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Dodgers of the Decade: Catcher

TBLA readers get to vote on Dodger team of the decade

By Craig Minami
MLB: World Series-Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports

Starting today and for the remainder of the year, True Blue LA readers will get an opportunity to vote on the Dodger team of the decade.

The qualifications are fairly simple, for a player, it is a minimum 100 games played at that position and for a pitcher, it will be a minimum 200 innings as a starter or 50 games appeared as a reliever.

We start at catcher, there a five players who appeared in at least 100 games behind the plate for the Dodgers, they are in order of bWAR as a Dodger:

  • Yasmani Grandal, who played for the Dodgers from 2015 through 2018 and was an All-Star selection in 2015
  • A.J. Ellis, who was a Dodger from 2010 through 2016
  • Austin Barnes, who first came up in 2015 and is currently on the 40-man roster
  • Russell Martin, who bookends the decade, having played for the Dodgers in 2010 and then returned to the team for the 2019 season
  • Rod Barajas, who caught for the Dodgers in 2010 and 2011

2010s Dodger team: Catcher

Player bWAR/pos oWAR dWAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Player bWAR/pos oWAR dWAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Yasmani Grandal 9.6 9.8 2.7 510 1883 1623 207 386 76 3 89 245 241 462 .238 .337 .453 .790
A.J. Ellis 8.1 8.0 3.5 532 1909 1609 154 384 66 3 36 190 239 338 .239 .342 .351 .692
Austin Barnes 3.1 3.1 1.3 318 816 691 102 158 35 3 17 80 104 181 .229 .343 .362 .705
Russell Martin 2.6 2.0 1.5 180 636 540 74 128 18 0 11 46 78 121 .237 .343 .331 .675
Rod Barajas 2.0 2.0 0.7 123 409 369 38 89 16 0 21 60 27 86 .241 .300 .455 .756
Statistics provided by Baseball-Reference.com

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Poll

2010s Dodger Catcher

This poll is closed

  • 1%
    Rod Barajas
    (12 votes)
  • 1%
    Austin Barnes
    (12 votes)
  • 26%
    A.J. Ellis
    (231 votes)
  • 59%
    Yasmani Grandal
    (507 votes)
  • 11%
    Russell Martin
    (96 votes)
858 votes total Vote Now

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