1974 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1974 on one page, top ten in each.
Glenn Borgmann led qualified catchers with a .997 fielding percentage in 1974. Bob Boone led in putouts (825). Barry Foote led in assists (83). Johnny Bench led in double plays (16). Bob Boone made the most errors, 22.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 82 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Glenn Borgmann .997
- 2 Milt May .993
- 3 Johnny Bench .993
- 4 Ellie Rodriguez .992
- 5 Johnny Oates .992
- 6 Steve Yeager .992
- 7 Jim Sundberg .990
- 8 Jerry Grote .988
- 9 Joe Ferguson .988
- 10 Steve Swisher .987
Putouts
C PO- 1 Bob Boone 825
- 2 Ellie Rodriguez 782
- 3 Johnny Bench 757
- 4 Thurman Munson 743
- 5 Jim Sundberg 722
- 6 Ted Simmons 717
- 7 Manny Sanguillen 713
- 8 Glenn Borgmann 652
- 9 Barry Foote 640
- 10 Fred Kendall 631
Assists
C A- 1 Barry Foote 83
- 2 Ted Simmons 82
- 3 Bob Boone 77
- 4 Manny Sanguillen 76
- 5 Thurman Munson 75
- 5 Ellie Rodriguez 75
- 7 Jim Sundberg 69
- 8 Johnny Bench 68
- 9 Fran Healy 64
- 9 Fred Kendall 64
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Johnny Bench 16
- 2 Jim Sundberg 15
- 3 Ted Simmons 13
- 4 Fred Kendall 12
- 4 Barry Foote 12
- 6 Thurman Munson 10
- 6 Milt May 10
- 8 Manny Sanguillen 8
- 8 Darrell Porter 8
- 8 Ed Herrmann 8
Range Factor
C RF- 1 Steve Yeager 6.56
- 2 Ellie Rodriguez 6.26
- 3 Jerry Grote 6.22
- 4 Bob Boone 6.18
- 5 Steve Swisher 6.03
- 6 Johnny Bench 6.02
- 7 Jim Sundberg 5.99
- 8 Thurman Munson 5.97
- 9 Barry Foote 5.93
- 10 Joe Ferguson 5.80
Games
C G- 1 Manny Sanguillen 151
- 2 Bob Boone 146
- 3 Ted Simmons 141
- 4 Fran Healy 138
- 5 Johnny Bench 137
- 5 Thurman Munson 137
- 5 Ellie Rodriguez 137
- 8 Dave Duncan 134
- 9 Fred Kendall 133
- 10 Jim Sundberg 132
Errors
C E- 1 Bob Boone 22
- 1 Thurman Munson 22
- 3 Fran Healy 16
- 4 Dave Duncan 15
- 5 Manny Sanguillen 12
- 5 Fred Kendall 12
- 5 Barry Foote 12
- 5 Darrell Porter 12
- 5 Ron Hodges 12
- 10 Ted Simmons 11