Personal Catchers for the Chicago Cubs

Personal Catchers for the Chicago Cubs

Catchers and pitchers who tended to start together for the Chicago Cubs

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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)
1919 140 Pete Alexander (27) 26 Bill Killefer (100)
1919 140 Hippo Vaughn (37) 33 Bill Killefer (100)
1920 154 Pete Alexander (40) 23 Bill Killefer (61)
1924 154 Vic Aldridge (32) 27 Gabby Hartnett (100)
1924 154 Pete Alexander (20) 19 Gabby Hartnett (100)
1924 154 Elmer Jacobs (22) 14 Bob O’Farrell (53)
1924 154 Tony Kaufmann (26) 17 Bob O’Farrell (53)
1925 154 Wilbur Cooper (26) 14 Mike Gonzalez (43)
1926 155 Sheriff Blake (27) 22 Gabby Hartnett (83)
1926 155 Guy Bush (15) 15 Gabby Hartnett (83)
1926 155 Tony Kaufmann (22) 18 Gabby Hartnett (83)
1926 155 Charlie Root (32) 31 Mike Gonzalez (71)
1928 154 Percy Jones (19) 13 Mike Gonzalez (40)
1937 154 Tex Carleton (27) 24 Gabby Hartnett (97)
1939 156 Larry French (21) 20 Gus Mancuso (73)
1954 154 Howie Pollet (20) 13 Walker Cooper (43)
1955 154 Sam Jones (34) 18 Clyde McCullough (26)
1955 154 Paul Minner (22) 12 Walker Cooper (21)
1959 155 Glen Hobbie (33) 28 Sammy Taylor (96)
1965 164 Bill Faul (16) 12 Vic Roznovsky (44)
1974 162 Ken Frailing (16) 12 George Mitterwald (57)
1975 162 Bill Bonham (36) 16 Tim Hosley (36)
1981 106 Doug Bird (12) 12 Jody Davis (53)
1990 162 Mike Harkey (27) 26 Joe Girardi (120)
1992 162 Greg Maddux (35) 15 Hector Villanueva (26)
2001 162 Jason Bere (32) 14 Robert Machado (34)
2001 162 Jon Lieber (34) 24 Joe Girardi (61)
2003 162 Shawn Estes (28) 16 Paul Bako (57)
2003 162 Kerry Wood (32) 27 Damian Miller (103)
2004 162 Matt Clement (30) 29 Michael Barrett (119)
2004 162 Greg Maddux (33) 32 Paul Bako (43)
2004 162 Carlos Zambrano (31) 29 Michael Barrett (119)
2005 162 Mark Prior (27) 23 Henry Blanco (48)

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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