Personal Catchers for the Boston Red Sox

Personal Catchers for the Boston Red Sox

Catchers and pitchers who tended to start together for the Boston Red Sox

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Overall records
ANA ARI ATL BAL BOS CHA CHN CIN CLE COL DET FLO HOU KCA LAN
MIL MIN NYA NYN OAK PHI PIT SDN SEA SFN SLN TBA TEX TOR WAS
Year Games Pitcher (starts) As battery Catcher (starts)
1920 154 Sad Sam Jones (33) 25 Roxy Walters (83)
1922 154 Alex Ferguson (27) 24 Muddy Ruel (102)
1922 154 Herb Pennock (26) 12 Roxy Walters (32)
1923 154 Bill Piercy (24) 15 Al DeVormer (50)
1924 157 Howard Ehmke (36) 29 Steve O’Neill (91)
1924 157 Curt Fullerton (20) 13 Val Picinich (42)
1924 157 Bill Piercy (18) 11 Val Picinich (42)
1925 152 Jack Quinn (15) 14 Val Picinich (70)
1925 152 Red Ruffing (27) 15 Johnnie Heving (31)
1925 152 Ted Wingfield (27) 16 John Bischoff (37)
1926 154 Hal Wiltse (29) 25 Alex Gaston (92)
1927 154 Red Ruffing (18) 15 Fred Hofmann (73)
1927 154 Hal Wiltse (29) 24 Grover Hartley (65)
1928 154 Danny MacFayden (28) 16 Charlie Berry (49)
1928 154 Ed Morris (29) 24 Johnnie Heving (36)
1928 154 Red Ruffing (34) 31 Fred Hofmann (63)
1929 155 Milt Gaston (28) 18 Charlie Berry (64)
1929 155 Danny MacFayden (27) 14 Alex Gaston (33)
1929 155 Ed Morris (26) 24 Johnnie Heving (49)
1930 154 Milt Gaston (34) 28 Charlie Berry (74)
1930 154 Danny MacFayden (33) 25 Johnnie Heving (65)
1937 153 Bobo Newsom (26) 24 Gene Desautels (91)
1937 153 Jack Wilson (21) 16 Moe Berg (36)
1938 150 Lefty Grove (21) 21 Gene Desautels (106)
1938 150 Joe Heving (11) 10 Johnny Peacock (41)
1939 152 Elden Auker (25) 19 Johnny Peacock (71)
1939 152 Lefty Grove (23) 22 Gene Desautels (70)
1941 155 Lefty Grove (21) 19 Johnny Peacock (68)
1941 155 Dick Newsome (29) 24 Frankie Pytlak (87)
1942 152 Dick Newsome (23) 18 Johnny Peacock (73)
1943 155 Tex Hughson (32) 12 Bill Conroy (29)
1943 155 Tex Hughson (32) 13 Johnny Peacock (27)
1944 156 Tex Hughson (23) 19 Hal Wagner (63)
1944 156 Emmett O’Neill (22) 17 Roy Partee (76)
1945 157 Otey Clark (9) Red Steiner (16)
1945 157 Dave Ferriss (31) 19 Bob Garbark (57)
1946 156 Joe Dobson (24) 12 Roy Partee (32)
1946 156 Tex Hughson (35) 33 Hal Wagner (109)
1947 157 Joe Dobson (31) 16 Roy Partee (45)
1947 157 Earl Johnson (17) 15 Birdie Tebbetts (83)
1949 155 Chuck Stobbs (19) 11 Matt Batts (39)
1950 154 Joe Dobson (27) 20 Birdie Tebbetts (74)
1970 162 Sonny Siebert (33) 26 Tom Satriano (47)
1993 162 Roger Clemens (29) 26 Tony Pena (102)
1994 115 Roger Clemens (24) 20 Damon Berryhill (59)
1995 144 Erik Hanson (29) 14 Bill Haselman (36)
1995 144 Tim Wakefield (27) 26 Mike Macfarlane (104)
1996 162 Roger Clemens (34) 22 Bill Haselman (60)
2000 162 Ramon Martinez (27) 26 Jason Varitek (119)
2000 162 Pete Schourek (21) 19 Scott Hatteberg (43)
2001 161 Pedro Martinez (18) 12 Jason Varitek (47)
2002 162 Derek Lowe (32) 32 Jason Varitek (121)
2002 162 Pedro Martinez (30) 30 Jason Varitek (121)
2002 162 Tim Wakefield (15) 14 Doug Mirabelli (41)
2003 162 John Burkett (30) 30 Jason Varitek (119)
2003 162 Derek Lowe (33) 31 Jason Varitek (119)
2003 162 Pedro Martinez (29) 29 Jason Varitek (119)
2003 162 Tim Wakefield (33) 32 Doug Mirabelli (43)
2004 162 Pedro Martinez (33) 32 Jason Varitek (121)
2004 162 Curt Schilling (32) 30 Jason Varitek (121)
2004 162 Tim Wakefield (30) 30 Doug Mirabelli (41)
2005 162 Matt Clement (32) 32 Jason Varitek (127)
2005 162 Tim Wakefield (33) 29 Doug Mirabelli (33)
2006 162 Curt Schilling (31) 25 Jason Varitek (94)
2006 162 Tim Wakefield (23) 18 Doug Mirabelli (45)
2007 162 Josh Beckett (30) 29 Jason Varitek (121)
2007 162 Daisuke Matsuzaka (32) 31 Jason Varitek (121)
2007 162 Tim Wakefield (31) 27 Doug Mirabelli (33)
2008 162 Josh Beckett (27) 27 Jason Varitek (120)
2008 162 Daisuke Matsuzaka (29) 28 Jason Varitek (120)
2008 162 Tim Wakefield (30) 30 Kevin Cash (42)
2009 162 Josh Beckett (32) 27 Jason Varitek (106)
2009 162 Clay Buchholz (16) 13 Victor Martinez (31)
2009 162 Tim Wakefield (21) 18 George Kottaras (25)
2010 162 Clay Buchholz (28) 27 Victor Martinez (106)

Includes all games played 1919-2010.
Selected according to the formula (M – P * C / T) >= 6, where T = team games, P = games started by the pitcher, C = games started by the catcher, and M = mutual starts by the pitcher and catcher. In essence, any battery which started together 6 more times than would have been expected if their individual starts had been distributed randomly is considered to include a personal catcher.
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