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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
1876    1 John Clapp STL 24    18.06 62.0%   283 1220 345 336 21 222 .823   1109 269 22 12 3 150 82 18 45 .243 .255 .292 .547 143     17.2  10.8    28.0 .061 .038 .099
1877    2 Lew Brown BOS 19     9.41 48.7%   148 795 196 111 15 119 .899   573 142 22 11 3 61 62 11 50 .248 .262 .340 .602 77      6.8   9.2    16.0 .046 .062 .108
1878    1 Lew Brown PRO 20    12.80 84.5%   271 1366 403 225 26 248 .887   1011 253 43 4 2 114 106 20 92 .250 .265 .307 .572 131     15.1  11.3    26.4 .056 .042 .097
1879    2 Silver Flint CHI 23    14.84 67.2%   393 1930 552 296 30 433 .893   1585 403 71 23 6 191 187 23 149 .254 .265 .339 .604 222     28.9  20.2    49.1 .074 .051 .125
                       
1880    1 Emil Gross PRO 22    14.26 53.8%   335 1696 487 235 22 320 .903   1208 265 47 14 3 142 113 36 87 .219 .242 .289 .531 135     17.4  13.0    30.4 .052 .039 .091
1881    3 Jack Rowe BUF 24    10.23 42.1%   275 1247 380 173 32 260 .904   998 256 39 21 2 116 109 43 71 .257 .287 .344 .631 142     21.3  12.2    33.5 .077 .044 .122
1882    3 Fatty Briody CLE 23     6.53 35.0%   221 1201 309 170 18 233 .899   824 199 34 7 1 107 75 26 75 .242 .265 .303 .568 103     12.7   9.5    22.2 .057 .043 .100
1883    2 Buck Ewing NY 23    15.10 37.7%   292 1481 440 246 33 359 .886   1071 253 43 18 9 161 94 32 140 .236 .258 .335 .593 143     14.4  11.3    25.7 .049 .039 .088
1884    1 Buck Ewing NY 24    24.38 42.0%   329 1926 453 285 29 287 .893   1226 258 42 22 4 174 103 63 185 .210 .249 .290 .539 153     18.3  15.2    33.5 .056 .046 .102
1885    4 Con Daily PRO 20     7.99 36.5%   322 1645 452 245 32 282 .895   1146 233 34 10 2 117 82 54 156 .203 .239 .256 .495 109      7.5  12.5    20.0 .023 .039 .062
1886    5 Charlie Ganzel PHI/DET 24     6.30 25.9%   218 1321 248 158 24 180 .909   770 175 23 7 3 100 81 53 120 14 .227 .277 .287 .564 94      8.3   9.5    17.8 .038 .044 .082
1887    2 Jack Clements PHI 22     9.92 48.6%   484 2284 672 293 60 404 .910   1755 419 69 28 8 262 199 115 116 19 130 .239 .293 .324 .617 239     22.3  22.0    44.3 .046 .045 .092
1888    4 Doggie Miller PIT 23    11.06 41.4%   411 2188 567 283 42 313 .907   1481 347 40 20 5 169 155 65 159 18 59 .234 .275 .298 .573 170     21.4  15.4    36.8 .052 .037 .090
1889    2 Fred Carroll PIT 24    16.08 49.5%   498 2196 615 302 36 266 .903   1869 507 98 21 22 303 271 199 133 19 70 .271 .347 .381 .728 325     41.4  16.9    58.3 .083 .034 .117
                       
1890    3 Tom Daly BRO 24    11.94 34.9%   356 1733 432 161 29 162 .931   1292 305 41 14 9 184 142 117 175 12 40 .236 .305 .310 .615 173     14.9  14.6    29.5 .042 .041 .083
1891    9 Malachi Kittridge CHI 21     4.28 19.5%   200 871 224 95 12 80 .920   727 165 24 12 4 69 86 47 80 2 18 .227 .276 .309 .585 83      5.4   7.6    13.0 .027 .038 .065
1892   13 Jack Doyle CLE/NY 22     6.54 15.9%   296 1275 371 109 29 138 .938   1059 232 35 7 4 117 91 52 95 5 35 .219 .259 .277 .536 107     11.1  11.6    22.7 .038 .039 .077
