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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 81.1%   360 1682 403 435 22 238 .827   1461 381 41 11 4 221 147 24 50 .261 .273 .312 .585 219     27.1  16.6    43.7 .075 .046 .121
1877    1 John Clapp STL   25    10.11 82.2%   261 1264 298 202 21 241 .885   989 270 33 20 3 137 112 25 67 .273 .291 .356 .647 154     18.8  12.5    31.3 .072 .048 .120
1878    1 Lew Brown PRO   20    12.80 94.3%   298 1556 441 244 29 271 .891   1131 300 45 5 2 140 122 26 90 .265 .282 .319 .601 159     21.0  13.2    34.2 .070 .044 .115
1879    1 Deacon White CIN   31    15.15 81.9%   479 2403 629 351 36 464 .896   1924 504 83 25 8 227 229 33 154 .262 .274 .344 .618 280     37.3  23.3    60.6 .078 .049 .127
                               
1880    1 Emil Gross PRO   22    14.26 80.8%   493 2578 699 374 41 424 .898   1821 407 75 19 3 196 141 70 132 .224 .252 .290 .542 209     24.7  21.3    46.0 .050 .043 .093
1881    1 Charlie Bennett DET   26    17.08 73.4%   474 2215 677 258 49 428 .918   1734 474 81 27 9 223 211 87 141 .273 .308 .367 .675 272     41.1  22.8    63.9 .087 .048 .135
1882    1 Charlie Bennett DET   27    21.83 74.8%   482 2582 652 256 51 405 .927   1791 428 70 25 10 230 197 57 159 .239 .262 .323 .585 238     28.5  21.9    50.4 .059 .045 .105
1883    1 Charlie Bennett DET   28    17.80 64.9%   518 2476 707 381 47 476 .893   1880 484 113 32 13 301 183 94 213 .257 .293 .372 .665 302     38.8  21.1    59.9 .075 .041 .116
1884    1 Buck Ewing NY   24    24.38 71.0%   560 3296 739 388 54 456 .912   2067 515 81 40 19 320 239 144 256 .249 .298 .355 .653 344     45.4  25.5    70.9 .081 .046 .127
1885    1 Buck Ewing NY   25    21.33 53.6%   473 2325 679 356 46 320 .894   1717 384 59 25 9 211 164 98 222 .224 .266 .303 .569 215     24.8  18.8    43.6 .052 .040 .092
1886    2 Buck Ewing NY   26    17.54 53.9%   468 2541 649 275 46 325 .921   1602 358 58 23 10 208 170 156 225 31 .223 .292 .307 .599 215     22.5  18.8    41.3 .048 .040 .088
1887    2 Jack Clements PHI   22     9.92 47.5%   472 2228 711 244 60 356 .923   1719 404 57 23 5 257 180 100 98 19 117 .235 .285 .304 .589 215     14.9  23.5    38.4 .032 .050 .081
1888    1 Buck Ewing NY   28    30.10 58.1%   572 3007 882 300 65 332 .928   2115 549 72 44 22 309 246 121 190 24 144 .260 .307 .366 .673 331     57.4  24.7    82.1 .100 .043 .144
1889    1 Buck Ewing NY   29    27.84 59.5%   602 2731 776 302 54 255 .921   2209 607 107 35 32 388 327 223 201 8 96 .275 .343 .398 .741 396     50.7  28.2    78.9 .084 .047 .131
                               
1890    1 Jack Clements PHI   25    24.38 64.9%   663 3198 793 244 62 268 .942   2406 588 99 25 26 366 313 282 314 27 67 .244 .330 .339 .669 368     39.3  31.7    71.0 .059 .048 .107
1891    1 Jack Clements PHI   26    25.10 67.3%   676 3103 773 269 52 210 .935   2479 598 101 22 20 284 341 191 254 25 39 .241 .302 .324 .626 325     31.1  31.8    62.9 .046 .047 .093
1892    1 Chief Zimmer CLE   31    22.78 57.6%   1049 4737 1248 411 108 377 .936   3717 884 152 61 29 468 492 317 386 40 106 .238 .305 .335 .640 511     59.8  46.9   106.7 .057 .045 .102
1893    1 Jack Clements PHI   28    13.73 57.0%   862 3079 941 248 86 247 .942   3331 904 139 56 41 496 524 285 188 33 102 .271 .335 .384 .719 548     50.9  37.3    88.2 .059 .043 .102
