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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    2 Deacon White CHI 28    14.40 14.0%   63 295 50 64 3 29 .844   269 92 16 1 1 59 53 6 3 .342 .356 .420 .776 62      7.8   3.5    11.3 .124 .056 .179
1877    1 John Clapp STL 25    10.11 42.3%   144 572 143 113 11 148 .864   527 166 19 9 0 99 64 18 18 .315 .338 .385 .723 101     15.8   4.4    20.2 .110 .031 .140
1878         0.0%                        
1879    5 John Clapp BUF 27     7.73 22.4%   131 668 145 96 7 135 .894   537 146 22 8 2 69 56 13 23 .272 .289 .354 .643 82     10.2   4.9    15.1 .078 .037 .115
                       
1880    2 John Clapp CIN 28    12.86 46.2%   279 1510 400 218 29 224 .898   1017 223 42 9 1 99 68 46 79 .219 .253 .281 .534 111     11.0  14.2    25.2 .039 .051 .090
1881    1 Charlie Bennett DET 26    17.08 57.9%   372 1801 501 186 43 334 .925   1377 379 62 10 7 173 161 62 136 .275 .306 .350 .656 204     28.1  18.1    46.2 .076 .049 .124
1882    1 Charlie Bennett DET 27    21.83 57.7%   373 1974 509 201 45 294 .925   1389 323 51 25 10 172 161 42 129 .233 .255 .327 .582 184     21.7  17.1    38.8 .058 .046 .104
1883    1 Charlie Bennett DET 28    17.80 52.4%   434 1897 545 309 36 371 .888   1547 394 102 25 7 234 159 79 183 .255 .291 .367 .658 245     31.4  16.5    47.9 .072 .038 .110
1884    2 Barney Gilligan PRO 28    15.97 54.4%   431 2489 588 308 48 373 .909   1573 395 62 20 20 238 201 121 177 .251 .305 .354 .659 260     32.6  18.4    51.0 .076 .043 .118
1885    1 Buck Ewing NY 25    21.33 56.0%   499 2418 713 372 41 387 .894   1800 403 63 21 9 225 168 87 234 .224 .260 .297 .557 224     28.8  20.2    49.0 .058 .040 .098
1886    1 King Kelly CHI 28    22.69 46.2%   409 2060 616 250 35 394 .915   1432 352 53 20 7 190 149 84 223 51 .246 .288 .325 .613 199     24.8  13.1    37.9 .061 .032 .093
1887    6 Charlie Ganzel DET 25     6.34 35.8%   365 1498 577 216 43 268 .906   1335 339 48 17 9 198 157 86 86 14 91 .254 .306 .336 .642 196     17.8  15.3    33.1 .049 .042 .091
1888    1 Buck Ewing NY 28    30.10 34.6%   344 1748 549 198 51 223 .921   1259 310 44 22 14 194 122 63 86 14 96 .246 .290 .349 .639 184     31.8  13.3    45.1 .092 .039 .131
1889    1 Buck Ewing NY 29    27.84 33.8%   335 1567 531 169 43 176 .925   1199 334 42 26 6 198 168 128 102 6 74 .279 .351 .372 .723 214     27.1  18.6    45.7 .081 .056 .136
                       
1890    1 Jack Clements PHI 25    24.38 42.1%   432 1950 539 219 49 215 .919   1612 404 64 24 15 225 219 152 157 20 64 .251 .323 .348 .671 245     27.3  17.7    45.0 .063 .041 .104
1891    1 Jack Clements PHI 26    25.10 50.5%   513 2276 531 224 33 196 .926   1877 501 86 20 8 246 260 152 131 27 41 .267 .331 .347 .678 285     35.3  19.5    54.8 .069 .038 .107
1892    2 Jack Clements PHI 27    17.28 57.9%   1057 4722 1265 395 113 413 .938   3744 893 126 58 24 481 460 327 339 41 94 .239 .307 .322 .629 502     58.8  45.8   104.6 .056 .043 .099
1893    1 Jack Clements PHI 28    13.73 52.2%   793 2785 832 236 78 218 .939   3108 823 115 48 41 492 486 226 160 39 76 .265 .323 .372 .695 477     42.5  31.9    74.4 .054 .040 .094
1894    2 Duke Farrell NY 27    14.99 51.8%   835 2868 844 319 75 223 .921   2999 875 135 58 27 493 472 267 183 42 47 88 .292 .358 .402 .760 533     42.2  34.9    77.1 .051 .042 .092
