1976 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1976 on one page, top ten in each.
Johnny Bench led qualified catchers with a .997 fielding percentage in 1976. Jim Sundberg led in putouts (719) and assists (96). Barry Foote led in double plays (13). Butch Wynegar made the most errors, 16.
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 Johnny Bench .997
- 2 Fred Kendall .994
- 3 Bob Boone .993
- 4 Ted Simmons .993
- 5 Jerry Grote .993
- 6 Jim Sundberg .991
- 7 Buck Martinez .991
- 8 Barry Foote .989
- 9 Brian Downing .988
- 10 Alan Ashby .987
Putouts
C PO- 1 Jim Sundberg 719
- 2 Johnny Bench 651
- 3 Butch Wynegar 650
- 4 Carlton Fisk 649
- 5 Jerry Grote 617
- 6 Fred Kendall 582
- 7 Steve Swisher 574
- 8 Bob Boone 557
- 9 Andy Etchebarren 539
- 10 Thurman Munson 537
Assists
C A- 1 Jim Sundberg 96
- 2 Butch Wynegar 78
- 2 Thurman Munson 78
- 4 Steve Yeager 77
- 5 Carlton Fisk 73
- 6 Ted Simmons 66
- 7 Johnny Bench 60
- 8 Barry Foote 59
- 9 Fred Kendall 54
- 10 Jim Essian 53
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Barry Foote 13
- 2 Jim Sundberg 11
- 2 Johnny Bench 11
- 4 Jim Essian 10
- 5 Carlton Fisk 9
- 5 Steve Yeager 9
- 5 Dave Duncan 9
- 5 Ray Fosse 9
- 9 Thurman Munson 8
- 9 Rick Dempsey 8
Range Factor
C RF- 1 Jerry Grote 7.01
- 2 Ray Fosse 6.18
- 3 Alan Ashby 6.12
- 4 Steve Swisher 5.82
- 5 Jim Sundberg 5.82
- 6 Andy Etchebarren 5.74
- 7 Barry Foote 5.57
- 8 Johnny Bench 5.55
- 9 Bob Boone 5.49
- 10 Carlton Fisk 5.43
Games
C G- 1 Fred Kendall 146
- 2 Jim Sundberg 140
- 3 Butch Wynegar 137
- 4 Carlton Fisk 133
- 5 Johnny Bench 128
- 6 Thurman Munson 121
- 7 Steve Yeager 115
- 8 Ted Simmons 113
- 9 Darrell Porter 111
- 9 Manny Sanguillen 111
Errors
C E- 1 Butch Wynegar 16
- 2 John Wockenfuss 15
- 3 Darrell Porter 14
- 4 Manny Sanguillen 13
- 5 Carlton Fisk 12
- 5 Thurman Munson 12
- 5 Andy Etchebarren 12
- 8 Steve Swisher 11
- 9 Ed Herrmann 10
- 9 Jim Essian 10