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Catcher's ERA (CERA) in baseball statistics is the earned run average of the pitchers pitching when the catcher in question is catching. Its primary purpose is to measure a catcher's game-calling, rather than his effect on the opposing team's running game. [1] Craig Wright first described the concept of CERA in his 1989 book The Diamond ...
But in recent decades, the workload of top major league catchers has gradually increased, and the top ten career leaders all made their major league debuts after 1968. Iván Rodríguez [3] [4] [5] is the all-time leader in games played as a catcher, playing 2,427 games at the position. [6]
Baseball statistics include a variety of metrics used to evaluate player and team performance in the sport of baseball. Because the flow of a baseball game has natural breaks to it, and player activity is characteristically distinguishable individually, the sport lends itself to easy record-keeping and compiling statistics.
Kansas City Royals catcher and 5× Gold Glove winner Salvador Pérez stands behind home plate during a 2013 game versus the New York Mets. Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to ...
A season hasn't ended with catchers having a higher average OPS than the league-wide mark since 1879. Being an MLB catcher is grueling work. That's not slowing this year's best on offense
Fielding runs for non-catchers is based on either Outs Above Average (OAA) converted to runs above average, Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR), or Total Zone (TZ), depending on era. For catchers, depending on era, either Statcast metrics, a combination of Stolen Base Runs (rSB) and Catcher Framing (FRM), or TZ is used. [16] [17]
The automated ball-strike system seems like an inevitability for MLB. What does that mean for the value and skill set of catchers?
In 1974, splitting time between first base (65 games) and catcher (63 games), he hit .297 and finished fifth in the American League in slugging percentage with a .479 mark. [20] He moved back behind the plate the following year to earn his 11th All-Star berth. Freehan ended his career in 1976, batting .270. [4]