1895    4 John Grim BRO 27    11.38 38.8%   628 2045 590 195 64 167 .931   2191 594 91 29 9 315 315 163 134 32 41 66 .271 .331 .351 .682 334     26.9  25.1    52.0 .043 .040 .083
1896    4 Mike Grady PHI 26    10.49 51.3%   817 2786 766 205 87 157 .945   2879 793 114 38 14 372 402 190 162 37 84 76 .275 .328 .356 .684 411     37.2  34.0    71.2 .046 .042 .087
1897    5 Heinie Peitz CIN 26    10.91 50.7%   809 2960 777 209 61 170 .947   2894 723 97 33 9 352 381 155 32 65 67 .250 .295 .315 .610 333     17.0  34.5    51.5 .021 .043 .064
1898    1 Lou Criger CLE 26    21.30 59.7%   1078 4011 1147 242 111 197 .955   3698 943 132 46 11 469 430 262 55 74 90 .255 .314 .324 .638 479     56.1  48.9   105.0 .052 .045 .097
1899    4 Heinie Peitz CIN 28    11.39 45.2%   823 2657 980 182 79 131 .952   2758 706 86 34 6 334 320 221 36 75 88 .256 .319 .318 .637 343     31.9  33.8    65.7 .039 .041 .080
                       
1900    1 Ed McFarland PHI 25    17.71 40.0%   443 1540 625 95 54 128 .958   1555 417 57 22 13 201 193 84 19 23 34 .268 .314 .358 .672 202     22.6  22.5    45.1 .051 .051 .102
1901    2 Ed McFarland PHI 26    12.18 40.3%   460 2131 520 89 45 102 .968   1661 430 57 16 4 162 169 69 20 30 48 .259 .297 .320 .617 174     17.4  18.6    36.0 .038 .040 .078
1902    1 Johnny Kling CHI 27    21.94 41.5%   442 1985 545 85 42 55 .967   1587 373 48 12 1 142 157 103 18 37 44 .235 .289 .282 .571 149     21.9  20.5    42.4 .050 .046 .096
1903    1 Johnny Kling CHI 28    28.79 44.0%   484 2085 714 96 48 60 .967   1714 434 78 31 11 198 216 121 17 39 48 .253 .309 .354 .663 218     32.4  21.6    54.0 .067 .045 .112
1904    2 Tom Needham BOS 25    10.83 65.4%   809 3444 1173 195 86 103 .959   2778 654 78 21 16 251 244 132 27 55 71 .235 .277 .296 .573 253     34.1  34.9    69.0 .042 .043 .085
1905    1 Roger Bresnahan NY 26    26.74 52.7%   642 3033 954 158 68 115 .962   2187 518 70 27 6 230 216 141 27 47 59 .237 .291 .302 .593 216     26.6  30.6    57.2 .041 .048 .089
1906    2 Roger Bresnahan NY 27    30.56 58.1%   729 3297 948 155 67 91 .965   2382 507 72 25 5 171 204 163 29 57 51 .213 .272 .270 .542 186     27.2  27.6    54.8 .037 .038 .075
1907    2 Roger Bresnahan NY 28    23.80 63.0%   778 3398 991 138 96 92 .970   2560 577 59 32 9 228 233 184 22 62 43 .225 .283 .284 .567 217     32.5  33.0    65.5 .042 .042 .084
1908    1 Roger Bresnahan NY 29    37.27 53.3%   693 2938 796 111 64 71 .971   2231 529 85 19 5 198 202 174 24 77 47 .237 .299 .299 .598 214     39.5  30.1    69.6 .057 .043 .100
1909    1 George Gibson PIT 28    30.57 34.8%   421 1956 516 73 46 40 .971   1428 364 58 19 7 126 156 111 14 48 20 .255 .315 .337 .652 166     32.9  19.6    52.5 .078 .047 .125
                       
1910    1 George Gibson PIT 29    20.37 33.2%   428 1995 595 60 48 40 .977   1442 400 63 16 7 125 200 121 99 12 36 19 .277 .338 .358 .696 187     35.0  22.3    57.3 .082 .052 .134
1911    3 Tex Erwin BRO 25    14.37 36.8%   512 2128 605 99 52 32 .965   1550 402 56 18 13 167 175 138 144 11 41 23 .259 .324 .344 .668 193     27.0  21.6    48.6 .053 .042 .095
