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But in recent decades, the workload of top major league catchers has gradually increased, and the top ten career leaders all made their major league debuts after 1968. Iván Rodríguez [3] [4] [5] is the all-time leader in games played as a catcher, playing 2,427 games at the position. [6]
Catcher Josh Gibson, whose career ended in 1946, has the highest batting average in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. [a] He batted .372 over 14 seasons, mostly with the Homestead Grays. In addition, he also holds the single-season record for highest batting average in major league history at .466 in 1943.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
MLB's top 10 catchers. Matt Averna. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:33 PM. MLB's top 10 catchers. In recent years, the role of the backstop in baseball has evolved.
In 1999, Bench ranked Number 16 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players. [87] He was the highest-ranking catcher. Bench was also elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team as the top vote-receiving catcher. [88]
Yet Salvador Pérez is still just 34 years old, still one of the greatest catchers in baseball, still producing at a rate more befitting a younger man, and returning to the game’s postseason ...
He is the Mets all-time leader in games played as a catcher (1,176). [44] Grote caught 116 shutouts in his career, ranking him 15th all-time among catchers. [45] Grote called the pitches for some of the most outstanding pitchers of his era, including Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Tug McGraw, Nolan Ryan, Tommy John, Don Sutton, and Dan Quisenberry. [2]
This is a list of the 300 Major League Baseball players who have hit the most career home runs in regular season play (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games). In the sport of baseball, a home run is a hit in which the batter scores by circling all the bases and reaching home plate in one play