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    Are there any catchers in baseball that can actually hit?

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by irish1 View Post
    Is Francisco Cervelli really the best hitting catcher in baseball??
    Buster Posey?

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    David ross

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    Yadier Molina?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RavensFan2k3 View Post
    Yadier Molina?
    not anymore...guy was solid in past years....junk now...and he isnt even catching that well anymore...

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    Quote Originally Posted by irish1 View Post
    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.

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

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looking4Winners View Post
    Is batting average the best way to see a hitter's production? I think there's better ways

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    Quote Originally Posted by jds07v View Post
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by slayer14 View Post
    jose posada and jason varitek took batting offense for a catcher to a higher level compared to now
    Piazza too?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYRin09 View Post
    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

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