Personal Catchers for the New York Yankees

Personal Catchers for the New York Yankees

Catchers and pitchers who tended to start together for the New York Yankees

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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)
1927 155 Waite Hoyt (32) 22 Pat Collins (74)
1958 155 Art Ditmar (13) 12 Elston Howard (64)
1979 160 Ed Figueroa (16) 16 Thurman Munson (88)
1984 162 Phil Niekro (31) 30 Butch Wynegar (117)
1988 161 Rick Rhoden (30) 20 Joel Skinner (72)
1989 161 Andy Hawkins (34) 28 Don Slaught (93)
1989 161 Dave LaPoint (20) 18 Don Slaught (93)
1989 161 Clay Parker (17) 12 Bob Geren (56)
1992 162 Melido Perez (33) 16 Mike Stanley (48)
1993 162 Jimmy Key (34) 16 Matt Nokes (47)
1995 145 Sterling Hitchcock (27) 16 Jim Leyritz (42)
1996 162 Dwight Gooden (29) 26 Joe Girardi (110)
1996 162 Andy Pettitte (34) 27 Jim Leyritz (50)
1997 162 David Cone (29) 27 Joe Girardi (109)
1997 162 Dwight Gooden (19) 15 Jorge Posada (52)
1997 162 Ramiro Mendoza (15) 11 Jorge Posada (52)
1998 162 David Cone (31) 30 Joe Girardi (76)
1998 162 Orlando Hernandez (21) 19 Jorge Posada (85)
1998 162 Hideki Irabu (28) 22 Jorge Posada (85)
1998 162 Andy Pettitte (32) 29 Joe Girardi (76)
1998 162 David Wells (30) 26 Jorge Posada (85)
1999 162 Orlando Hernandez (33) 29 Jorge Posada (98)
1999 162 Hideki Irabu (27) 26 Jorge Posada (98)
1999 162 Andy Pettitte (31) 27 Joe Girardi (64)
2000 161 David Cone (29) 15 Chris Turner (23)
2005 162 Randy Johnson (34) 21 John Flaherty (39)
2006 162 Cory Lidle (9) Sal Fasano (16)
2006 162 Mike Mussina (32) 30 Jorge Posada (121)
2007 162 Mike Mussina (27) 11 Wil Nieves (21)
2007 162 Andy Pettitte (34) 33 Jorge Posada (125)
2008 162 Mike Mussina (34) 32 Jose Molina (81)
2008 162 Sidney Ponson (15) 10 Ivan Rodriguez (26)
2010 162 A.J. Burnett (33) 23 Francisco Cervelli (80)
2010 162 Phil Hughes (29) 21 Jorge Posada (78)
2010 162 Javier Vazquez (26) 19 Francisco Cervelli (80)

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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