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Both the Offensive and Defensive stat SCORES of the 26 Reds' catchers with 5 or more seasons with Cincinnati were AVERAGED together to obtain an OVERALL RANKING. A value of greater than 1.000 means BETTER THAN THE LEAGUE. A value less than 1.000 means WORSE THAN THE LEAGUE. A value of exactly 1.000 means EQUALS LEAGUE AVERAGE. The following array of catchers is presented in order of OVERALL BEST to WORST. [See both Offense and Defense Rankings or see OVERALL BEST STATS.]

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1.1645

JOHNNY BENCH
1967-1983

1.1641

POP SNYDER
1882-1886

1.1134

RAY MUELLER
1943-1949

1.0976

LARRY McLEAN
1906-1912

1.0691

BUBBLES HARGRAVE
1921-1928

1.0671

HEINIE PEITZ
1896-1904

1.0543

ERNIE LOMBARDI
1932-1941

1.0371

BO DIAZ
1985-1989

1.0367

JIM KEENAN
1885-1891

1.0360

TOMMY CLARKE
1909-1917

1.0336

JOHNNY EDWARDS
1961-1967

1.0297

ED BAILEY
1953-1961

1.0133

EDDIE TAUBENSEE
1994-2000

1.0090

JOE OLIVER
1989-1997

1.0067

FARMER VAUGHN
1886-1899

.9993

ADMIRAL SCHLEI
1904-1908

.9754

HOBIE LANDRITH
1950-1955

.9630

JEFF REED
1988-1992

.9402

DON PAVLETICH
1962-1968

.9333

RAY LAMANNO
1942-1948

.9241

IVEY WINGO
1915-1929

.9198

KID BALDWIN
1885-1890

.9018

CLYDE SUKEFORTH
1927-1931

.8331

PAT CORRALES
1968-1972

.7823

BILL PLUMMER
1970-1977

.7734

DON WERNER
1975-1980

 

 

 

 






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