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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						0.0%
1877						0.0%
1878						0.0%
1879						0.0%
1880						0.0%
1881						0.0%
1882						0.0%
1883						0.0%
1884						0.0%
1885						0.0%
1886						0.0%
1887	8	Tom Daly	CHI	21	6.26	6.9%			64	354	148	35	12	52	.935			210	43	8	3	2	37	14	18		21				24			.205	.268	.300	.568	26			0.8	5.4	6.2	.013	.084	.097
1888	10	Tom Daly	CHI	22	3.67	9.9%			95	571	157	65	13	70	.918			328	67	5	8	2	49	37	11		45	1			13			.204	.232	.287	.519	30			1.2	5.6	6.8	.013	.059	.072
1889	4	Tom Daly	WAS	23	9.99	13.6%			133	612	205	78	8	63	.913			501	135	24	9	9	80	87	61		38	2			24			.269	.351	.407	.758	93			12.1	5.5	17.6	.091	.041	.132
1890	3	Tom Daly	BRO	24	11.94	6.6%			69	332	72	20	7	19	.953			246	60	8	3	4	46	36	27		36	3			17			.244	.326	.350	.676	44			6.1	3.7	9.8	.088	.054	.142
1891	13	Tom Daly	BRO	25	2.49	2.6%			26	133	15	20	0	4	.881			88	22	5	2	1	13	12	9		15	1			3			.250	.327	.386	.713	15			1.9	0.6	2.5	.073	.023	.096
1892	21	Tom Daly	BRO	26	3.82	1.5%			27	114	34	4	3	17	.974			97	25	3	1	1	17	11	14		13	1			7			.258	.357	.340	.697	17			2.6	0.8	3.4	.096	.030	.126
1893	6	Duke Farrell	WAS	26	8.99	7.4%			108	385	167	42	8	33	.929			423	117	12	11	3	74	61	40		19	4			8			.277	.345	.378	.723	67			7.2	3.8	11.0	.067	.035	.102
1894	2	Duke Farrell	NY	27	14.99	8.9%			135	565	167	61	13	41	.923			479	142	28	13	6	61	79	43		16	5	8		10			.296	.361	.447	.808	91			9.0	8.1	17.1	.067	.060	.127
1895	5	Duke Farrell	NY	28	8.28	7.3%			111	445	124	46	15	29	.925			375	111	15	7	2	55	58	43		25	5	9		12			.296	.376	.389	.765	71			8.2	4.3	12.5	.074	.039	.113
1896	7	Joe Sugden	PIT	25	8.46	8.0%			122	453	126	25	16	24	.959			454	133	12	10	1	61	72	32		14	6	18		6			.293	.348	.370	.718	70			7.4	5.0	12.4	.061	.041	.102
1897	4	Duke Farrell	WAS	30	11.01	9.4%			144	537	173	43	16	18	.943			535	145	15	10	0	70	89	34			12	18		17			.271	.329	.336	.665	70			5.2	7.2	12.4	.036	.050	.086
1898	7	Duke Farrell	WAS	31	9.08	6.8%			121	373	172	39	12	11	.933			441	126	13	5	1	53	61	40			5	6		12			.286	.352	.345	.697	61			6.7	4.1	10.8	.055	.034	.089
1899	2	Duke Farrell	WAS/BRO	32	21.53	8.2%			148	456	224	41	20	12	.943			489	142	15	8	2	59	68	47			7	7		9			.290	.361	.366	.727	77			10.3	7.6	17.9	.070	.051	.121
1900	8	Duke Farrell	BRO	33	5.98	6.7%			74	252	88	20	8	13	.944			273	75	11	5	0	33	39	11			3	4		3			.275	.310	.352	.662	32			2.5	3.7	6.2	.034	.050	.084
1901	4	Duke Farrell	BRO	34	9.38	5.3%			59	285	90	8	8	14	.979			220	65	8	5	1	30	24	5			2	2		5			.295	.317	.391	.708	30			4.3	3.1	7.4	.073	.053	.125
1902	11	Duke Farrell	BRO	35	3.82	4.9%			49	253	78	8	4	7	.976			177	43	3	1	0	9	16	8			1	5		4			.243	.280	.271	.551	15			1.6	2.4	4.0	.033	.049	.082
1903						0.0%
1904						0.0%
1905						0.0%
1906						0.0%
1907						0.0%
