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MLB Catchers Since 2002
How has Catchers' production changed if at all since 2002?
By Tom Wike | June 16, 2025
About Catchers since 2002
The chart below shows MLB catchers' averages for OPS and HR per 600 PA. While catchers' production in OPS has remained relatively stable, it is on the back of an increase in HR. The result: declining AVG and OBP from catchers.
There is so much to unpack in this. A promise to the site is we'll circle back, dig deeper, once the site is live. For now, here are some follow up questions to later touch on:
- Where have the Plate Appearances come from? How is it distributed between "starters" and backups?
- What's most different from the past? The top end, the middle or the bottom?
- How much of all this (i.e reality) comes in Salvador Perez's wake?

Original chart by Anecdote Baseball
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