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Baseball catcher stubs (3 C, 133 P) Pages in category "Major League Baseball catchers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,017 total.
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]
Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed "Pudge" [1] and "I-Rod", [2] is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher.A member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Rodríguez is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in MLB history.
MLB's top 10 catchers In recent years, the role of the backstop in baseball has evolved . It's no longer about simply providing offense and being able to throw out baserunners.
Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American professional baseball player, primarily as a catcher.The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for nine years before entering the minor leagues in 1946.
The 2004 baseball-themed film Mickey features a character who, like Fisk, is a catcher, is known as Pudge, and hits a home run similar to Fisk's 1975 World Series home run. [ citation needed ] Footage of Fisk's home run appears in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting , during a scene in which the character Sean Maguire ( Robin Williams ) tells the ...
Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career, which lasted from 1967 to 1983, with the Cincinnati Reds, primarily as a catcher.
James Timothy McCarver (October 16, 1941 – February 16, 2023) was an American professional baseball catcher, television sports commentator, and singer. [1] [2] He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1959 to 1980 for four teams, spending almost all of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies.