Yrs = Years of Major League Play
Cnt = Number of Catchers with Each of these Years in MLB
GmAvg = Average Number of Games for these Catchers
%Cnt = Percentage of these Catchers of All Catchers
Years = Total Years of All Catchers for this Group of Catchers
Percentile = Cumulative Percent of Catchers (%Cnt) from 1 year to Group Year
Note: Only those 1,582 catchers whose primary career position was at catcher are included.
| Yrs |
Cnt |
GmAvg |
%Cnt |
Years |
Percentile |
| 1 |
439 |
11.2 |
0.277 |
439 |
0.277 |
| 2 |
218 |
39.8 |
0.138 |
436 |
0.415 |
| 3 |
148 |
79.4 |
0.094 |
444 |
0.509 |
| 4 |
112 |
129.7 |
0.071 |
448 |
0.580 |
| 5 |
85 |
199.8 |
0.054 |
425 |
0.633 |
| 6 |
73 |
233.7 |
0.046 |
438 |
0.680 |
| 7 |
73 |
349.1 |
0.046 |
511 |
0.726 |
| 8 |
68 |
439.3 |
0.043 |
544 |
0.769 |
| 9 |
57 |
528.2 |
0.036 |
513 |
0.805 |
| 10 |
60 |
633.2 |
0.038 |
600 |
0.843 |
| 11 |
54 |
712.4 |
0.034 |
594 |
0.877 |
| 12 |
36 |
823.9 |
0.023 |
432 |
0.899 |
| 13 |
41 |
974.7 |
0.026 |
533 |
0.925 |
| 14 |
34 |
1118.3 |
0.021 |
476 |
0.947 |
| 15 |
20 |
1129.9 |
0.013 |
300 |
0.960 |
| 16 |
14 |
1310.9 |
0.009 |
224 |
0.968 |
| 17 |
18 |
1434.7 |
0.011 |
306 |
0.980 |
| 18 |
14 |
1540.9 |
0.009 |
252 |
0.989 |
| 19 |
9 |
1866.8 |
0.006 |
171 |
0.994 |
| 20 |
2 |
1810.0 |
0.001 |
40 |
0.996 |
| 21 |
4 |
1827.0 |
0.003 |
84 |
0.998 |
| 24 |
2 |
2132.5 |
0.001 |
48 |
0.999 |
| 26 |
1 |
1781.0 |
0.001 |
26 |
1.000 |
| Tot |
1582 |
|
1.000 |
8284 |
1.000 |
| AVG |
|
294.3 |
|
5.236 |
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- Career Lengths range from 1 year (439 catchers or 27.7%) to 26 years
(1 catcher Deacon Mcguire 0.063%).
- The average number of years played was 5.236
- The median number of years played was 2.9
- The percent playing just two years was 13.8% (218)
- Half of the catchers 50.9% (805) had career lengths of 3 years or less.
- Fifteen percent (309) had career lengths of 10 or more years.
- Four percent (84) had 15 or more years of service.
- 0.4% reached career lengths of at least 20 years (all 9 of the guys)
- The "average number of games played" for all 1,582 catchers was 294.3.
- The "average number of games played" for the 805 catchers with 3 years or fewer service was 31.4 career games.
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