Catchers Single-Season
Batting Average
Leaderboard
 
* - Indicates Hall of Fame
+ - indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet 502PA requirement.
Rank    Player Batting Average PA Year Career Leaderboard
1.    Jack Cummings * .3827 610 1931  
2.    Lena Styles .3810 646 1930  
3.    Gabby Hartnett .3755 610 1930  
4.    Lena Styles .3675 594 1931  
5.    Jack Cummings * .3615 599 1937  
6.    Spud Davis .3585 622 1934  
7.    Babe Phelps .3566 580 1936  
8.    Estel Crabtree .3563 568 1935  
9.    Rico Carty .3531 614 1975  
10.    Jack Cummings * .3518 605 1932  
11.    Babe Phelps .3501 507 1941  
12.    Babe Phelps .3491 560 1939  
13.    Joe Schultz .3487 626 1946  
14.    Lena Styles .3474 611 1932  
15.    Steve Swisher .3470 545 1986  
16.    Jack Cummings * .3461 629 1936  
17.    Don Slaught .3458 612 1988  
18.    Lena Styles .3443 591 1933  
19.    Bill Lewis .3434 654 1936  
20.    Bill Lewis .3417 545 1934  
21.    Moe Berg .3401 566 1932  
22.    Steve Swisher .3400 607 1984  
23.    Rico Carty .3378 641 1974  
24.    Bill Lewis .3372 577 1939  
25.    Joe Schultz .3371 510 1943  
26.    Rico Carty .3369 611 1967  
27.    Rico Carty .3360 666 1973  
28.    Ron Blomberg .3352 585 1970  
29.    Spud Davis .3348 519 1933  
30.    Smead Jolley .3347+ 496 1930  
31.    Spud Davis .3345 604 1935  
32.    Dolph Camilli * .3341 560 1935  
33.    Smead Jolley .3340+ 483 1931  
34.    Jack Cummings * .3328 629 1935  
35.    Bobby Hofman .3327 600 1955  
36.    Frank Torre .3319 523 1964  
37.    Hal Wagner .3318 517 1941  
38.    Dick Dietz .3314 617 1968  
39.    Jim Sundberg .3309 601 1984  
40.    Bill Lewis .3308 616 1935  
41.    Smead Jolley .3308 550 1933  
42.    Estel Crabtree .3287 621 1936  
43.    John Bateman .3285 522 1973  
44.    Mike Heath .3281 550 1984  
45.    Babe Phelps .3276+ 467 1937  
46.    Steve Swisher .3273 534 1989  
47.    Hal Wagner .3267 574 1942  
48.    Don Slaught .3255 603 1987  
49.    Jack Cummings * .3247 638 1930  
50.    Ron Blomberg .3246 510 1972  
51.    Bill Dickey .3243 580 1934  
52.    Ernie Lombardi .3240 625 1936  
53.    Steve Swisher .3239 566 1987  
54.    Shanty Hogan .3237 529 1932  
55.    Dick Brown .3236 560 1963  
56.    Don Padgett .3236 606 1941  
57.    Bobby Hofman .3235 610 1953  
58.    Ernie Lombardi .3223 561 1934  
59.    Dick Brown .3218 559 1960  
60.    Milt May .3215 539 1983  
61.    Johnny Roseboro .3212 572 1965  
62.    Joe Schultz .3208+ 498 1951  
  Yogi Berra .3208 534 1949  
64.    Moe Berg .3207+ 468 1931  
65.    Willard Hershberger .3206+ 488 1939  
66.    Rico Carty .3201 618 1964  
67.    Rico Carty .3190 579 1971  
68.    Ron Blomberg .3187 512 1971  
69.    Shanty Hogan .3185 547 1936  
70.    Charlie Silvera .3184 547 1953  
71.    Mickey Cochrane .3179 594 1931  
72.    Jack Cummings * .3179 616 1934  
73.    Rico Carty .3177 612 1976  
74.    Milt May .3176+ 490 1974  
75.    Babe Phelps .3176 550 1938  
76.    Joe Schultz .3172 508 1944  
77.    Ron Blomberg .3168 610 1975  
78.    Don Padgett .3165 632 1943  
79.    Joe Schultz .3164+ 494 1949  
80.    Rico Carty .3163 537 1969  
81.    Lena Styles .3153 540 1934  
82.    Rudy York .3151 504 1942  
83.    Joe Torre .3146 590 1962  
84.    Mickey Cochrane .3144 578 1930  
85.    Smead Jolley .3143+ 445 1935  
86.    Johnny Pramesa .3136 529 1955  
87.    Joe Schultz .3135 608 1948  
88.    Del Rice .3133 618 1955  
89.    Jim Sundberg .3133 520 1981  
90.    Bill Delancey * .3132 559 1937  
91.    Mike Heath .3132 604 1985  
92.    Frank Torre .3126 602 1966  
  Del Rice .3126 581 1958  
94.    Joe Schultz .3124 631 1947  
95.    Billy Sullivan .3123 546 1943  
96.    Don Padgett .3122 608 1942  
97.    Milt May .3121 637 1978  
98.    Milt May .3118+ 468 1975  
99.    Babe Phelps .3116 510 1934  
100.    Rudy York .3115 614 1937  
101.    Charlie Silvera .3115 503 1952  
102.    Del Rice .3111 580 1950  
103.    Sammy Taylor .3106 543 1967  
  Don Padgett .3106+ 482 1937  
105.    Bill Dickey .3101 597 1937  
106.    Shanty Hogan .3099 576 1930  
107.    Rico Carty .3095+ 431 1972  
108.    Moe Berg .3095+ 477 1934  
109.    Ken Sears .3089+ 484 1950  
110.    Bobby Hofman .3083 655 1958  
111.    Rudy York .3079+ 482 1940  
112.    Tom Haller .3079 546 1966  
113.    Biff Pocoroba .3077 505 1979  
114.    Harry McCurdy .3075 605 1931  
115.    Frank Torre .3072+ 471 1963  
116.    Bill Lewis .3072 644 1937  
117.    Shanty Hogan .3070 620 1931  
118.    Hal Wagner .3070 628 1950  
119.    Frank Torre .3068+ 492 1962  
120.    John Ellis .3064 521 1978  
121.    Walker Cooper .3062 541 1945  
  Dolph Camilli * .3062 605 1943  
123.    Gabby Hartnett .3058 591 1931  
124.    Tom Haller .3057 553 1967  
125.    Butch Henline .3057 595 1930  
126.    Don Slaught .3055 572 1986  
127.    Joe Torre .3055 582 1963  
  Don Padgett .3055 610 1940  
129.    Gus Suhr .3053 693 1930  
130.    Dolph Camilli * .3050 647 1940  
131.    Joe Schultz .3050 585 1950  
  Johnny Gooch .3050 551 1930  
133.    Jody Davis .3049 601 1987  
134.    Gabby Hartnett .3048 596 1934  
135.    Dolph Camilli * .3047 654 1937  
136.    Joe Ginsberg .3047 524 1957  
137.    Johnny Gooch .3046 595 1931  
138.    Charlie Silvera .3043 603 1957  
139.    J.C. Martin .3036+ 474 1962  
140.    Butch Nieman .3036 594 1946  
141.    Earl Battey .3033 577 1963  
142.    Shanty Hogan .3030 575 1934  
  Johnny Gooch .3030 576 1932  
144.    Bill Freehan .3030 516 1973  
145.    J.C. Martin .3028 627 1967  
146.    Billy Sullivan .3026 505 1939  
147.    Charlie Silvera .3025 611 1955  
148.    Smead Jolley .3024 542 1932  
149.    Ron Blomberg .3022 642 1981  
150.    Joe Schultz .3020+ 471 1942  
151.    Willard Hershberger .3017+ 450 1940  
152.    Charlie Lau .3016+ 485 1963  
153.    Smead Jolley .3010 516 1934  
154.    Mickey Cochrane .3008 588 1936  
155.    Ernie Lombardi .3007+ 472 1939  
156.    Bobby Hofman .3004+ 499 1954  
157.    Rudy York .3004 602 1944  
158.    Thurman Munson .3004 560 1980  
159.    Bill Sudakis .3002 615 1975  
160.    Ron Hodges .3000 553 1985  
161.    Harry McCurdy .2998 511 1932  
162.    Bill Freehan .2996 619 1966  
163.    Steve Swisher .2996 503 1990  
164.    Rico Carty .2991+ 478 1966  
165.    Spud Davis .2991 582 1932  
166.    Spud Davis .2987 615 1931  
167.    Rico Carty .2987 521 1965  
168.    Bill Dickey .2985 550 1931  
169.    Rudy York .2981 626 1943  
170.    Rudy York .2981 585 1939  
171.    Biff Pocoroba .2977 569 1989  
172.    Butch Nieman .2975+ 494 1953  
173.    Johnny Pramesa .2975 579 1956  
174.    Steve Swisher .2975 546 1985  
175.    Biff Pocoroba .2973 531 1985  
176.    Dolph Camilli * .2972 631 1939  
177.    Tim Talton .2972+ 458 1975  
178.    Joe Torre .2966 617 1967  
179.    Spud Davis .2965+ 501 1938  
180.    Bill Delancey * .2963 541 1942  
181.    Sammy White .2961 527 1958  
182.    Moe Berg .2955 580 1935  
183.    Johnny Bench .2951 602 1974  
  Jake Gibbs .2951 551 1972  
185.    Ron Blomberg .2950 555 1973  
186.    Paul Gillespie .2950+ 498 1949  
187.    Mike Fitzgerald .2949 566 1990  
188.    Smoky Burgess .2945 561 1954  
189.    Ron Blomberg .2944 645 1977  
190.    Duke Sims .2944 508 1973  
191.    Dolph Camilli * .2942 561 1934  
192.    Darren Daulton .2941 617 1990  
  Tim Talton .2941+ 457 1970  
  Joe Ginsberg .2941 559 1962  
195.    Gil Hodges * .2939 629 1949  
196.    Mike Heath .2939 569 1990  
197.    Dick Dietz .2938 582 1980  
198.    Jimmie Wilson .2937+ 486 1931  
199.    Ernie Lombardi .2934 622 1938  
200.    Frank Torre .2931+ 446 1959  
201.    Dick Dietz .2930 611 1973  
  Babe Phelps .2930 523 1942  
203.    Bill Dickey .2928 594 1933  
204.    Billy Sullivan .2926 529 1938  
205.    Ron Pruitt .2925 543 1984  
206.    Dolph Camilli * .2924 622 1936  
207.    Duke Sims .2922 598 1972  
  Smead Jolley .2922 543 1936  
209.    Dick Brown .2921 561 1961  
210.    Bill Freehan .2920 559 1963  
211.    Jack Cummings * .2919 596 1933  
212.    John Ellis .2914 534 1977  
213.    Ron Blomberg .2913 570 1982  
214.    Tim Hosley .2912 510 1979  
215.    Willard Hershberger .2911+ 470 1938  
216.    Hal Wagner .2911 609 1948  
217.    Woody Jensen .2909 581 1938  
218.    Bill Freehan .2908 614 1969  
219.    Bill Freehan .2908 554 1964  
220.    Ernie Whitt .2908 548 1978  
221.    Carl Sawatski .2907 512 1962  
222.    J.C. Martin .2907 591 1968  
223.    Bill Freehan .2906 575 1971  
224.    Smoky Burgess .2905 507 1949  
225.    Brian Downing .2903 589 1977  
226.    Tom Haller .2901 606 1963  
227.    Darren Daulton .2901 601 1988  
228.    Bill Fahey .2900 543 1981  
229.    Ron Blomberg .2898 596 1976  
230.    Harry Chiti .2898 572 1957  
  Bill Dickey .2898 594 1936  
232.    Rico Carty .2898+ 493 1968  
233.    Biff Pocoroba .2896 536 1980  
234.    Don Padgett .2895 517 1939  
235.    Butch Nieman .2895 603 1948  
236.    Joe Torre .2892 579 1966  
  Gabby Hartnett .2892 584 1932  
238.    Biff Pocoroba .2892 556 1983  
239.    Bruce Edwards .2892 539 1955  
  Frankie Hayes .2892 545 1940  
241.    Carl Sawatski .2891 510 1955  
242.    Ron Blomberg .2890 632 1980  
243.    Ron Hodges .2886 517 1981  
244.    Biff Pocoroba .2886 572 1988  
245.    Gabby Hartnett .2885+ 478 1933  
246.    Tom Haller .2885 568 1969  
247.    Billy Sullivan .2882+ 487 1940  
248.    John Tamargo .2882 583 1984  
249.    Spud Davis .2881 569 1937  
250.    Bill Dickey .2881 507 1942  
251.    Tim Talton .2878+ 480 1968  
252.    Dick Dietz .2877 592 1975  
253.    Ron Blomberg .2876+ 458 1974  
254.    Estel Crabtree .2876 589 1937  
255.    Bill Delancey * .2870 612 1940  
256.    Bill Salkeld .2864 505 1949  
257.    Butch Wynegar .2864+ 480 1979  
258.    Barry Foote .2863 544 1977  
259.    Brian Downing .2863 569 1982  
260.    Butch Nieman .2863 612 1949  
261.    Bill Delancey * .2863 606 1938  
262.    Bill Dickey .2862 583 1938  
263.    Bruce Edwards .2860+ 474 1952  
264.    Alan Ashby .2857 532 1983  
  Gene Tenace .2857 622 1980  
  Rudy York .2857 618 1947  
  Woody Jensen .2857 586 1939  
268.    Rico Carty .2855 600 1970  
269.    Jo-Jo Moore .2854+ 455 1931  
270.    Joe Torre .2852 641 1968  
271.    Del Rice .2851 560 1957  
272.    Willard Hershberger .2848 517 1942  
273.    Harry McCurdy .2848 541 1930  
274.    Paul Gillespie .2848+ 422 1943  
275.    Bobby Hofman .2846 588 1952  
276.    Joe Ginsberg .2844 519 1955  
277.    Gil Hodges * .2844 630 1950  
278.    Butch Nieman .2844 623 1951  
279.    Dick Dietz .2843 610 1976  
280.    Tim Hosley .2843 563 1974  
281.    Bruce Edwards .2842 541 1956  
282.    Ron Hodges .2842 513 1986  
  Ron Pruitt .2842+ 481 1983  
284.    Earl Battey .2841 596 1961  
  Gil Hodges * .2841 593 1955  
286.    Bruce Edwards .2840 536 1954  
287.    Biff Pocoroba .2836 591 1981  
288.    Ernie Lombardi .2833 591 1937  
289.    Bill Delancey * .2832 594 1939  
290.    Jimmie Wilson .2830 515 1930  
291.    J.C. Martin .2829 565 1963  
292.    Bill Delancey * .2828+ 451 1947  
293.    Dolph Camilli * .2826 661 1938  
294.    Bill Salkeld .2826+ 500 1947  
295.    Moe Berg .2825 611 1933  
296.    Milt May .2825 594 1979  
297.    Gene Tenace .2825 595 1976  
298.    Keith Moreland .2823 539 1980  
299.    Milt May .2821 586 1976  
  Walker Cooper .2821 556 1941