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    Ok, name your top 10 greatest hitting (offensive) catchers ever. You can count base running and base stealing is you wish as well.
    Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.-Crash Davis

  • #2
    1. Mike Piazza
    2 Bill Dickey
    3 Yogi Berra
    4 Buck Ewing
    5 Mickey Cochrane
    6 Gabby Hartnett
    7 Johnny Bench
    8 Carlton Fisk
    9 Jorge Posada
    10 Ted Simmons
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    • #3
      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

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      • #4
        Mike Piazza
        Bill Dickey
        Yogi Berra
        Mickey Cochrane
        Josh Gibson
        Buck Ewing
        Gabby Hartnett
        Carlton Fisk
        Johnny Bench
        Roy Campanella
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        • #5
          1) Piazza
          2) Bench
          3) Berra
          4) Cochrane
          5) Ewing
          6) Lombardi
          7) Tenace
          8) Hartnett
          9) Carter
          10) Dickey

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          • #6
            In order
            Bench
            Gibson
            Piazza
            Berra
            Cochrane
            Fisk
            Dickey
            Hartnett
            Campanella
            Rodriguez

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            • #7
              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 Lombardi
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              • #8
                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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                • #9
                  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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                  • #10
                    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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                    • #11
                      1. 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.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by John Shoemaker View Post
                        1. 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.
                        You actually saw Jimmie Foxx play in person?!!
                        Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.-Crash Davis

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                        • #13
                          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
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                          "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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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Honus Wagner Rules View Post
                            You actually saw Jimmie Foxx play in person?!!
                            Yes in the mid and late 20's and the early 30's.

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                            • #15
                              --You saw him play 80 years ago! You must have the biggest longevity advantage of any Fever member:applaud:.

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