Progression of Season Catcher Homerun Record (Playing Catcher Position Only)

The Table below lists the catcher season home run leaders for each year. The gaps in years indicates that the previous leader holds the record until broken.  The list has been segmented by the seven acknowledged eras of baseball although the seasonal record carried over from era to era in some cases.

Year	Catcher	HR
	19th Century
1876	Lew Brown	2
1877	Pop Snyder	2
1879	Lew Brown & Pop Snyder	2
1881	Charlie Bennett	6
1883	Buck Ewing	7
1884	Silver Flint	9
1889	Duke Farrell	11
1893	Jack Clements	17
	1901-1919 Dead Ball Era
	1920-1945 Live Ball Era
1925	Gabby Hartnett	24
1930	Gabby Hartnett	36
	1946-1960 Post-War Era
1953	Roy Campanella	40
	1961-1972 Expansion Era
	1973-1999 Modern Era
1996	Todd Hundley	41
	2000-20nn Millenium 3
2003	Javy Lopez	42

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