most walks in a season by a rookie catcher

Joe Ferguson has the most walks by a rookie catcher, with 87 bases on balls in 1973.

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	NAME	BB	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	87	1973	LAD	136	487	84	128	26	0	25	88	1	81	1	1	585	229	51	0	10	9	5	.263	.369	.470	.839	88	23.8	.373	136	24.3
2	Butch Wynegar B. Wynegar	79	1976	MIN	149	534	58	139	21	2	10	69	2	63	0	0	622	194	33	4	3	7	14	.260	.356	.363	.719	75	9.4	.336	113	8.5
3	Todd Zeile T. Zeile	67	1990	STL	144	495	62	121	25	3	15	57	2	77	2	4	570	197	43	0	6	3	11	.244	.333	.398	.731	69	4.9	.330	102	1.6
4	MJ Melendez	66	2022	KCR	129	460	57	100	21	3	18	62	1	131	2	3	534	181	42	0	7	1	2	.217	.313	.393	.706	61	0.2	.310	98	-1.3
5	Carter Jensen C. Jensen	65	2026	KCR	149	527	80	126	35	2	27	81	4	170	2	1	603	246	64	0	7	1	4	.239	.323	.467	.790	84	12.1	.341	116	11.2
6	Adley Rutschman A. Rutschman	65	2022	BAL	113	398	70	101	35	1	13	42	4	86	4	0	470	177	49	0	3	0	4	.254	.362	.445	.806	70	16.5	.354	135	18.4
7	Mike Tresh M. Tresh	64	1939	CWS	119	352	49	91	5	2	0	38	3	30	3	2	430	100	7	11			8	.259	.377	.284	.661	48	-5	.329	81	-11.1
8	Geovany Soto G. Soto	62	2008	CHC	141	494	66	141	35	2	23	86	2	121	0	1	563	249	60	0	5	6	11	.285	.364	.504	.868	88	20.6	.373	120	14.3
9	Jim Sundberg J. Sundberg	62	1974	TEX	132	368	45	91	13	3	3	36	0	61	2	4	449	119	19	17	2	0	16	.247	.354	.323	.678	50	1.7	.323	104	1.9
10	Joe Mauer J. Mauer	61	2005	MIN	131	489	61	144	26	2	9	55	1	64	13	1	554	201	37	0	3	12	9	.294	.372	.411	.783	73	6.5	.340	109	5.9
11	John Jaso J. Jaso	59	2010	TBR	109	339	57	89	18	3	5	44	2	39	4	0	404	128	26	1	3	1	8	.263	.372	.378	.750	52	6.1	.340	115	7.2
12	Johnny Bassler J. Bassler	58	1921	DET	119	388	37	119	18	5	0	56	3	16	2	1	463	147	23	14				.307	.401	.379	.780	67	9	.372	105	3.4
13	Herman Pitz H. Pitz	58	1890	TOT	90	284	43	47	0	0	0	9	4		39		346	47	0					.165	.315	.165	.481	35	-18.3	.273	67	-17.4
14	Darrell Porter D. Porter	57	1973	MIL	117	350	50	89	19	2	16	67	4	85	5	2	416	160	37	3	2	6	6	.254	.363	.457	.820	61	15.3	.367	130	14.2
15	Thurman Munson T. Munson	57	1970	NYY	132	453	59	137	25	4	6	53	7	56	5	7	526	188	35	5	4	6	13	.302	.386	.415	.801	76	16.9	.360	128	17.1
16	Mitch Meluskey M. Meluskey	55	2000	HOU	117	337	47	101	21	0	14	69	4	74	1	0	400	164	35	1	3	10	7	.300	.401	.487	.888	67	14.1	.381	119	10.1
17	Jim Pagliaroni J. Pagliaroni	55	1961	BOS	120	376	50	91	17	0	16	58	4	74	1	1	440	156	33	2	3	0	8	.242	.342	.415	.757	58	6.1	.341	101	0.3
18	Heinie Peitz H. Peitz	54	1893	STL	96	362	53	92	12	9	1	45	1	20	12		417	125	22					.254	.353	.345	.698	63	-4.3	.345	91	-6.6
19	Mark Bailey M. Bailey	53	1984	HOU	108	344	38	73	16	1	9	34	2	71	0	1	403	118	26	1	3	4	7	.212	.318	.343	.661	40	-4.6	.303	93	-3.2
20	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	52	1972	BOS	131	457	74	134	28	9	22	61	4	83	5	2	514	246	59	1	0	6	11	.293	.370	.538	.909	88	37.6	.407	165	33.4
21	Gus Niarhos G. Niarhos	52	1948	NYY	83	228	41	61	12	2	0	19	0	15	1	3	285	77	14	5			3	.268	.404	.338	.741	39	5.1	.364	107	2.7
22	Mike Napoli M. Napoli	51	2006	LAA	99	268	47	61	13	0	16	42	5	90	2	3	325	122	29	0	1	0	2	.228	.360	.455	.815	48	7	.357	115	6.2
23	Brian Downing B. Downing	51	1974	CWS	108	293	41	66	12	1	10	39	2	72	0	1	350	110	23	4	0	3	11	.225	.344	.375	.719	42	4.5	.336	108	3.2
24	Tom Haller T. Haller	51	1962	SFG	99	272	53	71	13	1	18	55	4	59	1	4	331	140	32	3	1	1	3	.261	.384	.515	.899	58	19.7	.397	144	18
25	Truck Hannah T. Hannah	51	1918	NYY	90	250	24	55	6	0	2	21	4	25	5		312	67	8	7				.220	.361	.268	.629	32	1.9	.326	98	-0.7

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/14	MIL	@	LAD	8:00 PM
Thu 10/15	MIL	@	LAD	9:00 PM
Fri 10/16	MIL	@	LAD	9:00 PM
Sun 10/18	LAD	@	MIL	8:00 PM
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