Best Fielders of All-Time

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Image above: Statue of Roy Campanella at Cooperstown.

All-Time Player Fielding - Career

Best Ever Fielding Catchers (1871-2020)

Career Best Fielders

Catcher

Rank	Name	First	Career Pos Fv	Lastyear	Cum GP	Cum PO	Cum A	Cum E	Cum FPCT	Cum RF	Cum CS%
1	Campanella	Roy	2.0572	1957	1183	6520	550	85	0.988	5.98	0.574
2	Schalk	Ray	2.0053	1929	1727	7168	1811	175	0.981	5.20	0.512
3	Hartnett	Gabby	2.0010	1941	1793	7292	1254	139	0.984	4.77	0.561
4	Sundberg	Jim	1.9878	1989	1927	9767	1007	81	0.993	5.59	0.407
5	Dickey	Bill	1.9752	1946	1708	7965	954	108	0.988	5.22	0.466
6	Freehan	Bill	1.9724	1976	1581	9941	721	72	0.993	6.74	0.368
7	Bench	Johnny	1.9703	1983	1742	9249	850	97	0.990	5.80	0.432
8	Berra	Yogi	1.9692	1965	1699	8738	798	110	0.989	5.61	0.486
9	Carter	Gary	1.9686	1992	2056	11785	1203	121	0.991	6.32	0.347
10	Ausmus	Brad	1.9659	2010	1938	12844	954	79	0.994	7.12	0.355
11	Killefer	Bill	1.9631	1921	1005	4830	1319	148	0.976	6.12	0.482
12	Miller	Damian	1.9546	2007	958	6697	509	35	0.995	7.52	0.365
13	Cochrane	Mickey	1.9532	1937	1451	6414	840	111	0.985	5.00	0.394
14	Pena	Tony	1.9532	1997	1950	11212	1045	117	0.991	6.29	0.339
15	Zimmer	Chief	1.9507	1903	1239	4883	1580	328	0.952	5.22	0.436
16	Molina	Yadier	1.9501	2020	1989	13741	988	77	0.995	7.41	0.403
17	Roseboro	Johnny	1.9455	1970	1476	9291	675	107	0.989	6.75	0.418
18	Scioscia	Mike	1.9411	1992	1395	8335	737	114	0.988	6.50	0.339
19	Parrish	Lance	1.9394	1995	1818	9647	980	94	0.991	5.85	0.382
20	Rosar	Buddy	1.9367	1951	934	3845	511	36	0.992	4.66	0.548

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Who's Number One at Catcher

1. Roy Campanella (1948-1957)

He Was On His Way to One of the Most Remarkable Careers for a Catcher In History, And Even Though It Ended Before It Should Have, He Still Had One. And Not Only Behind the Plate. Campanella Hit 242 Hr, Knocked In 856 Runs, And Had an Obp of 0.360. He Was the Mvp of the League Three Times and an All-Star Every Year Except His First and Last. But This Really Isn't a Troy Vs. Ozzie Situation at the Top of the Fielding List. Campanella Started Out As an Old Rookie, 26 Years of Age, And His Career Ended at the Age of 35. So at Most You Can Say, He Missed a Few Likely Poorer Statistical Years at the Beginning. His Range Was Grand, Arm Strong, And Glove Plus Arm Accurate. We Know It's Not the Greatest Tool to State Due to Dependence On the Type of Staff, Of Which Campanella Caught a Very Good One, But His Range Factor Was 56 Points Higher Than the League Average, And a Good Part of That Had to Do With Campanella.

Fielding Ratings in the Stat Geek Baseball PEVA system are meant to give a grade that relates to value for payroll purposes. A player with a low amount of innings played at a position may be rated lower for that purpose, but be a better defensive player. They would be rated higher in the PEVA/FV system with higher innings played, but their FV is lower due to lack of use.

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What is Field Value?

Field Value (FV) is the fielding rating for Stat Geek Baseball's New Player Rating value. This rating is given to each player at each position they play during the season with over1 inning played per max games (162) at that position, as well as a total fielding rating given to a player for each season for players who played more than one position. A minimum grade is given per position to any player with under 162 innings played.

Each position has different maximum, average, and minimum rating values per the difficulty and value of that position, which folds into the overall value of PEVA for that season.

FV Scale Maximums

Catcher - 2.10
Shortstop - 1.75
Outfield - 1.70
Third Base - 1.70
Second Base - 1.50
First Base - 1.40
Pitcher - 1.15

For more information on FV, PEVA, and our other stats, see the About Our Stats page and other pages listed there.

Silver Mitt Awards

They are Stat Geek Baseball's version of the Golden Gloves. Check to see just where the Gold Glove winners of this year fit into the Field Value and Silver Mitt rankings.

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