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.] [Majority of photos provided by the Cincinnati Reds.]
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