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Top Catchers by Decade

based on Wins Above Replacement

2010's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Yadier Molina	4	2010	2013	14.2
Buster Posey	4	2010	2013	14.2
Joe Mauer	4	2010	2013	13.6
Matt Wieters	4	2010	2013	11.6
Carlos Ruiz	4	2010	2013	11.3

2000's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jorge Posada	10	2000	2009	37.6
Ivan Rodriguez	10	2000	2009	30.6
Joe Mauer	6	2004	2009	27.3
Jason Kendall	10	2000	2009	25.6
Jason Varitek	10	2000	2009	20.7

1990's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Mike Piazza	8	1992	1999	41.5
Ivan Rodriguez	9	1991	1999	37.5
Chris Hoiles	9	1990	1998	23.6
Darren Daulton	8	1990	1997	22.2
Mike Stanley	10	1990	1999	21.9

1980's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Gary Carter	10	1980	1989	44.7
Lance Parrish	10	1980	1989	27.5
Carlton Fisk	10	1980	1989	26.3
Tony Pena	10	1980	1989	24.5
Mike Scioscia	10	1980	1989	21.5

1970's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Johnny Bench	10	1970	1979	58.9
Thurman Munson	10	1970	1979	45.6
Ted Simmons	10	1970	1979	39.9
Gene Tenace	10	1970	1979	39.5
Carlton Fisk	9	1971	1979	35.8

1960's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Joe Torre	10	1960	1969	36.3
Tom Haller	9	1961	1969	25.9
Bill Freehan	8	1961	1969	24.8
Elston Howard	9	1960	1968	21.8
Tim McCarver	9	1960	1969	20.8

1950's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Yogi Berra	10	1950	1959	47.0
Roy Campanella	8	1950	1957	28.1
Sherm Lollar	10	1950	1959	25.8
Smoky Burgess	9	1951	1959	20.2
Del Crandall	8	1950	1959	19.1

1940's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Walker Cooper	10	1940	1949	19.4
Ernie Lombardi	8	1940	1947	19.1
Frankie Hayes	8	1940	1947	13.5
Phil Masi	10	1940	1949	12.7
Aaron Robinson	6	1943	1949	11.0

1930's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bill Dickey	10	1930	1939	42.5
Gabby Hartnett	10	1930	1939	35.6
Mickey Cochrane	8	1930	1937	34.2
Ernie Lombardi	9	1931	1939	26.8
Rick Ferrell	10	1930	1939	22.5

1920's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Wally Schang	10	1920	1929	24.9
Johnny Bassler	7	1921	1927	19.5
Bubbles Hargrave	8	1921	1928	18.5
Mickey Cochrane	5	1925	1929	17.9
Muddy Ruel	10	1920	1929	17.6

1910's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Chief Meyers	8	1910	1917	22.1
Wally Schang	7	1913	1919	20.6
Ray Schalk	8	1912	1919	19.1
Art Wilson	10	1910	1919	14.3
Tommy Clarke	9	1910	1918	12.6

1900's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Roger Bresnahan	10	1900	1909	29.4
Johnny Kling	9	1900	1908	20.4
Mike Grady	5	1900	1906	12.7
Ossee Schreckengost	8	1901	1908	12.0
Ed McFarland	9	1900	1908	10.8

1890's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jack Clements	10	1890	1899	26.5
Deacon McGuire	10	1890	1899	22.4
Duke Farrell	10	1890	1899	18.4
Chief Zimmer	10	1890	1899	17.2
Wilbert Robinson	10	1890	1899	12.6

1880's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Charlie Bennett	10	1880	1889	33.8
Buck Ewing	10	1880	1889	32.6
Fred Carroll	6	1884	1889	18.1
Jocko Milligan	6	1884	1889	12.2
Jim Keenan	8	1880	1889	11.2

1870's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Deacon White	9	1871	1879	23.8
Cal McVey	9	1871	1879	19.7
John Clapp	8	1872	1879	14.1
Doug Allison	9	1871	1879	6.5
Lew Brown	4	1876	1879	5.1

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James