1912    2 Jimmy Archer CHI 29    14.67 20.9%   299 1239 297 49 29 26 .969   884 248 34 5 11 96 113 60 91 5 30 19 .281 .330 .368 .698 115     16.5  11.6    28.1 .055 .039 .094
1913    3 Bill Killefer PHI 25    10.35 35.6%   515 2034 596 55 45 27 .980   1390 333 48 18 4 131 137 101 147 11 34 18 .240 .296 .309 .605 135     15.7  21.6    37.3 .030 .042 .072
1914    6 Tommy Clarke CIN 26    11.00 33.2%   444 1995 631 78 49 42 .971   1376 335 53 15 3 120 119 101 129 9 37 17 0 .243 .299 .310 .609 138     17.6  20.7    38.3 .040 .047 .086
1915    2 Hank Gowdy BOS 25    17.18 46.8%   656 2695 728 87 51 49 .975   1943 456 61 22 2 154 157 155 220 16 47 36 17 .235 .297 .292 .589 187     30.4  28.2    58.6 .046 .043 .089
1916    1 Hank Gowdy BOS 26    21.53 73.2%   979 4201 1235 141 102 109 .975   2988 702 103 36 12 239 260 238 252 26 94 48 .235 .297 .306 .603 284     52.3  39.9    92.2 .053 .041 .094
1917    1 Bill Killefer PHI 29    17.28 62.8%   839 3443 931 113 79 71 .975   2657 684 85 32 12 220 245 195 189 17 66 51 .257 .312 .327 .639 290     56.8  34.7    91.5 .068 .041 .109
1918    1 Mike Gonzalez STL 27    13.01 59.7%   631 2271 735 84 69 57 .973   2047 475 64 21 4 140 129 140 177 10 44 37 .232 .284 .290 .574 175     25.9  25.6    51.5 .041 .041 .082
Pos Pct. of Catcher Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Catcher   Win Shares
Year Rank WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC   B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
1919    1 Ivy Wingo CIN 28    17.41 46.4%   554 1968 698 83 55 47 .970   1725 413 69 17 9 139 168 130 161 13 37 28 .239 .298 .315 .613 167     28.7  21.7    50.4 .052 .039 .091
                       
1920    4 Ivy Wingo CIN 29    11.70 47.9%   656 2351 702 105 61 49 .967   2068 521 74 25 11 177 202 124 150 7 45 18 11 .252 .296 .328 .624 206     30.8  24.4    55.2 .047 .037 .084
1921    1 Frank Snyder NY 28    20.43 37.4%   525 1654 461 57 47 36 .974   1632 475 65 18 14 150 213 105 105 10 28 12 10 .291 .338 .379 .717 211     32.9  19.3    52.2 .063 .037 .099
1922    1 Bob O'Farrell CHI 25    34.98 50.2%   680 2202 568 66 65 47 .977   2249 689 113 36 47 301 346 237 172 19 57 22 17 .306 .377 .451 .828 385     61.5  29.1    90.6 .090 .043 .133
1923    2 Bob O'Farrell CHI 26    34.28 31.2%   412 1369 368 44 43 31 .975   1441 435 76 17 25 179 221 167 107 14 17 21 11 .302 .380 .430 .810 244     39.5  17.3    56.8 .096 .042 .138
1924    4 Zack Taylor BRO 25    14.33 36.1%   471 1712 383 36 56 27 .983   1532 425 68 19 16 167 191 130 98 12 37 6 8 .277 .339 .378 .717 202     30.4  24.6    55.0 .065 .052 .117
1925    2 Earl Smith PIT 28    17.32 33.3%   432 1321 316 54 43 27 .968   1457 425 65 19 16 159 203 137 95 6 17 6 5 .292 .355 .395 .750 209     29.3  18.0    47.3 .068 .042 .109
1926    1 Bob O'Farrell STL 29    29.63 69.4%   943 2867 727 107 81 75 .971   2885 787 159 29 28 313 363 291 205 14 78 17 .273 .342 .377 .719 385     56.9  42.8    99.7 .060 .045 .106
1927    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 26    28.06 42.8%   582 1847 398 62 58 40 .973   1941 523 89 14 15 204 247 142 121 8 49 20 .269 .322 .353 .675 223     26.2  22.8    49.0 .045 .039 .084
1928    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 27    38.30 38.4%   532 1682 380 34 53 29 .984   1686 443 92 16 20 201 188 201 138 10 41 19 .263 .345 .372 .717 221     30.5  25.3    55.8 .057 .048 .105
