4.9   7.5    12.4 .029 .044 .072
1909    1 Bill Carrigan BOS   25    14.75 56.3%   702 609.1 171.4 19.5 13.7 11.6 .976   533.4 117.6 17.5 5.7 0.7 43.4 46.9 36.4 5.2 25.0 10.2 .220 .277 .279 .556 43.9      6.0   8.0    14.0 .034 .046 .080
                             
1910    1 Ted Easterly CLE   25    15.64 51.1%   660 588.2 187.1 24.7 13.2 11.1 .969   535.5 123.1 13.2 7.0 1.6 46.7 52.9 37.3 4.9 22.3 10.1 .230 .286 .289 .575 49.8      6.1   6.9    13.0 .036 .040 .076
1911    2 Ira Thomas PHI   30    17.20 51.3%   680 590.2 180.8 29.0 17.3 14.7 .964   538.3 133.6 17.2 6.0 1.0 50.9 52.2 35.7 8.5 17.5 8.2 .248 .305 .308 .613 55.4      4.7   7.6    12.2 .028 .045 .072
1912    1 Jack Lapp PHI   27    13.10 49.8%   669 581.0 187.7 31.3 14.2 13.8 .961   535.9 134.4 16.7 4.6 0.3 51.8 47.6 48.4 3.1 12.6 10.0 .251 .317 .301 .618 57.2      6.3   7.0    13.3 .037 .041 .077
1913    2 Ray Schalk CHI   20    14.09 59.0%   752 584.7 191.4 23.9 14.1 13.4 .970   528.4 123.1 18.1 6.7 1.6 45.2 51.4 50.8 63.5 6.7 14.1 13.7 .233 .308 .302 .610 54.0      7.1   7.7    14.8 .041 .044 .085
1914    1 Wally Schang PHI   24    26.85 59.4%   789 591.4 183.2 25.4 15.6 15.4 .968   521.7 120.5 15.2 5.7 1.1 45.1 45.3 53.9 67.7 6.8 17.6 15.6 9.0 .231 .311 .288 .599 54.3      9.1   7.5    16.6 .052 .043 .096
1915    1 Ray Schalk CHI   22    22.64 58.4%   793 600.8 172.1 27.1 14.4 12.8 .966   531.0 125.9 16.4 5.1 1.6 46.6 49.9 48.2 52.4 5.3 15.5 10.4 7.1 .237 .307 .296 .603 55.3      7.8   6.9    14.8 .044 .039 .084
1916    1 Les Nunamaker NY   27    21.34 57.0%   768 612.6 169.4 18.0 22.1 12.3 .977   524.9 131.6 22.5 6.2 0.5 42.3 55.1 53.1 49.2 5.7 16.3 14.0 3.0 .251 .326 .320 .646 59.5     10.8   7.6    18.4 .061 .043 .104
1917    1 Ray Schalk CHI   24    26.89 65.5%   875 605.9 172.1 22.0 17.8 15.2 .973   528.9 120.8 19.5 5.2 1.0 46.5 54.9 48.2 49.7 5.3 17.6 11.1 .228 .299 .290 .589 49.9      7.4   7.6    15.0 .044 .045 .090
1918    1 Steve O'Neill CLE   26    16.21 62.4%   675 571.5 206.4 22.1 21.0 14.7 .972   522.7 116.0 13.7 6.0 0.7 41.5 40.5 55.4 47.7 6.2 15.7 9.7 .222 .304 .275 .579 46.0      6.4   7.8    14.2 .038 .046 .084
1919    1 Wally Schang BOS   29    25.09 67.6%   801 607.5 172.5 20.0 16.4 11.1 .975   518.6 141.3 23.9 7.3 2.0 52.6 57.5 63.2 44.5 3.8 14.4 10.7 .273 .356 .358 .714 68.8     12.6   7.2    19.8 .078 .044 .122
                             
1920    1 Steve O'Neill CLE   28    33.41 73.0%   923 614.9 165.7 19.4 17.2 9.7 .976   526.6 138.6 27.4 4.5 2.8 55.7 56.7 52.1 39.9 4.0 17.3 5.7 4.3 .263 .334 .348 .682 65.8      8.1   7.9    16.0 .051 .049 .100
1921    1 Wally Schang NY   31    23.89 77.2%   969 626.0 154.6 19.4 16.6 11.0 .976   519.9 155.6 29.5 5.5 4.5 64.6 72.2 61.6 32.8 3.5 15.0 4.7 4.9 .299 .377 .403 .780 81.2     11.6   7.1    18.8 .077 .047 .124
