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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 81.0%   364 1624 435 462 26 278 .817   1439 351 29 12 3 191 110 22 56 .244 .255 .287 .542 187     22.4   14.3    36.7 .062 .039 .101
1877    1 John Clapp STL 25    10.11 90.2%   289 1351 348 220 28 261 .885   1088 297 39 18 3 160 126 30 70 .273 .292 .350 .642 169     21.5   13.8    35.3 .074 .048 .122
1878    1 Lew Brown PRO 20    12.80 68.1%   218 1109 337 180 25 192 .889   802 191 33 4 2 86 74 15 81 .238 .252 .297 .549 99     11.2    9.9    21.1 .051 .045 .097
1879    2 Silver Flint CHI 23    14.84 89.7%   524 2598 697 392 37 568 .894   2122 549 93 31 8 260 243 36 172 .259 .271 .343 .614 304     39.1   25.1    64.2 .075 .048 .123
                       
1880    1 Emil Gross PRO 22    14.26 85.9%   518 2805 775 393 48 458 .901   1890 409 78 18 3 199 148 75 149 .216 .246 .281 .527 207     23.0   25.2    48.2 .044 .049 .093
1881    1 Charlie Bennett DET 26    17.08 93.4%   601 2861 842 334 70 556 .917   2201 577 93 23 8 268 240 104 199 .262 .295 .336 .631 311     42.3   29.0    71.3 .070 .048 .119
1882    1 Charlie Bennett DET 27    21.83 67.7%   438 2301 602 261 47 361 .918   1623 371 56 26 10 202 174 45 175 .229 .249 .314 .563 204     23.9   19.9    43.8 .055 .045 .100
1883    1 Charlie Bennett DET 28    17.80 77.1%   623 2870 850 457 54 609 .891   2257 574 134 40 15 360 223 101 286 .254 .286 .369 .655 355     44.0   24.2    68.2 .071 .039 .109
1884    1 Buck Ewing NY 24    24.38 75.0%   585 3463 823 470 64 504 .901   2165 501 82 30 20 308 232 139 294 .231 .278 .325 .603 316     35.7   28.0    63.7 .061 .048 .109
1885    1 Buck Ewing NY 25    21.33 76.2%   663 3437 957 502 69 486 .897   2406 532 80 33 12 311 224 132 324 .221 .262 .297 .559 299     34.8   29.0    63.8 .052 .044 .096
1886    1 King Kelly CHI 28    22.69 82.5%   718 3874 1023 445 72 635 .917   2452 589 95 33 15 365 244 213 351 76 .240 .301 .324 .625 358     45.7   28.9    74.6 .064 .040 .104
1887    1 Charlie Bennett DET 32     9.93 74.3%   752 3281 1059 431 87 580 .910   2754 709 105 51 21 401 317 195 194 26 200 .257 .313 .355 .668 425     43.1   31.9    75.0 .057 .042 .100
1888    1 Buck Ewing NY 28    30.10 75.1%   743 3817 1147 444 98 502 .918   2732 681 99 41 27 388 283 160 249 33 175 .249 .299 .345 .644 396     68.6   29.6    98.2 .092 .040 .132
1889    1 Buck Ewing NY 29    27.84 69.7%   716 3112 940 367 78 355 .917   2575 693 119 36 26 423 365 250 242 23 129 .269 .339 .374 .713 442     56.1   32.3    88.4 .078 .045 .123
                       
1890    2 Charlie Bennett BOS 35    13.49 78.0%   795 3812 980 363 72 374 .930   2884 655 101 30 21 400 326 304 371 32 91 .227 .308 .305 .613 376     32.5   35.4    67.9 .041 .045 .085
1891    2 Chief Zimmer CLE 30    14.95 81.8%   824 3805 933 338 60 309 .933   2970 698 110 35 21 348 386 235 322 30 69 .235 .298 .317 .615 378     32.4   37.8    70.2 .039 .046 .085
1892    1 Chief Zimmer CLE 31    22.78 87.3%   1605 7029 1941 610 170 599 .936   5701 1344 206 87 33 725 678 451 518 56 173 .236 .298 .320 .618 752     88.9   65.9   154.8 .055 .041 .096
1893    2 Wilbert Robinson BAL 30    13.15 81.7%   1255 4418 1309 360 132 384 .941   4755 1270 190 72 41 729 714 378 285 54 144 .267 .328 .363 .691 744     62.1   55.4   117.5 .049 .044 .094