1893    5 Bill Merritt BOS 22     9.35 22.9%   350 1269 388 110 32 121 .938   1286 342 52 24 10 209 190 125 78 12 57 .266 .337 .367 .704 212     18.4  15.3    33.7 .053 .044 .096
1894   10 Mike Grady PHI 24     5.50 14.7%   245 786 231 88 27 67 .920   827 263 47 17 6 158 145 101 55 9 18 20 .318 .398 .438 .836 175     16.1   8.6    24.7 .066 .035 .101
1895   11 Joe Sugden PIT 24     5.33 19.8%   315 1091 298 98 32 69 .934   1100 298 30 13 4 145 141 87 71 15 20 29 .271 .333 .333 .666 155     11.2  10.6    21.8 .036 .034 .069
1896   10 Ed McFarland STL 21     6.02 18.0%   276 964 334 94 28 79 .932   1010 267 35 14 10 158 119 59 78 10 30 34 .264 .311 .356 .667 137      9.5  12.8    22.3 .034 .046 .081
1897    2 John Warner NY 24    16.02 16.5%   254 946 283 67 27 59 .948   936 269 24 12 8 129 120 78 25 19 22 .287 .358 .364 .722 140     16.2  10.8    27.0 .064 .043 .106
1898    2 Ed McFarland PHI 23    20.01 8.1%   154 482 150 27 10 32 .959   521 147 23 7 4 85 80 48 6 10 8 .282 .350 .376 .726 80     12.8   6.4    19.2 .083 .042 .125
1899    1 Ed McFarland PHI 24    28.15 14.3%   259 799 327 57 36 57 .952   908 275 44 15 6 149 126 65 11 12 33 .303 .357 .404 .761 155     22.1  11.8    33.9 .085 .046 .131
                       
1900    4 Frank Chance CHI 22     8.45 6.3%   73 222 98 22 4 16 .936   222 58 12 3 1 30 25 16 16 10 9 .261 .354 .356 .710 33      5.7   2.1     7.8 .078 .029 .107
1901   12 Bill Bergen CIN 23     2.84 7.7%   87 406 117 16 8 4 .970   308 55 6 4 1 15 17 8 0 10 2 .179 .199 .234 .433 11      -     3.8     3.8 .000 .044 .044
1902    5 Frank Chance CHI 24     8.67 19.4%   202 952 281 56 25 23 .957   731 158 19 8 0 54 82 37 7 14 20 .216 .261 .264 .525 56      5.6   8.8    14.4 .028 .044 .071
1903    4 Ed Phelps PIT 24     8.02 18.6%   214 834 286 51 18 34 .956   742 191 23 9 2 85 72 38 8 14 15 .257 .301 .321 .622 84      8.2   7.0    15.2 .038 .033 .071
1904   16 Fred Carisch PIT 22     2.49 3.7%   46 215 52 9 5 3 .967   160 33 4 2 0 11 9 10 0 1 3 .206 .253 .256 .509 11      1.2   1.6     2.8 .026 .035 .061
1905   13 Gabby Street CIN/BOS 22     2.89 8.3%   104 460 149 22 8 19 .965   347 71 7 6 2 29 30 25 4 9 5 .205 .266 .277 .543 29      2.4   5.1     7.5 .023 .049 .072
1906   19 Pete Noonan STL 24     0.50 1.9%   23 118 37 7 0 8 .957   74 12 1 2 1 5 5 6 0 0 1 .162 .225 .270 .495 5      0.1   0.7     0.8 .004 .030 .035
1907         0.0%                        
1908   17 Joe Dunn BRO 23     1.16 1.6%   20 93 42 6 3 2 .957   64 11 3 0 0 3 5 0 0 2 0 .172 .172 .219 .391 1      -     1.4     1.4 .000 .070 .070
1909         0.0%                        
                       
1910    6 Tommy Clarke CIN 22     8.37 15.7%   226 864 300 43 25 29 .964   606 135 21 8 3 64 51 66 76 7 26 8 .223 .306 .299 .605 61      7.9   9.4    17.3 .035 .042 .077
1911    8 Tommy Clarke CIN 23     6.36 13.2%   190 716 224 45 14 15 .954   551 131 22 10 1 53 63 48 49 2 20 9 .238 .301 .319 .620 58      5.6   5.4    11.0 .029 .028 .058
