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1970 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders

Every catcher fielding board for 1970 on one page, top ten in each.

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Bill Freehan led qualified catchers with a .997 fielding percentage in 1970. Jerry Grote led in putouts (855). Thurman Munson led in assists (80). John Bateman led in double plays (19). John Bateman made the most errors, 15.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 81 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

C FPCT
  1. 1 Bill Freehan .997
  2. 2 George Mitterwald .996
  3. 3 Johnny Edwards .995
  4. 4 Tom Haller .993
  5. 5 Jerry Grote .991
  6. 6 Joe Azcue .991
  7. 7 Jerry Moses .990
  8. 8 Ray Fosse .989
  9. 9 Thurman Munson .989
  10. 10 Paul Casanova .988

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Putouts

C PO
  1. 1 Jerry Grote 855
  2. 2 Johnny Edwards 854
  3. 2 Ray Fosse 854
  4. 4 John Bateman 824
  5. 5 Dick Dietz 820
  6. 6 Manny Sanguillen 775
  7. 7 Johnny Bench 755
  8. 8 Bill Freehan 742
  9. 9 George Mitterwald 740
  10. 10 Thurman Munson 631

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Assists

C A
  1. 1 Thurman Munson 80
  2. 2 Johnny Edwards 74
  3. 3 Johnny Bench 73
  4. 4 Ray Fosse 70
  5. 5 Manny Sanguillen 66
  6. 6 John Bateman 62
  7. 6 George Mitterwald 62
  8. 8 Ed Kirkpatrick 61
  9. 9 Dick Dietz 58
  10. 10 Joe Azcue 51

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Double Plays

C DP
  1. 1 John Bateman 19
  2. 2 Johnny Bench 12
  3. 2 Jerry Grote 12
  4. 2 Manny Sanguillen 12
  5. 2 Paul Casanova 12
  6. 2 Ed Kirkpatrick 12
  7. 7 Johnny Edwards 11
  8. 7 Thurman Munson 11
  9. 9 Joe Azcue 10
  10. 9 Ed Herrmann 10

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Range Factor

C RF
  1. 1 Ray Fosse 7.70
  2. 2 Jerry Grote 7.21
  3. 3 Jerry Moses 7.08
  4. 4 Bill Freehan 6.88
  5. 5 George Mitterwald 6.85
  6. 6 Manny Sanguillen 6.73
  7. 7 Johnny Edwards 6.68
  8. 8 Joe Torre 6.67
  9. 9 John Bateman 6.47
  10. 10 Dick Dietz 6.32

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Games

C G
  1. 1 Johnny Bench 139
  2. 1 Dick Dietz 139
  3. 1 Johnny Edwards 139
  4. 4 John Bateman 137
  5. 5 Jerry Grote 125
  6. 5 Thurman Munson 125
  7. 5 Manny Sanguillen 125
  8. 8 Ray Fosse 120
  9. 9 George Mitterwald 117
  10. 10 Bill Freehan 114

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Errors

C E
  1. 1 John Bateman 15
  2. 2 Dick Dietz 14
  3. 3 Johnny Bench 12
  4. 3 Chris Cannizzaro 12
  5. 3 Ed Kirkpatrick 12
  6. 6 Manny Sanguillen 10
  7. 6 Ray Fosse 10
  8. 8 Dave Duncan 9
  9. 9 Jerry Grote 8
  10. 9 Thurman Munson 8

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