1922    1 Ray Schalk CHI   29    26.01 75.8%   982 623.9 161.1 15.0 16.7 12.5 .981   515.1 151.1 26.3 5.4 3.3 56.4 69.2 63.0 32.6 3.2 18.7 5.8 4.6 .293 .374 .384 .758 76.2     11.8   7.3    19.1 .077 .047 .124
1923    1 Muddy Ruel WAS   27    30.26 68.3%   908 632.7 149.6 17.7 15.2 12.5 .978   509.3 142.2 25.3 3.7 1.7 60.1 63.0 68.1 31.4 3.9 18.7 4.2 4.4 .279 .368 .353 .721 71.4     10.3   7.0    17.3 .067 .046 .113
1924    1 Johnny Bassler DET   29    27.31 70.5%   911 627.5 153.0 19.5 16.2 11.6 .976   514.6 149.2 25.3 4.6 3.2 54.8 70.3 61.1 26.6 4.5 19.8 4.1 5.6 .290 .370 .376 .746 74.4     10.2   7.3    17.6 .066 .047 .113
1925    1 Muddy Ruel WAS   29    22.51 60.7%   843 637.2 148.2 14.6 20.1 9.9 .982   512.8 144.3 25.2 4.6 3.8 65.9 65.9 67.9 32.4 3.4 15.9 6.2 4.0 .281 .369 .370 .739 75.2      9.4   7.3    16.7 .056 .043 .100
1926    1 Muddy Ruel WAS   30    23.44 57.6%   791 647.8 134.4 17.8 13.8 9.6 .978   505.1 134.7 19.4 6.0 5.0 59.4 61.5 68.1 38.8 3.7 23.1 7.8 4.1 .267 .358 .358 .716 69.5      9.6   7.1    16.7 .059 .044 .103
1927    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI   24    31.74 58.4%   795 637.7 145.6 16.7 15.0 10.2 .979   517.5 155.4 24.9 6.2 5.4 70.9 71.7 63.6 30.3 3.4 15.5 8.2 5.6 .300 .380 .404 .784 83.1     13.0   7.1    20.1 .082 .045 .127
1928    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI   25    29.43 56.7%   738 669.7 113.2 17.1 14.2 11.3 .979   519.1 138.2 24.5 7.5 5.8 67.4 71.2 60.3 41.0 3.6 17.0 7.7 5.6 .266 .347 .376 .723 70.4      9.2   7.2    16.4 .058 .045 .104
1929    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI   26    40.73 59.8%   785 661.6 120.4 18.0 16.6 10.2 .978   528.7 149.2 27.0 6.0 5.2 71.1 70.3 50.4 28.0 3.2 17.7 5.6 6.0 .282 .348 .385 .733 73.1      9.3   7.3    16.6 .060 .047 .106
                             
1930    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI   27    48.88 56.5%   732 690.2 97.0 12.8 10.1 10.4 .984   537.3 161.4 32.8 7.3 5.0 77.8 76.3 44.8 27.8 1.5 16.4 5.4 2.2 .300 .356 .416 .772 84.9     11.1   7.1    18.2 .070 .045 .115
1931    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI   28    42.92 69.5%   875 681.0 106.2 12.8 12.0 6.8 .984   539.9 160.1 28.4 6.1 6.0 68.0 75.8 51.9 29.1 1.4 6.8 2.1 1.8 .296 .360 .405 .765 84.2     12.1   7.0    19.0 .079 .045 .124
1932    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI   29    44.11 63.6%   820 687.1 99.3 13.6 13.8 7.6 .983   528.3 150.0 29.7 4.4 8.6 75.6 83.3 63.3 24.8 1.6 6.8 3.3 3.5 .284 .362 .406 .768 83.3     11.2   7.2    18.5 .075 .048 .123
1933    1 Mickey Cochrane PHI   30    36.44 70.1%   885 694.4 98.3 7.3 15.8 6.7 .991   519.5 142.9 25.4 4.5 6.3 67.6 70.9 69.2 29.5 2.4 8.9 4.0 2.6 .275 .363 .377 .740 78.7     11.5   6.8    18.3 .075 .044 .119
1934    1 Mickey Cochrane DET   31    32.71 60.9%   789 693.3 93.8 12.9 15.0 9.2 .984   528.2 150.4 30.7 4.9 4.7 64.3 71.2 60.6 37.0 2.9 8.3 5.7 2.2 .285 .362 .388 .750 80.2     10.7   7.6    18.3 .069 .049 .118
