Who is considered the greatest catcher of all time?

1. Johnny Bench - Cincinnati Reds (1967-1983) Bench is fairly universally viewed as the greatest catcher in MLB history. A key cog in Sparky Anderson's "Big Red Machine," Bench won a National League Rookie of the Year Award, 10 Gold Glove Awards and two National League MVPs.

Who is the greatest catcher of all time?

1. Yogi Berra- Good luck trying to dispute this one: he won three MVP awards (1951, 1954 and 1955), made 15 All-Star game appearances, caught Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series and boasts an unprecedented 10 World Series rings.

Who is considered the best MLB catcher?

1. Yogi Berra. It's incredible that two of the best catchers of all time had their five-year peaks simultaneously, but both Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella won their three MVP awards from 1951 to 1955.

Is Johnny Bench the best catcher ever?

Ergo, Johnny Bench is the best catcher who ever lived," says writer Roger Kahn on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Johnny Bench, who won two MVPs and 10 consecutive Gold Gloves, will be profiled on Tuesday, October 25 at 4 p.m. ET. Johnny Bench helped lead the Reds to two World Series titles.

What catcher has the best throw out percentage?

Roy Campanella

The Dodger catcher's caught stealing percentage is 57 percent. That is still the best career percentage of all-time.

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Who hit the most home runs as a catcher?

Mike Piazza has smashed the most career homers by a catcher, with 399 home runs.

What catcher has the most Gold Gloves?

Iván Rodríguez has won the most Gold Gloves at catcher, with 13; all were won with the Texas Rangers or the Detroit Tigers (both American League teams), though Rodríguez has played in both leagues.

Which catcher has the most throw outs?

Yadier Molina holds the record for the most putouts by a catcher with 14,876. Molina surpassed the previous holder on June 14, 2022 in the first game of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Iván Rodríguez (14,864) is second all-time and the only other catcher to record 14,000 or more career putouts.

Who has won 5 Gold Gloves?

Derek Jeter, winner of five Gold Gloves, believes that many defensive factors cannot be quantified.

Who has won the most platinum gloves?

Nolan Arenado is now a 5-time Platinum Gold Glove winner, the most by any player. ST. LOUIS — Rawlings Sporting Goods announced the winners of their Platinum Glove and Team Defense Awards for the 2021 season, and the Cardinals are making St. Louis proud.

How many MLB catchers have caught 2000 games?

Carlton Fisk (2,226), Bob Boone (2,225), Yadier Molina (2,145), Gary Carter (2,056), and Jason Kendall (2,025) are the only other players to play 2,000 or more games at the catcher position. Molina is the only catcher to play 2,000 games with the same team.

Has any catcher hit 50 home runs?

It was Hundley who set that mark in his breakout 1996 campaign after hitting a total of 50 homers in 491 games over his first six seasons.

Who has thrown the most no hitters in MLB history?

The pitcher who holds the record for the most no-hitters, with seven in his career, is Nolan Ryan. His first two came with the California Angels in 1973, one on May 15th and the other on July 15th. He had two more with the Angels; the third on September 28, 1974 and the fourth June 1, 1975.

Who hit the longest home run ever?

Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET!

Has any catcher played 162 games?

No MLB player has caught more than 150 games in a season since Brad Ausmus in 2000, and the 150-game benchmark has only been eclipsed 27 times in major-league history. Randy Hundley's 160 games in 1968 stands as the most in league history for defensive games at catcher according to Baseball-Reference.com.

What catcher has caught the most shutouts?

As Yogi Berra celebrates his 86th birthday on Thursday, May 12, SABR member Walt Wilson looks back at the 173 shutouts Berra caught as a member of the New York Yankees from 1946-63. Of Berra's 1,699 career games at catcher, 173 were shutouts.

Who has the most Gold Gloves at shortstop?

Ozzie Smith, known as "the Wizard of Oz", has won the most Gold Glove Awards at shortstop; he captured 13 awards in his 19 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals.

How many Golden Gloves are there?

Eighteen Gold Gloves are awarded each year, one at each of nine positions to a player in both the National League and American League.

What is a golden glove in baseball?

Given out since 1957, the Gold Glove honors the best defenders at each position in each league. Major League managers and coaches, voting only within their league and unable to vote for players on their own teams, account for 75 percent of the selection process. The other 25 percent goes to the sabermetrics community.