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1970 1972 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 Manny Sanguillen 8 a   PIT 1E R 27   135 712 72 5 12 12 .994   529 168 26 5 7 60 78 18 12 31 3 1 1 6 4 21 .318 .343 .425 .768 69     14.1   9.2   23.3 .104 .068 .173   30.22 1 1 Manny Sanguillen
2 2 Ted Simmons T16   STL 2E B 21   130 747 52 9 11 18 .989   504 154 32 4 7 65 75 36 3 48 3 4 9 1 3 20 .306 .350 .427 .777 71     14.9   5.1   20.0 .115 .039 .154   24.48 2 2 Ted Simmons
3 3 Dick Dietz   SF 1W R 29   135 712 37 14 4 20 .982   444 110 18 0 17 56 66 97 8 81 4 2 2 1 3 8 .248 .386 .403 .789 75     17.3   1.0   18.3 .128 .007 .136   21.05 3 3 Dick Dietz
4 4 Johnny Bench BBW A G   CIN T4W R 23   141 687 59 9 9 6 .988   504 119 17 1 25 72 58 45 6 74 0 0 2 2 1 18 .236 .298 .423 .721 59     11.1   5.8   16.9 .079 .041 .120   18.26 4 4 Johnny Bench
5 5   Tim McCarver             PHI 6E L 29       125 673 51 11 8 18 .985     460 129 20 5 7 48 44 41 7 25 1 3 4 5 3 11 .280 .338 .391 .729 60       10.3   5.1   15.4 .082 .041 .123   16.84 5 5   Tim McCarver
6 6 Duke Sims   LA 2W L 30   74 345 33 3 5 5 .992   212 61 7 2 6 27 25 30 7 37 1 0 2 0 1 3 .288 .376 .425 .801 34      7.7   3.2   10.9 .104 .043 .147   13.03 6 6 Duke Sims
7 Jack Hiatt   HOU T4W R 28   65 329 20 3 6 4 .991   166 46 8 1 1 16 15 34 2 36 2 2 1 0 1 1 .277 .404 .355 .759 27      6.8   3.0    9.8 .105 .046 .151   11.88 7 Jack Hiatt
8 7 Jerry Grote   NY T3E R 28   122 892 41 9 4 10 .990   399 109 25 0 2 35 35 40 4 47 2 4 1 1 4 17 .273 .342 .351 .693 44      6.2   5.5   11.7 .051 .045 .096   11.31 8 7 Jerry Grote
9 8 Earl Williams R-1   ATL 3W R 22 1B,3B   72 375 35 8 4 15 .981   250 61 7 1 17 32 41 28 2 43 2 0 3 0 0 6 .244 .322 .484 .806 39      7.1   2.7    9.8 .099 .038 .136   11.27 9 8 Earl Williams
10 9 Johnny Edwards   HOU T4W L 33   104 555 48 3 7 9 .995   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    9.37 10 9 Johnny Edwards
                               
11 10 Bob Barton   SD 6W R 29   119 698 67 15 10 3 .981   350 89 15 2 5 24 21 34 11 46 2 0 0 0 5 14 .254 .324 .351 .675 36      4.0   6.1   10.1 .034 .051 .085    9.18 11 10 Bob Barton
12 Tom Haller   LA 2W L 34   67 320 34 8 3 4 .978   185 48 5 0 5 25 30 23 7 28 2 0 5 0 2 4 .259 .340 .368 .708 23      4.9   2.7    7.6 .073 .040 .113    7.97 12 Tom Haller
13 11 John Bateman   MON 5E R 30   137 726 56 12 12 8 .985   488 118 17 3 10 34 56 19 3 87 4 6 5 1 0 26 .242 .273 .350 .623 40      3.2   5.3    8.5 .023 .039 .062    6.60 13 11 John Bateman
14 Milt May R   PIT 1E L 20   31 168 12 0 3 5 1.000   109 32 1 0 6 16 23 8 3 12 0 0 2 0 0 4 .294 .336 .468 .804 16      3.0   2.0    5.0 .097 .065 .161    6.26 14 Milt May
15     Jerry McNertney             STL 2E R 34       36 192 7 3 1 6 .985     112 32 3 2 4 16 17 9 1 10 0 3 2 0 0 3 .286 .333 .455 .788 17        3.8   1.0    4.8 .106 .028 .133    5.46 15     Jerry McNertney
16 J.C. Martin   CHI T3E L 34   43 218 21 1 2 7 .996   120 33 5 0 2 14 17 12 6 15 2 2 1 1 1 2 .275 .348 .367 .715 15      1.9   2.1    4.0 .044 .049 .093    3.80 16 J.C. Martin
17 12 Chris Cannizzaro   SD/CHI 6W/T3E R 33   89 425 32 7 4 7 .985   258 54 9 1 6 21 31 38 2 33 2 6 2 0 0 20 .209 .313 .322 .635 23      1.1   3.6    4.7 .012 .040 .053    3.37 17 12 Chris  Cannizzaro
18 Duffy Dyer   NY T3E R 25   53 336 21 3 3 2 .992   160 35 7 1 2 13 12 14 4 45 1 0 1 1 0 4 .219 .284 .313 .597 14      1.3   2.3    3.6 .025 .043 .068    2.93 18 Duffy Dyer
19 Hal King   ATL 3W L 27   60 274 23 5 0 10 .983   175 36 9 0 5 13 16 27 5 39 3 2 0 0 0 8 .206 .322 .343 .665 19      1.7   2.0    3.7 .028 .033 .062    2.87 19 Hal King
20 Fran Healy R   SF 1W R 24   22 104 8 4 1 2 .966   71 21 2 0 1 9 6 12 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 2 .296 .398 .366 .764 11      2.4   0.2    2.6 .109 .009 .118    2.79 20 Fran Healy
                               
21 Mike Ryan   PHI 6E R 29   43 222 30 0 2 2 1.000   133 22 5 1 3 9 6 10 1 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 .165 .224 .286 .510 8      -     2.3    2.3 .000 .053 .053    1.65 21 Mike Ryan
22 Joe Ferguson R   LA 2W R 24   35 167 9 3 0 3 .983   100 21 3 0 2 12 7 11 0 15 1 0 0 1 0 3 .210 .295 .300 .595 9      1.0   1.1    2.1 .029 .031 .060    1.60 22 Joe Ferguson
23 Bob Didier   ATL 3W B 22   50 230 24 0 2 8 1.000   153 33 4 1 0 8 4 6 5 17 0 10 0 0 0 3 .216 .245 .255 .500 9      -     2.2    2.2 .000 .044 .044    1.44 23 Bob Didier
24 Ken Rudolph R   CHI T3E R 24   25 153 16 0 1 1 1.000   76 15 3 0 0 5 7 6 0 20 1 3 0 0 0 3 .197 .265 .237 .502 5      -     1.6    1.6 .000 .064 .064    1.26 24 Ken Rudolph
25     John Boccabella             MON 5E R 30 1B     37 127 11 3 2 4 .979     89 24 4 0 2 8 7 6 1 12 1 1 1 0 0 3 .270 .320 .382 .702 10        0.9   0.9    1.8 .024 .024 .049    1.24 25     John Boccabella
26 Larry Howard R   HOU T4W R 26   22 106 12 1 2 5 .992   62 15 3 0 2 6 13 3 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 2 .242 .277 .387 .664 6      0.4   1.0    1.4 .018 .045 .064    1.10 26 Larry Howard
27 Fred Kendall R   SD 6W R 22   39 176 13 0 1 0 1.000   86 16 1 0 1 1 5 5 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 .186 .231 .233 .464 4      -     1.6    1.6 .000 .041 .041    1.01 27 Fred Kendall
28 Danny Breeden R   CHI T3E R 29   25 150 7 4 2 3 .975   65 10 1 0 0 3 4 9 0 18 1 3 1 0 0 2 .154 .263 .169 .432 4      -     1.1    1.1 .000 .044 .044    0.72 28 Danny Breeden
29 Pat Corrales   CIN T4W R 30   39 145 4 3 3 5 .980   90 17 2 0 0 6 6 6 1 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 .189 .240 .211 .451 5      -     0.9    0.9 .000 .023 .023    0.43 29 Pat Corrales
30 Russ Gibson   SF 1W R 32   22 79 4 3 0 1 .965   55 11 1 1 1 2 7 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .214 .309 .523 3      -     0.1    0.1 .000 .005 .005    0.02 30 Russ Gibson
League Average Age 27.7 League Avg WS/Game .062 .041 .103
League Avg per 800 Chances 733.1 57.0 9.9 8.2 13.5 .988 Offense Share of WS 60.1%
League Average per 600 PA 536.6 136.9 21.9 2.8 11.8 54.1 60.5 52.3 9.0 76.6 3.0 4.4 3.7 1.8 2.4 17.2 .255 .323 .372 .695 62.8 Average WS/Team  17.97
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   23.6%   504 2553 222 31 28 58 .989     1554 409 60 11 32 162 178 166 43 191 9 8 15 7 8 32 .263 .335 .378 .713 196       33.9  22.5   56.4 .067 .045 .112 Bats Left
Bats Right 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 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   9.0%     180 977 76 9 13 26 .992     657 187 36 5 7 73 79 42 8 65 3 14 9 1 3 23 .285 .326 .387 .713 80       14.9   7.3   22.2 .083 .041 .123 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 26.2%   545 2807 228 33 32 58 .989   1853 472 70 7 59 220 226 157 22 256 7 17 16 6 4 61 .255 .313 .396 .709 223     39.5  22.3   61.8 .072 .041 .113 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 44.5%   904 5104 381 70 53 89 .987   2943 769 137 15 51 283 310 327 54 415 19 17 11 14 21 90 .261 .338 .370 .708 362     62.1  38.6  100.7 .069 .043 .111 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 29.2%   648 3132 250 46 39 56 .987   1902 468 66 13 37 172 219 169 36 285 12 21 19 3 5 64 .246 .309 .353 .662 199     27.9  25.2   53.1 .043 .039 .082 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   0.0%                         Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     12.6%     271 1399 112 20 14 34 .987     819 191 21 1 29 84 106 82 8 151 5 6 6 3 1 24 .233 .305 .368 .673 94       13.9  11.3   25.2 .051 .042 .093 Rookie  
Starter 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 Starter  
Reserve     33.0%     733 3610 282 45 36 74 .989     2068 479 68 7 38 185 210 213 39 378 15 28 14 5 5 58 .232 .306 .326 .632 209       28.3  28.9   57.2 .039 .039 .078 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   23.6%   504 727.9 63.3 8.8 8.0 16.5 .989     532.2 140.1 20.5 3.8 11.0 55.5 61.0 56.9 14.7 65.4 3.1 2.7 5.1 2.4 2.7 11.0 .263 .335 .378 .713 67.1       11.6   7.7   19.3 .067 .045 .112 Bats Left
Bats Right 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 Bats Right
Bats Both   9.0%     180 736.0 57.2 6.8 9.8 19.6 .992     543.7 154.8 29.8 4.1 5.8 60.4 65.4 34.8 6.6 53.8 2.5 11.6 7.4 0.8 2.5 19.0 .285 .326 .387 .713 66.2       12.3   6.0   18.4 .083 .041 .123 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 26.2%   545 731.9 59.5 8.6 8.3 15.1 .989   542.3 138.1 20.5 2.0 17.3 64.4 66.1 46.0 6.4 74.9 2.0 5.0 4.7 1.8 1.2 17.9 .255 .313 .396 .709 65.3     11.6   6.5   18.1 .072 .041 .113 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 44.5%   904 735.0 54.9 10.1 7.6 12.8 .987   532.3 139.1 24.8 2.7 9.2 51.2 56.1 59.2 9.8 75.1 3.4 3.1 2.0 2.5 3.8 16.3 .261 .338 .370 .708 65.5     11.2   7.0   18.2 .069 .043 .111 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 29.2%   648 730.9 58.4 10.7 9.1 13.1 .987   537.5 132.3 18.7 3.7 10.5 48.6 61.9 47.8 10.2 80.5 3.4 5.9 5.4 0.8 1.4 18.1 .246 .309 .353 .662 56.2      7.9   7.1   15.0 .043 .039 .082 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                         Age 35 & over  
Rookie     12.6%     271 731.0 58.5 10.5 7.3 17.8 .987     535.3 124.8 13.7 0.7 19.0 54.9 69.3 53.6 5.2 98.7 3.3 3.9 3.9 2.0 0.7 15.7 .233 .305 .368 .673 61.4        9.1   7.4   16.5 .051 .042 .093 Rookie  
Starter 67.0%   1364 732.9 56.9 10.2 8.7 12.7 .987   539.2 143.2 23.9 3.3 12.7 57.1 63.5 51.2 8.5 67.3 2.7 3.2 3.7 2.1 2.9 18.3 .266 .330 .393 .723 67.0     11.8   6.7   18.4 .074 .042 .116 Starter  
Reserve     33.0%     733 733.6 57.3 9.1 7.3 15.0 .989     530.7 122.9 17.5 1.8 9.8 47.5 53.9 54.7 10.0 97.0 3.8 7.2 3.6 1.3 1.3 14.9 .232 .306 .326 .632 53.6        7.3   7.4   14.7 .039 .039 .078 Reserve