1929    1 Jimmie Wilson STL 28    19.53 30.5%   435 1224 262 48 39 21 .969   1327 379 79 20 13 167 183 142 115 6 35 15 .286 .357 .405 .762 193     23.3  16.0    39.3 .054 .037 .090
                       
1930    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 29    41.77 47.0%   634 2299 318 58 50 46 .978   2201 681 123 25 58 303 349 153 161 9 59 13 .309 .357 .467 .824 360     43.6  26.5    70.1 .069 .042 .111
1931    1 Shanty Hogan NY 25    22.21 40.2%   550 1942 306 43 45 21 .981   1784 492 103 13 17 138 201 150 115 9 12 5 .276 .335 .377 .712 223     30.6  23.6    54.2 .056 .043 .099
1932    2 Spud Davis PHI 27    20.60 45.6%   599 2295 305 38 48 29 .986   2087 599 103 18 38 203 298 135 141 6 20 5 .287 .332 .408 .740 284     41.3  29.6    70.9 .069 .049 .118
1933    2 Spud Davis PHI 28    20.55 51.7%   716 2178 351 54 52 43 .979   2436 682 111 9 31 214 294 171 140 15 31 5 95 .280 .331 .371 .702 283     46.3  28.3    74.6 .065 .040 .104
1934    3 Spud Davis STL 29    18.49 57.3%   787 2889 360 55 44 42 .983   2530 697 116 15 40 266 311 205 190 14 32 5 96 .275 .333 .381 .714 310     40.9  28.7    69.6 .052 .036 .088
1935    2 Ernie Lombardi CIN 27    22.34 49.5%   678 2563 380 68 41 46 .977   2256 650 94 15 35 232 297 236 129 11 27 8 66 .288 .358 .390 .748 316     50.7  29.6    80.3 .075 .044 .118
1936    3 Ernie Lombardi CIN 28    21.52 46.0%   658 2363 409 65 50 28 .977   2127 598 101 13 31 214 289 199 185 15 11 6 60 .281 .347 .385 .732 290     42.0  25.8    67.8 .064 .039 .103
1937    3 Babe Phelps BRO 29    16.09 49.9%   673 2517 452 63 42 58 .979   2294 618 118 16 34 244 305 167 229 9 32 13 70 .269 .321 .379 .700 275     36.7  27.7    64.4 .055 .041 .096
1938    3 Harry Danning NY 26    19.82 35.9%   484 1744 244 41 32 27 .980   1639 426 63 13 20 164 187 93 142 8 23 11 53 .260 .303 .351 .654 169     22.5  21.8    44.3 .046 .045 .092
1939    1 Harry Danning NY 27    37.45 26.6%   385 1306 165 27 26 19 .982   1204 370 60 11 26 159 183 84 97 5 33 6 33 .307 .355 .440 .795 180     33.2  16.3    49.5 .086 .042 .129
                       
1940    1 Harry Danning NY 28    29.04 36.7%   504 1921 302 44 35 30 .981   1666 422 77 10 32 159 246 171 144 12 9 9 53 .253 .327 .369 .696 197     26.4  21.4    47.8 .052 .042 .095
1941    2 Harry Danning NY 29    15.62 50.9%   723 2702 388 59 60 31 .981   2210 500 93 14 24 210 239 182 224 8 29 15 68 .226 .288 .314 .602 188     13.7  29.1    42.8 .019 .040 .059
1942    2 Walker Cooper STL 27    20.60 44.5%   586 2362 316 55 49 33 .980   1907 482 94 14 21 216 219 167 163 3 40 25 58 .253 .314 .350 .664 207     31.0  27.6    58.6 .053 .047 .100
1943    2 Walker Cooper STL 28    22.24 52.6%   694 2532 364 59 38 44 .980   2378 636 91 15 24 222 285 179 162 7 32 21 3 70 .267 .321 .349 .670 254     39.3  25.2    64.5 .057 .036 .093
1944    2 Walker Cooper STL 29    25.52 45.1%   590 2233 291 61 42 27 .976   2056 568 94 20 20 211 216 152 126 6 39 15 0 68 .276 .328 .371 .699 245     36.3  24.1    60.4 .062 .041 .102
1945    1 Bill Salkeld PIT 28    24.59 39.8%   563 1850 261 63 34 28 .971   1789 489 97 15 38 216 211 179 157 7 25 18 0 53 .273 .342 .408 .750 255     39.6  19.3    58.9 .070 .034 .105
