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2009 Fantasy Baseball Catcher Player Rankings & Projections

(By Mike Inglett of Sport Fanatics - Developer of the Sport Fanatics Projections)

 

The rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2009 season. The player rankings were determined for a typical 5 X 5 rotisserie league by using batting average, runs, runs batted in, home runs and stolen bases for hitters. Final Spring Training update April 4, 2009

 

Catcher   First Base   Second Base   Shortstop   Third Base   OF (1-90)   OF (91-180)   DH

Starting Pitcher (1-100)    Starting Pitcher (101-200)   Relief Pitchers (1-100)   Relief Pitchers (101-200)

 

C Rank PLAYER TEAM AGE POS FP AB  R  H  1B  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  K  SB  BA  OBP  SLG  OPS 
1 Brian McCann ATL 25.1 C 244.7 497 64 147 87 36 1 23 90 49 65 3 .296 .359 .511 .870
2 Russell Martin LAD 26.1 C 238.3 510 82 144 101 28 1 14 71 73 78 16 .282 .372 .424 .796
3 Geovany Soto CHC 26.2 C 230.3 488 68 139 84 31 1 23 85 58 116 1 .285 .361 .494 .855
4 Victor Martinez CLE 30.2 C 228.4 501 70 146 95 33 0 18 88 52 67 0 .291 .358 .465 .823
5 Joe Mauer MIN 25.9 C 224.7 450 80 144 103 28 4 9 72 67 46 3 .320 .408 .460 .868
6 Ryan Doumit PIT 28.0 C 204.8 455 69 132 83 33 0 16 71 35 77 1 .290 .341 .468 .809
7 Bengie Molina SF 34.7 C 193.2 500 44 140 97 26 0 17 86 20 45 0 .280 .308 .434 .742
8 Chris Iannetta COL 26.0 C 182.7 405 58 109 64 23 2 20 71 64 105 0 .269 .369 .484 .853
9 Jorge Posada NYY 37.6 C 182.6 416 63 115 69 31 0 15 72 60 86 0 .276 .368 .459 .827
10 Ramon Hernandez CIN 32.8 C 172.6 450 51 119 77 23 1 18 71 37 69 0 .264 .320 .440 .760
11 Mike Napoli LAA 27.4 C 171.3 325 53 85 47 16 0 22 56 54 99 6 .262 .367 .514 .881
12 A.J. Pierzynski CHW 32.2 C 167.3 498 61 135 93 29 1 12 57 22 68 1 .271 .302 .406 .708
13 Kurt Suzuki OAK 25.5 C 163.3 505 59 139 103 26 1 9 55 50 74 2 .275 .341 .384 .725
14 Matt Wieters BAL 22.9 C 158.0 338 50 98 65 18 1 14 55 42 56 1 .290 .368 .473 .842
15 Kelly Shoppach CLE 28.9 C 152.1 355 58 89 45 26 0 18 57 34 129 0 .251 .316 .476 .792
16 Dioner Navarro TB 25.1 C 148.6 444 50 122 88 25 0 9 58 42 64 0 .275 .337 .392 .729
17 Brandon Inge DET 31.9 C/3B 146.2 460 56 105 66 22 3 14 64 51 115 6 .228 .305 .380 .686
18 Chris Snyder ARI 28.1 C 143.6 358 47 89 49 22 1 17 62 53 91 0 .249 .345 .458 .804
19 Yadier Molina STL 26.7 C 141.7 435 37 125 97 20 0 8 53 33 39 1 .287 .338 .389 .726
20 Gerald Laird DET 29.4 C 141.0 430 59 109 74 25 1 9 53 29 88 3 .253 .301 .379 .680
21 Jesus Flores WAS 24.4 C 137.6 403 41 104 69 23 0 12 64 23 105 0 .258 .298 .404 .703
22 John Baker FLA 28.2 C 137.4 364 52 98 65 23 1 9 53 45 81 1 .269 .350 .412 .762
23 Jeff Clement SEA 25.6 C 134.7 375 46 98 61 23 1 13 52 36 92 0 .261 .326 .432 .758
24 Miguel Olivo KC 30.7 C 127.0 371 39 92 56 21 2 13 49 10 98 5 .248 .268 .420 .688
25 Jarrod Saltalamacchia TEX 23.9 C 125.4 343 45 91 60 19 1 11 47 37 109 0 .265 .337 .423 .760
26 Jason Varitek BOS 37.0 C 124.2 415 47 98 67 17 1 13 54 58 115 1 .236 .330 .376 .706
