1946 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1946 on one page, top ten in each.
Buddy Rosar led qualified catchers with a 1.000 fielding percentage in 1946. Hal Wagner led in putouts (553). Buddy Rosar also led in assists (73). Mike Tresh led in double plays (13). Andy Seminick made the most errors, 14.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 78 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Buddy Rosar 1.000
- 2 Mike Tresh .995
- 3 Ray Mueller .994
- 4 Clyde McCullough .991
- 5 Jim Hegan .991
- 6 Leon Ruffin .989
- 7 Bob Clarke .987
- 8 Hal Wagner .983
- 9 Aaron Robinson .983
- 10 Birdie Tebbetts .982
Putouts
C PO- 1 Hal Wagner 553
- 2 Buddy Rosar 532
- 3 Frankie Hayes 501
- 4 Jim Hegan 486
- 4 Birdie Tebbetts 486
- 6 Phil Masi 470
- 7 Andy Seminick 461
- 8 Bruce Edwards 431
- 9 Aaron Robinson 410
- 10 Ray Mueller 405
Assists
C A- 1 Buddy Rosar 73
- 2 Ray Mueller 65
- 3 Andy Seminick 61
- 4 Phil Masi 56
- 5 Bruce Edwards 53
- 5 Birdie Tebbetts 53
- 7 Hank Helf 51
- 8 Aaron Robinson 50
- 9 Frankie Hayes 48
- 9 Mike Tresh 48
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Mike Tresh 13
- 2 Andy Seminick 12
- 2 Ray Mueller 12
- 4 Jim Hegan 11
- 5 Rollie Hemsley 10
- 6 Buddy Rosar 9
- 6 Bruce Edwards 9
- 8 Hank Helf 7
- 8 Jake Early 7
- 8 Ernie Lombardi 7
Range Factor
C RF- 1 Leon Ruffin 6.55
- 2 Birdie Tebbetts 6.20
- 3 Jim Hegan 6.13
- 4 Bill Cash 6.12
- 5 Lou Louden 5.62
- 6 Josh Gibson 5.54
- 7 Frankie Hayes 5.38
- 8 Bruce Edwards 5.32
- 9 Buddy Rosar 5.17
- 10 Hal Wagner 5.10
Games
C G- 1 Phil Masi 124
- 2 Andy Seminick 118
- 3 Buddy Rosar 117
- 4 Hal Wagner 116
- 5 Frankie Hayes 102
- 6 Ray Mueller 100
- 7 Aaron Robinson 95
- 8 Bruce Edwards 91
- 9 Clyde McCullough 89
- 10 Jim Hegan 87
Errors
C E- 1 Andy Seminick 14
- 2 Al Evans 13
- 3 Jake Early 12
- 4 Frankie Hayes 11
- 4 Ferrell Anderson 11
- 4 Hank Helf 11
- 7 Phil Masi 10
- 7 Hal Wagner 10
- 7 Birdie Tebbetts 10
- 10 Bruce Edwards 9