1912    3 Ivy Wingo STL 21    10.08 36.0%   498 2052 656 95 60 33 .966   1517 385 59 21 7 164 165 114 192 14 40 42 .254 .312 .334 .646 169     19.3  20.0    39.3 .039 .040 .079
1913    7 Otto Miller BRO 24     6.71 20.5%   297 1093 373 56 29 24 .963   837 218 27 18 3 74 80 44 84 2 21 28 .260 .299 .346 .645 84      9.4   9.3    18.7 .032 .031 .063
1914    2 Hank Gowdy BOS 24    18.41 32.4%   468 1777 588 81 45 48 .967   1333 337 50 18 9 124 126 112 142 8 36 35 1 .253 .315 .338 .653 154     25.2  19.4    44.6 .054 .041 .095
1915    1 Frank Snyder STL 22    31.43 21.0%   295 1130 358 35 27 21 .977   913 236 35 15 5 78 94 60 92 3 26 16 19 .258 .306 .346 .652 98     17.7  12.8    30.5 .060 .043 .103
1916    7 Earl Blackburn BOS 23     7.75 8.6%   116 476 160 18 13 11 .972   356 94 11 6 0 26 31 20 40 0 8 6 .264 .303 .329 .632 20      8.4   5.3    13.7 .072 .046 .118
1917    4 Frank Snyder STL 24    10.52 12.4%   168 622 228 23 14 17 .974   522 109 15 5 1 32 48 37 69 3 16 6 .209 .265 .262 .527 36      5.3   7.9    13.2 .032 .047 .079
1918    6 Bob O'Farrell CHI 21     8.46 3.5%   45 115 36 4 3 4 .974   113 32 7 3 1 9 14 10 15 1 1 0 .283 .347 .425 .772 17      4.8   1.7     6.5 .107 .038 .144
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
1919   13 Bob O'Farrell CHI 22     1.91 8.3%   105 326 100 15 11 15 .966   325 68 9 7 0 26 23 20 23 0 8 9 .209 .255 .280 .535 22      0.9   3.9     4.8 .009 .037 .046
                       
1920    1 Bob O'Farrell CHI 23    12.88 19.6%   273 873 326 45 28 19 .964   833 229 23 9 4 68 77 73 59 7 24 10 6 .275 .338 .339 .677 101     19.7  12.5    32.2 .072 .046 .118
1921    2 Earl Smith NY 24    18.82 20.5%   293 846 293 39 25 9 .967   868 231 29 17 16 99 120 69 51 2 24 10 5 .266 .322 .394 .716 115     18.2  12.9    31.1 .062 .044 .106
1922    4 Johnny Gooch PIT 24    15.63 17.0%   236 755 207 26 14 17 .974   734 196 23 6 2 74 78 71 49 6 13 3 1 .267 .337 .323 .660 88     10.0  10.2    20.2 .042 .043 .086
1923    7 Zack Taylor BRO 24     7.68 25.9%   345 1187 326 46 27 32 .970   1202 310 45 13 5 117 127 55 67 8 22 14 10 .258 .295 .329 .624 116      9.4  12.9    22.3 .027 .037 .065
1924    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 23    24.40 22.4%   293 971 298 36 34 29 .972   986 270 36 11 22 119 127 69 76 7 20 19 9 .274 .326 .400 .726 134     20.2  10.7    30.9 .069 .037 .105
1925    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 24    23.65 16.4%   199 684 164 29 24 14 .967   729 224 47 6 27 103 120 68 102 4 13 6 8 .307 .370 .499 .869 131     19.5   9.5    29.0 .098 .048 .146
1926   16 Oscar Siemer BOS 24     0.41 4.9%   86 188 33 16 5 10 .932   164 32 3 0 0 8 11 4 25 0 6 1 .195 .214 .213 .427 5      -     1.4     1.4 .000 .016 .016
1927    4 Shanty Hogan BOS 21     8.89 6.7%   95 279 64 6 4 3 .983   309 95 23 2 5 32 46 14 33 4 8 2 .307 .346 .443 .789 46      8.3   3.5    11.8 .087 .037 .124
