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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%   283 513.4 145.2 141.4 8.8 93.4 .823   590.4 143.2 11.7 6.4 1.6 79.9 43.7 9.6 24.0 .243 .255 .292 .547 76.1      9.2   5.7    14.9 .061 .038 .099
1877    2 Lew Brown BOS 19     9.41 48.7%   148 577.1 142.3 80.6 10.9 86.4 .899   588.7 145.9 22.6 11.3 3.1 62.7 63.7 11.3 51.4 .248 .262 .340 .602 79.1      7.0   9.5    16.4 .046 .062 .108
1878    1 Lew Brown PRO 20    12.80 84.5%   271 548.0 161.7 90.3 10.4 99.5 .887   588.4 147.2 25.0 2.3 1.2 66.3 61.7 11.6 53.5 .250 .265 .307 .572 76.2      8.8   6.6    15.4 .056 .042 .097
1879    2 Silver Flint CHI 23    14.84 67.2%   393 555.8 159.0 85.2 8.6 124.7 .893   591.4 150.4 26.5 8.6 2.2 71.3 69.8 8.6 55.6 .254 .265 .339 .604 82.8     10.8   7.5    18.3 .074 .051 .125
                       
1880    1 Emil Gross PRO 22    14.26 53.8%   335 561.1 161.1 77.8 7.3 105.9 .903   582.6 127.8 22.7 6.8 1.4 68.5 54.5 17.4 42.0 .219 .242 .289 .531 65.1      8.4   6.3    14.7 .052 .039 .091
1881    3 Jack Rowe BUF 24    10.23 42.1%   275 554.2 168.9 76.9 14.2 115.6 .904   575.2 147.6 22.5 12.1 1.2 66.9 62.8 24.8 40.9 .257 .287 .344 .631 81.8     12.3   7.0    19.3 .077 .044 .122
1882    3 Fatty Briody CLE 23     6.53 35.0%   221 571.9 147.1 81.0 8.6 111.0 .899   581.6 140.5 24.0 4.9 0.7 75.5 52.9 18.4 52.9 .242 .265 .303 .568 72.7      9.0   6.7    15.7 .057 .043 .100
1883    2 Buck Ewing NY 23    15.10 37.7%   292 546.8 162.4 90.8 12.2 132.5 .886   582.6 137.6 23.4 9.8 4.9 87.6 51.1 17.4 76.2 .236 .258 .335 .593 77.8      7.8   6.1    14.0 .049 .039 .088
1884    1 Buck Ewing NY 24    24.38 42.0%   329 578.4 136.0 85.6 8.7 86.2 .893   570.7 120.1 19.6 10.2 1.9 81.0 47.9 29.3 86.1 .210 .249 .290 .539 71.2      8.5   7.1    15.6 .056 .046 .102
1885    4 Con Daily PRO 20     7.99 36.5%   322 561.9 154.4 83.7 10.9 96.3 .895   573.0 116.5 17.0 5.0 1.0 58.5 41.0 27.0 78.0 .203 .239 .256 .495 54.5      3.8   6.3    10.0 .023 .039 .062
1886    5 Charlie Ganzel PHI/DET 24     6.30 25.9%   218 611.9 114.9 73.2 11.1 83.4 .909   561.4 127.6 16.8 5.1 2.2 72.9 59.1 38.6 87.5 10.2 .227 .277 .287 .564 68.5      6.1   6.9    13.0 .038 .044 .082
1887    2 Jack Clements PHI 22     9.92 48.6%   484 562.4 165.5 72.1 14.8 99.5 .910   557.5 133.1 21.9 8.9 2.5 83.2 63.2 36.5 36.8 6.0 41.3 .239 .293 .324 .617 75.9      7.1   7.0    14.1 .046 .045 .092
1888    4 Doggie Miller PIT 23    11.06 41.4%   411 576.2 149.3 74.5 11.1 82.4 .907   568.2 133.1 15.3 7.7 1.9 64.8 59.5 24.9 61.0 6.9 22.6 .234 .275 .298 .573 65.2      8.2   5.9    14.1 .052 .037 .090
1889    2 Fred Carroll PIT 24    16.08 49.5%   498 564.3 158.1 77.6 9.3 68.4 .903   537.3 145.8 28.2 6.0 6.3 87.1 77.9 57.2 38.2 5.5 20.1 .271 .347 .381 .728 93.4     11.9   4.9    16.8 .083 .034 .117
                       
1890    3 Tom Daly BRO 24    11.94 34.9%   356 596.0 148.6 55.4 10.0 55.7 .931   545.5 128.8 17.3 5.9 3.8 77.7 60.0 49.4 73.9 5.1 16.9 .236 .305 .310 .615 73.0      6.3   6.2    12.5 .042 .041 .083
1891    9 Malachi Kittridge CHI 21     4.28 19.5%   200 585.5 150.6 63.9 8.1 53.8 .920   562.1 127.6 18.6 9.3 3.1 53.4 66.5 36.3 61.9 1.6 13.9 .227 .276 .309 .585 64.2      4.2   5.9    10.1 .027 .038 .065
1892   13 Jack Doyle CLE/NY 22     6.54 15.9%   296 581.2 169.1 49.7 13.2 62.9 .938   569.3 124.7 18.8 3.8 2.2 62.9 48.9 28.0 51.1 2.7 18.8 .219 .259 .277 .536 57.5      6.0   6.2    12.2 .038 .039 .077
1893    5 Bill Merritt BOS 22     9.35 22.9%   350 574.5 175.7 49.8 14.5 54.8 .938   542.2 144.2 21.9 10.1 4.2 88.1 80.1 52.7 32.9 5.1 24.0 .266 .337 .367 .704 89.4      7.8   6.5    14.2 .053 .044 .096
1894   10 Mike Grady PHI 24     5.50 14.7%   245 569.1 167.2 63.7 19.5 48.5 .920   519.6 165.2 29.5 10.7 3.8 99.3 91.1 63.5 34.6 5.6 11.3 12.6 .318 .398 .438 .836 109.9     10.1   5.4    15.5 .066 .035 .101
1895   11 Joe Sugden PIT 24     5.33 19.8%   315 587.0 160.3 52.7 17.2 37.1 .934   540.1 146.3 14.7 6.4 2.0 71.2 69.2 42.7 34.9 7.4 9.8 14.2 .271 .333 .333 .666 76.1      5.5   5.2    10.7 .036 .034 .069
1896   10 Ed McFarland STL 21     6.02 18.0%   276 554.0 192.0 54.0 16.1 45.4 .932   546.5 144.5 18.9 7.6 5.4 85.5 64.4 31.9 42.2 5.4 16.2 18.4 .264 .311 .356 .667 74.1      5.1   6.9    12.1 .034 .046 .081
1897    2 John Warner NY 24    16.02 16.5%   254 583.9 174.7 41.4 16.7 36.4 .948   530.8 152.6 13.6 6.8 4.5 73.2 68.1 44.2 14.2 10.8 12.5 .287 .358 .364 .722 79.4      9.2   6.1    15.3 .064 .043 .106
1898    2 Ed McFarland PHI 23    20.01 8.1%   154 585.1 182.1 32.8 12.1 38.8 .959   534.4 150.8 23.6 7.2 4.1 87.2 82.1 49.2 6.1 10.3 8.2 .282 .350 .376 .726 82.1     13.1   6.6    19.7 .083 .042 .125
1899    1 Ed McFarland PHI 24    28.15 14.3%   259 540.3 221.1 38.6 24.3 38.5 .952   547.0 165.7 26.5 9.0 3.6 89.8 75.9 39.2 6.6 7.2 19.9 .303 .357 .404 .761 93.4     13.3   7.1    20.4 .085 .046 .131
                       
1900    4 Frank Chance CHI 22     8.45 6.3%   73 519.3 229.2 51.5 9.4 37.4 .936   504.5 131.8 27.3 6.8 2.3 68.2 56.8 36.4 36.4 22.7 20.5 .261 .354 .356 .710 75.0     13.0   4.8    17.7 .078 .029 .107
1901   12 Bill Bergen CIN 23     2.84 7.7%   87 602.6 173.7 23.7 11.9 5.9 .970   566.9 101.2 11.0 7.4 1.8 27.6 31.3 14.7 0.0 18.4 3.7 .179 .199 .234 .433 20.2      -     7.0     7.0 .000 .044 .044
1902    5 Frank Chance CHI 24     8.67 19.4%   202 590.8 174.4 34.8 15.5 14.3 .957   555.9 120.2 14.4 6.1 0.0 41.1 62.4 28.1 5.3 10.7 15.2 .216 .261 .264 .525 42.6      4.3   6.7    11.0 .028 .044 .071
1903    4 Ed Phelps PIT 24     8.02 18.6%   214 569.8 195.4 34.8 12.3 23.2 .956   555.1 142.9 17.2 6.7 1.5 63.6 53.9 28.4 6.0 10.5 11.2 .257 .301 .321 .622 62.8      6.1   5.2    11.4 .038 .033 .071
1904   16 Fred Carisch PIT 22     2.49 3.7%   46 623.2 150.7 26.1 14.5 8.7 .967   561.4 115.8 14.0 7.0 0.0 38.6 31.6 35.1 0.0 3.5 10.5 .206 .253 .256 .509 38.6      4.2   5.6     9.8 .026 .035 .061
1905   13 Gabby Street CIN/BOS 22     2.89 8.3%   104 583.2 188.9 27.9 10.1 24.1 .965   540.8 110.6 10.9 9.4 3.1 45.2 46.8 39.0 6.2 14.0 7.8 .205 .266 .277 .543 45.2      3.7   7.9    11.7 .023 .049 .072
1906   19 Pete Noonan STL 24     0.50 1.9%   23 582.7 182.7 34.6 0.0 39.5 .957   555.0 90.0 7.5 15.0 7.5 37.5 37.5 45.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 .162 .225 .270 .495 37.5      0.8   5.3     6.0 .004 .030 .035
1907         0.0%                        
1908   17 Joe Dunn BRO 23     1.16 1.6%   20 527.7 238.3 34.0 17.0 11.3 .957   581.8 100.0 27.3 0.0 0.0 27.3 45.5 0.0 0.0 18.2 0.0 .172 .172 .219 .391 9.1      -    12.7    12.7 .000 .070 .070
1909         0.0%                      
                       
1910    6 Tommy Clarke CIN 22     8.37 15.7%   226 572.7 198.8 28.5 16.6 19.2 .964   515.7 114.9 17.9 6.8 2.6 54.5 43.4 56.2 64.7 6.0 22.1 6.8 .223 .306 .299 .605 51.9      6.7   8.0    14.7 .035 .042 .077
1911    8 Tommy Clarke CIN 23     6.36 13.2%   190 581.5 181.9 36.6 11.4 12.2 .954   532.4 126.6 21.3 9.7 1.0 51.2 60.9 46.4 47.3 1.9 19.3 8.7 .238 .301 .319 .620 56.0      5.4   5.2    10.6 .029 .028 .058
