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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]
James Timothy McCarver (October 16, 1941 – February 16, 2023) was an American professional baseball catcher, television sports commentator, and singer. [1] [2] He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1959 to 1980 for four teams, spending almost all of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies.
A five-time Gold Glove Award winner, [1] Freehan held the major league record for highest career fielding percentage (.9933) until 2002, and also the records for career putouts (9,941) and total chances (10,734) from 1975 until the late 1980s; [2] he ranked ninth in major league history in games caught (1,581) at the end of his career.
A former pitcher is visited by the ghost of his catcher. Baseball: 1994 Documentary Comprehensive history of the game, 18 hours-plus, as chronicled by Ken Burns. Angels in the Outfield: 1994 Comedy Disney remake of the 1951 film of the same name. Cobb: 1994 Biographical The career and last days of Ty Cobb, played by Tommy Lee Jones. Little Big ...
He played in 1,192 regular season games, finishing with a .266 batting average, 71 home runs, and 438 runs batted in. He had the highest average among all catchers in the 1980 baseball season with a .318 batting average. On May 15, 1981, Hassey caught starting pitcher Len Barker's perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
William Francis Plummer (March 21, 1947 – March 12, 2024) was an American professional baseball player and manager.He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher in 1968 and then from 1970 to 1978, most notably as a member of the Cincinnati Reds dynasty that won four National League pennants and two World Series championships between 1970 and 1976.
[4] [11] Hundley led National League catchers in assists and finished the season ranked fourth in the 1966 National League Rookie of the Year voting. [12] [13] Hundley continued to shoulder a heavy workload in 1967, playing in 152 games and committing just four errors to set a National League record for fewest errors by a catcher in a season. [9]
In 77 games, he posted a career-best batting average of .302 with two home runs and 18 RBIs, and despite playing in fewer than half the team's games, Bertell still played more innings at catcher than anyone else on the 1962 team. [1] The 1963 season found the Cubs rebounding and posting a winning record for the first time since 1946. Bertell ...