1894    1 Wilbert Robinson BAL   31    18.88 57.4%   919 3147 947 304 93 190 .931   3376 999 151 55 33 538 590 298 194 48 65 96 .296 .361 .403 .764 604     47.0  41.6    88.6 .051 .045 .096
1895    1 Jack Clements PHI   30    26.36 60.1%   946 3312 946 237 95 191 .947   3450 1046 174 46 36 527 579 252 179 47 42 97 .303 .359 .412 .771 621     63.7  43.6   107.3 .067 .046 .113
1896    1 Deacon McGuire WAS   32    16.28 55.0%   864 3010 840 220 102 190 .946   3113 878 133 43 22 460 422 208 212 43 71 91 .282 .336 .374 .710 472     46.6  38.5    85.1 .054 .045 .098
1897    1 Deacon McGuire WAS   33    16.64 59.3%   929 3432 946 214 81 158 .953   3447 918 119 39 16 442 444 210 54 62 75 .266 .319 .337 .656 447     34.7  43.1    77.8 .037 .046 .084
1898    1 Lou Criger CLE   26    21.30 65.1%   1170 4342 1200 228 110 193 .960   4108 1051 168 48 13 509 492 309 46 91 75 .256 .315 .330 .645 521     57.9  53.7   111.6 .049 .046 .095
1899    1 Ed McFarland PHI   24    28.15 53.0%   951 3102 1195 194 87 147 .957   3251 901 120 44 13 446 414 286 44 75 93 .277 .344 .353 .697 479     56.3  44.1   100.4 .059 .046 .106
                               
1900    1 Ed McFarland PHI   25    17.71 55.5%   608 2150 858 169 75 148 .947   2145 591 72 36 6 246 265 112 37 41 44 .276 .323 .351 .674 278     29.6  28.1    57.7 .049 .046 .095
1901    1 Deacon McGuire BRO   37    12.20 56.3%   641 2975 784 114 50 88 .971   2288 558 73 21 4 181 214 113 18 53 40 .244 .285 .299 .584 216     19.8  28.6    48.4 .031 .045 .076
1902    1 Johnny Kling CHI   27    21.94 60.5%   636 2922 856 138 72 80 .965   2316 543 72 19 2 198 232 112 10 59 58 .234 .273 .285 .558 195     24.2  29.8    54.0 .038 .047 .085
1903    1 Johnny Kling CHI   28    28.79 62.8%   686 3087 997 139 76 90 .967   2412 649 109 39 12 285 303 143 36 51 66 .269 .320 .362 .682 324     44.2  33.0    77.2 .064 .048 .113
1904    1 Mike Grady STL   34    20.23 58.0%   712 3144 987 163 63 95 .962   2459 585 73 25 17 229 215 113 25 54 47 .238 .278 .309 .587 235     33.3  31.6    64.9 .047 .044 .091
1905    1 Roger Bresnahan NY   26    26.74 57.8%   709 3344 958 155 82 114 .965   2411 589 90 32 8 255 269 176 21 67 74 .244 .301 .318 .619 264     37.0  33.6    70.6 .052 .047 .100
1906    1 Johnny Kling CHI   31    31.65 56.0%   696 3213 920 134 67 84 .969   2305 535 83 27 8 198 216 177 20 52 61 .232 .293 .302 .595 228     44.7  29.0    73.7 .064 .042 .106
1907    1 Johnny Kling CHI   32    26.83 60.0%   735 3328 907 125 89 82 .971   2434 570 67 38 11 225 227 174 23 44 49 .234 .292 .306 .598 235     38.9  33.3    72.2 .053 .045 .098
1908    1 Roger Bresnahan NY   29    37.27 65.7%   839 3708 1011 131 77 69 .973   2755 664 104 24 8 257 260 203 23 94 63 .241 .299 .305 .604 275     55.8  41.3    97.1 .067 .049 .116
1909    1 George Gibson PIT   28    30.57 68.4%   825 3811 1134 171 98 74 .967   2736 633 91 19 8 249 238 209 21 105 50 .231 .291 .287 .578 250     41.5  39.0    80.5 .050 .047 .098
                               
1910    1 George Gibson PIT   29    20.37 62.2%   812 3647 1131 125 102 79 .975   2684 701 102 24 8 231 309 245 197 18 75 43 .261 .327 .326 .653 315     55.2  37.8    93.0 .068 .047 .115
1911    1 Chief Meyers NY   30    24.53 55.9%   739 3487 914 132 84 59 .971   2346 599 85 25 9 235 228 190 214 20 63 29 .255 .317 .324 .641 265     36.7  33.7    70.4 .050 .046 .095
