Average Fielding Rank for Catchers in 2006

In an earlier post, I introduced my system for combining fielding metrics. I rank players at each position on 4 fielding evaluation systems (ZR, PMR, DFT and Fielding Bible Awards) and arrive at an Average Fielding Rank (AFR). Today, I'll look at the catchers. I will not include zone rating for catchers because there is so little variation in the measure. Almost half the catchers had a zone rating of 100%. So, the catcher rating is based on the average of PMR, DFT and Fielding Bible Awards. Since I don't plan to rank the pitchers at this time, this will be my final installment in the fielding rank series. The other positions can be found at the links below

1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF

The Table below lists Major League catchers with 600 or more innings in 2006. Ivan Rodriguez was the leader with an Average Fielding Rank of 1.33. He finished first in PMR and Fielding Bible Awards and second in DFT. Yadier Molina (4.67) and Miguel Olivo (6.00) finished second and third respectively. Mike Piazza ranked last with an AFR of 27.0.


Table 1: Average Fielding Ranks for catchers in 2006

Player	Team	GP	Inn	Best Rank	Worst Rank	AFR
Rodriguez	Det	123	1054	1	2	1.33
Molina	StL	127	1037	1	11	4.67
Olivo	Fla	124	971	3	10	6.00
Ausmus	Hou	138	1125	5	12	8.00
Posada	NYY	134	1050	3	16	8.67
Schneider	Was	123	990	8	10	9.33
Mauer	Min	120	1059	4	20	10.00
Martin	LA	117	1015	4	14	10.33
Varitek	Bos	99	822	9	12	11.00
Johjima	Sea	144	1173	9	13	11.33
Kendall	Oak	141	1254	8	17	11.67
Barajas	Tex	94	825	4	23	14.33
Napoli	LAA	94	716	8	23	14.33
Molina	LAA	76	603	5	25	15.33
Ross	Cin	75	621	8	22	15.67
Hernandez	Bal	135	1094	6	26	16.00
Navarro	LA/TB	78	654	7	23	16.67
Pierzynski	CWS	132	1125	6	24	16.67
Lo Duca	NYM	118	1027	3	25	17.00
Hall	LA/TB	82	628	2	27	17.33
Paulino	Pit	124	1047	16	19	17.33
Alfonzo	SF	84	700	12	23	19.00
Miller	Mil	98	840	11	28	19.33
Molina	Tor	99	842	15	26	20.67
Buck	KC	112	930	15	27	21.33
McCann	Atl	124	1016	19	24	21.33
Estrada	Ari	108	925	13	30	22.00
Barrett	ChC	102	852	18	30	23.67
Martinez	Cle	133	1110	21	28	24.00
Piazza	SD	99	718	23	29	27.00