1894    1 Wilbert Robinson BAL 31    18.88 79.1%   1293 4206 1256 439 114 298 .926   4695 1392 210 77 41 793 796 402 282 49 95 127 .296 .358 .400 .758 826     61.5   52.6   114.1 .048 .041 .088
1895    2 Chief Zimmer CLE 34    23.25 71.7%   1136 3866 1140 299 110 255 .944   4126 1180 187 52 26 634 644 286 224 52 66 125 .286 .340 .375 .715 667     56.2   52.6   108.8 .049 .046 .096
1896    1 Deacon McGuire WAS 32    16.28 74.3%   1179 3955 1120 290 122 223 .946   4262 1209 188 55 26 602 593 273 252 54 96 115 .284 .335 .372 .707 635     60.9   49.3   110.2 .052 .042 .093
1897    1 Deacon McGuire WAS 33    16.64 58.3%   936 3269 901 215 69 161 .951   3399 926 137 43 16 440 464 219 32 67 66 .272 .322 .352 .674 459     40.3   40.1    80.4 .043 .043 .086
1898    1 Lou Criger CLE 26    21.30 65.8%   1210 4181 1253 254 114 205 .955   4186 1093 166 47 13 518 507 292 53 88 70 .261 .317 .333 .650 536     64.2   54.0   118.2 .053 .045 .098
1899    1 Ed McFarland PHI 24    28.15 69.6%   1257 3987 1492 268 106 206 .953   4355 1191 172 67 21 587 585 366 64 105 120 .273 .339 .358 .697 636     71.9   55.6   127.5 .057 .044 .101
                       
1900    1 Ed McFarland PHI 25    17.71 80.7%   896 3085 1225 217 96 242 .952   3127 835 107 42 17 370 395 174 65 52 68 .267 .319 .344 .663 400     42.0   39.7    81.7 .047 .044 .091
1901    1 Deacon McGuire BRO 37    12.20 82.0%   927 4411 1113 167 79 165 .971   3299 796 116 39 9 291 334 177 26 81 62 .241 .285 .308 .593 322     31.4   39.6    71.0 .034 .043 .077
1902    1 Johnny Kling CHI 27    21.94 92.4%   981 4435 1291 202 111 124 .966   3503 830 103 34 4 309 363 199 35 82 89 .237 .285 .289 .574 324     44.3   44.9    89.2 .045 .046 .091
1903    1 Johnny Kling CHI 28    28.79 89.8%   990 4340 1410 198 102 143 .967   3463 873 136 46 16 382 400 228 38 79 88 .252 .305 .332 .637 410     49.0   41.8    90.8 .049 .042 .092
1904    1 Mike Grady STL 34    20.23 90.9%   1124 4906 1532 250 124 140 .963   3837 917 120 37 24 365 354 199 40 75 87 .239 .284 .308 .592 377     54.6   49.0   103.6 .049 .044 .092
1905    1 Roger Bresnahan NY 26    26.74 96.8%   1195 5551 1624 270 127 189 .964   4034 940 127 51 14 391 417 274 58 110 104 .233 .291 .300 .591 400     49.2   55.5   104.7 .041 .046 .088
1906    1 Johnny Kling CHI 31    31.65 100.0%   1248 5765 1613 230 114 158 .970   4108 927 134 49 11 342 388 289 45 97 93 .226 .284 .290 .574 374     60.2   51.6   111.8 .048 .041 .090
1907    1 Johnny Kling CHI 32    26.83 100.0%   1227 5510 1584 207 156 128 .972   4016 917 104 45 13 351 366 286 36 93 77 .228 .286 .286 .572 351     54.3   55.8   110.1 .044 .045 .090
1908    1 Roger Bresnahan NY 29    37.27 100.0%   1292 5565 1551 208 123 121 .972   4174 982 148 35 12 359 377 294 42 144 83 .235 .292 .296 .588 394     72.8   58.9   131.7 .056 .046 .102
1909    1 George Gibson PIT 28    30.57 100.0%   1213 5570 1596 251 135 97 .966   4020 926 137 31 11 351 353 317 38 133 77 .230 .293 .288 .581 373     61.6   53.6   115.2 .051 .044 .095
                       
1910    1 George Gibson PIT 29    20.37 95.0%   1266 5500 1720 195 146 129 .974   4003 1021 159 40 12 374 443 394 354 33 127 80 .255 .327 .324 .651 468     79.7   54.2   133.9 .063 .043 .106
1911    1 Chief Meyers NY 30    24.53 94.8%   1294 5705 1545 251 132 110 .967   3922 980 155 51 15 376 412 356 375 35 109 56 .250 .318 .327 .645 451     62.4   52.1   114.5 .048 .040 .088
