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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%   364 515.4 138.0 146.6 8.3 88.2 .817   591.0 144.1 11.9 4.9 1.2 78.4 45.2 9.0 23.0 .244 .255 .287 .542 76.8      9.2   5.9    15.1 .062 .039 .101
1877    1 John Clapp STL 25    10.11 90.2%   289 563.2 145.1 91.7 11.7 108.8 .885   583.9 159.4 20.9 9.7 1.6 85.9 67.6 16.1 37.6 .273 .292 .350 .642 90.7     11.5   7.4    18.9 .074 .048 .122
1878    1 Lew Brown PRO 20    12.80 68.1%   218 545.6 165.8 88.6 12.3 94.5 .889   589.0 140.3 24.2 2.9 1.5 63.2 54.3 11.0 59.5 .238 .252 .297 .549 72.7      8.2   7.3    15.5 .051 .045 .097
1879    2 Silver Flint CHI 23    14.84 89.7%   524 563.7 151.2 85.1 8.0 123.2 .894   590.0 152.6 25.9 8.6 2.2 72.3 67.6 10.0 47.8 .259 .271 .343 .614 84.5     10.9   7.0    17.8 .075 .048 .123
                       
1880    1 Emil Gross PRO 22    14.26 85.9%   518 564.8 156.1 79.1 9.7 92.2 .901   577.1 124.9 23.8 5.5 0.9 60.8 45.2 22.9 45.5 .216 .246 .281 .527 63.2      7.0   7.7    14.7 .044 .049 .093
1881    1 Charlie Bennett DET 26    17.08 93.4%   601 566.9 166.9 66.2 13.9 110.2 .917   572.9 150.2 24.2 6.0 2.1 69.8 62.5 27.1 51.8 .262 .295 .336 .631 81.0     11.0   7.5    18.6 .070 .048 .119
1882    1 Charlie Bennett DET 27    21.83 67.7%   438 581.8 152.2 66.0 11.9 91.3 .918   583.8 133.5 20.1 9.4 3.6 72.7 62.6 16.2 62.9 .229 .249 .314 .563 73.4      8.6   7.2    15.8 .055 .045 .100
1883    1 Charlie Bennett DET 28    17.80 77.1%   623 549.7 162.8 87.5 10.3 116.6 .891   574.3 146.1 34.1 10.2 3.8 91.6 56.7 25.7 72.8 .254 .286 .369 .655 90.3     11.2   6.2    17.4 .071 .039 .109
1884    1 Buck Ewing NY 24    24.38 75.0%   585 582.5 138.4 79.1 10.8 84.8 .901   563.8 130.5 21.4 7.8 5.2 80.2 60.4 36.2 76.6 .231 .278 .325 .603 82.3      9.3   7.3    16.6 .061 .048 .109
1885    1 Buck Ewing NY 25    21.33 76.2%   663 561.6 156.4 82.0 11.3 79.4 .897   568.8 125.8 18.9 7.8 2.8 73.5 53.0 31.2 76.6 .221 .262 .297 .559 70.7      8.2   6.9    15.1 .052 .044 .096
1886    1 King Kelly CHI 28    22.69 82.5%   718 580.2 153.2 66.6 10.8 95.1 .917   552.0 132.6 21.4 7.4 3.4 82.2 54.9 48.0 79.0 17.1 .240 .301 .324 .625 80.6     10.3   6.5    16.8 .064 .040 .104
1887    1 Charlie Bennett DET 32     9.93 74.3%   752 550.1 177.6 72.3 14.6 97.3 .910   555.4 143.0 21.2 10.3 4.2 80.9 63.9 39.3 39.1 5.3 40.3 .257 .313 .355 .668 85.7      8.7   6.4    15.1 .057 .042 .100
1888    1 Buck Ewing NY 28    30.10 75.1%   743 564.6 169.7 65.7 14.5 74.3 .918   560.4 139.7 20.3 8.4 5.5 79.6 58.1 32.8 51.1 6.8 35.9 .249 .299 .345 .644 81.2     14.1   6.1    20.1 .092 .040 .132
1889    1 Buck Ewing NY 29    27.84 69.7%   716 563.4 170.2 66.4 14.1 64.3 .917   542.5 146.0 25.1 7.6 5.5 89.1 76.9 52.7 51.0 4.8 27.2 .269 .339 .374 .713 93.1     11.8   6.8    18.6 .078 .045 .123
                       
1890    2 Charlie Bennett BOS 35    13.49 78.0%   795 591.6 152.1 56.3 11.2 58.0 .930   537.4 122.0 18.8 5.6 3.9 74.5 60.7 56.6 69.1 6.0 17.0 .227 .308 .305 .613 70.1      6.1   6.6    12.7 .041 .045 .085
1891    2 Chief Zimmer CLE 30    14.95 81.8%   824 599.7 147.0 53.3 9.5 48.7 .933   550.8 129.5 20.4 6.5 3.9 64.5 71.6 43.6 59.7 5.6 12.8 .235 .298 .317 .615 70.1      6.0   7.0    13.0 .039 .046 .085
1892    1 Chief Zimmer CLE 31    22.78 87.3%   1605 587.0 162.1 50.9 14.2 50.0 .936   551.0 129.9 19.9 8.4 3.2 70.1 65.5 43.6 50.1 5.4 16.7 .236 .298 .320 .618 72.7      8.6   6.4    15.0 .055 .041 .096
1893    2 Wilbert Robinson BAL 30    13.15 81.7%   1255 580.7 172.0 47.3 17.3 50.5 .941   550.0 146.9 22.0 8.3 4.7 84.3 82.6 43.7 33.0 6.3 16.7 .267 .328 .363 .691 86.1      7.2   6.4    13.6 .049 .044 .094
