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...
He's cleared the bar for Hall of Fame catchers Here's a simple way of viewing Mauer's Hall of Fame case through the lens of Jay Jaffe'sJAWSsystem, which measures a player's careerWARaveraged with his seven-year peak WAR. By JAWS, Mauerranks seventh among catchers (47.1)and is surroun...
Wherever he was in Italy on an early-summer getaway last month, Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench still found wi-fi access that kept him connected to the games back home. He stayed "on top" of his Cincinnati Reds and saw the rise of a few rookie sensations. He joked that only the ...
ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle and David Schoenfield take a look at the candidacies of some of the leading vote-getters on the BBWAA ballot to date and weigh their Hall of Fame chances for this year -- and beyond.Players are listed in order of their current balloting percentage,v...
certainly strong -- three batting titles, the 2009 American League MVP Award, six All-Star selections, five Silver Slugger Awards and three Gold Glove Awards behind the plate, not to mention aranking of seventhamong catchers in Jay Jaffe’s JAWS system of evaluation for Hall of Fame ...
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, ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday announced their newest group of inductees into the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds, Jim Leyland and Manny Sanguillen will become the newest members inducted into the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame. "As an organization, we ...
Jorge Posada (90) – Posada’s Hall Rating is higher than that of Hall of Fame catchers Campanella, Rick Ferrell, and Ray Schalk. It’s also lower than that of Ted Simmons, Joe Torre, Gene Tenace, Thurman Munson, and Bill Freehan, none of whom is enshrined. While I support the candid...
In the heart of Grapefruit League Spring Training, he remains involved in the game visiting many organizations and mentoring the next catchers of our national pastime. Each year he makes an effort to attend both the Reds and National Baseball Hall of Fame inductions, serving as a continued amb...
The offense, combined with Bench's already-strong defensive work behind the plate, was worth 5.0 bWAR as he captured the NL Rookie of the Year Award. Over the next four seasons, Bench would win two NL MVP Awards, establishing himself as the new standard for catchers. George BrettDebut year...