1928    2 Shanty Hogan NY 22    24.99 15.7%   224 671 127 22 20 11 .973   712 220 29 5 13 79 108 62 46 8 15 1 .309 .371 .419 .790 107     17.9   7.0    24.9 .080 .031 .111
1929    4 Spud Davis PHI 24     9.78 20.2%   289 830 160 31 20 14 .970   895 273 45 7 14 88 147 64 68 9 23 3 .305 .357 .418 .775 134     15.5  11.0    26.5 .054 .038 .092
                       
1930    2 Shanty Hogan NY 24    18.58 28.9%   381 1453 195 35 27 18 .979   1361 427 82 14 28 204 236 94 96 6 39 9 .314 .361 .456 .817 223     27.1  19.6    46.7 .071 .051 .123
1931    5 Rollie Hemsley PIT/CHI 24    11.69 22.7%   295 1098 185 28 23 22 .979   1058 299 53 11 8 112 138 84 107 2 13 6 .283 .337 .376 .713 133     20.6  11.5    32.1 .070 .039 .109
1932    4 Ernie Lombardi CIN 24    14.90 20.2%   278 855 177 29 17 22 .973   935 267 46 16 12 100 121 84 61 4 7 3 .286 .347 .407 .754 125     20.1   9.8    29.9 .072 .035 .108
1933    4 Al Lopez BRO 24    17.35 13.2%   187 623 123 8 17 3 .989   546 147 16 4 3 48 59 26 57 1 15 10 16 .269 .304 .330 .634 53      8.7   9.5    18.2 .047 .051 .097
1934    2 Bill DeLancey STL 22    22.78 8.3%   114 441 48 9 6 6 .982   350 112 25 3 14 49 47 42 46 1 1 2 10 .320 .394 .529 .923 70     14.3   4.8    19.1 .125 .042 .168
1935    4 Bill DeLancey STL 23    14.30 16.2%   230 802 105 27 21 16 .971   752 195 43 8 17 93 110 80 79 2 6 0 16 .259 .332 .406 .738 109     16.5   9.2    25.7 .072 .040 .112
1936    7 Ken O'Dea CHI 23    10.88 16.3%   240 845 103 17 14 17 .982   758 195 40 8 5 93 96 65 75 3 13 0 25 .257 .318 .351 .669 84      8.7   8.6    17.3 .036 .036 .072
1937    6 Ken O'Dea CHI 24    13.11 10.2%   142 521 78 13 10 5 .979   453 120 11 7 4 48 52 39 39 0 8 2 9 .265 .323 .347 .670 53      7.2   6.2    13.4 .051 .044 .094
1938    8 Mickey Owen STL 22     8.24 12.6%   166 649 97 16 10 12 .979   548 139 30 3 6 59 50 41 50 2 5 3 16 .254 .308 .352 .660 56      5.2   6.1    11.3 .031 .037 .068
1939    8 Mickey Owen STL 23     7.63 11.2%   168 556 67 14 12 12 .978   458 118 25 4 4 46 49 52 43 3 13 6 14 .258 .337 .356 .693 52      6.1   5.7    11.8 .036 .034 .070
                       
1940    7 Mickey Owen STL 24     6.70 11.9%   192 562 93 16 11 8 .976   478 112 21 3 1 39 43 55 33 2 6 4 15 .234 .316 .297 .613 45      3.8   5.9     9.7 .020 .031 .051
1941    7 Clyde McCullough CHI 24     6.48 10.4%   149 515 70 11 6 6 .982   470 105 10 2 9 45 57 43 75 3 9 5 13 .223 .293 .311 .604 43      3.9   3.5     7.4 .026 .023 .050
1942    7 Ray Lamanno CIN 22    13.74 13.9%   183 689 103 17 16 15 .979   650 169 24 3 13 64 77 42 71 3 3 0 20 .260 .308 .366 .674 69     11.4   6.7    18.1 .062 .037 .099
1943   15 Al Lakeman CIN 24     1.54 3.0%   43 134 22 7 4 2 .957   124 26 4 1 2 14 11 10 32 0 4 0 5 .210 .269 .306 .575 9      0.7   1.6     2.3 .016 .037 .053
1944   18 Mickey Kreitner CHI 21     0.85 2.3%   39 104 13 1 3 0 .992   85 13 2 0 0 3 1 8 16 1 3 0 0 1 .153 .234 .176 .410 3      -     1.4     1.4 .000 .036 .036
1945    5 Del Rice STL 22     9.67 13.4%   192 643 89 9 10 14 .988   587 154 30 5 10 56 76 51 77 7 6 5 0 14 .262 .329 .382 .711 75     11.9   9.2    21.1 .062 .048 .110
