Catcher Chance Records

Baseball Almanac invites you to examine chance records for catchers. Research is complete through completion of the previous season and includes all of the possible chance record variations.
"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?" - Yogi Berra
Chances Records

Catchers
Record Lg Name Data
Fewest
In A Season (150+ Games)		 AL Mike Tresh 677 1945
NL Ray Mueller 536 1944
Fewest
In A Season
By The League Leader		 AL Birdie Tebbetts 515 1942
NL Ernie Lombardi 474 1945
Most
In A Career		 AL Carlton Fisk 12,417
NL Gary Carter 12,988
Most
In A Double Header		 AL Hank Severeid 27 07-13-1920
NL John Bateman 26 09-10-1968
Most
In A Game		 AL Rich Gedman 20 04-29-1986
Bill Haselman 09-18-1996
Ellie Rodriguez 08-12-1974
Dan Wilson 08-08-1997
NL Sandy Nava 22 06-07-1884
Most
In A Game
Extra Innings		 AL Mike Powers 25 09-01-1906
24 Innings
NL Steve Yeager 24 08-08-1972
19 Innings
Most
In A Season		 AL Bill Freehan 1,044 1968
NL Johnny Edwards 1,214 1969
Most Seasons
Leading The League		 AL Yogi Berra 8 1950
1951
1952
1954
1955
1956
1957
1959
Ray Schalk 1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1919
1920
1922
NL Gary Carter 8 1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1985
1988


On July 10, 1923, Harry McCurdy of St. Louis played in the only doubleheader in history that had no chances offered to the catcher!

On August 11, 1942, Gene Desautels of Cleveland played in the longest game, fourteen innings, with no chances offered to the catcher!

By comparison, Rich Gedman of Boston accepted a record thirty-seven chances in two consecutive games on April 29 and April 30, 1986!
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