Darrell Porter had the most games by an AL catcher in 1979, with 157 games.

Interpreted as:

most games by a player in by al catcher in 1979

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Darrell Porter D. Porter	157	1979	KCR	533	101	155	23	10	20	112	121	8	65	3	4	679	258	53	4	13	8	11	.291	.421	.484	.905	120	40.6	.399	143	36.1
2	Jim Sundberg J. Sundberg	150	1979	TEX	495	50	136	23	4	5	64	51	5	51	3	3	561	182	32	5	5	5	17	.275	.345	.368	.713	64	-1	.322	96	-2.8
3	Butch Wynegar B. Wynegar	149	1979	MIN	504	74	136	20	0	7	57	74	2	36	2	2	595	177	27	11	4	5	13	.270	.363	.351	.714	71	1.7	.328	95	-3.6
4	Brian Downing B. Downing	148	1979	CAL	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	77	5	57	3	3	596	235	42	3	2	4	17	.326	.418	.462	.880	103	33.6	.395	145	32.4
5	Jeff Newman J. Newman	143	1979	OAK	516	53	119	17	2	22	71	27	1	88	2	1	552	206	41	2	6	2	17	.231	.267	.399	.666	51	-13.7	.293	80	-13.5
6	Lance Parrish L. Parrish	143	1979	DET	493	65	136	26	3	19	65	49	2	105	6	7	548	225	48	3	1	2	15	.276	.343	.456	.800	77	13.4	.355	113	8.5
7	Rick Cerone R. Cerone	136	1979	TOR	469	47	112	27	4	7	61	37	1	40	1	4	514	168	38	3	4	1	5	.239	.294	.358	.652	47	-12.7	.293	71	-17.9
8	Rick Dempsey R. Dempsey	124	1979	BAL	368	48	88	23	0	6	41	38	0	37	0	1	413	129	29	3	4	1	12	.239	.307	.351	.658	40	-8.5	.298	84	-8.3
9	Charlie Moore C. Moore	111	1979	MIL	337	45	101	16	2	5	38	29	1	32	8	5	372	136	23	3	2	1	11	.300	.355	.404	.759	49	5.1	.341	109	4
10	Gary Alexander G. Alexander	110	1979	CLE	358	54	82	9	2	15	54	46	1	100	4	2	415	140	26	3	7	3	7	.229	.313	.391	.704	45	-3.4	.314	90	-5.2
11	Gary Allenson G. Allenson	108	1979	BOS	241	27	49	10	2	3	22	20	1	42	1	1	271	72	15	6	3	0	8	.203	.264	.299	.563	17	-14.3	.257	46	-18
12	Larry Cox L. Cox	100	1979	SEA	293	32	63	11	3	4	36	22	0	39	2	1	323	92	18	3	5	0	9	.215	.266	.314	.580	22	-15.9	.262	53	-18.4
13	Jim Essian J. Essian	98	1979	OAK	313	34	76	16	0	8	40	25	2	29	0	1	352	116	24	3	9	1	12	.243	.295	.371	.666	33	-7.8	.296	82	-7.7
14	Thurman Munson T. Munson	97	1979	NYY	382	42	110	18	3	3	39	32	0	37	1	2	419	143	24	1	4	2	15	.288	.340	.374	.714	48	-0.9	.321	97	-1.8
15	Bob Stinson B. Stinson	95	1979	SEA	247	19	60	8	0	6	28	33	4	38	1	2	293	86	14	6	3	3	7	.243	.338	.348	.686	32	-2.6	.313	86	-4.9
16	Ron Hassey R. Hassey	75	1979	CLE	223	20	64	14	0	4	32	19	0	19	1	0	249	90	18	4	3	2	8	.287	.339	.404	.742	30	1.2	.330	100	0.1
17	Milt May M. May	71	1979	TOT	213	24	54	15	0	7	31	15	2	28	0	0	233	90	22	2	1	2	4	.254	.307	.423	.730	27	-0.4	.322	94	-1.7
18	Buck Martinez B. Martinez	69	1979	MIL	196	17	53	8	0	4	26	8	0	25	0	1	214	73	12	8	2	0	3	.270	.296	.372	.669	21	-4.3	.299	81	-5
19	Bill Nahorodny B. Nahorodny	65	1979	CWS	179	20	46	10	0	6	29	18	0	23	0	1	199	74	16	0	2	1	5	.257	.322	.413	.735	24	0.4	.327	97	-0.7
20	Dave Skaggs D. Skaggs	63	1979	BAL	137	9	34	8	0	1	14	13	0	14	0	0	152	45	9	2	0	0	8	.248	.313	.328	.642	14	-3.5	.295	82	-3.4
21	Jerry Narron J. Narron	61	1979	NYY	123	17	21	3	1	4	18	9	0	26	0	0	136	38	8	3	1	0	2	.171	.226	.309	.535	7	-9	.241	45	-9.2
22	Jamie Quirk J. Quirk	51	1979	KCR	79	8	24	6	1	1	11	5	1	13	0	0	85	35	8	0	0	0	0	.304	.353	.443	.796	12	2.1	.356	115	1.6
23	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	44	1979	TEX	84	12	22	2	1	3	14	7	0	17	1	0	93	35	6	2	0	0	3	.262	.319	.417	.735	11	0.4	.329	101	0.1
24	Mike O'Berry M. O'Berry	43	1979	BOS	59	8	10	1	0	1	4	5	1	16	0	0	68	14	2	2	1	0	3	.169	.242	.237	.480	3	-5.3	.226	25	-6.2
25	Brad Gulden B. Gulden	40	1979	NYY	92	10	15	4	0	0	6	9	0	16	0	1	105	19	4	4	0	0	3	.163	.238	.207	.444	3	-9.2	.213	26	-9.4