1912    1 Chief Meyers NY 31    32.88 90.1%   1243 5340 1437 197 152 104 .972   3821 1044 155 36 26 393 454 294 366 41 112 83 .273 .332 .353 .685 491     67.6   51.2   118.8 .054 .041 .096
1913    1 Chief Meyers NY 32    28.87 89.5%   1263 5088 1536 176 109 85 .974   3594 931 131 49 11 323 367 242 305 30 82 56 .259 .311 .332 .643 394     56.5   52.3   108.8 .045 .041 .086
1914    1 Chief Meyers NY 33    19.32 92.5%   1314 5302 1669 206 131 126 .971   3753 945 142 41 10 331 357 307 343 32 100 65 3 .252 .314 .319 .633 412     68.4   53.2   121.6 .052 .040 .093
1915    1 Frank Snyder STL 22    31.43 91.7%   1256 5386 1454 169 116 107 .976   3819 927 131 50 8 308 331 302 400 29 87 76 42 .243 .303 .310 .613 394     69.5   53.3   122.8 .055 .042 .098
1916    1 Hank Gowdy BOS 26    21.53 84.5%   1134 4857 1404 146 114 129 .977   3472 822 116 38 10 261 303 272 341 33 98 57 .237 .298 .301 .599 313     61.9   49.3   111.2 .055 .043 .098
1917    1 Bill Killefer PHI 29    17.28 83.2%   1113 4642 1273 146 104 99 .976   3411 813 107 31 9 250 302 263 304 26 97 57 .238 .298 .296 .594 324     54.6   48.9   103.5 .049 .044 .093
1918    1 Mike Gonzalez STL 27    13.01 84.5%   898 3259 1048 104 99 77 .976   2843 674 84 30 5 205 192 198 237 18 72 44 .237 .291 .293 .584 257     38.3   40.4    78.7 .043 .045 .088
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 84.0%   995 3674 1184 131 83 79 .974   3122 749 114 28 12 239 290 238 262 20 87 55 .240 .298 .306 .604 295     44.6   41.8    86.4 .045 .042 .087
                       
1920    1 Bob O'Farrell CHI 23    12.88 86.4%   1181 4251 1317 179 111 84 .969   3660 931 131 39 18 298 339 236 280 32 99 40 22 .254 .305 .326 .631 372     57.0   50.2   107.2 .048 .043 .091
1921    1 Frank Snyder NY 28    20.43 85.1%   1175 3800 1130 141 120 71 .972   3681 1026 133 48 31 339 427 224 250 22 93 43 26 .279 .324 .366 .690 441     59.2   49.9   109.1 .050 .042 .093
1922    1 Bob O'Farrell CHI 25    34.98 77.8%   1065 3488 896 109 91 63 .976   3434 1007 160 41 54 409 486 308 270 21 96 30 21 .293 .355 .411 .766 513     75.4   46.9   122.3 .071 .044 .115
1923    1 Bubbles Hargrave CIN 30    36.56 81.7%   1086 3693 951 103 90 79 .978   3758 1039 156 52 45 418 545 326 252 41 69 56 34 .276 .341 .382 .723 509     73.1   48.7   121.8 .067 .045 .112
1924    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 23    24.40 82.9%   1102 3740 955 89 118 62 .981   3560 998 161 41 50 401 460 287 256 24 77 35 21 .280 .338 .391 .729 481     74.6   49.1   123.7 .068 .045 .112
1925    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 24    23.65 76.7%   973 3273 722 111 88 64 .973   3294 947 149 37 65 389 445 285 299 27 60 23 23 .287 .349 .414 .763 482     63.7   45.9   109.6 .065 .047 .113
1926    1 Bob O'Farrell STL 29    29.63 79.4%   1059 3374 805 104 87 82 .976   3365 916 186 37 37 361 408 300 248 14 100 19 .272 .334 .382 .716 435     64.5   49.2   113.7 .061 .046 .107
1927    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 26    28.06 80.0%   1090 3549 760 105 108 63 .976   3504 958 157 29 24 344 423 285 247 20 97 31 .273 .332 .355 .687 422     54.2   47.8   102.0 .050 .044 .094
1928    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 27    38.30 88.7%   1224 3991 805 96 106 56 .980   3913 1069 183 31 46 413 464 405 288 23 109 38 .273 .345 .371 .716 507     70.7   53.6   124.3 .058 .044 .102
