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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    3 Nat Hicks NY 31     5.47 23.9%   105 501 120 158 5 65 .797   410 99 9 1 0 49 33 6 13 .241 .252 .268 .520 53      6.0   4.5    10.5 .057 .043 .100
1877    7 Doug Allison HAR 31     1.00 9.0%   29 127 36 19 4 16 .896   115 17 2 0 0 14 6 3 7 .148 .169 .165 .334 5      -     1.5     1.5 .000 .052 .052
1878    2 Deacon White CIN 30    10.64 15.5%   48 262 66 33 4 40 .909   191 60 3 1 0 30 21 7 4 .314 .338 .340 .678 32      5.9   2.5     8.4 .123 .052 .175
1879    1 Deacon White CIN 31    15.15 10.3%   59 307 92 44 3 56 .901   237 78 11 4 1 39 37 4 6 .329 .340 .422 .762 50     10.0   2.1    12.1 .169 .036 .205
                       
1880         0.0%                      
1881         0.0%                        
1882    9 Deacon White BUF 34     2.62 7.3%   47 226 70 44 8 64 .871   175 42 6 0 0 26 15 5 17 .240 .261 .274 .535 21      1.7   1.7     3.4 .036 .036 .072
1883    4 Jim O'Rourke BUF 32     6.43 7.1%   60 226 75 45 4 53 .870   227 66 13 4 0 48 27 8 20 .291 .315 .383 .698 39      5.5   1.7     7.2 .092 .028 .120
1884   13 Sandy Nava PRO 34     0.77 3.5%   27 172 40 27 1 16 .887   92 9 0 0 0 8 5 9 28 .098 .178 .098 .276 2      -     1.2     1.2 .000 .044 .044
1885    2 Charlie Bennett DET 30    13.81 7.5%   62 347 87 38 10 18 .919   238 64 16 9 3 33 41 32 25 .269 .356 .450 .806 50      7.8   2.4    10.2 .126 .039 .165
1886    3 Charlie Bennett DET 31    15.92 22.2%   194 1083 278 108 22 114 .926   606 128 25 9 5 82 58 88 90 10 .211 .311 .307 .618 87      8.1   9.9    18.0 .042 .051 .093
1887    1 Charlie Bennett DET 32     9.93 11.7%   118 546 168 65 15 66 .917   410 101 16 11 7 52 44 37 64 0 16 .246 .309 .390 .699 65      5.7   7.7    13.4 .048 .065 .114
1888    2 King Kelly BOS 30    22.31 24.0%   230 1250 398 126 31 130 .929   858 214 32 12 11 113 89 61 114 6 49 .249 .304 .353 .657 125     21.4  11.6    33.0 .093 .050 .143
1889    8 Charlie Bennett BOS 34     7.63 16.7%   182 745 195 81 18 60 .921   623 151 27 3 12 95 86 46 88 4 27 .242 .299 .353 .652 90      8.8   8.7    17.5 .048 .048 .096
                       
1890    5 Dick Buckley NY 31     6.03 14.6%   141 766 189 70 11 79 .932   528 111 18 3 5 66 49 50 75 6 11 .210 .286 .284 .570 56      4.5   6.7    11.2 .032 .048 .079
1891    2 Chief Zimmer CLE 30    14.95 22.4%   224 1053 291 85 17 66 .941   799 188 33 7 9 91 114 59 96 8 19 .235 .294 .328 .622 103      9.4  11.8    21.2 .042 .053 .095
1892    1 Chief Zimmer CLE 31    22.78 24.3%   442 1967 524 173 49 129 .935   1590 392 78 30 13 209 227 136 143 15 67 .247 .312 .358 .670 244     32.0  18.9    50.9 .072 .043 .115
1893    2 Wilbert Robinson BAL 30    13.15 21.2%   324 1146 357 90 39 99 .944   1235 361 55 17 7 175 188 88 71 16 31 .292 .347 .381 .728 208     18.9  15.5    34.4 .058 .048 .106
1894    1 Wilbert Robinson BAL 31    18.88 29.2%   473 1555 458 141 45 95 .935   1783 540 80 24 18 293 343 139 93 19 35 49 .303 .360 .405 .765 318     24.0  22.0    46.0 .051 .047 .097
