lowest batting average by a hall of fame catcher

Gil Hodges has the lowest career batting average by a catcher Hall of Famer, with an average of .156.

	NAME	AVG	HOF	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Gil Hodges G. Hodges	.156	2022	28	77	9	12	3	1	1	7	14	0	19	0		91	20	5	0			3	.286	.260	.545	6	-4.5	.271	50	-5.8
2	Ray Schalk R. Schalk	.253	1955	1,762	5,306	579	1,345	199	49	11	594	638	59	358	177		6,217	1,675	259	214				.340	.316	.656	644	-49.7	.321	88	-97.8
3	Gary Carter G. Carter	.262	2003	2,152	7,468	967	1,956	351	30	307	1,157	776	67	914	34	40	8,429	3,288	688	23	95	98	173	.333	.440	.773	1096	147.3	.341	116	151.4
4	Johnny Bench J. Bench	.267	1989	1,877	6,771	1,001	1,811	342	22	356	1,259	813	19	1,161	67	38	7,700	3,265	720	9	88	129	170	.344	.482	.826	1115	288.8	.365	128	243.8
5	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	.269	2000	2,408	8,436	1,227	2,269	398	45	366	1,288	839	137	1,348	125	58	9,513	3,855	809	25	76	105	195	.342	.457	.799	1320	264.6	.355	118	190.7
6	Roger Bresnahan R. Bresnahan	.270	1945	1,102	3,244	467	875	149	47	12	383	557	51	274	147		3,939	1,154	208	87				.385	.356	.741	551	139.1	.366	124	102.4
7	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	.272	2015	483	1,667	210	454	74	9	24	153	162	11	243	71	21	1,870	618	107	21	9	14	21	.339	.371	.710	215	7.7	.322	106	11.7
8	Roy Campanella R. Campanella	.276	1969	1,215	4,205	627	1,161	178	18	242	856	533	30	501	25	15	4,816	2,101	438	30	18	30	143	.360	.500	.860	755	193.4	.385	123	142.6
9	Rick Ferrell R. Ferrell	.281	1984	1,884	6,028	687	1,692	324	45	28	734	931	10	277	29		7,072	2,190	397	103			55	.378	.363	.741	945	86.8	.353	98	-15.5
10	Jim O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	.284	1945	104	401	74	114	15	13	3	88	36	5	0	46		442	164	31	0				.351	.409	.760	81	8.9	.354	112	8.8
11	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	.285	1972	2,001	7,160	1,113	2,043	310	49	336	1,369	669	50	386	28	19	7,927	3,459	695	9	39	45	139	.349	.483	.832	1173	257.6	.371	124	238.4
12	King Kelly K. Kelly	.286	1945	396	1,478	282	422	64	24	17	255	185	9	77	163		1,672	585	105					.368	.396	.764	302	64.9	.369	115	39.8
13	Frank Chance F. Chance	.287	1946	173	488	95	140	19	8	2	49	37	25	35	25		562	181	29	12				.367	.371	.738	86	10.1	.361	109	7.3
14	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	.292	2021	1,954	7,244	930	2,116	413	43	222	1,195	720	34	576	15	31	8,094	3,281	678	9	87	164	238	.355	.453	.808	1126	242.7	.357	122	206.1
15	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	.297	1955	1,990	6,432	867	1,912	396	64	236	1,179	703	35	697	28		7,297	3,144	696	127			19	.370	.489	.858	1186	271.2	.389	127	251.3
16	Buck Ewing B. Ewing	.301	1939	701	2,866	633	864	127	102	41	311	185	4		141		3,055	1,318	270					.345	.460	.805	604	162.9	.369	128	134
17	Ernie Lombardi E. Lombardi	.306	1986	1,853	5,855	601	1,792	277	27	190	990	430	46	262	8		6,349	2,693	494	18			143	.358	.460	.818	952	199.4	.376	125	194.9
18	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	.313	2016	1,700	6,147	968	1,921	306	7	399	1,237	673	28	974	17	20	6,888	3,438	712	0	40	132	206	.381	.559	.940	1238	379.9	.397	145	399.8
19	Bill Dickey B. Dickey	.313	1954	1,789	6,300	930	1,969	343	72	202	1,209	678	31	289	36		7,060	3,062	617	51			49	.382	.486	.868	1182	312.3	.396	126	253.9
20	Mickey Cochrane M. Cochrane	.320	1947	1,482	5,169	1,041	1,652	333	64	119	830	857	29	217	64		6,206	2,470	516	151				.419	.478	.897	1128	344.9	.413	132	269.2
21	Deacon White D. White	.330	2013	205	894	162	295	38	8	2		23					917	355	48						.397		176	46.7	.342	134	45.8
22	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.390	1951	36	41	10	16	3	1	0	5	1	0	7	1		44	21	4	2				.405	.512	.917	8	2.6	.420	131	2