Career Leaders
& Records for Total Zone Runs as C
+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
Statistic Description: Total Zone Total Fielding Runs Above Avg The number of runs above or below average the player was worth based on the number of plays made. This number combines the Rtz, Rdp, Rof, Rcatch numbers into a total defensive contribution. See the glossary section for a more complete explanation. Provided by BaseballProjection.com
Minimum of
1000 IP,
3000 PA,
500 games
(fielding),
200 stolen base attempts
(catchers) or
80 stolen base attempts
(baserunners only since 1951) or
100 decisions
for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| 1. | Ivan Rodriguez (21) | 167 | R |
| 2. | Jim Sundberg (16) | 114 | R |
| 3. | Bob Boone (19) | 107 | R |
| 4. | Gary Carter+ (19) | 106 | R |
| 5. | Brad Ausmus (18) | 99 | R |
| 6. | Johnny Bench+ (17) | 97 | R |
| 7. | Yadier Molina (9, 29) | 95 | R |
| 8. | Del Crandall (16) | 72 | R |
| 9. | Charles Johnson (12) | 71 | R |
| 10. | Rick Dempsey (24) | 70 | R |
| | Steve Yeager (15) | 70 | R |
| 12. | Clay Dalrymple (12) | 62 | R |
| | Ron Karkovice (12) | 62 | R |
| 14. | Henry Blanco (15, 40) | 60 | R |
| 15. | Charlie O'Brien (15) | 58 | R |
| 16. | Butch Wynegar (13) | 54 | R |
| 17. | Mike Matheny (13) | 53 | R |
| | Tom Pagnozzi (12) | 53 | R |
| 19. | Dan Wilson (14) | 49 | R |
| 20. | Kirt Manwaring (13) | 47 | R |
| 21. | Mike LaValliere (12) | 46 | R |
| | Tony Pena (18) | 46 | R |
| 23. | Lance Parrish (19) | 43 | R |
| 24. | Randy Hundley (14) | 42 | R |
| | Brian Schneider (13, 35) | 42 | R |
| 26. | Rick Wilkins (11) | 41 | R |
| 27. | Joe Mauer (9, 29) | 40 | R |
| 28. | Elston Howard (14) | 39 | R |
| 29. | Jody Davis (10) | 38 | R |
| | Mike Scioscia (13) | 38 | R |
| 31. | Jose Molina (13, 37) | 36 | R |
| | John Stearns (11) | 36 | R |
| 33. | Sherm Lollar (18) | 35 | R |
| 34. | Thurman Munson (11) | 34 | R |
| 35. | Manny Sanguillen (13) | 33 | R |
| 36. | Bruce Benedict (12) | 32 | R |
| | Ryan Hanigan (6, 31) | 32 | R |
| | Mike Ryan (11) | 32 | R |
| 39. | Kenji Johjima (4) | 31 | R |
| | Gerald Laird (10, 32) | 31 | R |
| | Mike Redmond (13) | 31 | R |
| 42. | Ed Bailey (14) | 30 | R |
| | Carlton Fisk+ (24) | 30 | R |
| | Steve Lake (11) | 30 | R |
| 45. | Jake Gibbs (10) | 29 | R |
| 46. | Yogi Berra+ (19) | 28 | R |
| | Damian Miller (11) | 28 | R |
| 48. | Carlos Ruiz (7, 33) | 27 | R |
| | Terry Steinbach (14) | 27 | R |
| 50. | Alberto Castillo (12) | 26 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Bill Freehan (15) | 26 | R |
| | Humberto Quintero (10, 32) | 26 | R |
| | Matt Wieters (4, 26) | 26 | R |
| 54. | Ramon Hernandez (14, 36) | 23 | R |
| | David Ross (11, 35) | 23 | R |
| 56. | Jim Essian (12) | 22 | R |
| | Marc Hill (14) | 22 | R |
| 58. | Rod Barajas (14, 36) | 21 | R |
| | Jerry Grote (16) | 21 | R |
| | Terry Kennedy (14) | 21 | R |
| | Benito Santiago (20) | 21 | R |
| 62. | Dick Bertell (7) | 20 | R |
