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1971 MLB Catcher Double Plays Leaders

Double plays turned at catcher

Ray Fosse led the majors with 16 catcher double plays in 1971, 4 ahead of John Bateman (12). It stands 59th among all single seasons in MLB history.

Ray Fosse Led all of MLB in 1971 Ray Fosse Cleveland Indians
16 Catcher Double Plays 4 clear of John Bateman
Showing Catcher Double Plays and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team C DP G PO A E
1 Ray Fosse Ray Fosse CLE 16 126 748 73 10
2 John Bateman John Bateman MON 12 137 726 56 12
3 Manny Sanguillen Manny Sanguillen PIT 12 135 712 72 5
4 Ted Simmons Ted Simmons SLN 11 130 747 52 9
5 Bob Barton SDN 10 119 698 67 15
6 Johnny Bench Johnny Bench CIN 9 141 687 59 9
7 Jeff Torborg Jeff Torborg CAL 9 49 208 17 3
8 Tim McCarver Tim McCarver PHI 8 125 673 51 11
9 Ellie Rodriguez Ellie Rodriguez ML4 8 114 520 67 5
10 George Mitterwald George Mitterwald MIN 7 120 656 53 10
11 Johnny Edwards Johnny Edwards HOU 7 104 555 48 3
12 Bill Freehan Bill Freehan DET 6 144 912 50 4
13 Jerry May Jerry May KCA 6 71 314 38 1
14 Jack Hiatt HOU 6 65 329 20 3
15 Ed Herrmann Ed Herrmann CHA 5 97 556 56 3
16 Elrod Hendricks Elrod Hendricks BAL 5 90 429 33 7
17 Duane Josephson Duane Josephson BOS 5 87 491 32 6
18 Duke Sims Duke Sims LAN 5 74 345 33 3
19 Phil Roof Phil Roof ML4 5 68 359 38 8
20 Dick Billings Dick Billings WS2 5 62 337 35 3
21 Ed Kirkpatrick KCA 5 59 294 28 7
22 Dick Dietz Dick Dietz SFN 4 135 712 37 14
23 Jerry Grote Jerry Grote NYN 4 122 892 41 9
24 Thurman Munson Thurman Munson NYA 4 117 547 67 1
25 Chris Cannizzaro Chris Cannizzaro CHN 4 89 425 32 7
26 Paul Casanova Paul Casanova WS2 4 83 416 40 7
27 Earl Williams Earl Williams ATL 4 72 375 35 8
28 Dave Duncan Dave Duncan OAK 3 102 678 41 12
29 John Stephenson CAL 3 88 434 33 4
30 Tom Haller Tom Haller LAN 3 67 320 34 8
31 Bob Montgomery Bob Montgomery BOS 3 66 361 15 4
32 Jerry Moses Jerry Moses CAL 3 63 299 38 8
33 Duffy Dyer Duffy Dyer NYN 3 53 336 21 3
34 Gene Tenace Gene Tenace OAK 3 52 300 20 2
35 Ken Suarez Ken Suarez CLE 3 48 268 14 2
36 Pat Corrales Pat Corrales CIN 3 39 145 4 3
37 Milt May Milt May PIT 3 31 168 12 0
38 Tom Tischinski MIN 3 21 49 6 1
39 Tom Egan Tom Egan CHA 2 77 443 41 7
40 Andy Etchebarren Andy Etchebarren BAL 2 70 337 24 5
41 Bob Didier ATL 2 50 230 24 0
42 J. C. Martin J. C. Martin CHN 2 43 218 21 1
43 Mike Ryan Mike Ryan PHI 2 43 222 30 0
44 John Boccabella John Boccabella MON 2 37 127 11 3
45 Danny Breeden CHN 2 25 150 7 4
46 Jim Price DET 2 25 99 7 2
47 Larry Howard HOU 2 22 106 12 1
48 Darrell Porter Darrell Porter ML4 2 22 108 18 3
49 Jim French WS2 2 14 60 7 1
50 Pete Koegel PHI 2 7 20 3 0
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