. State of the Art

 catcher           year  team  G     PB
+----------------+-----+-----+-----+-----
 Ed Whiting        1882  BAL     72   105
 Bill Traffley     1885  BAL     61   104
 Pop Snyder        1881  BSN     60    99
 Mike Hines        1883  BSN     59    99
 Sleeper Sullivan  1882  STL     51    97
 Doc Bushong       1884  CLV     62    95
 Fred Carroll      1886  PIT     70    95

1883 Mitt

Source: Encyclopedia of Catcher's Equipment