27 Ivan Rodriguez HOU 37.3 C 119.2 365 40 100 71 21 1 7 40 17 63 3 .274 .306 .395 .701
28 Rod Barajas TOR 33.5 C 114.4 355 46 87 53 23 0 11 46 23 62 0 .245 .291 .403 .694
29 Jason Kendall MIL 34.7 C 113.1 505 48 125 97 26 1 1 46 44 46 6 .248 .308 .309 .617
30 Carlos Ruiz PHI 30.2 C 107.3 355 46 86 57 20 1 8 43 44 44 2 .242 .326 .372 .698
31 Kenji Johjima SEA 32.8 C 107.0 345 35 89 63 17 0 8 43 16 30 2 .258 .290 .381 .671
32 Taylor Teagarden TEX 25.3 C 106.4 262 40 67 42 14 1 10 44 29 90 0 .256 .330 .431 .761
33 Brian Schneider NYM 32.4 C 101.4 373 32 95 73 15 0 7 47 45 57 0 .255 .335 .351 .686
34 Nick Hundley SD 25.6 C 98.5 362 38 83 55 16 1 11 46 26 84 0 .229 .281 .370 .651
35 John Buck KC 28.7 C 92.7 313 38 72 43 18 1 10 42 29 79 0 .230 .295 .390 .685
36 Gregg Zaun BAL 37.9 C 81.9 255 32 62 40 15 0 7 35 38 41 1 .243 .341 .384 .726
37 Ramon Castro NYM 33.1 C 69.3 157 22 41 25 8 0 8 28 15 42 0 .261 .326 .465 .791
38 Chris Coste PHI 36.2 C 66.3 185 19 50 35 9 0 6 27 9 34 0 .270 .304 .416 .720
39 Michael Barrett TOR 32.5 C 65.6 203 28 50 33 11 0 6 25 19 39 0 .246 .311 .389 .700
40 Yorvit Torrealba COL 30.7 C 62.0 200 20 50 32 12 1 5 28 13 40 1 .250 .296 .395 .691
41 Ronny Paulino FLA 28.0 C 60.8 203 22 53 39 11 0 3 26 16 38 0 .262 .315 .363 .678
42 Jeff Mathis LAA 26.0 C 58.6 213 28 45 29 10 0 6 29 20 60 1 .211 .279 .343 .622
43 Miguel Montero ARI 25.7 C 57.4 171 22 42 26 10 0 6 23 16 36 0 .246 .310 .409 .720
44 Shawn Riggans TB 28.7 C 56.4 128 21 31 17 8 0 6 26 13 32 0 .242 .312 .445 .757
45 Mike Redmond MIN 37.9 C 50.6 180 18 50 41 8 0 1 20 8 16 0 .278 .309 .339 .647
46 Josh Bard WAS 31.0 C 49.3 150 18 40 28 9 0 3 20 17 22 0 .267 .341 .387 .728
47 Max Ramirez TEX 24.5 C 47.3 125 18 31 21 6 0 4 22 15 30 0 .248 .329 .392 .721
48 Henry Blanco SD 37.6 C 44.7 153 18 37 25 7 1 4 19 11 26 0 .242 .293 .379 .672
49 Jose Molina NYY 33.8 C 44.2 220 23 51 34 15 0 2 18 8 46 1 .232 .259 .327 .586
50 Humberto Quintero HOU 29.6 C 42.1 220 20 51 40 8 0 3 18 9 39 0 .232 .262 .309 .571
51 Ryan Hanigan CIN 28.6 C 39.4 130 14 35 27 5 0 3 13 14 18 0 .269 .340 .377 .717
52 David Ross ATL 32.1 C 39.0 118 14 28 14 8 1 5 16 16 36 0 .237 .328 .449 .778
53 Jason LaRue STL 35.0 C 38.7 182 18 38 22 11 0 5 20 20 44 0 .209 .287 .352 .639
54 Matt Treanor DET 33.0 C 37.4 154 14 39 29 7 1 2 16 15 32 0 .253 .320 .351 .670
55 Angel Salome MIL 22.8 C 36.2 89 11 25 17 5 1 2 17 7 13 0 .281 .333 .427 .760
56 George Kottaras BOS 25.9 C 33.7 125 15 29 19 7 0 3 15 13 30 0 .232 .304 .360 .664
57 J.R. Towles HOU 25.2 C 25.3 70 8 18 12 4 0 2 10 6 13 1 .257 .316 .400 .716
58 Jason Jaramillo PIT 26.5 C 21.6 100 11 22 15 5 0 2 10 9 18 0 .220 .284 .330 .614
59 Wil Nieves WAS 31.5 C 21.0 100 8 24 18 5 0 1 11 7 15 0 .240 .290 .320 .610
60 Mike Rivera MIL 32.5 C 20.9 65 7 15 9 3 0 3 9 3 12 0 .231 .265 .415 .680
61 Paul Bako ZFA 36.8 C 19.7 101 9 23 17 4 0 1 11 12 37 0 .224 .304 .303 .607
62 Javier Valentin WAS 33.5 C 19.3 70 6 17 11 4 0 2 9 6 12 0 .243 .303 .386 .688
63 Corky Miller CHW 33.0 C 16.1 90 6 19 11 6 0 2 10 9 12 0 .211 .283 .344 .627
64 Raul Chavez TOR 36.1 C 16.1 73 7 18 15 2 0 1 6 3 10 0 .247 .276 .315