Best Catcher of All Time...

[Mondo Jay]

My vote would go to Berra.

 

[StanMarsh51]

Tie between Ham Porter and Crash Davis.

 

[Mondo Jay]

If Pudge wasn't such an obvious roider, he would garner more consideration. He could do it all.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

My vote would go to Berra.

As would mine.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

The big red one, Wallace. The one that says Quote.

Put that doob down and concentrate for a minute, man!

Yeah...I got that one "fingered out", but "How do I quote something from a different website other than just on Hoop HD?"

#BabySteps

 

[HammerDown]

I was at the game at Shea when Todd Hundley and Gary Sheffield duked it out at home plate.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Tie between Ham Porter and Crash Davis.

Fuck those guys.

Sincerely,

Jake Taylor

 

[Chewbaccer]

And that's why I voted Gary Carter, arguably the best defensive catcher in baseball history...

I didn't mean to quote your comment.

But Johnny Bench was a great defensive catcher and a much better hitter than Carter.

Bench easily>>>Carter

 

[HammerDown]

Yeah...I got that one "fingered out", but "How do I quote something from a different website other than just on Hoop HD?"

#BabySteps

Just add the Quote tag. [ quote ] with no spaces.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I didn't mean to quote your comment.

But Johnny Bench was a great defensive catcher and a much better hitter than Carter.

Bench easily>>>Carter

Don't use the word MUCH Bench was not much better than Carter offensively... they were pretty similar, yes Bench was better but it was pretty close...

 

[mrwallace2ku]

^Copy DAT HD...back to the "burning doob"

Manny Sanguillen (1975, .328, 9 HR, 58 RBI, .842 OPS)

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I was at the game at Shea when Todd Hundley and Gary Sheffield duked it out at home plate.

Who won? I don't like Sheff.

I was at the game when Fausto "Roberto Consuelo Emanuel Juan Hernandez" Carmona went all Robin Ventura on Sheff's ass. That was a fun day. That and game 2 of the 2007 ALDS are the reasons that I'll always have a special place in my heart for Fausto.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Don't use the word MUCH Bench was not much better than Carter offensively... they were pretty similar, yes Bench was better but it was pretty close...

Wasn't that close.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Don't use the word MUCH Bench was not much better than Carter offensively... they were pretty similar, yes Bench was better but it was pretty close...

Except Bench was much better offensively.

 

[HammerDown]

Who won? I don't like Sheff.

I was at the game when Fausto "Roberto Consuelo Emanuel Juan Hernandez" Carmona went all Robin Ventura on Sheff's ass. That was a fun day. That and game 2 of the 2007 ALDS are the reasons that I'll always have a special place in my heart for Fausto.

As I remember it Hundley punched Sheffield square in the mouth and that's pretty hard to recover from. Hundley said he was sick of Sheffield trying to steal signs. I'd love to see a video of that fight again. Me and my buddy were sitting top deck down the 1st base line. There must have been 80,000 seats in that dump.

 

[StanMarsh51]

I didn't mean to quote your comment.

But Johnny Bench was a great defensive catcher and a much better hitter than Carter.

Bench easily>>>Carter

The difference offensively isn't as great as you may think...keep in mind Fisk played longer, which tends to hurt rate states.

Fisk at the end of 1990 had a .272 AVG and .808 OPS in almost 9100 plate appearances. Bench had a .267 AVG and .818 OPS in about 8700 plate appearances. Fisk however played at age 43-45, which really brought down his rate states.

 

[HammerDown]

Don't use the word MUCH Bench was not much better than Carter offensively... they were pretty similar, yes Bench was better and it's not even close...

Yep, I agree as do 99.9% of baseball fans. Sentimental value goes squarely to Gary Carter but NO ONE is better behind the plate than The Little General.

 

[Chewbaccer]

The difference offensively isn't as great as you may think...keep in mind Fisk played longer, which tends to hurt rate states.

Fisk at the end of 1990 had a .272 AVG and .808 OPS in almost 9100 plate appearances. Bench had a .267 AVG and .818 OPS in about 8700 plate appearances. Fisk however played at age 43-45, which really brought down his rate states.

That's great and all, but I haven't said 1 word about Carlton Fisk.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

The difference offensively isn't as great as you may think...keep in mind Fisk played longer, which tends to hurt rate states.

Fisk at the end of 1990 had a .272 AVG and .808 OPS in almost 9100 plate appearances. Bench had a .267 AVG and .818 OPS in about 8700 plate appearances. Fisk however played at age 43-45, which really brought down his rate states.

<looks around confused>

 

[Tharvot]

If Pudge wasn't such an obvious roider, he would garner more consideration. He could do it all.

Unfortunately true. You couldn't help but notice the dramatic body difference from when he clearly stopped roiding to the years just prior. To his credit, he never got caught (mostly because he was out of the game by then) and I just go ahead and assume that everyone in the game was on something during that time period.

That shouldn't take away completely from his brilliance as a player though.