Can you name the All-Time Catching Leaders? by cwright

Can you name the All-Time Catching Leaders?

created by cwright

Enter a player name (last names acceptable) in the box below
Correctly named player names will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: baseball-reference play index
(* denotes active players) NOTE: Some players accumulated stats while playing other positions as well. These stats are included in totals if the player qualifies as a catcher (over 50% of time at C).
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Games
2499*
2499
2456
2295
2264
2158
2120
2085*

Hits
2817*
2472
2356
2195*
2150
2127
2092
2048

Home Runs
427
389
376
358
324
324
309*
261*

Average
.327*
.320
.313
.308
.308
.306
.300*
.298*

Runs Scored
1340
1276
1175
1091
1074
1048
1041
1030

RBI
1430
1389
1376
1335
1330
1313
1225
1209

Stolen Bases
212
189*
177
133
128
127*
124
121

Walks
984
949
931
905
897*
891
857
855

Times Hit By Pitch
254*
143
115
114
107
107
97
92*

On-Base Percentage
.419
.407*
.393
.388
.386
.382
.378
.377*
.377

Slugging Percentage
.545
.500
.491
.489
.486
.482
.481*
.479*

Strikeouts
1527
1446*
1386
1377*
1307
1278
1270
1149*

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MLB All-Time Leaders: Catchers Quiz

by cwright

Created Feb 11, 2011 in Sports
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	Randy59:	Feb 12th, 2011 at 00:22 GMT		2 points
	Nicely done!

	Nada:	Feb 12th, 2011 at 03:16 GMT		-2 points
	Well done on the quiz. Must be hard to retire as Carlton Fisk when you're one game away from one of the biggest milestones ever: Games played at 2500.

	sweett310:	Feb 12th, 2011 at 05:34 GMT		2 points
	Good quiz. Missing an asterisk for the #3 OBP catcher, just fyi.

	Dylan1226:	Feb 12th, 2011 at 12:37 GMT		2 points
	Wow, that was hard. Well done...

	sbshuffler85:	Feb 12th, 2011 at 12:51 GMT		1 point
	It would be cool if you included catcher era (the era of pitchers when that player is catching)

	StLouieLarry:	Feb 12th, 2011 at 13:21 GMT		5 points
	I really enjoyed this quiz! I'm surprised so many people forget how good Simmons was.

	pita:	Feb 12th, 2011 at 16:29 GMT		4 points
	@Nada, 2500 games is "one of the biggest milestones ever"??

	ClancyMakem:	Feb 12th, 2011 at 16:33 GMT		8 points
	Fantastic quiz! Note how good, and underrated, Ted Simmons of the Cardinals was.

	bmo1616:	Feb 12th, 2011 at 17:55 GMT		3 points
	Cool quiz, kind of surprised none of the Molina's are on here

	ojoe:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 00:25 GMT		3 points
	Good quiz. For the record...Looking at the HBP column, you have an asterisk next to one of the players at 107 HBP. That player is no longer active - he was injured during the 2010 season and announced his retirement.

	pancakes188:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 00:40 GMT		4 points
	Nice quiz. But is there any reason you don't just add the bonus answers into the quiz and make them groups of 10?

	cwright:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 01:17 GMT		2 points
	Thanks to sweett310 and ojoe for the corrections. sbshuffler85: I would have included years, but couldn't add another column, so I'd have to add it to the numbers column, and I thought that would mess up the format of the quiz.

	cwright:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 01:22 GMT		3 points
	pancakes188: I was debating between top 5 and top 10, and settled for 8 because the ninth and tenth best in some categories were tough.

	sc00:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 02:10 GMT		5 points
	Good quiz, but there really needs to be some minimum number of at bats for the rate stats (ave, slug, and oba). Mike Napoli has a total of 1500 at bats and you are comparing him to players with many more at bats. Baseball-Reference (your source) doesn't consider players for rate stat leader boards until they have reached 3000 at bats. I would say that is fair and generous minimum.

	cwright:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 03:20 GMT		2 points
	You're right - some of the catchers didn't meet the 3000 PA minimum. I've deleted them. Thanks.

	iamneat:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 04:05 GMT		3 points
	ClancyMaskem: Good point. Unfortunately for him, he played in the 70s in cavernous Busch stadium when the Cardinals weren't very good. There is no way that Gary Carter was better than Simmons, but Carter is in the HOF.

	vikingsfan28:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 19:33 GMT		3 points
	Because nobody likes Jason kendall

	indyjeff:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 08:54 GMT		2 points
	Usually when people put bonus answers after each category like this quiz has, it totally screws up the results page, but in this quiz that doesn't seem to be the case. Does anyone know why?

	GoFortyNiners17:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 16:16 GMT		3 points
	The hardest position in all of sports!

	mraithel13:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 20:05 GMT		1 point
	it's sad, people getting worked up over Jack Morris when they should take a look at Ted Simmons. A crime, really.

	kidcanada:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 21:41 GMT		3 points
	If you got Red Dooin or Wally Schang, I bow to your baseball knowledge.

	barnztormre:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 22:48 GMT		1 point
	Shocked to see Tim McCarver not listed under games played. IIRC, he played in four decades (50s thru 80s).

	cwright:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 23:09 GMT		2 points
	indyjeff: I believe that as long as the quiz-maker puts all extra answers at the bottom, the results page works fine. It gets screwed up when bonus answers are contained in the middle of the list. (I know this because I screwed it up myself once. I don't know if I stated that clearly, though - did it make sense?)

	cwright:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 23:16 GMT		2 points
	barnztormre: yup, 21 seasons from 1959-1980...but only 1909 games. He only really played full seasons from 1963-1973, and then averaged about 70 games a year after that. He's 17th all time.

	sexybeast:	Feb 15th, 2011 at 07:31 GMT		2 points
	wally schang happens to be my favorite catcher of all time...i'm weird like that. best offensive catcher before catchers started playing every day.

	ClintT13:	Feb 15th, 2011 at 22:00 GMT		4 points
	Josh Gibson should be a bonus answer for "general offensive domination". Too bad he never got to play in the major leagues.

	daHOOK:	Feb 16th, 2011 at 03:47 GMT		4 points
	@Nada: Fisk did not retire, he was released just after setting the career games caught record, which he held by 1 game. He wasn't even voted a playoff share by the 1993 ChiSox. These data do not necessarily agree with the official MLB-recognized totals.

	Vandelack:	Feb 24th, 2011 at 00:32 GMT		0 points
	Great quiz. It would be nice to also have fielding percentage included in these leaders by positions quizzes.

	Pizzabrain2:	Mar 6th, 2011 at 15:55 GMT		0 points
	Good quiz, I second the quote above, you should add some defensive categories too, like fielding percentage and caught stealing %

	Novrand:	Apr 24th, 2011 at 23:49 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz. Enjoyed it thoroughly!!!

	BigKuntry42:	Sep 4th, 2012 at 08:20 GMT		1 point
	So I can get Lance Parrish, but not Mike Piazza...

	GeorgiaPeach:	Sep 5th, 2012 at 00:29 GMT		1 point
	Buck Ewing stole 354 (recorded) bases. I'm guessing he played too long ago? Also, maybe you should update this quiz (which is great by the way) after the 2012 season