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Originally Posted by MightyQuinn
I am in the process of making the Best of for each Franchise. Now I am using 3.1 plate appearances per team game played and 1 inning pitched per team game played as qualifiers.
As I am doing the Arizona Diamondbacks, not one catcher from 1998-2008 had 502.2 plate appearances. The highest is 443 by Johnny Estrada in 2006. So my question is do they do any special qualifications for catchers since its a much harder position to play ??? In their 11 year history only 7 Catchers caught over 100 games, 123 was the highest (123,115,115,115,110,101,100).
So for Catchers I might have to change the 3.1 Qualification to another number...
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I think you've answered your own question here. Catchers need more days off during the season than standard position players, thus the low plate appearance statistic. Catchers tend to get nicked up more during the season, which affects plate appearances as well.
Since the Hall of Fame doesn't have written qualifications for players, catchers are generally compared with other catchers rather than positional players.