Best Catchers in MLB 2026

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Gabriel Moreno is the highest-rated catcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck, at 96 overall. The top three are Gabriel Moreno, Dillon Dingler, Drake Baldwin, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data. Every player here is a playable card.

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Best catchers2026 · 107 ranked

Every catcher who played an MLB game in 2026, ranked by Legends Deck card rating, with team, batting stats and Statcast numbers.
#	Player	OVR ▾	AVG	OPS	HR	RBI	SB	Barrel%	Exit Velo
1	Gabriel Moreno	96	0.311	0.874	16	83	6	7.7%	89.3	View card ›
2	Dillon Dingler	91	0.243	0.748	27	91	0	10.1%	88.8	View card ›
3	Drake Baldwin	91	0.284	0.817	25	79	3	12.9%	91.5	View card ›
4	Alejandro Kirk	87	0.278	0.766	10	43	1	3.7%	88.0	View card ›
5	Carter Jensen	86	0.239	0.790	27	81	2	12.7%	91.5	View card ›
6	Will Smith	84	0.260	0.781	10	34	0	12.4%	89.1	View card ›
7	Hunter Goodman	84	0.245	0.839	41	88	5	14.5%	89.8	View card ›
8	Adley Rutschman	84	0.242	0.741	13	60	0	7.0%	88.9	View card ›
9	Liam Hicks	82	0.284	0.801	18	82	3	3.7%	84.6	View card ›
10	Shea Langeliers	81	0.262	0.802	23	58	3	13.3%	91.3	View card ›
11	Luis Torrens	80	0.235	0.691	9	41	1	5.6%	88.7	View card ›
12	William Contreras	79	0.270	0.758	18	94	1	8.5%	90.3	View card ›
13	Ryan Jeffers	77	0.256	0.814	14	56	1	10.2%	88.6	View card ›
14	Eduardo Valencia	77	0.341	1.016	8	21	0	15.5%	90.3	View card ›
15	Iván Herrera	76	0.241	0.735	19	69	8	6.2%	89.4	View card ›
16	Joe Mack	76	0.234	0.685	14	52	0	8.4%	88.8	View card ›
17	Omar Martinez	75	0.333	0.666	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
18	Logan Porter	75	0.250	1.000	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
19	Blake Hunt	75	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
20	Jair Camargo	75	0.500	1.500	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
21	Shawn Ross	75	0.200	1.000	1	2	0	—	—	View card ›
22	Carson Kelly	74	0.258	0.712	10	58	0	5.2%	86.7	View card ›
23	Daniel Susac	74	0.243	0.664	3	22	2	5.3%	86.3	View card ›
24	Brandon Valenzuela	74	0.222	0.679	9	23	2	7.0%	88.4	View card ›
25	Leo Bernal	74	0.284	0.807	5	21	0	10.0%	92.6	View card ›
26	Austin Wells	73	0.186	0.624	14	32	4	7.7%	89.3	View card ›
27	Cal Raleigh	73	0.182	0.664	23	69	2	14.1%	90.1	View card ›
28	Rafael Flores Jr.	72	0.264	0.858	11	25	0	14.6%	90.7	View card ›