1935    1 Mickey Cochrane DET   32    33.44 69.1%   866 686.3 100.2 13.5 12.5 10.7 .983   526.8 152.7 32.0 6.1 5.3 69.1 73.0 62.8 24.9 2.2 8.2 2.9 3.2 .290 .368 .404 .772 81.0     11.7   6.9    18.5 .079 .047 .126
1936    1 Bill Dickey NY   29    38.32 67.5%   847 687.2 95.3 17.5 14.3 12.2 .978   534.2 156.2 31.8 5.5 9.3 76.1 83.1 59.9 31.3 1.6 4.3 3.8 3.0 .292 .365 .425 .790 86.7     10.0   6.6    16.7 .066 .044 .110
1937    1 Bill Dickey NY   30    50.34 65.2%   788 692.9 93.6 13.5 15.4 8.3 .983   525.8 145.5 23.6 5.1 11.5 70.4 79.4 66.6 35.4 2.5 5.1 5.3 3.4 .277 .361 .407 .768 80.6     11.0   7.5    18.5 .074 .050 .124
1938    1 Bill Dickey NY   31    36.77 64.9%   834 688.4 99.9 11.7 14.4 10.9 .985   516.6 149.9 25.9 4.5 14.0 75.7 91.1 75.1 41.7 2.2 6.1 4.5 2.9 .290 .383 .439 .822 91.5     13.4   6.9    20.3 .089 .046 .135
1939    1 Bill Dickey NY   32    39.99 64.1%   814 693.8 89.4 16.8 13.2 13.7 .979   524.0 144.6 24.4 4.1 10.0 74.4 76.0 61.6 42.7 2.4 12.0 4.1 2.6 10.4 .276 .355 .395 .750 77.7     10.1   6.8    16.9 .067 .045 .112
                       
1940    1 Frankie Hayes PHI   25    19.37 68.0%   892 697.9 88.5 13.6 11.6 12.8 .983   536.5 145.4 24.3 4.0 6.0 63.7 63.1 56.5 41.5 1.4 5.6 3.3 4.6 12.7 .271 .342 .365 .707 68.2      7.9   7.3    15.1 .050 .046 .096
1941    1 Bill Dickey NY   34    21.00 64.0%   825 690.5 95.8 13.7 17.5 13.5 .983   536.6 144.7 26.1 5.7 7.0 57.5 67.0 57.7 43.0 1.7 4.0 2.8 2.3 15.5 .270 .343 .379 .722 69.8      9.5   7.0    16.4 .061 .045 .105
1942    1 Bill Dickey NY   35    14.88 51.5%   697 680.2 103.8 16.0 14.5 14.8 .980   531.0 122.6 21.1 1.9 2.9 45.4 53.4 59.5 46.6 2.7 6.8 2.7 0.7 12.6 .231 .312 .294 .606 52.2      5.4   7.5    12.8 .032 .044 .076
1943    1 Bill Dickey NY   36    32.92 56.3%   758 675.1 111.8 13.1 14.0 12.0 .984   525.5 133.8 22.5 2.1 4.5 50.8 58.2 66.7 44.2 2.1 5.7 3.0 2.5 13.0 .255 .341 .331 .672 63.5     12.0   7.2    19.2 .074 .045 .119
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 62.5%   788 690.3 95.5 14.2 14.2 14.8 .982   535.9 135.0 18.0 3.2 4.0 42.0 58.2 55.6 40.2 2.0 6.5 2.6 2.4 16.4 .252 .324 .319 .643 55.6      7.4   7.5    14.9 .047 .048 .096
1945    1 Frankie Hayes CLE   30    17.09 58.7%   772 683.3 106.1 10.6 18.1 13.8 .987   525.5 128.2 17.2 3.0 2.1 53.0 55.4 63.1 44.2 2.6 8.8 2.6 2.8 15.2 .244 .328 .300 .628 52.8      7.6   7.3    14.9 .046 .044 .090
1946    1 Aaron Robinson NY   31    27.78 58.5%   747 711.3 76.9 11.8 11.0 14.1 .985   528.4 133.7 20.9 4.8 6.5 51.0 62.7 64.0 51.8 2.4 5.2 1.7 3.5 14.6 .253 .337 .348 .685 61.2      9.3   7.0    16.3 .057 .043 .100
1947    1 Aaron Robinson NY   32    17.23 57.1%   774 702.6 87.0 10.4 16.2 9.0 .987   532.8 131.3 18.7 4.2 4.4 43.7 50.5 58.0 51.2 1.1 8.1 2.6 2.6 14.1 .246 .322 .322 .644 55.3      7.1   7.9    15.0 .042 .046 .088