1894    1 Wilbert Robinson BAL 31    18.88 79.1%   1293 570.2 170.3 59.5 15.5 40.4 .926   537.5 159.4 24.0 8.8 4.7 90.8 91.1 46.0 32.3 5.6 10.9 14.5 .296 .358 .400 .758 94.6      7.0   6.0    13.1 .048 .041 .088
1895    2 Chief Zimmer CLE 34    23.25 71.7%   1136 583.0 171.9 45.1 16.6 38.5 .944   546.5 156.3 24.8 6.9 3.4 84.0 85.3 37.9 29.7 6.9 8.7 16.6 .286 .340 .375 .715 88.3      7.4   7.0    14.4 .049 .046 .096
1896    1 Deacon McGuire WAS 32    16.28 74.3%   1179 589.8 167.0 43.2 18.2 33.3 .946   545.8 154.8 24.1 7.0 3.3 77.1 75.9 35.0 32.3 6.9 12.3 14.7 .284 .335 .372 .707 81.3      7.8   6.3    14.1 .052 .042 .093
1897    1 Deacon McGuire WAS 33    16.64 58.3%   936 596.4 164.4 39.2 12.6 29.4 .951   548.7 149.5 22.1 6.9 2.6 71.0 74.9 35.3 5.2 10.8 10.7 .272 .322 .352 .674 74.1      6.5   6.5    13.0 .043 .043 .086
1898    1 Lou Criger CLE 26    21.30 65.8%   1210 588.1 176.2 35.7 16.0 28.8 .955   543.8 142.0 21.6 6.1 1.7 67.3 65.9 37.9 6.9 11.4 9.1 .261 .317 .333 .650 69.6      8.3   7.0    15.4 .053 .045 .098
1899    1 Ed McFarland PHI 24    28.15 69.6%   1257 555.0 207.7 37.3 14.8 28.7 .953   534.4 146.1 21.1 8.2 2.6 72.0 71.8 44.9 7.8 12.9 14.7 .273 .339 .358 .697 78.0      8.8   6.8    15.6 .057 .044 .101
                       
1900    1 Ed McFarland PHI 25    17.71 80.7%   896 545.2 216.5 38.3 17.0 42.8 .952   548.9 146.6 18.8 7.4 3.0 65.0 69.3 30.6 11.4 9.1 11.9 .267 .319 .344 .663 70.2      7.4   7.0    14.3 .047 .044 .091
1901    1 Deacon McGuire BRO 37    12.20 82.0%   927 620.1 156.4 23.5 11.1 23.2 .971   552.4 133.3 19.4 6.5 1.5 48.7 55.9 29.6 4.4 13.6 10.4 .241 .285 .308 .593 53.9      5.3   6.6    11.9 .034 .043 .077
1902    1 Johnny Kling CHI 27    21.94 92.4%   981 598.5 174.2 27.3 15.0 16.7 .966   550.3 130.4 16.2 5.3 0.6 48.5 57.0 31.3 5.5 12.9 14.0 .237 .285 .289 .574 50.9      7.0   7.1    14.0 .045 .046 .091
1903    1 Johnny Kling CHI 28    28.79 89.8%   990 583.7 189.7 26.6 13.7 19.2 .967   545.6 137.6 21.4 7.2 2.5 60.2 63.0 35.9 6.0 12.5 13.9 .252 .305 .332 .637 64.6      7.7   6.6    14.3 .049 .042 .092
1904    1 Mike Grady STL 34    20.23 90.9%   1124 586.8 183.3 29.9 14.8 16.7 .963   554.5 132.5 17.4 5.4 3.5 52.7 51.1 28.8 5.8 10.9 12.6 .239 .284 .308 .592 54.6      7.9   7.1    15.0 .049 .044 .092
1905    1 Roger Bresnahan NY 26    26.74 96.8%   1195 596.5 174.5 29.0 13.6 20.3 .964   540.8 126.0 17.0 6.8 1.9 52.4 55.9 36.7 7.8 14.7 13.9 .233 .291 .300 .591 53.6      6.6   7.4    14.0 .041 .046 .088
1906    1 Johnny Kling CHI 31    31.65 100.0%   1248 606.2 169.6 24.2 12.0 16.6 .970   543.0 122.5 17.7 6.5 1.5 45.2 51.3 38.2 6.0 12.8 12.3 .226 .284 .290 .574 49.4      8.0   6.8    14.8 .048 .041 .090
1907    1 Johnny Kling CHI 32    26.83 100.0%   1227 603.7 173.6 22.7 17.1 14.0 .972   543.8 124.2 14.1 6.1 1.8 47.5 49.6 38.7 4.9 12.6 10.4 .228 .286 .286 .572 47.5      7.4   7.6    14.9 .044 .045 .090
1908    1 Roger Bresnahan NY 29    37.27 100.0%   1292 607.9 169.4 22.7 13.4 13.2 .972   538.1 126.6 19.1 4.5 1.5 46.3 48.6 37.9 5.4 18.6 10.7 .235 .292 .296 .588 50.8      9.4   7.6    17.0 .056 .046 .102
1909    1 George Gibson PIT 28    30.57 100.0%   1213 600.8 172.1 27.1 14.6 10.5 .966   535.0 123.2 18.2 4.1 1.5 46.7 47.0 42.2 5.1 17.7 10.2 .230 .293 .288 .581 49.6      8.2   7.1    15.3 .051 .044 .095
                       
1910    1 George Gibson PIT 29    20.37 95.0%   1266 593.4 185.6 21.0 15.8 13.9 .974   527.1 134.4 20.9 5.3 1.6 49.2 58.3 51.9 46.6 4.3 16.7 10.5 .255 .327 .324 .651 61.6     10.5   7.1    17.6 .063 .043 .106
1911    1 Chief Meyers NY 30    24.53 94.8%   1294 608.4 164.8 26.8 14.1 11.7 .967   532.2 133.0 21.0 6.9 2.0 51.0 55.9 48.3 50.9 4.7 14.8 7.6 .250 .318 .327 .645 61.2      8.5   7.1    15.5 .048 .040 .088
