2015 End of Season Rankings: Catchers

The 2015 fantasy baseball season has come to a close, so it is time to look back at the season past and determine which players were the most valuable at each position. As we have in the past, we’re starting out with catchers.

The players were ranked based on their 2015 production, using the evaluation system explained and updated on this site some time ago. The valuations are built for $260 budgets and standard 5×5 roto fantasy leagues, where only one catcher is started. Players are listed only at their primary positions from 2015.

One important thing to note is the premium (or lack thereof) placed on the position a player occupies in your lineup. For example, while a first baseman may be able to accumulate superior overall numbers, the availability of such production lower in the rankings severely dampers the amount the player was worth. These rankings are meant to reflect a player’s value should he have occupied this spot in your lineup for the entire year. A player who missed time due to injury but put up great numbers during his time on the field would be worth less.

With all this in mind, here are your rankings.

2015 End of Season Fantasy Catcher Rankings

Name	pos	G	PA	AB	HR	R	RBI	SB	AVG	$$
Buster Posey	C	150	623	557	19	74	95	2	0.318	25.04
Russell Martin	C	129	507	441	23	76	77	4	0.240	14.63
Brian McCann	C	135	535	465	26	68	94	0	0.232	14.31
Stephen Vogt	C	136	511	445	18	58	71	0	0.261	9.59
Salvador Perez	C	142	553	531	21	52	70	1	0.260	9.17
Derek Norris	C	147	557	515	14	65	62	4	0.250	8.00
Nick Hundley	C	103	389	366	10	45	43	5	0.301	5.58
Francisco Cervelli	C	130	510	451	7	56	43	1	0.295	5.40
J.T. Realmuto	C	126	467	441	10	49	47	8	0.259	3.97
A.J. Pierzynski	C	113	436	407	9	38	49	0	0.300	3.42
Welington Castillo	C	110	378	342	19	42	57	0	0.237	2.81
Jonathan Lucroy	C	103	415	371	7	51	43	1	0.264	1.14
Wilson Ramos	C	128	504	475	15	41	68	0	0.229	1.07
Miguel Montero	C	113	403	347	15	36	53	1	0.248	1.00
Yadier Molina	C	136	530	488	4	34	61	3	0.270	0.99
Yasmani Grandal	C	115	426	355	16	43	47	0	0.234	0.09
Blake Swihart	C	84	309	288	5	47	31	4	0.274	-0.31
Travis d’Arnaud	C	67	268	239	12	31	41	0	0.268	-1.34
Caleb Joseph	C	100	355	320	11	38	49	0	0.234	-1.77
Yan Gomes	C	95	389	363	12	38	45	0	0.231	-2.77
James McCann	C	114	425	401	7	32	41	0	0.264	-3.24
Kurt Suzuki	C	131	479	433	5	36	50	0	0.240	-4.26
Robinson Chirinos	C	78	273	233	10	33	34	0	0.232	-4.76
Josh Phegley	C	73	243	225	9	27	34	0	0.249	-5.21
Hank Conger	C	73	229	201	11	25	33	0	0.229	-5.99
Matt Wieters	C	75	282	258	8	24	25	0	0.267	-6.58
Jason Castro	C	104	375	337	11	38	31	0	0.211	-6.73
Tyler Flowers	C	112	361	331	9	21	39	0	0.239	-6.97
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	79	227	200	9	26	24	0	0.225	-8.05
Roberto Perez	C	70	226	184	7	30	21	0	0.228	-8.06
Cameron Rupp	C	81	299	270	9	24	28	0	0.233	-8.07
A.J. Ellis	C	63	217	181	7	24	21	0	0.238	-8.74
Chris Iannetta	C	92	317	272	10	28	34	0	0.188	-9.06
Carlos Perez	C	86	283	260	4	20	21	2	0.250	-9.66
Chris Gimenez	C	36	113	98	5	19	14	2	0.255	-9.68
Curt Casali	C	38	113	101	10	13	18	0	0.238	-9.75
Geovany Soto	C	78	210	187	9	20	21	0	0.219	-9.82
Ryan Hanigan	C	54	201	174	2	28	16	0	0.247	-9.87
JR Murphy	C	67	172	155	3	21	14	0	0.277	-9.97
Tucker Barnhart	C	81	274	242	3	23	18	0	0.252	-10.32