1895    1 Jack Clements PHI 30    26.36 39.1%   617 2120 612 128 57 115 .955   2295 717 125 25 33 380 401 162 109 27 25 66 .312 .365 .432 .797 434     45.7  30.5    76.2 .074 .049 .124
1896    1 Deacon McGuire WAS 32    16.28 24.7%   392 1286 357 92 39 66 .947   1458 456 63 24 13 238 238 95 59 20 27 39 .313 .363 .416 .779 257     30.8  15.3    46.1 .079 .039 .118
1897    1 Deacon McGuire WAS 33    16.64 26.1%   416 1384 428 95 30 54 .950   1568 442 60 19 14 208 240 102 22 23 26 .282 .335 .371 .706 226     23.9  16.9    40.8 .057 .041 .098
1898    7 Duke Farrell WAS 31     9.08 27.8%   504 1691 549 113 44 81 .952   1835 476 76 19 6 195 223 117 23 41 23 .259 .312 .331 .643 216     20.2  20.3    40.5 .040 .040 .080
1899    2 Duke Farrell WAS/BRO 32    21.53 24.9%   440 1465 546 115 35 64 .946   1552 421 58 33 7 200 236 122 29 34 33 .271 .336 .365 .701 229     26.2  22.6    48.8 .060 .051 .111
                       
1900    8 Duke Farrell BRO 33     5.98 35.4%   397 1318 512 126 43 104 .936   1382 359 45 14 3 158 174 77 26 23 31 .260 .311 .319 .630 161     12.6  15.0    27.6 .032 .038 .070
1901    3 Malachi Kittridge BOS 31    10.81 36.8%   416 2036 518 62 39 84 .976   1445 341 46 17 4 127 144 73 9 35 19 .236 .277 .300 .577 133     12.6  19.1    31.7 .030 .046 .076
1902    2 Malachi Kittridge BOS 32    10.28 30.3%   325 1425 447 61 37 43 .968   1156 288 35 13 3 110 117 54 6 28 23 .249 .286 .310 .596 109     14.2  14.5    28.7 .044 .045 .088
1903    3 John Warner NY 30    12.77 34.1%   369 1807 524 56 42 54 .977   1256 322 40 11 2 138 134 72 19 32 28 .256 .307 .311 .618 140     12.1  19.6    31.7 .033 .053 .086
1904    1 Mike Grady STL 34    20.23 22.4%   276 1261 343 44 29 30 .973   935 229 33 12 7 99 93 57 14 20 14 .245 .298 .328 .626 105     15.3  13.3    28.6 .055 .048 .104
1905    5 Johnny Kling CHI 30     6.87 25.6%   318 1461 408 68 43 40 .965   1059 231 29 11 2 76 111 70 19 45 25 .218 .279 .272 .551 92      6.3  15.2    21.5 .020 .048 .068
1906    1 Johnny Kling CHI 31    31.65 25.6%   309 1565 406 47 27 33 .977   1059 263 39 14 2 106 108 62 8 28 31 .248 .295 .317 .612 115     21.2  15.7    36.9 .069 .051 .119
1907    1 Johnny Kling CHI 32    26.83 31.7%   387 1792 523 65 55 29 .973   1244 285 40 12 4 102 111 90 11 21 27 .229 .287 .290 .577 114     18.9  19.5    38.4 .049 .050 .099
1908    2 Johnny Kling CHI 33    27.87 40.4%   516 2306 644 82 44 45 .973   1663 393 53 15 6 144 149 109 15 62 33 .236 .289 .297 .586 160     31.1  25.6    56.7 .060 .050 .110
1909    3 Admiral Schlei NY 31    10.88 62.9%   765 3492 1047 166 83 55 .965   2493 541 77 12 4 219 193 204 24 84 57 .217 .283 .262 .545 203     28.7  33.2    61.9 .038 .043 .081
                       
1910    5 Roger Bresnahan STL 31    14.74 41.3%   556 2355 755 90 70 55 .972   1713 409 57 15 0 161 155 189 150 13 62 48 .239 .319 .290 .609 181     27.7  20.2    47.9 .050 .036 .086
1911    1 Chief Meyers NY 30    24.53 40.2%   538 2562 633 89 60 49 .973   1618 420 76 22 5 144 171 160 149 24 42 28 .260 .335 .343 .678 207     35.9  24.3    60.2 .067 .045 .112
1912    1 Chief Meyers NY 31    32.88 37.5%   505 2263 570 69 57 45 .976   1611 441 73 15 10 159 204 146 114 23 41 28 .274 .343 .356 .699 222     34.4  21.9    56.3 .068 .043 .111
