Catcher Career Homerun Leaders (Career Totals Only as a Catcher) |
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 playing All Positions see Career HR Records - All Positions]
Year | Catcher | HR | Year | Catcher | HR | |
19th Century | 1933 | Gabby Hartnett | 152 | |||
1876 | Lew Brown | 2 | 1934 | Gabby Hartnett | 174 | |
1877 | Lew Brown & Pop Snyder | 3 | 1935 | Gabby Hartnett | 187 | |
1878 | Lew Brown | 4 | 1936 | Gabby Hartnett | 194 | |
1879 | Lew Brown & Pop Snyder | 5 | 1937 | Gabby Hartnett | 206 | |
1881 | Charlie Bennett | 7 | 1938 | Gabby Hartnett | 216 | |
1882 | Charlie Bennett | 12 | 1939 | Gabby Hartnett | 227 | |
1883 | Charlie Bennett | 15 | 1940 | Gabby Hartnett | 228 | |
1884 | Charlie Bennett | 18 | 1941 | Gabby Hartnett | 232 | |
1885 | Charlie Bennett | 20 | 1946-1960 Post-War Era | |||
1886 | Charlie Bennett | 24 | 1957 | Yogi Berra | 252 | |
1887 | Charlie Bennett | 27 | 1958 | Yogi Berra | 268 | |
1888 | Charlie Bennett | 32 | 1959 | Yogi Berra | 285 | |
1889 | Charlie Bennett | 36 | 1960 | Yogi Berra | 291 | |
1890 | Charlie Bennett | 39 | 1961-1972 Expansion Era | |||
1891 | Charlie Bennett | 44 | 1961 | Yogi Berra | 293 | |
1892 | Charlie Bennett | 45 | 1962 | Yogi Berra | 298 | |
1893 | Charlie Bennett | 49 | 1963 | Yogi Berra | 306 | |
1895 | Jack Clements | 58 | 1973-1999 Modern Era | |||
1896 | Jack Clements | 62 | 1980 | Johnny Bench | 325 | |
1897 | Jack Clements | 68 | 1981 | Johnny Bench | 326 | |
1898 | Jack Clements | 71 | 1983 | Johnny Bench | 327 | |
1900 | Jack Clements | 72 | 1990 | Carlton Fisk | 332 | |
1901-1919 Dead Ball Era | 1991 | Carlton Fisk | 347 | |||
1992 | Carlton Fisk | 350 | ||||
1920-1945 Live Ball Era | 1993 | Carlton Fisk | 351 | |||
1928 | Gabby Hartnett | 80 | 2000-20nn Millenium 3 | |||
1930 | Gabby Hartnett | 116 | 2004 | Mike Piazza | 352 | |
1931 | Gabby Hartnett | 124 | 2005 | Mike Piazza | 376 | |
1932 | Gabby Hartnett | 136 | 2006 | Mike Piazza | 396 |