1912    1 Chief Meyers NY 31    32.88 90.1%   1243 612.6 164.8 22.6 17.4 11.9 .972   537.2 146.8 21.8 5.1 3.7 55.2 63.8 41.3 51.5 5.8 15.7 11.7 .273 .332 .353 .685 69.0      9.5   7.2    16.7 .054 .041 .096
1913    1 Chief Meyers NY 32    28.87 89.5%   1263 598.6 180.7 20.7 12.8 10.0 .974   546.2 141.5 19.9 7.4 1.7 49.1 55.8 36.8 46.4 4.5 12.5 8.5 .259 .311 .332 .643 59.9      8.6   7.9    16.5 .045 .041 .086
1914    1 Chief Meyers NY 33    19.32 92.5%   1314 591.0 186.0 23.0 14.6 14.0 .971   537.2 135.3 20.3 5.9 1.4 47.4 51.1 43.9 49.1 4.6 14.3 9.3 0.4 .252 .314 .319 .633 59.0      9.8   7.6    17.4 .052 .040 .093
1915    1 Frank Snyder STL 22    31.43 91.7%   1256 614.7 166.0 19.3 13.2 12.2 .976   540.8 131.3 18.6 7.1 1.1 43.6 46.9 42.8 56.6 4.1 12.3 10.8 5.9 .243 .303 .310 .613 55.8      9.8   7.5    17.4 .055 .042 .098
1916    1 Hank Gowdy BOS 26    21.53 84.5%   1134 606.5 175.3 18.2 14.2 16.1 .977   537.6 127.3 18.0 5.9 1.5 40.4 46.9 42.1 52.8 5.1 15.2 8.8 .237 .298 .301 .599 48.5      9.6   7.6    17.2 .055 .043 .098
1917    1 Bill Killefer PHI 29    17.28 83.2%   1113 612.7 168.0 19.3 13.7 13.1 .976   539.0 128.5 16.9 4.9 1.4 39.5 47.7 41.6 48.0 4.1 15.3 9.0 .238 .298 .296 .594 51.2      8.6   7.7    16.4 .049 .044 .093
1918    1 Mike Gonzalez STL 27    13.01 84.5%   898 591.1 190.1 18.8 18.0 14.0 .976   544.8 129.2 16.1 5.7 1.0 39.3 36.8 37.9 45.4 3.5 13.8 8.4 .237 .291 .293 .584 49.2      7.3   7.7    15.1 .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%   995 589.1 189.9 21.0 13.3 12.7 .974   540.3 129.6 19.7 4.8 2.1 41.4 50.2 41.2 45.3 3.5 15.0 9.5 .240 .298 .306 .604 51.1      7.7   7.2    15.0 .045 .042 .087
                       
1920    1 Bob O'Farrell CHI 23    12.88 86.4%   1181 591.8 183.3 24.9 15.5 11.7 .969   545.3 138.7 19.5 5.8 2.7 44.4 50.5 35.2 41.7 4.8 14.7 6.0 3.3 .254 .305 .326 .631 55.4      8.5   7.5    16.0 .048 .043 .091
1921    1 Frank Snyder NY 28    20.43 85.1%   1175 599.5 178.3 22.2 18.9 11.2 .972   549.4 153.1 19.9 7.2 4.6 50.6 63.7 33.4 37.3 3.3 13.9 6.4 3.9 .279 .324 .366 .690 65.8      8.8   7.4    16.3 .050 .042 .093
1922    1 Bob O'Farrell CHI 25    34.98 77.8%   1065 621.1 159.5 19.4 16.2 11.2 .976   533.9 156.6 24.9 6.4 8.4 63.6 75.6 47.9 42.0 3.3 14.9 4.7 3.3 .293 .355 .411 .766 79.8     11.7   7.3    19.0 .071 .044 .115
1923    1 Bubbles Hargrave CIN 30    36.56 81.7%   1086 622.4 160.3 17.3 15.2 13.3 .978   537.6 148.6 22.3 7.4 6.4 59.8 78.0 46.6 36.1 5.9 9.9 8.0 4.9 .276 .341 .382 .723 72.8     10.5   7.0    17.4 .067 .045 .112
1924    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 23    24.40 82.9%   1102 625.4 159.7 14.9 19.7 10.4 .981   541.0 151.7 24.5 6.2 7.6 60.9 69.9 43.6 38.9 3.7 11.7 5.3 3.2 .280 .338 .391 .729 73.1     11.3   7.5    18.8 .068 .045 .112
1925    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 24    23.65 76.7%   973 637.7 140.7 21.6 17.1 12.5 .973   539.1 155.0 24.4 6.1 10.6 63.7 72.8 46.7 48.9 4.4 9.8 3.8 3.8 .287 .349 .414 .763 78.9     10.4   7.5    17.9 .065 .047 .113
1926    1 Bob O'Farrell STL 29    29.63 79.4%   1059 630.2 150.4 19.4 16.3 15.3 .976   534.3 145.4 29.5 5.9 5.9 57.3 64.8 47.6 39.4 2.2 15.9 3.0 .272 .334 .382 .716 69.1     10.2   7.8    18.1 .061 .046 .107
1927    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 26    28.06 80.0%   1090 643.2 137.8 19.0 19.6 11.4 .976   538.2 147.2 24.1 4.5 3.7 52.8 65.0 43.8 37.9 3.1 14.9 4.8 .273 .332 .355 .687 64.8      8.3   7.3    15.7 .050 .044 .094
1928    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 27    38.30 88.7%   1224 652.7 131.6 15.7 17.3 9.2 .980   527.6 144.1 24.7 4.2 6.2 55.7 62.6 54.6 38.8 3.1 14.7 5.1 .273 .345 .371 .716 68.4      9.5   7.2    16.8 .058 .044 .102