1946    1 Andy Seminick PHI 25    17.32 32.2%   440 1690 228 47 34 27 .976   1455 390 70 10 22 156 164 139 199 13 21 7 0 44 .268 .337 .375 .712 174     32.0  19.5    51.5 .073 .044 .117
1947    4 Ray Lamanno CIN 27    12.37 32.3%   437 1757 220 37 25 44 .982   1412 363 68 8 31 145 190 144 193 9 18 7 0 25 .257 .330 .382 .712 182     24.0  16.7    40.7 .055 .038 .093
1948    1 Roy Campanella BRO 26    16.57 39.1%   537 2257 250 54 41 35 .979   1593 352 51 8 31 157 180 208 257 10 23 13 0 39 .221 .315 .321 .636 167     18.1  22.8    40.9 .034 .042 .076
1949    1 Roy Campanella BRO 27    32.23 39.2%   532 2212 226 41 26 42 .983   1687 426 69 7 68 219 265 241 250 18 14 5 2 47 .253 .352 .423 .775 260     41.7  24.5    66.2 .078 .046 .124
                       
1950    1 Andy Seminick PHI 29    29.61 44.8%   588 2691 272 44 62 32 .985   1890 483 71 13 98 257 302 274 273 16 10 5 0 63 .256 .355 .462 .817 306     50.5  30.1    80.6 .086 .051 .137
1951    1 Roy Campanella BRO 29    48.63 53.0%   743 3034 348 65 57 42 .981   2432 631 116 12 89 302 366 293 296 19 21 10 6 73 .259 .344 .427 .771 356     59.7  33.6    93.3 .080 .045 .126
1952    2 Smoky Burgess PHI 25    21.19 63.8%   841 3641 427 67 55 55 .984   2766 721 122 15 54 294 351 337 289 17 19 8 7 70 .261 .345 .374 .719 360     60.8  36.6    97.4 .072 .044 .116
1953    3 Smoky Burgess PHI 26    13.70 30.7%   439 1728 169 34 22 30 .982   1304 337 61 12 20 130 151 148 131 10 10 7 4 37 .258 .339 .370 .709 161     19.8  16.8    36.6 .045 .038 .083
1954    1 Smoky Burgess PHI 27    18.87 38.8%   545 2196 188 34 27 32 .986   1630 466 85 15 43 188 233 179 27 154 5 13 22 6 10 46 .286 .354 .436 .790 245     37.2  17.9    55.1 .068 .033 .101
1955    2 Smoky Burgess PHI/CIN 28    20.24 46.3%   624 2749 269 40 48 49 .987   1967 521 69 10 75 239 261 204 29 228 6 22 19 7 4 73 .265 .333 .425 .758 258     35.7  25.1    60.8 .057 .040 .097
1956    2 Ed Bailey CIN 25    30.74 60.6%   823 3720 372 58 60 54 .986   2546 644 99 18 98 265 338 245 65 328 9 36 22 7 10 51 .253 .318 .421 .739 342     50.6  37.9    88.5 .061 .046 .108
1957    1 Ed Bailey CIN 26    21.04 59.6%   846 3845 349 54 64 66 .987   2520 649 91 17 69 271 291 242 38 368 10 22 22 10 13 62 .258 .322 .389 .711 316     43.8  32.5    76.3 .052 .038 .090
1958    1 Del Crandall MIL 28    28.81 79.5%   1081 5251 423 65 65 54 .989   3256 824 134 22 103 362 414 342 73 462 18 18 26 22 14 87 .253 .325 .403 .728 419     59.8  46.7   106.5 .055 .043 .099
1959    1 Del Crandall MIL 29    24.33 73.5%   986 5241 428 56 66 51 .990   3079 787 118 17 90 337 354 310 59 356 14 34 19 18 19 74 .256 .325 .393 .718 384     50.6  47.7    98.3 .051 .048 .100
                       
1960    2 Hal Smith PIT 29    17.81 52.1%   721 3768 307 54 47 42 .987   2115 524 99 10 52 216 260 228 41 326 11 13 16 12 17 51 .248 .322 .378 .700 259     36.2  29.6    65.8 .050 .041 .091
1961    1 John Roseboro LA 28    27.83 40.9%   579 2878 221 48 52 67 .985   1585 382 49 10 37 150 172 148 22 251 11 17 14 8 6 48 .241 .308 .355 .663 173     20.3  24.2    44.5 .035 .042 .077
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    2 Clay Dalrymple PHI 25    23.31 39.7%   790 3764 346 52 52 89 .988   2062 533 85 19 61 254 287 289 32 353 19 19 17 16 13 48 .258 .352 .407 .759 304     52.3  28.2    80.5 .066 .036 .102
