The Hook

Columnist: James Meyerriecks

Mixed League Catcher Rankings

March 04, 2007

Rank	Player	G	AB	Avg.	H	2B	HR	R	RBI	SB	OBP	Slg.	OPS	Overall 5X5 Value

1	Joe Mauer	136	523	0.314	172	34	17	84	84	10	0.412	0.503	0.915	896.94
2	Brian McCann	129	474	0.307	146	38	32	66	88	2	0.377	0.588	0.966	888.10
3	Victor Martinez	149	540	0.295	159	34	19	80	92	0	0.370	0.461	0.831	800.50
4	Jorge Posada	139	468	0.269	126	26	21	66	85	2	0.357	0.468	0.825	697.43
5	Kenji Johjima	130	478	0.283	135	23	19	61	75	3	0.313	0.453	0.765	660.84
6	Russell Martin	123	434	0.285	124	27	13	69	71	6	0.355	0.447	0.802	659.30
7	Ramon Hernandez	134	472	0.272	128	27	20	62	80	2	0.320	0.459	0.779	658.71
8	Paul Lo Duca	141	549	0.308	169	37	7	77	62	2	0.341	0.418	0.760	646.13
9	Michael Barrett	129	459	0.287	132	33	19	62	67	0	0.342	0.487	0.829	624.53
10	Ivan Rodriguez	135	524	0.282	148	28	13	68	61	6	0.313	0.421	0.734	607.21
11	Jason Varitek	133	467	0.262	123	29	18	65	69	3	0.355	0.446	0.802	594.41
12	Bengie Molina	124	457	0.294	134	20	13	48	69	1	0.326	0.427	0.753	565.06
13	David Ross	114	379	0.258	98	22	21	52	66	0	0.338	0.488	0.826	540.73
14	Johnny Estrada	131	462	0.289	134	31	12	48	69	0	0.335	0.434	0.769	538.05
15	Mike Piazza	129	429	0.266	114	21	20	49	65	0	0.336	0.458	0.794	536.17
16	Josh Bard	130	435	0.282	129	34	14	52	63	2	0.371	0.466	0.838	535.44
17	A.J. Pierzynski	129	478	0.276	132	22	15	57	60	1	0.308	0.419	0.727	531.31
18	Ronny Paulino	135	487	0.294	143	21	10	47	67	0	0.347	0.398	0.745	525.16
19	Chris Iannetta	101	407	0.279	114	22	12	65	54	0	0.379	0.418	0.797	511.28
20	Jason Kendall	142	527	0.287	151	23	1	69	47	8	0.343	0.337	0.680	499.96
21	Miguel Olivo	119	406	0.257	104	20	15	47	55	5	0.273	0.434	0.707	474.48
22	John Buck	105	383	0.262	100	22	13	42	57	1	0.308	0.420	0.728	426.73
23	Miguel Montero	102	384	0.268	103	11	14	43	51	0	0.329	0.407	0.736	423.09
24	Dioner Navarro	127	470	0.261	123	19	10	53	49	3	0.341	0.367	0.708	422.18
25	Gregg Zaun	132	410	0.261	107	23	12	51	50	1	0.355	0.408	0.763	418.91
26	Rod Barajas	95	394	0.242	95	22	14	52	47	0	0.276	0.405	0.681	380.25
27	Mike Napoli	104	295	0.245	72	14	9	49	44	2	0.362	0.380	0.742	361.28
28	Gerald Laird	97	308	0.271	83	23	8	48	31	3	0.308	0.433	0.741	352.05
29	Javier Valentin	65	223	0.262	58	9	11	34	45	0	0.325	0.462	0.787	350.72
30	Brian Schneider	124	408	0.262	107	19	7	34	53	2	0.325	0.362	0.687	344.50
31	Carlos Ruiz	81	321	0.258	83	5	13	30	44	0	0.311	0.396	0.707	329.49
32	Eliezer Alfonzo	89	277	0.259	75	17	10	27	36	1	0.290	0.450	0.741	282.13
33	Kelly Shoppach	54	218	0.250	55	12	7	21	48	0	0.308	0.409	0.716	272.77
34	Javy Lopez	61	229	0.283	65	14	7	28	28	0	0.325	0.447	0.772	259.46
35	Henry Blanco	67	259	0.255	66	14	4	26	37	0	0.291	0.366	0.657	227.48
36	Chris Snyder	81	264	0.245	65	12	8	24	35	0	0.307	0.382	0.689	226.23
37	Brad Ausmus	133	399	0.237	95	16	3	34	38	4	0.314	0.298	0.612	214.56
38	Miguel Ojeda	73	258	0.236	61	11	7	22	38	0	0.312	0.362	0.674	211.21
39	Mike Lieberthal	59	192	0.255	49	12	6	21	27	0	0.293	0.412	0.704	193.96
40	Rob Bowen	64	195	0.245	48	10	4	26	28	0	0.329	0.365	0.694	190.93
41	Ryan Doumit	74	179	0.226	40	11	7	23	28	0	0.283	0.402	0.685	187.84
42	Jason Phillips	67	213	0.248	53	14	4	21	28	0	0.286	0.376	0.661	176.88
43	Brayan Pena	38	163	0.258	42	8	5	24	18	0	0.294	0.394	0.688	167.05
44	Vance Wilson	61	172	0.250	43	8	5	20	20	0	0.263	0.382	0.645	154.42
45	Yorvit Torrealba	41	130	0.247	32	8	3	16	20	2	0.297	0.408	0.704	150.72
46	Mike Redmond	45	164	0.273	45	10	2	16	20	0	0.292	0.380	0.671	143.82
47	Damian Miller	53	175	0.258	45	13	3	19	20	0	0.319	0.388	0.707	142.25
48	Adam Melhuse	58	157	0.238	37	10	5	14	22	0	0.283	0.401	0.685	136.32
49	Doug Mirabelli	57	149	0.240	36	6	5	14	20	1	0.300	0.385	0.686	135.58
50	Ramon Castro	43	133	0.239	32	9	5	15	18	0	0.315	0.408	0.723	127.61
51	Mike Rivera	29	94	0.270	25	6	4	11	17	0	0.314	0.467	0.782	126.36
52	Robert Fick	69	163	0.259	42	6	3	17	16	1	0.331	0.353	0.684	125.64
53	Gary Bennett	63	200	0.245	49	8	3	14	23	0	0.296	0.331	0.628	123.10
54	Jose Molina	57	189	0.227	43	11	4	15	20	1	0.253	0.345	0.598	116.84
55	Toby Hall	52	172	0.256	44	10	4	10	18	0	0.278	0.373	0.651	107.96
56	Humberto Cota	49	147	0.233	36	7	3	13	17	0	0.288	0.346	0.634	90.17
57	Josh Paul	55	145	0.249	36	8	2	15	10	1	0.313	0.345	0.658	87.32
58	Humberto Quintero	43	105	0.238	25	4	1	10	13	0	0.263	0.320	0.582	70.32
59	Chris Coste	16	52	0.271	14	3	2	6	8	0	0.306	0.430	0.736	60.22
60	Matt Treanor	59	138	0.227	31	6	1	11	13	0	0.306	0.312	0.617	57.88
61	Todd Pratt	45	110	0.216	24	4	2	10	11	0	0.277	0.298	0.575	57.14
62	Jeff Mathis	15	44	0.247	11	2	2	7	5