The 167 Reds' catchers defensive stats (only while playing for Cincinnati) were tabulated. Each of the six stats (Games Caught Percent, Assists per Game, Errors per Game, Double Plays per Game, Passed Balls per Game, and Fielding Percentage) were compared to the league averages. 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 six categories' comparisons were then averaged to form an Overall Defensive Score. The following array of catchers (the 26 with 5 or more years with Cincinnati) is presented in order of OVERALL BEST to WORST. To see the comparative scores, Click Here for Defensive Stats that comprise the Score. [Majority of photos provided by the Cincinnati Reds.]
1.231 POP SNYDER 1882-1885	1.194 RAY MUELLER 1943-1949	1.148 LARRY McLEAN 1906-1912	1.143 JOHNNY BENCH 1967-1983	1.074 BO DIAZ 1985-1989	1.068 JOHNNY EDWARDS 1961-1967
1.026 JOE OLIVER 1989-1997	1.022 HEINIE PEITZ 1896-1904	1.018 HOBIE LANDRITH 1950-1955	.972 FARMER VAUGHN 1886-1899	1.025 BILL BERGEN 1901-1903	.965 BUBBLES HARGRAVE 1921-1928
.964 ADMIRAL SCHLEI 1904-1908	.949 JEFF REED 1988-1992	.934 EDDIE TAUBENSEE 1994-2000	.932 ED BAILEY 1953-1961	.929 TOMMY CLARKE 1909-1917	.927 IVEY WINGO 1915-1929
.924 ERNIE LOMBARDI 1932-1941	.919 RAY LAMANO 1941-1948	.918 KID BALDWIN 1885-1890	.860 DON WERNER 1975-1980	.851 CLYDE SUKEFORTH 1927-1931	.795 BILL PLUMMER 1970-1977
.781 PAT CORRALES 1968-1972	.750 DON PAVLETICH 1962-1968