1963    1 Johnny Edwards CIN 25    24.04 50.2%   905 5030 519 82 83 83 .985   2717 655 79 11 76 250 284 256 58 480 17 26 16 10 21 65 .241 .309 .362 .671 301     47.3  40.7    88.0 .052 .045 .097
1964    2 Tom Haller SF 27    23.26 53.8%   975 5229 496 75 74 94 .987   2970 766 119 15 62 283 314 297 48 476 13 25 26 9 16 73 .258 .325 .371 .696 361     55.5  41.6    97.1 .057 .043 .100
1965    2 Tom Haller SF 28    21.32 53.6%   986 5331 483 73 84 90 .988   2806 659 84 13 74 243 305 292 69 461 22 25 20 10 10 77 .235 .310 .353 .663 316     43.8  40.8    84.6 .044 .041 .086
1966    1 Joe Torre ATL 25    30.43 51.4%   922 5002 434 68 55 87 .988   2834 732 117 13 102 343 385 282 54 435 24 25 20 5 16 75 .258 .328 .417 .745 388     68.3  37.0   105.3 .074 .040 .114
1967    1 Tim McCarver STL 25    45.36 49.5%   886 4973 411 45 58 61 .992   2742 683 114 12 58 288 301 259 69 403 19 23 22 19 24 83 .249 .316 .363 .679 309     52.6  40.3    92.9 .059 .045 .105
1968    3 Jerry Grote NY 25    18.87 55.3%   959 5509 476 58 67 62 .990   3063 739 115 16 34 218 303 260 58 490 20 22 18 10 14 82 .241 .303 .323 .626 299     53.5  40.1    93.6 .056 .042 .098
1969    2 Randy Hundley CHI 27    27.05 61.4%   1246 7426 604 101 104 122 .988   3992 942 143 16 85 397 409 386 55 643 23 37 26 22 28 102 .236 .305 .344 .649 418     55.1  49.3   104.4 .044 .040 .084
                       
1970    1 Dick Dietz SF 28    40.23 58.2%   1215 7159 478 95 78 102 .988   3962 1052 179 27 95 458 526 430 76 628 14 26 29 18 16 120 .266 .337 .396 .733 530     77.2  49.9   127.1 .064 .041 .105
1971    1 Manny Sanguillen PIT 27    30.22 44.5%   904 5104 381 70 53 89 .987   2943 769 137 15 51 283 310 327 54 415 19 17 11 14 21 90 .261 .338 .370 .708 362     62.1  38.6   100.7 .069 .043 .111
1972    3 Manny Sanguillen PIT 28    21.44 23.7%   450 2639 221 31 30 27 .989   1465 354 54 13 25 141 161 109 34 218 10 12 14 3 5 35 .242 .296 .347 .643 148     21.7  26.2    47.9 .048 .058 .106
1973    2 Joe Ferguson LA 26    36.09 43.8%   920 4814 417 63 76 94 .988   3008 724 109 8 71 309 363 306 52 389 9 25 34 13 20 66 .241 .310 .353 .663 339     50.0  42.0    92.0 .054 .046 .100
1974    1 Johnny Bench CIN 26    41.13 57.1%   1220 6002 587 105 75 103 .984   3686 903 156 13 87 390 437 420 82 492 20 32 38 18 17 96 .245 .323 .365 .688 446     71.6  46.5   118.1 .059 .038 .097
1975    1 Johnny Bench CIN 27    38.50 55.5%   1210 5717 514 97 70 109 .985   3782 976 177 12 90 429 482 429 78 502 20 32 35 21 16 112 .258 .334 .383 .717 492     78.7  49.3   128.0 .065 .041 .106
1976    1 Johnny Bench CIN 28    24.85 49.7%   1058 4905 492 67 59 81 .988   3373 808 148 12 70 369 413 425 61 507 21 22 32 27 19 96 .240 .326 .353 .679 395     63.4  45.0   108.4 .060 .043 .102
1977    1 Ted Simmons STL 27    36.67 48.8%   1064 5276 592 96 70 44 .984   3322 891 176 17 114 427 498 381 74 495 22 13 38 26 33 82 .268 .344 .434 .778 495     82.2  43.3   125.5 .077 .041 .118
1978    1 Ted Simmons STL 28    35.65 47.7%   1063 4930 521 91 55 69 .984   3060 737 137 19 57 328 327 396 70 362 18 19 31 38 26 82 .241 .328 .354 .682 367     60.8  40.3   101.1 .057 .038 .095
