I wondered where Joe Mauer would rank since he just got elected. I used Stathead to call up all the Hall of Famers who played at least 10% of their games at catcher.
Then I divided their innings at catcher by 9. That was then divided by 162 to get full-season equivalents. There are some guys on the list like Biggio who are not known for being catchers.
Mauer ranks 16th with only 5.41 full-season equivalents.
|
Player |
Innings |
Games |
Seasons |
|
Ivan Rodriguez |
20,348 |
2,260.89 |
13.96 |
|
Carlton Fisk |
18,511 |
2,056.78 |
12.70 |
|
Gary Carter |
17,368 |
1,929.78 |
11.91 |
|
Rick Ferrell |
15,146 |
1,682.89 |
10.39 |
|
Ted Simmons |
15,092 |
1,676.89 |
10.35 |
|
Gabby Hartnett |
15,044 |
1,671.56 |
10.32 |
|
Johnny Bench |
14,487 |
1,609.67 |
9.94 |
|
Ray Schalk |
14,385 |
1,598.33 |
9.87 |
|
Bill Dickey |
14,381 |
1,597.89 |
9.86 |
|
Yogi Berra |
14,346 |
1,594.00 |
9.84 |
|
Mike Piazza |
13,555 |
1,506.11 |
9.30 |
|
Ernie Lombardi |
12,644 |
1,404.89 |
8.67 |
|
Mickey Cochrane |
12,022 |
1,335.78 |
8.25 |
|
Roy Campanella |
11,282 |
1,253.56 |
7.74 |
|
Roger Bresnahan |
7,916 |
879.56 |
5.43 |
|
Joe Mauer |
7,883 |
875.89 |
5.41 |
|
Buck Ewing |
5,412 |
601.33 |
3.71 |
|
King Kelly |
4,380 |
486.67 |
3.00 |
|
Biz Mackey |
4,352 |
483.56 |
2.98 |
|
Deacon White |
3,889 |
432.11 |
2.67 |
|
Josh Gibson |
3,689 |
409.89 |
2.53 |
|
Craig Biggio |
3,493 |
388.11 |
2.40 |
|
Jim O'Rourke |
1,668 |
185.33 |
1.14 |
|
Frank Chance |
1,370 |
152.22 |
0.94 |
|
Louis Santop |
294 |
32.67 |
0.20 |