1913    1 Chief Meyers NY 32    28.87 39.1%   537 2241 670 91 46 40 .970   1610 440 63 18 7 137 172 109 103 19 31 25 .273 .327 .348 .675 199     34.0  23.2    57.2 .063 .043 .107
1914    1 Chief Meyers NY 33    19.32 25.5%   377 1423 423 53 40 33 .972   1057 291 37 12 1 77 118 74 70 14 19 13 2 .275 .331 .336 .667 126     25.6  12.5    38.1 .068 .033 .101
1915    3 George Gibson PIT 34    11.65 22.9%   302 1434 348 46 40 35 .975   949 230 36 16 3 73 83 68 81 10 23 14 12 .242 .300 .323 .623 100     17.8  11.3    29.1 .059 .037 .096
1916   12 Art Wilson PIT/CHI 30     5.32 10.1%   134 543 164 20 11 20 .972   444 99 14 5 2 27 47 31 65 3 19 8 .223 .278 .291 .569 36      3.7   4.5     8.2 .028 .034 .061
1917    7 Art Wilson CHI 31     9.07 17.6%   230 1023 281 38 25 29 .972   691 156 26 4 2 49 67 58 83 6 22 15 .226 .291 .284 .575 60      7.6  10.0    17.6 .033 .043 .077
1918    2 Bill Killefer CHI 30    11.10 33.7%   356 1347 404 34 41 23 .981   1117 264 29 9 0 91 85 73 75 7 41 18 .236 .287 .278 .565 97     12.6  17.8    30.4 .035 .050 .085
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    2 Bill Killefer CHI 31    15.08 43.6%   506 1982 601 61 39 35 .977   1614 403 58 12 4 121 147 120 133 8 51 26 .250 .305 .308 .613 159     23.7  23.7    47.4 .047 .047 .094
                       
1920    3 Walter Schmidt PIT 33    11.94 32.5%   441 1647 477 58 48 33 .973   1378 352 52 11 6 104 127 76 100 20 41 23 11 .255 .304 .322 .626 137     20.1  20.4    40.5 .046 .046 .092
1921    4 Walter Schmidt PIT 34     9.92 42.1%   568 1924 564 75 67 40 .971   1827 508 59 27 16 159 196 101 133 14 56 28 16 .278 .321 .366 .687 215     25.8  25.6    51.4 .045 .045 .090
1922    3 Eddie Ainsmith STL 30    16.62 29.8%   415 1314 368 51 37 17 .971   1294 371 57 10 20 131 181 105 101 4 36 8 9 .287 .342 .393 .735 181     26.2  17.9    44.1 .063 .043 .106
1923    1 Bubbles Hargrave CIN 30    36.56 35.9%   500 1608 362 35 33 30 .983   1613 438 75 28 21 163 247 152 119 19 34 17 14 .272 .341 .392 .733 224     35.4  24.4    59.8 .071 .049 .120
1924    2 Bubbles Hargrave CIN 31    16.02 37.4%   509 1630 408 33 49 24 .984   1630 492 90 24 17 179 223 132 122 9 28 9 9 .302 .357 .418 .775 239     42.8  20.7    63.5 .084 .041 .125
1925    4 Frank Snyder NY 32    10.87 42.9%   546 1884 373 59 48 35 .975   1828 497 89 19 29 196 242 134 154 17 43 17 16 .272 .327 .389 .716 235     27.1  22.9    50.0 .050 .042 .092
1926    2 Bubbles Hargrave CIN 33    25.30 19.6%   262 841 156 21 22 13 .979   852 254 49 11 13 88 119 65 52 7 29 3 .298 .353 .427 .780 127     22.3   9.0    31.3 .085 .034 .119
1927    2 Johnny Schulte STL 30    17.59 41.1%   559 1868 388 53 56 31 .977   1706 463 68 16 17 165 202 203 128 8 58 10 .271 .352 .360 .712 228     33.4  28.1    61.5 .060 .050 .110
1928    3 Val Picinich CIN 31    16.07 38.1%   541 1711 309 53 38 25 .974   1657 427 56 11 18 148 179 161 126 1 53 12 .258 .324 .337 .661 184     19.9  19.6    39.5 .037 .036 .073
1929    3 Johnny Gooch CIN 31     9.95 45.0%   620 2053 360 54 44 36 .978   1938 543 102 23 13 188 255 179 144 8 38 12 .280 .344 .377 .721 258     26.8  27.7    54.5 .043 .045 .088
                       
