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 |
| | Yadier Molina (10, 30) | 99 | R |
| 7. | Johnny Bench+ (17) | 97 | 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 (16, 41) | 59 | 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) | 42 | R |
| 26. | Joe Mauer (10, 30) | 41 | R |
| | Rick Wilkins (11) | 41 | R |
| 28. | Elston Howard (14) | 39 | R |
| 29. | Jody Davis (10) | 38 | R |
| | Mike Scioscia (13) | 38 | R |
| 31. | John Stearns (11) | 36 | R |
| 32. | Sherm Lollar (18) | 35 | R |
| 33. | Ryan Hanigan (7, 32) | 34 | R |
| | Jose Molina (14, 38) | 34 | R |
| | Thurman Munson (11) | 34 | R |
| 36. | Manny Sanguillen (13) | 33 | R |
| 37. | Bruce Benedict (12) | 32 | R |
| | Mike Ryan (11) | 32 | R |
| 39. | Kenji Johjima (4) | 31 | R |
| | Gerald Laird (11, 33) | 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 |
| | Carlos Ruiz (8, 34) | 28 | R |
| | Matt Wieters (5, 27) | 28 | R |
| 50. | Terry Steinbach (14) | 27 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| 51. | Alberto Castillo (12) | 26 | R |
| | Bill Freehan (15) | 26 | R |
| | Humberto Quintero (11, 33) | 26 | R |
| 54. | Ramon Hernandez (15, 37) | 23 | R |
| | David Ross (12, 36) | 23 | R |
| 56. | Jim Essian (12) | 22 | R |
| | Marc Hill (14) | 22 | R |
| 58. | Rod Barajas (14) | 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 |
| | Ernie Whitt (15) | 19 | R |
| 68. | Yorvit Torrealba (13, 34) | 18 | 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 |
| 80. | 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 |
| 86. | Einar Diaz (11) | 13 | R |
| | Jason LaRue (12) | 13 | R |
| | Ken Rudolph (9) | 13 | R |
| | Kurt Suzuki (7, 29) | 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 (5, 26) | 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 (13, 36) | 11 | R |
| | Hobie Landrith (14) | 11 | R |
| | Paul Lo Duca (11) | 11 | R |
| | Mike O'Berry (7) | 11 | R |
| | Phil Roof (15) | 11 | R |
| 106. | Roy Campanella+ (10) | 10 | R |
| | A.J. Ellis (6, 32) | 10 | R |
| | Frank Fernandez (6) | 10 | R |
| | Lou Marson (6, 27) | 10 | R |
| | Russell Martin (8, 30) | 10 | R |
| | Gil Reyes (7) | 10 | R |
| | Valmy Thomas (5) | 10 | R |
| 113. | Jerry McNertney (9) | 9 | R |
| | Darrell Porter (17) | 9 | R |
| | Hal Smith (7) | 9 | R |
| | Alex Trevino (13) | 9 | R |
| 117. | Erik Kratz (4, 33) | 8 | R |
| | Eddie Perez (11) | 8 | R |
| | Joel Skinner (9) | 8 | R |
| | Ken Suarez (7) | 8 | R |
| | Jeff Torborg (10) | 8 | R |
| 122. | Chris Hoiles (10) | 7 | R |
| | Mark Johnson (8) | 7 | R |
| | Ray Katt (8) | 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 |
| | Rich Gedman (13) | 6 | R |
| | Elrod Hendricks (12) | 6 | R |
| | Fernando Lunar (3) | 6 | R |
| | Robert Machado (9) | 6 | R |
| | Corky Miller (11, 37) | 6 | R |
| | Jeff Newman (9) | 6 | R |
| | Ed Ott (8) | 6 | R |
| | Salvador Perez (3, 23) | 6 | R |
| | Landon Powell (3, 31) | 6 | R |
| | Chris Stewart (7, 31) | 6 | R |
| 143. | Brian Dorsett (8) | 5 | R |
| | Bengie Molina (13) | 5 | R |
| | Dioner Navarro (10, 29) | 5 | R |
| | Angel Pena (3) | 5 | R |
| | Jack Shepard (4) | 5 | R |
| | Taylor Teagarden (6, 29) | 5 | R |
| | Rube Walker (11) | 5 | R |
| 150. | Joe Girardi (15) | 4 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | 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 (8, 29) | 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 |
| | Kelly Shoppach (9, 33) | 4 | R |
| | Matt Sinatro (10) | 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 |
| 169. | Gary Allenson (7) | 3 | R |