| | Bob Kearney (8) | 20 | R |
| | Buck Rodgers (9) | 20 | R |
| 65. | Dann Bilardello (8) | 19 | R |
| | Paul Casanova (10) | 19 | R |
| | Yorvit Torrealba (12, 33) | 19 | R |
| | Ernie Whitt (15) | 19 | R |
| 69. | Bob Melvin (10) | 17 | R |
| | George Mitterwald (11) | 17 | R |
| 71. | Joe Azcue (11) | 16 | R |
| | Lou Berberet (7) | 16 | R |
| | Buck Martinez (17) | 16 | R |
| | Milt May (15) | 16 | R |
| | Vance Wilson (8) | 16 | R |
| 76. | Raul Chavez (11) | 15 | R |
| | Bo Diaz (13) | 15 | R |
| | Andy Etchebarren (15) | 15 | R |
| | Johnny Oates (11) | 15 | R |
| | Kurt Suzuki (6, 28) | 15 | R |
| 81. | Bob Barton (10) | 14 | R |
| | Glenn Borgmann (9) | 14 | R |
| | Chris Cannizzaro (13) | 14 | R |
| | Barry Foote (10) | 14 | R |
| | Tom Lampkin (13) | 14 | R |
| | Eli Marrero (10) | 14 | R |
| 87. | Einar Diaz (11) | 13 | R |
| | Jason LaRue (12) | 13 | R |
| | Ken Rudolph (9) | 13 | R |
| | Dave Valle (13) | 13 | R |
| | Jerry Zimmerman (8) | 13 | R |
| 92. | Earl Battey (13) | 12 | R |
| | Ramon Castro (13) | 12 | R |
| | Jorge Fabregas (9) | 12 | R |
| | Jim French (7) | 12 | R |
| | Jerry May (10) | 12 | R |
| | Buster Posey (4, 25) | 12 | R |
| | Ellie Rodriguez (9) | 12 | R |
| 99. | Smoky Burgess (18) | 11 | R |
| | Duffy Dyer (14) | 11 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Brandon Inge (12, 35) | 11 | R |
| | Hobie Landrith (14) | 11 | R |
| | Paul Lo Duca (11) | 11 | R |
| | Lou Marson (5, 26) | 11 | R |
| | Mike O'Berry (7) | 11 | R |
| | Phil Roof (15) | 11 | R |
| 107. | Roy Campanella+ (10) | 10 | R |
| | Frank Fernandez (6) | 10 | R |
| | Gil Reyes (7) | 10 | R |
| | Valmy Thomas (5) | 10 | R |
| 111. | Jerry McNertney (9) | 9 | R |
| | Darrell Porter (17) | 9 | R |
| | Hal Smith (7) | 9 | R |
| | Alex Trevino (13) | 9 | R |
| 115. | Russell Martin (7, 29) | 8 | R |
| | Dioner Navarro (9, 28) | 8 | R |
| | Eddie Perez (11) | 8 | R |
| | Joel Skinner (9) | 8 | R |
| | Ken Suarez (7) | 8 | R |
| | Jeff Torborg (10) | 8 | R |
| 121. | Chris Hoiles (10) | 7 | R |
| | Mark Johnson (8) | 7 | R |
| | Ray Katt (8) | 7 | R |
| | Erik Kratz (3, 32) | 7 | R |
| | Mark Parent (13) | 7 | R |
| | Tom Prince (17) | 7 | R |
| | Andy Seminick (15) | 7 | R |
| | Joe Torre (18) | 7 | R |
| 129. | Sandy Alomar (20) | 6 | R |
| | Dick Brown (9) | 6 | R |
| | Mike Difelice (13) | 6 | R |
| | Johnny Edwards (14) | 6 | R |
| | A.J. Ellis (5, 31) | 6 | R |
| | Rich Gedman (13) | 6 | R |
| | Elrod Hendricks (12) | 6 | R |
| | Fernando Lunar (3) | 6 | R |
| | Robert Machado (9) | 6 | R |
| | Corky Miller (10, 36) | 6 | R |
| | Jeff Newman (9) | 6 | R |
| | Ed Ott (8) | 6 | R |
| | Landon Powell (3, 30) | 6 | R |
| 142. | Brian Dorsett (8) | 5 | R |
| | Nick Hundley (5, 28) | 5 | R |
| | Bengie Molina (13) | 5 | R |
| | Angel Pena (3) | 5 | R |
| | Salvador Perez (2, 22) | 5 | R |
| | Jack Shepard (4) | 5 | R |
| | Kelly Shoppach (8, 32) | 5 | R |
| | Taylor Teagarden (5, 28) | 5 | R |