1912    1 Chief Meyers NY   31    32.88 58.6%   777 3533 1016 135 111 56 .971   2535 705 117 26 20 252 300 167 226 22 71 44 .278 .328 .368 .696 331     47.1  35.0    82.1 .061 .045 .106
1913    1 Chief Meyers NY   32    28.87 61.1%   817 3546 1120 136 76 52 .972   2514 664 87 40 12 229 256 164 209 22 54 47 .264 .315 .345 .660 289     42.9  36.6    79.5 .053 .045 .097
1914    1 Chief Meyers NY   33    19.32 58.7%   805 3414 1073 123 85 66 .973   2427 628 99 33 8 223 255 214 203 27 69 44 2 .259 .326 .337 .663 292     52.9  34.7    87.6 .066 .043 .109
1915    1 Frank Snyder STL   22    31.43 63.2%   843 3801 1041 123 89 77 .975   2648 656 97 40 10 213 246 185 239 19 62 45 36 .248 .302 .326 .628 279     49.2  37.6    86.8 .058 .045 .103
1916    1 Hank Gowdy BOS   26    21.53 55.3%   718 3259 964 104 87 80 .976   2248 520 66 30 10 184 221 185 174 25 76 30 0 .231 .297 .301 .598 211     37.2  31.8    69.0 .052 .044 .096
1917    1 Bill Killefer PHI   29    17.28 57.8%   763 3247 865 114 75 66 .973   2407 606 80 24 9 186 219 196 213 15 56 47 0 .252 .312 .316 .628 252     46.7  33.2    79.9 .061 .044 .105
1918    1 Mike Gonzalez STL   27    13.01 67.0%   699 2654 807 80 85 54 .977   2275 535 67 22 3 175 160 148 164 14 63 45 0 .235 .286 .288 .574 198     30.7  32.4    63.1 .044 .046 .090
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    1 Ivy Wingo CIN   28    17.41 52.3%   607 2335 768 78 58 45 .975   1950 516 71 23 11 157 196 149 132 6 49 33 0 .265 .319 .342 .661 219     42.0  28.2    70.2 .069 .046 .116
                       
1920    1 Bob O'Farrell CHI   23    12.88 55.0%   740 2669 850 113 73 58 .969   2371 632 77 32 12 175 220 162 154 13 76 26 20 .267 .317 .341 .658 262     44.3  31.6    75.9 .060 .043 .103
1921    1 Frank Snyder NY   28    20.43 56.6%   773 2526 804 92 85 44 .973   2429 682 85 32 25 222 284 165 165 11 69 28 17 .281 .329 .373 .702 303     41.1  34.7    75.8 .053 .045 .098
1922    1 Bob O'Farrell CHI   25    34.98 60.6%   807 2737 725 89 82 49 .975   2702 834 125 37 47 346 394 265 188 19 67 23 19 .309 .374 .434 .808 446     71.3  37.5   108.8 .088 .046 .135
1923    1 Bubbles Hargrave CIN   30    36.56 60.4%   796 2704 736 72 67 58 .979   2800 780 111 40 37 328 408 242 180 31 50 45 29 .279 .343 .386 .729 385     56.1  38.2    94.3 .070 .048 .118
1924    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   23    24.40 59.1%   776 2598 679 62 87 47 .981   2635 760 118 35 33 303 326 193 190 22 48 22 18 .288 .342 .397 .739 361     57.3  33.5    90.8 .074 .043 .117
1925    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   24    23.65 59.8%   749 2509 583 93 71 49 .971   2634 770 142 27 56 291 393 222 259 11 40 17 16 .292 .350 .431 .781 397     55.7  34.7    90.4 .074 .046 .121
1926    1 Bob O'Farrell STL   29    29.63 58.6%   777 2437 611 89 69 62 .972   2494 718 135 33 29 283 325 245 172 14 68 13 .288 .355 .403 .758 364     60.3  36.0    96.3 .078 .046 .124
1927    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   26    28.06 52.9%   704 2397 496 63 74 39 .979   2370 646 114 18 19 228 312 180 165 12 67 20 .273 .327 .360 .687 283     36.6  32.9    69.5 .052 .047 .099
1928    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   27    38.30 60.0%   810 2730 554 65 76 40 .981   2690 762 139 21 38 281 324 276 188 18 76 20 .283 .354 .393 .747 375     56.6  37.4    94.0 .070 .046 .116
1929    1 Jimmie Wilson STL   28    19.53 55.3%   760 2398 468 73 65 33 .975   2429 681 131 37 23 260 329 240 177 16 50 14 .280 .349 .393 .742 341     36.3  32.3    68.6 .048 .043 .090
                               
1930    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   29    41.77 63.3%   841 3141 429 68 65 48 .981   2985 931 168 34 76 418 478 215 215 11 83 21 .312 .360 .467 .827 493     60.9  40.1   101.0 .072 .048 .120
1931    1 Shanty Hogan NY   25    22.21 65.6%   867 3206 506 61 83 40 .984   2966 812 164 21 31 283 373 274 242 17 24 13 .274 .339 .375 .714 378     53.7  40.6    94.3 .062 .047 .109
1932    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   31    22.86 69.0%   904 3350 521 70 69 58 .982   3159 909 158 33 58 316 441 251 238 11 26 6 .288 .342 .414 .756 442     69.2  42.2   111.4 .077 .047 .123
1933    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   32    26.19 69.6%   923 3280 516 65 79 49 .983   3173 906 135 15 45 285 416 216 217 14 48 21 117 .286 .334 .380 .714 385     64.9  42.4   107.3 .070 .046 .116
1934    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   33    34.09 64.0%   856 3328 421 59 53 50 .985   2865 805 152 14 62 318 397 206 233 12 37 6 98 .281 .332 .409 .741 372     50.4  37.5    87.9 .059 .044 .103
1935    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   34    37.67 59.0%   798 3050 437 94 44 49 .974   2762 808 133 25 44 320 379 240 211 11 39 8 76 .293 .351 .407 .758 400     63.6  34.5    98.1 .080 .043 .123
1936    1 Gus Mancuso NY   30    24.43 60.8%   844 3190 549 78 65 30 .980   2878 803 137 21 45 278 379 233 250 21 25 3 89 .279 .337 .388 .725 376     53.8  40.2    94.0 .064 .048 .111
1937    1 Gabby Hartnett CHI   36    38.09 60.8%   782 3266 538 83 51 57 .979   2826 816 151 26 48 306 425 191 221 9 36 14 80 .289 .336 .412 .748 382     59.0  36.1    95.1 .075 .046 .122
1938    1 Ernie Lombardi CIN   30    33.58 62.3%   792 3163 444 60 59 52 .984   2887 806 147 23 61 339 434 225 185 15 24 11 117 .279 .335 .409 .744 381     60.8  37.5    98.3 .077 .047 .124
1939    1 Harry Danning NY   27    37.45 61.8%   850 3188 430 45 56 56 .988   2788 777 147 16 65 287 383 249 235 11 66 12 94 .279 .340 .413 .753 379     61.2  38.1    99.3 .072 .045 .117
                               
1940    1 Harry Danning NY   28    29.04 59.6%   817 3123 467 76 66 40 .979   2758 771 133 16 63 288 382 234 199 22 28 11 101 .280 .341 .408 .749 372     60.5  33.3    93.8 .074 .041 .115
1941    1 Ernie Lombardi CIN   33    17.17 67.1%   928 3632 535 57 70 40 .987   2926 689 103 13 44 277 347 263 248 9 48 10 100 .235 .301 .325 .626 277     29.5  39.8    69.3 .032 .043 .075
1942    1 Ernie Lombardi BOS   34    22.31 63.1%   827 3222 447 74 63 45 .980   2795 761 130 21 44 303 309 258 241 8 43 25 108 .272 .336 .381 .717 349     64.0  37.1   101.1 .077 .045 .122
1943    1 Ray Mueller CIN   31    32.27 59.6%   783 2942 416 55 59 38 .984   2611 684 97 19 27 254 313 240 187 9 49 22 2 71 .262 .326 .345 .671 293     48.8  35.5    84.3 .062 .045 .108
1944    1 Ray Mueller CIN   32    33.79 61.4%   801 2946 385 74 56 48 .978   2885 778 124 18 38 278 346 224 189 12 42 19 0 97 .270 .325 .365 .690 337     50.6  35.2    85.8 .063 .044 .107