1908						0.0%
1909						0.0%
1910						0.0%
1911						0.0%
1912						0.0%
1913						0.0%
1914						0.0%
1915	17	Bert Adams	PHI	24	0.11	1.0%			23	32	6	1	0	0	.974			26	3	0	0	0	1	2	2		3	0	2		0	0		.115	.179	.115	.294	0			-	0.3	0.3	.000	.013	.013
1916						0.0%
1917	17	Bert Adams	PHI	26	1.48	2.5%			38	130	40	1	4	6	.994			104	21	4	1	1	4	7	0		19	0	4		0			.202	.202	.288	.490	5			-	2.0	2.0	.000	.053	.053
1918	15	Bert Adams	PHI	27	1.94	6.8%			76	261	69	8	8	7	.976			227	40	4	0	0	10	12	10		26	1	9		5			.176	.214	.194	.408	7			-	2.9	2.9	.000	.038	.038
	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	14	Bert Adams	PHI	28	1.84	6.0%			73	249	90	12	15	7	.966			232	54	7	2	1	14	17	6		27	0	3		4			.233	.252	.293	.545	15			0.5	2.3	2.8	.007	.032	.038
1920						0.0%
1921	12	Frank Gibson	BOS	30	4.31	2.8%			41	111	31	3	4	3	.979			125	33	5	4	2	14	13	3		17	2	3		0	0		.264	.292	.416	.708	15			2.3	1.9	4.2	.056	.046	.102
1922	4	Johnny Gooch	PIT	24	15.63	10.1%			132	465	121	17	15	8	.972			450	145	19	4	3	54	54	45		31	5	7		3	2		.322	.390	.402	.792	76			11.8	5.8	17.6	.089	.044	.133
1923	9	Johnny Gooch	PIT	25	6.67	5.8%			86	248	61	10	8	3	.969			252	71	11	2	1	29	25	24		20	1	0		2	3		.282	.347	.353	.700	32			4.3	3.4	7.7	.050	.040	.090
1924	9	Frank Gibson	BOS	33	9.11	8.6%			115	357	99	9	16	9	.981			406	121	18	10	1	46	49	24		30	3	1		2	4		.298	.342	.399	.741	54			9.8	4.4	14.2	.085	.038	.123
1925	10	Frank Gibson	BOS	34	6.34	11.8%			162	443	99	18	15	5	.968			524	150	30	9	2	59	79	35		43	1	11		4	3		.286	.332	.389	.721	67			8.5	5.3	13.8	.052	.033	.085
1926	9	Johnny Gooch	PIT	28	5.82	13.4%			212	521	101	30	16	14	.954			497	119	21	4	3	43	62	45		44	6	12		4			.239	.310	.316	.626	51			6.0	4.6	10.6	.028	.022	.050
1927	5	Johnny Gooch	PIT	29	6.86	9.9%			138	415	92	15	10	7	.971			458	112	18	4	2	29	67	22		31	1	11		2			.245	.281	.314	.595	39			3.2	5.9	9.1	.023	.043	.066
1928	13	Johnny Gooch	PIT/BRO	30	2.77	4.5%			69	204	35	9	6	5	.964			181	51	3	3	0	16	17	10		15	0	6		0			.282	.319	.331	.650	19			1.8	1.9	3.7	.026	.028	.054
1929	3	Johnny Gooch	CIN	31	9.95	6.2%			86	251	61	8	7	1	.975			287	86	13	5	0	22	34	24		10	1	1		4			.300	.356	.380	.736	40			4.9	4.2	9.1	.057	.049	.106
1930	14	Johnny Gooch	CIN	32	1.89	5.7%			79	233	42	13	4	6	.955			276	67	10	3	2	29	30	27		15	2	1		0			.243	.315	.322	.637	27			1.2	1.9	3.1	.015	.024	.039
1931						0.0%
1932	8	Pinky Hargrave	BOS	36	9.26	5.0%			73	206	39	8	4	1	.968			217	57	14	3	4	20	33	24		18	0	3		1			.263	.336	.410	.746	31			5.7	3.0	8.7	.078	.041	.119
1933	19	Pinky Hargrave	BOS	37	0.55	1.6%			25	59	7	3	3	1	.957			73	13	0	0	0	5	6	5		7	1	1		1		2	.178	.241	.178	.419	2			-	0.9	0.9	.000	.036	.036
1934						0.0%
1935						0.0%
1936						0.0%
1937						0.0%
1938						0.0%
1939						0.0%
