Are there any catchers in baseball that can actually hit?

[irish1]

Is Francisco Cervelli really the best hitting catcher in baseball??

[funnyb25]

Is Francisco Cervelli really the best hitting catcher in baseball??

Buster Posey?

[rc86]

David ross

[Looking4Winners]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/position/c/order/true

[RavensFan2k3]

Yadier Molina?

[funnyb25]

Yadier Molina?

not anymore...guy was solid in past years....junk now...and he isnt even catching that well anymore...

[44 Mag]

Is Francisco Cervelli really the best hitting catcher in baseball??

Toughest job in pro sports !!!! Crouching down for 3 hours, catching 90+ MPH fastballs, getting hit in the head by swinging bats, getting hit in the balls by bouncing pitches, running down to 1st base on every infield grounder to back up first base. Knowing every batter, and pitcher and their tendencies???? WOW, a shitload to ask of one man. Doubt very few people in this world could do it for any length of time successfully.
I would hazard a guess to say, if a great defensive catcher could do the following he would be immortal:
BA: .250
Hits: 135
Homers: 10-15
RBI: 60+
Play in 150 games
That would be my guy.

[slayer14]

jose posada and jason varitek took batting offense for a catcher to a higher level compared to now

[jds07v]

Welington Castillo, Lucroy, and McCann all have WRC+ over 130, nobody else is over 118.

[jds07v]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting...n/c/order/true

Is batting average the best way to see a hitter's production? I think there's better ways

[NYRin09]

Is batting average the best way to see a hitter's production? I think there's better ways

yeah but its no coincidence that the first two guys you named are the first two in BA

[POOLSIDE]

jose posada and jason varitek took batting offense for a catcher to a higher level compared to now

Piazza too?

[jds07v]

yeah but its no coincidence that the first two guys you named are the first two in BA

wrc+ is more similar to using OPS than BA