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See the Annual, Last 5 Year Trend & Cumulative Team Position Index graphs below
Houston Astros Catcher Starters
Annual Last 5 Yr Cumulative
Team Pos Trend Team Pos St All- Fielding Statistics as C St Batting Statistics as Catcher Win Shares St
Year Index Index Index Rank Name MVP Star Rookie GG SS Bats Age Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. Year Rank Name 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  Adj WSQ  Year Rank Name
1962 63.402 63.402 63.402    8 Hal Smith   R 31   92 570 65 9 9 6 .986   1962    8 Hal Smith 318 74 13 0 11 31 33 24 1 52 2 2 3 0 0 13 .233 .288 .377 .665 32      3.2   3.1    6.3 .035 .034 .068     4.69 1962    8 Hal Smith
1963 43.108 53.740 53.740    9 John Bateman R   R 22   115 690 81 23 7 16 .971   1963    9 John Bateman 391 83 8 6 10 24 59 13 1 97 9 4 4 0 0 7 .212 .252 .340 .592 33      3.3   2.5    5.8 .029 .022 .050     3.85 1963    9 John Bateman
1964 36.916 48.151 48.151   10 Jerry Grote R   R 21   98 522 52 9 5 11 .985   1964   10 Jerry Grote 296 54 9 3 3 26 24 20 5 74 4 0 3 0 2 6 .182 .241 .264 .505 18      -     3.8    3.8 .000 .039 .039     2.16 1964   10 Jerry Grote
1965 32.668 44.596 44.596    9 Ron Brand R   R 25   102 585 54 8 8 17 .988   1965    9 Ron Brand 344 76 3 2 1 22 32 18 2 28 5 3 1 8 5 16 .221 .269 .250 .519 21      0.5   2.8    3.3 .005 .027 .032     1.78 1965    9 Ron Brand
1966 102.481 56.452 56.452    5 John Bateman   R 25   121 731 63 15 14 21 .981   1966    5 John Bateman 422 119 24 3 16 41 68 20 9 70 5 4 6 0 0 17 .282 .318 .467 .785 57     10.2   4.7   14.9 .084 .039 .123    15.03 1966    5 John Bateman
1967 55.590 54.747 56.321    9 John Bateman   R 26   71 483 46 6 5 10 .989   1967    9 John Bateman 248 47 9 0 2 16 15 17 11 53 2 0 1 0 0 9 .190 .246 .250 .496 14      -     2.9    2.9 .000 .041 .041     1.71 1967    9 John Bateman
1968 55.236 57.202 56.169    8 John Bateman   R 27   108 690 49 11 6 9 .985   1968    8 John Bateman 350 87 19 0 4 28 33 22 15 46 3 3 4 1 1 16 .249 .296 .337 .633 31      4.8   3.1    7.9 .044 .029 .073     6.23 1968    8 John Bateman
1969 101.325 69.620 61.068    7 Johnny Edwards T35   L 31   151 1135 79 7 9 10 .994   1969    7 Johnny Edwards 493 115 20 6 6 52 50 51 10 69 2 4 4 2 1 17 .233 .305 .335 .640 49      6.4   8.0   14.4 .042 .053 .095    13.77 1969    7 Johnny Edwards
1970 85.080 80.054 63.815    6 Johnny Edwards   L 32   139 854 74 5 11 6 .995   1970    6 Johnny Edwards 456 99 16 4 6 44 47 50 16 63 1 3 2 1 0 9 .217 .295 .309 .604 42      4.1   7.9   12.0 .029 .057 .086    10.06 1970    6 Johnny Edwards
1971 116.881 82.959 69.259    9 Johnny Edwards   L 33   104 555 48 3 7 9 .995   1971    9 Johnny Edwards 293 70 13 4 1 19 23 25 8 35 0 1 1 1 1 0 .239 .298 .321 .619 29      4.4   5.4    9.8 .042 .052 .094     8.81 1971    9 Johnny Edwards
1972 96.154 90.682 71.459    5 Johnny Edwards   L 34   105 645 41 8 8 9 .988   1972    5 Johnny Edwards 326 89 16 2 5 33 39 50 12 39 1 1 7 2 4 5 .273 .365 .380 .745 47      9.6   2.8   12.4 .091 .027 .118    12.03 1972    5 Johnny Edwards
