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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 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]
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 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)
His .419 on-base percentage is among the best in baseball history, and is the highest all-time among catchers. [2] [23] In 1932, he became the first major league catcher to score 100 runs and produce 100 runs batted in during the same season. [24] He hit for the cycle twice in his career, on July 22, 1932 and August 2, 1933. [25] [26] [27]
Baseball catcher stubs (3 C, 145 P) Pages in category "Major League Baseball catchers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,017 total.
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]