1929    1 Jimmie Wilson STL 28    19.53 81.5%   1135 657.8 121.1 21.1 17.2 10.1 .974   534.1 148.7 28.6 6.5 5.5 58.3 74.3 49.9 45.8 3.4 12.6 2.9 .278 .344 .387 .731 72.5      7.5   7.2    14.7 .044 .041 .085
                       
1930    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 29    41.77 85.7%   1152 688.1 94.3 17.6 13.3 12.3 .978   542.7 166.2 31.7 6.2 13.3 78.1 94.9 40.6 44.2 2.2 14.5 3.1 .306 .357 .461 .818 88.9     10.8   7.4    18.2 .068 .047 .115
1931    1 Shanty Hogan NY 25    22.21 85.7%   1158 680.8 105.0 14.2 16.5 9.6 .982   543.8 147.3 31.1 4.0 5.7 52.9 69.9 48.5 51.3 2.7 5.0 2.9 .271 .334 .375 .709 68.2      9.8   7.6    17.4 .059 .046 .105
1932    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 31    22.86 81.5%   1092 678.4 104.5 17.1 13.8 11.0 .979   547.7 152.3 28.6 5.1 8.7 56.9 72.7 45.2 44.9 1.8 5.3 2.7 .278 .335 .397 .732 72.6     10.6   6.9    17.5 .064 .042 .106
1933    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 32    26.19 87.0%   1191 675.9 109.8 14.3 15.3 10.9 .982   553.1 148.0 22.4 2.5 6.6 48.9 65.7 34.8 44.0 2.2 9.9 3.5 20.6 .268 .314 .353 .667 58.3      8.7   7.2    15.9 .052 .043 .095
1934    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 33    34.09 87.8%   1215 693.6 94.7 11.7 12.2 11.0 .985   550.1 152.8 26.5 2.8 9.5 57.6 70.4 39.7 46.9 2.7 7.5 1.6 20.6 .278 .329 .388 .717 67.0      8.6   7.3    15.9 .050 .042 .092
1935    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 34    37.67 76.9%   1065 677.7 103.9 18.4 12.6 10.9 .977   545.7 157.1 29.1 3.8 7.3 59.6 75.4 43.8 41.1 3.1 7.4 1.8 14.0 .288 .344 .395 .739 75.5     11.4   6.9    18.4 .071 .043 .114
1936    1 Gus Mancuso NY 30    24.43 79.5%   1118 674.2 109.0 16.8 13.4 7.8 .979   552.8 152.0 26.3 4.5 6.9 54.8 67.7 38.2 49.6 3.6 5.4 1.8 16.8 .275 .326 .376 .702 67.3      8.8   7.3    16.1 .054 .044 .098
1937    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI 36    38.09 81.6%   1078 672.6 112.4 15.0 10.8 10.0 .981   551.1 151.2 23.3 5.2 8.2 57.7 77.5 40.3 48.6 1.1 7.5 2.4 16.1 .274 .325 .380 .705 67.4      9.7   7.3    17.0 .060 .045 .106
1938    1 Ernie Lombardi CIN 30    33.58 85.3%   1122 688.0 98.3 13.7 12.1 10.6 .983   548.7 148.0 24.5 3.4 9.0 58.0 69.9 42.8 42.6 2.5 6.0 2.6 21.2 .270 .325 .376 .701 65.0      9.4   7.2    16.6 .059 .045 .104
1939    1 Harry Danning NY 27    37.45 86.6%   1246 694.1 93.8 12.1 11.8 12.1 .985   538.1 145.2 25.4 2.9 10.0 53.1 67.2 45.5 44.0 2.1 14.3 2.0 17.3 .270 .329 .383 .712 66.0      9.8   7.2    17.0 .055 .041 .096
                       
1940    1 Harry Danning NY 28    29.04 80.8%   1160 674.6 109.0 16.4 15.2 9.5 .980   544.1 142.1 22.6 2.7 8.4 50.9 71.4 47.0 41.6 3.8 5.1 3.2 19.6 .261 .324 .359 .683 62.9      8.9   6.7    15.6 .051 .038 .089
1941    1 Ernie Lombardi CIN 33    17.17 96.5%   1390 687.0 99.7 13.3 13.4 8.6 .983   543.0 127.6 19.7 2.6 7.1 49.9 62.4 47.5 50.3 1.7 7.8 3.0 18.5 .235 .299 .320 .619 50.1      5.1   6.8    11.9 .028 .038 .066
1942    1 Ernie Lombardi BOS 34    22.31 87.6%   1173 688.8 95.4 15.8 14.1 10.2 .980   543.0 138.5 22.8 3.8 6.9 54.2 57.6 48.1 45.8 1.4 7.5 4.3 18.4 .255 .317 .350 .667 58.8      9.8   6.9    16.7 .059 .041 .100
1943    1 Ray Mueller CIN 31    32.27 92.4%   1234 682.8 101.4 15.8 13.3 10.0 .980   540.7 141.8 19.0 3.6 6.4 49.3 65.1 47.7 40.0 2.1 9.5 3.8 0.5 17.0 .262 .325 .347 .672 59.6      9.5   6.8    16.3 .058 .041 .099
1944    1 Ray Mueller CIN 32    33.79 88.5%   1203 690.5 91.7 17.8 13.1 9.7 .978   542.1 141.2 22.5 3.5 6.1 51.1 61.4 47.0 39.3 1.9 9.0 3.3 0.0 17.1 .261 .322 .349 .671 61.0      9.1   6.5    15.7 .056 .040 .096