1946    5 Bruce Edwards BRO 22    12.02 15.4%   214 887 90 17 15 12 .983   642 166 25 7 5 55 59 65 61 2 14 1 0 18 .259 .329 .343 .672 72     11.0  10.0    21.0 .051 .047 .098
1947    2 Bruce Edwards BRO 23    22.79 23.6%   320 1332 126 27 22 20 .982   992 255 35 14 27 110 156 139 128 6 11 3 4 23 .257 .352 .402 .754 144     22.1  15.4    37.5 .069 .048 .117
1948    8 Ed Fitz Gerald PIT 24     7.26 18.1%   249 982 105 28 14 29 .975   788 202 33 5 16 92 119 95 96 5 5 7 0 20 .256 .340 .372 .712 102     14.4   9.0    23.4 .058 .036 .094
1949    5 Stan Lopata PHI 23     8.22 19.9%   264 1103 125 30 10 22 .976   948 248 39 5 18 92 115 73 110 1 4 3 0 28 .262 .315 .370 .685 106     12.9  11.1    24.0 .049 .042 .091
                       
1950    6 Johnny Pramesa CIN 24     7.03 24.7%   356 1317 158 35 27 23 .977   1080 267 38 5 20 85 133 95 129 1 10 1 0 30 .247 .309 .347 .656 114     11.0  12.2    23.2 .031 .034 .065
1951   13 Smoky Burgess CHI 24     2.48 6.4%   99 317 48 7 9 7 .981   305 70 5 2 2 28 22 30 25 0 2 3 0 14 .230 .299 .279 .578 24      1.7   3.3     5.0 .017 .033 .051
1952   12 Harry Chiti CHI 19     3.30 2.6%   32 170 13 3 6 5 .984   113 31 5 0 5 14 13 5 8 0 0 0 1 3 .274 .305 .451 .756 14      2.2   1.2     3.4 .069 .038 .106
1953    2 Del Crandall MIL 23    19.97 14.4%   190 849 90 20 19 15 .979   659 172 19 3 20 80 75 50 86 2 7 4 2 18 .261 .315 .390 .705 81     10.3   9.2    19.5 .054 .048 .103
1954    2 Del Crandall MIL 24    18.51 22.3%   306 1239 160 23 19 15 .984   918 226 28 7 38 120 115 117 15 122 3 18 7 2 2 27 .246 .331 .416 .747 123     17.9  15.0    32.9 .058 .049 .108
1955    6 Harry Chiti CHI 22     5.71 13.8%   190 783 103 15 16 30 .983   583 136 16 3 13 48 61 55 11 97 1 5 7 0 0 17 .233 .297 .338 .635 57      5.2   6.9    12.1 .027 .036 .064
1956   15 Harry Chiti CHI 23     1.67 5.0%   67 327 35 7 2 6 .981   200 42 6 3 4 17 15 19 3 35 1 3 1 0 0 8 .210 .281 .330 .611 17      0.8   1.9     2.7 .012 .028 .040
1957         0.0%                        
1958         0.0%                        
1959         0.0%                        
                       
1960   10 Clay Dalrymple PHI 23     3.68 8.7%   124 566 68 15 8 11 .977   363 84 11 5 9 25 51 32 4 54 6 7 3 0 2 8 .231 .302 .364 .666 41      4.2   3.7     7.9 .034 .030 .064
1961    3 Joe Torre MIL 20    15.28 25.6%   356 1635 176 38 24 39 .979   1118 264 42 8 24 93 119 83 17 154 10 10 6 4 8 25 .236 .293 .352 .645 113     11.7  12.1    23.8 .033 .034 .067
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
1962    4 Johnny Edwards CIN 24    20.23 19.4%   351 1894 222 33 21 49 .985   1102 279 48 17 19 121 112 107 18 174 8 4 7 7 7 18 .253 .322 .379 .701 134     17.8  16.3    34.1 .051 .046 .097
1963    5 Tim McCarver STL 21    16.37 21.2%   379 2134 195 37 26 44 .984   1193 316 38 16 21 100 166 75 10 200 13 10 14 5 5 25 .265 .312 .376 .688 140     23.9  13.6    37.5 .063 .036 .099