J.P. Arencibia	C	24	73	71	6	9	17	0	0.310	-10.41
Dioner Navarro	C	54	192	171	5	17	20	0	0.246	-10.45
Brayan Pena	C	108	367	333	0	17	18	2	0.273	-10.46
Michael McKenry	C	58	152	127	4	20	17	2	0.205	-11.00
Steve Clevenger	C	30	105	101	2	11	15	0	0.287	-11.87
Martin Maldonado	C	79	256	229	4	19	22	0	0.210	-12.45
Mike Zunino	C	112	386	350	11	28	28	0	0.174	-12.53
Chris Stewart	C	58	172	159	0	9	15	0	0.289	-12.58
Kevin Plawecki	C	73	258	233	3	18	21	0	0.219	-12.66
Carlos Ruiz	C	86	320	284	2	23	22	1	0.211	-12.73
Andrew Susac	C	52	148	133	3	14	14	0	0.218	-13.28
Alex Avila	C	67	219	178	4	21	13	0	0.191	-13.57
Jose Lobaton	C	44	155	136	3	11	20	0	0.199	-13.58
Bryan Holaday	C	24	65	64	2	3	13	0	0.281	-13.97
Jordan Pacheco	C	29	78	66	2	8	8	1	0.242	-14.11
Christian Bethancourt	C	48	160	155	2	16	12	1	0.200	-14.18
Tom Murphy	C	11	39	35	3	5	9	0	0.257	-14.19
Tuffy Gosewisch	C	38	138	128	1	9	13	2	0.211	-14.52
Carlos Corporan	C	33	121	107	3	10	15	0	0.178	-14.61
Ramon Cabrera	C	13	30	30	1	4	3	0	0.367	-15.13
Rene Rivera	C	110	319	298	5	16	26	0	0.178	-15.48
Max Stassi	C	11	17	15	1	4	2	0	0.400	-15.52
Brett Hayes	C	14	36	32	3	4	6	0	0.156	-15.65
Jeff Mathis	C	32	103	93	2	9	12	0	0.161	-15.66
Austin Hedges	C	56	152	137	3	13	11	0	0.168	-15.70
Chris Herrmann	C	45	113	103	2	13	10	0	0.146	-15.86
Bobby Wilson	C	56	147	132	1	8	14	0	0.189	-15.99
Cody Stanley	C	9	10	10	0	2	3	0	0.400	-16.22
Tony Cruz	C	69	151	142	2	6	11	0	0.204	-16.23
Dustin Garneau	C	22	76	70	2	6	8	0	0.157	-16.32
Trevor Brown	C	13	43	39	0	1	5	1	0.231	-16.46
Ryan Lavarnway	C	37	106	94	2	6	6	0	0.191	-16.53
Drew Butera	C	55	120	107	1	9	5	0	0.196	-16.55
Austin Barnes	C	20	37	29	0	4	1	1	0.207	-16.60
Hector Sanchez	C	28	59	56	1	5	5	0	0.179	-16.60
Jett Bandy	C	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0.500	-16.63
Rob Brantly	C	14	36	33	1	3	6	0	0.121	-16.77
Tony Sanchez	C	3	9	8	0	2	0	0	0.375	-16.81
Erik Kratz	C	16	28	26	0	3	3	0	0.192	-16.85
Wil Nieves	C	6	14	13	1	1	4	0	0.077	-16.88
Jackson Williams	C	7	14	10	0	1	1	1	0.200	-16.89
Josh Thole	C	18	52	49	0	5	2	0	0.204	-16.93
Eric Fryer	C	15	27	22	0	2	2	0	0.227	-16.94
Johnny Monell	C	27	52	48	0	5	4	0	0.167	-17.03
Bryan Anderson	C	4	8	5	0	0	1	0	0.400	-17.08
Carson Blair	C	11	35	31	1	3	3	0	0.129	-17.12
Pedro Severino	C	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0.250	-17.23
Adam Moore	C	1	4	4	0	0	1	0	0.250	-17.26
Travis Tartamella	C	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.500	-17.29
Oscar Hernandez	C	18	36	31	0	4	1	0	0.161	-17.31
Taylor Teagarden	C	8	15	15	0	0	2	0	0.200	-17.35
Anthony Recker	C	32	92	80	2	6	5	1	0.125	-17.38
Devin Mesoraco	C	23	51	45	0	2	2	1	0.178	-17.40
Gerald Laird	C	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	-17.54
Luke Maile	C	15	35	35	0	2	2	0	0.171	-17.56
Francisco Pena	C	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0.143	-17.62
Edward Easley	C	4	7	6	0	0	1	0	0.000	-17.64
Nevin Ashley	C	12	21	20	0	2	1	0	0.100	-17.70
Tomas Telis	C	23	41	38	0	2	2	0	0.158	-17.76
Jesus Sucre	C	52	142	127	1	9	7	0	0.157	-17.82
Rocky Gale	C	11	10	10	0	0	0	0	0.100	-17.82
Sandy Leon	C	41	128	114	0	8	3	0	0.184	-17.84
David Ross	C	72	182	159	1	6	9	1	0.176	-17.91
Jhonatan Solano	C	7	21	20	0	1	2	0	0.050	-17.98
Steven Baron	C	4	11	11	0	0	0	0	0.000	-18.14
John Hicks	C	17	34	32	0	1	1	1	0.063	-18.36
Juan Centeno	C	10	23	21	0	0	0	0	0.048	-18.56