Pays tribute to the late baseball player Roy Campanella. Age; Author's claim as the greatest all-around catcher; Campanella as one of the fabled `Boys Of Summer'; Cutting short his career due to an accident...
LegendaryYankeescatcherYogi Berrapassed away on Tuesday due to natural causes at his home in Montclair, N.J. He was 90. His family had this to say in a statement released by theYogi Berra Museum & Learning Center: "While we mourn the loss of our father, grandfather, and great-grandfather...
Roy Campanella, a Hall of Fame catcher and one of the all-time greats in Brooklyn Dodger history, died after suffering a heart attack Saturday night at his home in Woodland Hills. He was 71. A three-time National League most valuable player, Campanella established major league records for c...
It's bizarre that a Hall of Fame catcher, in the thick of his prime at age 29, could be traded twice in an eight-day span, but that's exactly what happened in 1998. Piazza and the Dodgers couldn't work out an extension to keep him in L.A., whichsent him to the Marlinsin a ...
A 26-game debut stint as a 19-year-old late in the 1967 season in which Bench hit just .163 with a .462 OPS wasn't immediately remedied when he began play as the Reds' full-time catcher in 1968. Through the first 19 games of his rookie year, Bench was still struggling at the pl...
catcher-first baseman Joe Mauer and first baseman Todd Helton were elected to the Hall of Fame. Candidates must be named on 75 percent of ballots cast by selected BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years of MLB coverage to gain election and be part of Induction Weekend July 25-28, ...
via Ryan Thibodaux's Hall of Fame tracker site.Joe MauerThe case for Mauer:Mauer had a very high level of peak performance as a catcher -- winning three batting titles and hitting an incredible .365/.444/.587 in his MVP season in 2009 (nobody has hit for that high of an avera...
Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra passes away at 90 Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra passes away at 90 S Wire - 《Sports Illustrated Com》 被引量: 0发表: 2015年 Canadian plastics industry veteran, Hall of Fame member Terry Browitt passes away Terence (Terry) Browitt, a well-known ...
Official website of Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame Catcher, Johnny Bench. Rookie of the Year, 2x MVP, 2x World Series Champion, 14x All Star and 10x Golf Glove.
Raleigh became the first catcher since Mike Piazza (ironically of New York Mets fame) to have at least three consecutive seasons of 25+ home runs. Piazza did it for eight straight season from 1995-2002. Double dumped.pic.twitter.com/aCTLoKly97 ...