Since 2009, MJ Melendez has the most plate appearances by a rookie catcher, with 534 plate appearances in 2022.

	NAME	PA	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	MJ Melendez	534	2022	KCR	129	460	57	100	21	3	18	62	66	1	131	2	3	181	42	0	7	1	2	.217	.313	.393	.706	61	0.2	.310	98	-1.3
2	J.P. Arencibia	486	2011	TOR	129	443	47	97	20	4	23	78	36	4	133	1	1	194	47	0	3	3	6	.219	.282	.438	.720	53	-2	.311	91	-5
3	Adley Rutschman A. Rutschman	470	2022	BAL	113	398	70	101	35	1	13	42	65	4	86	4	0	177	49	0	3	0	4	.254	.362	.445	.806	70	16.5	.354	135	18.4
4	J.T. Realmuto	467	2015	MIA	126	441	49	114	21	7	10	47	19	2	70	8	4	179	38	1	4	2	11	.259	.290	.406	.696	47	-5.7	.298	89	-6
5	Buster Posey B. Posey	443	2010	SFG	108	406	58	124	23	2	18	67	30	4	55	0	2	205	43	0	3	5	12	.305	.357	.505	.862	69	17.9	.371	133	17.7
6	Wilson Ramos W. Ramos	435	2011	WSH	113	389	48	104	22	1	15	52	38	2	76	0	2	173	38	4	2	8	19	.267	.334	.445	.779	56	6.7	.335	111	5.3
7	Keibert Ruiz K. Ruiz	433	2022	WSH	112	394	33	99	22	0	7	36	30	6	50	6	1	142	29	1	2	0	9	.251	.313	.360	.673	46	-3.7	.299	91	-4.5
8	Wilin Rosario W. Rosario	426	2012	COL	117	396	67	107	19	0	28	71	25	1	99	4	5	210	47	0	4	2	10	.270	.312	.530	.843	63	14.2	.356	107	3.8
9	James McCann J. McCann	425	2015	DET	114	401	32	106	18	5	7	41	16	3	90	0	1	155	30	4	1	0	17	.264	.297	.387	.683	42	-5.4	.297	84	-7.8
10	Francisco Alvarez F. Alvarez	423	2023	NYM	123	382	51	80	12	0	25	63	34	6	110	2	0	167	37	0	1	0	14	.209	.284	.437	.721	49	-3.1	.310	96	-1.9
11	Travis d'Arnaud T. d'Arnaud	421	2014	NYM	108	385	48	93	22	3	13	41	32	2	64	1	0	160	38	1	1	5	15	.242	.302	.416	.718	46	1	.313	103	1.3
12	Austin Wells A. Wells	414	2024	NYY	115	354	42	81	18	1	13	55	47	5	87	1	2	140	32	1	7	0	9	.229	.322	.395	.718	50	1.5	.315	105	2.6
13	John Jaso J. Jaso	404	2010	TBR	109	339	57	89	18	3	5	44	59	2	39	4	0	128	26	1	3	1	8	.263	.372	.378	.750	52	6.1	.340	115	7.2
14	Connor Wong C. Wong	403	2023	BOS	126	371	55	87	25	2	9	36	22	6	134	8	2	143	36	3	1	0	4	.235	.288	.385	.673	40	-8.7	.292	78	-10.8
15	Tyler Stephenson T. Stephenson	402	2021	CIN	132	350	56	100	21	0	10	45	41	6	75	0	0	151	31	0	5	1	11	.286	.366	.431	.797	59	10.5	.346	111	5.6
16	Korey Lee K. Lee	394	2024	CWS	125	377	36	79	14	1	12	37	17	0	122	6	3	131	27	0	0	0	12	.210	.244	.347	.591	29	-16.8	.257	64	-16.3
17	Matt Wieters M. Wieters	385	2009	BAL	96	354	35	102	15	1	9	43	28	1	86	0	0	146	25	0	2	2	11	.288	.340	.412	.753	47	0.7	.331	95	-2.2
18	Danny Jansen D. Jansen	384	2019	TOR	107	347	41	72	12	1	13	43	31	4	79	0	1	125	26	1	1	1	8	.207	.279	.360	.640	33	-15	.275	69	-15.3
19	Eric Haase E. Haase	381	2021	DET	98	351	48	81	12	1	22	61	26	2	119	2	0	161	35	0	2	0	11	.231	.286	.459	.745	47	0.6	.316	100	0
20	Gabriel Moreno G. Moreno	380	2023	ARI	111	341	33	97	19	1	7	50	29	3	75	6	2	139	27	0	7	0	17	.284	.339	.408	.747	48	2	.325	102	0.7
21	Yainer Diaz Y. Diaz	377	2023	HOU	104	355	51	100	22	0	23	60	11	5	74	0	0	191	45	0	6	0	12	.282	.308	.538	.846	57	11	.354	127	12.2
22	Jorge Alfaro J. Alfaro	377	2018	PHI	108	344	35	90	16	2	10	37	18	14	138	3	0	140	28	0	1	6	2	.262	.324	.407	.731	44	-0.4	.314	95	-2.3
23	Carson Kelly C. Kelly	365	2019	ARI	111	314	46	77	19	0	18	47	48	2	79	0	0	150	37	0	1	10	11	.245	.348	.478	.826	52	6.1	.339	107	3.4
24	Manny Piña M. Piña	359	2017	MIL	107	330	45	92	21	0	9	43	20	5	79	2	0	140	30	1	3	0	8	.279	.327	.424	.751	44	0.5	.323	95	-2.3
25	Patrick Bailey P. Bailey	353	2023	SFG	97	326	29	76	18	1	7	48	21	3	100	1	0	117	26	2	1	0	8	.233	.285	.359	.644	32	-10.7	.282	77	-10.2