1912    3 Ivy Wingo STL 21    10.08 36.0%   498 585.7 187.2 27.1 17.1 9.4 .966   540.2 137.1 21.0 7.5 2.5 58.4 58.8 40.6 68.4 5.0 14.2 15.0 .254 .312 .334 .646 60.2      6.9   7.1    14.0 .039 .040 .079
1913    7 Otto Miller BRO 24     6.71 20.5%   297 574.5 196.1 29.4 15.2 12.6 .963   555.5 144.7 17.9 11.9 2.0 49.1 53.1 29.2 55.8 1.3 14.0 18.6 .260 .299 .346 .645 55.8      6.2   6.2    12.4 .032 .031 .063
1914    2 Hank Gowdy BOS 24    18.41 32.4%   468 581.2 192.3 26.5 14.7 15.7 .967   537.2 135.8 20.1 7.3 3.6 50.0 50.8 45.1 57.2 3.2 14.5 14.1 0.4 .253 .315 .338 .653 62.1     10.2   7.8    18.0 .054 .041 .095
1915    1 Frank Snyder STL 22    31.43 21.0%   295 593.6 188.0 18.4 14.2 11.0 .977   546.7 141.3 21.0 9.0 3.0 46.7 56.3 35.9 55.1 1.8 15.6 9.6 11.4 .258 .306 .346 .652 58.7     10.6   7.7    18.3 .060 .043 .103
1916    7 Earl Blackburn BOS 23     7.75 8.6%   116 582.3 195.7 22.0 15.9 13.5 .972   556.3 146.9 17.2 9.4 0.0 40.6 48.4 31.2 62.5 0.0 12.5 9.4 .264 .303 .329 .632 31.3     13.1   8.3    21.4 .072 .046 .118
1917    4 Frank Snyder STL 24    10.52 12.4%   168 570.0 208.9 21.1 12.8 15.6 .974   541.9 113.1 15.6 5.2 1.0 33.2 49.8 38.4 71.6 3.1 16.6 6.2 .209 .265 .262 .527 37.4      5.5   8.2    13.7 .032 .047 .079
1918    6 Bob O'Farrell CHI 21     8.46 3.5%   45 593.6 185.8 20.6 15.5 20.6 .974   542.4 153.6 33.6 14.4 4.8 43.2 67.2 48.0 72.0 4.8 4.8 0.0 .283 .347 .425 .772 81.6     23.0   8.2    31.2 .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%   105 591.4 181.4 27.2 20.0 27.2 .966   552.4 115.6 15.3 11.9 0.0 44.2 39.1 34.0 39.1 0.0 13.6 15.3 .209 .255 .280 .535 37.4      1.5   6.6     8.2 .009 .037 .046
                       
1920    1 Bob O'Farrell CHI 23    12.88 19.6%   273 561.4 209.7 28.9 18.0 12.2 .964   533.4 146.6 14.7 5.8 2.6 43.5 49.3 46.7 37.8 4.5 15.4 6.4 3.8 .275 .338 .339 .677 64.7     12.6   8.0    20.6 .072 .046 .118
1921    2 Earl Smith NY 24    18.82 20.5%   293 574.5 199.0 26.5 17.0 6.1 .967   540.8 143.9 18.1 10.6 10.0 61.7 74.8 43.0 31.8 1.2 15.0 6.2 3.1 .266 .322 .394 .716 71.7     11.3   8.0    19.4 .062 .044 .106
1922    4 Johnny Gooch PIT 24    15.63 17.0%   236 611.3 167.6 21.1 11.3 13.8 .974   534.5 142.7 16.7 4.4 1.5 53.9 56.8 51.7 35.7 4.4 9.4 2.2 0.7 .267 .337 .323 .660 64.1      7.3   7.4    14.7 .042 .043 .086
1923    7 Zack Taylor BRO 24     7.68 25.9%   345 609.1 167.3 23.6 13.9 16.4 .970   560.4 144.5 21.0 6.1 2.3 54.5 59.2 25.6 31.2 3.7 10.3 6.5 4.7 .258 .295 .329 .624 54.1      4.4   6.0    10.4 .027 .037 .065
1924    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 23    24.40 22.4%   293 595.2 182.7 22.1 20.8 17.8 .972   546.8 149.7 20.0 6.1 12.2 66.0 70.4 38.2 42.1 3.9 11.1 10.5 5.0 .274 .326 .400 .726 74.3     11.2   5.9    17.1 .069 .037 .105
1925    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 24    23.65 16.4%   199 623.9 149.6 26.5 21.9 12.8 .967   537.3 165.1 34.6 4.4 19.9 75.9 88.5 50.1 75.2 3.0 9.6 4.4 5.9 .307 .370 .499 .869 96.6     14.4   7.0    21.4 .098 .048 .146
1926   16 Oscar Siemer BOS 24     0.41 4.9%   86 634.6 111.4 54.0 16.9 33.8 .932   565.5 110.3 10.3 0.0 0.0 27.6 37.9 13.8 86.2 0.0 20.7 3.4 .195 .214 .213 .427 17.2      -     4.8     4.8 .000 .016 .016
1927    4 Shanty Hogan BOS 21     8.89 6.7%   95 639.5 146.7 13.8 9.2 6.9 .983   553.4 170.1 41.2 3.6 9.0 57.3 82.4 25.1 59.1 7.2 14.3 3.6 .307 .346 .443 .789 82.4     14.9   6.3    21.1 .087 .037 .124
1928    2 Shanty Hogan NY 22    24.99 15.7%   224 654.6 123.9 21.5 19.5 10.7 .973   536.0 165.6 21.8 3.8 9.8 59.5 81.3 46.7 34.6 6.0 11.3 0.8 .309 .371 .419 .790 80.6     13.5   5.3    18.7 .080 .031 .111
1929    4 Spud Davis PHI 24     9.78 20.2%   289 650.3 125.4 24.3 15.7 11.0 .970   541.9 165.3 27.2 4.2 8.5 53.3 89.0 38.7 41.2 5.5 13.9 1.8 .305 .357 .418 .775 81.1      9.4   6.7    16.0 .054 .038 .092
                       
1930    2 Shanty Hogan NY 24    18.58 28.9%   381 690.7 92.7 16.6 12.8 8.6 .979   544.4 170.8 32.8 5.6 11.2 81.6 94.4 37.6 38.4 2.4 15.6 3.6 .314 .361 .456 .817 89.2     10.8   7.8    18.7 .071 .051 .123
1931    5 Rollie Hemsley PIT/CHI 24    11.69 22.7%   295 670.0 112.9 17.1 14.0 13.4 .979   548.7 155.1 27.5 5.7 4.1 58.1 71.6 43.6 55.5 1.0 6.7 3.1 .283 .337 .376 .713 69.0     10.7   6.0    16.6 .070 .039 .109
1932    4 Ernie Lombardi CIN 24    14.90 20.2%   278 644.7 133.4 21.9 12.8 16.6 .973   544.7 155.5 26.8 9.3 7.0 58.3 70.5 48.9 35.5 2.3 4.1 1.7 .286 .347 .407 .754 72.8     11.7   5.7    17.4 .072 .035 .108
1933    4 Al Lopez BRO 24    17.35 13.2%   187 661.0 130.5 8.5 18.0 3.2 .989   557.2 150.0 16.3 4.1 3.1 49.0 60.2 26.5 58.2 1.0 15.3 10.2 16.3 .269 .304 .330 .634 54.1      8.9   9.7    18.6 .047 .051 .097
1934    2 Bill DeLancey STL 22    22.78 8.3%   114 708.4 77.1 14.5 9.6 9.6 .982   533.0 170.6 38.1 4.6 21.3 74.6 71.6 64.0 70.1 1.5 1.5 3.0 15.2 .320 .394 .529 .923 106.6     21.8   7.3    29.1 .125 .042 .168
1935    4 Bill DeLancey STL 23    14.30 16.2%   230 687.0 89.9 23.1 18.0 13.7 .971   537.2 139.3 30.7 5.7 12.1 66.4 78.6 57.1 56.4 1.4 4.3 0.0 11.4 .259 .332 .406 .738 77.9     11.8   6.6    18.4 .072 .040 .112
1936    7 Ken O'Dea CHI 23    10.88 16.3%   240 700.5 85.4 14.1 11.6 14.1 .982   542.1 139.5 28.6 5.7 3.6 66.5 68.7 46.5 53.6 2.1 9.3 0.0 17.9 .257 .318 .351 .669 60.1      6.2   6.2    12.4 .036 .036 .072
1937    6 Ken O'Dea CHI 24    13.11 10.2%   142 681.0 102.0 17.0 13.1 6.5 .979   543.6 144.0 13.2 8.4 4.8 57.6 62.4 46.8 46.8 0.0 9.6 2.4 10.8 .265 .323 .347 .670 63.6      8.6   7.4    16.1 .051 .044 .094
1938    8 Mickey Owen STL 22     8.24 12.6%   166 681.4 101.8 16.8 10.5 12.6 .979   551.7 139.9 30.2 3.0 6.0 59.4 50.3 41.3 50.3 2.0 5.0 3.0 16.1 .254 .308 .352 .660 56.4      5.2   6.1    11.4 .031 .037 .068
1939    8 Mickey Owen STL 23     7.63 11.2%   168 698.3 84.1 17.6 15.1 15.1 .978   522.5 134.6 28.5 4.6 4.6 52.5 55.9 59.3 49.0 3.4 14.8 6.8 16.0 .258 .337 .356 .693 59.3      7.0   6.5    13.5 .036 .034 .070
                       
1940    7 Mickey Owen STL 24     6.70 11.9%   192 670.0 110.9 19.1 13.1 9.5 .976   530.1 124.2 23.3 3.3 1.1 43.3 47.7 61.0 36.6 2.2 6.7 4.4 16.6 .234 .316 .297 .613 49.9      4.2   6.5    10.8 .020 .031 .051
1941    7 Clyde McCullough CHI 24     6.48 10.4%   149 691.3 93.9 14.8 8.1 8.1 .982   537.2 120.0 11.4 2.3 10.3 51.4 65.1 49.1 85.7 3.4 10.3 5.7 14.9 .223 .293 .311 .604 49.1      4.5   4.0     8.5 .026 .023 .050
1942    7 Ray Lamanno CIN 22    13.74 13.9%   183 681.3 101.9 16.8 15.8 14.8 .979   558.7 145.3 20.6 2.6 11.2 55.0 66.2 36.1 61.0 2.6 2.6 0.0 17.2 .260 .308 .366 .674 59.3      9.8   5.8    15.6 .062 .037 .099
1943   15 Al Lakeman CIN 24     1.54 3.0%   43 657.7 108.0 34.3 19.6 9.8 .957   539.1 113.0 17.4 4.3 8.7 60.9 47.8 43.5 139.1 0.0 17.4 0.0 21.7 .210 .269 .306 .575 39.1      3.0   7.0    10.0 .016 .037 .053
1944   18 Mickey Kreitner CHI 21     0.85 2.3%   39 705.1 88.1 6.8 20.3 0.0 .992   525.8 80.4 12.4 0.0 0.0 18.6 6.2 49.5 99.0 6.2 18.5 0.0 0.0 6.2 .153 .234 .176 .410 18.6      -     8.7     8.7 .000 .036 .036
1945    5 Del Rice STL 22     9.67 13.4%   192 694.2 96.1 9.7 10.8 15.1 .988   541.0 141.9 27.6 4.6 9.2 51.6 70.0 47.0 71.0 6.5 5.5 4.6 0.0 12.9 .262 .329 .382 .711 69.1     11.0   8.5    19.4 .062 .048 .110