1945    2 Ernie Lombardi NY 37    24.49 76.2%   1082 686.8 95.3 17.9 13.9 10.5 .978   539.2 138.2 21.6 3.8 9.0 55.5 60.0 50.5 45.9 3.7 6.6 3.8 0.0 15.5 .256 .324 .360 .684 63.0      8.4   6.8    15.2 .048 .039 .088
1946    1 Andy Seminick PHI 25    17.32 86.6%   1200 691.8 91.7 16.5 13.8 9.0 .979   536.7 140.8 22.6 4.4 8.3 51.4 63.6 49.5 59.6 3.3 10.5 1.7 0.0 15.8 .262 .328 .367 .695 61.5     10.1   6.8    16.9 .061 .041 .102
1947    1 Walker Cooper NY 32    29.69 92.1%   1229 703.3 82.3 14.4 9.7 12.4 .982   539.5 143.5 23.9 5.4 14.9 59.3 82.0 51.4 60.9 2.3 6.8 3.0 0.6 13.8 .266 .332 .413 .745 72.8     10.7   7.0    17.7 .067 .044 .112
1948    1 Roy Campanella BRO 26    16.57 90.3%   1252 708.4 74.8 16.8 11.6 11.8 .979   531.2 127.6 21.4 2.9 10.2 54.4 64.3 59.4 67.1 2.1 7.3 3.8 0.0 14.6 .240 .319 .349 .668 59.6      7.2   7.0    14.2 .042 .040 .083
1949    1 Roy Campanella BRO 27    32.23 86.6%   1188 706.8 78.9 14.3 9.5 13.5 .982   535.4 136.6 19.9 3.6 16.6 61.0 75.1 55.0 64.9 4.7 4.9 1.9 0.3 16.1 .255 .330 .399 .729 70.2     10.0   7.0    17.0 .061 .043 .104
                       
1950    1 Andy Seminick PHI 29    29.61 91.3%   1255 710.0 76.0 14.0 13.8 9.7 .982   530.0 136.9 22.0 3.3 19.0 63.3 76.1 61.1 64.4 4.0 4.9 1.9 0.0 16.7 .258 .339 .420 .759 74.6     11.2   7.1    18.2 .065 .041 .106
1951    1 Roy Campanella BRO 29    48.63 81.5%   1165 702.6 82.5 14.9 14.1 9.8 .981   529.8 136.8 20.4 2.0 18.6 64.4 78.0 62.7 68.3 3.2 4.3 1.5 1.3 16.7 .258 .340 .410 .750 73.2     11.9   7.2    19.0 .070 .042 .113
1952    1 Roy Campanella BRO 30    27.06 70.4%   926 707.9 81.1 11.0 11.9 11.4 .986   535.7 131.8 20.2 1.8 15.8 59.4 74.5 56.1 69.6 3.5 4.7 2.3 2.3 15.6 .246 .322 .379 .701 65.2     10.6   7.6    18.1 .065 .046 .111
1953    1 Roy Campanella BRO 31    51.70 69.3%   942 718.7 68.9 12.4 10.0 8.4 .984   531.0 134.9 19.0 2.2 21.0 67.6 77.2 61.5 79.0 3.2 4.3 2.7 1.4 15.1 .254 .335 .416 .751 74.4     10.4   7.8    18.1 .061 .046 .107
1954    2 Del Crandall MIL 24    18.51 70.6%   964 712.4 77.1 10.5 11.9 9.0 .987   526.6 132.3 22.2 4.4 18.4 61.6 72.9 59.6 7.5 71.2 2.7 6.0 5.1 1.1 2.4 15.5 .251 .328 .415 .743 69.2      9.6   7.6    17.2 .055 .043 .098
1955    1 Roy Campanella BRO 33    43.25 81.8%   1105 715.2 73.7 11.1 11.7 14.0 .986   529.8 131.9 18.4 2.4 18.9 58.6 70.7 54.4 8.1 71.6 3.6 6.3 5.9 1.4 1.6 17.3 .249 .320 .399 .719 66.7      9.3   7.3    16.6 .053 .042 .095
1956    1 Stan Lopata PHI 30    33.66 75.1%   1013 724.9 63.5 11.6 9.7 9.1 .986   528.7 128.5 21.9 4.5 20.6 56.8 70.5 59.2 13.5 83.8 1.6 6.4 4.1 2.1 1.4 16.8 .243 .319 .418 .737 69.3     10.3   7.2    17.5 .059 .041 .100
1957    2 Stan Lopata PHI 31    17.52 77.4%   1114 728.3 61.6 10.1 12.0 12.0 .987   537.0 130.4 17.8 3.2 15.1 53.0 65.2 50.3 8.2 89.7 2.5 5.1 5.1 1.4 1.9 14.9 .243 .308 .373 .681 60.8      7.5   7.5    15.0 .040 .040 .079
1958    1 Del Crandall MIL 28    28.81 49.6%   678 735.6 57.5 6.9 8.4 10.4 .991   526.3 129.0 21.1 1.6 17.6 57.7 66.3 62.0 12.3 83.6 3.7 3.5 4.5 2.1 1.1 16.0 .245 .326 .392 .718 66.5      9.6   8.2    17.8 .053 .045 .098
1959    1 Del Crandall MIL 29    24.33 46.0%   662 735.9 55.4 8.7 11.4 8.0 .989   542.7 130.5 17.6 1.8 15.3 53.5 60.2 43.8 7.9 66.4 2.7 7.6 3.2 2.6 2.9 16.7 .240 .299 .364 .663 56.1      6.0   7.8    13.8 .031 .040 .071
                       
1960    1 Del Crandall MIL 30    31.24 53.4%   765 719.8 69.2 11.0 8.9 9.8 .986   536.0 132.9 21.9 2.5 13.2 59.0 62.2 48.1 9.0 75.9 4.2 7.2 4.5 2.0 4.0 13.4 .248 .312 .372 .684 62.2      8.9   8.2    17.1 .047 .043 .090
1961    3 Joe Torre MIL 20    15.28 42.3%   612 723.6 63.8 12.6 11.8 18.5 .984   552.4 138.7 19.0 2.5 8.6 41.0 57.5 34.9 4.4 82.5 3.8 5.7 3.2 1.3 1.9 16.8 .251 .299 .341 .640 54.6      5.4   7.8    13.2 .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%   979 711.4 77.3 11.3 10.4 15.6 .986   535.9 134.2 20.1 2.8 12.0 53.7 61.1 52.6 4.3 92.3 3.0 5.1 3.4 1.7 2.6 18.6 .250 .319 .365 .684 60.7      7.4   7.7    15.0 .035 .037 .072
1963    6 Joe Torre MIL 22    15.80 43.6%   816 711.9 74.5 13.6 9.8 11.1 .983   545.8 123.7 14.3 2.8 12.9 43.0 61.3 41.4 9.1 97.5 3.7 4.9 4.2 0.5 2.1 17.5 .227 .284 .334 .618 50.3      6.3   7.2    13.5 .033 .038 .071
1964    1 Joe Torre MIL 23    24.44 50.0%   937 723.8 65.6 10.6 7.7 13.3 .987   539.2 131.3 20.9 3.2 11.8 51.5 56.1 50.9 10.1 97.0 3.5 3.2 3.2 1.4 3.4 16.2 .244 .311 .360 .671 60.4      8.8   6.7    15.5 .047 .036 .084
1965    1 Joe Torre MIL 24    23.37 54.6%   1030 724.7 63.6 11.7 9.5 14.4 .985   536.6 129.0 18.9 1.5 15.3 51.6 60.1 53.8 10.2 95.4 3.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.0 18.5 .240 .313 .367 .680 61.6      8.6   7.0    15.5 .045 .037 .081
1966    1 Joe Torre ATL 25    30.43 56.4%   1041 720.6 67.5 11.9 9.7 13.2 .985   539.7 136.2 22.7 2.5 18.3 55.5 68.9 46.0 9.5 95.4 3.7 5.3 5.3 1.4 3.2 14.1 .252 .313 .405 .718 67.8     10.2   6.7    16.9 .056 .037 .092
1967    2 Randy Hundley CHI 25    27.72 65.3%   1209 728.5 62.5 9.0 9.4 14.1 .989   539.3 121.7 18.9 2.0 9.9 51.1 51.1 50.1 12.3 100.0 3.0 3.5 4.1 2.3 2.6 17.3 .226 .293 .323 .616 50.1      6.8   6.8    13.6 .037 .037 .074
1968    2 Johnny Bench CIN 20    29.42 73.6%   1304 726.6 65.7 7.7 9.0 9.3 .990   542.8 130.1 22.0 2.3 6.9 40.9 54.6 45.6 10.7 98.2 3.6 4.9 3.1 1.1 2.2 15.1 .240 .301 .327 .628 52.9      8.8   7.2    16.0 .050 .041 .091
1969    1 Johnny Bench CIN 21    31.17 69.2%   1433 728.8 61.8 9.4 10.4 12.1 .988   537.3 127.3 18.7 2.0 14.2 56.3 60.2 51.7 7.2 96.7 2.7 4.7 3.6 2.8 3.1 14.1 .237 .305 .358 .663 58.9      7.9   6.7    14.6 .046 .039 .086
                       
1970    1 Dick Dietz SF 28    40.23 73.1%   1542 736.7 52.6 10.7 8.7 9.9 .987   533.2 140.6 23.0 3.5 14.6 59.8 74.6 57.0 10.2 89.3 1.4 3.8 4.6 2.5 2.5 15.6 .264 .334 .402 .736 71.4     10.4   6.9    17.4 .063 .042 .105
1971    1 Manny Sanguillen PIT 27    30.22 67.4%   1413 734.5 54.8 10.7 8.1 11.6 .987   537.0 133.2 21.2 2.3 12.9 52.7 59.6 53.3 7.3 83.8 3.1 4.0 2.6 1.8 2.3 19.2 .248 .318 .368 .686 60.8      9.7   6.7    16.4 .057 .040 .097
1972    1 Johnny Bench CIN 24    49.67 71.3%   1407 726.9 63.4 9.7 9.3 9.3 .988   541.5 125.8 17.8 2.8 12.5 49.4 57.8 47.4 11.6 91.5 2.8 3.3 5.0 2.1 2.0 14.8 .232 .295 .345 .640 54.8      8.0   7.6    15.7 .047 .044 .091
1973    2 Joe Ferguson LA 26    36.09 70.3%   1495 727.5 62.7 9.8 9.2 11.9 .988   539.6 130.0 19.6 1.9 11.6 51.3 62.7 47.5 8.5 71.2 1.6 5.8 5.5 2.5 3.0 14.3 .241 .301 .349 .650 57.0      7.6   7.4    15.0 .045 .043 .088
1974    1 Johnny Bench CIN 26    41.13 71.9%   1496 716.3 71.7 12.0 9.5 10.1 .985   531.9 131.8 20.8 2.2 12.1 57.3 65.1 54.1 9.7 74.1 3.6 3.4 7.0 2.0 2.2 15.8 .248 .318 .363 .681 62.0      9.7   6.5    16.2 .058 .039 .097
1975    1 Johnny Bench CIN 27    38.50 76.1%   1658 721.0 67.2 11.8 9.8 11.0 .985   530.0 128.4 21.5 2.8 10.5 53.6 57.9 56.8 10.2 75.2 3.5 5.3 4.4 2.9 2.2 15.4 .242 .317 .353 .670 60.6      8.6   7.3    15.9 .050 .043 .093
1976    1 Johnny Bench CIN 28    24.85 78.4%   1687 713.6 75.6 10.8 9.4 10.9 .987   531.2 123.6 19.4 3.1 10.3 55.7 56.3 56.6 8.9 81.0 3.4 4.2 4.6 3.3 2.7 15.1 .233 .308 .339 .647 55.6      7.6   7.3    14.9 .044 .042 .086
1977    2 Gary Carter MON 23    29.98 74.9%   1631 707.7 80.4 11.9 10.4 8.9 .985   518.3 131.0 27.5 2.3 17.6 65.3 71.6 68.8 9.2 95.5 4.4 3.2 5.3 5.2 3.9 13.1 .253 .342 .417 .759 75.7     11.9   7.2    19.2 .069 .042 .111
1978    2 Gary Carter MON 24    27.36 65.7%   1468 714.3 74.6 11.1 6.6 9.0 .986   521.5 126.8 23.6 1.7 13.3 56.8 64.1 67.7 11.6 83.5 3.6 2.9 4.3 6.0 4.5 14.5 .243 .332 .372 .704 65.8     11.2   7.5    18.7 .061 .041 .102
1979    1 Gary Carter MON 25    39.12 68.9%   1508 710.8 77.5 11.7 11.0 10.2 .985   527.4 131.9 24.8 1.9 15.7 62.6 65.8 61.9 8.9 76.2 2.3 3.8 4.6 3.7 3.7 14.7 .250 .329 .394 .723 69.2     10.6   7.2    17.8 .062 .042 .103
                       
1980    1 Gary Carter MON 26    42.11 61.9%   1301 708.0 79.1 12.9 9.1 6.9 .984   530.6 130.3 22.8 1.9 13.8 52.4 71.3 58.0 10.1 70.0 1.8 4.0 5.6 4.2 3.9 13.9 .245 .319 .374 .693 63.9      9.9   7.3    17.2 .057 .043 .100
1981    1 Gary Carter MON 27    21.40 57.8%   793 704.2 82.7 13.1 10.2 7.8 .984   533.0 132.8 21.0 1.8 10.6 53.7 63.2 53.3 5.3 55.0 2.7 6.4 4.6 5.3 3.1 14.8 .249 .318 .355 .673 59.7      8.4   7.3    15.6 .048 .041 .089
1982    1 Gary Carter MON 28    42.39 67.4%   1418 706.1 81.9 12.0 8.1 9.9 .985   538.5 142.1 23.9 2.5 13.2 58.1 63.8 47.7 7.4 81.4 3.7 5.6 4.5 4.5 4.8 14.4 .264 .326 .391 .717 67.8     10.8   7.4    18.2 .063 .043 .106
1983    1 Gary Carter MON 29    32.37 72.3%   1565 709.2 79.6 11.2 7.8 10.7 .986   542.7 136.9 24.8 2.1 13.6 54.6 67.3 45.6 7.9 81.0 2.7 5.4 3.6 2.4 3.6 16.6 .252 .311 .381 .692 61.6      8.5   8.3    16.8 .047 .046 .092
1984    1 Gary Carter MON 30    36.00 66.4%   1419 722.0 69.1 8.9 6.5 8.2 .989   542.3 140.4 25.4 1.4 14.4 60.2 71.2 46.3 6.6 78.8 2.6 3.7 5.1 4.3 4.0 15.8 .259 .318 .391 .709 65.9      9.8   7.9    17.7 .058 .046 .104
1985    1 Gary Carter NY 31    46.31 73.5%   1640 721.8 68.2 10.0 8.1 9.9 .987   535.9 124.4 21.1 1.3 14.7 51.9 65.6 51.8 7.6 78.5 3.0 5.2 4.1 2.6 2.3 16.9 .232 .301 .359 .660 57.3      7.3   7.5    14.8 .040 .041 .082
1986    1 Gary Carter NY 32    27.97 72.4%   1567 713.6 74.4 12.0 9.7 9.7 .985   532.8 134.3 24.5 1.5 15.6 62.0 70.2 55.9 6.5 93.5 2.2 3.8 5.3 3.3 2.5 16.0 .252 .323 .392 .715 66.5      9.9   7.1    17.0 .057 .041 .098
1987    1 Bob Brenly SF 33    23.77 76.0%   1628 720.8 68.7 10.5 7.9 10.0 .987   541.9 132.0 21.9 1.7 17.6 61.8 73.3 47.2 4.8 99.3 3.5 3.2 4.2 4.4 3.6 17.0 .244 .306 .388 .694 62.4      6.8   6.8    13.6 .040 .040 .080
1988    2 Tony Pena STL 31    19.24 73.7%   1631 721.0 68.8 10.2 7.5 10.3 .987   546.1 129.5 23.7 1.3 13.1 50.6 58.6 40.6 4.5 92.7 3.3 4.8 5.2 3.9 3.6 13.8 .237 .291 .357 .648 55.3      6.7   7.2    13.8 .038 .040 .078
1989    1 Craig Biggio HOU 23    21.73 68.3%   1513 718.2 70.0 11.8 7.3 9.7 .985   544.2 126.2 22.9 2.1 10.0 52.1 57.9 43.3 9.2 84.6 3.8 4.4 4.3 5.9 3.2 15.4 .232 .291 .337 .628 52.3      6.5   7.0    13.5 .035 .037 .072
                       
1990    3 Craig Biggio HOU 24    13.98 61.4%   1338 723.0 66.6 10.4 7.6 10.1 .987   536.5 133.5 24.0 2.2 10.7 54.7 59.3 51.4 6.7 84.1 3.3 3.8 5.0 5.8 3.1 9.8 .249 .316 .361 .677 63.1      9.0   7.2    16.3 .050 .040 .090
1991    1 Craig Biggio HOU 25    24.51 65.5%   1419 718.0 71.8 10.2 8.2 9.4 .987   543.8 135.7 25.2 2.1 9.2 52.1 60.7 42.4 4.9 84.2 4.5 4.8 4.5 5.8 4.9 14.7 .250 .307 .355 .662 58.5      7.7   7.6    15.3 .044 .043 .087
1992    2 Don Slaught PIT 33    14.79 57.4%   1208 723.5 68.9 7.6 9.3 7.4 .991   546.5 138.6 27.2 2.8 8.3 47.8 53.8 39.8 6.9 72.1 3.6 5.7 4.4 2.0 3.7 15.6 .254 .306 .359 .665 57.9      5.7   7.5    13.2 .032 .042 .075
1993    1 Mike Piazza LA 24    44.66 66.6%   1672 719.3 71.1 9.6 9.8 11.3 .988   543.4 140.2 25.4 2.2 14.4 55.1 67.4 40.8 5.5 85.4 5.0 5.4 5.4 3.6 2.7 14.0 .258 .313 .392 .705 66.0      8.6   7.0    15.5 .050 .040 .090
1994    1 Mike Piazza LA 25    30.08 75.9%   1341 730.8 62.5 6.7 7.7 9.3 .992   540.8 140.7 23.8 2.2 14.7 61.5 70.2 44.7 5.7 92.5 5.1 5.1 4.3 1.8 2.2 17.0 .260 .320 .394 .714 65.8      8.0   7.1    15.1 .047 .042 .089