29	Yainer Diaz	71	0.285	0.772	14	45	0	6.9%	89.3	View card ›
30	Patrick Bailey	67	0.206	0.607	10	37	3	7.7%	90.5	View card ›
31	Tyler Stephenson	66	0.241	0.727	15	54	0	12.4%	90.8	View card ›
32	Dalton Rushing	65	0.246	0.788	12	36	0	11.9%	89.5	View card ›
33	Miguel Amaya	64	0.237	0.717	6	28	0	7.9%	87.8	View card ›
34	Kyle Teel	64	0.210	0.697	5	26	0	11.4%	85.7	View card ›
35	Francisco Alvarez	63	0.233	0.710	16	43	0	15.4%	90.8	View card ›
36	Ethan Salas	63	0.256	0.737	2	5	0	3.3%	90.1	View card ›
37	Gary Sánchez	61	0.209	0.771	12	38	0	8.4%	87.9	View card ›
38	Freddy Fermin	61	0.203	0.589	4	24	1	3.8%	87.5	View card ›
39	Harry Ford	61	0.190	0.664	3	10	3	9.7%	84.9	View card ›
40	P.J. Higgins	61	0.231	0.545	0	4	0	0.0%	83.6	View card ›
41	J.C. Escarra	60	0.188	0.510	0	7	0	4.5%	89.1	View card ›
42	Luis Campusano	60	0.265	0.796	8	30	0	8.1%	87.3	View card ›
43	Jesus Rodriguez	60	0.235	0.728	2	8	1	2.3%	86.5	View card ›
44	Joey Bart	59	0.214	0.662	4	13	0	7.7%	85.8	View card ›
45	J.T. Realmuto	59	0.205	0.614	11	51	3	5.7%	89.5	View card ›
46	Jimmy Crooks	59	0.179	0.591	5	14	0	11.6%	91.7	View card ›
47	Collin Price	59	0.167	0.481	0	0	0	0.0%	93.0	View card ›
48	Agustín Ramírez	58	0.235	0.672	5	24	4	4.2%	89.9	View card ›
49	Aramis Garcia	58	0.158	0.474	1	2	0	7.7%	86.1	View card ›
50	Keibert Ruiz	57	0.280	0.759	10	48	2	5.0%	88.1	View card ›
51	Bo Naylor	57	0.154	0.489	3	10	0	11.9%	89.1	View card ›
52	Tyler Heineman	57	0.175	0.443	1	10	1	0.6%	82.0	View card ›
53	Nick Fortes	57	0.258	0.680	6	35	0	2.4%	85.4	View card ›
54	Hunter Feduccia	57	0.221	0.625	3	19	0	7.4%	89.4	View card ›
55	Eliezer Alfonzo	57	0.179	0.429	0	4	0	0.0%	91.3	View card ›
56	Kenny Piper	57	0.222	0.920	1	2	1	16.7%	89.8	View card ›
57	Victor Caratini	56	0.220	0.627	7	44	0	6.3%	89.3	View card ›
58	Henry Davis	56	0.172	0.585	10	38	3	8.6%	90.3	View card ›
59	Samuel Basallo	56	0.222	0.697	18	54	0	12.1%	90.4	View card ›
60	Rodolfo Durán	56	0.146	0.527	3	8	0	8.5%	87.5	View card ›
61	Will Banfield	56	0.150	0.343	0	1	0	0.0%	83.5	View card ›
62	Brian Navarreto	56	0.135	0.443	1	3	0	5.6%	84.6	View card ›
63	Austin Hedges	55	0.247	0.702	6	25	1	4.5%	85.8	View card ›
64	Drew Millas	54	0.185	0.539	2	11	0	3.2%	83.6	View card ›
65	Braxton Fulford	53	0.176	0.529	1	7	4	7.1%	87.6	View card ›
66	Cooper Ingle	53	0.095	0.303	0	2	0	0.0%	90.9	View card ›
67	Sean Murphy	52	0.182	0.556	3	10	0	8.2%	87.8	View card ›
68	Rafael Marchán	52	0.099	0.302	2	6	0	2.6%	82.9	View card ›
