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1987 1989 Chronology Home C Index Guide
Pos St All- Other Catcher Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Catcher Win Shares Pos St
Rank Rank Name HOF MVP Star Rookie GG SS Team Stdg Bats Age Pos 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 WSQ Rank Rank Name
1 1 Carlton Fisk BBW S CHI 5W R 40   74 338 36 2 7 3 .995   247 70 8 1 19 40 49 35 9 37 5 1 2 0 0 5 .283 .381 .555 .936 52     11.0   3.9   14.9 .149 .053 .201   22.43 1 1 Carlton Fisk
2 2 Bob Boone G CAL 4W R 40   121 506 66 8 9 1 .986   351 103 17 0 5 42 39 28 2 26 2 9 0 2 2 9 .293 .349 .385 .734 46     11.2   6.1   17.3 .093 .050 .143   21.95 2 2 Bob Boone
3 3 Matt Nokes DET 2E L 24   110 574 45 7 8 6 .989   357 91 18 0 15 49 50 31 1 52 1 6 2 0 1 11 .255 .315 .431 .746 46      9.4   6.4   15.8 .085 .058 .144   20.09 3 3 Matt Nokes
4 4 Ernie Whitt TOR T3E L 36   123 643 43 4 10 10 .994   387 100 11 2 16 63 69 57 4 38 1 2 6 4 2 8 .258 .350 .421 .771 59     11.5   4.1   15.6 .093 .033 .127   18.64 4 4 Ernie Whitt
5 5   Andy Allanson             CLE 6E R 26       133 691 60 11 11 8 .986     434 114 11 0 5 44 50 25 2 63 3 8 4 5 9 6 .263 .305 .323 .628 42        5.6   7.9   13.5 .042 .059 .102   14.43 5 5   Andy Allanson
6 6 Ron Hassey OAK 1W L 35   91 465 31 3 7 7 .994   284 76 15 0 7 32 43 26 1 32 4 3 4 2 0 9 .268 .333 .394 .727 38      6.9   4.9   11.8 .076 .054 .130   14.26 6 6 Ron Hassey
7 Terry Steinbach A OAK 1W R 26   84 484 48 9 5 6 .983   272 74 15 0 7 36 42 29 2 35 6 3 4 3 0 9 .272 .350 .404 .754 39      7.1   3.8   10.9 .085 .045 .130   13.17 7 Terry Steinbach
8 7 Mickey Tettleton BAL 7E B 27   80 361 31 3 1 9 .992   274 74 11 1 11 31 37 27 2 65 2 1 2 0 1 9 .270 .338 .438 .776 38      5.2   3.9    9.1 .065 .049 .114   10.30 8 7 Mickey Tettleton
9 8 B.J. Surhoff MIL T3E L 23 3B   106 525 42 6 2 8 .990   380 100 20 0 4 42 32 29 8 36 2 6 3 21 5 10 .263 .316 .347 .663 42      3.7   5.6    9.3 .035 .053 .088    9.24 9 8 B.J. Surhoff
10 Dave Valle SEA 7W R 27   84 484 47 6 7 5 .989   265 57 13 1 9 24 42 17 0 36 9 3 1 0 1 11 .215 .284 .374 .658 26      4.6   4.0    8.6 .055 .048 .102    9.23 10 Dave Valle
                           
11 Mike MacFarlane R KC 3W R 24   68 309 18 2 3 8 .994   207 56 15 0 4 25 26 21 2 34 1 1 2 0 0 5 .271 .338 .401 .739 28      5.1   2.2    7.3 .075 .032 .107    8.03 11 Mike MacFarlane
12 9 Don Slaught NY 5E R 29   94 496 24 11 4 4 .979   312 87 23 1 8 34 42 23 2 53 3 5 4 1 0 10 .279 .330 .436 .766 44      6.6   1.5    8.1 .070 .016 .086    7.98 12 9 Don Slaught
13 10 Tim Laudner a MIN 2W R 30   109 621 35 5 8 8 .992   364 92 18 1 13 41 53 33 0 88 1 2 2 0 0 14 .253 .315 .415 .730 45      4.5   3.9    8.4 .041 .036 .077    7.82 13 10 Tim Laudner
14 11 Rich Gedman BOS 1E L 28   93 570 40 5 4 6 .992   293 68 14 0 9 33 38 17 1 48 3 8 3 0 0 6 .232 .278 .372 .650 30      2.1   5.5    7.6 .023 .059 .082    7.29 14 11 Rich Gedman