1929    1 Jimmie Wilson STL 28    19.53 81.5%   1135 3586 660 115 94 55 .974   3509 977 188 43 36 383 488 328 301 22 83 19 .278 .344 .387 .731 476     49.4   47.0    96.4 .044 .041 .085
                       
1930    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 29    41.77 85.7%   1152 4253 583 109 82 76 .978   3967 1215 232 45 97 571 694 297 323 16 106 23 .306 .357 .461 .818 650     78.7   54.2   132.9 .068 .047 .115
1931    1 Shanty Hogan NY 25    22.21 85.7%   1158 4202 648 88 102 59 .982   3794 1028 217 28 40 369 488 338 358 19 35 20 .271 .334 .375 .709 476     68.3   53.3   121.6 .059 .046 .105
1932    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 31    22.86 81.5%   1092 3935 606 99 80 64 .979   3637 1011 190 34 58 378 483 300 298 12 35 18 .278 .335 .397 .732 482     70.2   45.7   115.9 .064 .042 .106
1933    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 32    26.19 87.0%   1191 3971 645 84 90 64 .982   3925 1050 159 18 47 347 466 247 312 16 70 25 146 .268 .314 .353 .667 414     62.0   50.8   112.8 .052 .043 .095
1934    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 33    34.09 87.8%   1215 4394 600 74 77 70 .985   3867 1074 186 20 67 405 495 279 330 19 53 11 145 .278 .329 .388 .717 471     60.3   51.5   111.8 .050 .042 .092
1935    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 34    37.67 76.9%   1065 3869 593 105 72 62 .977   3598 1036 192 25 48 393 497 289 271 20 49 12 92 .288 .344 .395 .739 498     75.3   45.7   121.0 .071 .043 .114
1936    1 Gus Mancuso NY 30    24.43 79.5%   1118 4175 675 104 83 48 .979   3781 1040 180 31 47 375 463 261 339 25 37 12 115 .275 .326 .376 .702 460     60.4   49.6   110.0 .054 .044 .098
1937    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 36    38.09 81.6%   1078 4358 728 97 70 65 .981   3689 1012 156 35 55 386 519 270 325 7 50 16 108 .274 .325 .380 .705 451     65.0   48.9   113.9 .060 .045 .106
1938    1 Ernie Lombardi CIN 30    33.58 85.3%   1122 4264 609 85 75 66 .983   3848 1038 172 24 63 407 490 300 299 18 42 18 149 .270 .325 .376 .701 456     65.8   50.7   116.5 .059 .045 .104
1939    1 Harry Danning NY 27    37.45 86.6%   1246 4368 590 76 74 76 .985   3769 1017 178 20 70 372 471 319 308 15 100 14 121 .270 .329 .383 .712 462     68.7   50.5   119.2 .055 .041 .096
                       
1940    1 Harry Danning NY 28    29.04 80.8%   1160 4115 665 100 93 58 .980   3614 944 150 18 56 338 474 312 276 25 34 21 130 .261 .324 .359 .683 418     58.8   44.5   103.3 .051 .038 .089
1941    1 Ernie Lombardi CIN 33    17.17 96.5%   1390 5015 728 97 98 63 .983   4191 985 152 20 55 385 482 367 388 13 60 23 143 .235 .299 .320 .619 387     39.2   52.5    91.7 .028 .038 .066
1942    1 Ernie Lombardi BOS 34    22.31 87.6%   1173 4455 617 102 91 66 .980   3830 977 161 27 49 382 406 339 323 10 53 30 130 .255 .317 .350 .667 415     69.0   48.6   117.6 .059 .041 .100
1943    1 Ray Mueller CIN 31    32.27 92.4%   1234 4459 662 103 87 65 .980   4037 1059 142 27 48 368 486 356 299 16 71 28 4 127 .262 .325 .347 .672 445     71.3   50.7   122.0 .058 .041 .099
1944    1 Ray Mueller CIN 32    33.79 88.5%   1203 4179 555 108 79 59 .978   4000 1042 166 26 45 377 453 347 290 14 66 24 126 .261 .322 .349 .671 450     67.4   48.2   115.6 .056 .040 .096
