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When we consider baseball’s all-time greatest pitcher/catcher combinations, legendary batteries like Grove and Cochrane, Ford and Berra, Seaver and Bench spring to mind.
These storied pairs immediately prompt one to conjure other imaginary match-ups, players drawn from every era of baseball who might be combined as duos. Here then is a list of 50 pairs of actual pitchers and catchers combined as all-time, fantasy battery mates. Though they’re unlikely to ever mount any brilliant plays on the field, hopefully they will provide some memorable plays on words.
(Note: All pitchers and catchers listed are documented on Baseball Almanac as major leaguers who’ve played baseball, however briefly, sometime since the late 19th Century.)
Billy Muffett
Clyde Klutz
Adam Eaton
Don Crow
Tim Drew
Coonie Blank
John Striker
Chink Outen
Colter Bean
Jim Ball
Joe Black
Bert Blue
Drew Stubbs
Barry Foote
Bill Crouch
Jim Stoops
Phil Paine
Jack Crouch
John Rocker
Robby Hammock
Renyel Pinto
Henry Mercedes
Ossie France
Hugh Poland
Travis Harper
Dave Valle
Jacob Turner
Harry Cheek
Frank Viola
David Sax
Eric Knott
Tom Needham
JJ Putz
Brian Downing
Charlie Chech
Kevin Cash
Rocky Cherry
Herman Pitz
Pete Hamm
Johnny Berger
Luke French
Jerry Fry
Colter Bean
Herman Franks
Doc Gooden
Rick Sweet
Dean Smyly
Jim Gladd
Jack Bliss
Ed Hug
Jim Murray
Steve Christmas
John Costello
Fred Abbott
Clayton Richard
Russ Nixon
Willard Nixon
Sam Agnew
Mike Marshall
Packy Dillon
Jarrod Parker
Buster Posey
John Buck
Mack Wheat
Jim Golden
Jack Shepard
John Maine
Gabby Street
Chris Waters
Tom Dowse
Gregg Tubbs
Bill Bathe
Chris Bootcheck
Jack Bellman
Mark Clear
Joe Crisp
Harry Child
Mark Parent
John Valentine
Tyler Flowers
Ron Darling
Paul Casanova
Dick Pole
Ray Katt
Jim Kaat
Frank House
Chris Getz
John Clapp
Walter Masters
Rob Johnson
Chief Bender
Alan Knicely
R.A. Dickey
Branch Rickey
Rollie Fingers
Bill Dickey
Mel Harder
George Dickey
…And last but not least, at least not until very late in extra innings—
Danny Cox
Tony Suck
These storied pairs immediately prompt one to conjure other imaginary match-ups, players drawn from every era of baseball who might be combined as duos. Here then is a list of 50 pairs of actual pitchers and catchers combined as all-time, fantasy battery mates. Though they’re unlikely to ever mount any brilliant plays on the field, hopefully they will provide some memorable plays on words.
(Note: All pitchers and catchers listed are documented on Baseball Almanac as major leaguers who’ve played baseball, however briefly, sometime since the late 19th Century.)
Billy Muffett
Clyde Klutz
Adam Eaton
Don Crow
Tim Drew
Coonie Blank
John Striker
Chink Outen
Colter Bean
Jim Ball
Joe Black
Bert Blue
Drew Stubbs
Barry Foote
Bill Crouch
Jim Stoops
Phil Paine
Jack Crouch
John Rocker
Robby Hammock
Renyel Pinto
Henry Mercedes
Ossie France
Hugh Poland
Travis Harper
Dave Valle
Jacob Turner
Harry Cheek
Frank Viola
David Sax
Eric Knott
Tom Needham
JJ Putz
Brian Downing
Charlie Chech
Kevin Cash
Rocky Cherry
Herman Pitz
Pete Hamm
Johnny Berger
Luke French
Jerry Fry
Colter Bean
Herman Franks
Doc Gooden
Rick Sweet
Dean Smyly
Jim Gladd
Jack Bliss
Ed Hug
Jim Murray
Steve Christmas
John Costello
Fred Abbott
Clayton Richard
Russ Nixon
Willard Nixon
Sam Agnew
Mike Marshall
Packy Dillon
Jarrod Parker
Buster Posey
John Buck
Mack Wheat
Jim Golden
Jack Shepard
John Maine
Gabby Street
Chris Waters
Tom Dowse
Gregg Tubbs
Bill Bathe
Chris Bootcheck
Jack Bellman
Mark Clear
Joe Crisp
Harry Child
Mark Parent
John Valentine
Tyler Flowers
Ron Darling
Paul Casanova
Dick Pole
Ray Katt
Jim Kaat
Frank House
Chris Getz
John Clapp
Walter Masters
Rob Johnson
Chief Bender
Alan Knicely
R.A. Dickey
Branch Rickey
Rollie Fingers
Bill Dickey
Mel Harder
George Dickey
…And last but not least, at least not until very late in extra innings—
Danny Cox
Tony Suck
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