1973 55.095 91.022 70.154   12 Skip Jutze R   R 27   86 450 31 8 4 11 .984   1973   12 Skip Jutze 275 62 6 0 0 18 18 19 5 36 1 6 2 0 1 13 .225 .276 .247 .523 17      -     2.4    2.4 .000 .028 .028     1.18 1973   12 Skip Jutze
1974 128.034 96.657 74.586    3 Milt May   L 23   116 525 63 4 10 9 .993   1974    3 Milt May 395 115 17 4 6 50 49 38 8 32 1 3 4 0 1 9 .291 .352 .400 .752 55     10.0   6.5   16.5 .086 .056 .142    17.95 1974    3 Milt May
1975 85.635 96.820 75.390    8 Milt May   L 24   102 568 70 9 8 18 .986   1975    8 Milt May 378 90 15 1 4 34 52 23 3 39 0 4 3 1 2 7 .238 .280 .315 .595 33      3.0   3.6    6.6 .029 .035 .065     4.79 1975    8 Milt May
1976 102.170 93.481 77.027   11 Ed Herrmann   L 29   79 412 37 6 5 10 .987   1976   11 Ed Herrmann 265 54 8 0 3 14 25 22 2 40 4 3 2 0 0 6 .204 .273 .268 .541 20      2.0   2.3    4.3 .025 .029 .054     3.10 1976   11 Ed Herrmann
1977 115.045 98.221 79.939    5 Joe Ferguson   R 30   122 634 80 11 10 16 .985   1977    5 Joe Ferguson 404 104 21 3 15 59 55 84 7 74 0 2 2 6 2 10 .257 .384 .436 .820 72     13.6   5.7   19.3 .111 .047 .158    20.77 1977    5 Joe Ferguson
1978 67.368 99.873 79.167    8 Joe Ferguson   R 31   51 288 29 2 0 5 .994   1978    8 Joe Ferguson 149 31 5 0 7 19 21 36 6 29 0 1 1 0 0 6 .208 .360 .383 .743 21      3.7   2.1    5.8 .073 .041 .114     5.70 1978    8 Joe Ferguson
1979 43.435 83.416 77.133   10 Alan Ashby   B 27   105 548 57 8 5 9 .987   1979   10 Alan Ashby 333 67 15 2 2 27 34 26 10 69 2 3 3 0 0 8 .201 .261 .276 .537 24      0.1   4.6    4.7 .001 .044 .045     2.88 1979   10 Alan Ashby
1980 81.083 82.530 77.345    6 Alan Ashby B 28   114 608 60 6 10 14 .991   1980    6 Alan Ashby 347 89 19 2 3 36 48 35 12 40 0 2 5 0 0 10 .256 .320 .349 .669 38      5.2   6.0   11.2 .046 .053 .098    10.24 1980    6 Alan Ashby
1981 115.269 83.346 78.623    5 Alan Ashby B 29   81 434 58 9 6 3 .982   1981    5 Alan Ashby 251 67 11 0 4 20 31 32 6 33 0 3 2 0 2 6 .267 .347 .359 .706 31      6.2   4.5   10.7 .077 .056 .132    11.44 1981    5 Alan Ashby
1982 64.230 71.009 77.848   10 Alan Ashby B 30   95 530 55 14 5 10 .977   1982   10 Alan Ashby 333 84 14 2 12 40 49 26 3 52 1 2 3 2 0 7 .252 .306 .414 .720 42      7.6   2.8   10.4 .080 .029 .109     9.49 1982   10 Alan Ashby
1983 56.868 68.907 76.901   11 Alan Ashby B 31   85 435 56 13 2 9 .974   1983   11 Alan Ashby 270 61 18 1 8 32 34 30 3 38 0 1 4 0 0 11 .226 .299 .389 .688 30      4.5   1.6    6.1 .053 .019 .072     4.90 1983   11 Alan Ashby
1984 84.793 77.704 77.253    9 Mark Bailey R B 22   108 629 56 12 4 17 .983   1984    9 Mark Bailey 344 73 16 1 9 38 34 53 4 71 2 1 3 0 1 7 .212 .318 .343 .661 40      6.4   3.0    9.4 .059 .028 .087     8.29 1984    9 Mark Bailey
1985 120.691 85.885 79.057    4 Mark Bailey B 23   110 565 51 13 6 19 .979   1985    4 Mark Bailey 330 87 14 0 10 48 44 64 13 69 0 1 1 0 2 16 .264 .382 .397 .779 49     11.2   1.9   13.1 .102 .017 .119    13.26 1985    4 Mark Bailey
1986 93.276 83.510 79.629    9 Alan Ashby B 34   103 632 43 10 2 7 .985   1986    9 Alan Ashby 295 78 15 0 7 25 37 37 9 51 0 1 6 1 0 7 .264 .340 .386 .726 40      6.6   4.1   10.7 .064 .040 .104    10.56 1986    9 Alan Ashby
1987 93.128 89.671 80.081    6 Alan Ashby B 35   110 778 46 6 6 6 .993   1987    6 Alan Ashby 370 110 15 0 14 54 63 49 2 48 1 0 4 0 1 14 .297 .377 .451 .828 61      9.8   3.3   13.1 .089 .030 .119    14.25 1987    6 Alan Ashby
1988 79.739 94.655 80.070    9 Alan Ashby B 36   66 414 23 4 4 1 .991   1988    9 Alan Ashby 217 52 9 0 7 22 32 28 3 34 0 1 4 0 0 5 .240 .321 .378 .699 27      5.2   1.3    6.5 .079 .020 .098     6.70 1988    9 Alan Ashby
1989 139.259 105.200 81.921    1 Craig Biggio R S R 23   125 728 56 8 6 9 .990   1989    1 Craig Biggio 418 104 19 2 13 60 55 47 8 62 6 6 5 18 3 7 .249 .330 .397 .727 59     14.0   2.9   16.9 .112 .023 .135    20.44 1989    1 Craig Biggio
1990 100.336 100.802 82.560    3 Craig Biggio R 24   113 546 54 9 4 7 .985   1990    3 Craig Biggio 386 104 14 1 2 30 27 40 0 58 2 7 1 16 8 7 .269 .340 .326 .666 45      7.8   5.0   12.8 .069 .044 .113    13.08 1990    3 Craig Biggio
1991 125.799 107.373 83.842    1 Craig Biggio a R 25   139 889 64 10 10 13 .990   1991    1 Craig Biggio 523 153 21 4 4 78 42 51 2 65 2 5 3 18 6 2 .293 .356 .371 .727 75     13.6   5.5   19.1 .098 .040 .137    22.87 1991    1 Craig Biggio
1992 73.579 103.626 83.551    6 Eddie Taubensee R L 23   103 557 66 5 6 9 .992   1992    6 Eddie Taubensee 293 66 15 0 5 23 28 30 3 75 2 0 1 1 1 4 .225 .301 .328 .629 30      4.0   4.0    8.0 .039 .039 .078     6.99 1992    6 Eddie Taubensee
1993 92.674 105.859 83.838   10 Eddie Taubensee L 24   90 551 41 5 5 3 .992   1993   10 Eddie Taubensee 281 70 10 1 9 28 42 20 5 42 0 1 2 1 0 7 .249 .297 .388 .685 31      3.0   4.0    7.0 .033 .044 .078     5.58 1993   10 Eddie Taubensee
1994 80.246 95.349 83.763   14 Scott Servais R 27   78 481 29 2 1 9 .996   1994   14 Scott Servais 251 49 15 1 9 27 41 10 0 44 4 7 3 0 0 6 .195 .235 .371 .606 21      0.8   3.0    3.8 .010 .038 .049     2.55 1994   14 Scott Servais
1995 106.672 96.495 84.368    3 Tony Eusebio R 28   103 645 49 5 9 11 .993   1995    3 Tony Eusebio 350 103 20 1 5 46 52 30 1 57 2 1 4 0 1 11 .294 .350 .400 .750 48      9.3   3.6   12.9 .090 .035 .125    13.45 1995    3 Tony Eusebio
1996 95.798 90.537 84.715   10 Rick Wilkins L 29   82 550 39 6 3 7 .990   1996   10 Rick Wilkins 249 54 8 2 6 34 23 46 10 78 1 0 5 0 1 1 .217 .336 .337 .673 31      4.5   3.9    8.4 .055 .048 .102     7.89 1996   10 Rick Wilkins
1997 86.885 92.791 84.784    7 Brad Ausmus R 28   129 807 73 7 16 6 .992   1997    7 Brad Ausmus 421 113 25 1 4 43 44 38 4 78 3 6 6 12 6 7 .268 .329 .361 .690 51      6.4   6.4   12.8 .050 .050 .099    11.10 1997    7 Brad Ausmus
