Johnny Bench has smashed the most home runs by a 21-year-old catcher in a season, with 26 home runs in 1969.

most home runs in a season by a catcher age 21 season
1969 Bench 2023 Alvarez 1973 Porter 1993 Rodriguez 1977 Wynegar 1936 Hayes 1963 Freehan 1971 Simmons 2004 Mauer 1930 Lopez 2005 McCann 1981 Gedman 1967 Duncan 1962 Torre 1947 Garagiola 1886 Carroll 1963 McCarver 2011 Perez 2005 Navarro 1986 Santiago 1977 Parrish 1964 Grote 1947 Ruszkowski 1927 Hogan 1889 Clark 1888 Farrell 1886 Baldwin 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 25 16 10 10 10 9 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
NAME HR AGE SEASON TM G AB R H 2B 3B RBI SH SF SB CS BB IBB HBP SO GIDP PA TB XBH AVG OBP SLG OPS WRC WRC+ WOBA WRAA BRAA
Johnny Bench Johnny Bench 26 21 1969
CIN CIN
148 532 83 156 23 1 90 0 7 6 6 49 7 4 86 7 592 259 50 .293 .353 .487 .840 90 126 .373 26.4 17.6
Francisco Alvarez Francisco Alvarez 25 21 2023
NYM NYM
123 382 51 80 12 0 63 0 1 2 0 34 0 6 110 14 423 167 37 .209 .284 .437 .721 49 97 .310 -3.1 -1.4
Darrell Porter Darrell Porter 16 21 1973
MIL MIL
117 350 50 89 19 2 67 3 2 5 2 57 6 4 85 6 416 160 37 .254 .363 .457 .820 61 130 .367 15.3 14.2
Ivan Rodriguez Ivan Rodriguez 10 21 1993
TEX TEX
137 473 56 129 28 4 66 5 8 8 7 29 3 4 70 16 519 195 42 .273 .315 .412 .727 59 93 .319 -3 -4.3
Butch Wynegar Butch Wynegar 10 21 1977
MIN MIN
144 532 76 139 22 3 79 10 5 2 3 68 5 2 61 11 617 197 35 .261 .344 .370 .715 71 95 .322 -0.9 -3.5
Frankie Hayes Frankie Hayes 10 21 1936
PHA PHA
144 505 59 137 25 2 67 2 3 5 46 2 58 555 196 37 .271 .335 .388 .723 67 78 .336 -6.2 -19
Bill Freehan Bill Freehan 9 21 1963
DET DET
100 300 37 73 12 2 36 1 3 2 0 39 4 2 56 8 345 116 23 .243 .331 .387 .718 40 100 .320 4.2 0
Ted Simmons Ted Simmons 7 21 1971
STL STL
133 510 64 155 32 4 77 4 10 1 3 36 3 3 50 20 563 216 43 .304 .347 .424 .771 72 117 .346 14.6 10.6
Joe Mauer Joe Mauer 6 21 2004
MIN MIN
35 107 18 33 8 1 17 0 3 1 0 11 0 1 14 1 122 61 15 .308 .369 .570 .939 22 139 .393 6.5 6
Al Lopez Al Lopez 6 21 1930
BKN BKN
128 421 60 130 20 4 57 10 3 33 2 35 466 176 30 .309 .362 .418 .780 65 91 .354 -0.6 -6.6
Brian McCann Brian McCann 5 21 2005
ATL ATL
59 180 20 50 7 0 23 4 1 1 1 18 5 1 26 5 204 72 12 .278 .345 .400 .745 24 93 .321 -0.9 -1.8
Rich Gedman Rich Gedman 5 21 1981
BOS BOS
62 205 22 59 15 0 26 1 3 0 0 9 1 1 31 9 219 89 20 .288 .317 .434 .751 27 109 .337 3.7 2.1
Dave Duncan Dave Duncan 5 21 1967
KCA KCA
34 101 9 19 4 0 11 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 50 1 106 38 9 .188 .219 .376 .595 8 73 .269 -2.3 -3
Joe Torre Joe Torre 5 21 1962
MIL MIL
80 220 23 62 8 1 26 0 2 1 0 24 2 2 24 6 248 87 14 .282 .355 .395 .750 32 107 .337 3 2
Joe Garagiola Joe Garagiola 5 21 1947
SLN SLN
77 183 20 47 10 2 25 2 0 40 3 14 5 228 76 17 .257 .398 .415 .814 35 118 .386 8.8 5.2
Fred Carroll Fred Carroll 5 21 1886
PIT PIT
122 486 92 140 28 11 64 20 52 4 542 205 44 .288 .362 .422 .783 107 139 .369 27.9 31.5
Tim McCarver Tim McCarver 4 21 1963
STL STL
127 405 39 117 12 7 51 5 4 5 2 27 5 2 43 4 443 155 23 .289 .333 .383 .716 50 97 .316 4 -1.6
Salvador Perez Salvador Perez 3 21 2011
KCR KCR
39 148 20 49 8 2 21 0 2 0 0 7 0 1 20 5 158 70 13 .331 .361 .473 .834 24 126 .362 5.8 4.8
Dioner Navarro Dioner Navarro 3 21 2005
LAD LAD
50 176 21 48 9 0 14 1 0 0 0 20 1 2 21 3 199 66 12 .273 .354 .375 .729 24 97 .326 0 -0.7
Benito Santiago Benito Santiago 3 21 1986
SDP SDP
17 62 10 18 2 0 6 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 12 0 65 29 5 .290 .308 .468 .775 8 113 .338 0.9 1
Lance Parrish Lance Parrish 3 21 1977
DET DET
12 46 10 9 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 12 2 51 20 5 .196 .275 .435 .709 5 88 .313 -0.4 -0.7
Jerry Grote Jerry Grote 3 21 1964
HOU HOU
100 298 26 54 9 3 24 0 3 0 2 20 5 4 75 6 325 78 15 .181 .240 .262 .502 14 43 .223 -20.7 -21
Hank Ruszkowski Hank Ruszkowski 3 21 1947
CLE CLE
23 27 5 7 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 29 18 5 .259 .310 .667 .977 5 165 .431 2.1 2.2
Shanty Hogan Shanty Hogan 3 21 1927
BSN BSN
71 229 24 66 17 1 32 5 2 9 3 23 246 94 21 .288 .324 .410 .734 29 98 .339 -1.2 -0.6
Spider Clark Spider Clark 3 21 1889
WSH WSH
38 145 19 37 7 2 22 8 6 0 18 151 57 12 .255 .285 .393 .678 21 87 .314 -2.6 -3.2

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5/19
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LAD LAD
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CIN CIN
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2
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90 72 .556
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90 72 .556
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Fri
5/17
SEA SEA
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BAL BAL
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5/17
BOS BOS
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STL STL
2-7
Fri
5/17
CWS CWS
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NYY NYY
1-6
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CIN CIN
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LAD LAD
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PHI PHI
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BOS BOS
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STL STL
1:05 PM
Sun
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SEA SEA
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BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
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WSH WSH
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PHI PHI
1:35 PM
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NYY NYY
1:35 PM
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