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Catchers Single-Season
Batting Average
Leaderboard
 
* - Indicates Hall of Fame
+ - indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet 502PA requirement.
Rank    Player Batting Average PA Year Career Leaderboard
1.    Johnny Bassler .3663 544 1920  
2.    Frank Chance * .3571 649 1904  
3.    Louis Santop .3554 583 1923  
4.    Roger Bresnahan .3545 572 1905  
5.    Johnny Bassler .3527+ 492 1918  
6.    Joe McCarthy .3434 545 1914  
7.    George Stone .3430 531 1909  
8.    Pat Collins .3408 583 1923  
9.    Louis Santop .3400 596 1922  
10.    Pat Collins .3399 590 1924  
11.    Frank Chance * .3374 642 1908  
12.    Frank Chance * .3351 632 1907  
13.    Fred Tenney .3345 649 1904  
14.    Harry Bemis .3333 554 1903  
15.    Roger Bresnahan .3327 633 1911  
16.    Ed McFarland .3292 587 1903  
17.    Ed McFarland .3285 508 1902  
18.    Roger Bresnahan .3282 569 1904  
19.    Roger Bresnahan .3264 523 1903  
20.    Roger Bresnahan .3260 601 1913  
21.    Pat Collins .3258 561 1926  
22.    Eddie Ainsmith .3255 512 1922  
23.    Jake Stahl .3216 549 1908  
24.    Frank Chance * .3214 611 1906  
25.    Hank Severeid .3210 534 1919  
26.    Earl Smith .3200 629 1920  
27.    Earl Smith .3199 560 1919  
28.    Frank Chance * .3195 557 1903  
29.    Bernie Hungling .3182 519 1924  
  Chief Meyers .3182 535 1916  
31.    Frank Chance * .3179 597 1911  
32.    Gus Fisher .3171 528 1920  
33.    Cliff Lee .3162 532 1921  
34.    Johnny Bassler .3143 516 1924  
35.    Fred Tenney .3140 670 1905  
36.    Jake Stahl .3136 568 1906  
37.    Fred Tenney .3132 548 1903  
38.    Chief Meyers .3126 569 1911  
39.    Frank Chance * .3122 644 1905  
40.    Chief Meyers .3121 570 1913  
41.    Fred Hofmann .3121 518 1923  
42.    Louis Santop .3105+ 467 1924  
43.    Earl Smith .3093 592 1921  
44.    Ted Easterly .3089 560 1916  
45.    Frank Owens .3088 547 1912  
46.    Bob Wood .3085 534 1901  
47.    Johnny Bassler .3084 619 1925  
48.    Jack Zalusky .3074 593 1910  
49.    Wally Schang .3059 611 1917  
50.    Johnny Kling .3050 601 1904  
51.    Cliff Lee .3047 547 1927  
52.    Cliff Lee .3043 591 1922  
53.    Boileryard Clarke .3040+ 488 1902  
54.    Johnny Bassler .3034 619 1917  
55.    Pat Collins .3033 548 1929  
56.    Harry Bemis .3023 616 1904  
57.    Johnny Kling .3023 571 1911  
58.    Ed McFarland .3021 618 1904  
59.    Louis Santop .3019 578 1921  
60.    Roger Bresnahan .3018 557 1906  
61.    Roger Bresnahan .3015 560 1907  
62.    Hank Severeid .3004 562 1918  
63.    Boileryard Clarke .2998 503 1905  
64.    Jake Stahl .2967 579 1911  
65.    Joe Sugden .2967 523 1904  
66.    Bob O'Farrell .2965 517 1927  
67.    Cliff Lee .2964+ 487 1929  
  Gus Fisher .2964 512 1919  
69.    Frank Chance * .2956 597 1909  
70.    Louis Santop .2952 536 1919  
71.    Frank Owens .2950 535 1914  
72.    Ossee Schreckengost .2948+ 473 1904  
73.    Ted Easterly .2944 530 1911  
74.    Johnny Bassler .2937 595 1916  
75.    Jake Stahl .2931 544 1907  
76.    Pinky Hargrave .2930 558 1925  
77.    Wally Schang .2927 549 1914  
78.    Bob O'Farrell .2927+ 491 1925  
79.    Gus Fisher .2925 508 1918  
80.    Frank Roth .2916 637 1905  
81.    Lee Fohl .2915 559 1904  
82.    Frank Chance * .2913 566 1902  
83.    Frank Roth .2913+ 501 1906  
84.    Cliff Lee .2905 603 1923  
85.    Pat Collins .2903 562 1925  
86.    Frank Owens .2898 528 1913  
87.    Earl Smith .2897 565 1922  
88.    Earl Smith .2896+ 491 1926  
89.    Joe McCarthy .2894 536 1916  
90.    Bubbles Hargrave .2891 556 1917  
91.    Ed McFarland .2888 551 1906  
92.    Pat Collins .2885 537 1927  
93.    Johnny Kling .2884 575 1907  
94.    Earl Smith .2881 539 1923  
95.    Fred Hofmann .2877 552 1924  
96.    Eddie Ainsmith .2866 518 1921  
97.    Pat Collins .2863 550 1928  
98.    Pinky Hargrave .2860 514 1926  
99.    Harry Bemis .2857 571 1905  
100.    Chief Meyers .2854 531 1915  
 
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