69	Brett Sullivan	52	0.225	0.658	7	33	1	3.8%	86.9	View card ›
70	James McCann	50	0.282	0.766	7	28	0	11.1%	89.9	View card ›
71	Carlos Narváez	50	0.161	0.467	3	10	2	6.6%	90.6	View card ›
72	Jake Rogers	49	0.161	0.563	4	14	1	9.4%	88.0	View card ›
73	Danny Jansen	49	0.203	0.677	8	26	1	6.2%	87.7	View card ›
74	César Salazar	49	0.056	0.283	0	1	0	0.0%	88.6	View card ›
75	Salvador Perez	47	0.229	0.657	21	78	1	10.7%	89.2	View card ›
76	Drew Romo	47	0.144	0.534	7	16	1	5.9%	84.4	View card ›
77	Drew Cavanaugh	47	0.229	0.607	1	12	1	4.1%	85.2	View card ›
78	Moisés Ballesteros	46	0.215	0.612	9	35	1	8.4%	90.1	View card ›
79	Maverick Handley	45	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
80	Jhonny Pereda	45	0.300	0.755	2	8	0	2.9%	90.0	View card ›
81	Pedro Pagés	45	0.217	0.587	4	12	2	4.3%	86.7	View card ›
82	Brian Serven	45	0.175	0.599	5	14	0	8.5%	87.5	View card ›
83	Connor Wong	44	0.233	0.656	4	25	3	4.4%	85.9	View card ›
84	Kyle Higashioka	44	0.218	0.676	7	18	0	8.5%	88.2	View card ›
85	Elias Díaz	44	0.234	0.670	8	35	0	9.6%	88.5	View card ›
86	Adrian Del Castillo	44	0.193	0.555	5	24	1	6.3%	88.3	View card ›
87	Sebastián Rivero	43	0.245	0.569	0	8	0	0.0%	82.0	View card ›
88	Ali Sánchez	42	0.244	0.577	1	8	0	3.2%	83.7	View card ›
89	Alex Jackson	42	0.304	0.748	1	5	0	2.2%	86.1	View card ›
90	Sandy León	42	0.091	0.182	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9	View card ›
91	Jonah Heim	41	0.204	0.628	13	43	0	5.9%	87.3	View card ›
92	Reese McGuire	41	0.172	0.445	0	3	0	0.0%	74.3	View card ›
93	Christian Vázquez	41	0.207	0.583	7	25	1	2.1%	85.9	View card ›
94	Sam Huff	41	0.121	0.329	0	1	0	14.3%	91.2	View card ›
95	Austin Wynns	41	0.146	0.378	1	1	0	3.3%	84.9	View card ›
96	Logan O'Hoppe	40	0.219	0.578	4	24	0	9.1%	86.8	View card ›
97	Yohel Pozo	40	0.250	0.575	1	7	1	1.9%	86.6	View card ›
98	Luke Maile	40	0.159	0.502	1	5	0	3.3%	83.4	View card ›
99	Hayden Senger	40	0.133	0.466	1	2	0	0.0%	82.3	View card ›
100	Garrett Stubbs	40	0.153	0.368	0	3	0	0.0%	85.3	View card ›
101	Mitch Garver	39	0.175	0.596	4	15	1	9.1%	90.6	View card ›
102	Jose Trevino	39	0.217	0.557	5	19	0	2.4%	85.8	View card ›
103	Chuckie Robinson	39	0.087	0.174	0	1	0	0.0%	85.8	View card ›
104	Travis d'Arnaud	38	0.158	0.475	1	3	0	9.6%	86.7	View card ›
105	Edgar Quero	36	0.203	0.541	3	19	1	2.7%	90.7	View card ›
106	Ben Rortvedt	36	0.185	0.370	0	1	0	0.0%	85.5	View card ›
107	Andrew Knizner	33	0.219	0.644	2	4	0	5.1%	87.0	View card ›

