1978 MLB Catcher Range Factor Leaders

Johnny Bench led the majors in catcher range factor with 6.10 in 1978, 0.13 ahead of Ed Ott (5.97).

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Led all of MLB in 1978 Johnny Bench Cincinnati Reds

6.10 Catcher Range Factor 0.13 clear of Ed Ott

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#	Player	Team	C RF	G	PO	A	E
1	Johnny Bench	CIN	6.10	107	605	48	7
2	Ed Ott	PIT	5.97	97	537	42	15
3	Brian Downing	CAL	5.96	128	681	82	5
4	Thurman Munson	NYA	5.82	125	666	61	10
5	Jim Sundberg	TEX	5.81	148	769	91	3
6	Gary Carter	MON	5.68	152	781	83	10
7	Ted Simmons	SLN	5.66	134	670	88	9
8	John Stearns	NYN	5.64	141	711	84	12
9	Rick Cerone	TOR	5.60	84	426	44	4
10	Marc Hill	SFN	5.53	116	586	56	9
11	Joe Ferguson	LAN	5.52	113	572	52	7
12	Alan Ashby	TOR	5.40	81	399	38	6
13	Carlton Fisk	BOS	5.34	154	733	90	17
14	Rick Dempsey	BAL	5.30	135	636	79	11
15	Bob Boone	PHI	5.22	129	619	55	6
16	Bill Nahorodny	CHA	5.18	104	486	53	11
17	Butch Wynegar	MIN	4.98	131	582	70	8
18	Milt May	DET	4.94	94	406	58	10
19	Steve Yeager	LAN	4.70	91	373	55	5
20	Darrell Porter	KCA	4.62	145	608	62	8
21	Bob Stinson	SEA	4.33	123	472	60	7
22	Jim Essian	OAK	4.28	119	431	78	10
23	Dave Rader	CHN	4.06	114	412	51	11
24	Buck Martinez	ML4	4.03	89	327	32	8
25	Charlie Moore	ML4	3.74	95	314	41	6