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1973 MLB Catcher Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at catcher

Joe Ferguson led the majors in catcher fielding percentage with .996 in 1973, 1 point ahead of Bill Freehan (.995).

Showing players with at least 81 games at the position — the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games. Show all players

Joe Ferguson Led all of MLB in 1973 Joe Ferguson Los Angeles Dodgers
.996 Catcher Fielding Percentage .001 clear of Bill Freehan
Showing Catcher Fielding Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team C FPCT G PO A E
1 Joe Ferguson Joe Ferguson LAN .996 122 757 57 3
2 Bill Freehan Bill Freehan DET .995 98 584 50 3
3 Jerry Grote Jerry Grote NYN .995 81 545 34 3
4 Johnny Bench Johnny Bench CIN .995 134 693 61 4
5 Randy Hundley Randy Hundley CHN .993 122 648 59 5
6 George Mitterwald George Mitterwald MIN .992 122 676 59 6
7 Jeff Torborg Jeff Torborg CAL .991 102 613 37 6
8 Dave Rader Dave Rader SFN .991 148 701 48 7
9 Bob Boone Bob Boone PHI .990 145 868 89 10
10 Ken Suarez Ken Suarez TEX .989 90 501 44 6
11 Dave Duncan Dave Duncan CLE .988 86 533 41 7
12 Ray Fosse Ray Fosse OAK .987 141 713 63 10
13 Ted Simmons Ted Simmons SLN .987 153 888 74 13
14 Earl Williams Earl Williams BAL .987 95 407 33 6
15 Thurman Munson Thurman Munson NYA .984 142 673 80 12
16 Fred Kendall Fred Kendall SDN .984 138 749 64 13
17 Ed Herrmann Ed Herrmann CHA .984 114 616 70 11
18 Skip Jutze Skip Jutze HOU .984 86 450 31 8
19 Manny Sanguillen Manny Sanguillen PIT .983 89 493 35 9
20 Carlton Fisk Carlton Fisk BOS .983 131 739 50 14
21 Johnny Oates Johnny Oates ATL .981 86 409 57 9
22 John Boccabella John Boccabella MON .980 117 610 65 14
23 Fran Healy Fran Healy KCA .979 92 429 43 10
24 Darrell Porter Darrell Porter ML4 .977 90 373 47 10