1940	21	Ed Fernandes	PIT	22	0.16	1.2%			27	47	5	1	1	0	.981			33	4	1	0	0	1	2	7		6	0	0		0		0	.121	.275	.152	.427	2			-	0.4	0.4	.000	.015	.015
1941						0.0%
1942						0.0%
1943						0.0%
1944						0.0%
1945	12	Mike Sandlock	BRO	29	4.09	3.3%			47	196	20	2	3	4	.991			122	34	9	1	1	13	11	11		12	1	3		1		2	.279	.343	.393	.736	18			3.3	1.0	4.3	.070	.021	.091
1946						0.0%
1947						0.0%
1948						0.0%
1949						0.0%
1950						0.0%
1951	8	Ebba St. Claire	BOS	29	7.76	4.5%			62	267	29	7	5	5	.977			220	62	17	2	1	22	25	12		24	1	0		2	0	2	.282	.322	.391	.713	29			4.7	2.7	7.4	.076	.044	.119
1952	17	Ebba St. Claire	BOS	30	0.85	2.6%			34	151	21	5	4	6	.972			108	23	2	0	2	5	4	8		12	0	1		0	1	3	.213	.267	.287	.554	7			0.1	1.3	1.4	.003	.038	.041
1953	16	Ebba St. Claire	MIL	31	1.14	6.5%			91	396	60	4	7	19	.991			266	59	8	0	2	17	17	15		28	1	3		0	0	3	.222	.266	.274	.540	19			0.2	3.0	3.2	.002	.033	.035
1954						0.0%
1955						0.0%
1956						0.0%
1957						0.0%
1958						0.0%
1959						0.0%
1960						0.0%
1961						0.0%
	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						0.0%
1963						0.0%
1964						0.0%
1965						0.0%
1966						0.0%
1967	11	Dave Ricketts	STL	31	3.43	1.1%			21	111	10	0	0	3	1.000			67	20	6	0	1	10	12	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	.299	.329	.433	.762	9			1.6	1.2	2.8	.076	.057	.133
1968						0.0%
1969	9	Bob Didier	ATL	20	10.11	5.4%			114	633	52	4	3	27	.994			352	90	16	1	0	30	32	34	5	39	0	11	0	1	3	5	.256	.321	.307	.628	36			5.1	5.0	10.1	.045	.044	.089
1970	12	Bill Sudakis	LA	24	6.38	8.1%			174	924	76	12	6	32	.988			568	128	16	3	7	52	42	63	12	71	3	2	2	5	2	12	.225	.305	.301	.606	56			7.5	5.1	12.6	.043	.029	.072
1971	2	Ted Simmons	STL	21	24.48	9.0%			180	977	76	9	13	26	.992			657	187	36	5	7	73	79	42	8	65	3	14	9	1	3	23	.285	.326	.387	.713	80			14.9	7.3	22.2	.083	.041	.123
1972	2	Ted Simmons	STL	22	27.60	7.7%			135	842	78	8	6	15	.991			533	162	30	6	15	65	94	25	7	49	2	1	3	0	2	16	.304	.336	.467	.803	78			14.1	7.4	21.5	.104	.055	.159
1973	1	Ted Simmons	STL	23	38.22	9.5%			188	1062	83	17	15	33	.985			685	212	40	3	16	70	98	73	16	56	3	4	6	2	2	28	.309	.375	.447	.822	109			24.0	8.0	32.0	.128	.043	.170
1974	2	Ted Simmons	STL	24	25.35	9.2%			192	909	100	12	17	16	.988			658	169	32	6	17	68	98	62	11	52	6	1	9	1	1	21	.257	.322	.401	.723	85			13.2	9.1	22.3	.069	.047	.116
1975	2	Ted Simmons	STL	25	35.47	10.2%			216	1040	87	23	7	41	.980			744	234	38	4	17	91	116	78	17	46	1	2	5	1	3	24	.315	.378	.445	.823	122			24.4	6.0	30.4	.113	.028	.141
1976	2	Ted Simmons	STL	26	18.63	8.1%			167	766	105	11	9	19	.988			577	156	30	2	4	66	65	75	16	32	0	1	8	1	7	16	.270	.350	.350	.700	71			10.7	7.1	17.8	.064	.043	.107
1977	1	Ted Simmons	STL	27	36.67	11.6%			243	1225	153	17	13	23	.988			808	253	49	4	28	128	130	132	39	62	2	4	8	5	10	29	.313	.407	.488	.895	156			33.0	9.3	42.3	.136	.038	.174