1945    2 Ernie Lombardi NY 37    24.49 76.2%   1082 3648 506 95 74 56 .978   3372 864 135 24 56 347 375 316 287 23 41 24 97 .256 .324 .360 .684 394     52.3   42.7    95.0 .048 .039 .088
1946    1 Andy Seminick PHI 25    17.32 86.6%   1200 4559 604 109 91 59 .979   3874 1016 163 32 60 371 459 357 430 24 76 12 114 .262 .328 .367 .695 444     72.8   49.2   122.0 .061 .041 .102
1947    1 Walker Cooper NY 32    29.69 92.1%   1229 4940 578 101 68 87 .982   4196 1116 186 42 116 461 638 400 474 18 53 23 5 107 .266 .332 .413 .745 566     82.9   54.4   137.3 .067 .044 .112
1948    1 Roy Campanella BRO 26    16.57 90.3%   1252 5022 530 119 82 84 .979   3869 929 156 21 74 396 468 433 489 15 53 28 0 106 .240 .319 .349 .668 434     52.7   50.7   103.4 .042 .040 .083
1949    1 Roy Campanella BRO 27    32.23 86.6%   1188 4749 530 96 64 91 .982   3895 994 145 26 121 444 546 400 472 34 36 14 2 117 .255 .330 .399 .729 511     72.8   51.2   124.0 .061 .043 .104
                       
1950    1 Andy Seminick PHI 29    29.61 91.3%   1255 5263 563 104 102 72 .982   3879 1002 161 24 139 463 557 447 471 29 36 14 0 122 .258 .339 .420 .759 546     81.6   51.6   133.2 .065 .041 .106
1951    1 Roy Campanella BRO 29    48.63 81.5%   1165 4674 549 99 94 65 .981   3653 943 141 14 128 444 538 432 471 22 30 10 9 115 .258 .340 .410 .750 505     82.0   49.3   131.3 .070 .042 .113
1952    1 Roy Campanella BRO 30    27.06 70.4%   926 4105 470 64 69 66 .986   3048 750 115 10 90 338 424 319 396 20 27 13 13 89 .246 .322 .379 .701 371     60.2   43.0   103.2 .065 .046 .111
1953    1 Roy Campanella BRO 31    51.70 69.3%   942 4111 394 71 57 48 .984   2963 753 106 12 117 377 431 343 441 18 24 15 8 84 .254 .335 .416 .751 415     57.8   43.3   101.1 .061 .046 .107
1954    2 Del Crandall MIL 24    18.51 70.6%   964 4133 447 61 69 52 .987   2890 726 122 24 101 338 400 327 41 391 15 33 28 6 13 85 .251 .328 .415 .743 380     52.6   41.6    94.2 .055 .043 .098
1955    1 Roy Campanella BRO 33    43.25 81.8%   1105 4958 511 77 81 97 .986   3343 832 116 15 119 370 446 343 51 452 23 40 37 9 10 109 .249 .320 .399 .719 421     58.6   46.2   104.8 .053 .042 .095
1956    1 Stan Lopata PHI 30    33.66 75.1%   1013 4769 418 76 64 60 .986   3061 744 127 26 119 329 408 343 78 485 9 37 24 12 8 97 .243 .319 .418 .737 401     59.6   41.9   101.5 .059 .041 .100
1957    2 Stan Lopata PHI 31    17.52 77.4%   1114 5118 433 71 84 84 .987   3162 768 105 19 89 312 384 296 48 528 15 30 30 8 11 88 .243 .308 .373 .681 358     44.2   44.1    88.3 .040 .040 .079
1958    1 Del Crandall MIL 28    28.81 49.6%   678 3314 259 31 38 47 .991   1970 483 79 6 66 216 248 232 46 313 14 13 17 8 4 60 .245 .326 .392 .718 249     35.8   30.8    66.6 .053 .045 .098
1959    1 Del Crandall MIL 29    24.33 46.0%   662 3214 242 38 50 35 .989   1847 444 60 6 52 182 205 149 27 226 9 26 11 9 10 57 .240 .299 .364 .663 191     20.4   26.4    46.8 .031 .040 .071
                       
1960    1 Del Crandall MIL 30    31.24 53.4%   765 3732 359 57 46 51 .986   2153 534 88 10 53 237 250 193 36 305 17 29 18 8 16 54 .248 .312 .372 .684 250     35.9   32.8    68.7 .047 .043 .090
1961    3 Joe Torre MIL 20    15.28 42.3%   612 2814 248 49 46 72 .984   1740 437 60 8 27 129 181 110 14 260 12 18 10 4 6 53 .251 .299 .341 .640 172     17.0   24.7    41.7 .028 .040 .068