1945    2 Ernie Lombardi NY   37    24.49 46.2%   632 2307 301 39 49 35 .985   2041 529 83 14 41 220 255 242 157 12 26 14 0 57 .259 .341 .374 .715 266     39.1  29.4    68.5 .062 .047 .108
1946    1 Andy Seminick PHI   25    17.32 53.5%   716 2870 369 58 54 33 .982   2431 647 103 26 42 272 308 256 276 12 40 12 0 71 .266 .339 .382 .721 301     55.5  31.6    87.1 .078 .044 .122
1947    1 Walker Cooper NY   32    29.69 65.6%   864 3589 397 72 45 67 .982   2985 824 127 33 92 351 471 294 332 14 42 19 5 69 .276 .344 .433 .777 438     69.5  38.4   107.9 .080 .044 .125
1948    1 Roy Campanella BRO   26    16.57 59.1%   788 3373 346 78 53 52 .979   2566 640 102 12 53 273 328 296 310 14 38 16 0 72 .249 .330 .360 .690 306     39.8  34.2    74.0 .051 .043 .094
1949    1 Roy Campanella BRO   27    32.23 50.1%   668 2859 312 59 40 49 .982   2197 571 90 15 83 265 342 269 274 22 19 8 2 54 .260 .346 .428 .774 331     53.1  31.3    84.4 .079 .047 .126
                               
1950    1 Andy Seminick PHI   29    29.61 65.2%   871 3818 399 68 80 45 .984   2780 735 122 20 111 364 419 364 347 26 24 9 0 82 .264 .355 .442 .797 437     72.3  39.6   111.9 .083 .045 .128
1951    1 Roy Campanella BRO   29    48.63 56.9%   787 3317 419 58 69 38 .985   2558 694 99 9 103 336 398 345 332 17 17 8 5 82 .271 .362 .438 .800 402     71.3  38.0   109.3 .091 .048 .139
1952    1 Roy Campanella BRO   30    27.06 68.6%   879 3961 462 77 58 55 .983   3047 802 142 14 87 354 451 362 329 19 19 16 13 75 .263 .345 .405 .750 430     77.0  39.6   116.6 .088 .045 .133
1953    1 Roy Campanella BRO   31    51.70 63.2%   828 3858 382 55 53 58 .987   2720 716 109 14 98 338 393 322 367 16 17 13 7 79 .263 .345 .422 .767 396     58.4  39.6    98.0 .071 .048 .118
1954    1 Smoky Burgess PHI   27    18.87 58.4%   779 3404 359 46 57 37 .988   2469 648 100 22 73 287 324 304 42 281 16 20 24 7 17 72 .262 .344 .409 .753 338     49.9  35.5    85.4 .064 .046 .110
1955    1 Roy Campanella BRO   33    43.25 65.2%   858 3922 388 55 59 79 .987   2796 725 99 14 110 342 393 275 41 353 18 32 31 7 7 89 .259 .326 .423 .749 380     55.2  36.5    91.7 .064 .043 .107
1956    1 Stan Lopata PHI   30    33.66 58.5%   767 3697 330 60 57 39 .985   2434 619 97 20 106 292 366 306 75 327 7 34 25 10 6 66 .254 .336 .441 .777 365     62.3  34.4    96.7 .081 .045 .126
1957    1 Ed Bailey CIN   26    21.04 62.4%   837 4211 348 50 61 66 .989   2694 688 101 17 88 301 353 276 43 413 12 18 27 12 12 70 .255 .324 .403 .727 350     50.7  36.6    87.3 .061 .044 .104
1958    1 Del Crandall MIL   28    28.81 60.2%   791 3987 312 54 46 33 .988   2532 637 111 18 77 290 327 300 61 381 13 15 18 18 14 73 .252 .332 .401 .733 334     48.4  35.0    83.4 .061 .044 .105
1959    1 Del Crandall MIL   29    24.33 68.1%   909 4758 393 58 58 41 .989   2908 771 122 19 89 313 359 311 69 314 13 31 20 17 16 76 .265 .337 .412 .749 396     59.4  41.0   100.4 .065 .045 .110
                               
1960    1 Del Crandall MIL   30    31.24 60.6%   803 4414 370 55 58 43 .989   2576 663 98 13 60 268 311 254 52 299 16 27 26 13 21 60 .257 .325 .375 .700 313     48.3  35.7    84.0 .060 .044 .105
1961    1 Johnny Roseboro LA   28    27.83 58.0%   788 3991 353 70 62 81 .984   2413 610 88 16 60 242 288 215 38 285 20 21 22 12 17 58 .253 .316 .377 .693 291     40.1  31.5    71.6 .051 .040 .091
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    1 Smoky Burgess PIT   35    26.75 54.4%   981 5354 528 75 69 111 .987   3071 835 137 24 90 359 407 362 50 412 23 29 27 20 18 71 .272 .350 .420 .770 456     80.2  44.1   124.3 .082 .045 .127
1963    1 Johnny Edwards CIN   25    24.04 65.7%   1133 6755 663 102 92 106 .986   3640 898 102 32 86 333 424 321 61 593 32 29 31 17 30 77 .247 .311 .363 .674 411     69.8  51.7   121.5 .062 .046 .107
1964    1 Joe Torre MIL   23    24.44 64.3%   1119 6489 553 79 81 114 .989   3595 969 157 25 80 393 426 346 72 531 21 31 36 12 11 90 .270 .334 .394 .728 476     85.9  49.6   135.5 .077 .044 .121
1965    1 Joe Torre MIL   24    23.37 62.1%   1095 6341 517 69 79 106 .990   3369 832 102 16 94 325 390 335 78 458 27 24 22 14 15 79 .247 .318 .370 .688 407     63.7  48.4   112.1 .058 .044 .102
1966    1 Joe Torre ATL   25    30.43 71.7%   1247 7112 579 85 75 111 .989   4043 1044 171 30 133 451 541 398 81 627 29 40 33 19 28 96 .258 .327 .414 .741 540     95.9  53.7   149.6 .077 .043 .120
1967    1 Tim McCarver STL   25    45.36 62.6%   1109 6265 562 52 73 85 .992   3477 855 144 15 77 372 347 347 98 493 22 35 28 18 29 91 .246 .316 .362 .678 398     71.5  50.1   121.6 .064 .045 .110
1968    1 Tom Haller LA   31    35.56 70.7%   1198 7084 633 77 98 93 .990   4000 1011 179 22 51 322 423 311 83 635 22 27 31 10 22 99 .253 .308 .347 .655 419     80.1  54.6   134.7 .067 .046 .112
1969    1 Johnny Bench CIN   21    31.17 75.1%   1477 9144 757 109 108 144 .989   5009 1269 202 30 101 541 547 483 77 685 21 55 33 28 35 124 .253 .320 .366 .686 583     84.8  67.2   152.0 .057 .045 .103
                               
1970    1 Dick Dietz SF   28    40.23 63.5%   1297 7710 544 101 95 102 .988   4485 1226 200 39 136 542 650 462 89 657 12 31 40 26 22 120 .273 .340 .426 .766 646    104.9  57.3   162.2 .081 .044 .125
1971    1 Manny Sanguillen PIT   27    30.22 67.0%   1364 7433 577 104 88 129 .987   4630 1230 205 28 109 490 545 440 73 578 23 27 32 18 25 157 .266 .330 .393 .723 575    101.2  57.2   158.4 .074 .042 .116
1972    1 Johnny Bench CIN   24    49.67 65.9%   1242 7032 575 91 85 95 .988   4293 1093 167 28 109 433 528 362 92 595 20 15 45 14 19 112 .255 .313 .383 .696 508     87.1  54.9   142.0 .070 .044 .114
1973    1 Ted Simmons STL   23    38.22 69.9%   1421 7811 674 98 101 124 .989   4924 1270 188 16 112 502 616 451 100 492 12 49 53 21 23 148 .258 .319 .371 .690 574     88.7  65.6   154.3 .062 .046 .109
1974    1 Johnny Bench CIN   26    41.13 69.7%   1423 7297 750 110 99 101 .987   4841 1274 211 29 104 529 622 440 94 512 28 43 60 17 18 139 .263 .324 .383 .707 596     93.7  61.6   155.3 .066 .043 .109
1975    1 Johnny Bench CIN   27    38.50 63.9%   1331 6780 621 106 75 130 .986   4477 1177 215 20 92 475 553 435 98 529 23 37 39 22 22 134 .263 .329 .382 .711 563     89.8  57.8   147.6 .067 .043 .111
1976    1 Johnny Bench CIN   28    24.85 59.6%   1244 6070 607 77 77 85 .989   4101 1023 171 23 64 425 435 410 79 517 24 29 36 28 25 124 .249 .319 .349 .668 451     64.7  54.4   119.1 .052 .044 .096
1977    1 Ted Simmons STL   27    36.67 68.6%   1430 7611 882 116 116 95 .987   4616 1258 263 21 174 642 699 681 112 751 34 21 51 44 41 121 .273 .367 .452 .819 771    137.6  64.4   202.0 .096 .045 .141
1978    1 Ted Simmons STL   28    35.65 60.5%   1287 6373 667 97 58 79 .986   4049 1018 189 18 113 480 516 516 101 478 22 23 45 46 37 114 .251 .336 .391 .727 536     94.3  54.9   149.2 .073 .043 .116