1948    1 Jim Hegan CLE   27    19.68 62.5%   839 701.8 89.7 8.5 16.1 10.2 .989   517.8 130.5 21.7 2.9 9.8 61.0 65.5 73.0 53.8 1.0 8.2 2.9 2.3 14.1 .252 .345 .362 .707 67.1      8.6   7.5    16.2 .053 .046 .098
1949    1 Yogi Berra NY   24    29.54 61.3%   840 703.3 85.5 11.2 14.6 6.2 .986   522.6 135.6 21.0 2.7 11.6 59.9 75.9 67.8 46.8 1.9 7.7 3.9 1.2 14.8 .260 .347 .376 .723 70.7     10.1   7.4    17.6 .063 .046 .108
                             
1950    1 Yogi Berra NY   25    45.82 63.6%   843 714.0 77.2 8.8 15.2 7.3 .989   526.0 143.5 21.9 4.4 15.2 69.7 80.4 65.6 40.0 2.6 5.8 2.0 0.9 14.6 .273 .356 .418 .774 80.6     11.3   7.3    18.6 .074 .047 .121
1951    1 Yogi Berra NY   26    46.12 56.9%   735 699.4 87.5 13.1 16.3 7.8 .984   529.9 133.4 20.7 3.1 13.1 70.7 66.6 63.8 53.1 2.8 3.5 2.6 3.1 15.9 .252 .335 .377 .712 68.3     10.4   7.8    18.2 .065 .049 .113
1952    1 Yogi Berra NY   27    44.25 66.9%   907 713.3 76.3 10.4 9.6 7.8 .987   536.5 135.1 21.5 2.1 12.2 56.3 68.3 54.5 45.5 4.1 4.9 1.6 2.3 15.5 .252 .326 .368 .694 63.0      9.6   7.0    16.6 .060 .044 .104
1953    1 Yogi Berra NY   28    40.99 64.8%   847 710.0 78.5 11.5 10.5 10.5 .986   545.0 147.5 28.3 2.8 13.8 64.0 73.3 46.5 47.6 3.4 5.1 1.9 2.3 15.3 .271 .332 .409 .741 72.3     11.1   7.1    18.2 .069 .045 .114
1954    1 Yogi Berra NY   29    51.30 69.5%   908 717.6 72.5 9.9 11.7 7.3 .988   540.1 145.4 22.4 4.4 12.6 59.4 70.6 45.4 8.1 41.7 3.5 5.1 5.9 0.9 1.6 12.4 .269 .326 .397 .723 68.8     11.3   7.1    18.4 .071 .045 .116
1955    1 Yogi Berra NY   30    29.77 70.8%   925 724.4 66.2 9.4 11.8 9.2 .988   525.3 135.3 18.5 2.9 15.6 66.3 70.8 56.4 6.6 42.0 6.6 6.7 5.0 1.0 2.2 16.1 .258 .334 .393 .727 69.2     10.2   7.1    17.2 .063 .044 .108
1956    1 Yogi Berra NY   31    44.95 60.3%   820 728.6 60.4 11.0 12.5 6.6 .986   532.1 143.5 25.6 2.9 15.7 65.4 80.7 54.3 6.6 48.7 7.2 2.1 4.3 1.9 3.1 17.3 .270 .343 .417 .760 75.1     11.3   6.8    18.0 .071 .042 .113
1957    1 Yogi Berra NY   32    29.20 57.9%   782 717.6 76.0 6.4 12.9 12.5 .992   538.7 140.6 21.6 1.9 16.7 59.1 75.7 48.8 9.1 55.0 4.3 4.1 4.1 1.2 1.6 16.9 .261 .325 .401 .726 68.5     10.9   7.4    18.3 .068 .046 .113
1958    1 Sherman Lollar CHI   33    25.29 64.6%   851 730.5 61.6 7.9 11.7 12.1 .990   535.9 142.0 20.5 2.4 18.1 61.6 79.1 50.1 5.7 54.5 4.6 3.7 5.7 3.3 2.2 15.9 .265 .330 .414 .744 71.7     12.7   7.0    19.8 .081 .045 .126
1959    1 Yogi Berra NY   34    30.30 59.4%   800 727.4 63.8 8.8 9.8 11.6 .989   538.6 135.7 19.7 3.8 15.1 58.8 72.1 50.2 6.4 55.0 3.8 2.2 5.2 1.8 2.8 17.7 .252 .317 .386 .703 64.3      9.1   6.9    16.0 .057 .044 .101
                             
1960    1 John Romano CLE   25    20.13 58.1%   770 726.4 64.4 9.2 10.2 13.1 .989   531.5 138.3 24.1 2.5 14.4 55.3 66.6 53.5 6.2 70.9 4.4 4.4 6.2 2.1 1.7 17.7 .260 .329 .396 .725 68.0     10.5   7.0    17.5 .065 .044 .109
