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I was going to answer Piazza until a friend texted me the answer.  But I’m unclear on the answer.  HRs while a catcher or that was his normal position. lol

Fair point.  I think it counts because 33 out of his 48 home runs were hit while he was playing catcher, though that also means that 15 of them were hit as a DH.  Still, MLB.com considers Salvador Perez the single season record holder for home runs by a catcher.

https://www.mlb.com/news/most-home-runs-by-a-catcher

Worth noting that even Bench did not hit all of his home runs as a catcher (he 38 as a catcher).  If you go for most home runs hit by a player while playing catcher, then the answer is Javy Lopez who hit 42 home runs as a catcher, and 1 as a pinch hitter.  So, partial credit to Terry.

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[BostonCard]

I was going to answer Piazza until a friend texted me the answer.  But I’m unclear on the answer.  HRs while a catcher or that was his normal position. lol

Fair point.  I think it counts because 33 out of his 48 home runs were hit while he was playing catcher, though that also means that 15 of them were hit as a DH.  Still, MLB.com considers Salvador Perez the single season record holder for home runs by a catcher.

https://www.mlb.com/news/most-home-runs-by-a-catcher

Worth noting that even Bench did not hit all of his home runs as a catcher (he 38 as a catcher).  If you go for most home runs hit by a player while playing catcher, then the answer is Javy Lopez who hit 42 home runs as a catcher, and 1 as a pinch hitter.  So, partial credit to Terry.

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