For single seasons, From 1901 to 2007, For age 35, Played 100 games at C, sorted by greatest OPSp
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Jorge Posada (.329/.411/.528) is not only having what looks like a career year but perhaps the best offensive season by any 35-year-old catcher in the game's history.
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Player ages are computed as their age on June 30th
Cnt Player **OPS ** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions ----+-----------------+--------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------- 1 Jorge Posada 152 2007 35 NYY AL 123 499 434 71 143 36 1 16 78 58 7 91 4 0 3 16 2 0 .329 .411 .528 .939 *2/D3 2 Carlton Fisk 134 1983 35 CHW AL 138 545 488 85 141 26 4 26 86 46 3 88 6 2 3 8 9 6 .289 .355 .518 .873 *2/D 3 Smoky Burgess 133 1962 35 PIT NL 103 399 360 38 118 19 2 13 61 31 9 19 0 2 6 6 0 1 .328 .375 .500 .875 *2 4 Walker Cooper 129 1950 35 TOT NL 117 420 384 55 120 22 3 14 64 30 0 31 3 3 0 9 1 0 .313 .367 .495 .862 *2 5 Elston Howard 127 1964 35 NYY AL 150 607 550 63 172 27 3 15 84 48 12 73 5 0 4 10 1 1 .313 .371 .455 .826 *2 6 Alan Ashby 117 1987 35 HOU NL 125 441 386 53 111 16 0 14 63 50 2 52 1 0 4 14 0 1 .288 .367 .438 .805 *2 7 Gabby Hartnett 114 1936 35 CHC NL 121 468 424 49 130 25 6 7 64 30 0 36 6 8 0 12 0 0 .307 .361 .443 .804 *2 8 Rick Dempsey 108 1985 35 BAL AL 132 420 362 54 92 19 0 12 52 50 0 87 1 5 2 2 0 1 .254 .345 .406 .751 *2 9 Ernie Whitt 105 1987 35 TOR AL 135 494 446 57 120 24 1 19 75 44 4 50 1 0 3 17 0 1 .269 .334 .455 .789 *2 10 Al Todd 104 1937 35 PIT NL 133 534 514 51 158 18 10 8 86 16 0 36 1 3 0 16 2 0 .307 .330 .428 .758 *2 11 Jason Varitek 102 2007 35 BOS AL 109 432 367 49 95 13 3 12 57 55 8 95 6 0 4 9 1 1 .259 .361 .409 .770 *2 12 Damian Miller 97 2005 35 MIL NL 114 431 385 50 105 25 1 9 43 37 6 94 4 2 3 16 0 1 .273 .340 .413 .753 *2 13 Birdie Tebbetts 96 1948 35 BOS AL 128 513 446 54 125 26 2 5 68 62 0 32 2 3 0 22 5 2 .280 .371 .381 .752 *2 14 Mike Heath 94 1990 35 DET AL 122 398 370 46 100 18 2 7 38 19 0 71 4 2 3 12 7 6 .270 .311 .386 .697 *2/9D6 15 Joe Girardi 89 2000 35 CHC NL 106 407 363 47 101 15 1 6 40 32 3 61 3 6 3 12 1 0 .278 .339 .375 .714 *2 16 Aaron Robinson 87 1950 35 DET AL 107 358 283 37 64 7 0 9 37 75 0 35 0 0 0 4 0 1 .226 .388 .346 .734 *2 17 Sherm Lollar 86 1960 35 CHW AL 129 484 421 43 106 23 0 7 46 42 3 39 8 5 8 22 2 0 .252 .326 .356 .682 *2 18 Eddie Perez 85 2003 35 MIL NL 107 375 350 26 95 17 1 11 45 17 3 47 0 6 2 16 0 1 .271 .304 .420 .724 *2 19 Lance Parrish 85 1991 35 CAL AL 119 445 402 38 87 12 0 19 51 35 2 117 5 0 3 7 0 1 .216 .285 .388 .673 *2/D3 20 Rick Ferrell 85 1941 35 TOT AL 121 457 387 38 99 19 3 2 36 67 0 26 0 3 0 12 3 1 .256 .366 .336 .702 *2 21 Ivan Rodriguez 84 2007 35 DET AL 111 442 431 44 118 25 3 10 53 8 1 83 1 1 1 11 1 2 .274 .288 .415 .703 *2/D 22 Johnny Roseboro 82 1968 35 MIN AL 135 435 380 31 82 12 0 8 39 46 9 57 2 2 5 7 2 3 .216 .300 .311 .611 *2 23 Roy Campanella 81 1957 35 BRO NL 103 380 330 31 80 9 0 13 62 34 6 50 4 6 6 11 1 0 .242 .316 .388 .704 *2 24 Terry Steinbach 80 1997 35 MIN AL 122 487 447 60 111 27 1 12 54 35 2 106 1 0 4 14 6 1 .248 .302 .394 .696 *2/3D 25 Bob Boone 77 1983 35 CAL AL 142 509 468 46 120 18 0 9 52 24 1 42 0 10 7 19 4 3 .256 .289 .353 .642 *2 ----+-----------------+--------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------- Cnt Player **OPS ** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions ----+-----------------+--------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------- 26 Jim Hegan 75 1956 35 CLE AL 122 368 315 42 70 15 2 6 34 49 6 54 0 4 0 8 1 1 .222 .327 .340 .667 *2 27 Jim Sundberg 69 1986 35 KCR AL 140 491 429 41 91 9 1 12 42 57 1 91 0 2 3 7 1 1 .212 .303 .322 .625 *2 28 Dan Wilson 67 2004 35 SEA AL 103 359 319 23 80 13 0 2 33 26 0 57 1 8 5 8 0 1 .251 .305 .310 .615 *2 29 Luke Sewell 66 1936 35 CHW AL 128 509 451 59 113 20 5 5 73 54 0 16 1 3 0 0 11 2 .251 .332 .350 .682 *2 30 Gus Mancuso 65 1941 35 STL NL 106 375 328 25 75 13 1 2 37 37 0 19 1 9 0 9 0 0 .229 .309 .293 .602 *2 31 Brad Ausmus 64 2004 35 HOU NL 129 448 403 38 100 14 1 5 31 33 11 56 2 7 3 13 2 2 .248 .306 .325 .631 *2 32 Brent Mayne 64 2003 35 KCR AL 113 414 372 39 91 17 1 6 36 32 5 59 3 4 3 10 0 2 .245 .307 .344 .651 *2 33 Al Lopez 62 1944 35 PIT NL 115 371 331 27 76 12 1 1 34 34 0 24 1 5 0 7 4 0 .230 .303 .281 .584 *2 34 Tony Pena 61 1992 35 BOS AL 133 450 410 39 99 21 1 1 38 24 0 61 1 13 2 11 3 2 .241 .284 .305 .589 *2 Seasons/Careers found: 34.
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