No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on each player's career with that franchise. First up, catchers. These rankings are for fun...
His status as one of the Orioles' all-time great catchers is uncontested, with his contributions to the team's success in the 1980s forever etched into the annals of Baltimore baseball history. 13 675 votes Paul Blair Dec. at 69 (1944-2013) A premier outfielder for t...
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No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on each player's career with that franchise. We've tackledcatchers,first basemen,second base...
and USA Today Minor League All-Star. He is a two-time National League All-Star and won four consecutive Gold Glove Awards between 1995 and 1998. He was part of the 1997 World Series Championship team with the Florida Marlins. Johnson is one of three catchers in MLB history to catch at ...
all but two playoff teams had above-average game callers. And of the 16 catchers who appeared at least once during the 2014 postseason, they ranked, on average, in the top third in baseball in game-calling, combining for 4.4 wins from it during the regular season, more than enough to ...
One of our catchers who had been hurting says he can play so the coaches in the championship game against the team we lost to at first put the other catcher who had been catching in to pitch; he tosses a shutout game. We play this team again and this time have a see-saw battle, ...
This free-agent class, known as the 2017 class, is one of the weakest in recent memory, but it does have a couple of impact middle-of-the-lineup bats (Edwin Encarnacion, Yoenis Cespedes), a couple of shutdown closers (Kenley Jansen, Aroldis Chapman), strong defensive catchers (Matt Wie...
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(.276/.342/.325—yes, a player with a .325 slugging percentage was one of the team’s best hitters; the team’s catchers, shortstops, and third basemen all slugged below .300) led the majors with 19 position player sacrifices.Frame of reference:The Phillies had the mo...