Your modern-era non-performance poster boy, but Martin is gaining. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
Worst single-season performances by a Yankees catcher of the last 60 years, 400 plate appearance minimum, as ranked by Baseball Prospectus's True Average, a stat which sums up total offense of the same scale as batting average (.300 is good, .265 or so is average, .210 is bad):
|
Rank |
YEAR |
PA |
AVG |
OBA |
SLG |
TAv |
|
|
1 |
Jake Gibbs |
1968 |
460 |
.213 |
.270 |
.277 |
.215 |
|
2 |
Joe Girardi |
1997 |
433 |
.264 |
.311 |
.334 |
.222 |
|
3 |
Jake Gibbs |
1967 |
411 |
.233 |
.291 |
.289 |
.224 |
|
4 |
Elston Howard |
1965 |
418 |
.233 |
.278 |
.345 |
.235 |
|
2012 |
251 |
.178 |
.299 |
.341 |
.240 |
||
|
5 |
Joe Girardi |
1996 |
471 |
.294 |
.346 |
.374 |
.248 |
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