The Washington herald., 1911-01-02
CATCHERS OF RECORD

all-round player would have been second
/ to none of his contemporaries. and they
| included such catchers as Buck" Ewing.
Tom Deasley, Doc" Bushong. Wilbert
| Robinson. Tom DAILY. Barney Gilligan.
Briody. Camel. Mike Hines. Farrell. Zim-
mer. Bergen. Hackett. and others who
| have led league catchers.
| Tom Deasey. who tied Charlie Ben
nett for first place among league catch
ers in 1SSs when, with Boston. he passed
into the old association. and did great
| work for st. Louis. especially in 1883
Martie Hackett, who led in 1854 with
Boston. was on that team in 1888 when
| IL won the championship and he shared
catching honors with Mike Hines. Buck
ley, who led in 1891. took Buck Ewing's
place on the New York team and caught
Rusie. with whom he had played in In
dianapolis in 1880. and in whose develop
| ment Buckley played a big part. Kit
tredge led in 1892 while with Chicago,
| and again in 1902 with Boston. thinner
| led with Cleveland in 1894. handling ''Cy''
Young. and again in 1901. with Pittsburg
In 1885, Wilbert Robinson. of Baltimore
and Clements. of Philadelphia, divided
! honors for first place. II. Vaughan. who
led in 1896 with Cincinnati. had caught
| in his eight years with that club such
| men as Chamberlain. Tony Mullane
| Dwyer. Sullivan. King. Derby, Parrott,
! Foreman, Breitenstein. Rhines, Ehret,
| Hawiey, and Hahn. Cincinnati had the
leading catcher in the next year in c.
| H. Peitz, who led again in 1899. Jim
MCGUIRE led for Washington in 1895 It
was the "Deacons' record that Gibson
broke, when, in 1903. he caught $50 games
in one season. Yet in way Mcclure
still holds his record. because the 142
games that he caught in one season
with Washington were consecutive
| games while Gibson's were not. Mar
tin Sullivan. who caught for Boston three
years. led in 1900 In that year Joe Sug-
den led the Chicago White Sox. and
again in 1904. when he was with the st.
Louis Browns. In the latter year he
| made the record percentage of $50. which
he holds in common with j. O'Connor
who made the same in 1906. when he led
American League catchers, with St.
Louis. and with Fred Bowerman. who
made that figure in 1907 with New York.
leading National League catchers in that
and the previous year. Lou Criger led
American League catchers in 1901 while
with Boston. and again in 1909 with St.
Louis. Jack Warner led American
League catchers while with Boston in
1902 and National League catchers in
1905 and 1904 with New York. Moran,
while with Boston in 1905, was the lead
ing catchere Of the National League
Schreck is a two-timer, having led in
1906 and again in 1907. both years for the
Athletics. Bowerman led two success
sive years. 1906 and 1907. in the Ma
tional League. while with New York.
Billy" Sullivan, who led in 1905 with
the Chicago White Sox, had played in
more games than any other leader Of
either league up to that time-1S. Glib
son, who led National League catchers
in y.Io III.
Bergen. of Brooklyn, led National
League catchers in 1905
Other Facts Of Record.
One of the most peculiar records IS
that of Roger Bresnahan. who. in
ten-inning game on July 8. 1908. Pitts
burg VS.. New York. did not have an
assist or a put-out during the entire
game.
Schreckengost. in addition to his record
Of leading American League catchers
twice, holds the record number of
chances accepted. 500. Charles Street,
catcher Of the Washington Americans,
and BILLY Sullivan. catcher of the Chi
cago White Sox, both have the unique
record Of catching a ball thrown out
of the window at the top Of the
Washington Monument. The ball fell a
distance of sos feet and ii is estimated
that when caught the ball was travelling
at the rate Of 161 feet a second, nearly
ITO miles an hour.
Notes from the Records.
Prior to 1856, C. N Snyder was the
only catcher whose percentage was over
800. and his figure Of .913 stood at the
top until c. w. Bennett made 941 in 1885,
Two American League catchers and one
National Lacquer have made the record
per cent Of .sso-O'Connof, Sueden, and
Bowerman.
No leader Of the American League
catchers has ever made a lower percent
age than that Of $50. made by Lou Cri-
ger in 1901.
The lowest percentage ever made by a
leading pitcher in the National League
was that Of .70l. made by James White
in 1876
The average of the percentages OF the
leading catchers Of the American League
up to the end Of 1soe-ten years-is .ses:
that Of the leaders Of the National
League for thu same period is .s75.
Bergen. OF Brooklyn. who led In lsR
came within .om per cent Of the record,
having made 80.
Ischfeneksnsust ana ..Billy" Sullivan
have each bsen Within - ~ cent AZ
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