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 47.9%   979 4458 484 71 65 98 .986   2507 628 94 13 56 251 286 246 20 432 14 24 16 8 12 87 .250 .319 .365 .684 284     34.4   35.9    70.3 .035 .037 .072
1963    6 Joe Torre MIL 22    15.80 43.6%   816 4282 448 82 59 67 .983   2334 529 61 12 55 184 262 177 39 417 16 21 18 2 9 75 .227 .284 .334 .618 215     26.8   30.8    57.6 .033 .038 .071
1964    1 Joe Torre MIL 23    24.44 50.0%   937 4797 435 70 51 88 .987   2730 665 106 16 60 261 284 258 51 491 18 16 16 7 17 82 .244 .311 .360 .671 306     44.5   33.8    78.3 .047 .036 .084
1965    1 Joe Torre MIL 24    23.37 54.6%   1030 5282 464 85 69 105 .985   2903 698 102 8 83 279 325 291 55 516 21 15 16 15 11 100 .240 .313 .367 .680 333     46.3   37.6    83.9 .045 .037 .081
1966    1 Joe Torre ATL 25    30.43 56.4%   1041 5409 507 89 73 99 .985   3071 775 129 14 104 316 392 262 54 543 21 30 30 8 18 80 .252 .313 .405 .718 386     58.0   38.0    96.0 .056 .037 .092
1967    2 Randy Hundley CHI 25    27.72 65.3%   1209 6445 553 80 83 125 .989   3544 800 124 13 65 336 336 329 81 657 20 23 27 15 17 114 .226 .293 .323 .616 329     44.6   44.5    89.1 .037 .037 .074
1968    2 Johnny Bench CIN 20    29.42 73.6%   1304 7240 654 77 90 93 .990   4026 965 163 17 51 303 405 338 79 728 27 36 23 8 16 112 .240 .301 .327 .628 392     65.2   53.4   118.6 .050 .041 .091
1969    1 Johnny Bench CIN 21    31.17 69.2%   1433 8142 691 105 116 135 .988   4545 1077 158 17 120 476 509 437 61 818 23 40 30 24 26 119 .237 .305 .358 .663 498     66.6   56.5   123.1 .046 .039 .086
                       
1970    1 Dick Dietz SF 28    40.23 73.1%   1542 8844 631 129 105 119 .987   4982 1314 215 33 136 559 697 533 95 834 13 35 43 23 23 146 .264 .334 .402 .736 667     97.6   64.8   162.4 .063 .042 .105
1971    1 Manny Sanguillen PIT 27    30.22 67.4%   1413 7513 561 109 83 119 .987   4487 1113 177 19 108 440 498 445 61 700 26 33 22 15 19 160 .248 .318 .368 .686 508     80.7   56.3   137.0 .057 .040 .097
1972    1 Johnny Bench CIN 24    49.67 71.3%   1407 7556 659 101 97 97 .988   4419 1027 145 23 102 403 472 387 95 747 23 27 41 17 16 121 .232 .295 .345 .640 447     65.6   62.2   127.8 .047 .044 .091
1973    2 Joe Ferguson LA 26    36.09 70.3%   1495 7820 674 105 99 128 .988   4751 1145 173 17 102 452 552 418 75 627 14 51 49 22 26 126 .241 .301 .349 .650 502     66.7   65.0   131.7 .045 .043 .088
1974    1 Johnny Bench CIN 26    41.13 71.9%   1496 7621 763 128 101 107 .985   4787 1186 187 20 109 516 586 487 87 667 32 31 63 18 20 142 .248 .318 .363 .681 558     86.9   58.9   145.8 .058 .039 .097
1975    1 Johnny Bench CIN 27    38.50 76.1%   1658 7917 738 129 108 121 .985   5131 1243 208 27 102 519 561 550 99 728 34 51 43 28 21 149 .242 .317 .353 .670 587     83.2   70.8   154.0 .050 .043 .093
1976    1 Johnny Bench CIN 28    24.85 78.4%   1687 7930 840 120 105 121 .987   5170 1203 189 30 100 542 548 551 87 788 33 41 45 32 26 147 .233 .308 .339 .647 541     73.7   71.1   144.8 .044 .042 .086
1977    2 Gary Carter MON 23    29.98 74.9%   1631 8237 936 138 121 104 .985   4912 1241 261 22 167 619 679 652 87 905 42 30 50 49 37 124 .253 .342 .417 .759 717    113.2   68.3   181.5 .069 .042 .111
1978    2 Gary Carter MON 24    27.36 65.7%   1468 6844 715 106 63 86 .986   4184 1017 189 14 107 456 514 543 93 670 29 23 35 48 36 116 .243 .332 .372 .704 528     89.5   60.3   149.8 .061 .041 .102
