Catchers seasons OPS+ at least 150 1903-2023. Mike Piazza 22%.

Note: Played at C: stathead does not show in its definition the minimum percent of games specified at this fielding position, in this case 50%. This and other anomalies were documented and sent to stathead.

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"For single seasons, since 1903, Playing in the AL or NL, Qualified for league batting title, Played at C, in the regular season, requiring Adjusted OPS+ >= 150, sorted by descending Adjusted OPS+."

Note: In earlier seasons 100 games "Qualified for league batting title", not the most recent 502 PA in the 162 game schedule.

https://stathead.com/tiny/gZPlz

Rk	Player	OPS+	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	Pos
1	Mike Piazza	185	1997	28	LAD	NL	152	633	556	104	201	128	32	1	40	124	69	77	.362	.431	.638	1.070	355	19	*2/DH
2	Mike Piazza	172	1995	26	LAD	NL	112	475	434	82	150	101	17	0	32	93	39	80	.346	.400	.606	1.006	263	10	*2/H
3	Joe Mauer	171	2009	26	MIN	AL	138	606	523	94	191	132	30	1	28	96	76	63	.365	.444	.587	1.031	307	13	*2D/H
4	Buster Posey	171	2012	25	SFG	NL	148	610	530	78	178	114	39	1	24	103	69	96	.336	.408	.549	.957	291	19	*23/HD
5	Mike Grady	167	1904	34	STL	NL	101	363	323	44	101	70	15	11	5	43	31	43	.313	.376	.474	.850	153		23/H45
6	Johnny Bench	166	1972	24	CIN	NL	147	653	538	87	145	81	22	2	40	125	100	84	.270	.379	.541	.920	291	18	*29/35
7	Mike Piazza	166	1996	27	LAD	NL	148	631	547	87	184	132	16	0	36	105	81	93	.336	.422	.563	.985	308	21	*2/H
8	Chris Hoiles	162	1993	28	BAL	AL	126	503	419	80	130	73	28	0	29	82	69	94	.310	.416	.585	1.001	245	10	*2/HD
9	Carlton Fisk	162	1972	24	BOS	AL	131	514	457	74	134	75	28	9	22	61	52	83	.293	.370	.538	.909	246	11	*2/H
10	Ernie Lombardi	162	1942	34	BSN	NL	105	347	309	32	102	77	14	0	11	46	37	12	.330	.403	.482	.886	149	17	2H
11	Roy Campanella	159	1951	29	BRO	NL	143	562	505	90	164	97	33	1	33	108	53	51	.325	.393	.590	.983	298	19	*2/H
12	Bill Dickey	158	1936	29	NYY	AL	112	472	423	99	153	97	26	8	22	107	46	16	.362	.428	.617	1.045	261		*2/H
13	Gabby Hartnett	158	1937	36	CHC	NL	110	405	356	47	126	87	21	6	12	82	43	19	.354	.424	.548	.971	195	8	2H
14	Mickey Cochrane	158	1933	30	PHA	AL	130	542	429	104	138	89	30	4	15	60	106	22	.322	.459	.515	.974	221		*2/H
15	Darren Daulton	156	1992	30	PHI	NL	145	585	485	80	131	67	32	5	27	109	88	103	.270	.385	.524	.908	254	3	*2/H
16	Joe Torre	156	1966	25	ATL	NL	148	614	546	83	172	113	20	3	36	101	60	61	.315	.382	.560	.943	306	18	*23/H
17	Mike Piazza	155	2000	31	NYM	NL	136	545	482	90	156	92	26	0	38	113	58	69	.324	.398	.614	1.012	296	15	*2/HD
18	Roy Campanella	154	1953	31	BRO	NL	144	590	519	103	162	92	26	3	41	142	67	58	.312	.395	.611	1.006	317	13	*2H
19	Jorge Posada	153	2007	36	NYY	AL	144	589	506	91	171	108	42	1	20	90	74	98	.338	.426	.543	.970	275	18	*2H/D3
20	Dick Dietz	153	1970	28	SFG	NL	148	612	493	82	148	88	36	2	22	107	109	106	.300	.426	.515	.941	254	16	*2H
21	Mike Piazza	153	1993	24	LAD	NL	149	602	547	81	174	113	24	2	35	112	46	86	.318	.370	.561	.932	307	10	*2/H3
22	Bubbles Hargrave	152	1926	33	CIN	NL	105	366	326	42	115	79	22	8	6	62	25	17	.353	.406	.525	.930	171		2H
23	Roy Campanella	152	1955	33	BRO	NL	123	522	446	81	142	89	20	1	32	107	56	41	.318	.395	.583	.978	260	14	*2/H
24	Ernie Lombardi	152	1938	30	CIN	NL	129	529	489	60	167	117	30	1	19	95	40	14	.342	.391	.524	.915	256	30	*2/H
25	Mike Piazza	152	1998	29	FLA,LAD,NYM	NL	151	626	561	88	184	113	38	1	32	111	58	80	.328	.390	.570	.960	320	15	*2/HD
26	Gabby Hartnett	151	1935	34	CHC	NL	116	461	413	67	142	91	32	6	13	91	41	46	.344	.404	.545	.949	225	13	*2/H
27	Rudy York	151	1937	23	DET	AL	104	417	375	72	115	59	18	3	35	101	41	52	.307	.375	.651	1.026	244		25/H3

Conspicuous by his absence: Yogi Berra. Yogi's tops: 142 in 1956. MVP 1951, 1954, 1955.

Chris Hoiles is #8. More amazingly, he finished 16th in AL MVP voting.

Mike Grady #5: who? Dick Dietz and Bubbles Hargrave? I vaguely remember the name Dick Dietz. 1970 and 1971 Dietz played 148 and 142 games, his only seasons at least 100 games: OPS+ 153 and 130.

Of the 27 seasons, Mike Piazza has 6 (22%). And Piazza has 1 and 2. Piazza was never MVP.

Other multiples in the list:
Campanella 3, his three MVP seasons
Lombardi (MVP 1938) and Hartnett (MVP 1935) 2 each

https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp.shtml

Other MVP on the list: Mauer, Posey, Bench (also 1970), Cochrane for 1934 but not 1933 in the list, Torre for 1971 at first base but not 1966 in the list.