While working on a main post regarding the Cardinals' backup catcher position, I made a graph of the backup catchers from the Tony La Russa/Dave Duncan era. It is by no means comprehensive; rather, I tried to select those that were signed to be the backup catcher, made ten or more starts, and/or caught 100 or more innings. When I completed the graph and saw that it took up the entire screen, I decided not to include in a post I intended to focus on Bryan Anderson and Tony Cruz. So, I thought I'd post it here as it's a nice little trip down Memory Lane. Year Player Age GS Inn BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 1996 D. Sheaffer 34 37 322.2 .227 .271 .333 .605 59 1996 P. Borders 33 15 137.0 .319 .329 .362 .691 83 1997 T. Lampkin 33 56 549.1 .245 .335 .380 .715 88 1998 E. Marrero 24 67 613.0 .244 .318 .370 .688 81 1998 T. Lampkin 34 54 482.1 .231 .328 .380 .708 86 1999 E. Marrero 25 77 696.2 .192 .236 .297 .533 33 1999 A. Castillo 29 74 660.1 .263 .326 .341 .667 69 2000 E. Marrero 26 26 239.0 .225 .302 .422 .723 79 2000 C. Hernandez 33 15 126.0 .275 .345 .412 .757 89 2001 E. Marrero 27 45 430.1 .266 .312 .438 .751 92 2002 M. Difelice 33 51 435.1 .230 .297 .362 .660 75 2002 E. Marrero 28 15 180.2 .262 .327 .451 .777 104 2003 J. Girardi 38 5 52.0 .130 .231 .130 .361 -1 2003 C. Widger 32 32 278.2 .235 .279 .324 .603 59 2004 Y. Molina 21 39 344.0 .267 .329 .356 .684 78 2004 C. McCary 30 13 132.0 .230 .269 .257 .526 38 2005 E. Diaz 32 30 299.0 .208 .248 .277 .525 37 2005 M. Mahoney 32 21 187.1 .156 .217 .219 .436 15 2006 G. Bennet 34 43 385.1 .223 .274 .331 .605 55 2007 G. Bennett 35 41 370.1 .252 .286 .335 .621 61 2007 K. Stinnett 37 20 203.0 .159 .207 .232 .439 14 2008 J. Larue 34 44 412.0 .213 .296 .348 .643 57 2009 J. Larue 35 26 254.0 .240 .288 .327 .615 34 2010 J. Larue 36 14 150.1 .196 .274 .321 .596 18 2010 M. Pagnozzi 27 12 106.0 .359 .405 .487 .892 143 2011 G. Laird 31 22 213.0 .232 .302 .358 .660 84 2011 T. Cruz 24 8 99.0 .262 .333 .338 .672 89