1995    1 Mike Piazza LA 26    41.40 77.9%   1671 728.9 62.2 8.9 8.1 8.3 .989   537.7 140.6 25.3 2.1 15.7 63.9 68.4 49.9 5.5 104.4 4.9 4.0 3.5 2.4 2.0 15.5 .261 .328 .404 .732 70.9      9.5   6.9    16.4 .056 .041 .096
1996    1 Mike Piazza LA 27    49.14 72.4%   1827 733.7 57.9 8.4 7.3 7.2 .990   538.8 143.0 24.3 1.7 17.1 62.2 70.3 46.8 7.5 94.1 6.2 3.2 5.0 2.4 2.4 16.1 .265 .328 .412 .740 71.9      9.1   7.4    16.5 .052 .042 .094
1997    1 Mike Piazza LA 28    58.04 74.7%   1844 730.5 61.7 7.8 9.6 6.6 .990   535.6 142.9 27.9 1.9 16.4 60.3 70.1 48.5 5.4 97.7 7.1 4.1 4.7 4.3 3.9 13.9 .267 .333 .418 .751 75.2     10.7   7.3    18.0 .064 .044 .108
1998    1 Mike Piazza LA/FLA/NY 29    48.99 77.8%   2204 738.3 54.1 7.6 7.3 7.4 .991   538.8 140.7 26.4 2.1 16.3 63.2 70.1 46.6 5.2 101.0 7.9 3.1 3.6 5.1 2.5 14.4 .261 .327 .409 .736 72.3      9.7   7.2    17.0 .058 .043 .101
1999    1 Mike Piazza NY 30    27.34 70.6%   2041 735.9 57.1 7.0 9.1 8.6 .991   537.2 143.3 28.3 1.5 17.7 67.3 74.4 48.7 5.3 98.9 6.8 2.6 4.7 3.7 1.9 16.1 .267 .333 .424 .757 75.5      8.4   7.5    15.9 .048 .043 .091
                       
2000    1 Mike Piazza NY 31    37.63 73.9%   2141 737.1 56.2 6.7 8.1 6.6 .992   530.2 140.8 29.2 1.7 16.5 68.0 72.8 56.3 7.5 97.3 6.9 2.2 4.4 3.3 2.7 13.6 .266 .341 .421 .762 76.9      9.4   7.2    16.6 .056 .043 .099
2001    1 Paul Lo Duca LA 29    40.15 80.2%   2276 740.0 53.3 6.7 7.9 6.8 .992   538.8 137.3 28.0 2.0 16.1 65.0 63.8 45.8 6.9 103.5 7.2 4.3 3.9 2.8 2.7 14.5 .255 .319 .404 .723 68.7      7.6   6.7    14.3 .045 .040 .085
2002    1 Paul Lo Duca LA 30    25.09 84.6%   2452 735.3 58.1 6.6 8.0 7.8 .992   535.4 139.2 29.6 1.9 13.3 58.0 68.1 48.4 8.0 91.2 7.6 3.6 5.0 2.8 2.1 19.5 .260 .327 .397 .724 66.7      8.5   7.4    15.9 .050 .043 .093
2003    1 Javy Lopez ATL 32    45.83 92.4%   2550 742.2 51.5 6.3 6.8 7.0 .992   534.5 140.9 28.8 1.6 15.4 66.3 71.4 49.1 6.1 96.6 8.5 3.9 4.0 2.3 2.0 15.0 .264 .333 .410 .743 72.7     10.4   6.6    17.0 .064 .041 .105
2004    1 Jason Kendall PIT 30    32.34 79.4%   2281 744.7 50.0 5.3 7.4 6.3 .993   536.1 137.5 28.7 1.7 13.8 58.9 64.0 44.9 5.7 92.7 9.3 4.7 5.0 2.3 2.4 17.6 .257 .322 .394 .716 66.8      7.1   6.8    13.9 .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 740.6 53.6 5.8 6.1 6.3 .993   536.5 133.8 29.9 0.9 14.3 55.5 69.3 46.5 7.3 97.5 7.0 5.7 4.3 1.7 1.5 16.6 .249 .315 .389 .704 64.3      7.8   7.4    15.2 .045 .043 .088
2006    2 Paul Lo Duca NY 34    17.11 78.0%   2152 739.2 54.4 6.4 6.3 6.1 .992   540.7 142.9 30.6 2.0 14.9 59.7 70.6 41.8 6.8 101.7 7.5 5.6 4.4 1.8 1.3 16.8 .264 .323 .411 .734 70.2      7.5   7.5    15.0 .045 .046 .091
2007    1 Russell Martin LA 24    31.38 71.7%   1975 739.1 54.1 6.8 6.1 7.3 .991   541.1 137.9 26.7 1.7 14.6 59.4 69.1 44.7 4.3 96.9 6.5 3.3 4.4 3.5 2.2 17.1 .255 .317 .391 .708 65.4      6.5   7.6    14.1 .039 .046 .085
2008    2 Geovany Soto CHI 25    27.51 75.0%   2077 739.4 55.2 5.4 6.3 5.8 .993   528.9 133.6 27.3 0.9 13.0 57.8 69.9 52.9 4.6 92.9 8.7 5.0 4.5 2.0 1.6 15.0 .253 .328 .381 .709 67.2      8.6   7.6    16.2 .051 .045 .097
2009    2 Yadier Molina STL 26    23.07 73.4%   2026 737.7 57.8 4.5 6.3 5.0 .994   532.1 134.6 26.1 1.7 12.3 54.6 63.6 52.5 5.3 99.0 6.9 3.6 4.9 3.2 1.5 16.5 .253 .325 .378 .703 64.2      7.5   6.9    14.4 .046 .042 .088
                       
2010    1 Carlos Ruiz PHI 31    22.10 74.9%   2042 740.6 53.7 5.7 6.0 4.9 .993   535.4 138.1 26.6 1.5 13.8 57.2 67.9 52.4 7.1 105.1 5.4 2.6 4.2 3.1 2.4 15.7 .258 .328 .390 .718 67.9      9.6   7.6    17.2 .058 .046 .103
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