most runs in a season by a catcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Johnny Bench had the most runs by a catcher in a season, with 108 runs in 1974.

	NAME	R	SEASON	TM	G	AB	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	Johnny Bench J. Bench	108	1974	CIN	160	621	174	38	2	33	129	80	3	90	5	4	708	315	73	0	4	15	13	.280	.363	.507	.870	113	36.4	.387	143	34.5
2	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	106	1977	BOS	152	536	169	26	3	26	102	75	9	85	7	6	632	279	55	2	10	3	9	.315	.402	.521	.922	114	40	.403	143	32.1
3	Darrell Porter D. Porter	101	1979	KCR	157	533	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
4	Johnny Bench J. Bench	97	1970	CIN	158	605	177	35	4	45	148	54	0	102	5	2	671	355	84	1	11	9	12	.293	.345	.587	.932	118	41.7	.399	145	37.2
5	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	94	1978	BOS	157	571	162	39	5	20	88	71	7	83	7	2	658	271	64	3	6	6	10	.284	.366	.475	.841	100	28.6	.375	129	21.3
6	Joe Torre J. Torre	89	1970	STL	161	624	203	27	9	21	100	70	7	91	2	2	704	311	57	0	3	10	23	.325	.398	.498	.896	121	41.8	.396	138	33.1
7	Brian Downing B. Downing	87	1979	CAL	148	509	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
8	Johnny Bench J. Bench	87	1972	CIN	147	538	145	22	2	40	125	100	2	84	6	6	652	291	64	0	12	23	18	.270	.379	.541	.920	109	45.4	.402	157	40.4
9	Gary Carter G. Carter	86	1977	MON	154	522	148	29	2	31	84	58	5	103	5	5	595	274	62	3	7	5	9	.284	.356	.525	.881	96	27.2	.381	135	25.6
10	Thurman Munson T. Munson	85	1977	NYY	149	595	183	28	5	18	100	39	2	55	5	6	638	275	51	0	2	8	18	.308	.351	.462	.813	90	16.1	.355	123	17.1
11	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	84	1973	LAD	136	487	128	26	0	25	88	87	1	81	1	1	585	229	51	0	10	9	5	.263	.369	.470	.839	88	23.8	.373	136	24.3
12	Johnny Bench J. Bench	83	1975	CIN	142	530	150	39	1	28	110	65	2	108	11	0	605	275	68	0	8	12	12	.283	.359	.519	.878	96	29.9	.387	139	27.4
13	Thurman Munson T. Munson	83	1975	NYY	157	597	190	24	3	12	102	45	6	52	3	2	661	256	39	3	10	8	23	.318	.366	.429	.795	91	18.7	.359	125	18.7
14	Gene Tenace G. Tenace	83	1975	OAK	158	498	127	17	0	29	87	106	12	127	7	4	623	231	46	3	4	2	8	.255	.395	.464	.859	103	34.5	.395	153	37.2
15	Johnny Bench J. Bench	83	1973	CIN	152	557	141	17	3	25	104	83	0	83	4	1	651	239	45	1	10	14	22	.253	.345	.429	.774	84	11.8	.343	116	11.6
16	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	82	1977	STL	150	516	164	25	3	21	95	79	2	37	2	6	601	258	49	0	4	25	20	.318	.408	.500	.908	101	31.2	.389	138	27.5
17	Dick Dietz D. Dietz	82	1970	SFG	148	493	148	36	2	22	107	109	3	106	0	1	612	254	60	2	5	10	16	.300	.426	.515	.941	115	45.4	.415	152	39.3
18	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	80	1975	STL	157	581	193	32	3	18	100	63	1	35	1	3	649	285	53	0	4	16	20	.332	.396	.491	.887	107	36.1	.395	145	33.4
19	Thurman Munson T. Munson	80	1973	NYY	147	519	156	29	4	20	74	48	4	64	4	6	576	253	53	1	4	4	12	.301	.362	.487	.849	90	26.2	.379	141	26.5
20	Johnny Bench J. Bench	80	1971	CIN	149	562	134	19	2	27	61	49	0	83	2	1	613	238	48	0	2	7	20	.238	.299	.423	.722	69	6.3	.324	107	4.5
21	Thurman Munson T. Munson	79	1976	NYY	152	616	186	27	1	17	105	29	9	38	14	11	665	266	45	1	10	6	17	.302	.337	.432	.769	86	16.6	.349	125	17.8
22	Darrell Porter D. Porter	77	1978	KCR	150	520	138	27	6	18	78	75	2	75	0	5	602	231	51	1	4	14	13	.265	.358	.444	.802	82	17.1	.355	121	14.4
23	Manny Sanguillen M. Sanguillen	77	1974	PIT	151	596	171	21	4	7	68	21	5	27	2	2	632	221	32	3	7	9	18	.287	.313	.371	.684	63	-5	.307	91	-6.7
24	Gary Carter G. Carter	76	1978	MON	157	533	136	27	1	20	72	62	5	70	10	6	607	225	48	2	5	11	10	.255	.336	.422	.758	75	9.2	.338	113	8.6
25	Butch Wynegar B. Wynegar	76	1977	MIN	144	532	139	22	3	10	79	68	2	61	2	3	617	197	35	10	5	5	11	.261	.344	.370	.715	71	-0.9	.322	95	-3.5