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This list uses my Hall-of-Fame Metric, which I explained in detail in an earlier post: introducing-my-hall-of-fame-metric.html . In addition, I've found a source that calculated "hypothetical" Silver Slugger winning catchers prior to 1980 in order to more accurately determine the list. Credit to whoever calculated these hypothetical awards. For Catchers, our Hall of Fame line is approximately 1017 points, with two player exceptions due to their era and one player that shouldn't be in the Hall. Current Hall of Famers will be highlighted in gold, with snubs and future Hall of Famers highlighted in green. Current players are italicized.
_______**HALL OF FAME LINE**_______
There are lies the top 25 catchers. Completing the rest of the list are: 26. Bob Boone, 935.584 points (has the 4th most Gold Gloves for catchers, with 7) 27. Wally Schang, 737.644 points (about 907 points with 2 hypothetical Silver Sluggers. He scores above the 2 HoF catchers from the "No All-Star Game" era and thus is a snub; ranks 1st in triples and 2nd in on-base percentage) 28. Sherm Lollar, 870.782 points (about 900 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 29. Salvador Perez, 856.928 points 30. Jim Sundberg, 850.801 points 31. Walker Cooper, 757.724 points (about 847 points with 3 hypothetical Silver Sluggers) 32. Darrell Porter, 799.119 points (about 829 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 33. Tony Pena, 827.062 points 34. Jason Kendall, 821.673 points (ranks 3rd in singles and 2nd in stolen bases) 35. Rick Ferrell, 808.061 points (shouldn't be in Cooperstown; though he ranks 5th in walks, his overall point total is significantly lower than his contemporaries of Hartnett, Dickey, and Lombardi) 36. Mickey Tettleton, 805.844 points (ranks 2nd in walks) 37. Javy Lopez, 800.732 points (ranks 3rd in slugging percentage) 38. Smoky Burgess, 765.513 points (about 795 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 39. Russell Martin, 791.293 points 40. A.J. Pierzynski, 789.755 points 41. Jason Varitek, 767.937 points 42. Charles Johnson, 733.966 points 43. Mike Stanley, 724.934 points 44. Gene Tenace, 724.108 points (ranks 1st in walks and 4th in on-base percentage) 45. Spud Davis, 662.479 points (about 722 points with 2 hypothetical Silver Sluggers; ranks 4th in batting average) 46. Sandy Alomar Jr., 713.642 points 47. Tim McCarver, 680.255 points (about 710 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 48. Terry Steinbach, 709.115 points 49. Roger Bresnahan, 674.684 points (about 704 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger; ranks 3rd in triples, 1st in stolen bases, and 5th in on-base percentage; low points due to era) 50. Manny Sanguillen, 673.289 points (about 703 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 51. Darren Daulton, 696.585 points 52. Ray Schalk, 620.292 points (about 680 points with 2 hypothetical Silver Sluggers, ranks 3rd in stolen bases, low points due to era) 53. Matt Wieters, 667.789 points 54. Ed Bailey, 665.545 points 55. Tom Haller, 627.028 points 56. Butch Wynegar, 618.305 points 57. Mike Scioscia, 604.032 points 58. Chris Hoiles, 594.837 points 59. Carlos Ruiz, 584.77 points And that's a wrap. Thank you for reading and feel free to let me know what you think about my rankings. Look at the attached spreadsheet below for the full process of my calculations:
Credit to the Baseball-Reference and Wikipedia pages for each player, as well as the linked source above for "hypothetical" Silver Slugger winners, for providing the data necessary to make this list.
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Nathan
4/19/2022 04:05:27 pm
YADi all the way
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