15     Rick Cerone             BOS 1E R 34       83 471 28 0 4 7 1.000     256 68 13 1 3 30 26 19 0 31 3 1 1 0 0 6 .266 .323 .359 .682 30        2.7   3.9    6.6 .033 .047 .080    6.24 15     Rick Cerone
16 12 Gino Petralli TEX 6W B 28 DH   85 409 45 9 7 20 .981   245 76 10 2 4 25 24 26 4 37 1 1 3 0 1 7 .310 .375 .416 .791 38      4.8   1.4    6.2 .056 .016 .073    5.62 16 12 Gino Petralli
17 13 Scott Bradley SEA 7W L 28   85 524 37 5 6 9 .991   300 72 13 0 4 40 26 12 1 16 1 2 1 1 1 10 .240 .271 .323 .594 24      2.1   4.0    6.1 .025 .047 .072    5.48 17 13 Scott Bradley
18 14 Jamie Quirk KC 3W L 33   79 409 31 8 5 2 .982   188 47 7 1 8 24 25 25 2 38 1 4 3 1 5 2 .250 .336 .426 .762 27      3.2   2.5    5.7 .041 .032 .072    5.14 18 14 Jamie Quirk
19 Mike Heath DET 2E R 33   75 357 24 6 3 2 .984   200 48 7 2 5 22 18 15 0 31 1 3 0 1 0 5 .240 .296 .370 .666 22      2.6   3.0    5.6 .035 .040 .075    5.13 19 Mike Heath
20 Brian Harper MIN 2W R 28   48 207 15 2 0 3 .991   146 45 11 0 3 12 16 9 1 10 2 2 1 0 3 10 .308 .354 .445 .799 19      1.2   2.0    3.2 .025 .042 .067    2.77 20 Brian Harper
                           
21 Jim Sundberg TEX 6W R 37 NL-C   36 141 9 0 2 3 1.000   87 25 4 0 4 13 12 5 0 16 0 3 0 0 0 2 .287 .326 .471 .797 13      1.6   1.2    2.8 .044 .033 .078    2.62 21 Jim Sundberg
22 Mark Salas CHI 5W L 27   69 251 35 6 5 6 .979   184 47 7 0 3 17 8 12 2 16 3 0 0 0 0 2 .255 .312 .342 .654 20      1.6   1.7    3.3 .023 .025 .048    2.42 22 Mark Salas
23 Charlie O'Brien R MIL T3E R 28   40 210 20 2 4 1 .991   118 26 6 0 2 12 9 5 0 16 0 4 0 0 1 3 .220 .252 .322 .574 9      0.2   2.5    2.7 .005 .063 .068    2.35 23 Charlie O'Brien
24 Mike Stanley TEX 6W R 25   64 310 14 3 3 3 .991   162 35 5 0 2 17 16 24 0 41 0 1 4 0 0 5 .216 .311 .284 .595 16      2.2   0.9    3.1 .034 .014 .048    2.29 24 Mike Stanley
25     Joel Skinner             NY 5E R 27       85 395 16 4 5 1 .990     249 56 15 0 4 23 23 13 0 72 0 6 1 0 0 6 .225 .262 .333 .595 21        1.6   1.7    3.3 .019 .020 .039    2.18 25     Joel Skinner
26 Pat Borders R TOR T3E R 25   43 205 14 6 0 1 .973   128 35 5 2 5 13 16 1 0 19 0 1 1 0 0 5 .273 .277 .461 .738 14      1.5   0.9    2.4 .035 .021 .056    1.90 26 Pat Borders
27 Darrell Miller CAL 4W R 30   53 218 18 3 1 8 .987   119 26 3 1 2 15 4 6 0 24 5 3 0 2 1 1 .218 .285 .311 .596 11      0.8   1.7    2.5 .015 .032 .047    1.82 27 Darrell Miller
28 Ron Karkovice CHI 5W R 24   46 190 24 1 4 1 .995   115 20 4 0 3 10 9 7 0 30 1 3 0 4 2 1 .174 .228 .287 .515 8      -     2.2    2.2 .000 .048 .048    1.61 28 Ron Karkovice
29 Butch Wynegar CAL 4W B 32   26 94 8 2 1 1 .981   51 13 4 1 1 9 7 8 1 7 0 0 2 0 0 2 .255 .344 .431 .775 8      0.8   0.8    1.6 .031 .031 .062    1.33 29 Butch Wynegar
30 Bill Schroeder MIL T3E R 29   30 145 10 0 1 1 1.000   89 14 2 0 3 7 5 6 0 26 1 1 0 0 0 4 .157 .219 .281 .500 5      -     1.5    1.5 .000 .050 .050    1.13 30 Bill Schroeder
                           
31 Sal Butera TOR T3E R 35   23 97 10 1 1 1 .991   59 14 2 1 1 3 6 1 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 .237 .250 .356 .606 5      0.6   0.7    1.3 .026 .030 .057    1.04 31 Sal Butera
32 Larry Owen KC 3W R 33   37 168 13 2 1 1 .989   81 17 1 0 1 5 3 9 0 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 .210 .304 .259 .563 7      -     1.5    1.5 .000 .041 .041    1.01 32 Larry Owen
33 Terry Kennedy BAL 7E L 32   79 332 23 2 3 6 .994   257 59 10 0 3 20 15 14 0 51 1 2 2 0 0 13 .230 .270 .304 .574 19      -     1.7    1.7 .000 .022 .022    0.84 33 Terry Kennedy
34 Chris Bando CLE/DET 6E/2E B 32   33 123 14 3 2 2 .979   70 9 1 0 1 6 8 7 0 12 1 3 2 0 0 4 .129 .213 .186 .399 3      -     1.0    1.0 .000 .030 .030    0.58 34 Chris Bando
35 Tom Nieto MIN 2W R 27   24 108 6 1 1 2 .991   60 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 2 .067 .097 .067 .164 0      -     0.8    0.8 .000 .033 .033    0.49 35 Tom Nieto
League Average Age 29.7 League Avg WS/Game .049 .040 .089
League Avg per 800 Chances 733.5 57.8 8.7 8.6 10.0 .989 Offense Share of WS 54.6%
League Average per 600 PA 539.5 136.3 24.1 1.3 13.8 61.1 63.1 44.3 3.3 84.2 4.7 7.2 4.3 3.3 2.5 15.1 .253 .313 .379 .692 63.5 Average WS/Team  15.95
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time 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
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Bats Left   34.1%   835 4293 327 46 50 60 .990     2630 660 115 3 69 320 306 223 20 327 17 33 24 29 14 71 .251 .311 .376 .687 305       40.5  36.4   76.9 .049 .044 .092 Bats Left
Bats Right 57.4%   1454 7151 555 85 84 78 .989   4321 1086 198 11 108 469 506 332 20 737 46 63 27 18 19 120 .251 .310 .377 .687 502     70.7  57.8  128.5 .049 .040 .088 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   8.5%     224 987 98 17 11 32 .985     640 172 26 4 17 71 76 68 7 121 4 5 9 0 2 22 .269 .338 .402 .740 87       10.8   7.1   17.9 .048 .032 .080 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 13.3%   330 1598 129 16 17 23 .991   1059 267 57 0 26 126 117 88 11 152 5 16 7 25 8 27 .252 .311 .380 .691 124     18.2  16.4   34.6 .055 .050 .105 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 46.2%   1141 5850 462 83 64 85 .987   3531 884 161 7 79 369 394 247 17 570 35 46 29 10 17 105 .250 .303 .367 .670 385     46.4  44.0   90.4 .041 .039 .079 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 22.1%   574 2793 194 31 28 37 .990   1586 379 64 7 37 172 159 136 3 305 15 20 12 4 6 47 .239 .303 .358 .661 172     14.6  20.0   34.6 .025 .035 .060 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   18.4%   468 2190 195 18 36 25 .993   1415 388 57 4 52 193 218 152 16 158 12 19 12 8 4 34 .274 .347 .430 .777 213     42.8  20.9   63.7 .091 .045 .136 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     5.9%     151 724 52 10 7 10 .987     453 117 26 2 11 50 51 27 2 69 1 6 3 0 1 13 .258 .300 .397 .697 51        6.8   5.6   12.4 .045 .037 .082 Rookie  
Starter 56.9%   1383 7132 566 87 89 101 .989   4416 1170 196 9 128 540 577 394 39 629 30 58 39 37 27 116 .265 .327 .400 .727 571     87.8  61.6  149.4 .063 .045 .108 Starter  
Reserve     43.1%     1130 5299 414 61 56 69 .989     3175 748 143 9 66 320 311 229 8 556 37 43 21 10 8 97 .236 .293 .349 .642 323       34.2  39.7   73.9 .030 .035 .065 Reserve  
Splits per 800 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 800 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 800 TC / 600 PA
Pct of Total
Playing Time 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
Bats Left   34.1%   835 736.0 56.1 7.9 8.6 10.3 .990     539.1 135.3 23.6 0.6 14.1 65.6 62.7 45.7 4.1 67.0 3.5 6.8 4.9 5.9 2.9 14.6 .251 .311 .376 .687 62.5        8.3   7.5   15.8 .049 .044 .092 Bats Left
Bats Right 57.4%   1454 734.3 57.0 8.7 8.6 8.0 .989   541.4 136.1 24.8 1.4 13.5 58.8 63.4 41.6 2.5 92.3 5.7 7.9 3.4 2.3 2.4 15.0 .251 .310 .377 .687 62.9      8.9   7.2   16.1 .049 .040 .088 Bats Right
Bats Both   8.5%     224 716.5 71.2 12.3 8.0 23.2 .985     528.9 142.1 21.5 3.3 14.0 58.7 62.8 56.2 5.8 100.0 3.3 4.1 7.5 0.0 1.7 18.2 .269 .338 .402 .740 71.9        8.9   5.9   14.8 .048 .032 .080 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 13.3%   330 733.5 59.2 7.3 7.8 10.6 .991   540.8 136.3 29.1 0.0 13.3 64.3 59.7 44.9 5.6 77.6 2.5 8.2 3.6 12.8 4.1 13.8 .252 .311 .380 .691 63.3      9.3   8.4   17.7 .055 .050 .105 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 46.2%   1141 731.8 57.8 10.4 8.0 10.6 .987   544.9 136.4 24.8 1.1 12.2 56.9 60.8 38.1 2.6 88.0 5.4 7.1 4.5 1.5 2.6 16.2 .250 .303 .367 .670 59.4      7.2   6.8   14.0 .041 .039 .079 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 22.1%   574 740.4 51.4 8.2 7.4 9.8 .990   537.9 128.5 21.7 2.4 12.5 58.3 53.9 46.1 1.0 103.4 5.1 6.8 4.1 1.4 2.0 15.9 .239 .303 .358 .661 58.3      5.0   6.8   11.7 .025 .035 .060 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   18.4%   468 729.1 64.9 6.0 12.0 8.3 .993   527.3 144.6 21.2 1.5 19.4 71.9 81.2 56.6 6.0 58.9 4.5 7.1 4.5 3.0 1.5 12.7 .274 .347 .430 .777 79.4     16.0   7.8   23.7 .091 .045 .136 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     5.9%     151 736.9 52.9 10.2 7.1 10.2 .987     554.7 143.3 31.8 2.4 13.5 61.2 62.4 33.1 2.4 84.5 1.2 7.3 3.7 0.0 1.2 15.9 .258 .300 .397 .697 62.4        8.3   6.9   15.2 .045 .037 .082 Rookie  
Starter 56.9%   1383 732.9 58.2 8.9 9.1 10.4 .989   536.7 142.2 23.8 1.1 15.6 65.6 70.1 47.9 4.7 76.4 3.6 7.1 4.7 4.5 3.3 14.1 .265 .327 .400 .727 69.4     10.7   7.5   18.2 .063 .045 .108 Starter  
Reserve     43.1%     1130 734.2 57.4 8.4 7.8 9.6 .989     543.5 128.0 24.5 1.5 11.3 54.8 53.2 39.2 1.4 95.2 6.3 7.4 3.6 1.7 1.4 16.6 .236 .293 .349 .642 55.3        5.9   6.8   12.7 .030 .035 .065 Reserve