I’m appalled that you have omitted Josh Gibson from this list. You didn’t say “Top 10 MLB Catchers of All-Time,” meaning your list (and all your research) = 🗑️
Package not just one good thing over the other. And I will maintain that while Berra played on a lot of stacked teams, he wasn’t better than DiMaggio or Mantle.
Yogi is vastly underrated and deserves the number 1 spot. He was the best player on the most formidable dynasty in baseball history.
Much love for Josh Gibson and he is perhaps the best player to ever play. Period.
Selfishly, I’d take Yadi and his leadership skills over Piazza, Posey, and Pudge in the modern day comparison. The intangibles that can’t be measured as new baseball metrics tell me (I am biased) he’s worth more as a field general controlling the pulse and flow of the game than any other catcher other than Berra.
100% Agree on Berra. Called games with savvy and intelligence. As a batter he was always a threat. A joy to watch. BTW, as a kid I sat next to Campanella at the 1960 World Series. He was in a wheelchair in the aisle. Yeah, I had an AWESOME seat.
I'm mixed on Buster. I juat tend to lean towards guys who were more consistent across their careers. Plus, Buster retired so young.but he also didn't play during COVID which hurts his numbers. Not that I punish him for that.
Going at the 10 World Series point. Let's not forget 2 of those we're while Yankees owners were basically also running the Kansas City Athetics (1956 and 1958). And another two were while they were still enjoying the benefits of the Arnold Johnson era in KC (1961 and 1962). Winning isn't on any one player. Johnny Bench could dominate in the field and with the bat. And I will not forget his occasional displays of mastery of the art of the delayed steal. Interestingly 13% of Yogi's games started are in the outfield. Johnny Bench somewhere other than catcher just over 18.7% of the time. Maybe Pudge deserves the accolade more for being almost exclusively a catcher. Especially in the era of the DH Pudge caught about 98% of his starts. And defensively he could stand toe to toe with Johnny Bench.
It’s early in the morning, and I haven’t had any coffee, but it looks like, under accolades, you have Buster Posey listed as a Hall of Famer, but you omit that credential for Joe Mauer. Am I missing something, or should those be reversed?
There should be special consideration given to catchers who wore pillows, not gloves, on their left hands and were expected to catch each pitch.
I’m appalled that you have omitted Josh Gibson from this list. You didn’t say “Top 10 MLB Catchers of All-Time,” meaning your list (and all your research) = 🗑️
Would be on different list.
Again. Dumb. Nearly expert would have bench #1. I’d argue Berra isn’t even top 5.
Then argue it.
Bench is the gold standard. The total
Package not just one good thing over the other. And I will maintain that while Berra played on a lot of stacked teams, he wasn’t better than DiMaggio or Mantle.
Please don't tell me that you just took a screenshot from Chat GPT as your argument.
Yogi is vastly underrated and deserves the number 1 spot. He was the best player on the most formidable dynasty in baseball history.
Much love for Josh Gibson and he is perhaps the best player to ever play. Period.
Selfishly, I’d take Yadi and his leadership skills over Piazza, Posey, and Pudge in the modern day comparison. The intangibles that can’t be measured as new baseball metrics tell me (I am biased) he’s worth more as a field general controlling the pulse and flow of the game than any other catcher other than Berra.
100% Agree on Berra. Called games with savvy and intelligence. As a batter he was always a threat. A joy to watch. BTW, as a kid I sat next to Campanella at the 1960 World Series. He was in a wheelchair in the aisle. Yeah, I had an AWESOME seat.
Worth noting that Buster started ~20% of his games at first base and Joe Mauer did the same for ~1/3 of his.
"Was Yogi Berra a great defensive catcher? Nope."
Yogi made more putouts at third base than most career third basemen.
(Yogi lived in my hometown of Montclair, NJ.)
PS--Bill Dickey? And I'd be interested in where you actually rate Buster.
I'm mixed on Buster. I juat tend to lean towards guys who were more consistent across their careers. Plus, Buster retired so young.but he also didn't play during COVID which hurts his numbers. Not that I punish him for that.
It became fairly obvious that his heart wasn’t in it, though I don’t know why. So he moved back to Georgia, but he really didn’t like that either.
Dick Bertell, Chicago Cubs
Going at the 10 World Series point. Let's not forget 2 of those we're while Yankees owners were basically also running the Kansas City Athetics (1956 and 1958). And another two were while they were still enjoying the benefits of the Arnold Johnson era in KC (1961 and 1962). Winning isn't on any one player. Johnny Bench could dominate in the field and with the bat. And I will not forget his occasional displays of mastery of the art of the delayed steal. Interestingly 13% of Yogi's games started are in the outfield. Johnny Bench somewhere other than catcher just over 18.7% of the time. Maybe Pudge deserves the accolade more for being almost exclusively a catcher. Especially in the era of the DH Pudge caught about 98% of his starts. And defensively he could stand toe to toe with Johnny Bench.
It’s early in the morning, and I haven’t had any coffee, but it looks like, under accolades, you have Buster Posey listed as a Hall of Famer, but you omit that credential for Joe Mauer. Am I missing something, or should those be reversed?
I love that you have Yogi at #1. His documentary was one of the best things I’ve seen in the last several years:
https://youtu.be/XGvXOjD6zQ8?si=V_3ge_pi6T9GT4oH