1946    5 Bruce Edwards BRO 22    12.02 15.4%   214 713.9 72.4 13.7 12.1 9.7 .983   532.8 137.8 20.7 5.8 4.1 45.6 49.0 53.9 50.6 1.7 11.6 0.8 0.0 14.9 .259 .329 .343 .672 59.8      9.1   8.3    17.4 .051 .047 .098
1947    2 Bruce Edwards BRO 23    22.79 23.6%   320 717.6 67.9 14.5 11.9 10.8 .982   518.5 133.3 18.3 7.3 14.1 57.5 81.5 72.6 66.9 3.1 5.8 1.6 2.1 12.0 .257 .352 .402 .754 75.3     11.6   8.0    19.6 .069 .048 .117
1948    8 Ed Fitz Gerald PIT 24     7.26 18.1%   249 704.6 75.3 20.1 10.0 20.8 .975   529.4 135.7 22.2 3.4 10.8 61.8 80.0 63.8 64.5 3.4 3.4 4.7 0.0 13.4 .256 .340 .372 .712 68.5      9.7   6.0    15.7 .058 .036 .094
1949    5 Stan Lopata PHI 23     8.22 19.9%   264 701.4 79.5 19.1 6.4 14.0 .976   554.4 145.0 22.8 2.9 10.5 53.8 67.3 42.7 64.3 0.6 2.3 1.8 0.0 16.4 .262 .315 .370 .685 62.0      7.5   6.5    14.0 .049 .042 .091
                       
1950    6 Johnny Pramesa CIN 24     7.03 24.7%   356 697.8 83.7 18.5 14.3 12.2 .977   546.4 135.1 19.2 2.5 10.1 43.0 67.3 48.1 65.3 0.5 5.0 0.5 0.0 15.2 .247 .309 .347 .656 57.7      5.6   6.2    11.7 .031 .034 .065
1951   13 Smoky Burgess CHI 24     2.48 6.4%   99 681.7 103.2 15.1 19.4 15.1 .981   543.0 124.6 8.9 3.6 3.6 49.9 39.2 53.4 44.5 0.0 3.6 5.3 0.0 24.9 .230 .299 .279 .578 42.7      3.0   5.9     8.9 .017 .033 .051
1952   12 Harry Chiti CHI 19     3.30 2.6%   32 731.2 55.9 12.9 25.8 21.5 .984   574.6 157.6 25.4 0.0 25.4 71.2 66.1 25.4 40.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 15.3 .274 .305 .451 .756 71.2     11.2   6.1    17.3 .069 .038 .106
1953    2 Del Crandall MIL 23    19.97 14.4%   190 708.2 75.1 16.7 15.8 12.5 .979   550.7 143.7 15.9 2.5 16.7 66.9 62.7 41.8 71.9 1.7 5.8 3.3 1.7 15.0 .261 .315 .390 .705 67.7      8.6   7.7    16.3 .054 .048 .103
1954    2 Del Crandall MIL 24    18.51 22.3%   306 697.1 90.0 12.9 10.7 8.4 .984   518.2 127.6 15.8 4.0 21.4 67.7 64.9 66.0 8.5 68.9 1.7 10.2 3.9 1.1 1.1 15.2 .246 .331 .416 .747 69.4     10.1   8.5    18.6 .058 .049 .108
1955    6 Harry Chiti CHI 22     5.71 13.8%   190 695.2 91.5 13.3 14.2 26.6 .983   537.3 125.3 14.7 2.8 12.0 44.2 56.2 50.7 10.1 89.4 0.9 4.6 6.5 0.0 0.0 15.7 .233 .297 .338 .635 52.5      4.8   6.4    11.2 .027 .036 .064
1956   15 Harry Chiti CHI 23     1.67 5.0%   67 708.9 75.9 15.2 4.3 13.0 .981   535.7 112.5 16.1 8.0 10.7 45.5 40.2 50.9 8.0 93.8 2.7 8.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 21.4 .210 .281 .330 .611 45.5      2.1   5.1     7.2 .012 .028 .040
1957         0.0%                        
1958         0.0%                      
1959         0.0%                        
                       
1960   10 Clay Dalrymple PHI 23     3.68 8.7%   124 697.7 83.8 18.5 9.9 13.6 .977   529.9 122.6 16.1 7.3 13.1 36.5 74.5 46.7 5.8 78.8 8.8 10.2 4.4 0.0 2.9 11.7 .231 .302 .364 .666 59.9      6.1   5.4    11.5 .034 .030 .064
1961    3 Joe Torre MIL 20    15.28 25.6%   356 707.4 76.2 16.4 10.4 16.9 .979   546.7 129.1 20.5 3.9 11.7 45.5 58.2 40.6 8.3 75.3 4.9 4.9 2.9 2.0 3.9 12.2 .236 .293 .352 .645 55.3      5.7   5.9    11.6 .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%   351 705.1 82.6 12.3 7.8 18.2 .985   538.4 136.3 23.5 8.3 9.3 59.1 54.7 52.3 8.8 85.0 3.9 2.0 3.4 3.4 3.4 8.8 .253 .322 .379 .701 65.5      8.7   8.0    16.7 .051 .046 .097
1963    5 Tim McCarver STL 21    16.37 21.2%   379 721.6 65.9 12.5 8.8 14.9 .984   548.5 145.3 17.5 7.4 9.7 46.0 76.3 34.5 4.6 92.0 6.0 4.6 6.4 2.3 2.3 11.5 .265 .312 .376 .688 64.4     11.0   6.3    17.2 .063 .036 .099
