Most games played at catcher in Cleveland Indians history

It has been awhile since we have updated the franchise totals for each of the positions. The last attempt we had was a quiz back in 2012. While this won't be a quiz, it will still be an update to see how the franchise lists have shifted in the past few years.

When we last did this, there were 161 people who had donned the tools of ignorance. That has now swelled to 172. That includes two that have cracked the Top 25, Carlos Santana and Yan Gomes. Each has surpassed 300 games played. Santana probably will not move up any more (if at all), but with a healthy 2016, Gomes should jump into the Top 15.

I really doubt Gomes, or anyone else, will approach Jim Hegan or Steve O'Neill as those players were from a different era. Catchers no longer play that many games in a season, nor do they stick around for one team for that long. He could surpass Victor Martinez but it is very remote he'll reach Luke Sewell or Sandy Alomar.

Other new players to the total list include Mike Redmond, Luke Carlin, Vinny Rottino, Omir Santos, George Kottaras, Brett Hayes and Adam Moore. Lou Marson was also able to crack the top 25 before he departed.

The other new catcher, Roberto Perez, sits at #49 with 98 games caught and should have a decent shot of moving up pretty quickly as long as he isn't dealt away.

Ted Easterly, Buddy Rosar and Gene Desautels all dropped off the Top 25 since the last tally. Those three, plus the top 25, are the only catchers in team history to have 200 or more games, a mere 16% of the total. There have also only been 20 more that have caught more than 100 games, leaving 124 players with fewer 100 games. Moore and Santos were the newest additions to the list of 17 who have just 1 game caught.