1979    1 Gary Carter MON 25    39.12 68.9%   1508 7339 800 121 114 105 .985   4614 1154 217 17 137 548 576 542 78 667 20 33 40 32 32 129 .250 .329 .394 .723 605     92.8   62.6   155.4 .062 .042 .103
                       
1980    1 Gary Carter MON 26    42.11 61.9%   1301 6228 696 113 80 61 .984   3996 981 172 14 104 395 537 437 76 527 14 30 42 32 29 105 .245 .319 .374 .693 481     74.2   55.3   129.5 .057 .043 .100
1981    1 Gary Carter MON 27    21.40 57.8%   793 3602 423 67 52 40 .984   2412 601 95 8 48 243 286 241 24 249 12 29 21 24 14 67 .249 .318 .355 .673 270     37.9   32.9    70.8 .048 .041 .089
1982    1 Gary Carter MON 28    42.39 67.4%   1418 7246 841 123 83 102 .985   4446 1173 197 21 109 480 527 394 61 672 31 46 37 37 40 119 .264 .326 .391 .717 560     89.2   61.1   150.3 .063 .043 .106
1983    1 Gary Carter MON 29    32.37 72.3%   1565 8151 915 129 90 123 .986   4678 1180 214 18 117 471 580 393 68 698 23 47 31 21 31 143 .252 .311 .381 .692 531     73.0   71.4   144.4 .047 .046 .092
1984    1 Gary Carter MON 30    36.00 66.4%   1419 7416 710 91 67 84 .989   4519 1170 212 12 120 502 593 386 55 657 22 31 42 36 33 132 .259 .318 .391 .709 549     81.8   65.5   147.3 .058 .046 .104
1985    1 Gary Carter NY 31    46.31 73.5%   1640 7984 754 111 90 109 .987   4854 1127 191 12 133 470 594 469 69 711 27 47 37 24 21 153 .232 .301 .359 .660 519     66.2   67.7   133.9 .040 .041 .082
1986    1 Gary Carter NY 32    27.97 72.4%   1567 8423 878 142 114 114 .985   4814 1213 221 14 141 560 634 505 59 845 20 34 48 30 23 145 .252 .323 .392 .715 601     89.5   63.7   153.2 .057 .041 .098
1987    1 Bob Brenly SF 33    23.77 76.0%   1628 8787 838 128 96 122 .987   5200 1267 210 16 169 593 703 453 46 953 34 31 40 42 35 163 .244 .306 .388 .694 599     65.2   65.7   130.9 .040 .040 .080
1988    2 Tony Pena STL 31    19.24 73.7%   1631 8292 792 117 86 118 .987   5018 1190 218 12 120 465 538 373 41 852 30 44 48 36 33 127 .237 .291 .357 .648 508     61.5   65.7   127.2 .038 .040 .078
1989    1 Craig Biggio HOU 23    21.73 68.3%   1513 7739 754 127 79 104 .985   4414 1024 186 17 81 423 470 351 75 686 31 36 35 48 26 125 .232 .291 .337 .628 424     52.6   56.6   109.2 .035 .037 .072
                       
1990    3 Craig Biggio HOU 24    13.98 61.4%   1338 6814 628 98 72 95 .987   3979 990 178 16 79 406 440 381 50 624 25 28 37 43 23 73 .249 .316 .361 .677 468     67.0   53.7   120.7 .050 .040 .090
1991    1 Craig Biggio HOU 25    24.51 65.5%   1419 7435 743 106 85 97 .987   4372 1091 203 17 74 419 488 341 39 677 36 39 36 47 39 118 .250 .307 .355 .662 470     62.0   60.8   122.8 .044 .043 .087
1992    2 Don Slaught PIT 33    14.79 57.4%   1208 6298 600 66 81 64 .991   3737 948 186 19 57 327 368 272 47 493 25 39 30 14 25 107 .254 .306 .359 .665 396     38.8   51.3    90.1 .032 .042 .075
1993    1 Mike Piazza LA 24    44.66 66.6%   1672 8727 862 117 119 137 .988   5262 1358 246 21 139 534 653 395 53 827 49 52 52 35 26 136 .258 .313 .392 .705 639     82.9   67.6   150.5 .050 .040 .090
1994    1 Mike Piazza LA 25    30.08 75.9%   1341 7665 656 70 81 98 .992   4266 1110 188 17 116 485 554 353 45 730 40 40 34 14 17 134 .260 .320 .394 .714 519     63.4   55.9   119.3 .047 .042 .089
