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

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