Career Homerun per Plate Appearance Leaders |
The table below shows the top 30 catchers ranked according to the number of plate appearances per homerun. [Plate Appearance is defined as At-Bat + Walks + Hit-By-Pitch + Sacrifice Hits.] Hall-Of-Fame Catchers are denoted in red. Active catchers are in blue.
Catcher | HR | AB | BB | HBP | SH | PA | PA/HR | |
MIKE | PIAZZA | 358 | 5350 | 598 | 22 | 0 | 5970 | 16.676 |
ROY | CAMPANELLA | 242 | 4205 | 533 | 30 | 30 | 4798 | 19.826 |
JAVY | LOPEZ | 214 | 4003 | 271 | 51 | 6 | 4331 | 20.238 |
TODD | HUNDLEY | 202 | 3769 | 453 | 34 | 18 | 4274 | 21.158 |
MATT | NOKES | 136 | 2735 | 200 | 26 | 10 | 2971 | 21.846 |
CHRIS | HOILES | 151 | 2820 | 435 | 44 | 11 | 3310 | 21.921 |
JOHNNY | BENCH | 389 | 7658 | 891 | 19 | 11 | 8579 | 22.054 |
YOGI | BERRA | 358 | 7555 | 704 | 52 | 9 | 8320 | 23.240 |
MICKEY | TETTLETON | 245 | 4698 | 949 | 30 | 21 | 5698 | 23.257 |
LANCE | PARRISH | 324 | 7067 | 612 | 37 | 23 | 7739 | 23.886 |
EARL | WILLIAMS | 138 | 3058 | 298 | 32 | 12 | 3400 | 24.638 |
JOHNNY | ROMANO | 129 | 2767 | 414 | 29 | 13 | 3223 | 24.984 |
JORGE | POSADA | 135 | 2920 | 474 | 33 | 1 | 3428 | 25.393 |
CHARLES | JOHNSON | 154 | 3485 | 417 | 20 | 16 | 3938 | 25.571 |
OZZIE | VIRGIL | 98 | 2258 | 248 | 29 | 8 | 2543 | 25.949 |
STAN | LOPATA | 116 | 2601 | 393 | 7 | 12 | 3013 | 25.974 |
CARLTON | FISK | 376 | 8756 | 849 | 143 | 26 | 9774 | 25.995 |
GUS | TRIANDOS | 167 | 3907 | 440 | 21 | 26 | 4394 | 26.311 |
GENE | OLIVER | 93 | 2216 | 215 | 15 | 5 | 2451 | 26.355 |
MIKE | STANLEY | 187 | 4222 | 652 | 48 | 15 | 4937 | 26.401 |
ED | BAILEY | 155 | 3581 | 545 | 25 | 20 | 4171 | 26.910 |
GENE | TENACE | 201 | 4390 | 984 | 91 | 21 | 5486 | 27.294 |
JOHN | WOCKENFUSS | 86 | 2072 | 277 | 7 | 5 | 2361 | 27.453 |
GARY | CARTER | 324 | 7971 | 848 | 68 | 33 | 8920 | 27.531 |
ANDY | SEMINICK | 164 | 3921 | 582 | 40 | 27 | 4570 | 27.866 |
DUKE | SIMS | 100 | 2422 | 338 | 35 | 6 | 2801 | 28.010 |
IVAN | RODRIGUEZ | 231 | 6167 | 359 | 45 | 17 | 6588 | 28.519 |
[1500 At-Bats minimum. Stats thru 2003.]