1964    1 Joe Torre MIL 23    24.44 23.5%   430 730.0 60.1 9.9 7.4 15.7 .988   547.8 141.3 23.0 4.5 13.1 61.6 65.3 41.1 12.3 83.0 4.1 2.5 4.5 1.2 1.6 14.8 .258 .312 .388 .700 66.1     11.3   6.1    17.4 .064 .035 .098
1965    1 Joe Torre MIL 24    23.37 23.8%   433 737.2 54.1 8.7 4.9 14.8 .989   539.9 141.4 22.0 2.5 19.1 59.7 66.3 52.7 12.4 78.0 2.5 1.6 3.3 1.7 1.2 19.5 .262 .328 .418 .746 71.7     12.0   6.6    18.7 .067 .037 .104
1966    4 Tim McCarver STL 24    24.01 29.1%   537 724.5 65.3 10.2 8.1 11.0 .987   545.8 134.7 20.9 6.4 12.1 46.1 60.3 42.1 8.8 90.6 2.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.4 12.5 .247 .301 .375 .676 60.3      8.5   7.0    15.4 .047 .039 .085
1967    6 Jerry May PIT 23     9.83 18.6%   360 728.3 64.2 7.5 10.3 13.9 .991   547.8 118.4 14.6 1.7 4.5 39.9 33.7 41.6 18.0 106.6 2.8 3.9 3.9 1.1 1.7 17.4 .216 .273 .274 .547 39.3      3.8   6.5    10.3 .019 .032 .051
1968    2 Johnny Bench CIN 20    29.42 20.1%   354 720.9 70.7 8.4 7.7 11.7 .989   548.5 134.4 28.0 2.5 7.8 47.6 59.9 39.2 11.3 101.6 2.5 5.4 4.4 0.5 2.5 12.8 .245 .296 .348 .644 54.9      8.7   7.2    15.9 .050 .042 .092
1969    1 Johnny Bench CIN 21    31.17 12.6%   261 729.0 65.4 5.6 6.6 21.0 .993   536.2 149.7 23.9 1.2 16.0 70.6 74.2 50.3 7.4 75.5 2.5 6.7 4.3 4.3 5.5 6.7 .279 .341 .418 .759 78.5     12.9   7.5    20.5 .081 .047 .128
                       
1970    2 Johnny Bench CIN 22    38.76 17.3%   370 727.7 62.3 10.0 8.9 15.1 .988   534.5 130.1 19.7 3.1 20.5 59.8 75.5 57.2 10.5 80.8 1.3 1.8 5.2 4.8 2.2 12.7 .243 .315 .407 .722 70.7     11.5   7.3    18.8 .071 .045 .116
1971    2 Ted Simmons STL 21    24.48 26.2%   545 731.9 59.5 8.6 8.3 15.1 .989   542.3 138.1 20.5 2.0 17.3 64.4 66.1 46.0 6.4 74.9 2.0 5.0 4.7 1.8 1.2 17.9 .255 .313 .396 .709 65.3     11.6   6.5    18.1 .072 .041 .113
1972    1 Johnny Bench CIN 24    49.67 38.6%   722 728.2 62.3 9.5 8.6 11.7 .988   542.6 140.7 21.3 3.4 17.5 62.9 73.2 48.3 9.1 73.4 3.0 1.5 4.6 2.1 2.1 15.8 .259 .321 .408 .729 70.0     13.1   6.6    19.7 .086 .043 .129
1973    1 Ted Simmons STL 23    38.22 30.7%   643 730.6 58.1 11.3 8.2 11.5 .986   535.9 145.3 21.9 2.5 10.7 53.6 62.6 50.6 13.7 47.1 3.0 5.0 5.5 1.5 1.2 19.9 .271 .334 .381 .715 66.1     11.8   6.0    17.7 .073 .037 .111
1974    2 Ted Simmons STL 24    25.35 23.2%   469 707.1 82.8 10.1 12.8 11.9 .987   534.0 142.0 24.4 4.6 12.7 58.5 75.1 50.1 9.1 65.0 3.9 2.9 9.1 0.7 1.6 17.2 .266 .328 .400 .728 68.6     10.3   8.0    18.3 .068 .052 .120
1975    9 Gary Carter MON 21     9.56 27.5%   595 712.7 75.1 12.2 12.6 15.1 .985   536.3 120.9 20.2 2.3 7.2 49.0 52.8 48.7 9.5 74.7 3.2 7.5 4.3 1.7 1.4 15.9 .225 .292 .312 .604 48.8      4.1   6.9    11.0 .024 .040 .064
1976   12 Barry Foote MON 24     6.24 22.8%   489 703.2 84.1 12.7 11.2 10.9 .984   546.6 123.7 18.0 2.9 8.7 51.9 51.9 42.6 5.4 75.7 1.8 4.0 5.0 2.5 2.2 14.1 .226 .282 .317 .599 48.3      3.3   6.9    10.2 .019 .039 .058
1977    2 Gary Carter MON 23    29.98 13.6%   279 703.7 86.2 10.1 10.1 12.0 .987   512.6 147.9 30.3 2.8 23.0 81.2 75.6 72.3 11.8 85.2 3.9 3.9 7.3 6.2 5.6 12.3 .289 .376 .493 .869 95.2     16.7   7.5    24.2 .107 .048 .155
1978    2 Gary Carter MON 24    27.36 18.1%   382 707.3 80.7 12.0 6.6 12.4 .985   534.2 130.4 24.6 0.9 14.5 57.5 63.6 54.4 10.5 80.8 3.5 2.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 18.0 .244 .315 .375 .690 61.9      8.5   7.2    15.7 .051 .043 .094
1979    9 Steve Nicosia PIT 23     9.85 17.0%   380 712.2 74.2 13.6 10.9 17.5 .983   531.6 133.5 27.5 1.0 9.2 57.3 50.6 58.8 11.1 79.5 0.9 5.3 3.4 1.0 3.4 14.0 .251 .325 .358 .683 64.6      7.4   6.3    13.7 .040 .034 .075
                       