| | Joe Astroth (10) | 3 | R |
| | John Boccabella (12) | 3 | R |
| | Drew Butera (3, 29) | 3 | R |
| | Tony Cruz (3, 26) | 3 | R |
| | Ben Davis (7) | 3 | R |
| | Bill Fahey (11) | 3 | R |
| | Tyler Flowers (5, 27) | 3 | R |
| | Bob Geren (5) | 3 | R |
| | Yan Gomes (2, 25) | 3 | R |
| | Frank House (10) | 3 | R |
| | Chris Howard (3) | 3 | R |
| | Nick Hundley (6, 29) | 3 | R |
| | Jeff Mathis (9, 30) | 3 | R |
| | Larry Owen (6) | 3 | R |
| | Brayan Pena (9, 31) | 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, 30) | 3 | R |
| 190. | 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, 30) | 2 | R |
| | Wiki Gonzalez (7) | 2 | R |
| | Bill Heath (4) | 2 | R |
| | Eric Helfand (3) | 2 | R |
| | Bob Henley (1) | 2 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Chris Krug (3) | 2 | R |
| | Bill Lindsey (1) | 2 | R |
| | Cody McKay (2) | 2 | R |
| | Greg Myers (18) | 2 | R |
| | Rene Rivera (4, 29) | 2 | R |
| | Dave Roberts (10) | 2 | R |
| | Austin Romine (2, 24) | 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 |
| 216. | 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, 26) | 1 | R |
| | Jim Fanning (4) | 1 | R |
| | Tim Federowicz (3, 25) | 1 | R |
| | Les Fusselman (2) | 1 | R |
| | Guillermo Garcia (2) | 1 | R |
| | Evan Gattis (1, 26) | 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 |
| | Martin Maldonado (3, 26) | 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 |
| | Derek Norris (2, 24) | 1 | R |
| | Hector Ortiz (4) | 1 | R |
| | Ronny Paulino (8) | 1 | R |
| | Les Peden (1) | 1 | R |
| | Bobby Ramos (6) | 1 | R |
| | Wilson Ramos (4, 25) | 1 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Ken Retzer (4) | 1 | R |
| | John Roseboro (14) | 1 | R |
| | Mike Sandlock (5) | 1 | R |
| | Dane Sardinha (6) | 1 | R |
| | 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 |
| 261. | Doug Adams (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Allietta (1) | 0 | R |
| | Tucker Ashford (7) | 0 | R |
| | Dick Aylward (1) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Ayrault (1) | 0 | R |
| | Cuno Barragan (3) | 0 | R |
| | Hank Bauer (14) | 0 | R |
| | Billy Beane (6) | 0 | R |
| | Edwin Bellorin (3) | 0 | R |
| | Terry Bell (2) | 0 | R |
| | Steve Bieser (2) | 0 | R |
| | Buddy Booker (2) | 0 | R |
| | Jorge Brito (2) | 0 | R |
| | Randy Brown (2) | 0 | R |
| | Arlo Brunsberg (1) | 0 | R |
| | Leo Burke (7) | 0 | R |
| | Mack Burk (2) | 0 | R |
| | Jim Busby (13) | 0 | R |
| | Bert Campaneris (19) | 0 | R |
| | Luke Carlin (4, 32) | 0 | R |
| | Rico Carty (15) | 0 | R |
| | Rick Cerone (18) | 0 | R |
| | Archi Cianfrocco (7) | 0 | R |
| | Greg Colbrunn (13) | 0 | R |
| | Joey Cora (11) | 0 | R |
| | Chris Coste (4) | 0 | R |
| | Darron Cox (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Davis (8) | 0 | R |
| | Tommy Davis (1) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Depastino (1) | 0 | R |
| | Josh Donaldson (3, 27) | 0 | R |
| | Brian Downing (20) | 0 | R |
| | Frank Estrada (1) | 0 | R |
| | Pedro Feliz (11) | 0 | R |
| | Jack Feller (1) | 0 | R |
| | Dan Firova (3) | 0 | R |
| | Roger Freed (8) | 0 | R |
| | Eric Fryer (2, 27) | 0 | R |
| | Don Gile (4) | 0 | R |
| | Larry Gonzales (1) | 0 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Charlie Greene (5) | 0 | R |
| | Dick Green (12) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Gregorio (1) | 0 | R |
| | Edwards Guzman (3) | 0 | R |
| | Yamid Haad (2) | 0 | R |
| | John Hairston (1) | 0 | R |
| | Shane Halter (8) | 0 | R |
| | Chris Hatcher (3, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Jeff Hearron (2) | 0 | R |
| | Toby Hernandez (1) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Hietpas (1) | 0 | R |
| | Steven Hill (2) | 0 | R |
| | Gil Hodges (18) | 0 | R |
| | Bryan Holaday (1, 25) | 0 | R |
| | Gail Hopkins (7) | 0 | R |
| | Raul Ibanez (18, 41) | 0 | R |
| | Paul Jata (1) | 0 | R |
| | Tim Jones (6) | 0 | R |
| | Don Kelly (6, 33) | 0 | R |
| | Bruce Kimm (4) | 0 | R |
| | Jim King (11) | 0 | R |
| | Jay Kleven (1) | 0 | R |
| | Lou Klimchock (12) | 0 | R |
| | Nick Koback (3) | 0 | R |
| | Randy Kutcher (5) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Lawless (8) | 0 | R |
| | Steven Lerud (1, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Dave Liddell (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Lipski (1) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Lis (8) | 0 | R |
| | Greg Litton (6) | 0 | R |
| | Donny Lucy (3) | 0 | R |
| | Trey Lunsford (2) | 0 | R |
| | Mitch Lyden (1) | 0 | R |
| | Steve Lyons (9) | 0 | R |
| | Eric MacKenzie (1) | 0 | R |
| | Carlos Maldonado (4, 34) | 0 | R |
| | Kelly Mann (2) | 0 | R |
| | Luis Martinez (2, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Joe McCabe (2) | 0 | R |
| | Roger McCardell (1) | 0 | R |
| | Terry McGriff (6) | 0 | R |
| | Jim McNamara (2) | 0 | R |
| | Norm Miller (10) | 0 | R |
| | Luke Montz (2, 29) | 0 | R |
| | Pete Naton (1) | 0 | R |
| | Gus Niarhos (9) | 0 | R |
| | Bobo Osborne (6) | 0 | R |
| | Mickey Owen (13) | 0 | R |
| | Jim Pankovits (6) | 0 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
|---|
| | Tom Patton (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bill Pecota (9) | 0 | R |
| | Kyle Phillips (2) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Pignatano (6) | 0 | R |
| | Manny Pina (2, 26) | 0 | R |
| | Paul Powell (3) | 0 | R |
| | Lenny Randle (12) | 0 | R |
| | Jeff Reboulet (12) | 0 | R |
| | Anthony Recker (3, 29) | 0 | R |
| | Jose Reyes (1) | 0 | R |
| | Tommie Reynolds (8) | 0 | R |
| | Guillermo Rodriguez (2) | 0 | R |
| | Ruben Rodriguez (2) | 0 | R |
| | Marc Ronan (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Roselli (5) | 0 | R |
| | Vinny Rottino (5) | 0 | R |
| | Willie Royster (1) | 0 | R |
| | Dusty Ryan (2) | 0 | R |
| | Frank Sacka (2) | 0 | R |
| | Dave Schmidt (1) | 0 | R |
| | Larry See (2) | 0 | R |
| | John Sevcik (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bud Sheely (3) | 0 | R |
| | Scott Sheldon (5) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Shopay (7) | 0 | R |
| | Ted Sizemore (12) | 0 | R |
| | Kyle Skipworth (1, 23) | 0 | R |
| | Brandon Snyder (3, 26) | 0 | R |
| | Jhonatan Solano (2, 27) | 0 | R |
| | Mike Squires (10) | 0 | L |
| | Craig Stimac (2) | 0 | R |
| | Max St. Pierre (1) | 0 | R |
| | Mark Strittmatter (1) | 0 | R |
| | Mike Sweeney (16) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Taylor (1) | 0 | R |
| | Nick Testa (1) | 0 | R |
| | Curtis Thigpen (2) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Tipton (7) | 0 | R |
| | Wyatt Toregas (2) | 0 | R |
| | Matt Tupman (1) | 0 | R |
| | Hector Valle (1) | 0 | R |
| | Stephen Vogt (1, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Don Wakamatsu (1) | 0 | R |
| | Dan Walters (2) | 0 | R |
| | Dusty Wathan (1) | 0 | R |
| | John Wehner (11) | 0 | R |
| | Pete Whisenant (8) | 0 | R |
| | Craig Wilson (7) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Yewcic (1) | 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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