Best Catcher of All Time...

[Nosferatu]

So, who's the best catcher of all time not named Johnny Bench?

 

[Wamu]

So, who's the best catcher of all time not named Johnny Bench?

THIS! The list is incomplete w/o mentioning Bench.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Gotta be Berra if Bench isn't a choice.

 

[RazorsEdge]

Love me some Ivan Rodriguez

 

[Cyder]

Gotta be Berra if Bench isn't a choice.

3 MVP's and one of the best clutch hitters of all time. Going with Yogi

 

[packerzrule]

I voted Thurman Munson.

He may not be the greatest of all time, but I think he was the best that I've seen play in my lifetime.

 

[Rex Racer]

No Rich Gedman on the list? No honorable mention for Jarod Saltalamachia???

The OP hates the Red Sox!

 

[Rex Racer]

Bench and Berra are at the top of my list though I don't remember watching Berra play because I was so damn young.

 

[Chewbaccer]

3 MVP's and one of the best clutch hitters of all time. Going with Yogi

An argument could easily be made that Berra was better than Bench. For all time greatest catcher, I've always considered it a 1a Bench, 1b, Berra, if pressed I would probably pick Bench, but Berra certainly isn't far behind.

 

[Nosferatu]

No Rich Gedman on the list? No honorable mention for Jarod Saltalamachia???

The OP hates the Red Sox!

When I listed Fisk it's just Chicago Fisk...

 

[HammerDown]

So, who's the best catcher of all time not named Johnny Bench?

I read your poll options.

Then I read them again as my heart rate and moral indignation increased.

Then I read the part where you said "not named Bench."

I have to be honest here, Nos. You were looking at some serious time!

 

[Nosferatu]

Someone voted other?

 

[HammerDown]

RIP Gary Carter

Still feel horrible about that and I'm afraid Darren Daulton is about done too. Damn shame.

 

[HammerDown]

Ted Simmons is way underrated and would have made an excellent manager.

 

[Wamu]

Someone voted other?

Johnny Bench is not an option. So I voted other.

 

[Nosferatu]

RIP Gary Carter

Still feel horrible about that and I'm afraid Darren Daulton is about done too. Damn shame.

Sucks that players we grew up watching are dying! RIP Tony Gwynn

I started playing softball with my work team about 6 years ago and wear #19

 

[Nosferatu]

Johnny Bench is not an option. So I voted other.

You did see this right?

So, who's the best catcher of all time not named Johnny Bench?

 

[HammerDown]

You did see this right?

So, who's the best catcher of all time not named Johnny Bench?

I was about to angrily demand your Official Baseball Fan Card before unceremoniously showing you the door, Nos.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I will throw in a curve ball here... Gary Carter caught it, so he was BETTER than Johnny Bench!!!

 

[Wazmankg]

Another vote for Berra. His last year was the first I remember anything about baseball so I don't remember him as a player. My dad used to talk about how he'd swing at anything but was impossible to strike out.He's another with more HRs than Ks well into his 30s.