1980   12 Bruce Benedict ATL 24     7.86 20.2%   434 700.2 86.8 13.0 9.9 8.8 .984   544.8 130.1 21.3 2.5 2.0 40.9 54.4 38.9 8.6 57.7 1.6 9.4 5.3 1.6 2.5 17.2 .239 .289 .298 .587 45.8      3.6   7.4    11.0 .020 .041 .062
1981    6 Mike Scioscia LA 22    11.73 19.5%   256 697.8 85.6 16.6 10.5 12.1 .979   533.4 146.4 16.5 1.3 5.3 48.1 48.8 51.4 8.6 54.1 2.7 6.6 5.9 2.6 3.3 14.5 .274 .338 .340 .678 61.3      9.2   7.1    16.3 .055 .042 .096
1982   14 Mike Scioscia LA 23     5.78 12.9%   274 717.0 69.8 13.2 8.8 12.7 .984   529.8 120.8 14.8 2.7 4.7 42.5 50.6 54.0 14.2 47.9 2.7 8.1 5.4 3.4 1.3 17.5 .228 .300 .293 .593 46.6      3.2   6.5     9.7 .017 .035 .052
1983    8 Dann Bilardello CIN 24     8.70 15.0%   350 700.8 81.7 17.5 7.3 16.2 .978   547.7 121.9 26.2 1.2 8.3 47.0 59.5 37.5 4.2 105.8 1.8 8.9 4.1 3.0 0.6 14.3 .223 .273 .320 .593 47.6      4.3   7.1    11.4 .021 .034 .055
1984    9 Mark Bailey HOU 22     8.76 13.4%   279 730.4 60.6 9.0 5.9 13.1 .989   535.3 124.4 23.6 1.2 8.7 44.1 55.3 52.9 8.1 105.7 1.9 3.7 6.2 1.2 0.6 17.4 .232 .300 .330 .630 52.2      6.2   7.5    13.6 .035 .043 .078
1985    4 Mark Bailey HOU 23    14.70 15.2%   341 726.9 61.6 11.5 7.5 18.1 .986   515.7 119.3 18.0 2.1 10.1 54.6 64.1 75.3 17.5 103.4 2.7 3.7 2.6 4.2 3.7 18.0 .231 .331 .333 .664 57.2      8.7   5.6    14.3 .048 .031 .079
1986   12 Darren Daulton PHI 24     8.23 8.6%   185 710.2 79.9 9.9 11.3 5.0 .988   515.1 108.5 19.8 1.9 16.0 49.1 53.8 74.5 9.4 139.6 1.0 4.7 4.7 5.7 5.7 14.2 .211 .309 .350 .659 57.5      7.1   8.2    15.3 .041 .047 .088
1987    5 Benito Santiago SD 22    16.35 12.5%   278 712.2 68.8 19.0 9.8 14.4 .976   563.3 150.5 30.9 1.3 14.8 58.5 75.9 25.1 3.2 99.0 3.9 2.6 5.1 13.5 8.4 14.8 .267 .300 .405 .705 65.0      7.3   4.4    11.7 .041 .024 .065
1988    7 Benito Santiago SD 23     8.94 17.1%   376 712.4 75.7 11.9 7.5 9.7 .985   558.3 133.9 27.1 1.9 10.3 49.1 52.4 29.5 3.7 107.2 1.9 5.6 4.7 9.8 4.2 17.8 .240 .278 .350 .628 51.0      2.6   8.0    10.6 .015 .045 .060
1989    1 Craig Biggio HOU 23    21.73 22.4%   483 716.4 68.4 15.2 6.6 12.0 .981   542.1 129.8 23.1 2.9 12.3 57.5 66.2 41.2 8.3 91.5 5.1 6.9 4.7 12.3 4.0 10.8 .239 .297 .361 .658 59.0     10.6   5.8    16.3 .060 .033 .093
                       
1990    3 Craig Biggio HOU 24    13.98 18.6%   399 724.5 66.6 8.9 6.8 14.6 .989   535.1 127.1 23.6 2.1 9.9 55.0 51.5 55.0 6.9 100.1 1.7 5.6 2.6 8.2 3.9 9.0 .238 .309 .345 .654 59.3      7.7   7.5    15.2 .045 .044 .089
1991   13 Rick Wilkins CHI 24     3.89 6.3%   147 718.0 76.9 5.1 8.2 8.2 .994   537.9 111.7 22.1 1.4 8.3 37.2 52.4 38.6 2.8 113.1 9.7 12.4 1.4 2.8 5.5 11.0 .208 .272 .300 .572 44.1      3.6   7.0    10.6 .018 .035 .052
1992    9 Eddie Taubensee HOU 23     7.64 11.7%   252 729.7 65.5 4.8 4.8 10.2 .994   547.6 119.0 27.0 0.0 9.5 50.0 50.0 40.5 5.6 129.4 4.8 4.7 2.4 3.2 1.6 10.3 .217 .276 .319 .595 48.4      3.8   7.7    11.5 .019 .038 .058
1993    1 Mike Piazza LA 24    44.66 20.6%   518 715.2 73.8 11.0 8.6 9.4 .986   552.7 145.2 22.8 2.4 21.4 65.0 80.3 37.1 7.8 93.2 2.7 2.7 4.8 3.4 1.7 10.5 .263 .310 .429 .739 74.5     10.3   6.5    16.9 .059 .037 .096
1994   16 Javy Lopez ATL 23     4.63 8.5%   141 741.0 49.0 10.0 4.2 12.5 .988   546.9 139.5 19.9 3.3 17.7 59.8 58.7 34.3 1.1 103.0 12.2 3.3 3.3 2.2 2.2 18.8 .255 .312 .401 .713 63.1      5.4   5.4    10.8 .035 .035 .070
