Darrell Porter had the most plate appearances by an AL catcher in 1979, with 679 plate appearances.

	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	Darrell Porter D. Porter	679	1979	KCR	157	533	101	155	23	10	20	112	121	8	65	3	4	258	53	4	13	8	11	.291	.421	.484	.905	120	40.6	.399	143	36.1
2	Brian Downing B. Downing	596	1979	CAL	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	77	5	57	3	3	235	42	3	2	4	17	.326	.418	.462	.880	103	33.6	.395	145	32.4
3	Butch Wynegar B. Wynegar	595	1979	MIN	149	504	74	136	20	0	7	57	74	2	36	2	2	177	27	11	4	5	13	.270	.363	.351	.714	71	1.7	.328	95	-3.6
4	Jim Sundberg J. Sundberg	561	1979	TEX	150	495	50	136	23	4	5	64	51	5	51	3	3	182	32	5	5	5	17	.275	.345	.368	.713	64	-1	.322	96	-2.8
5	Jeff Newman J. Newman	552	1979	OAK	143	516	53	119	17	2	22	71	27	1	88	2	1	206	41	2	6	2	17	.231	.267	.399	.666	51	-13.7	.293	80	-13.5
6	Lance Parrish L. Parrish	548	1979	DET	143	493	65	136	26	3	19	65	49	2	105	6	7	225	48	3	1	2	15	.276	.343	.456	.800	77	13.4	.355	113	8.5
7	Rick Cerone R. Cerone	514	1979	TOR	136	469	47	112	27	4	7	61	37	1	40	1	4	168	38	3	4	1	5	.239	.294	.358	.652	47	-12.7	.293	71	-17.9
8	Thurman Munson T. Munson	419	1979	NYY	97	382	42	110	18	3	3	39	32	0	37	1	2	143	24	1	4	2	15	.288	.340	.374	.714	48	-0.9	.321	97	-1.8
9	Gary Alexander G. Alexander	415	1979	CLE	110	358	54	82	9	2	15	54	46	1	100	4	2	140	26	3	7	3	7	.229	.313	.391	.704	45	-3.4	.314	90	-5.2
10	Rick Dempsey R. Dempsey	413	1979	BAL	124	368	48	88	23	0	6	41	38	0	37	0	1	129	29	3	4	1	12	.239	.307	.351	.658	40	-8.5	.298	84	-8.3
11	Charlie Moore C. Moore	372	1979	MIL	111	337	45	101	16	2	5	38	29	1	32	8	5	136	23	3	2	1	11	.300	.355	.404	.759	49	5.1	.341	109	4
12	Jim Essian J. Essian	352	1979	OAK	98	313	34	76	16	0	8	40	25	2	29	0	1	116	24	3	9	1	12	.243	.295	.371	.666	33	-7.8	.296	82	-7.7
13	Larry Cox L. Cox	323	1979	SEA	100	293	32	63	11	3	4	36	22	0	39	2	1	92	18	3	5	0	9	.215	.266	.314	.580	22	-15.9	.262	53	-18.4
14	Bob Stinson B. Stinson	293	1979	SEA	95	247	19	60	8	0	6	28	33	4	38	1	2	86	14	6	3	3	7	.243	.338	.348	.686	32	-2.6	.313	86	-4.9
15	Gary Allenson G. Allenson	271	1979	BOS	108	241	27	49	10	2	3	22	20	1	42	1	1	72	15	6	3	0	8	.203	.264	.299	.563	17	-14.3	.257	46	-18
16	Ron Hassey R. Hassey	249	1979	CLE	75	223	20	64	14	0	4	32	19	0	19	1	0	90	18	4	3	2	8	.287	.339	.404	.742	30	1.2	.330	100	0.1
17	Milt May M. May	233	1979	TOT	71	213	24	54	15	0	7	31	15	2	28	0	0	90	22	2	1	2	4	.254	.307	.423	.730	27	-0.4	.322	94	-1.7
18	Buck Martinez B. Martinez	214	1979	MIL	69	196	17	53	8	0	4	26	8	0	25	0	1	73	12	8	2	0	3	.270	.296	.372	.669	21	-4.3	.299	81	-5
19	Bill Nahorodny B. Nahorodny	199	1979	CWS	65	179	20	46	10	0	6	29	18	0	23	0	1	74	16	0	2	1	5	.257	.322	.413	.735	24	0.4	.327	97	-0.7
20	Dave Skaggs D. Skaggs	152	1979	BAL	63	137	9	34	8	0	1	14	13	0	14	0	0	45	9	2	0	0	8	.248	.313	.328	.642	14	-3.5	.295	82	-3.4
21	Jerry Narron J. Narron	136	1979	NYY	61	123	17	21	3	1	4	18	9	0	26	0	0	38	8	3	1	0	2	.171	.226	.309	.535	7	-9	.241	45	-9.2
22	Tom Donohue T. Donohue	113	1979	CAL	38	107	13	24	3	1	3	14	3	2	29	2	0	38	7	1	0	0	1	.224	.259	.355	.614	9	-4.4	.275	67	-4.6
23	Marv Foley M. Foley	110	1979	CWS	34	97	6	24	3	0	2	10	7	0	5	0	0	33	5	4	2	1	4	.247	.292	.340	.633	9	-3.7	.281	68	-4.3
24	Brad Gulden B. Gulden	105	1979	NYY	40	92	10	15	4	0	0	6	9	0	16	0	1	19	4	4	0	0	3	.163	.238	.207	.444	3	-9.2	.213	26	-9.4
25	Bob Davis B. Davis	101	1979	TOR	32	89	6	11	2	0	1	8	6	1	15	0	0	16	3	5	0	0	7	.124	.188	.180	.367	0	-11.8	.176	-4	-12.8