1995    1 Mike Piazza LA 26    41.40 77.9%   1671 10011 854 122 111 114 .989   5279 1380 248 21 154 627 672 490 54 1025 48 39 35 24 20 152 .261 .328 .404 .732 696     93.0   68.2   161.2 .056 .041 .096
1996    1 Mike Piazza LA 27    49.14 72.4%   1827 10953 865 125 109 108 .990   5638 1496 254 18 179 651 736 490 78 985 65 33 52 25 25 168 .265 .328 .412 .740 752     95.6   77.0   172.6 .052 .042 .094
1997    1 Mike Piazza LA 28    58.04 74.7%   1844 11658 985 124 154 106 .990   5929 1582 309 21 182 668 776 537 60 1081 79 45 52 48 43 154 .267 .333 .418 .751 833    118.6   80.5   199.1 .064 .044 .108
1998    1 Mike Piazza LA/FLA/NY 29    48.99 77.8%   2204 13626 999 140 135 137 .991   7100 1854 348 28 215 833 924 614 68 1331 104 41 48 67 33 190 .261 .327 .409 .736 953    128.3   95.3   223.6 .058 .043 .101
1999    1 Mike Piazza NY 30    27.34 70.6%   2041 11932 925 114 147 139 .991   6295 1679 332 18 207 789 872 571 62 1159 80 30 55 43 22 189 .267 .333 .424 .757 885     98.7   87.9   186.6 .048 .043 .091
                       
2000    1 Mike Piazza NY 31    37.63 73.9%   2141 12980 989 118 143 117 .992   6732 1788 371 22 210 863 924 714 95 1235 88 28 56 42 34 173 .266 .341 .421 .762 976    119.8   91.1   210.9 .056 .043 .099
2001    1 Paul Lo Duca LA 29    40.15 80.2%   2276 14320 1032 130 152 132 .992   7278 1854 378 27 218 878 862 618 93 1398 97 58 53 38 36 196 .255 .319 .404 .723 928    103.1   90.3   193.4 .045 .040 .085
2002    1 Paul Lo Duca LA 30    25.09 84.6%   2452 14659 1159 131 159 156 .992   7687 1998 425 27 191 832 977 695 115 1309 109 51 72 40 30 280 .260 .327 .397 .724 957    122.1  106.0   228.1 .050 .043 .093
2003    1 Javy Lopez ATL 32    45.83 92.4%   2550 15655 1087 132 143 147 .992   8436 2224 455 26 243 1046 1127 775 97 1525 134 61 64 36 31 237 .264 .333 .410 .743 1148    163.7  104.7   268.4 .064 .041 .105
2004    1 Jason Kendall PIT 30    32.34 79.4%   2281 14027 942 99 139 119 .993   7228 1854 387 23 186 794 863 605 77 1250 125 64 67 31 32 237 .257 .322 .394 .716 901     95.3   92.1   187.4 .042 .040 .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
2005    1 Mike Matheny SF 34    21.73 80.0%   2263 13558 982 106 111 115 .993   7003 1746 390 12 187 725 905 607 95 1273 92 74 56 22 20 217 .249 .315 .389 .704 839    101.6   97.1   198.7 .045 .043 .088
2006    2 Paul Lo Duca NY 34    17.11 78.0%   2152 13360 983 116 114 110 .992   7059 1865 399 26 195 779 922 545 89 1328 98 73 58 24 17 219 .264 .323 .411 .734 916     97.7   98.2   195.9 .045 .046 .091
2007    1 Russell Martin LA 24    31.38 71.7%   1975 12194 892 113 100 121 .991   6454 1645 318 20 174 709 824 533 51 1156 77 40 53 42 26 204 .255 .317 .391 .708 780     77.4   90.7   168.1 .039 .046 .085
2008    2 Geovany Soto CHI 25    27.51 75.0%   2077 13034 973 95 111 102 .993   6538 1652 337 11 161 715 864 654 57 1149 107 62 56 25 20 186 .253 .328 .381 .709 831    106.4   94.3   200.7 .051 .045 .097
2009    2 Yadier Molina STL 26    23.07 73.4%   2026 13201 1034 80 113 89 .994   6593 1668 324 21 152 677 788 651 66 1227 85 45 61 40 19 204 .253 .325 .378 .703 796     93.0   84.9   177.9 .046 .042 .088
                       
2010    1 Carlos Ruiz PHI 31    22.10 74.9%   2042 13971 1013 107 113 92 .993   6564 1693 326 18 169 701 832 642 87 1289 66 32 52 38 30 193 .258 .328 .390 .718 833    117.6   93.4   211.0 .058 .046 .103
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia