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Jason Kendall

Jason Daniel Kendall

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 26, 1974 in San Diego, CA
High School: Torrance HS (Torrance, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 1996 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Athletics/Brewers/Royals/Cubs 1996-2010
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 16.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem, previously: Don Lozano [*]
Relatives: Son of Fred Kendall
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 12:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #281. Carl Crawford… #282. Andres Galarraga… #283. Felipe Alou… #284. JASON KENDALL… #285. Juan Gonzalez… #286. Devon White… #287. Joe Judge… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1996 22 PIT NL 130 471 414 54 124 23 5 3 42 5 2 35 30 .300 .372 .401 .773 102 166 7 15 3 4 11 *2 AS,RoY-3
1997 23 PIT NL 144 572 486 71 143 36 4 8 49 18 6 49 53 .294 .391 .434 .825 114 211 11 31 1 5 2 *2
1998 24 PIT NL 149 627 535 95 175 36 3 12 75 26 5 51 51 .327 .411 .473 .884 131 253 6 31 2 8 3 *2 AS
1999 25 PIT NL 78 334 280 61 93 20 3 8 41 22 3 38 32 .332 .428 .511 .939 137 143 8 12 0 4 3 2
2000 26 PIT NL 152 678 579 112 185 33 6 14 58 22 12 79 79 .320 .412 .470 .882 124 272 13 15 1 4 3 *2 AS
2001 27 PIT NL 157 672 606 84 161 22 2 10 53 13 14 44 48 .266 .335 .358 .693 78 217 18 20 0 2 4 *279
2002 28 PIT NL 145 605 545 59 154 25 3 3 44 15 8 49 29 .283 .350 .356 .706 86 194 11 9 0 2 1 *2
2003 29 PIT NL 150 666 587 84 191 29 3 6 58 8 7 49 40 .325 .399 .416 .815 112 244 9 25 1 3 3 *2
2004 30 PIT NL 147 658 574 86 183 32 0 3 51 11 8 60 41 .319 .399 .390 .789 107 224 12 19 1 4 2 *2
2005 31 OAK AL 150 676 601 70 163 28 1 0 53 8 3 50 39 .271 .345 .321 .666 80 193 26 20 0 5 0 *2/D
2006 32 OAK AL 143 626 552 76 163 23 0 1 50 11 5 53 54 .295 .367 .342 .709 88 189 19 12 4 5 2 *2/D
2007 33 TOT MLB 137 514 466 45 113 20 1 3 41 3 4 31 42 .242 .301 .309 .610 62 144 8 9 5 3 2 *2/7
2007 33 OAK AL 80 312 292 24 66 10 0 2 22 3 1 12 27 .226 .261 .281 .542 47 82 7 3 2 3 0 2/7
2007 33 CHC NL 57 202 174 21 47 10 1 1 19 0 3 19 15 .270 .362 .356 .718 84 62 1 6 3 0 2 2
2008 34 MIL NL 151 587 516 46 127 30 2 2 49 8 3 50 45 .246 .327 .324 .651 74 167 5 13 6 2 7 *2
2009 35 MIL NL 134 526 452 48 109 19 2 2 43 7 2 46 58 .241 .331 .305 .636 71 138 11 17 6 5 6 *2
2010 36 KCR AL 118 490 434 39 111 18 0 0 37 12 7 37 45 .256 .318 .297 .615 71 129 12 6 6 7 2 *2
15 Yrs 2085 8702 7627 1030 2195 394 35 75 744 189 89 721 686 .288 .366 .378 .744 95 2884 176 254 36 63 51
162 Game Avg. 162 676 593 80 171 31 3 6 58 15 7 56 53 .288 .366 .378 .744 95 224 14 20 3 5 4
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PIT (9 yrs) 1252 5283 4606 706 1409 256 29 67 471 140 65 454 403 .306 .387 .418 .805 108 1924 95 177 9 36 32
OAK (3 yrs) 373 1614 1445 170 392 61 1 3 125 22 9 115 120 .271 .337 .321 .658 77 464 52 35 6 13 2
MIL (2 yrs) 285 1113 968 94 236 49 4 4 92 15 5 96 103 .244 .329 .315 .644 73 305 16 30 12 7 13
KCR (1 yr) 118 490 434 39 111 18 0 0 37 12 7 37 45 .256 .318 .297 .615 71 129 12 6 6 7 2
CHC (1 yr) 57 202 174 21 47 10 1 1 19 0 3 19 15 .270 .362 .356 .718 84 62 1 6 3 0 2
NL (12 yrs) 1594 6598 5748 821 1692 315 34 72 582 155 73 569 521 .294 .376 .399 .775 102 2291 112 213 24 43 47
AL (4 yrs) 491 2104 1879 209 503 79 1 3 162 34 16 152 165 .268 .333 .316 .648 75 593 64 41 12 20 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1996 22 PIT NL 130 471 6 0 2 -11 7 4 0.2 13 16 1.4 .503 .502 2.7 -0.5 28 $109,000 *2 AS,RoY-3
1997 23 PIT NL 144 572 13 -2 2 4 8 25 2.4 16 41 3.9 .517 .515 3.6 1.2 37 $235,000 *2
1998 24 PIT NL 149 627 27 2 1 -1 8 38 3.7 17 55 5.4 .526 .524 5.6 0.7 56 $600,000 *2 AS
1999 25 PIT NL 78 334 21 3 -0 5 4 33 3.1 9 42 4.0 .540 .519 3.5 0.9 38 $1,250,000 2
2000 26 PIT NL 152 678 28 -3 1 -6 8 28 2.5 18 46 4.3 .517 .516 4.9 0.2 52 $2,250,000 *2 AS
2001 27 PIT NL 157 672 -14 -4 1 -8 6 -18 -1.9 18 0 -0.1 .488 .489 0.7 -0.2 8 $5,100,000 *279
2002 28 PIT NL 145 605 -7 -2 2 3 8 4 0.4 17 21 2.0 .503 .503 1.7 1.1 18 $6,571,429 *2
2003 29 PIT NL 150 666 14 -3 1 5 8 25 2.5 18 44 4.3 .517 .516 3.8 1.4 39 $8,571,429 *2
2004 30 PIT NL 147 658 13 2 0 -4 8 20 1.9 18 38 3.7 .513 .512 4.1 0.4 42 $8,571,429 *2
2005 31 OAK AL 150 676 -6 3 -1 -4 8 1 0.2 23 24 2.2 .500 .500 2.7 0.6 27 $10,571,429 *2/D
2006 32 OAK AL 143 626 -4 0 -1 11 8 14 1.5 21 35 3.4 .510 .508 2.4 2.0 24 $11,492,454 *2/D
2007 33 OAK AL 80 312 -20 -1 0 20 5 4 0.4 10 14 1.4 .505 .502 -0.6 2.5 -6 $12,858,194 2/7
2007 33 CHC NL 57 202 -1 -0 1 -11 3 -9 -0.9 5 -4 -0.4 .484 .495 0.7 -0.8 7 2
2008 34 MIL NL 151 587 -18 -0 2 19 9 12 1.1 16 28 2.7 .508 .507 0.8 2.8 8 $4,250,000 *2
2009 35 MIL NL 134 526 -15 0 -1 -7 8 -14 -1.5 14 -0 -0.1 .489 .491 0.6 0.1 7 $5,000,000 *2
2010 36 KCR AL 118 490 -19 -1 -2 1 7 -14 -1.3 17 3 0.2 .488 .491 0.1 0.9 2 $2,250,000 *2
15 Seasons 2085 8702 19 -5 8 16 113 152 14.5 251 403 38.3 .507 .506 37.3 13.3 386 $79,680,364
PIT (9 yrs) 1252 5283 101 -5 10 -12 65 159 14.9 144 303 28.9 .512 .511 30.6 5.1 316 $33,258,287
OAK (3 yrs) 373 1614 -30 2 -2 27 22 18 2.2 55 73 7.0 .505 .504 4.5 5.1 46 $34,922,077
MIL (2 yrs) 285 1113 -32 0 1 12 17 -3 -0.4 30 27 2.6 .499 .499 1.4 2.9 15 $9,250,000
KCR (1 yr) 118 490 -19 -1 -2 1 7 -14 -1.3 17 3 0.2 .488 .491 0.1 0.9 2 $2,250,000
CHC (1 yr) 57 202 -1 -0 1 -11 3 -9 -0.9 5 -4 -0.4 .484 .495 0.7 -0.8 7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 32 OAK AL ALDS MIN W 3 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .286 .500 4 0 0 0 0 0
2006 32 OAK AL ALCS DET L 4 19 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .294 .368 .294 .663 5 0 0 0 0 0
2007 33 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 4 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 12 51 49 1 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .224 .255 .245 .500 12 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .286 .500 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 5 18 18 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 4 19 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .294 .368 .294 .663 5 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1996 PIT NL 22 C 129 117 113 1060.1 886 797 71 18 10 .980 -11 -12 7.37 6.73 .989 7.50 7.45 8 39 136 41 23% 28% 1 AS,RoY-3
1997 PIT NL 23 C 142 139 130 1218.0 1066 952 103 11 20 .990 4 4 7.80 7.43 .990 7.68 7.62 7 49 95 56 37% 32% 3
1998 PIT NL 24 C 144 143 136 1253.2 1082 1015 58 9 10 .992 -1 -1 7.70 7.45 .990 7.51 7.47 9 39 83 32 28% 32% 1 AS
1999 PIT NL 25 C 75 74 70 649.0 560 505 48 7 13 .988 5 9 7.67 7.37 .990 7.41 7.35 6 26 39 30 43% 29% 0
2000 PIT NL 26 C 147 145 136 1280.2 1081 990 81 10 12 .991 -6 -6 7.53 7.29 .990 7.45 7.38 11 60 87 38 30% 32% 1 AS
2001 PIT NL 27 C 133 127 111 1093.0 803 739 52 12 7 .985 -5 -5 6.51 5.95 .992 7.74 7.65 7 35 73 28 28% 33% 0
2001 PIT NL 27 OF 27 27 18 214.1 53 47 1 5 0 .906 -2 -14 2.02 1.78 .982 2.20 2.18
2001 PIT NL 27 LF 18 18 14 147.0 33 30 0 3 0 .909 -3 -21 1.84 1.67 .979 1.91 1.89
2001 PIT NL 27 RF 10 9 4 67.1 20 17 1 2 0 .900 0 2 2.41 1.80 .981 2.11 2.09
2002 PIT NL 28 C 143 140 123 1191.2 870 797 64 9 13 .990 3 3 6.50 6.02 .991 7.53 7.47 8 29 78 39 33% 32% 1
2003 PIT NL 29 C 146 145 137 1278.1 899 841 48 10 3 .989 -2 5 -2 5 6.26 6.09 .992 7.33 7.26 9 44 63 23 27% 31% 1
2004 PIT NL 30 C 146 145 131 1259.0 1086 998 78 10 13 .991 5 -4 5 -4 7.69 7.37 .993 7.45 7.40 2 40 65 37 36% 28% 1
2005 OAK AL 31 C 147 146 137 1286.0 1044 986 51 7 6 .993 -7 -4 -7 -4 7.26 7.05 .992 6.79 6.72 4 39 101 22 18% 30% 0
2005 OAK AL 31 DH 3 3
2006 OAK AL 32 C 141 141 137 1254.0 983 924 54 5 9 .995 3 11 3 11 7.02 6.94 .992 7.09 6.99 7 41 71 31 30% 30% 1
2006 OAK AL 32 DH 1 0
2007 TOT MLB 33 C 132 130 119 1146.0 914 847 58 9 6 .990 -12 9 -13 9 7.11 6.86 .991 7.32 7.26 12 38 111 20 15% 26% 0
2007 OAK AL 33 C 80 80 74 714.1 523 485 34 4 4 .992 -3 20 -5 34 6.54 6.49 .991 7.28 7.20 7 22 59 15 20% 27% 0
2007 OAK AL 33 LF 2 0 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 3.86 0.50 .980 1.93 2.10
2007 OAK AL 33 OF 2 0 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 3.86 0.50 .990 2.31 2.30
2007 CHC NL 33 C 52 50 45 431.2 391 362 24 5 2 .987 -9 -11 -25 -31 8.05 7.42 .991 7.39 7.36 5 16 52 5 9% 25% 0
2008 MIL NL 34 C 149 149 145 1328.1 1125 1025 94 6 13 .995 11 19 10 17 7.58 7.51 .993 7.65 7.60 4 45 55 41 43% 27% 0
2009 MIL NL 35 C 133 131 127 1162.0 951 882 61 8 2 .992 -9 -7 -9 -7 7.30 7.09 .993 7.77 7.70 4 53 64 16 20% 29% 1
2010 KCR AL 36 C 118 118 107 1018.1 802 721 68 13 11 .984 3 1 4 1 6.97 6.69 .990 7.44 7.37 6 35 101 41 29% 26% 0
15 Seasons C 2025 1990 1859 17478.1 14152 13019 989 144 148 .990 -19 30 -1 3 7.21 6.92 .991 7.44 7.38 104 612 1222 495 29% 30% 11
2 Seasons OF 29 27 18 216.2 54 48 1 5 0 .907 -2 0 -14 0 2.04 1.69 .982 2.20 2.19
2 Seasons LF 20 18 14 149.1 34 31 0 3 0 .912 -3 0 -21 0 1.87 1.55 .979 1.91 1.91
1 Season RF 10 9 4 67.1 20 17 1 2 0 .900 0 2 2.41 1.80 .981 2.11 2.09
15 Seasons TOT 2054 2017 1877 17695.0 14206 13067 990 149 148 .990 -22 30 -1 3 7.15 6.84 .991 7.38 7.30 104 612 1222 495 29% 30% 11
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1996 *
1998 *
2000 (C)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
Active  38.3 (37th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
Active  38.3 (27th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
Active  37.3 (23rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.0 (4th)
2007 AL  2.5 (4th)
2008 NL  2.8 (2nd)
Active  13.3 (14th)
Career  13.3 (128th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1998 NL  .327 (5th)
2003 NL  .325 (6th)
2004 NL  .319 (8th)
Active  .288 (35th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1998 NL  .411 (7th)
2004 NL  .399 (9th)
Active  .366 (31st)

Games Played s c a p y
Active  2,085 (17th)
Career  2,085 (186th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  7,627 (15th)
Career  7,627 (181st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active  8,702 (15th)
Career  8,702 (172nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2000 NL  112 (9th)
Active  1,030 (29th)

Hits s c a p y
2000 NL  185 (10th)
2003 NL  191 (6th)
2004 NL  183 (10th)
Active  2,195 (17th)
Career  2,195 (178th)

Total Bases s c a p y
Active  2,884 (33rd)

Doubles s c a p y
Active  394 (26th)
Career  394 (185th)

Triples s c a p y
Active  35 (41st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Active  744 (43rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  721 (22nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1998 NL  26 (8th)
Active  189 (24th)

Singles s c a p y
2000 NL  132 (4th)
2001 NL  127 (4th)
2002 NL  123 (9th)
2003 NL  153 (3rd)
2004 NL  148 (2nd)
2005 AL  134 (6th)
2006 AL  139 (7th)
Active  1,691 (7th)
Career  1,691 (117th)

Runs Created s c a p y
Active  1,112 (30th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Active  504 (43rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2000 NL  279 (8th)
2003 NL  265 (10th)
Active  3,170 (14th)
Career  3,170 (154th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1996 NL  15 (4th)
1997 NL  31 (2nd)
1998 NL  31 (1st)
1999 NL  12 (4th)
2000 NL  15 (5th)
2001 NL  20 (3rd)
2003 NL  25 (2nd)
2004 NL  19 (3rd)
2005 AL  20 (3rd)
2006 AL  12 (6th)
2008 NL  13 (8th)
2009 NL  17 (2nd)
Active  254 (1st)
Career  254 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1998 NL  8 (7th)
Active  63 (22nd)
Career  63 (193rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  51 (42nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2005 AL  26 (1st)
2006 AL  19 (10th)
Active  176 (20th)
Career  176 (160th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2000 NL  12 (7th)
2001 NL  14 (4th)
2004 NL  8 (9th)
Active  89 (13th)
Career  89 (174th)

SB % s c a p y
1998 NL  83.87 (7th)
1999 NL  88.00 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Active  107.4 (48th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1997 NL  9.2 (7th)
1998 NL  10.5 (6th)
2001 NL  12.6 (7th)
2002 NL  18.8 (1st)
2003 NL  14.7 (2nd)
2004 NL  14.0 (4th)
2005 AL  15.4 (1st)
2006 AL  10.2 (7th)
2007 ML  11.1 (8th)
2008 NL  11.5 (3rd)
Active  11.1 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
2001 NL  479 (6th)
Active  5,796 (15th)
Career  5,796 (177th)

Putouts† s c a p y
Active  13,067 (4th)
Career  13,067 (70th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
Active  149 (14th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1996 NL  129 (4th)
1997 NL  142 (1st)
1998 NL  144 (1st)
2000 NL  147 (1st)
2001 NL  133 (2nd)
2002 NL  143 (1st)
2003 NL  146 (1st)
2004 NL  146 (1st)
2005 AL  147 (1st)
2006 AL  141 (2nd)
2008 NL  149 (1st)
2009 NL  133 (3rd)
2010 AL  118 (4th)
Active  2,025 (1st)
Career  2,025 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1996 NL  797 (4th)
1997 NL  952 (2nd)
1998 NL  1,015 (1st)
2000 NL  990 (1st)
2002 NL  797 (5th)
2004 NL  998 (2nd)
2005 AL  986 (1st)
2006 AL  924 (1st)
2008 NL  1,025 (2nd)
2009 NL  882 (5th)
Active  13,019 (1st)
Career  13,019 (2nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1996 NL  71 (4th)
1997 NL  103 (1st)
1998 NL  58 (5th)
2000 NL  81 (1st)
2002 NL  64 (3rd)
2004 NL  78 (1st)
2005 AL  51 (5th)
2008 NL  94 (1st)
2009 NL  61 (4th)
2010 AL  68 (1st)
Active  989 (1st)
Career  989 (50th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1996 NL  18 (1st)
1997 NL  11 (3rd)
1998 NL  9 (4th)
1999 NL  7 (4th)
2000 NL  10 (3rd)
2001 NL  12 (1st)
2002 NL  9 (4th)
2003 NL  10 (3rd)
2004 NL  10 (1st)
2005 AL  7 (5th)
2009 NL  8 (3rd)
2010 AL  13 (1st)
Active  144 (1st)
Career  144 (84th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1996 NL  10 (3rd)
1997 NL  20 (1st)
1998 NL  10 (4th)
1999 NL  13 (1st)
2000 NL  12 (4th)
2002 NL  13 (1st)
2004 NL  13 (2nd)
2005 AL  6 (2nd)
2006 AL  9 (1st)
2008 NL  13 (1st)
2010 AL  11 (1st)
Active  148 (1st)
Career  148 (11th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1998 NL  9 (5th)
2000 NL  11 (1st)
2002 NL  8 (4th)
2003 NL  9 (3rd)
Active  104 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1996 NL  136 (2nd)
1997 NL  95 (4th)
1998 NL  83 (2nd)
2000 NL  87 (2nd)
2001 NL  73 (3rd)
2002 NL  78 (3rd)
2003 NL  63 (4th)
2005 AL  101 (1st)
2006 AL  71 (3rd)
2010 AL  101 (1st)
Active  1,222 (1st)
Career  1,222 (15th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1996 NL  41 (1st)
1997 NL  56 (1st)
1998 NL  32 (4th)
2000 NL  38 (3rd)
2002 NL  39 (2nd)
2004 NL  37 (1st)
2006 AL  31 (3rd)
2008 NL  41 (1st)
2010 AL  41 (1st)
Active  495 (1st)
Career  495 (66th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1999 NL  43.5 (3rd)
2004 NL  36.3 (4th)
2008 NL  42.7 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2004 NL  5 (2nd)
2008 NL  11 (1st)
2010 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2004 NL  7.69 (4th)
2005 AL  7.26 (1st)
Active  7.21 (22nd)
Career  7.21 (48th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1997 NL  7.43 (5th)
1998 NL  7.45 (4th)
2000 NL  7.29 (2nd)
2004 NL  7.37 (4th)
2005 AL  7.05 (1st)
2006 AL  6.94 (2nd)
2008 NL  7.51 (4th)
Active  6.92 (10th)
Career  6.92 (22nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2006 AL  .995 (5th)
2008 NL  .995 (5th)
Active  .990 (23rd)
Career  .990 (92nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 26 (879), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 108 (142), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 38 (192), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (20th), 38.3 career WAR/29.0 7yr-peak WAR/33.7 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

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  1. Mickey Cochrane (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mickey Cochrane (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mickey Cochrane (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mickey Cochrane (967) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mickey Cochrane (914) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Thurman Munson (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Thurman Munson (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Thurman Munson (893)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Thurman Munson (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Thurman Munson (870)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Fernandez (874)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dick Bartell (852)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dick Bartell (856)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dick Bartell (868)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199622Pittsburgh Pirates$109,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199723Pittsburgh Pirates$235,0001997 AP survey
199824Pittsburgh Pirates$600,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
199925Pittsburgh Pirates$1,250,0004/6/99 USA Today
200026Pittsburgh Pirates$2,250,0004/5/00 AP
200127Pittsburgh Pirates$5,100,0004/6/01 USA Today
200228Pittsburgh Pirates$6,571,4294/3/02 AP
200329Pittsburgh Pirates$8,571,4294/3/03 AP
200430Pittsburgh Pirates$8,571,4294/7/04 AP
200531Oakland Athletics$10,571,429
200632Oakland Athletics$11,492,454
200733Oakland Athletics$12,858,194
200834Milwaukee Brewers$4,250,000
200935Milwaukee Brewers$5,000,000
201036Kansas City Royals$2,250,000
201137Kansas City Royals$3,750,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2012
Career to date (may be incomplete)$83,430,364
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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