1979    1 Gary Carter MON   25    39.12 62.1%   1310 6640 733 99 99 81 .987   4341 1110 204 19 134 520 586 476 88 604 22 31 44 30 29 112 .256 .329 .404 .733 579     88.8  58.4   147.2 .068 .045 .112
                               
1980    1 Gary Carter MON   26    42.11 65.9%   1363 6579 812 112 100 69 .985   4361 1114 193 19 120 455 598 469 88 577 11 31 43 21 28 111 .255 .326 .391 .717 560     89.6  61.0   150.6 .066 .045 .110
1981    1 Gary Carter MON   27    21.40 72.6%   949 4599 552 86 70 50 .984   3122 853 152 9 48 298 367 319 58 319 11 36 30 19 27 75 .273 .340 .374 .714 392     70.1  42.5   112.6 .074 .045 .119
1982    1 Gary Carter MON   28    42.39 71.9%   1456 7719 850 123 94 100 .986   4977 1339 251 22 132 582 653 443 80 664 31 45 51 34 31 122 .269 .330 .408 .738 661    117.1  65.8   182.9 .080 .045 .126
1983    1 Gary Carter MON   29    32.37 70.6%   1475 7825 915 115 94 106 .987   4797 1254 231 20 141 511 646 472 84 697 24 30 42 19 33 132 .261 .328 .406 .734 618    100.9  67.5   168.4 .068 .046 .114
1984    1 Gary Carter MON   30    36.00 72.3%   1490 8197 745 118 80 101 .987   4987 1289 224 16 141 584 674 501 80 746 31 20 47 37 35 144 .258 .327 .395 .722 635    102.2  66.5   168.7 .069 .045 .113
1985    1 Gary Carter NY   31    46.31 66.6%   1410 7319 680 99 83 109 .988   4566 1132 200 13 130 484 596 505 86 646 25 34 31 23 25 149 .248 .324 .383 .707 557     86.6  62.6   149.2 .061 .044 .106
1986    1 Gary Carter NY   32    27.97 66.3%   1365 7957 795 118 105 96 .987   4472 1158 208 13 131 518 596 515 64 720 22 32 48 27 21 122 .259 .335 .399 .734 595     96.4  59.0   155.4 .071 .043 .114
1987    1 Bob Brenly SF   33    23.77 72.6%   1474 8711 796 115 103 114 .988   5011 1304 223 13 161 591 685 486 50 813 29 23 39 48 31 160 .260 .327 .406 .733 646     83.4  67.4   150.8 .057 .046 .102
1988    1 Mike LaValliere PIT   27    21.74 60.2%   1266 6889 650 89 83 84 .988   4266 1041 190 11 100 388 468 320 54 642 21 24 40 24 22 118 .244 .297 .364 .661 441     58.2  60.5   118.7 .046 .048 .094
1989    1 Craig Biggio HOU   23    21.73 59.5%   1272 6751 650 101 75 75 .987   3966 940 155 11 77 374 427 360 76 551 25 36 31 42 19 101 .237 .302 .340 .642 405     59.1  55.3   114.4 .046 .043 .090
                       
1990    1 Darren Daulton PHI   28    30.22 62.3%   1318 6908 610 99 71 84 .987   4139 1090 215 14 85 462 491 458 80 566 21 32 33 52 24 85 .263 .337 .384 .721 547     92.3  55.3   147.6 .070 .042 .112
1991    1 Craig Biggio HOU   25    24.51 60.1%   1274 6932 632 83 78 77 .989   4022 1026 182 19 67 403 448 375 37 617 31 31 40 51 42 92 .255 .321 .360 .681 466     65.8  55.1   120.9 .052 .043 .095
1992    1 Darren Daulton PHI   30    49.15 65.0%   1320 7212 703 67 83 78 .992   4275 1050 198 22 84 387 453 404 74 632 23 31 38 26 27 104 .246 .312 .361 .673 484     63.7  58.2   121.9 .048 .044 .092
1993    1 Mike Piazza LA   24    44.66 66.8%   1609 8946 825 90 100 130 .991   5387 1425 257 29 174 639 780 486 71 881 42 32 53 30 23 111 .265 .327 .420 .747 750    113.4  70.3   183.7 .070 .044 .114
1994    1 Mike Piazza LA   25    30.08 69.5%   1186 7078 587 58 65 84 .992   4016 1054 186 15 130 502 568 350 53 700 30 33 39 20 15 102 .262 .323 .413 .736 533     68.4  52.9   121.3 .058 .045 .102