1964    1 Joe Torre MIL 23    24.44 23.5%   430 2282 188 31 23 49 .988   1334 344 56 11 32 150 159 100 30 202 10 6 11 3 4 36 .258 .312 .388 .700 161     27.4  14.9    42.3 .064 .035 .098
1965    1 Joe Torre MIL 24    23.37 23.8%   433 2385 175 28 16 48 .989   1302 341 53 6 46 144 160 127 30 188 6 4 8 4 3 47 .262 .328 .418 .746 173     29.0  16.0    45.0 .067 .037 .104
1966    4 Tim McCarver STL 24    24.01 29.1%   537 2772 250 39 31 42 .987   1621 400 62 19 36 137 179 125 26 269 8 14 14 14 13 37 .247 .301 .375 .676 179     25.1  20.7    45.8 .047 .039 .085
1967    6 Jerry May PIT 23     9.83 18.6%   360 1837 162 19 26 35 .991   976 211 26 3 8 71 60 74 32 190 5 7 7 2 3 31 .216 .273 .274 .547 70      6.7  11.6    18.3 .019 .032 .051
1968    2 Johnny Bench CIN 20    29.42 20.1%   354 1969 193 23 21 32 .989   1118 274 57 5 16 97 122 80 23 207 5 11 9 1 5 26 .245 .296 .348 .644 112     17.7  14.7    32.4 .050 .042 .092
1969    1 Johnny Bench CIN 21    31.17 12.6%   261 1426 128 11 13 41 .993   874 244 39 2 26 115 121 82 12 123 4 11 7 7 9 11 .279 .341 .418 .759 128     21.1  12.3    33.4 .081 .047 .128
                       
1970    2 Johnny Bench CIN 22    38.76 17.3%   370 1973 169 27 24 41 .988   1224 298 45 7 47 137 173 131 24 185 3 4 12 11 5 29 .243 .315 .407 .722 162     26.4  16.7    43.1 .071 .045 .116
1971    2 Ted Simmons STL 21    24.48 26.2%   545 2807 228 33 32 58 .989   1853 472 70 7 59 220 226 157 22 256 7 17 16 6 4 61 .255 .313 .396 .709 223     39.5  22.3    61.8 .072 .041 .113
1972    1 Johnny Bench CIN 24    49.67 38.6%   722 4047 346 53 48 65 .988   2572 667 101 16 83 298 347 229 43 348 14 7 22 10 10 75 .259 .321 .408 .729 332     62.1  31.1    93.2 .086 .043 .129
1973    1 Ted Simmons STL 23    38.22 30.7%   643 3370 268 52 38 53 .986   2150 583 88 10 43 215 251 203 55 189 12 20 22 6 5 80 .271 .334 .381 .715 265     47.2  23.9    71.1 .073 .037 .111
1974    2 Ted Simmons STL 24    25.35 23.2%   469 2375 278 34 43 40 .987   1643 437 75 14 39 180 231 154 28 200 12 9 28 2 5 53 .266 .328 .400 .728 211     31.7  24.6    56.3 .068 .052 .120
1975    9 Gary Carter MON 21     9.56 27.5%   595 2875 303 49 51 61 .985   1859 419 70 8 25 170 183 169 33 259 11 26 15 6 5 55 .225 .292 .312 .604 169     14.3  23.9    38.2 .024 .040 .064
1976   12 Barry Foote MON 24     6.24 22.8%   489 2317 277 42 37 36 .984   1516 343 50 8 24 144 144 118 15 210 5 11 14 7 6 39 .226 .282 .317 .599 134      9.2  19.2    28.4 .019 .039 .058
1977    2 Gary Carter MON 23    29.98 13.6%   279 1527 187 22 22 26 .987   915 264 54 5 41 145 135 129 21 152 7 7 13 11 10 22 .289 .376 .493 .869 170     29.8  13.4    43.2 .107 .048 .155
1978    2 Gary Carter MON 24    27.36 18.1%   382 1938 221 33 18 34 .985   1217 297 56 2 33 131 145 124 24 184 8 6 12 11 10 41 .244 .315 .375 .690 141     19.4  16.4    35.8 .051 .043 .094
1979    9 Steve Nicosia PIT 23     9.85 17.0%   380 1834 191 35 28 45 .983   1103 277 57 2 19 119 105 122 23 165 2 11 7 2 7 29 .251 .325 .358 .683 134     15.3  13.1    28.4 .040 .034 .075
                       
