Jorge Posada: One Team Catcher

The reports of Jorge Posada's impending retirement, indicate that he will finish his career as a one team player. Among catchers, Posada finishes with the second most games played (total, not just at catcher) among single-franchise players. The leader, of course, is Johnny Bench.

Here are the top twenty players, with the understanding that active players can still drop off:

Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	Tm
1	Johnny Bench	2158	8669	7658	1091	2048	381	24	389	1376	891	.267	.342	.476	CIN
2	Jorge Posada	1829	7150	6092	900	1664	379	10	275	1065	936	.273	.374	.474	NYY
3	Bill Dickey	1789	7060	6300	930	1969	343	72	202	1209	678	.313	.382	.486	NYY
4	Bill Freehan	1774	6899	6073	706	1591	241	35	200	758	626	.262	.340	.412	DET
5	Jason Varitek	1546	5839	5099	664	1307	306	14	193	757	614	.256	.341	.435	BOS
6	Mike Scioscia	1441	5056	4373	398	1131	198	12	68	446	567	.259	.344	.356	LAD
7	Thurman Munson	1423	5903	5344	696	1558	229	32	113	701	438	.292	.346	.410	NYY
8	Roy Campanella	1215	4816	4205	627	1161	178	18	242	856	533	.276	.360	.500	BRO
9	Bruce Benedict	982	3289	2878	214	696	98	6	18	260	328	.242	.320	.299	ATL
10	Yadier Molina	944	3497	3155	278	863	154	3	55	390	253	.274	.331	.377	STL
11	Ron Karkovice	939	2948	2597	336	574	120	6	96	335	233	.221	.289	.383	CHW
12	Buck Rodgers	932	3353	3033	259	704	114	18	31	288	234	.232	.288	.312	LAA-CAL
13	Tom Pagnozzi	927	3142	2896	247	733	153	11	44	320	189	.253	.299	.359	STL
14	Otto Miller	927	3049	2836	229	695	97	33	5	231	104	.245	.275	.308	BRO
15	Wes Westrum	920	2849	2322	302	503	59	8	96	315	489	.217	.356	.373	NYG
16	Joe Mauer	918	3911	3388	545	1096	216	16	84	502	465	.323	.403	.471	MIN
17	Chris Hoiles	894	3338	2820	415	739	122	2	151	449	435	.262	.366	.467	BAL
18	Harry Danning	890	3194	2971	363	847	162	26	57	397	187	.285	.330	.415	NYG
19	Brian McCann	882	3465	3068	377	878	200	2	136	537	331	.286	.358	.486	ATL
20	John Wathan	860	2764	2505	305	656	90	25	21	261	199	.262	.318	.343	KCR

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Generated 1/8/2012.