Last week Brian McCann joined Yogi Berra, Johnny Bench, and Mike Piazza is the only catchers in MLB history to hit 20 home runs in six straight seasons. I decided to compare McCann to the three great backstops. For fun I added Carlton Fisk, Gary Carter, Mickey Cochrane, Ivan Rodriquez, Joe Mauer, and Yadier Molina.
PL…YR…HR…AVG..OBP..SLG..OPS
MP…16…427…308…377…656…922
MC…11…119…320…419…478…897
JM.….9…105…323…405…468…873
YB…17…358…285…348…482…830
BM….8…176…277…350…475…824
JB…16…389…267…342…476…817
IR….20…311…296…334…464…798
CF…20…376…269…341…457…797
GC…18…324…262…335…439…773
YM….9..…89…283…339…403…742
Interesting that Berra, Piazza, Fisk, and Carter played in large media markets. Molina and Mauer have each hit 20 homes runs in only one season.
The YR column does not include rookie call-up seasons where only a handful of games were played, or at the end of the player’s career where just a few games were played.
Other catchers in the Hall of Fame include Roger Bresnahan, Roy Campanella, Bill Dickey, Buck Ewing, Rick Ferrell, Josh Gibson, Gabby Harnett, Ernie Lombardi, Biz Mackey, Louis Santop, and Ray Schalk.
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