1980   12 Bruce Benedict ATL 24     7.86 20.2%   434 1985 246 37 28 25 .984   1332 318 52 6 5 100 133 95 21 141 4 23 13 4 6 42 .239 .289 .298 .587 112      8.8  18.0    26.8 .020 .041 .062
1981    6 Mike Scioscia LA 22    11.73 19.5%   256 1264 155 30 19 22 .979   809 222 25 2 8 73 74 78 13 82 4 10 9 4 5 22 .274 .338 .340 .678 93     14.0  10.7    24.7 .055 .042 .096
1982   14 Mike Scioscia LA 23     5.78 12.9%   274 1468 143 27 18 26 .984   785 179 22 4 7 63 75 80 21 71 4 12 8 5 2 26 .228 .300 .293 .593 69      4.7   9.6    14.3 .017 .035 .052
1983    8 Dann Bilardello CIN 24     8.70 15.0%   350 1639 191 41 17 38 .978   921 205 44 2 14 79 100 63 7 178 3 15 7 5 1 24 .223 .273 .320 .593 80      7.3  11.9    19.2 .021 .034 .055
1984    9 Mark Bailey HOU 22     8.76 13.4%   279 1615 134 20 13 29 .989   861 200 38 2 14 71 89 85 13 170 3 6 10 2 1 28 .232 .300 .330 .630 84      9.9  12.0    21.9 .035 .043 .078
1985    4 Mark Bailey HOU 23    14.70 15.2%   341 1651 140 26 17 41 .986   973 225 34 4 19 103 121 142 33 195 5 7 5 8 7 34 .231 .331 .333 .664 108     16.4  10.6    27.0 .048 .031 .079
1986   12 Darren Daulton PHI 24     8.23 8.6%   185 1004 113 14 16 7 .988   546 115 21 2 17 52 57 79 10 148 1 5 5 6 6 15 .211 .309 .350 .659 61      7.5   8.7    16.2 .041 .047 .088
1987    5 Benito Santiago SD 22    16.35 12.5%   278 1387 134 37 19 28 .976   876 234 48 2 23 91 118 39 5 154 6 4 8 21 13 23 .267 .300 .405 .705 101     11.4   6.8    18.2 .041 .024 .065
1988    7 Benito Santiago SD 23     8.94 17.1%   376 1912 203 32 20 26 .985   1193 286 58 4 22 105 112 63 8 229 4 12 10 21 9 38 .240 .278 .350 .628 109      5.6  17.1    22.7 .015 .045 .060
1989    1 Craig Biggio HOU 23    21.73 22.4%   483 2504 239 53 23 42 .981   1499 359 64 8 34 159 183 114 23 253 14 19 13 34 11 30 .239 .297 .361 .658 163     29.2  15.9    45.1 .060 .033 .093
                       
1990    3 Craig Biggio HOU 24    13.98 18.6%   399 2034 187 25 19 41 .989   1246 296 55 5 23 128 120 128 16 233 4 13 6 19 9 21 .238 .309 .345 .654 138     17.9  17.5    35.4 .045 .044 .089
1991   13 Rick Wilkins CHI 24     3.89 6.3%   147 700 75 5 8 8 .994   390 81 16 1 6 27 38 28 2 82 7 9 1 2 4 8 .208 .272 .300 .572 32      2.6   5.1     7.7 .018 .035 .052
1992    9 Eddie Taubensee HOU 23     7.64 11.7%   252 1359 122 9 9 19 .994   690 150 34 0 12 63 63 51 7 163 6 6 3 4 2 13 .217 .276 .319 .595 61      4.8   9.7    14.5 .019 .038 .058
1993    1 Mike Piazza LA 24    44.66 20.6%   518 2734 282 42 33 36 .986   1625 427 67 7 63 191 236 109 23 274 8 8 14 10 5 31 .263 .310 .429 .739 219     30.4  19.2    49.6 .059 .037 .096
1994   16 Javy Lopez ATL 23     4.63 8.5%   141 892 59 12 5 15 .988   494 126 18 3 16 54 53 31 1 93 11 3 3 2 2 17 .255 .312 .401 .713 57      4.9   4.9     9.8 .035 .035 .070
1995    4 Javy Lopez ATL 24    14.26 11.8%   245 1544 156 21 16 17 .988   791 218 33 7 27 95 100 73 7 152 6 7 5 0 4 25 .276 .339 .437 .776 111     16.3  10.4    26.7 .067 .042 .109
