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We could be entering a golden era for young catchers

Major league catchers were historically productive in 2012.

As a group, MLB catchers compiled 78.9 WAR that season, according to FanGraphs. That total trails only catchers in 1977—a group headlined by Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk, Ted Simmons, Gary Carter and Johnny Bench—but not by much.

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