| | Rube Walker (11) | 5 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| 151. | Joe Girardi (15) | 4 | R |
| | Fran Healy (9) | 4 | R |
| | Scott Hemond (7) | 4 | R |
| | Terry Humphrey (9) | 4 | R |
| | Marcus Jensen (7) | 4 | R |
| | Joe Kmak (2) | 4 | R |
| | Miguel Montero (7, 28) | 4 | R |
| | Carl Nichols (6) | 4 | R |
| | John Orton (5) | 4 | R |
| | Hardy Peterson (4) | 4 | R |
| | Mike Roarke (4) | 4 | R |
| | Ed Sadowski (5) | 4 | R |
| | Matt Sinatro (10) | 4 | R |
| | Chris Stewart (6, 30) | 4 | R |
| | Marc Sullivan (5) | 4 | R |
| | Steve Swisher (9) | 4 | R |
| | El Tappe (6) | 4 | R |
| | Moe Thacker (5) | 4 | R |
| | Wes Westrum (11) | 4 | R |
| 170. | Gary Allenson (7) | 3 | R |
| | Joe Astroth (10) | 3 | R |
| | John Boccabella (12) | 3 | R |
| | Drew Butera (3, 28) | 3 | R |
| | Tony Cruz (2, 25) | 3 | R |
| | Ben Davis (7) | 3 | R |
| | Bill Fahey (11) | 3 | R |
| | Tyler Flowers (4, 26) | 3 | R |
| | Bob Geren (5) | 3 | R |
| | Frank House (10) | 3 | R |
| | Chris Howard (3) | 3 | R |
| | Larry Owen (6) | 3 | R |
| | Brayan Pena (8, 30) | 3 | R |
| | Bill Sarni (5) | 3 | R |
| | Billy Shantz (3) | 3 | R |
| | Ray Smith (3) | 3 | R |
| | John Sullivan (5) | 3 | R |
| | Bobby Wilson (5, 29) | 3 | R |
| 188. | Danny Ardoin (5) | 2 | R |
| | Javier Cardona (3) | 2 | R |
| | Steve Decker (7) | 2 | R |
| | Jeff DeWillis (1) | 2 | R |
| | Jack Fimple (4) | 2 | R |
| | John Flaherty (14) | 2 | R |
| | Chris Gimenez (4, 29) | 2 | R |
| | Wiki Gonzalez (7) | 2 | R |
| | Bill Heath (4) | 2 | R |
| | Eric Helfand (3) | 2 | R |
| | Bob Henley (1) | 2 | R |
| | Chris Krug (3) | 2 | R |
| | Bill Lindsey (1) | 2 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Martin Maldonado (2, 25) | 2 | R |
| | Cody McKay (2) | 2 | R |
| | Greg Myers (18) | 2 | R |
| | Wilson Ramos (3, 24) | 2 | R |
| | Rene Rivera (4, 28) | 2 | R |
| | Dave Roberts (10) | 2 | R |
| | Vic Roznovsky (5) | 2 | R |
| | Nelson Santovenia (7) | 2 | R |
| | Jimmie Schaffer (8) | 2 | R |
| | Tim Spehr (8) | 2 | R |
| | Jeff Tackett (4) | 2 | R |
| | Jim Tatum (5) | 2 | R |
| | Ron Tingley (9) | 2 | R |
| | Neal Watlington (1) | 2 | R |
| 215. | Randy Bobb (2) | 1 | R |
| | Jamie Burke (8) | 1 | R |
| | Steve Christmas (3) | 1 | R |
| | Craig Colbert (2) | 1 | R |
| | Jeff Datz (1) | 1 | R |
| | Jim Deidel (1) | 1 | R |
| | Luis Exposito (1, 25) | 1 | R |
| | Jim Fanning (4) | 1 | R |
| | Tim Federowicz (2, 24) | 1 | R |
| | Les Fusselman (2) | 1 | R |
| | Guillermo Garcia (2) | 1 | R |
| | John Gibbons (2) | 1 | R |
| | Toby Hall (9) | 1 | R |
| | Bill Hayes (2) | 1 | R |
| | Bret Hemphill (1) | 1 | R |
| | Ron Henry (2) | 1 | R |
| | Darrell Johnson (6) | 1 | R |
| | Ed Kirkpatrick (16) | 1 | R |
| | Jesse Levis (9) | 1 | R |
| | Steve Lomasney (1) | 1 | R |
| | Jerry Lynch (13) | 1 | R |
| | Mike Mahoney (3) | 1 | R |
| | Jim Mangan (3) | 1 | R |
| | Don McCormack (2) | 1 | R |
| | Clyde McCullough (15) | 1 | R |
