ALl-TIME Catcher WAR Leaders

CATCHER
CATCHER
FIRST BASE
FIRST BASE
SECOND BASE
SECOND BASE
SHORTSTOP
SHORTSTOP
THIRD BASE
THIRD BASE
LEFT FIELD
LEFT FIELD
CENTER FIELD
CENTER FIELD
RIGHT FIELD
RIGHT FIELD
PITCHER
PITCHER
DH
DH

FIRST	LAST	POS	FROM	TO	WAR	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	JAWS
Josh	Gibson	C	1930	1946	72.8	56.8	44.2	30.5	64.8
Gary	Carter	C	1974	1992	70.1	48.2	35.8	23.1	59.2
Johnny	Bench	C	1967	1983	75.2	47.2	32.7	23.9	61.2
Mike	Piazza	C	1992	2007	59.6	42.2	30.9	21.9	50.9
Ivan	Rodriguez	C	1991	2011	68.7	39.6	30.3	19.3	54.2
Buster	Posey	C	2009	2021	44.9	36.7	29.2	18.8	40.8
Joe	Mauer	C	2004	2018	55.3	39.0	28.9	19.5	47.2
Yogi	Berra	C	1946	1965	59.5	36.8	27.5	17.4	48.2
Thurman	Munson	C	1969	1979	46.0	37.0	27.0	19.3	41.5
Mickey	Cochrane	C	1925	1937	49.1	36.2	27.0	17.6	42.7
Roy	Campanella	C	1937	1957	41.8	34.3	26.9	18.9	38.1
Bill	Dickey	C	1928	1946	57.3	35.9	26.3	18.1	46.6
Joe	Torre	C	1960	1977	57.6	37.2	25.7	17.8	47.4
Gene	Tenace	C	1969	1983	46.8	34.9	25.4	16.3	40.9
Carlton	Fisk	C	1969	1993	68.4	37.7	23.2	20.3	53.1
Jorge	Posada	C	1995	2011	42.7	32.9	23.2	16.8	37.8
Ted	Simmons	C	1968	1988	50.3	34.8	22.9	16.2	42.6
Roger	Bresnahan	C	1897	1915	42.1	30.5	22.9	16.0	36.3
Bill	Freehan	C	1961	1976	44.7	33.7	22.5	18.3	39.2
Yadier	Molina	C	2004	2022	42.2	28.7	22.4	16.5	35.5
Jim	Sundberg	C	1974	1989	40.5	28.6	21.3	14.3	34.6
Tony	Pena	C	1980	1997	24.7	24.7	20.7	13.8	24.7
Elston	Howard	C	1955	1968	27.1	26.6	20.7	16.0	26.9
Mickey	Tettleton	C	1984	1997	29.4	24.7	20.7	14.9	27.1
Gabby	Hartnett	C	1922	1941	56.9	31.0	20.6	15.1	44.0
Biz	Mackey	C	1920	1947	48.3	29.9	20.4	16.5	39.1
J.T.	Realmuto	C	2014	2025	38.7	29.9	20.3	15.5	34.3
Jason	Kendall	C	1996	2010	41.7	30.4	20.0	14.6	36.1
Will	Smith	C	2019	2025	23.0	23.0	19.9	13.1	23.0
Lance	Parrish	C	1977	1995	39.5	28.4	19.5	14.3	34.0
Manny	Sanguillen	C	1967	1980	27.6	26.4	18.9	13.7	27.0
Johnny	Bassler	C	1913	1927	21.3	19.7	18.8	10.9	20.5
Cal	Raleigh	C	2021	2025	18.8	18.8	18.7	15.9	18.8
Chris	Hoiles	C	1989	1998	23.5	22.3	18.6	13.3	22.9
Darrell	Porter	C	1971	1987	40.9	29.0	18.3	15.7	35.0
Darren	Daulton	C	1983	1997	23.0	22.2	18.3	15.8	22.6
Chief	Meyers	C	1909	1917	25.2	21.3	18.1	11.9	23.3
Ray	Schalk	C	1912	1929	33.0	22.0	18.0	10.5	27.5
Ernie	Lombardi	C	1931	1947	39.5	25.0	17.7	12.3	32.3
Brian	McCann	C	2005	2019	31.9	24.5	17.6	13.4	28.2
Tom	Haller	C	1961	1972	29.3	24.0	17.6	12.2	26.7
Jonathan	Lucroy	C	2010	2021	17.7	19.2	17.6	13.7	18.5
Wally	Schang	C	1913	1931	47.9	25.2	17.5	12.3	36.6
Ed	Bailey	C	1953	1966	27.2	23.0	17.4	12.2	25.1
Del	Crandall	C	1949	1966	28.2	24.6	17.3	13.6	26.4
Tim	McCarver	C	1959	1980	28.3	21.5	17.3	12.8	24.9
Terry	Kennedy	C	1978	1991	21.6	19.3	17.0	11.6	20.5