1978	1	Ted Simmons	STL	28	35.65	17.3%			370	1831	193	29	17	28	.986			1110	284	58	4	26	114	123	158	34	85	6	13	14	3	8	38	.256	.348	.386	.734	150			26.5	14.6	41.1	.072	.039	.111
1979	3	Ted Simmons	STL	29	25.92	14.2%			311	1479	160	26	22	27	.984			958	228	42	3	29	111	138	124	33	137	7	5	15	0	1	21	.238	.325	.379	.704	125			16.9	11.3	28.2	.054	.036	.091
1980	2	Ted Simmons	STL	30	26.34	17.0%			346	1700	224	27	38	28	.986			1129	318	66	8	27	140	169	130	30	144	2	4	14	1	1	26	.282	.353	.426	.779	173			29.7	16.2	45.9	.086	.047	.133
1981	5	Alan Ashby	HOU	29	12.08	10.4%			137	702	86	11	7	5	.986			407	104	21	2	5	41	42	55	10	55	0	4	2	1	3	8	.256	.343	.354	.697	50			8.9	6.6	15.5	.065	.048	.113
1982	11	Alan Ashby	HOU	30	10.27	6.3%			131	673	71	16	7	11	.979			432	112	20	2	14	45	62	35	4	59	2	2	3	2	0	9	.259	.316	.412	.728	56			10.5	4.4	14.9	.080	.034	.114
1983	12	Alan Ashby	HOU	31	5.30	5.5%			119	601	68	16	3	10	.977			370	92	23	1	10	44	48	40	6	43	0	1	5	0	0	14	.249	.318	.397	.715	44			6.4	3.1	9.5	.054	.026	.080
1984	9	Mark Bailey	HOU	22	8.76	8.2%			171	932	98	17	7	32	.984			531	121	23	1	13	54	59	73	6	93	3	5	6	0	1	11	.228	.321	.348	.669	63			10.5	4.6	15.1	.061	.027	.088
1985	4	Mark Bailey	HOU	23	14.70	8.0%			170	877	88	21	7	33	.979			515	139	22	0	18	67	69	86	15	96	1	2	2	0	2	25	.270	.374	.417	.791	77			17.9	3.0	20.9	.105	.018	.123
1986	9	Alan Ashby	HOU	34	11.08	7.4%			156	950	76	14	5	8	.987			443	103	19	0	11	35	50	65	15	93	0	1	6	2	1	14	.233	.327	.350	.677	52			7.1	6.6	13.7	.046	.042	.088
1987	6	Alan Ashby	HOU	35	15.52	6.8%			137	904	53	8	6	6	.992			426	120	16	0	14	59	64	58	2	66	1	1	4	0	1	16	.282	.366	.418	.784	65			9.8	3.5	13.3	.072	.026	.097
1988	9	Damon Berryhill	CHI	24	7.33	7.4%			156	862	77	13	9	7	.986			519	131	28	1	14	41	70	44	8	87	0	4	7	1	0	16	.252	.307	.391	.698	60			8.1	5.8	13.9	.052	.037	.089
1989	4	Damon Berryhill	CHI	25	14.82	4.3%			89	473	41	4	4	5	.992			328	84	13	0	5	39	40	15	3	52	2	4	5	1	0	13	.256	.289	.341	.630	30			4.6	7.1	11.7	.052	.080	.131
1990	27	Todd Hundley	NY	21	0.63	1.4%			36	162	8	2	2	6	.988			64	14	6	0	0	8	2	6	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	.219	.286	.313	.599	6			0.5	0.6	1.1	.014	.017	.031
1991	28	Todd Hundley	NY	22	0.66	3.0%			69	299	35	8	1	9	.977			200	35	7	1	5	18	19	17	1	49	2	1	2	1	2	5	.175	.244	.295	.539	14			-	2.0	2.0	.000	.029	.029
1992	8	Damon Berryhill	ATL	28	9.90	9.8%			205	1126	79	4	7	15	.997			642	140	32	1	16	51	72	32	7	135	5	6	5	2	2	11	.218	.259	.346	.605	56			5.7	9.1	14.8	.028	.044	.072
1993	9	Damon Berryhill	ATL	29	7.38	9.0%			228	1162	115	14	8	10	.989			725	172	33	4	19	68	92	40	8	122	4	4	7	1	1	16	.237	.278	.372	.650	73			8.1	6.9	15.0	.036	.030	.066
1994	7	Todd Hundley	NY	25	8.03	4.6%			82	448	28	5	0	7	.990			276	65	9	1	15	42	39	25	4	70	3	3	1	2	1	2	.236	.305	.438	.743	38			4.6	3.3	7.9	.056	.040	.096
