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Softball
former
Houston Astro
Craig Biggio
won his first
Silver Slugger Award
as a
catcher
before winning four at
second base
?
Teiji Honma
became one of the first
goaltenders
in
ice hockey
to wear a
mask
when he used one that resembled a
baseball
catcher
's mask at the
1936 Winter Olympics
?
Shanty Hogan
, a
catcher
with the
New York Giants
, joined with teammate
Andy Cohen
to form a
vaudeville
duo billed as "Cohen and Hogan", except in
Boston
, where they performed as "Hogan and Cohen"?
former
Major League Baseball
catcher
Mackey Sasser
was known for his difficulty throwing the ball back to the
pitcher
when he was behind the
home plate
?
former
NPB
catcher
Katsunori Nomura
was
managed
by his father,
Katsuya Nomura
, on three different teams: the
Yakult Swallows
, the
Hanshin Tigers
and the
Rakuten Golden Eagles
?
there are several different kinds of
baseball gloves
, including
catcher
's mitts,
pitcher
's gloves,
first basemen
's gloves and
infield
and
outfield
gloves?
the
1952 Pittsburgh Pirates
, the worst
Pirates
team of the
20th century
, were so bad that their
catcher
Joe Garagiola
later said "In an eight-team
league
, we should've finished ninth"?
in
baseball
, no
Gold Glove Award-winning
catcher
posted an
errorless
season
until
Charles Johnson
and
Mike Matheny
accomplished the feat twice in six years?
Ronn Reynolds
spent parts of six seasons as a
Major League Baseball
catcher
, despite a career
batting average
of just .188?
Eunice Taylor
, a
catcher
for the
Kenosha Comets
of the
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
, was the model for
Rosie O'Donnell
's character in the film
A League of Their Own
?
Joe Mauer
won a
batting title
, the first by a
catcher
since 1942, and a
Silver Slugger Award at catcher
in 2006?
Joe Mauer
(pictured)
, a
first-round draft pick
of the
Minnesota Twins
, is the only
catcher
in
Major League Baseball
history to have won three
batting titles
?
catcher
Alicia Seegert
set
Big Ten Conference
records for
batting average
,
hits
,
total bases
and
RBIs
while playing
softball
for the
University of Michigan
from 1984 to 1987?
journeyman
Paul Bako
(pictured)
has played for 11
Major League Baseball
teams in his 12-year career, and was formerly
Greg Maddux
's personal
catcher
?
Major League Baseball
catcher
Ellie Rodríguez
caught the fourth of
Nolan Ryan
's seven career
no-hitters
?
Negro League
catcher
Biz Mackey
was regarded in his prime as superior to
Josh Gibson
, won two
batting
titles, and mentored the young
Roy Campanella
?
Mickey Cochrane
is the only
catcher
in
Major League Baseball
history with at least 3,000
plate appearances
and
a career .400
on-base percentage
?
Major League Baseball
catcher
Nelson Santovenia
caught
Vince Coleman
stealing on July 28, 1989, ending Coleman's streak of 50 consecutive
stolen bases
?
baseball
player
Jack Clements
(baseball card pictured)
was the first person to catch 1,000 games in
Major League Baseball
and the last regular
catcher
to throw
left-handed
?
Facts on topics related to Catcher
Right fielder
Cliff Mapes
, a
Major League
outfielder
who played only three full seasons, was the starting
right fielder
for the
New York Yankees
' first of five consecutive world championships, in
1949
?
Pitcher
20 year old tobacco store clerk
Eddie Kolb
was allowed to
pitch
the last regular season
baseball
game for the
1899
Cleveland Spiders
in exchange for a box of cigars?
Andrew Carpenter
and
Sergio Escalona
earned the first back-to-back
victories
by
rookie
pitchers
for the
Philadelphia Phillies
since
2007
?
baseball
pitcher
Nick Carter
was the
Philadelphia Athletics
'
Opening Day starting pitcher
in 1908, his only season on the
Major Leagues
?
baseball
pitcher
Walter Johnson
(pictured)
made 14
Opening Day starts
for the
Washington Senators
between 1910 and 1926?
baseball
pitcher
Antonio Bastardo
had an average of 21.6 strikeouts per game after one start in 2007?
baseball
pitcher
Darryl Scott
was demoted to the
minor leagues
in 1993 while at a hospital with his wife and newborn son?
Baseball Hall of Fame
member
Mel Ott
was
struck out
in his first
at-bat
of his
Major League Baseball
career by
pitcher
Wayland Dean
?
Boston Red Sox
pitcher
Mike Nagy
was selected as American League rookie pitcher of the year in
1969
, but never pitched another full season due to injury?
Dave Winfield
was
drafted in 1973
as a
pitcher
by the
San Diego Padres
, but was elected to the
Hall of Fame
as an
outfielder
?
Detroit Tigers
pitcher
Eddie Bonine
played for three different colleges in three different
states
before he turned
professional
?
Manager (baseball)
Bob Ferguson
played for and
managed
the
Hartford Dark Blues
Major League Baseball
team from 1875 to 1877, the final three years of its four-year existence?
Major League Baseball
manager
Billy Martin
served five separate terms as
manager of the New York Yankees
?
Major League Baseball
manager
John McGraw
had 2,583 wins as the
New York Giants' manager
?
Baseball Hall of Fame
manager
John McGraw
said that
Bill Monroe
"was the greatest
infielder
he had ever seen"?
Brock Pemberton
both played for and
managed
the
minor league baseball
Macon Peaches in 1980?
Gilbert Patten
, the author of the
Frank Merriwell
dime novels
,
managed
a semi-
professional baseball
team in
Camden, Maine
during the 1890–1891 season?
John Waltz
managed
the
Baltimore Orioles
for eight games despite lacking any qualifications for the job?
current
Colorado Rockies
minor league catching instructor
Marv Foley
is the only
baseball manager
to win championships in the
International League
,
Pacific Coast League
, and
American Association
?
former
NPB
catcher
Katsunori Nomura
was
managed
by his father,
Katsuya Nomura
, on three different teams: the
Yakult Swallows
, the
Hanshin Tigers
and the
Rakuten Golden Eagles
?
in
1911
baseball
player
Ed Konetchy
and the
St. Louis Cardinals
were involved in a
train
wreck that killed 12 and injured 47, and Konetchy and
manager
Roger Bresnahan
led the rescue effort?
Shortstop
Alex Rodriguez
holds four offensive statistical records among
shortstops
during his seven
Silver Slugger-winning seasons
?
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