Steve	O'Neill	C	1911	1928	26.1	20.6	16.8	12.1	23.4
Muddy	Ruel	C	1915	1934	20.5	16.4	16.8	9.8	18.5
Russell	Martin	C	2006	2019	38.8	26.7	16.7	15.0	32.8
Rick	Ferrell	C	1929	1947	29.8	19.7	16.6	9.1	24.8
Mike	Napoli	C	2006	2017	26.3	22.7	16.6	12.7	24.5
Carlos	Ruiz	C	2006	2017	22.5	20.9	16.2	11.8	21.7
Bob	O'Farrell	C	1915	1935	21.3	17.1	16.2	12.4	19.2
Willson	Contreras	C	2016	2025	29.2	24.1	16.1	11.8	26.7
Charles	Johnson	C	1994	2005	22.6	20.4	16.1	12.6	21.5
Louis	Santop	C	1910	1926	40.3	25.8	16.0	14.1	33.1
Quincy	Trouppe	C	1930	1952	21.1	17.0	16.0	12.0	19.1
Paul	LoDuca	C	1998	2008	17.9	18.7	16.0	11.6	18.3
Sherm	Lollar	C	1946	1963	30.1	21.9	15.7	10.8	26.0
Mike	Scioscia	C	1980	1992	26.1	21.7	15.7	12.1	23.9
Terry	Steinbach	C	1986	1999	28.0	21.5	15.6	10.9	24.8
Spud	Davis	C	1928	1945	23.0	21.2	15.6	12.0	22.1
Johnny	Kling	C	1900	1913	29.0	22.4	15.5	11.4	25.7
Butch	Wynegar	C	1976	1988	26.5	22.8	15.4	11.8	24.7
Mike	Stanley	C	1986	2000	20.9	19.4	15.4	11.3	20.2
Javy	Lopez	C	1992	2006	29.7	24.8	15.3	15.1	27.3
Salvador	Perez	C	2011	2025	35.5	24.4	15.2	13.3	30.0
Adley	Rutschman	C	2022	2025	15.1	15.0	15.1	13.1	15.1
William	Contreras	C	2020	2025	15.2	15.3	15.1	12.5	15.3
Walker	Cooper	C	1940	1957	27.3	23.0	15.0	12.4	25.2
Andy	Seminick	C	1943	1957	21.5	18.7	15.0	10.8	20.1
John	Romano	C	1958	1967	20.9	20.0	15.0	11.8	20.5
Ramon	Hernandez	C	1999	2013	22.1	18.8	14.9	10.6	20.5
John	Stearns	C	1974	1984	19.7	19.5	14.7	12.5	19.6
Smoky	Burgess	C	1949	1967	33.3	23.0	14.6	10.6	28.2
Matt	Wieters	C	2009	2020	18.3	17.3	14.5	11.9	17.8
Jason	Varitek	C	1997	2011	24.2	18.7	14.4	10.9	21.5
Jody	Davis	C	1981	1990	15.8	16.9	14.4	9.8	16.4
Hank	Severeid	C	1911	1926	18.6	16.7	14.2	8.1	17.7
Hank	Gowdy	C	1910	1930	23.7	13.7	14.1	7.1	18.7
Sean	Murphy	C	2019	2025	15.8	15.9	14.1	10.5	15.9
Earl	Battey	C	1955	1967	18.8	18.7	13.9	10.6	18.8
Bubbles	Hargrave	C	1913	1930	16.4	17.9	13.9	12.3	17.2
Harry	Danning	C	1933	1942	14.7	15.7	13.9	10.7	15.2
John	Roseboro	C	1957	1970	22.5	19.4	13.6	10.3	21.0
Miguel	Montero	C	2006	2018	14.3	15.3	13.4	11.5	14.8
Stan	Lopata	C	1948	1960	15.3	16.2	13.3	9.9	15.8
Benito	Santiago	C	1986	2005	27.4	18.6	13.1	9.4	23.0
Ernie	Whitt	C	1976	1991	18.3	18.3	13.1	8.9	18.3
Clay	Dalrymple	C	1960	1971	16.8	14.8	13.0	10.5	15.8
Todd	Hundley	C	1990	2003	10.8	15.5	12.8	11.3	13.2
Rick	Dempsey	C	1969	1992	25.1	17.4	12.7	9.4	21.3
Ray	Fosse	C	1967	1979	12.9	15.2	12.7	10.7	14.1
Randy	Hundley	C	1964	1977	11.6	13.4	12.5	9.9	12.5
Bob	Brenly	C	1981	1989	12.7	13.9	12.3	10.2	13.3
Brian	Harper	C	1979	1995	12.3	13.7	12.3	8.0	13.0
Bob	Boone	C	1972	1990	27.4	20.2	12.2	10.5	23.8
Steve	Yeager	C	1972	1986	17.9	14.7	12.2	8.1	16.3
Yasmani	Grandal	C	2012	2024	20.2	19.2	12.1	10.5	19.7
Ivy	Wingo	C	1911	1929	17.9	12.0	12.0	6.8	15.0
Gus	Triandos	C	1953	1965	14.1	14.2	11.8	8.9	14.2
Mike	Lieberthal	C	1994	2007	15.3	14.7	11.7	9.1	15.0
A.J.	Pierzynski	C	1998	2016	23.8	18.0	11.5	9.9	20.9
Kurt	Suzuki	C	2007	2022	19.5	18.3	11.4	10.0	18.9
Rich	Gedman	C	1980	1992	9.7	13.5	11.4	12.0	11.6
Gary	Sanchez	C	2015	2025	14.4	14.8	11.3	10.1	14.6
Brad	Ausmus	C	1993	2010	16.5	15.0	11.2	9.7	15.8
Don	Slaught	C	1982	1997	19.3	14.7	11.1	7.2	17.0
Ray	Mueller	C	1935	1951	11.5	11.7	11.0	9.4	11.6
Phil	Masi	C	1939	1952	14.3	13.7	10.8	8.1	14.0
Shanty	Hogan	C	1925	1937	14.9	14.3	10.8	9.3	14.6
Gregg	Zaun	C	1995	2010	13.7	13.3	10.7	8.3	13.5
Alex	Avila	C	2009	2021	16.8	15.5	10.2	10.2	16.2
Dan	Wilson	C	1992	2005	13.0	14.2	10.2	9.6	13.6
Johnny	Edwards	C	1961	1974	14.8	15.4	10.1	9.1	15.1
Mike	Macfarlane	C	1987	1999	14.7	13.7	10.1	8.7	14.2
Buddy	Rosar	C	1939	1951	9.9	10.5	10.0	5.8	10.2
Joe	Ferguson	C	1970	1983	21.0	19.7	9.9	13.2	20.4
Yan	Gomes	C	2012	2024	18.5	17.9	9.7	11.0	18.2
Bo	Diaz	C	1977	1989	11.5	13.8	9.7	8.3	12.7
George	Gibson	C	1905	1918	14.8	15.2	9.6	9.1	15.0
Bill	Rariden	C	1909	1920	8.7	10.1	9.6	7.9	9.4
Frankie	Hayes	C	1933	1947	10.3	18.6	9.3	7.0	14.5
Sandy	Alomar Jr.	C	1988	2007	13.7	13.2	9.2	8.4	13.5
Al	Lopez	C	1928	1947	17.7	11.9	9.2	6.1	14.8
Chris	Iannetta	C	2006	2019	15.0	15.3	9.1	8.7	15.2
Jason	LaRue	C	1999	2010	8.9	9.3	9.1	7.2	9.1
Frank	Snyder	C	1912	1927	17.5	14.5	9.0	9.2	16.0
Jerry	Grote	C	1963	1981	15.1	14.2	8.9	8.5	14.7
Gus	Mancuso	C	1928	1945	10.4	12.1	8.9	6.5	11.3
Dave	Nilsson	C	1992	1999	10.6	10.3	8.8	7.5	10.5
Ron	Hassey	C	1978	1991	14.7	13.8	8.7	8.5	14.3
Milt	May	C	1970	1984	16.5	13.0	8.5	7.4	14.8
Mike	Heath	C	1978	1991	13.4	12.5	8.2	7.6	13.0
Jimmie	Wilson	C	1923	1940	9.2	8.7	8.0	5.5	9.0
Dave	Valle	C	1984	1996	10.0	10.4	7.9	7.0	10.2
Ryan	Doumit	C	2005	2014	9.2	10.0	7.8	6.6	9.6
Bengie	Molina	C	1998	2010	10.7	10.8	7.6	6.0	10.8
Charlie	Moore	C	1973	1987	10.3	9.4	7.4	5.2	9.9
Joe	Azcue	C	1960	1972	8.5	10.7	7.1	8.1	9.6
Clyde	McCullough	C	1940	1956	9.0	9.9	5.8	6.8	9.5
Alan	Ashby	C	1973	1989	11.1	10.1	5.6	6.2	10.6
Jim	Hegan	C	1941	1960	4.6	5.6	5.0	3.5	5.1
Rick	Cerone	C	1975	1992	8.0	10.5	4.5	7.2	9.3
Luke	Sewell	C	1921	1942	4.8	7.7	3.1	5.0	6.3
Rollie	Hemsley	C	1928	1947	3.7	7.7	2.7	4.8	5.7
Bill	Bergen	C	1901	1911	-13.5	-6.2	-2.0	-1.9	-9.9

CAREER WAR:
Career Wins Above Replacement.

WAR7:
Top 7 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.

WAR5C:
Best 5 consecutive seasons by Wins Above Replacement.

WAR3:
Top 3 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.

JAWS:
The average of Career WAR and WAR7. (Stat developed by Jay Jaffe)

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