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Yan Gomes, the active leader and is tied for 266th all-time in fielding errors as a catcher. Silver Flint holds the National League record of 436 errors as a catcher, but also held the league record for career assists for 15 years. King Kelly, 10th all-time in fielding errors by a catcher despite playing over 60% of his career at other positions.
Herman Long, the all-time leader in fielding errors. The following is a list of annual leaders in fielding errors in Major League Baseball (MLB), with separate lists for the American League and the National League. The list also includes several professional leagues and associations that were never part of MLB.
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders own the worst single-season record of all time (minimum 120 games) and for all eras, finishing at 20–134 (.130 percentage) in the final year of the National League's 12-team era in the 1890s; for comparison, this projects to 21–141 under the current 162-game schedule, and Pythagorean expectation based on the Spiders' results and the current 162-game schedule ...
He played eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1901 to 1911 for the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers. [1] He was one of the worst-hitting position players in the history of the Major Leagues, but was also one of the best defensive catchers of all time.
Munson threw out 44.48% of base runners who tried stealing a base on him, ranking him 11th on the all-time list. [50] 1st all time – Singles in World Series, 9; 10th all time – Batting average by catcher, .292; 11th all time – Postseason batting average, .357; 11th all time – Caught stealing percentage; 16th all time – On base ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time.
OBP is calculated in Major League Baseball (MLB) by dividing the sum of hits, walks, and times hit by a pitch by the sum of at-bats, walks, times hit by pitch and sacrifice flies. [1] A hitter with a .400 on-base percentage is considered to be great [ 2 ] and rare; [ 3 ] only 61 players in MLB history with at least 3,000 career plate ...
During his years in Major League Baseball, he played with five different teams. Beginning his career with the Boston Americans, his final professional game was played with the New York Giants on June 6, 1915. McLean was one of the tallest catchers in Major League Baseball history, standing 6 feet, 5 inches.