John Clapp had a batting average of .305 in his rookie season in 1876.

Interpreted as:

catchers who hit 300 or higher in a season

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SLG	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	John Clapp J. Clapp	.305	1876	STL	64	298	60	91	4	2	0	29	8	2	306	99	6	.332	53	7.2	.308	122	10.3
2	John Curran J. Curran	.333	1876	PHI	3	12	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	12	5	1	.417	2	0.6	.345	127	0.5
3	Jim Ward J. Ward	.500	1876	PHI	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	.500	1	0.6	.469	190	0.5
4	Deacon White D. White	.343	1876	CWS	66	303	66	104	18	1	1	60	7	3	310	127	20	.419	66	19.7	.360	137	17.2
5	John Clapp J. Clapp	.318	1877	STL	60	255	47	81	6	6	0	34	8	6	263	99	12	.388	48	9.5	.335	128	11.2
6	Cal McVey C. McVey	.368	1877	CWS	60	266	58	98	9	7	0	36	8	11	274	121	16	.455	61	20.9	.386	143	17.9
7	Lew Brown L. Brown	.305	1878	PRO	58	243	44	74	21	6	1	43	7	37	250	110	28	.453	48	14.1	.355	140	14.1
8	Deacon White D. White	.314	1878	CIN	61	258	41	81	4	1	0	29	10	5	268	87	5	.337	44	8	.319	123	8.7
9	Emil Gross E. Gross	.348	1879	PRO	30	132	31	46	9	5	0	24	4	8	136	65	14	.492	30	11.7	.383	160	11.7
10	Jack Rowe J. Rowe	.353	1879	BUF	8	34	8	12	1	0	0	8	0	1	34	13	1	.382	6	1.6	.334	129	1.4
11	Deacon White D. White	.330	1879	CIN	78	333	55	110	16	6	1	52	6	9	339	141	23	.423	66	19	.344	141	19.9
12	William Harbridge W. Harbridge	.370	1880	TRO	9	27	3	10	0	1	0	2	0	3	27	12	1	.444	5	2	.367	150	1.8
13	Charlie Bennett C. Bennett	.301	1881	DET	76	299	44	90	18	7	7	64	18	37	317	143	32	.478	62	19.3	.370	141	18.2
14	Silver Flint S. Flint	.310	1881	CWS	80	306	46	95	18	0	1	34	6	39	312	116	19	.379	50	7.8	.323	112	5.1
15	Doc Kennedy D. Kennedy	.313	1881	CLE	39	150	19	47	7	1	0	15	5	13	155	56	8	.373	25	4.4	.327	121	4.5
16	Jack Rowe J. Rowe	.333	1881	BUF	64	246	30	82	11	11	1	43	1	12	247	118	23	.480	48	14.4	.367	136	12.6
17	Charlie Bennett C. Bennett	.301	1882	DET	84	342	43	103	16	10	5	51	20	33	362	154	31	.450	73	22	.355	137	20
18	Doc Kennedy D. Kennedy	.333	1882	CLE	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	.333	1	0.4	.409	167	0.4
19	Jack O'Brien J. O'Brien	.303	1882	PHI	62	241	44	73	13	3	3	37	13		254	101	19	.419	49	13.1	.343	133	11.6
20	Doug Allison D. Allison	.667	1883	BAL	1	3	2	2	0	0	0		0		3	2	0	.667	1	0.8	.612	278	0.8
21	Charlie Bennett C. Bennett	.305	1883	DET	92	371	56	113	34	7	5	55	26	59	397	176	46	.474	86	26	.367	134	22
22	Buck Ewing B. Ewing	.303	1883	NYG	88	376	90	114	11	13	10	41	20	14	396	181	34	.481	84	24.4	.362	132	20.4
23	Emil Gross E. Gross	.307	1883	PHN	57	231	39	71	25	7	1	25	12	18	243	113	33	.489	53	16	.367	135	13.8
24	Al Hubbard A. Hubbard	.333	1883	PHA	2	6	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		7	2	0	.333	2	0.5	.366	141	0.4
25	Hezekiah Allen H. Allen	.667	1884	PHN	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	.667	1	0.8	.616	262	0.8

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