1998 108.476 96.159 85.440    5 Brad Ausmus R 29   124 850 58 7 10 4 .992   1998    5 Brad Ausmus 412 111 10 4 6 62 45 51 11 60 3 2 1 8 3 18 .269 .353 .357 .710 50      7.6   6.2   13.8 .061 .050 .111    13.24 1998    5 Brad Ausmus
1999 90.634 97.286 85.571    9 Tony Eusebio R 32   98 652 37 4 3 4 .994   1999    9 Tony Eusebio 311 87 14 0 4 34 33 39 4 63 0 0 0 0 0 9 .280 .360 .363 .723 40      4.0   5.5    9.5 .041 .056 .097     9.24 1999    9 Tony Eusebio
2000 97.225 95.670 85.882    7 Mitch Melusky R-5 B 26   103 623 31 12 6 3 .982   2000    7 Mitch Melusky 320 98 21 0 14 44 67 49 9 71 4 1 3 1 0 7 .306 .402 .503 .905 67     11.4   1.4   12.8 .111 .014 .124    13.45 2000    7 Mitch Melusky
2001 103.837 97.063 86.277    7 Brad Ausmus G R 32   127 949 62 3 9 1 .997   2001    7 Brad Ausmus 422 98 23 4 5 45 34 30 6 64 1 6 2 4 1 13 .232 .284 .341 .625 39      0.3  10.0   10.3 .002 .079 .081     9.13 2001    7 Brad Ausmus
2002 65.294 93.236 85.788   10 Brad Ausmus G R 33   129 942 65 3 9 2 .997   2002   10 Brad Ausmus 445 115 19 3 6 57 50 38 3 71 6 1 3 2 2 30 .258 .323 .355 .678 44      2.7   6.6    9.3 .021 .051 .072     7.67 2002   10 Brad Ausmus
2003 73.709 85.787 85.481    9 Brad Ausmus R 34   143 982 76 3 13 3 .997   2003    9 Brad Ausmus 450 103 12 2 4 43 47 46 1 66 4 4 5 5 3 8 .229 .303 .291 .594 42      2.4   9.4   11.8 .017 .066 .083     9.81 2003    9 Brad Ausmus
2004 61.386 80.262 84.971   12 Brad Ausmus R 35   128 920 61 5 10 2 .995   2004   12 Brad Ausmus 400 99 14 1 5 38 31 33 11 55 2 7 3 2 2 13 .248 .306 .325 .631 38      0.9   6.0    6.9 .007 .047 .054     5.08 2004   12 Brad Ausmus
2005 105.994 81.629 85.421    6 Brad Ausmus R 36   134 884 65 1 6 5 .999   2005    6 Brad Ausmus 386 100 19 0 3 35 47 51 8 48 5 7 1 5 3 17 .259 .352 .332 .684 44      4.2  10.7   14.9 .031 .080 .111    15.58 2005    6 Brad Ausmus
2006 62.208 73.744 84.927   14 Brad Ausmus G R 37   138 933 61 2 8 1 .998   2006   14 Brad Ausmus 436 100 16 1 2 37 39 45 2 70 6 9 3 3 1 21 .229 .308 .284 .592 37      0.2   8.2    8.4 .001 .059 .061     6.43 2006   14 Brad Ausmus
2007 62.583 73.434 84.510   11 Brad Ausmus R 38   114 763 47 4 5 2 .995   2007   11 Brad Ausmus 342 81 16 3 3 37 24 37 3 73 6 3 1 4 1 10 .237 .321 .327 .648 37      -     7.4    7.4 .000 .065 .065     6.08 2007   11 Brad Ausmus
2008 76.950 74.128 84.348   12 Brad Ausmus R 39   77 428 33 2 4 4 .996   2008   12 Brad Ausmus 211 47 8 0 3 15 24 24 3 40 2 5 1 0 0 4 .223 .307 .303 .610 20      2.5   4.8    7.3 .032 .062 .095     6.63 2008   12 Brad Ausmus
2009 46.311 71.182 83.621   16 Ivan Rodriguez R 37   90 618 41 4 4 5 .994   2009   16 Ivan Rodriguez 408 103 21 2 10 53 47 17 0 85 1 1 2 0 2 17 .252 .283 .387 .670 31      -     3.7    3.7 .000 .041 .041     2.37 2009   16 Ivan Rodriguez
2010 58.754 61.611 83.109   15 Humberto Quintero R 30   87 561 49 5 5 4 .992   2010   15 Humberto Quintero 260 61 10 0 4 17 19 8 2 59 2 1 0 0 0 5 .235 .263 .319 .582 21      1.2   4.8    6.0 .014 .055 .069     4.72 2010   15 Humberto Quintero
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