1961    1 Elston Howard NY   32    37.00 64.9%   1058 735.2 56.8 8.0 8.4 14.0 .990   529.1 148.9 24.2 1.9 21.8 72.7 78.3 61.2 5.2 79.2 3.6 2.4 3.7 1.0 1.3 14.2 .281 .358 .458 .816 86.3     14.8   7.0    21.7 .094 .044 .138
1962    1 John Romano CLE   27    34.81 65.3%   1110 734.5 57.2 8.3 8.2 11.2 .990   535.7 138.5 22.8 2.8 15.2 64.5 67.9 51.7 4.3 72.9 1.8 5.4 5.4 1.1 1.7 16.6 .259 .323 .397 .720 67.8      9.8   7.4    17.2 .062 .047 .109
1963    1 Elston Howard NY   34    38.57 56.5%   990 737.3 54.7 8.0 9.6 11.8 .990   540.3 139.5 21.3 1.8 21.2 59.4 72.6 47.1 7.4 78.0 5.9 3.1 3.6 1.0 1.1 14.1 .258 .323 .422 .745 72.4     13.2   7.3    20.6 .082 .045 .126
1964    1 Elston Howard NY   35    46.77 67.1%   1200 740.6 51.7 7.7 6.3 10.4 .990   539.3 142.5 21.2 2.8 14.1 55.6 66.7 47.7 9.3 78.7 4.4 3.6 5.0 2.2 1.9 16.6 .264 .326 .392 .718 68.2     11.1   7.3    18.4 .067 .044 .111
1965    1 Earl Battey MIN   30    33.77 60.3%   1058 734.9 57.0 8.1 7.1 13.2 .990   534.4 127.3 17.9 2.4 11.3 46.7 59.4 51.8 8.6 87.8 4.1 3.8 5.9 2.1 1.7 15.7 .238 .307 .344 .651 56.7      8.1   7.4    15.5 .048 .044 .092
1966    1 John Romano CHI   31    20.92 67.0%   1154 735.6 56.3 8.1 8.2 9.5 .990   543.0 128.9 21.7 3.1 12.3 54.1 58.1 46.7 9.1 92.9 3.0 3.3 4.0 2.3 2.3 14.0 .237 .299 .357 .656 57.0      8.6   7.3    15.9 .053 .044 .097
1967    1 Bill Freehan DET   25    41.20 62.3%   1105 730.5 60.6 8.9 9.6 10.7 .989   538.0 124.8 18.2 3.0 10.7 48.8 52.3 46.8 7.9 88.7 6.4 5.0 3.8 3.3 3.1 14.0 .232 .299 .337 .636 54.5      8.7   7.2    15.9 .050 .041 .092
1968    1 Bill Freehan DET   26    47.90 57.8%   997 728.2 64.6 7.2 10.2 9.7 .991   543.6 124.6 17.7 2.4 10.8 43.9 55.5 40.9 5.9 84.1 6.9 4.0 4.6 2.7 4.1 11.6 .229 .289 .330 .619 52.7      8.6   7.7    16.3 .051 .046 .097
1969    1 Bill Freehan DET   27    24.20 55.6%   1181 727.0 63.7 9.3 9.3 14.3 .988   531.7 128.5 16.3 1.5 10.3 52.0 53.6 55.1 9.9 73.4 5.8 3.6 3.8 2.2 2.6 14.5 .242 .318 .336 .654 57.3      7.7   7.0    14.7 .045 .041 .085
                             
1970    1 Thurman Munson NY   23    35.09 60.5%   1231 727.7 64.2 8.1 10.1 11.3 .990   535.5 135.9 20.9 2.1 18.2 60.3 66.6 53.8 7.5 84.3 4.5 3.3 2.9 2.2 3.6 13.2 .254 .325 .403 .728 69.4     11.0   7.6    18.7 .068 .047 .115
1971    1 Bill Freehan DET   29    32.65 62.2%   1239 729.4 62.9 7.7 7.9 11.3 .990   534.9 131.8 21.9 2.2 14.4 58.3 60.4 52.4 8.2 79.4 4.7 3.5 4.5 2.7 2.7 16.0 .246 .317 .376 .693 62.9     10.3   7.1    17.5 .064 .045 .109
1972    1 Carlton Fisk BOS   24    49.28 63.3%   1232 721.1 66.8 12.1 9.9 11.8 .985   530.0 137.5 20.4 2.6 13.0 55.7 59.5 58.0 10.7 71.1 4.9 2.6 4.5 3.0 4.3 12.9 .259 .335 .381 .716 67.6     15.2   7.3    22.4 .095 .046 .141
1973    1 Thurman Munson NY   26    33.75 66.3%   1303 724.1 65.2 10.7 7.9 10.2 .987   534.8 134.3 22.1 1.5 17.5 62.3 67.6 51.0 2.7 89.3 5.9 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.2 13.2 .251 .321 .396 .717 67.9     10.7   7.3    18.0 .067 .046 .112
