which catcher had the most total bases plus rbis in 1971

Earl Williams had the most total bases + RBIs by a catcher in a season in 1971, with 331 in his rookie season.

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Data note: RBIs: player season data complete from 1885

	NAME	TB+RBI	TB	RBI	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Earl Williams E. Williams	331	244	87	1971	ATL	145	497	64	129	14	1	33	42	7	80	0	1	550	48	0	4	5	11	.260	.324	.491	.815	78	21.8	.364	123	14
2	Bill Freehan B. Freehan	311	240	71	1971	DET	148	516	57	143	26	4	21	54	9	48	2	7	586	51	3	4	9	13	.277	.353	.465	.818	84	23.8	.366	128	18.1
3	Manny Sanguillen M. Sanguillen	308	227	81	1971	PIT	138	533	60	170	26	5	7	19	3	32	6	4	557	38	1	1	13	21	.319	.345	.426	.771	70	12.6	.341	117	10.4
4	Johnny Bench J. Bench	299	238	61	1971	CIN	149	562	80	134	19	2	27	49	0	83	2	1	613	48	0	2	7	20	.238	.299	.423	.722	69	6.3	.324	107	4.5
5	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	293	216	77	1971	STL	133	510	64	155	32	4	7	36	3	50	1	3	563	43	4	10	3	20	.304	.347	.424	.771	72	14.6	.346	117	10.6
6	Dick Dietz D. Dietz	262	190	72	1971	SFG	142	453	58	114	19	0	19	97	4	86	1	3	558	38	2	2	8	8	.252	.387	.419	.806	81	23.8	.369	132	19.9
7	Ray Fosse R. Fosse	255	193	62	1971	CLE	133	486	53	134	21	1	12	36	4	62	4	1	529	34	0	3	6	15	.276	.329	.397	.726	61	6.7	.328	101	0.5
8	Tim McCarver T. McCarver	232	186	46	1971	PHI	134	474	51	132	20	5	8	43	1	26	5	3	525	33	3	4	7	11	.278	.337	.392	.730	61	6.9	.328	103	1.6
9	John Bateman J. Bateman	228	172	56	1971	MON	139	492	34	119	17	3	10	19	4	87	1	0	526	30	6	5	3	27	.242	.273	.350	.623	43	-11.3	.281	72	-16.1
10	Thurman Munson T. Munson	208	166	42	1971	NYY	125	451	71	113	15	4	10	52	7	65	6	5	517	29	4	3	1	10	.251	.335	.368	.703	59	5.5	.325	107	4.3
11	George Mitterwald G. Mitterwald	195	151	44	1971	MIN	125	388	38	97	13	1	13	39	0	104	3	3	434	27	3	4	9	9	.250	.316	.389	.705	46	1.3	.314	94	-2.8
12	Dave Duncan D. Duncan	192	152	40	1971	OAK	103	363	39	92	13	1	15	28	1	77	1	1	398	29	4	2	2	6	.253	.307	.419	.726	46	5.3	.328	111	4.7
13	Jerry Grote J. Grote	175	140	35	1971	NYM	125	403	35	109	25	0	2	40	2	47	1	4	450	27	4	1	4	19	.270	.339	.347	.686	48	1.4	.314	98	-0.8
14	Ed Kirkpatrick E. Kirkpatrick	167	121	46	1971	KCR	120	365	46	80	12	1	9	48	2	60	3	4	423	22	1	7	8	11	.219	.308	.332	.640	37	-6.3	.290	80	-9.5
15	Dick Billings D. Billings	166	118	48	1971	WSH	116	349	32	86	14	0	6	21	5	54	2	5	380	20	1	4	1	5	.246	.296	.338	.634	34	-5.5	.290	83	-7.2
16	Elrod Hendricks E. Hendricks	164	122	42	1971	BAL	101	316	33	79	14	1	9	39	2	38	0	0	361	24	2	2	5	9	.250	.334	.386	.720	41	4.4	.327	104	1.6
17	Duane Josephson D. Josephson	160	121	39	1971	BOS	91	306	38	75	14	1	10	22	0	35	2	0	331	25	1	2	4	18	.245	.294	.395	.689	34	-0.3	.309	87	-4.9
18	Bob Barton B. Barton	153	130	23	1971	SDP	121	376	23	94	17	2	5	35	2	49	0	5	413	24	0	0	11	16	.250	.317	.346	.663	38	-4.2	.296	88	-5.4
19	Tom Egan T. Egan	137	103	34	1971	CWS	85	251	29	60	11	1	10	26	4	94	1	0	281	22	0	0	1	2	.239	.320	.410	.731	34	5	.334	105	1.7
20	Ed Herrmann E. Herrmann	137	102	35	1971	CWS	101	294	32	63	6	0	11	44	2	48	2	0	344	17	0	4	12	8	.214	.317	.347	.664	32	-3.6	.296	80	-7.6
21	Andy Etchebarren A. Etchebarren	124	95	29	1971	BAL	70	222	21	60	8	0	9	16	1	40	1	4	243	17	3	1	2	5	.270	.321	.428	.749	30	4.9	.338	111	3
22	Johnny Edwards J. Edwards	121	98	23	1971	HOU	106	317	18	74	13	4	1	26	0	38	1	1	345	18	1	1	9	0	.233	.291	.309	.600	24	-11.1	.266	66	-12.8
23	Duke Sims D. Sims	117	92	25	1971	LAD	90	230	23	63	7	2	6	30	1	39	0	1	263	15	0	2	7	4	.274	.357	.400	.757	32	5.4	.338	117	4.9
24	Paul Casanova P. Casanova	115	89	26	1971	WSH	94	311	19	63	9	1	5	14	1	52	0	3	329	15	1	2	1	8	.203	.238	.286	.524	17	-17	.240	49	-18.4
25	Chris Cannizzaro C. Cannizzaro	114	83	31	1971	TOT	92	260	20	54	9	1	6	39	2	34	0	0	309	16	6	2	2	20	.208	.314	.319	.633	29	-3.3	.296	78	-7.5

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