1995    1 Mike Piazza LA   26    41.40 62.0%   1288 7953 654 82 99 87 .991   4364 1216 209 19 153 582 633 431 41 773 43 29 31 26 16 119 .279 .347 .440 .787 666    101.6  53.6   155.2 .079 .042 .120
1996    1 Mike Piazza LA   27    49.14 65.2%   1562 9910 763 116 92 100 .989   5310 1465 248 13 218 678 782 519 97 970 57 21 50 20 32 141 .276 .344 .451 .795 808    118.9  66.5   185.4 .076 .043 .119
1997    1 Mike Piazza LA   28    58.04 65.7%   1580 10269 864 106 142 90 .991   5306 1444 284 17 200 654 765 534 67 975 71 32 51 47 38 128 .272 .344 .445 .789 826    128.1  72.4   200.5 .081 .046 .127
1998    1 Mike Piazza NY   29    38.38 61.7%   1716 10922 779 117 111 110 .990   5663 1495 277 21 174 704 742 510 57 995 84 20 42 63 26 156 .264 .332 .413 .745 773    109.3  72.4   181.7 .064 .042 .106
1999    1 Mike Piazza NY   30    27.34 58.6%   1633 9984 760 102 122 94 .991   5364 1497 295 17 206 725 809 534 57 1002 58 22 50 34 19 157 .279 .348 .456 .804 840    100.7  70.0   170.7 .062 .043 .105
                               
2000    1 Mike Piazza NY   31    37.63 58.9%   1660 10406 752 99 113 87 .991   5494 1536 322 17 200 748 848 620 94 987 57 23 56 38 28 146 .280 .355 .454 .809 890    124.4  70.5   194.9 .075 .042 .117
2001    1 Paul Lo Duca LA   29    40.15 66.5%   1824 11977 885 104 130 113 .992   6175 1565 324 20 191 727 766 528 73 1161 76 43 53 34 34 186 .253 .317 .405 .722 778     85.2  77.7   162.9 .047 .043 .089
2002    1 Paul Lo Duca LA   30    25.09 62.3%   1734 10920 836 98 119 121 .992   5851 1522 294 23 167 670 741 532 76 988 81 32 44 34 29 207 .260 .328 .404 .732 739     93.9  70.1   164.0 .054 .040 .095
2003    1 Javy Lopez ATL   32    45.83 68.1%   1839 11685 790 89 110 107 .993   6296 1695 343 21 181 796 847 554 71 1066 96 43 45 30 30 176 .269 .335 .417 .752 874    127.7  84.6   212.3 .069 .046 .115
2004    1 Jason Kendall PIT   30    32.34 63.5%   1750 11355 772 72 123 91 .994   5960 1600 341 18 147 666 747 472 58 887 125 48 47 22 27 196 .268 .333 .406 .739 784     95.7  79.9   175.6 .055 .046 .100
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 63.9%   1755 10871 810 71 93 81 .994   5777 1485 347 10 147 598 739 493 85 939 81 46 47 13 17 167 .257 .322 .397 .719 723     94.4  82.1   176.5 .054 .047 .101
2006    1 Brian McCann ATL   22    28.49 62.5%   1684 10702 773 95 91 88 .992   5838 1623 355 19 171 679 837 426 70 936 73 52 53 25 16 193 .278 .332 .433 .765 814    103.1  76.3   179.4 .061 .045 .107
2007    1 Russell Martin LA   24    31.38 68.7%   1823 11846 830 108 103 107 .992   6333 1660 343 18 171 689 858 531 58 1021 54 36 62 40 22 224 .262 .322 .403 .725 785     82.6  89.0   171.6 .045 .049 .094
2008    1 Ryan Doumit PIT   27    28.20 65.1%   1743 11340 866 88 98 88 .993   5866 1572 329 12 165 701 848 620 63 1008 74 36 51 31 16 160 .268 .343 .413 .756 839    121.8  81.5   203.3 .070 .047 .117
2009    1 Brian McCann ATL   25    25.22 61.8%   1659 11065 851 90 95 60 .993   5773 1490 314 15 158 663 747 574 62 997 73 32 54 44 21 182 .258 .330 .400 .730 743     95.7  67.4   163.1 .058 .041 .098
2010    1 Carlos Ruiz PHI   31    22.10 58.7%   1557 10896 811 92 89 74 .992   5330 1428 272 13 145 602 692 525 70 999 56 12 38 40 26 159 .268 .338 .405 .743 722    105.6  70.6   176.2 .068 .045 .113
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia