Catcher Career Homerun Leaders (Career Catchers Playing All Positions)

The Table below lists the catcher career home run leaders for each year from 1876 to 2009. The gaps in years indicates that the previous leader holds the record (career or lifetime cumulative HR's) until broken. For those active players who broke a previous record, including their own, the new record has been shown. The list has been segmented by the seven acknowledged eras of baseball although the cumulative career/lifetime records carried over from era to era in some cases.

[For a list of Homerun Leaders while only playing Catcher see Catcher HR Records - Catcher Position Only]

Year	Catcher	HR		Year	Catcher	HR
	19th Century			1931	Gabby Hartnett	126
1876	Lew Brown	2		1932	Gabby Hartnett	138
1877	Lew Brown & Pop Snyder	3		1933	Gabby Hartnett	154
1878	Lew Brown	4		1934	Gabby Hartnett	176
1879	Lew Brown	6		1935	Gabby Hartnett	189
1881	Lew Brown	9		1936	Gabby Hartnett	196
1882	Charlie Bennett	13		1937	Gabby Hartnett	208
1883	Charlie Bennett	18		1938	Gabby Hartnett	218
1884	Charlie Bennett	21		1939	Gabby Hartnett	230
1885	Charlie Bennett	26		1940	Gabby Hartnett	231
1886	Charlie Bennett	30		1941	Gabby Hartnett	236
1887	Charlie Bennett	33			1946-1960 Post-War Era
1888	Charlie Bennett	38		1956	Yogi Berra	238
1889	Charlie Bennett	42		1957	Yogi Berra	262
1890	Buck Ewing	49		1958	Yogi Berra	284
1891	Charlie Bennett	50		1959	Yogi Berra	303
1892	Buck Ewing	57		1960	Yogi Berra	318
1893	Buck Ewing	63			1961-1972 Expansion Era
1894	Buck Ewing	65		1961	Yogi Berra	340
1895	Buck Ewing	70		1962	Yogi Berra	350
1896	Buck Ewing	71		1963	Yogi Berra	358
1897	Jack Clements	73			1973-1999 Modern Era
1898	Jack Clements	76		1981	Johnny Bench	364
1900	Jack Clements	77		1982	Johnny Bench	377
	1901-1919 Dead Ball Era			1983	Johnny Bench	389
					2000-20nn Millenium 3
	1920-1945 Live Ball Era			2005	Mike Piazza	390
1928	Gabby Hartnett	80		2006	Mike Piazza	419
1929	Gabby Hartnett	81		2007	Mike Piazza	427
1930	Gabby Hartnett	118

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