| | Willie Morales (1) | 1 | R |
| | Cal Neeman (7) | 1 | R |
| | Hector Ortiz (4) | 1 | R |
| | Ronny Paulino (8, 31) | 1 | R |
| | Les Peden (1) | 1 | R |
| | Bobby Ramos (6) | 1 | R |
| | Ken Retzer (4) | 1 | R |
| | Austin Romine (1, 23) | 1 | R |
| | John Roseboro (14) | 1 | R |
| | Mike Sandlock (5) | 1 | R |
| | Dane Sardinha (6) | 1 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Joe Siddall (4) | 1 | R |
| | Charlie Silvera (10) | 1 | R |
| | Ron Slocum (3) | 1 | R |
| | B.J. Surhoff (19) | 1 | R |
| | Tom Tischinski (3) | 1 | R |
| | Sammy White (11) | 1 | R |
| 257. | Bob Adams (1) | 0 | R |
| | Doug Adams (1) | 0 | R |
| | Hank Allen (7) | 0 | R |
| | Bill Almon (15) | 0 | R |
| | Clemente Alvarez (1) | 0 | R |
| | Tucker Ashford (7) | 0 | R |
| | Frank Baldwin (1) | 0 | R |
| | Billy Beane (6) | 0 | R |
| | Terry Bell (2) | 0 | R |
| | Steve Bieser (2) | 0 | R |
| | Mike Blowers (11) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Brookens (12) | 0 | R |
| | Jeremy Brown (1) | 0 | R |
| | Nelson Burbrink (1) | 0 | R |
| | Paul Burris (4) | 0 | R |
| | Jim Busby (13) | 0 | R |
| | Sam Calderone (3) | 0 | R |
| | Bert Campaneris (19) | 0 | R |
| | Luke Carlin (4, 31) | 0 | R |
| | Tony Castillo (1) | 0 | R |
| | Darrel Chaney (11) | 0 | R |
| | Alvin Colina (1) | 0 | R |
| | Chris Coste (4) | 0 | R |
| | Darron Cox (1) | 0 | R |
| | Don Crow (1) | 0 | R |
| | Brad Davis (1, 29) | 0 | R |
| | Doug Davis (2) | 0 | R |
| | Tommy Davis (1) | 0 | R |
| | Carlos Delgado (17) | 0 | R |
| | Carlos Diaz (1) | 0 | R |
| | Andy Dominique (2) | 0 | R |
| | Josh Donaldson (2, 26) | 0 | R |
| | Brian Esposito (2, 33) | 0 | R |
| | Cecil Espy (8) | 0 | R |
| | Pedro Feliz (11) | 0 | R |
| | Don Gile (4) | 0 | R |
| | Hector Gimenez (3, 29) | 0 | R |
| | Chuck Goggin (3) | 0 | R |
| | Mickey Grasso (7) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Gregorio (1) | 0 | R |
| | Edwards Guzman (3) | 0 | R |
| | John Hairston (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bill Hall (3) | 0 | R |
| | John Harrell (1) | 0 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Jeff Hearron (2) | 0 | R |
| | Michel Hernandez (3, 33) | 0 | R |
| | Toby Hernandez (1) | 0 | R |
| | Gil Hodges (18) | 0 | R |
| | Bobby Hofman (7) | 0 | R |
| | Bryan Holaday (1, 24) | 0 | R |
| | Gail Hopkins (7) | 0 | R |
| | Ralph Houk (8) | 0 | R |
| | Ken Huckaby (6) | 0 | R |
| | Jason Jaramillo (3, 29) | 0 | R |
| | Paul Jata (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Johnson (3) | 0 | R |
| | Ron Johnson (3) | 0 | R |
| | Ryan Jorgensen (3) | 0 | R |
| | Greg Keatley (1) | 0 | R |
| | Pat Kelly (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bruce Kimm (4) | 0 | R |
| | Mike Kinkade (6) | 0 | R |
| | Nick Koback (3) | 0 | R |
| | Randy Kutcher (5) | 0 | R |
| | Al Lakeman (9) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Lawless (8) | 0 | R |
| | Steven Lerud (1, 27) | 0 | R |
| | John Lickert (1) | 0 | R |
| | Dave Liddell (1) | 0 | R |
| | Charlie Lindstrom (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Lipski (1) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Lis (8) | 0 | R |
| | Dale Long (10) | 0 | L |
| | Luis Lopez (2) | 0 | R |
| | Trey Lunsford (2) | 0 | R |
| | Ken Macha (6) | 0 | R |
| | Mike Macha (2) | 0 | R |
| | Mike Maksudian (3) | 0 | R |
| | Babe Martin (6) | 0 | R |
| | Luis Martinez (2, 27) | 0 | R |
| | Jeff Mathis (8, 29) | 0 | R |
| | Pascual Matos (1) | 0 | R |
| | Roger McCardell (1) | 0 | R |
| | Terry McGriff (6) | 0 | R |
| | Jeff McKnight (6) | 0 | R |
| | Henry Mercedes (5) | 0 | R |
| | Orlando Merced (13) | 0 | R |
| | Andy Merchant (2) | 0 | R |
| | Norm Miller (10) | 0 | R |
| | Luke Montz (1, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Noe Munoz (1, 44) | 0 | R |
| | Derek Norris (1, 23) | 0 | R |
| | Greg O'Halloran (1) | 0 | R |
| | Jose Oquendo (12) | 0 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Jose Pagan (15) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Patton (1) | 0 | R |
| | Jorge Pedre (2) | 0 | R |
| | Miguel Perez (1, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Neifi Perez (12) | 0 | R |
| | Josh Phelps (8) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Pignatano (6) | 0 | R |
| | Paul Powell (3) | 0 | R |
| | Jim Pyburn (3) | 0 | R |
| | Lenny Randle (12) | 0 | R |
| | Jeff Reboulet (12) | 0 | R |
| | Anthony Recker (2, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Jose Reyes (1) | 0 | R |
| | Cookie Rojas (16) | 0 | R |
| | John Roskos (3) | 0 | R |
| | Vinny Rottino (5, 32) | 0 | R |
| | Willie Royster (1) | 0 | R |
| | Chico Ruiz (8) | 0 | R |
| | Lenn Sakata (11) | 0 | R |
| | John Sevcik (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bud Sheely (3) | 0 | R |
| | Brandon Snyder (3, 25) | 0 | R |
| | Jhonatan Solano (1, 26) | 0 | R |
| | Nick Stavinoha (3) | 0 | R |
| | Rick Stelmaszek (3) | 0 | R |
| | Andy Stewart (1) | 0 | R |
| | Max St. Pierre (1) | 0 | R |
| | Walt Streuli (3) | 0 | R |
| | Mark Strittmatter (1) | 0 | R |
| | Champ Summers (11) | 0 | R |
| | Mike Sweeney (16) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Swift (14) | 0 | R |
| | Nick Testa (1) | 0 | R |
| | George Thomas (13) | 0 | R |
| | Wyatt Toregas (2) | 0 | R |
| | Cesar Tovar (12) | 0 | R |
| | Eddie Tucker (3) | 0 | R |
| | Matt Tupman (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bobby Valentine (10) | 0 | R |
| | Hector Valle (1) | 0 | R |
| | Stephen Vogt (1, 27) | 0 | R |
| | Lee Walls (10) | 0 | R |
| | Danny Walton (9) | 0 | R |
| | Dusty Wathan (1) | 0 | R |
| | Craig Wilson (7) | 0 | R |
| | Larry Wolfe (4) | 0 | R |
| | Shawn Wooten (6) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Yewcic (1) | 0 | R |
| | Sal Yvars (8) | 0 | R |
| | Don Zimmer (12) | 0 | R |
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.
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