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1969 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders

Every catcher fielding board for 1969 on one page, top ten in each.

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Elrod Hendricks led qualified catchers with a .998 fielding percentage in 1969. Johnny Edwards led in putouts (1,135) and assists (79). Randy Hundley led in double plays (17). Manny Sanguillen made the most errors, 17.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 81 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

C FPCT
  1. 1 Elrod Hendricks .998
  2. 2 Johnny Edwards .994
  3. 3 Bob Didier .994
  4. 4 Randy Hundley .992
  5. 5 Paul Casanova .992
  6. 6 Bill Freehan .992
  7. 7 Johnny Bench .992
  8. 8 Tom Haller .992
  9. 9 Duke Sims .991
  10. 10 Jerry Grote .991

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Putouts

C PO
  1. 1 Johnny Edwards 1,135
  2. 2 Randy Hundley 978
  3. 3 Tim McCarver 925
  4. 4 Manny Sanguillen 825
  5. 5 Bill Freehan 821
  6. 6 Tom Haller 800
  7. 7 Johnny Bench 793
  8. 8 Mike Ryan 769
  9. 9 Jerry Grote 718
  10. 10 Jerry McNertney 697

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Assists

C A
  1. 1 Johnny Edwards 79
  2. 1 Randy Hundley 79
  3. 1 Mike Ryan 79
  4. 4 Johnny Bench 76
  5. 5 Manny Sanguillen 71
  6. 6 Joe Azcue 70
  7. 7 Chris Cannizzaro 69
  8. 8 Jerry McNertney 67
  9. 9 Tim McCarver 66
  10. 10 Jerry Grote 63

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Double Plays

C DP
  1. 1 Randy Hundley 17
  2. 2 John Roseboro 16
  3. 3 Joe Azcue 15
  4. 4 Mike Ryan 13
  5. 4 Jerry McNertney 13
  6. 6 Manny Sanguillen 11
  7. 6 Jerry Grote 11
  8. 8 Johnny Bench 10
  9. 8 Tim McCarver 10
  10. 10 Johnny Edwards 9

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Range Factor

C RF
  1. 1 Johnny Edwards 8.04
  2. 2 Manny Sanguillen 7.93
  3. 3 Tim McCarver 7.29
  4. 4 Bill Freehan 7.25
  5. 5 Randy Hundley 7.00
  6. 6 Jerry Grote 6.97
  7. 7 Duke Sims 6.72
  8. 8 Tom Haller 6.42
  9. 8 Mike Ryan 6.42
  10. 10 Ron Brand 6.38

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Games

C G
  1. 1 Johnny Edwards 151
  2. 1 Randy Hundley 151
  3. 3 Johnny Bench 147
  4. 4 Tim McCarver 136
  5. 5 Chris Cannizzaro 132
  6. 5 Tom Haller 132
  7. 5 Mike Ryan 132
  8. 8 Paul Casanova 122
  9. 8 Jerry McNertney 122
  10. 10 Bill Freehan 120

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Errors

C E
  1. 1 Manny Sanguillen 17
  2. 2 Tim McCarver 14
  3. 3 John Roseboro 13
  4. 3 Dick Dietz 13
  5. 5 Russ Gibson 11
  6. 6 Chris Cannizzaro 9
  7. 6 Jerry McNertney 9
  8. 6 Phil Roof 9
  9. 6 Buck Martinez 9
  10. 10 Randy Hundley 8

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