Best catchers seasons, all-time

The best single seasons by a catcher, 730 qualified seasons since 1871, ranked by OPS+ (100 x OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG - 1, same league-season, no park adjustment). Swipe the table sideways on mobile; filter by era below.

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Best catchers seasons, all-time: era-adjusted single-season leaderboard, Lahman 1871-2025
#	Player	Year	Team	OPS+	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	PA
1	Deacon White	1875	BS1	189	.372	.453	1	60	2	374
2	Mike Piazza	1997	LAN	185	.431	.638	40	124	5	633
3	Cal McVey	1871	BS1	184	.435	.556	0	43	6	154
4	Carlton Fisk	1972	BOS	178	.370	.538	22	61	5	514
5	King Kelly	1888	BSN	177	.368	.480	9	71	56	475
6	Deacon White	1873	BS1	171	.392	.508	1	77	19	311
7	Roy Campanella	1951	BRO	170	.393	.590	33	108	1	562
8	Johnny Bench	1972	CIN	169	.379	.541	40	125	6	652
9	Joe Mauer	2009	MIN	169	.444	.587	28	96	4	606
10	Mike Piazza	1995	LAN	169	.400	.606	32	93	1	475
11	Cal McVey	1877	CHN	169	.387	.455	0	36	0	274
12	Joe Torre	1966	ATL	167	.382	.560	36	101	0	614
13	Chris Hoiles	1993	BAL	167	.416	.585	29	82	1	503
14	Charlie Bennett	1885	DTN	167	.356	.456	5	60	0	396
15	Mike Piazza	1996	LAN	166	.422	.563	36	105	0	631
16	Roy Campanella	1953	BRO	166	.395	.611	41	142	4	590
17	Mickey Cochrane	1933	PHA	166	.459	.515	15	60	8	542
18	Buck Ewing	1888	NY1	166	.348	.465	6	58	53	442
19	Buster Posey	2012	SFN	165	.408	.549	24	103	1	610
20	John Milligan	1891	PH4	165	.397	.505	11	106	2	526
21	Cal McVey	1873	BL1	165	.390	.490	2	35	2	195
22	Darren Daulton	1992	PHI	164	.385	.524	27	109	11	585
23	Roy Campanella	1955	BRO	163	.395	.583	32	107	2	522
24	Mickey Cochrane	1931	PHA	163	.423	.553	17	89	2	521
25	Buck Ewing	1885	NY1	162	.330	.471	6	63	0	355
26	Dick Dietz	1970	SFN	161	.426	.515	22	107	0	612
27	Cal Raleigh	2025	SEA	160	.359	.589	60	125	14	705
28	Deacon White	1876	CHN	160	.358	.419	1	60	0	310
29	Jack O'Brien	1882	PH4	160	.339	.419	3	37	0	254
30	Mike Piazza	2000	NYN	159	.398	.614	38	113	4	545
31	Charlie Bennett	1881	DTN	159	.341	.478	7	64	0	317
32	Ernie Lombardi	1938	CIN	158	.391	.524	19	95	0	529
33	Lew Brown	1878	PRO	158	.324	.453	1	43	0	250
34	Mike Piazza	1998	LAN	157	.390	.570	32	111	1	626
35	Gary Carter	1982	MON	156	.381	.510	29	97	2	653
36	Bill Freehan	1968	DET	156	.366	.454	25	84	0	635
37	Ted Simmons	1978	SLN	156	.377	.512	22	80	1	604
38	Rudy York	1938	DET	156	.417	.579	33	127	1	557
39	Ed Crane	1884	BSU	156	.308	.451	12	—	0	442
40	Bill Freehan	1967	DET	155	.389	.447	20	74	1	618
41	Bill Dickey	1937	NYA	155	.417	.570	29	133	3	608
42	Jorge Posada	2007	NYA	155	.426	.543	20	90	2	589
43	Virgil Davis	1933	PHI	155	.395	.473	9	65	2	540
44	Jack Rowe	1884	BFN	155	.352	.450	4	61	0	423
45	Deacon White	1879	CN1	155	.342	.423	1	52	0	339
46	Johnny Bench	1970	CIN	154	.345	.587	45	148	5	671
47	Ted Simmons	1975	SLN	154	.396	.491	18	100	1	649
48	Mike Piazza	1993	LAN	154	.370	.561	35	112	3	602
49	Gabby Hartnett	1930	CHN	153	.404	.630	37	122	0	578
50	Charlie Bennett	1883	DTN	153	.350	.474	5	55	0	397
51	Charlie Bennett	1882	DTN	153	.340	.450	5	51	0	362
52	Billy Taylor	1882	PT1	153	.297	.447	3	—	0	310
53	Ted Simmons	1980	SLN	152	.375	.505	21	98	1	562
54	Bill Dickey	1938	NYA	152	.412	.568	27	115	3	532
55	Art Wilson	1914	CHF	152	.394	.466	10	64	13	530
56	Todd Hundley	1997	NYN	152	.394	.549	30	86	2	508
57	Mike Piazza	2001	NYN	151	.384	.573	36	94	0	573
58	Roger Bresnahan	1908	NY1	151	.401	.359	1	54	14	562