1996    9 Jason Kendall PIT 22    11.05 12.1%   292 1832 161 25 26 13 .988   953 246 43 6 23 108 100 85 17 146 19 5 12 4 2 31 .258 .327 .388 .715 119     11.1  13.3    24.4 .038 .046 .084
1997    4 Jason Kendall PIT 23    25.61 7.0%   170 1058 113 13 21 9 .989   555 153 38 4 9 76 52 56 3 73 31 1 5 17 6 13 .276 .371 .407 .778 91     12.9   9.3    22.2 .076 .055 .131
1998    3 Jason Kendall PIT 24    34.73 9.9%   264 1762 100 17 13 15 .991   942 268 60 5 24 139 114 90 8 139 30 3 12 31 7 15 .285 .361 .435 .796 159     21.4  10.9    32.3 .081 .041 .122
1999   14 Michael Barrett MON 22     5.94 6.9%   200 1138 97 16 15 20 .987   639 160 37 3 14 72 72 62 7 125 3 1 5 2 2 24 .250 .317 .383 .700 75      5.9   7.0    12.9 .030 .035 .065
                       
2000   28 Ramon Castro FLA 24     2.98 7.4%   229 1251 103 20 15 24 .985   647 161 32 1 8 69 70 69 15 152 6 4 8 2 6 8 .249 .323 .338 .661 76      4.6   6.9    11.5 .020 .030 .050
2001    4 Ben Davis SD 24    16.82 13.0%   369 2268 149 25 29 27 .990   1207 298 73 5 29 141 137 124 11 231 9 6 14 8 7 32 .247 .318 .388 .706 148     12.4   8.5    20.9 .034 .023 .057
2002   24 Yorvit Torrealba SF 23     3.82 2.5%   80 429 28 7 3 1 .985   204 51 13 1 2 19 17 18 6 34 2 3 0 1 0 12 .250 .317 .353 .670 20      1.7   2.8     4.5 .021 .035 .056
2003   14 Yorvit Torrealba SF 24     7.65 2.2%   66 365 29 1 3 0 .997   199 52 10 2 4 22 29 14 1 38 2 3 2 1 0 3 .261 .313 .392 .705 25      3.9   3.5     7.4 .059 .053 .112
2004   15 Yadier Molina STL 21     5.05 6.5%   187 1179 92 9 9 15 .993   578 145 28 0 13 54 62 46 5 123 3 6 5 1 3 18 .251 .307 .367 .674 64      4.7   8.9    13.6 .025 .048 .073
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
2005    5 Yadier Molina STL 22    17.87 13.8%   384 2295 189 22 7 27 .991   1241 307 56 1 27 120 136 110 15 195 18 17 4 2 4 29 .247 .317 .359 .676 141     15.0  19.8    34.8 .039 .052 .091
2006    1 Brian McCann ATL 22    28.49 15.2%   413 2592 187 20 22 20 .993   1407 393 92 4 44 175 225 135 23 184 16 10 12 14 8 44 .279 .346 .444 .790 215     28.6  17.6    46.2 .069 .043 .112
2007    1 Russell Martin LA 24    31.38 21.8%   597 3595 300 45 38 33 .989   1996 540 110 6 60 242 302 191 15 345 27 6 23 22 12 67 .271 .339 .422 .761 278     33.7  29.2    62.9 .056 .049 .105
2008    4 Brian McCann ATL 24    22.35 14.0%   385 2383 167 24 22 21 .991   1297 333 86 4 44 143 198 111 7 267 17 4 12 5 1 29 .257 .321 .431 .752 185     24.8  12.0    36.8 .064 .031 .096
2009   20 Jesus Flores WAS 24     4.29 0.9%   24 139 10 1 0 2 .993   89 28 3 2 4 12 14 9 1 25 0 1 1 0 0 1 .315 .374 .528 .902 18      2.5   0.9     3.4 .104 .038 .142
                       
2010    2 Buster Posey SF 23    20.44 10.6%   279 2019 148 16 18 13 .993   946 246 40 3 23 108 97 85 8 148 5 0 3 5 3 30 .260 .323 .382 .705 115     15.3  14.1    29.4 .055 .051 .105
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
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baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia