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1972 MLB Catcher Games Leaders

Games played at catcher

Ted Simmons led the majors with 135 catcher games in 1972, 3 ahead of Thurman Munson (132).

Ted Simmons Led all of MLB in 1972 Ted Simmons St. Louis Cardinals
135 Catcher Games 3 clear of Thurman Munson
Showing Catcher Games and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team C G PO A E FPCT
1 Ted Simmons Ted Simmons SLN 135 842 78 8 .991
2 Thurman Munson Thurman Munson NYA 132 575 71 15 .977
3 Carlton Fisk Carlton Fisk BOS 131 846 72 15 .984
4 Johnny Bench Johnny Bench CIN 129 735 56 6 .992
5 Dave Rader Dave Rader SFN 127 661 45 11 .985
6 Manny Sanguillen Manny Sanguillen PIT 127 721 50 9 .988
7 Ray Fosse Ray Fosse CLE 124 713 70 12 .985
8 Earl Williams Earl Williams ATL 116 584 49 13 .980
9 Ellie Rodriguez Ellie Rodriguez ML4 114 542 54 10 .983
10 Dave Duncan Dave Duncan OAK 113 661 43 5 .993
11 Randy Hundley Randy Hundley CHN 113 569 53 3 .995
12 Ed Herrmann Ed Herrmann CHA 112 641 69 8 .989
13 Ed Kirkpatrick KCA 108 590 49 6 .991
14 Johnny Edwards Johnny Edwards HOU 105 645 41 8 .988
15 Bill Freehan Bill Freehan DET 105 648 57 8 .989
16 Dick Billings Dick Billings TEX 92 478 45 10 .981
17 Duffy Dyer Duffy Dyer NYN 91 690 61 5 .993
18 John Bateman John Bateman PHI 87 475 39 14 .973
19 Tim McCarver Tim McCarver MON 85 530 44 6 .990
20 Fred Kendall Fred Kendall SDN 82 504 41 3 .995
21 Johnny Oates Johnny Oates BAL 82 391 31 2 .995
22 John Boccabella John Boccabella MON 73 316 33 6 .983
23 Duke Sims Duke Sims LAN 73 389 27 4 .990
24 Chris Cannizzaro Chris Cannizzaro LAN 72 312 26 6 .983
25 Andy Etchebarren Andy Etchebarren BAL 70 334 22 3 .992
26 Terry Humphrey Terry Humphrey MON 65 322 37 5 .986
27 Art Kusnyer CAL 63 362 33 10 .975
28 George Mitterwald George Mitterwald MIN 61 272 33 5 .984
29 Phil Roof Phil Roof MIN 61 257 11 6 .978
30 Jerry Grote Jerry Grote NYN 59 405 42 1 .998
31 Jeff Torborg Jeff Torborg CAL 58 383 28 1 .998
32 Glenn Borgmann Glenn Borgmann MIN 56 304 31 12 .965
33 John Stephenson CAL 56 273 12 2 .993
34 Larry Howard HOU 53 323 15 7 .980
35 Gene Tenace Gene Tenace OAK 49 266 18 6 .979
36 Tom Egan Tom Egan CHA 46 257 19 4 .986
37 Mike Ryan Mike Ryan PHI 46 216 21 2 .992
38 Pat Corrales Pat Corrales SDN 45 251 23 2 .993
39 Elrod Hendricks Elrod Hendricks BAL 44 213 22 4 .983
40 Paul Casanova Paul Casanova ATL 43 139 16 4 .975
41 Fran Healy Fran Healy SFN 43 174 21 1 .995
42 Jerry May Jerry May KCA 41 175 13 4 .979
43 Ken Rudolph Ken Rudolph CHN 41 178 23 7 .966
44 Bill Fahey Bill Fahey TEX 39 236 26 2 .992
45 Jerry Moses Jerry Moses CLE 39 201 16 4 .982
46 Hal King TEX 38 181 16 6 .970
47 Tom Haller Tom Haller DET 36 220 15 0 1.000
48 Bill Plummer Bill Plummer CIN 36 148 9 1 .994
49 Steve Yeager Steve Yeager LAN 35 220 19 4 .984
50 Chuck Brinkman CHA 33 118 11 2 .985
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