1995    4 Javy Lopez ATL 24    14.26 11.8%   245 717.7 72.5 9.8 7.4 7.9 .988   538.1 148.3 22.4 4.8 18.4 64.6 68.0 49.6 4.8 103.4 4.1 4.8 3.4 0.0 2.7 17.0 .276 .339 .437 .776 75.5     11.1   7.1    18.2 .067 .042 .109
1996    9 Jason Kendall PIT 22    11.05 12.1%   292 726.3 63.8 9.9 10.3 5.2 .988   532.4 137.4 24.0 3.4 12.8 60.3 55.9 47.5 9.5 81.6 10.6 2.8 6.7 2.2 1.1 17.3 .258 .327 .388 .715 66.5      6.2   7.4    13.6 .038 .046 .084
1997    4 Jason Kendall PIT 23    25.61 7.0%   170 714.9 76.3 8.8 14.2 6.1 .989   513.9 141.7 35.2 3.7 8.3 70.4 48.1 51.9 2.8 67.6 28.7 0.9 4.6 15.7 5.6 12.0 .276 .371 .407 .778 84.3     11.9   8.6    20.6 .076 .055 .131
1998    3 Jason Kendall PIT 24    34.73 9.9%   264 750.2 42.6 7.2 5.5 6.4 .991   524.8 149.3 33.4 2.8 13.4 77.4 63.5 50.1 4.5 77.4 16.7 1.7 6.7 17.3 3.9 8.4 .285 .361 .435 .796 88.6     11.9   6.1    18.0 .081 .041 .122
1999   14 Michael Barrett MON 22     5.94 6.9%   200 727.8 62.0 10.2 9.6 12.8 .987   540.0 135.2 31.3 2.5 11.8 60.8 60.8 52.4 5.9 105.6 2.5 0.9 4.2 1.7 1.7 20.3 .250 .317 .383 .700 63.4      5.0   5.9    10.9 .030 .035 .065
                       
2000   28 Ramon Castro FLA 24     2.98 7.4%   229 728.4 60.0 11.6 8.7 14.0 .985   528.9 131.6 26.2 0.8 6.5 56.4 57.2 56.4 12.3 124.3 4.9 3.3 6.5 1.6 4.9 6.5 .249 .323 .338 .661 62.1      3.8   5.6     9.4 .020 .030 .050
2001    4 Ben Davis SD 24    16.82 13.0%   369 743.0 48.8 8.2 9.5 8.8 .990   532.5 131.5 32.2 2.2 12.8 62.2 60.4 54.7 4.9 101.9 4.0 2.6 6.2 3.5 3.1 14.1 .247 .318 .388 .706 65.3      5.5   3.8     9.2 .034 .023 .057
2002   24 Yorvit Torrealba SF 23     3.82 2.5%   80 739.6 48.3 12.1 5.2 1.7 .985   539.2 134.8 34.4 2.6 5.3 50.2 44.9 47.6 15.9 89.9 5.3 7.9 0.0 2.6 0.0 31.7 .250 .317 .353 .670 52.9      4.5   7.4    11.9 .021 .035 .056
2003   14 Yorvit Torrealba SF 24     7.65 2.2%   66 739.3 58.7 2.0 6.1 0.0 .997   542.7 141.8 27.3 5.5 10.9 60.0 79.1 38.2 2.7 103.6 5.5 8.2 5.4 2.7 0.0 8.2 .261 .313 .392 .705 68.2     10.6   9.5    20.2 .059 .053 .112
2004   15 Yadier Molina STL 21     5.05 6.5%   187 736.9 57.5 5.6 5.6 9.4 .993   543.6 136.4 26.3 0.0 12.2 50.8 58.3 43.3 4.7 115.7 2.8 5.6 4.7 0.9 2.8 16.9 .251 .307 .367 .674 60.2      4.4   8.4    12.8 .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%   384 732.7 60.3 7.0 2.2 8.6 .991   535.7 132.5 24.2 0.4 11.7 51.8 58.7 47.5 6.5 84.2 7.8 7.3 1.7 0.9 1.7 12.5 .247 .317 .359 .676 60.9      6.5   8.5    15.0 .039 .052 .091
2006    1 Brian McCann ATL 22    28.49 15.2%   413 740.8 53.5 5.7 6.3 5.7 .993   534.3 149.2 34.9 1.5 16.7 66.5 85.4 51.3 8.7 69.9 6.1 3.8 4.5 5.3 3.0 16.7 .279 .346 .444 .790 81.6     10.9   6.7    17.5 .069 .043 .112
2007    1 Russell Martin LA 24    31.38 21.8%   597 730.0 60.9 9.1 7.7 6.7 .989   533.9 144.4 29.4 1.6 16.0 64.7 80.8 51.1 4.0 92.3 7.2 1.6 6.2 5.9 3.2 17.9 .271 .339 .422 .761 74.4      9.0   7.8    16.8 .056 .049 .105
2008    4 Brian McCann ATL 24    22.35 14.0%   385 740.6 51.9 7.5 6.8 6.5 .991   540.0 138.7 35.8 1.7 18.3 59.5 82.4 46.2 2.9 111.2 7.1 1.7 5.0 2.1 0.4 12.1 .257 .321 .431 .752 77.0     10.3   5.0    15.3 .064 .031 .096
2009   20 Jesus Flores WAS 24     4.29 0.9%   24 741.4 53.3 5.3 0.0 10.7 .993   534.0 168.0 18.0 12.0 24.0 72.0 84.0 54.0 6.0 150.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 .315 .374 .528 .902 108.0     15.0   5.4    20.4 .104 .038 .142
                       
2010    2 Buster Posey SF 23    20.44 10.6%   279 739.9 54.2 5.9 6.6 4.8 .993   546.3 142.1 23.1 1.7 13.3 62.4 56.0 49.1 4.6 85.5 2.9 0.0 1.7 2.9 1.7 17.3 .260 .323 .382 .705 66.4      8.8   8.1    17.0 .055 .051 .105
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