1930    7 Bob O'Farrell NY 33     9.33 21.6%   304 905 160 36 16 19 .967   1030 279 49 14 15 135 169 105 95 4 19 2 .271 .341 .389 .730 139     13.1  11.3    24.4 .043 .037 .080
1931    2 Gabby Hartnett CHI 30    20.19 37.1%   511 1756 267 40 49 22 .981   1612 413 91 9 17 172 220 182 171 11 23 11 .256 .336 .355 .691 198     27.2  23.7    50.9 .053 .046 .100
1932    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 31    22.86 22.3%   295 1095 164 29 24 19 .977   980 248 55 10 15 121 114 89 108 6 13 11 .253 .319 .376 .695 187     15.3  13.5    28.8 .052 .046 .098
1933    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 32    26.19 26.2%   346 1290 182 24 27 14 .984   1171 301 48 5 18 112 154 75 114 3 19 11 33 .257 .303 .353 .656 123     19.5  16.1    35.6 .056 .047 .103
1934    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 33    34.09 28.5%   386 1457 205 23 30 23 .986   1282 367 69 3 29 141 183 75 113 5 14 5 43 .286 .328 .413 .741 164     20.3  19.1    39.4 .053 .049 .102
1935    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 34    37.67 32.8%   446 1663 237 42 31 19 .978   1584 474 100 12 19 193 243 119 140 9 20 8 38 .299 .352 .414 .766 240     36.3  19.8    56.1 .081 .044 .126
1936    1 Gus Mancuso NY 30    24.43 24.6%   332 1295 211 33 25 12 .979   1204 345 59 10 15 118 152 96 92 6 6 4 32 .287 .342 .390 .732 162     25.4  16.7    42.1 .077 .050 .127
1937    7 Gus Mancuso NY 31    12.82 16.5%   204 985 139 19 17 6 .983   719 183 37 3 13 68 101 73 50 0 5 1 18 .255 .323 .369 .692 87     11.0   8.8    19.8 .054 .043 .097
1938    1 Ernie Lombardi CIN 30    33.58 30.9%   409 1506 207 39 28 33 .978   1406 418 66 4 28 154 201 135 91 4 7 3 68 .297 .361 .410 .771 201     33.9  14.6    48.5 .083 .036 .119
1939    2 Ernie Lombardi CIN 31    21.02 49.1%   697 2523 338 46 43 43 .984   2149 563 99 8 37 177 248 179 162 7 52 2 77 .262 .321 .367 .688 242     31.7  26.5    58.2 .045 .038 .084
                       
1940    2 Ernie Lombardi CIN 32    28.35 36.0%   523 1847 266 42 36 24 .981   1607 420 70 9 31 174 222 130 111 9 18 12 63 .261 .320 .374 .694 192     29.2  20.6    49.8 .056 .039 .095
1941    1 Ernie Lombardi CIN 33    17.17 25.4%   384 1272 202 23 28 22 .985   1062 260 34 2 16 92 128 96 58 0 14 3 43 .245 .307 .326 .633 105     15.0  14.6    29.6 .039 .038 .077
1942    1 Ernie Lombardi BOS 34    22.31 35.7%   491 1685 252 46 35 23 .977   1586 436 61 10 30 145 181 161 124 8 11 7 57 .275 .345 .383 .728 209     41.1  18.1    59.2 .084 .037 .121
1943    1 Ray Mueller CIN 31    32.27 32.3%   445 1541 243 25 37 13 .986   1344 342 53 14 13 123 159 147 114 5 31 6 0 26 .254 .330 .344 .674 161     29.7  24.5    54.2 .067 .055 .122
1944    1 Ray Mueller CIN 32    33.79 29.8%   394 1395 177 21 18 23 .987   1382 335 54 9 17 134 163 148 115 6 19 7 0 29 .242 .318 .331 .649 150     25.7  18.6    44.3 .065 .047 .112
1945    3 Ken O'Dea STL 32    18.38 21.8%   296 1052 152 24 34 10 .980   989 248 37 7 12 98 110 103 79 7 13 3 0 22 .251 .326 .339 .665 113     15.8  15.8    31.6 .053 .053 .107
1946    3 Phil Masi BOS 30    16.08 38.0%   532 1935 254 41 31 22 .982   1728 429 72 14 29 167 242 178 180 6 35 5 0 45 .248 .321 .356 .677 191     30.8  19.7    50.5 .058 .037 .095
1947    1 Walker Cooper NY 32    29.69 35.1%   467 1825 216 35 19 22 .983   1673 466 77 22 53 201 263 134 133 5 23 12 1 52 .279 .334 .446 .780 235     37.2  22.2    59.4 .080 .048 .127
1948    2 Bill Salkeld BOS 31    13.14 40.2%   556 2146 228 44 34 26 .982   1794 441 79 8 42 186 215 193 192 4 34 8 0 54 .246 .320 .369 .689 207     26.6  23.7    50.3 .048 .043 .090
1949    3 Walker Cooper NY/CIN 34    13.31 31.9%   451 1703 204 35 29 35 .982   1409 359 48 12 37 150 184 143 137 14 13 5 0 41 .255 .330 .385 .715 175     25.2  18.6    43.8 .056 .041 .097
                       
1950    7 Clyde McCullough PIT 33     6.52 18.3%   267 1018 110 19 15 12 .983   762 184 36 5 10 80 77 76 82 8 11 5 0 20 .241 .317 .341 .658 80      6.1   8.9    15.0 .023 .033 .056
1951    4 Andy Seminick PHI 30    10.83 25.5%   365 1487 161 30 29 20 .982   1143 296 36 7 34 136 154 128 184 4 6 3 3 34 .259 .336 .392 .728 146     20.4  13.4    33.8 .056 .037 .093
1952    1 Roy Campanella BRO 30    27.06 22.2%   287 1326 134 23 19 25 .984   975 245 39 2 39 121 154 100 145 5 8 9 8 34 .251 .324 .415 .739 130     22.6  13.2    35.8 .079 .046 .125
1953    1 Roy Campanella BRO 31    51.70 42.3%   561 2569 238 40 29 32 .986   1789 452 68 5 84 243 292 241 284 15 8 9 4 46 .253 .346 .437 .783 277     41.3  26.0    67.3 .074 .046 .120
1954    4 Toby Atwell PIT 30    11.80 33.6%   452 2000 215 26 33 20 .988   1346 308 46 12 40 150 154 195 23 189 11 13 11 3 9 39 .229 .329 .370 .699 161     20.7  20.7    41.4 .046 .046 .092
1955    1 Roy Campanella BRO 33    43.25 35.5%   465 2237 200 28 31 31 .989   1436 375 56 5 52 172 216 180 26 170 15 14 20 4 8 45 .261 .345 .416 .761 205     31.2  21.7    52.9 .067 .047 .114
1956    1 Stan Lopata PHI 30    33.66 30.2%   398 1984 141 36 26 23 .983   1219 298 53 12 54 145 188 168 36 207 2 9 11 5 2 48 .244 .334 .441 .775 179     29.7  16.1    45.8 .075 .040 .115
1957    2 Stan Lopata PHI 31    17.52 32.3%   473 2110 158 29 28 24 .987   1301 284 51 5 49 133 163 150 22 257 5 8 15 5 3 39 .218 .298 .378 .676 149     19.5  18.3    37.8 .041 .039 .080
1958    5 Stan Lopata PHI 32     8.88 16.2%   214 1056 74 15 11 22 .987   680 164 23 2 17 75 63 100 18 131 5 0 3 0 2 25 .241 .341 .356 .697 83     10.6   7.5    18.1 .050 .035 .085
1959    2 Smoky Burgess PIT 32    18.34 23.9%   367 1539 108 26 15 22 .984   962 241 43 5 25 88 120 102 27 123 5 9 7 1 1 25 .251 .323 .384 .707 122     19.4   7.2    26.6 .053 .020 .072
                       
1960    1 Del Crandall MIL 30    31.24 38.0%   539 2648 241 40 35 33 .986   1567 405 59 5 37 176 169 145 25 152 7 21 18 5 11 38 .258 .321 .373 .694 185     32.0  21.5    53.5 .059 .040 .099
1961    2 Smoky Burgess PIT 34    16.68 33.5%   468 2309 174 29 24 35 .988   1368 357 57 5 38 143 176 134 29 148 9 9 16 2 5 33 .261 .327 .393 .720 179     24.4  20.0    44.4 .052 .043 .095
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    6 Del Crandall MIL 32    13.94 34.1%   648 3327 309 49 41 62 .987   1860 459 74 8 61 200 242 193 18 290 12 15 18 4 9 62 .247 .319 .394 .713 229     32.5  26.6    59.1 .050 .041 .091
1963    2 Ed Bailey SF 32    22.89 21.4%   378 2223 183 29 17 26 .988   1166 263 26 7 34 115 150 108 19 161 7 6 12 9 16 31 .226 .292 .347 .639 120     22.7  15.8    38.5 .060 .042 .102
1964    4 John Roseboro LA 31    22.06 20.3%   357 2103 154 25 23 30 .989   1063 274 47 3 19 110 114 127 26 165 6 12 12 4 5 30 .258 .337 .361 .698 132     26.0  16.1    42.1 .073 .045 .118
1965    6 John Roseboro LA 32    12.84 19.8%   358 1994 160 32 21 40 .985   1054 248 36 0 32 112 127 116 17 165 6 5 7 6 8 26 .235 .313 .361 .674 119     18.0  14.6    32.6 .050 .041 .091
1966    3 John Roseboro LA 33    25.06 19.6%   353 2001 172 27 27 35 .988   1011 246 41 4 29 99 117 94 30 150 5 10 10 4 3 25 .243 .308 .378 .686 116     17.8  16.5    34.3 .050 .047 .097
1967    3 Tom Haller SF 30    25.56 31.8%   584 3125 287 43 33 70 .988   1695 368 73 8 35 174 167 209 35 286 7 18 13 6 14 38 .217 .304 .332 .636 176     28.0  22.7    50.7 .048 .039 .087
1968    1 Tom Haller LA 31    35.56 24.6%   426 2480 203 23 40 43 .992   1335 327 55 10 19 108 146 115 31 225 11 12 15 3 7 25 .245 .307 .344 .651 142     28.5  19.3    47.8 .067 .045 .112
1969    3 Tom Haller LA 32    18.17 26.0%   532 3163 220 28 28 42 .992   1693 392 62 13 32 154 168 168 31 281 4 18 9 2 5 49 .232 .301 .340 .641 168     20.5  22.9    43.4 .039 .043 .082
                       
1970    5 Tom Haller LA 33    16.30 24.5%   538 2923 215 40 32 46 .987   1604 392 58 13 31 165 175 185 47 258 10 15 9 6 7 36 .244 .325 .355 .680 187     25.7  19.9    45.6 .048 .037 .085
1971    6 Duke Sims LA 30    13.03 29.2%   648 3132 250 46 39 56 .987   1902 468 66 13 37 172 219 169 36 285 12 21 19 3 5 64 .246 .309 .353 .662 199     27.9  25.2    53.1 .043 .039 .082
1972    5 Johnny Edwards HOU 34    13.71 37.7%   768 3971 338 56 49 50 .987   2261 511 78 4 27 156 189 205 48 355 8 11 20 11 14 60 .226 .290 .300 .590 193     20.1  26.0    46.1 .026 .034 .060
1973    9 Randy Hundley CHI 31     7.99 21.8%   473 2451 226 37 21 34 .986   1439 336 47 7 25 121 150 104 23 200 4 22 8 6 9 46 .233 .286 .328 .614 127      7.2  21.2    28.4 .015 .045 .060
1974    6 Manny Sanguillen PIT 30    16.93 17.1%   354 1760 165 29 17 18 .985   1213 310 32 6 12 129 118 85 18 104 10 8 17 2 4 34 .256 .306 .322 .628 118     15.9  12.0    27.9 .045 .034 .079
1975    3 Manny Sanguillen PIT 31    31.44 16.9%   353 1840 160 28 19 24 .986   1172 335 44 12 14 110 119 114 29 114 5 3 8 5 5 28 .286 .349 .380 .729 157     29.4  16.0    45.4 .083 .045 .129
1976    5 Manny Sanguillen PIT 32    14.63 27.5%   595 2906 287 42 29 46 .987   1715 417 58 13 21 181 159 192 40 198 12 15 13 5 10 56 .243 .321 .329 .650 181     27.9  24.4    52.3 .047 .041 .088
1977    3 Gene Tenace SD 30    26.37 35.6%   791 3911 457 58 58 81 .987   2241 547 114 8 52 255 250 345 43 401 18 20 15 27 12 59 .244 .347 .372 .719 304     47.8  32.2    80.0 .060 .041 .101
1978    3 Johnny Bench CIN 30    26.09 31.4%   713 3254 307 50 31 46 .986   1991 492 88 8 56 217 255 273 52 317 12 16 14 10 15 58 .247 .339 .384 .723 264     46.9  28.3    75.2 .066 .040 .105
1979    2 Johnny Bench CIN 31    27.25 33.0%   748 3368 378 52 53 53 .986   2175 532 92 9 72 252 299 300 39 346 6 20 19 8 9 57 .245 .335 .394 .729 298     51.1  28.9    80.0 .068 .039 .107
                       
1980    2 Ted Simmons STL 30    26.34 35.8%   781 3435 366 71 49 35 .982   2295 578 91 7 77 273 330 324 63 321 7 10 21 18 15 55 .252 .343 .398 .741 324     55.4  24.7    80.1 .071 .032 .103
1981    2 Milt May SF 30    15.11 23.3%   327 1494 129 18 9 11 .989   943 249 49 1 11 92 94 114 20 102 5 6 7 4 8 23 .264 .344 .353 .697 115     22.0  12.8    34.8 .067 .039 .106
1982    4 Darrell Porter STL 30    16.83 26.9%   573 2723 327 51 39 28 .984   1848 466 89 11 45 202 203 197 27 275 6 22 13 22 12 31 .252 .324 .385 .709 235     42.2  23.5    65.7 .074 .041 .115
1983    5 Darrell Porter STL 31    18.64 29.0%   620 3163 366 62 36 45 .983   1915 453 80 7 59 206 234 220 34 301 9 15 10 5 13 58 .237 .317 .378 .695 222     33.3  22.5    55.8 .054 .036 .090
1984    1 Gary Carter MON 30    36.00 23.9%   504 2579 258 34 22 46 .988   1683 453 83 4 59 211 266 184 25 209 13 9 18 12 13 35 .269 .342 .428 .770 251     48.0  19.6    67.6 .095 .039 .134
1985    1 Gary Carter NY 31    46.31 34.6%   764 3732 341 63 44 63 .985   2290 559 86 4 88 260 319 271 35 308 14 16 17 9 8 70 .244 .326 .400 .726 297     52.7  29.7    82.4 .069 .039 .108
1986    1 Gary Carter NY 32    27.97 37.2%   804 4371 410 61 52 53 .987   2470 625 114 5 70 295 336 282 43 357 12 16 29 16 12 72 .253 .329 .388 .717 315     53.7  33.5    87.2 .067 .042 .108
1987    1 Bob Brenly SF 33    23.77 47.6%   981 5518 542 66 66 76 .989   3359 815 131 12 124 397 474 319 25 593 20 19 27 17 13 115 .243 .310 .400 .710 404     46.2  46.4    92.6 .047 .047 .094
1988    2 Tony Pena STL 31    19.24 36.3%   782 4135 381 50 38 61 .989   2501 591 104 5 59 226 263 218 30 388 20 18 21 11 13 57 .236 .300 .353 .653 262     34.1  31.6    65.7 .044 .040 .084
1989    2 Mike Scioscia LA 30    19.11 29.1%   642 3312 337 39 40 32 .989   1871 449 73 4 30 160 169 176 47 234 8 18 5 7 9 48 .240 .307 .331 .638 187     21.3  31.9    53.2 .033 .050 .083
                       
1990    2 Mike Scioscia LA 31    25.67 21.4%   472 2404 217 33 24 30 .988   1324 340 77 3 20 128 153 145 33 150 9 10 14 5 5 26 .257 .331 .365 .696 166     32.1  19.3    51.4 .068 .041 .109
1991    4 Mike Scioscia LA 32    16.76 29.3%   638 3472 275 30 38 28 .992   1862 456 84 7 26 180 199 182 17 229 14 17 20 11 9 50 .245 .314 .339 .653 204     29.5  27.9    57.4 .046 .044 .090
1992    1 Darren Daulton PHI 30    49.15 29.8%   618 3223 339 39 40 43 .989   1904 492 98 14 42 200 245 237 39 238 11 16 22 18 10 38 .258 .340 .391 .731 270     47.2  24.3    71.5 .076 .039 .116
1993    2 Darren Daulton PHI 31    40.15 26.2%   640 3473 304 32 59 51 .992   2070 536 106 8 59 238 285 238 29 288 13 14 25 11 6 48 .259 .335 .403 .738 290     43.8  26.5    70.3 .068 .041 .110
1994    2 Darren Daulton PHI 32    18.64 22.4%   398 2231 212 20 25 26 .992   1243 312 60 2 40 149 186 130 21 196 8 4 8 4 3 36 .251 .324 .399 .723 163     23.1  16.0    39.1 .058 .040 .098
1995    5 Darren Daulton PHI 33    14.10 28.5%   611 3549 309 31 33 36 .992   2021 505 102 7 56 251 255 202 11 355 12 16 11 8 6 57 .250 .320 .390 .710 251     28.2  27.3    55.5 .046 .045 .091
1996    3 Benito Santiago PHI 31    21.22 31.0%   805 4567 373 52 48 50 .990   2376 607 113 6 72 275 315 233 38 441 21 23 20 15 12 56 .255 .325 .399 .724 309     34.6  36.6    71.2 .043 .045 .088
1997    8 Jeff Reed COL 34    12.20 32.6%   847 4889 416 51 64 35 .990   2588 669 103 7 78 278 324 216 22 479 31 25 18 7 15 60 .259 .321 .394 .715 325     38.9  32.1    71.0 .046 .038 .084
1998    7 Eddie Perez ATL 30    14.50 27.1%   813 4623 353 42 44 52 .992   2387 600 109 8 52 249 302 226 26 437 39 13 10 12 12 80 .251 .325 .369 .694 281     32.4  32.6    65.0 .040 .040 .080
1999    1 Mike Piazza NY 30    27.34 39.7%   1140 6799 449 71 67 55 .990   3576 959 182 6 126 447 505 336 40 656 27 12 28 11 8 119 .268 .333 .428 .761 498     59.0  43.9   102.9 .052 .039 .090
                       
2000    1 Mike Piazza NY 31    37.63 29.0%   833 5146 329 58 43 41 .990   2649 739 149 1 108 355 446 298 44 479 28 10 25 10 13 67 .279 .355 .458 .813 435     62.8  25.9    88.7 .075 .031 .106
2001    2 Mike Piazza NY 32    26.61 37.2%   1025 6908 456 62 56 52 .992   3278 833 150 5 113 395 403 316 56 676 41 24 23 8 7 99 .254 .325 .406 .731 427     43.4  44.9    88.3 .042 .044 .086
2002    1 Paul Lo Duca LA 30    25.09 53.1%   1493 9405 744 86 97 92 .992   4845 1229 250 14 133 530 606 445 67 845 66 29 42 10 16 166 .254 .322 .393 .715 591     70.2  63.2   133.4 .047 .042 .089
2003    1 Javy Lopez ATL 32    45.83 59.4%   1631 10140 733 83 96 84 .992   5370 1414 292 17 148 665 720 517 58 929 61 43 40 20 20 148 .263 .333 .407 .740 729    105.0  70.0   175.0 .064 .043 .107
2004    1 Jason Kendall PIT 30    32.34 40.6%   1157 6988 525 57 78 63 .992   3802 1006 227 8 82 426 478 309 33 613 89 30 34 23 20 126 .265 .332 .393 .725 487     58.5  44.8   103.3 .051 .039 .089
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    1 Mike Matheny SF 34    21.73 33.5%   946 5682 445 49 45 49 .992   2907 711 156 5 74 295 365 240 47 510 51 39 30 7 8 91 .245 .310 .378 .688 337     40.9  40.5    81.4 .043 .043 .086
2006    2 Paul Lo Duca NY 34    17.11 30.6%   857 5200 367 49 46 39 .991   2777 748 155 6 68 314 336 184 36 452 44 27 20 4 3 85 .269 .323 .403 .726 350     34.6  37.8    72.4 .040 .044 .084
2007    6 Bengie Molina SF 32    14.66 32.0%   888 5485 338 44 38 64 .993   2906 742 142 4 84 282 384 216 27 451 24 20 27 2 6 80 .255 .309 .394 .703 343     33.5  35.0    68.5 .038 .039 .077
2008    3 Bengie Molina SF 33    22.51 29.5%   802 5252 395 45 41 37 .992   2540 627 125 4 48 239 306 233 31 361 36 31 22 8 5 70 .247 .316 .356 .672 290     32.7  38.1    70.8 .041 .048 .088
2009    4 Carlos Ruiz PHI 30    15.19 28.9%   795 5221 413 28 55 28 .995   2600 653 145 6 59 252 342 242 30 489 19 17 30 5 4 66 .251 .316 .380 .696 310     38.2  35.5    73.7 .048 .045 .093
                       
2010    1 Carlos Ruiz PHI 31    22.10 32.0%   908 5928 416 47 51 39 .993   2750 723 150 13 73 301 349 227 34 584 33 21 13 15 12 67 .263 .325 .407 .732 363     51.6  39.4    91.0 .057 .043 .100
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia