Gary Sanchez 5th in season home runs as Yankee CATCHER, not including DH.

Geez, come on. Yankee announcers Michael Kay and Jack Curry, Gary Sanchez has hit seven of his 34 home runs as the designated hitter (DH), not as a catcher. That's 27 home runs as a catcher; 79.4%. Same as Sanchez hit in 2017 when his total was 33: 27 home runs as a catcher.

Career: 85 of 105 as catcher: 81%.

In 2019 Sanchez has played 99 of the Yankees 140 games: 71%. 94 starts.

Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
as C	81		347	312	46	72	9	1	27	58	0	0	27	95	.231	.305	.526	.831	164	2	7	0	1	3	3	.236	94	126
as DH	15		67	59	12	16	2	0	7	16	0	0	7	18	.271	.358	.661	1.019	39	1	1	0	0	0	1	.265	136	154
as PH	5		5	5		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	1	13

See. Only 27 home runs as catcher.

These Yankees hit all their home runs as catchers in these seasons:
Yogi Berra 30 in 1956
Jorge Posada 30 in 2003
Bill Dickey 29 in 1937
Elston Howard 28 in 1963.

All hit more than the 27 that Sanchez is sitting on now. Sanchez might hit another four home runs as a catcher in 2019 and that would be a new Yankee record. But right now, Sanchez is number five, not number one. Got that, Michael Kay and Jack Curry?

For Gary Sanchez to hit 40 home runs as a catcher, he'd have to play 150 games and hit 50 home runs overall. Something like this:
- catch 120 games, hit 40 home runs
- DH 30 games, hit 10 home runs.

Javy Lopez: most Home Runs in a season as a catcher. Friday, February 8, 2019

Johnny Bench hit 45 HR in 1970, 38 as a catcher ...

Javy Lopez is the champ: 42 of his 43 2003 home runs were as a catcher; one as a pinch hitter. And in only 457 at bats, 495 plate appearances ...

Todd Hundley hit all 41 of his 1996 home runs as a catcher ...

Roy Campanella hit 41 home runs in 1953 but one was as a PH ...

Mike Piazza hit 40 home runs as a catcher twice: 1997 as a Dodger, 1999 as a Met. Todd Hundley is tied for the Met record for most home runs in a season with center fielder Carlos Beltran 2006.

		HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB
	Year	Tot	C	1B	3B	LF	CF	RF	PH	DH	Tot	C	1B	3B	LF	CF	RF	PH	DH
Bench	1970	45	38	1	0	5	0	1	0		605	509	21	1	33	7	29	5		Bench
Lopez	2003	43	42						1	0	456	433						11	12	Lopez
Hundley	1996	41	41						0		540	532						8		Hundley
Campanella	1953	41	40						1		519	508						11		Campanella
Bench	1972	40	34	0	2			4			538	463	8	14			53			Bench
Piazza	1997	40	40						0	0	556	520						5	31	Piazza
Piazza	1999	40	40						0	0	534	527						4	3	Piazza
Piazza	2000	38	35						1	2	482	458						6	18	Piazza

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