1979    1 Gary Carter MON 25    39.12 48.6%   1048 5176 546 82 73 58 .986   3359 851 159 16 92 401 424 339 67 434 22 19 38 24 23 84 .253 .323 .392 .715 425     60.2  44.8   105.0 .057 .043 .100
                       
1980    1 Gary Carter MON 26    42.11 44.0%   889 4565 547 73 79 48 .986   2892 772 148 14 69 288 398 265 42 346 6 17 39 15 16 71 .267 .326 .399 .725 373     61.5  46.2   107.7 .069 .052 .121
1981    1 Gary Carter MON 27    21.40 57.2%   764 3571 433 70 55 35 .983   2436 630 120 11 46 249 309 252 37 269 8 28 19 20 16 62 .259 .328 .374 .702 295     47.7  32.3    80.0 .062 .042 .105
1982    1 Gary Carter MON 28    42.39 58.5%   1222 6259 694 102 71 90 .986   3976 1077 198 15 111 451 526 324 56 607 28 32 35 20 31 101 .271 .328 .412 .740 525     93.2  54.1   147.3 .076 .044 .121
1983    1 Gary Carter MON 29    32.37 56.0%   1201 6200 690 91 71 90 .987   3731 1006 183 17 94 382 503 347 75 535 21 24 33 15 28 109 .270 .333 .403 .736 480     76.9  54.9   131.8 .064 .046 .110
1984    2 Tony Pena PIT 27    24.64 57.3%   1228 6394 623 98 67 69 .986   3889 976 168 13 93 435 471 338 54 576 19 24 34 30 27 121 .251 .311 .373 .684 436     59.6  55.1   114.7 .049 .045 .093
1985    2 Mike Scioscia LA 26    35.72 48.2%   1046 5284 507 69 59 53 .988   3270 792 154 10 74 313 382 293 37 484 15 36 22 19 12 104 .242 .306 .363 .669 360     48.7  47.4    96.1 .047 .045 .092
1986    2 Jody Davis CHI 29    17.23 54.2%   1174 6379 645 117 82 84 .984   3528 889 159 12 93 379 423 401 42 612 15 35 28 15 15 104 .252 .329 .383 .712 440     62.4  43.9   106.3 .053 .037 .091
1987    2 Mike Scioscia LA 28    21.01 31.8%   703 3801 333 55 41 30 .987   1982 483 91 3 31 203 207 208 33 285 9 19 15 11 14 49 .244 .316 .340 .656 215     24.0  29.6    53.6 .034 .042 .076
1988    1 Mike LaValliere PIT 27    21.74 35.4%   792 4015 370 64 41 44 .986   2339 579 112 7 35 196 250 207 29 316 7 17 21 10 16 56 .248 .308 .346 .654 247     38.1  33.0    71.1 .048 .042 .090
1989    4 Damon Berryhill CHI 25    14.82 41.8%   928 4738 417 67 43 51 .987   2705 650 117 8 44 246 299 232 43 412 17 21 30 10 11 75 .240 .301 .338 .639 272     38.1  35.0    73.1 .041 .038 .079
                       
1990    1 Darren Daulton PHI 28    30.22 51.9%   1120 5825 503 95 69 73 .985   3337 859 159 12 70 359 382 351 63 485 19 25 29 29 17 65 .257 .329 .375 .704 422     64.6  42.9   107.5 .058 .038 .096
1991    1 Craig Biggio HOU 25    24.51 51.8%   1119 5825 563 98 72 84 .985   3503 868 160 16 74 351 420 275 32 598 22 28 34 44 36 78 .248 .304 .366 .670 387     53.0  43.8    96.8 .047 .039 .087
1992    3 Joe Oliver CIN 26    13.83 53.2%   1113 5844 535 54 75 66 .992   3522 881 159 17 62 279 356 233 50 534 22 32 30 8 22 102 .250 .298 .358 .656 356     33.9  51.1    85.0 .030 .046 .076
1993    3 Rick Wilkins CHI 26    38.80 51.7%   1293 6871 647 85 75 102 .989   4029 1027 194 18 104 419 503 325 42 682 46 37 37 23 19 92 .255 .315 .389 .704 496     66.1  52.4   118.5 .051 .041 .092
1994    1 Mike Piazza LA 25    30.08 62.7%   1115 6319 503 51 52 78 .993   3545 922 174 19 111 449 495 284 40 648 26 36 39 19 14 89 .260 .316 .414 .730 458     56.5  46.8   103.3 .051 .042 .093
