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1928 MLB Catcher Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at catcher

Muddy Ruel led the majors in catcher fielding percentage with .989 in 1928, just ahead of Gabby Hartnett (.9895 to .9894). It was one of 2 times Muddy Ruel led in catcher fielding percentage.

Showing players with at least 78 games at the position — the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games. Show all players

Muddy Ruel Led all of MLB in 1928 Muddy Ruel Washington Senators
.989 Catcher Fielding Percentage Just ahead of Gabby Hartnett
Showing Catcher Fielding Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team C FPCT G PO A E
1 Muddy Ruel Muddy Ruel WS1 .989 101 397 73 5
2 Gabby Hartnett Gabby Hartnett CHN .989 118 455 103 6
3 Zack Taylor Zack Taylor BSN .985 124 367 83 7
4 Jimmie Wilson Jimmie Wilson SLN .985 140 469 103 9
5 Wally Schang Wally Schang SLA .984 82 263 46 5
6 Val Picinich Val Picinich CIN .983 93 279 65 6
7 Henry Williams Henry Williams SLS .983 54 243 41 5
8 José María Fernández José María Fernández CSE .982 23 95 15 2
9 Larry Brown Larry Brown MRS .982 74 320 58 7
10 Julio Rojo Julio Rojo NLG .982 13 47 7 1
11 Willie Jones ACB .980 28 123 21 3
12 Bob Clarke Bob Clarke BBS .978 34 152 28 4
13 Shanty Hogan Shanty Hogan NY1 .978 124 389 57 10
14 Hank DeBerry Hank DeBerry BRO .977 80 377 56 10
15 Pinky Hargrave Pinky Hargrave DET .977 88 301 35 8
16 Charlie Spearman NLG .974 24 62 12 2
17 Luke Sewell Luke Sewell CLE .972 118 430 117 16
18 Frank Duncan Frank Duncan KCM .969 47 236 41 9
19 Aurelio Cortés Aurelio Cortés CSW .967 32 156 19 6
20 Mickey Cochrane Mickey Cochrane PHA .966 130 645 71 25
21 Charlie Hargreaves PIT .966 97 311 60 13
22 John Cason ACB .966 30 148 22 6
23 Ted Radcliffe Ted Radcliffe DS .964 65 241 57 11
24 Bill Perkins Bill Perkins BBB .956 78 377 62 20
25 Mack Eggleston Mack Eggleston BBS .951 30 106 30 7