59	Walker Cooper	1947	NY1	151	.339	.586	35	122	2	546
60	Johnny Bench	1974	CIN	150	.363	.507	33	129	5	708
61	Joe Torre	1964	ML1	150	.365	.498	20	109	2	646
62	Carlton Fisk	1977	BOS	150	.402	.521	26	102	7	632
63	Johnny Bench	1975	CIN	150	.359	.519	28	110	11	605
64	Ted Simmons	1977	SLN	150	.408	.500	21	95	2	601
65	Joe Torre	1965	ML1	150	.372	.489	27	80	0	594
66	Roger Bresnahan	1906	NY1	150	.419	.356	0	43	25	506
67	Joe Torre	1970	SLN	148	.398	.498	21	100	2	704
68	Elston Howard	1963	NYA	148	.342	.528	28	85	0	531
69	Gary Carter	1984	MON	147	.366	.487	27	106	2	669
70	Mickey Cochrane	1930	PHA	146	.424	.526	10	85	5	561
71	Roy Campanella	1950	BRO	146	.364	.551	31	89	1	494
72	Gary Carter	1985	NYN	145	.365	.488	32	100	1	633
73	Mickey Cochrane	1932	PHA	145	.412	.510	23	112	0	625
74	Buster Posey	2014	SFN	145	.364	.490	22	89	0	605
75	Yogi Berra	1956	NYA	145	.378	.534	30	105	3	597
76	Alex Avila	2011	DET	145	.389	.506	19	82	3	551
77	Ted Simmons	1979	SLN	145	.369	.507	26	87	0	521
78	Darrell Porter	1979	KCA	144	.421	.484	20	112	3	679
79	Yogi Berra	1953	NYA	144	.363	.523	27	108	0	557
80	Joe Mauer	2013	MIN	144	.404	.476	11	47	0	508
81	Todd Hundley	1996	NYN	143	.356	.550	41	112	1	624
82	Gene Tenace	1975	OAK	143	.395	.464	29	87	7	623
83	Earl Battey	1963	MIN	143	.369	.476	26	84	0	586
84	Johnny Bench	1977	CIN	143	.348	.540	31	109	2	560
85	Tim McCarver	1967	SLN	143	.369	.452	14	69	8	540
86	Roy Campanella	1949	BRO	143	.385	.498	22	82	3	507
87	Stan Lopata	1956	PHI	142	.353	.535	32	95	5	624
88	Joe Mauer	2006	MIN	142	.429	.507	13	84	8	608
89	Mickey Tettleton	1991	DET	142	.387	.491	31	89	3	608
90	Johnny Bench	1969	CIN	142	.353	.487	26	90	6	592
91	Jorge Posada	2003	NYA	142	.405	.518	30	101	2	588
92	Yadier Molina	2012	SLN	142	.373	.501	22	76	12	563
93	Manny Sanguillen	1975	PIT	142	.391	.451	9	58	5	537
94	Mike Piazza	1994	LAN	142	.370	.541	24	92	1	441
95	Jonathan Lucroy	2014	MIL	141	.373	.465	13	69	4	655
96	Yogi Berra	1954	NYA	141	.367	.488	22	125	0	652
97	Darren Daulton	1993	PHI	141	.392	.482	24	105	5	637
98	Gary Carter	1977	MON	141	.356	.525	31	84	5	595
99	Mike Piazza	2002	NYN	141	.359	.544	33	98	0	541
100	Mickey Cochrane	1935	DET	141	.452	.450	5	47	5	522
101	Paul Lo Duca	2001	LAN	141	.374	.543	25	90	2	519
102	Yogi Berra	1950	NYA	140	.383	.533	28	124	4	656
103	Jason Kendall	1998	PIT	140	.411	.473	12	75	26	627
104	Joe Ferguson	1973	LAN	140	.369	.470	25	88	1	585
105	Gene Tenace	1979	SDN	140	.403	.445	20	67	2	582
106	Bill Dickey	1939	NYA	140	.403	.513	24	105	5	565
107	Mike Scioscia	1985	LAN	140	.407	.420	7	53	3	525
108	Mickey Cochrane	1927	PHA	140	.409	.495	12	80	9	507
109	Yogi Berra	1952	NYA	139	.358	.478	30	98	2	605
110	Mike Piazza	1999	NYN	139	.361	.575	40	124	2	593
111	Brian McCann	2008	ATL	139	.373	.523	23	87	5	573
112	Joe Mauer	2012	MIN	138	.416	.446	10	85	8	641
113	Jorge Posada	2000	NYA	138	.417	.527	28	86	2	624
114	Buster Posey	2015	SFN	138	.379	.470	19	95	2	623
115	Brian Downing	1979	CAL	138	.418	.462	12	75	3	596
116	Joe Mauer	2010	MIN	138	.402	.469	9	75	1	584
117	Carlton Fisk	1983	CHA	138	.355	.518	26	86	9	545
118	Bob O'Farrell	1923	CHN	138	.408	.471	12	84	10	526
119	Yadier Molina	2013	SLN	137	.359	.477	12	80	3	541
120	Bill Dickey	1933	NYA	137	.381	.490	14	97	3	532
121	Shea Langeliers	2025	ATH	136	.325	.536	31	72	7	523
122	Gabby Hartnett	1934	CHN	135	.358	.502	22	90	0	487
123	Mickey Cochrane	1929	PHA	134	.412	.475	7	95	7	606
124	Buster Posey	2013	SFN	134	.371	.450	15	72	2	595
125	Mike Lieberthal	1999	PHI	134	.363	.551	31	96	0	574
