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 |
| | Yadier Molina (10, 30) | 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) | 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) | 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 |
| | Carlos Ruiz (8, 34) | 29 | R |
| | Matt Wieters (5, 27) | 29 | R |
| 48. | Yogi Berra+ (19) | 28 | R |
| | Damian Miller (11) | 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) | 24 | R |
| | David Ross (12, 36) | 24 | 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 |
| | Kurt Suzuki (7, 29) | 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 |
| | Buster Posey (5, 26) | 13 | R |
| | Ken Rudolph (9) | 13 | R |
| | Dave Valle (13) | 13 | R |
| | Jerry Zimmerman (8) | 13 | R |
| 93. | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| 112. | Erik Kratz (4, 33) | 9 | R |
| | Jerry McNertney (9) | 9 | R |
| | Darrell Porter (17) | 9 | R |
| | Hal Smith (7) | 9 | R |
| | Alex Trevino (13) | 9 | R |
| 117. | A.J. Ellis (6, 32) | 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 |
| | Miguel Montero (8, 29) | 5 | R |
| | Dioner Navarro (10, 29) | 5 | R |
| | Angel Pena (3) | 5 | R |
| | Jack Shepard (4) | 5 | R |
| | Kelly Shoppach (9, 33) | 5 | R |
| | Taylor Teagarden (6, 29) | 5 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
| | Rube Walker (11) | 5 | R |
| 152. | Tyler Flowers (5, 27) | 4 | R |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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, 29) | 3 | R |
| | Tony Cruz (3, 26) | 3 | R |
| | Ben Davis (7) | 3 | R |
| | Bill Fahey (11) | 3 | R |
| | Bob Geren (5) | 3 | R |
| | Frank House (10) | 3 | R |
| | Chris Howard (3) | 3 | R |
| | Larry Owen (6) | 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 |
| 186. | 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 |
| | Yan Gomes (2, 25) | 2 | R |
| | Wiki Gonzalez (7) | 2 | R |
| | Bill Heath (4) | 2 | R |
| | Eric Helfand (3) | 2 | R |
| | Bob Henley (1) | 2 | R |
| | Nick Hundley (6, 29) | 2 | R |
| | Chris Krug (3) | 2 | R |
| | Bill Lindsey (1) | 2 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
| | Martin Maldonado (3, 26) | 2 | R |
| | Cody McKay (2) | 2 | R |
| | Greg Myers (18) | 2 | R |
| | Brayan Pena (9, 31) | 2 | R |
| | Rene Rivera (4, 29) | 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, 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 |
| | 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) | 1 | R |
| | Les Peden (1) | 1 | R |
| | Bobby Ramos (6) | 1 | R |
| | Wilson Ramos (4, 25) | 1 | R |
| | Anthony Recker (3, 29) | 1 | R |
| | Ken Retzer (4) | 1 | R |
| | Austin Romine (2, 24) | 1 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
| | 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 |
| 260. | Hank Allen (7) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Allietta (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bill Almon (15) | 0 | R |
| | Dick Aylward (1) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Ayrault (1) | 0 | R |
| | Frank Baldwin (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 |
| | Mike Blowers (11) | 0 | R |
| | Buddy Booker (2) | 0 | R |
| | Jorge Brito (2) | 0 | R |
| | Randy Brown (2) | 0 | R |
| | Arlo Brunsberg (1) | 0 | R |
| | Nelson Burbrink (1) | 0 | R |
| | Leo Burke (7) | 0 | R |
| | Mack Burk (2) | 0 | R |
| | Sam Calderone (3) | 0 | R |
| | Luke Carlin (4, 32) | 0 | R |
| | Rico Carty (15) | 0 | R |
| | Tony Castillo (1) | 0 | R |
| | Rick Cerone (18) | 0 | R |
| | Darrel Chaney (11) | 0 | R |
| | Archi Cianfrocco (7) | 0 | R |
| | Greg Colbrunn (13) | 0 | R |
| | Joey Cora (11) | 0 | R |
| | Don Crow (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Davis (8) | 0 | R |
| | Brad Davis (1, 30) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Depastino (1) | 0 | R |
| | Josh Donaldson (3, 27) | 0 | R |
| | Brian Downing (20) | 0 | R |
| | Frank Estrada (1) | 0 | R |
| | Jack Feller (1) | 0 | R |
| | Dan Firova (3) | 0 | R |
| | Roger Freed (8) | 0 | R |
| | Eric Fryer (2, 27) | 0 | R |
| | Chuck Goggin (3) | 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 |
| | Brad Gulden (7) | 0 | R |
| | Edwards Guzman (3) | 0 | R |
| | Yamid Haad (2) | 0 | R |
| | Bill Hall (3) | 0 | R |
| | Shane Halter (8) | 0 | R |
| | Chris Hatcher (3, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Hietpas (1) | 0 | R |
| | Steven Hill (2) | 0 | R |
| | Gil Hodges (18) | 0 | R |
| | Bryan Holaday (1, 25) | 0 | R |
| | Jim Holt (9) | 0 | R |
| | Gail Hopkins (7) | 0 | R |
| | Dave Hostetler (5) | 0 | R |
| | Trent Hubbard (10) | 0 | R |
| | Ken Huckaby (6) | 0 | R |
| | Raul Ibanez (18, 41) | 0 | R |
| | Jason Jaramillo (3, 30) | 0 | R |
| | Tim Jones (6) | 0 | R |
| | Greg Keatley (1) | 0 | R |
| | Don Kelly (6, 33) | 0 | R |
| | Bruce Kimm (4) | 0 | R |
| | Jim King (11) | 0 | R |
| | Mike Kinkade (6) | 0 | R |
| | Jay Kleven (1) | 0 | R |
| | Lou Klimchock (12) | 0 | R |
| | Roger LaFrancois (1) | 0 | R |
| | Steven Lerud (1, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Charlie Lindstrom (1) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Lis (8) | 0 | R |
| | Greg Litton (6) | 0 | R |
| | Luis Lopez (2) | 0 | R |
| | Donny Lucy (3) | 0 | R |
| | Mitch Lyden (1) | 0 | R |
| | Steve Lyons (9) | 0 | R |
| | Eric MacKenzie (1) | 0 | R |
| | Gordon MacKenzie (1) | 0 | R |
| | Kelly Mann (2) | 0 | R |
| | Luis Martinez (2, 28) | 0 | R |
| | Jeff Mathis (8, 30) | 0 | R |
| | Pascual Matos (1) | 0 | R |
| | Joe McCabe (2) | 0 | R |
| | Terry McGriff (6) | 0 | R |
| | Jim McNamara (2) | 0 | R |
| | Henry Mercedes (5) | 0 | R |
| | Pete Naton (1) | 0 | R |
| | Gus Niarhos (9) | 0 | R |
| | Jose Oquendo (12) | 0 | R |
| | Bobo Osborne (6) | 0 | R |
| Rank |
Player (yrs, age) |
Total Zone Runs as C | Throws |
| | Mickey Owen (13) | 0 | R |
| | Jose Pagan (15) | 0 | R |
| | Jim Pankovits (6) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Patton (1) | 0 | R |
| | Bill Pecota (9) | 0 | R |
| | Jorge Pedre (2) | 0 | R |
| | Miguel Perez (1) | 0 | R |
| | Josh Phelps (8) | 0 | R |
| | Kyle Phillips (2) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Pignatano (6) | 0 | R |
| | Manny Pina (2, 26) | 0 | R |
| | Jim Pyburn (3) | 0 | R |
| | Lenny Randle (12) | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Glenn Sutko (2) | 0 | R |
| | Mike Sweeney (16) | 0 | R |
| | Bob Taylor (1) | 0 | R |
| | Curtis Thigpen (2) | 0 | R |
| | Joe Tipton (7) | 0 | R |
| | Wyatt Toregas (2) | 0 | R |
| | Hector Valle (1) | 0 | R |
| | Don Wakamatsu (1) | 0 | R |
| | Dan Walters (2) | 0 | R |
| | John Wehner (11) | 0 | R |
| | Pete Whisenant (8) | 0 | R |
| | Craig Wilson (7) | 0 | R |
| | Tom Yewcic (1) | 0 | R |
| | Joel Youngblood (14) | 0 | R |
| | Don Zimmer (12) | 0 | R |
| | Alan Zinter (2) | 0 | R |
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.