1974    2 Ellie Rodriguez CAL   28    20.16 63.0%   1337 717.1 69.9 13.0 9.3 12.7 .984   524.5 129.0 19.0 2.3 11.8 61.9 60.1 60.5 5.0 86.3 3.5 6.5 5.0 4.9 4.4 14.5 .246 .325 .359 .684 61.4     10.0   7.1    17.0 .058 .041 .099
1975    1 Gene Tenace OAK   28    33.84 64.2%   1331 705.5 81.6 12.9 9.0 8.9 .984   512.4 125.3 17.6 2.5 13.6 64.8 66.4 68.5 4.0 85.7 5.8 8.9 4.4 4.5 2.6 14.0 .244 .338 .368 .706 67.1     10.9   7.3    18.2 .066 .044 .110
1976    1 Thurman Munson NY   29    29.39 60.3%   1257 708.7 78.0 13.3 9.4 8.3 .983   534.0 133.8 20.6 2.3 9.1 56.5 56.5 51.5 2.8 69.8 3.3 6.7 4.5 4.5 3.2 12.3 .251 .318 .349 .667 60.5      9.6   7.4    16.9 .057 .044 .101
1977    1 Carlton Fisk BOS   29    42.60 71.2%   1678 710.8 78.3 10.9 9.8 7.3 .986   528.5 141.2 21.8 3.9 12.0 64.6 70.7 54.2 3.2 66.1 3.3 8.7 5.3 2.2 4.1 14.0 .267 .336 .391 .727 70.2     10.1   7.5    17.6 .062 .046 .108
1978    1 Carlton Fisk BOS   30    42.93 69.4%   1651 704.5 84.6 10.9 10.8 7.5 .986   530.8 136.9 23.0 2.6 11.3 59.3 62.0 54.9 4.1 66.0 3.5 6.0 4.8 2.8 2.5 13.8 .258 .329 .375 .704 66.2     10.8   7.7    18.5 .067 .048 .115
1979    1 Darrell Porter KC   27    40.04 67.6%   1602 710.5 76.3 13.2 10.8 11.3 .984   526.6 139.2 24.7 3.4 12.3 69.0 69.6 59.8 3.3 67.1 2.7 5.0 5.9 3.5 3.5 14.4 .264 .339 .394 .733 71.1     10.4   7.5    17.9 .065 .046 .111
                       
1980    1 Rick Cerone NY   26    26.91 62.2%   1546 717.4 73.3 9.3 10.0 10.2 .988   535.4 141.3 24.7 3.4 11.4 64.1 64.8 49.7 2.9 67.5 3.3 6.5 5.1 4.6 3.6 15.8 .264 .327 .387 .714 67.2      9.7   7.5    17.2 .058 .045 .102
1981    1 Jim Sundberg TEX   30    22.57 68.0%   1048 713.7 76.6 9.7 8.8 7.7 .988   539.8 130.1 21.1 2.0 9.2 53.3 55.8 46.0 3.9 66.3 3.3 6.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 14.7 .241 .302 .339 .641 54.1      7.4   7.4    14.8 .045 .045 .090
1982    1 Larry Parrish DET   26    34.26 63.5%   1554 721.8 69.0 9.2 9.5 9.6 .988   534.1 137.0 22.7 2.3 13.2 64.2 67.3 52.9 3.8 64.4 1.7 6.7 4.6 7.7 4.0 13.8 .256 .323 .382 .705 66.2      9.4   7.1    16.5 .057 .044 .101
1983    1 Carlton Fisk CHI   35    39.20 60.7%   1511 723.8 66.4 9.8 7.7 8.1 .988   538.2 140.5 27.5 1.8 12.7 65.1 68.2 48.9 3.2 74.4 2.5 4.5 5.9 4.8 3.8 16.4 .261 .322 .390 .712 66.9      9.9   7.7    17.6 .058 .045 .103
1984    1 Larry Parrish DET   28    23.51 63.1%   1546 723.6 65.6 10.8 9.4 8.6 .986   542.9 131.9 24.3 2.4 15.5 60.1 64.3 44.2 4.3 81.7 1.6 5.5 5.8 2.9 2.5 13.3 .243 .299 .382 .681 61.4      7.8   7.2    15.0 .047 .044 .091
1985    1 Carlton Fisk CHI   37    28.77 67.6%   1644 729.3 61.1 9.6 11.1 9.4 .988   536.6 137.3 24.5 3.2 16.9 65.0 70.5 49.6 4.6 82.1 4.1 6.4 3.3 3.5 3.4 11.8 .256 .322 .408 .730 70.4     10.2   7.5    17.7 .060 .044 .104
1986    1 Rich Gedman BOS   26    23.85 55.1%   1374 730.5 60.2 9.3 8.4 10.1 .988   532.6 124.0 19.5 2.3 17.2 60.9 69.3 51.6 3.1 83.8 2.9 7.9 5.0 4.1 1.5 13.2 .233 .302 .375 .677 61.3      7.1   7.7    14.7 .040 .044 .084
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    1 Matt Nokes DET   23    24.45 57.8%   1461 736.3 54.6 9.1 9.4 12.3 .989   541.4 139.7 24.3 1.7 18.8 65.1 70.4 43.6 2.8 83.3 4.5 6.0 4.5 2.2 3.0 14.7 .258 .316 .413 .729 69.2      8.0   7.5    15.5 .046 .042 .088
1988    1 Carlton Fisk CHI   40    22.43 56.9%   1383 732.9 58.2 8.9 9.1 10.4 .989   536.7 142.2 23.8 1.1 15.6 65.6 70.1 47.9 4.7 76.4 3.6 7.1 4.7 4.5 3.3 14.1 .265 .327 .400 .727 69.4     10.7   7.5    18.2 .063 .045 .108
1989    1 Bob Boone KC   41    25.70 59.4%   1449 725.6 65.3 9.1 7.2 11.1 .989   535.8 139.9 22.9 2.4 12.8 57.8 64.2 49.5 3.5 78.7 4.4 4.6 5.7 4.3 3.5 15.8 .261 .325 .384 .709 66.6     10.6   7.2    17.8 .063 .043 .106
                             
1990    1 Larry Parrish CAL   34    30.95 64.8%   1609 731.3 60.7 8.0 9.2 10.3 .990   538.0 142.4 25.8 2.1 13.2 64.3 67.5 48.5 3.1 86.0 5.4 3.5 4.6 5.1 3.3 16.7 .265 .329 .394 .723 68.2     10.2   7.1    17.3 .060 .042 .102
1991    1 Mickey Tettleton DET   30    31.85 62.1%   1564 730.7 61.6 7.7 8.8 11.0 .990   546.2 141.1 26.8 1.2 14.7 61.4 72.2 40.3 3.6 84.2 4.5 3.4 5.6 2.5 3.4 18.4 .258 .312 .393 .705 64.1      8.9   7.0    15.9 .052 .041 .094
1992    1 Terry Steinbach OAK   30    27.91 66.6%   1577 724.8 67.3 7.9 9.5 8.2 .990   536.3 133.7 23.5 1.2 16.0 61.6 64.0 49.0 5.0 84.3 5.1 4.7 4.9 3.5 3.3 13.2 .249 .315 .387 .702 65.3      8.7   7.5    16.2 .053 .045 .098
1993    1 Chris Hoiles BAL   28    38.16 66.5%   1634 725.3 66.9 7.8 9.3 8.0 .990   533.2 141.7 27.2 1.3 17.7 66.2 72.5 47.2 4.1 89.2 8.4 6.2 5.0 3.0 3.7 16.1 .266 .332 .421 .753 74.5     10.5   7.7    18.2 .063 .046 .109
1994    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX   22    20.91 65.4%   1116 735.4 58.4 6.2 6.7 7.4 .992   536.7 138.1 27.0 2.2 17.3 71.5 73.0 50.1 2.9 94.3 5.3 2.6 5.3 3.5 2.5 12.8 .257 .324 .412 .736 72.8      8.5   7.4    15.9 .053 .046 .099
1995    1 Dan Wilson SEA   26    20.94 67.5%   1445 739.3 53.7 7.0 7.8 11.0 .991   539.0 139.9 30.6 1.5 15.6 64.7 74.3 46.2 1.8 98.2 5.4 5.4 4.0 1.6 2.1 16.2 .260 .322 .409 .731 69.4      7.5   7.7    15.2 .045 .046 .091
1996    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX   24    29.61 63.2%   1564 743.4 49.4 7.2 5.8 7.6 .991   540.5 144.2 29.1 1.5 19.4 73.6 77.0 44.1 3.2 92.9 6.2 4.9 4.3 3.1 1.9 14.5 .267 .327 .434 .761 76.2      8.2   6.8    15.1 .051 .043 .094
1997    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX   25    36.93 60.6%   1457 741.1 52.4 6.5 8.5 7.5 .992   546.0 148.0 29.0 1.3 14.8 68.3 69.3 39.9 2.2 94.7 6.0 4.6 3.5 3.0 2.1 16.3 .271 .326 .410 .736 70.5      8.3   7.4    15.7 .052 .046 .098
1998    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX   26    39.11 61.5%   1482 738.4 54.4 7.2 5.6 8.7 .991   542.1 142.9 29.3 1.7 14.0 63.5 69.1 43.4 3.0 94.6 4.1 5.2 5.2 2.0 1.8 16.5 .264 .320 .401 .721 68.2      6.9   7.6    14.5 .041 .046 .087
1999    1 Ivan Rodriguez TEX   27    40.93 67.5%   1596 733.2 60.9 5.9 9.0 8.1 .993   541.2 148.3 29.7 2.1 15.7 69.0 74.3 44.4 1.3 88.9 5.8 3.8 4.8 6.1 3.3 17.3 .274 .333 .424 .757 74.0      8.3   7.0    15.3 .052 .044 .096
                             
2000    1 Jorge Posada NY   28    37.33 60.8%   1466 743.6 49.3 7.1 7.9 7.0 .991   531.9 145.3 28.2 1.5 18.6 73.2 74.6 52.7 3.2 86.5 5.2 5.2 5.0 3.6 2.2 16.0 .273 .342 .437 .779 79.3      9.1   7.3    16.4 .058 .046 .103
2001    1 Jorge Posada NY   29    31.02 58.8%   1408 742.3 49.8 7.9 7.8 7.9 .990   546.9 143.4 32.5 1.3 14.5 65.5 69.6 37.1 3.5 82.3 7.6 4.9 3.5 2.5 3.8 14.1 .262 .316 .406 .722 68.3      8.3   7.1    15.4 .050 .043 .093
2002    1 Jorge Posada NY   30    32.37 65.5%   1532 741.5 53.1 5.4 6.8 7.9 .993   545.1 139.0 28.8 2.0 11.6 64.5 62.0 40.6 3.0 97.3 5.3 4.8 4.2 2.0 2.1 17.2 .255 .311 .379 .690 62.4      5.9   7.7    13.6 .036 .048 .084
2003    1 Jorge Posada NY   31    42.21 67.2%   1596 740.2 53.3 6.5 7.7 6.4 .992   542.8 144.4 28.7 1.6 17.1 65.2 74.6 40.5 4.1 86.3 7.6 3.7 5.4 2.4 2.6 15.0 .266 .323 .419 .742 72.6      9.2   7.8    17.0 .056 .048 .104
2004    1 Ivan Rodriguez DET   32    28.59 63.6%   1509 747.2 47.0 5.8 7.2 6.5 .993   535.7 148.1 32.2 0.8 17.8 70.2 81.1 49.9 3.9 97.3 5.6 3.8 5.0 2.0 2.5 17.0 .276 .341 .439 .780 79.2     10.3   6.9    17.3 .066 .044 .110
2005    1 Joe Mauer MIN   22    28.73 72.1%   1656 744.6 49.9 5.5 5.1 6.1 .993   542.5 146.8 28.3 1.0 16.7 68.2 69.6 45.0 3.5 86.5 6.2 1.5 4.8 3.2 1.7 15.0 .270 .331 .418 .749 74.2     10.9   5.9    16.8 .072 .039 .110
2006    1 Joe Mauer MIN   23    36.66 69.3%   1621 744.4 49.3 6.3 5.4 7.0 .992   539.6 153.5 28.9 1.4 18.1 73.2 79.0 47.1 4.7 81.4 7.5 1.9 3.9 3.5 2.0 16.0 .284 .348 .444 .792 81.3     12.2   7.4    19.6 .081 .049 .130
2007    1 Victor Martinez CLE   28    39.07 67.2%   1570 744.3 49.2 6.5 7.4 6.8 .992   536.1 142.9 30.9 1.7 16.4 70.1 75.3 49.5 4.9 95.4 7.2 2.0 5.2 2.8 1.8 16.2 .267 .334 .422 .756 75.1      9.6   7.4    17.1 .062 .048 .111
2008    1 Joe Mauer MIN   25    44.08 67.7%   1561 746.3 46.9 6.8 6.3 5.6 .992   539.0 142.4 30.8 1.0 13.1 67.9 65.8 44.5 3.4 97.0 7.7 3.7 5.1 2.5 1.8 14.4 .264 .326 .398 .724 69.5      8.9   7.5    16.6 .057 .048 .106
2009    1 Joe Mauer MIN   26    47.53 64.3%   1480 744.4 49.8 5.8 6.6 6.5 .993   539.8 139.8 29.1 1.4 19.0 68.0 73.8 45.4 3.7 111.0 6.7 3.5 4.6 3.5 1.3 13.1 .259 .322 .424 .746 74.4      9.2   7.2    16.4 .059 .046 .105
                             
2010    1 Joe Mauer MIN   27    38.85 59.8%   1408 744.7 48.2 7.1 5.3 5.6 .991   536.7 138.6 28.1 1.1 11.9 63.2 67.5 47.7 3.8 84.6 6.2 3.6 5.8 4.4 2.7 15.9 .258 .323 .381 .704 66.3      8.5   7.0    15.5 .053 .044 .098
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