126	Smoky Burgess	1955	PHI	133	.369	.495	21	78	1	501
127	Miguel Montero	2012	ARI	132	.391	.438	15	88	0	573
128	Mickey Cochrane	1928	PHA	132	.395	.464	10	57	7	568
129	Buster Posey	2017	SFN	132	.400	.462	12	67	6	568
130	Geovany Soto	2008	CHN	132	.364	.504	23	86	0	563
131	Sherm Lollar	1958	CHA	132	.367	.454	20	84	2	491
132	Yogi Berra	1951	NYA	131	.350	.492	27	88	5	594
133	Steve O'Neill	1920	CLE	131	.408	.440	3	55	3	576
134	Ivan Rodriguez	2004	DET	131	.383	.510	19	86	7	575
135	Harry Danning	1939	NY1	131	.359	.479	16	74	4	563
136	Javy Lopez	1998	ATL	131	.328	.540	34	106	5	534
137	Frank Snyder	1915	SLN	131	.353	.387	2	55	3	522
138	Steve O'Neill	1919	CLE	131	.373	.427	2	47	4	461
139	Ivan Rodriguez	1999	TEX	130	.356	.558	35	113	25	630
140	Jorge Posada	2004	NYA	130	.400	.481	21	81	1	547
141	Roy Campanella	1952	BRO	130	.352	.453	22	97	8	533
142	Yogi Berra	1959	NYA	127	.347	.462	19	69	1	521
143	Yogi Berra	1955	NYA	126	.349	.470	27	108	1	615
144	Yogi Berra	1948	NYA	126	.341	.488	14	98	3	497
145	Sherm Lollar	1959	CHA	124	.345	.451	22	84	4	576
146	Johnny Kling	1903	CHN	122	.330	.428	3	68	23	524
147	Bill Rariden	1915	NEW	121	.361	.369	0	40	8	516
148	George Gibson	1909	PIT	120	.326	.361	2	52	9	571
149	Johnny Kling	1902	CHN	115	.333	.346	0	59	25	477
150	Ray Schalk	1915	CHA	113	.366	.327	1	54	15	495
151	George Gibson	1910	PIT	104	.333	.349	3	44	7	544
152	Steve O'Neill	1918	CLE	103	.343	.312	1	35	5	420
153	Hank Severeid	1917	SLA	100	.306	.333	1	57	6	544
154	Ray Schalk	1919	CHA	99	.367	.320	0	34	11	461
155	William Clarke	1901	WS1	98	.335	.360	3	54	7	465
156	Ray Schalk	1917	CHA	95	.331	.292	2	51	19	507
157	George Gibson	1908	PIT	84	.260	.296	2	45	4	517
158	Oscar Stanage	1911	DET	82	.297	.336	3	51	3	542
159	Doc Powers	1901	PHA	80	.292	.341	1	47	10	457
160	Red Dooin	1909	PHI	72	.264	.271	2	38	14	510

Single seasons with PA >= 3.1 x the league's scheduled games that year (the batting-title rule shape, applied era-consistently). Era adjustment is league-season normalization only, not park-adjusted; WAR-style value is tracked separately.

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every catcher using real 2026 Statcast data. For hitters, the key inputs are exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed, whiff rate, and chase rate. No scout opinions, no card-by-card tuning: the same fixed pipeline for every player.

Full methodology: How Legends Deck card ratings work. Or read the ranked breakdown: Best Catchers in MLB 2026.

The historical board above covers 1871-2025 and is built from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA): a season counts at a position when the player played the most games there that year, and seasons where pitching made up at least half of a player's games stay on the pitcher boards. Rankings use league-season-normalized OPS+ and ERA+ (no park adjustment); WAR-style value rankings are planned separately and not used here yet.

Questions

Who is the best catcher in MLB 2026?

Gabriel Moreno is the highest-rated catcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Gabriel Moreno, Dillon Dingler, Drake Baldwin, ranked by a percentile transform of real Statcast data refreshed nightly.

How are MLB catchers ranked on Legends Deck?

Hitters are scored on a percentile-normalized blend of exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed, whiff rate, and chase rate — pulled live. No editorial weights, just math.

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