Ok, name your top 10 greatest hitting (offensive) catchers ever. You can count base running and base stealing is you wish as well.
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Piazza
Bench
Berra
Dickey
Posada
I-Rod
Carter
Campanella
J.Gibson
Fisk
That's 10 off the top of my head. It's in no order though."I was pitching one day when my glasses clouded up on me. I took them off to polish them. When I looked up to the plate, I saw Jimmie Foxx. The sight of him terrified me so much that I haven't been able to wear glasses since." - Left Gomez
"(Lou) Gehrig never learned that a ballplayer couldn't be good every day." - Hank Gowdy
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Mike Piazza
Bill Dickey
Yogi Berra
Mickey Cochrane
Josh Gibson
Buck Ewing
Gabby Hartnett
Carlton Fisk
Johnny Bench
Roy Campanella"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.
~~Al Gallagher
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No Order, First 10 I could think of:
-Mike Piazza
-Yogi Berra
-Johnny Bench
-Ted Simmons
-Mickey Cochrane
-Gene Tenace
-Roy Campanella
-Ivan Rodriguez
-Gary Carter
-Ernie LombardiAL East Champions: 1981 1982
AL Pennant: 1982
NL Central Champions: 2011
NL Wild Card: 2008
"It was like coming this close to your dreams and then watching them brush past you like a stranger in a crowd. At the time you don't think much of it; you know, we just don't recognize the significant moments of our lives while they're happening. Back then I thought, 'Well, there'll be other days.' I didn't realize that that was the only day." - Moonlight Graham
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1. Piazza
2. Berra
3. Dickey
4. Bench
5. Simmons
6. Campanella
7. Torre
8. Pudge
9. Cocharine
10. Fisk
Id love to see the justification for the guy who put Bench over Piazza. The guy has a .960 OPS on the road for his CAREER. How many catchers have done that for even one season? Benchs' single season best is .932.Last edited by willshad; 05-26-2008, 09:10 AM.
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1. Piazza
2. Tenace
3. Cochrane
4. Lombardi
5. Campanella
6. Bench
7. Dickey
8. Hartnett
9. Berra
10. Bresnahan
I'd guess that Gibson would probably be either 1 or 2, but I don't know how to rank him. Besides, if I put Gibson in there, then I'd have to drop Bresnahan :twocents:
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1) Mike Piazza > Good enough to make him a HOF first ballot.
2) Yogi Berra > The 1950's weren't Mickey's team, they were Yogi's team.
3) Mickey Cochrane > Overlooked as a hitter because he didn't have great power.
4) Ernie Lombardi > If he'd had just average speed...
5) Johnny Bench > Best all around catcher ever in MLB.
6) Gabby Hartnett > Seldom mentioned when talking the great catchers.
7) Roy Campanella > Alternated good/bad years. When he was good, he was very good.
8) Ted Simmons > Would get more respect but was overshadowed by Bench.
9) Bill Freehan > Considering the era he played vastly underrated.
10) Bill Dickey > This low because he was essentially platooned and was a 'Home Hitter' but a darn good one.
If I could be sure of it, Josh Gibson could be #1 or #2,
Joe Torre spent too many years playing 1B or 3B to be rated strictly as a catcher.
Pudge Rodriguez is/was a greatoffensive player. But I strongly suspect Pudge of the dreaded 'S' word.
Buck Ewing was proably a tremendous hitter but his time at cather, like Torre, is too limited to rank him fairly.
I may very well be remiss in not including Gary Carter/Carlton Fisk in this list, especially Carter.
Gene Tenace. Well, he may well belong up there in the top 10 considering his OBP. I just can't bring myself to do so though.
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Originally posted by John Shoemaker View Post1. Mike Piazza
2. Johnny Bench
3. Carlton Fisk
4. Yogi Berra
5. Gary Cater
6. Lance Parrish
7. Bill Dickey
8. Mickey Cochrane
9. Roy Campanella
10. Ivan Rodriguez
Actually the best hitting catcher I ever saw was Jimmie Foxx but he only caught 108 games before moving to first base.Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.-Crash Davis
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1. Josh Gibson
2. Mike Piazza
3. Yogi Berra
4. Mickey Cochrane
5. Johnny Bench
6. Bill Dickey
7. Buck Ewing
8. Gary Carter
9. Gabby Hartnett
10. Ernie Lombardi"It is a simple matter to erect a Hall of Fame, but difficult to select the tenants." -- Ken Smith
"I am led to suspect that some of the electorate is very dumb." -- Henry P. Edwards
"You have a Hall of Fame to put people in, not keep people out." -- Brian Kenny
"There's no such thing as a perfect ballot." -- Jay Jaffe
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