I’ve heard references to Cal Raleigh’s offensive season in 2025 being the greatest offensive season for a Catcher in Baseball History.

I respectfully disagree.

Cal Raleigh’s batting average, OBP, Slugging percentage and OPS were:

Average- .247, OBP- .359, Slg - .589, OPS - .948

26 year old Joe Mauer had the greatest offensive season of any catcher in baseball.

Average - .365, OBP - .444 Slg - .587 OPS 1.031

Despite all Raleigh’s Home Runs, Mauer lead in batting average by a staggering 118 points, his .365 was objectively the highest single season batting average for a catcher in baseball history.

Moneyball, on base pct., that which makes Austin Martin the Twins best offensive player on April 29, 2026. Mauer again leads by an overwhelming 85 points in on base percentage.

Slugging percentage is a virtual wash.

And Mauer leads in OPS by a decisive 83 points.

Joe Mauer had the greatest offensive season for a Catcher in major league history.

Can someone find a pic of Joe Mauer to head this blog? I’m not sure how to  retrieve one from the Twins Daily library and don’t like to go fishing for a non-copyrighted photo on the internet. Thanks!