1995    1 Mike Piazza LA 26    41.40 55.0%   1198 7011 563 93 86 87 .988   3662 971 171 13 112 457 496 391 49 740 40 20 33 22 12 97 .265 .340 .411 .751 525     79.7  43.4   123.1 .067 .036 .103
1996    1 Mike Piazza LA 27    49.14 57.0%   1422 8565 633 97 71 88 .990   4536 1250 223 10 176 572 668 436 70 853 42 13 44 16 31 126 .276 .342 .446 .788 681    103.1  51.2   154.3 .073 .036 .109
1997    1 Mike Piazza LA 28    58.04 59.0%   1449 9279 724 111 108 104 .989   4651 1262 260 16 185 577 693 496 73 903 32 28 44 33 27 122 .271 .343 .453 .796 730    116.1  60.1   176.2 .080 .041 .122
1998    1 Mike Piazza LA/FLA/NY 29    48.99 57.3%   1614 10071 757 114 108 100 .990   5239 1354 254 20 171 608 704 462 50 1023 45 29 37 37 20 127 .258 .322 .412 .734 698    102.8  67.3   170.1 .064 .042 .105
1999    2 Mike Lieberthal PHI 27    25.37 49.7%   1454 8257 709 84 114 91 .991   4399 1173 239 17 148 566 620 438 47 853 58 29 47 43 20 108 .267 .338 .430 .768 654     72.7  63.6   136.3 .050 .044 .094
                       
2000    2 Jason Kendall PIT 26    31.18 49.7%   1438 8617 683 86 106 78 .991   4553 1199 259 22 141 571 616 513 67 865 60 19 39 30 21 119 .263 .343 .423 .766 666     82.9  66.0   148.9 .058 .046 .104
2001    1 Paul Lo Duca LA 29    40.15 40.0%   1184 6876 533 64 86 65 .991   3643 914 197 13 111 447 455 294 41 690 57 22 31 21 21 90 .251 .314 .404 .718 461     56.7  45.4   102.1 .048 .038 .086
2002    5 Jason Kendall PIT 28    15.94 30.2%   906 5117 421 53 58 64 .991   2679 695 158 10 65 284 357 258 44 486 41 18 27 24 16 90 .259 .331 .399 .730 341     48.6  35.7    84.3 .054 .039 .093
2003    3 Jason Kendall PIT 29    23.02 29.6%   822 5001 338 51 45 51 .991   2658 673 151 8 79 328 341 257 46 541 67 12 20 16 14 72 .253 .332 .405 .737 356     44.8  36.0    80.8 .055 .044 .098
2004    3 Johnny Estrada ATL 28    21.59 40.7%   1168 7251 454 43 73 56 .994   3732 955 200 20 109 402 474 294 47 599 59 29 34 6 9 126 .256 .318 .408 .726 468     54.6  51.4   106.0 .047 .044 .091
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    2 Michael Barrett CHI 28    21.46 36.2%   1050 5964 419 57 56 51 .991   3256 841 209 10 91 364 453 271 28 561 29 16 32 9 6 99 .258 .318 .412 .730 419     58.5  36.6    95.1 .056 .035 .091
2006    3 David Ross CIN 29    16.82 37.2%   1058 6266 480 62 65 63 .991   3326 907 182 14 110 355 485 261 50 669 39 27 32 7 10 96 .273 .330 .435 .765 469     58.6  44.0   102.6 .055 .042 .097
2007    2 Chris Snyder ARI 26    23.22 32.2%   881 5455 407 47 53 60 .992   2902 734 174 10 70 324 377 267 28 559 26 17 21 11 9 107 .253 .319 .392 .711 345     39.0  37.5    76.5 .044 .043 .087
2008    1 Ryan Doumit PIT 27    28.20 44.1%   1211 7581 570 53 60 62 .994   3918 1041 220 6 114 511 545 450 37 737 54 26 35 19 16 118 .266 .347 .412 .759 570     84.2  50.2   134.4 .070 .041 .111
2009    1 Brian McCann ATL 25    25.22 54.2%   1487 9684 785 84 87 70 .992   4916 1269 259 12 136 557 636 521 55 914 58 25 39 36 15 169 .258 .334 .399 .733 647     83.6  60.4   144.0 .056 .041 .097
                       
2010    3 Brian McCann ATL 26    20.19 47.2%   1274 8656 625 79 68 72 .992   4188 1039 216 10 121 464 551 531 61 875 43 13 42 24 15 128 .248 .336 .391 .727 557     81.4  49.7   131.1 .064 .039 .103
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia