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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.
Yadier Molina, the leader in all-time putouts by a catcher. In baseball statistics, a putout (denoted by PO) is given to a defensive player who records an out by tagging a runner with the ball when he is not touching a base (a tagout), catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base to put out a batter or runner (a force out), catching a thrown ball and tagging a base to record an out on ...
Bergen was a fine defensive catcher whose dubious claim to fame was his offensive ineptitude. No one played in the major leagues as long as Bill Bergen and hit so poorly. Bergen had 3,028 career at-bats , during which he compiled a batting average of .170 (516/3028), a record low for players with more than 2,500 plate appearances .
Josh Gibson, who played 510 game in the Negro League, holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records.
Baseball catcher stubs (3 C, 133 P) Pages in category "Major League Baseball catchers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,017 total.
In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) is a measure of how often a batter reaches base for any reason other than a fielding error, fielder's choice, dropped or uncaught third strike, fielder's obstruction, or catcher's interference.
In 1974, splitting time between first base (65 games) and catcher (63 games), he hit .297 and finished fifth in the American League in slugging percentage with a .479 mark. [20] He moved back behind the plate the following year to earn his 11th All-Star berth. Freehan ended his career in 1976, batting .270. [4]
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 ...