1995	2	Todd Hundley	NY	26	15.32	5.2%			118	640	41	9	9	7	.987			339	88	14	0	15	43	55	50	7	80	5	2	7	1	0	7	.260	.357	.434	.791	57			10.9	2.7	13.6	.092	.023	.115
1996	2	Todd Hundley	NY	27	30.70	6.3%			150	911	72	8	7	10	.992			532	139	31	1	41	84	111	78	15	143	3	0	1	1	3	8	.261	.358	.555	.913	106			19.2	4.9	24.1	.128	.033	.161
1997	2	Todd Hundley	NY	28	27.43	9.6%			251	1399	112	23	11	19	.985			754	198	39	4	35	114	125	126	26	176	4	0	6	3	3	18	.263	.369	.464	.833	136			25.5	9.4	34.9	.102	.037	.139
1998	29	Gregg Zaun	FLA	27	1.87	3.1%			88	531	48	8	12	10	.986			276	52	12	2	5	18	28	34	2	52	1	1	2	5	2	6	.188	.278	.301	.579	24			0.5	2.6	3.1	.006	.030	.035
1999	21	Todd Hundley	LA	30	4.63	7.8%			222	1300	94	26	15	16	.982			721	159	29	2	32	93	96	79	9	204	2	1	5	9	1	14	.221	.297	.399	.696	87			5.5	5.2	10.7	.025	.023	.048
2000	3	Todd Hundley	LA	31	23.97	13.0%			375	2253	150	33	18	24	.986			1150	313	67	3	53	158	210	182	17	264	10	9	13	4	4	25	.272	.373	.474	.847	213			36.6	11.5	48.1	.098	.031	.128
2001	4	Ben Davis	SD	24	16.82	15.6%			443	2830	173	21	31	26	.993			1382	312	66	1	46	147	177	159	15	315	13	3	19	3	4	42	.226	.308	.375	.683	160			18.3	19.4	37.7	.041	.044	.085
2002	22	Todd Hundley	CHI	33	4.88	6.9%			192	1291	88	20	12	12	.986			570	129	20	1	20	60	68	64	12	147	7	2	3	2	0	16	.226	.311	.370	.681	65			6.0	5.4	11.4	.031	.028	.059
2003	31	Gregg Zaun	HOU/COL	32	1.60	1.5%			45	223	10	6	0	2	.975			135	33	5	0	4	12	18	18	0	15	1	1	1	1	1	4	.244	.335	.370	.705	17			1.4	0.9	2.3	.031	.020	.051
2004	3	Johnny Estrada	ATL	28	21.59	7.6%			220	1276	92	16	14	13	.988			724	218	51	1	16	82	100	58	10	112	13	4	6	0	0	25	.301	.361	.441	.802	111			18.0	5.6	23.6	.082	.025	.107
	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	7	Javier Valentin	CIN	29	14.90	13.1%			378	2091	175	23	12	20	.990			1207	311	74	2	33	145	153	119	12	189	15	2	9	1	1	35	.258	.330	.404	.734	160			17.9	13.3	31.2	.047	.035	.083
2006	6	Johnny Estrada	ARI	30	14.70	11.1%			343	1785	124	17	22	11	.991			976	287	58	2	29	112	147	76	16	144	8	5	13	2	2	32	.294	.346	.447	.793	146			18.4	11.3	29.7	.054	.033	.087
2007	3	Josh Bard	SD	29	17.50	15.0%			413	2586	141	18	25	26	.993			1380	375	93	3	24	135	172	110	14	211	7	4	16	1	2	48	.272	.325	.396	.721	167			21.3	10.9	32.2	.052	.026	.078
2008	1	Ryan Doumit	PIT	27	28.20	8.1%			223	1310	104	15	12	16	.990			786	205	47	1	20	103	99	57	6	133	8	2	8	2	3	16	.261	.314	.399	.713	102			17.4	5.6	23.0	.078	.025	.103
2009	19	Koyie Hill	CHI	30	4.73	10.2%			291	1710	154	18	25	11	.990			984	236	57	2	21	96	115	86	15	205	3	4	5	4	1	36	.240	.301	.366	.667	102			6.4	10.3	16.7	.022	.035	.057
2010	15	Ryan Doumit	PIT	29	7.78	8.0%			231	1417	109	15	13	14	.990			720	171	41	2	15	63	76	63	6	149	10	2	4	2	0	29	.238	.306	.363	.669	79			7.6	5.3	12.9	.033	.023	.056
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia