Friday, July 3, 2009

Catchers?

So...I just noticed that bbref.com lists in its career splits all the catchers who have caught for each pitcher. For example, did you know that Cliff Lee has only pitched to four different catchers in his entire 8-year career? Pretty cool.

With this in mind, I decided to create a quiz - can you name the catcher who has caught the most career plate appearances for each pitcher listed? Keep in mind that sometimes, staff aces have "personal catchers," so some of the responses might surprise you.

Steroid Era:
1. Roger Clemens

a) Rich Gedman
b) Jorge Posada
c) Brad Ausmus
d) Tony Pena

2. Greg Maddux

a) Charlie O'Brien
b) Damon Berryhill
c) Javy Lopez
d) Eddie Perez

3. Roy Halladay

a) Gregg Zaun
b) Darrin Fletcher
c) Bengie Molina
d) Ken Huckaby

4. Tom Glavine

a) Javy Lopez
b) Damon Berryhill
c) Eddie Perez
d) Paul LoDuca

5. John Smoltz

a) Eddie Perez
b) Javy Lopez
c) Damon Berryhill
d) Brian McCann

6. Roy Oswalt

a) Tony Eusebio
b) Brad Ausmus
c) Paul Bako
d) Raul Chavez

7. Dan Haren

a) Kurt Suzuki
b) Mike Matheny
c) Jason Kendall
d) Chris Snyder

8. Chris Carpenter

a) Darrin Fletcher
b) Gregg Zaun
c) Yadier Molina
d) Mike Matheny

9. Andy Pettitte

a) Joe Girardi
b) Jorge Posada
c) Brad Ausmus
d) Jim Leyritz

10. Randy Johnson

a) Dan Wilson
b) Damian Miller
c) Jorge Posada
d) Dave Valle


Golden Era:
1. Bob Gibson

a) Joe Torre
b) Ted Simmons
c) Tim McCarver
d) Bob Uecker

2. Nolan Ryan

a) Alan Ashby
b) Jerry Grote
c) Ivan Rodriguez
d) Brian Downing

3. Steve Carlton

a) Tim McCarver
b) Ted Simmons
c) Bob Boone
d) Ozzie Virgil

4. Bert Blyleven

a) Chris Bando
b) Jim Sundberg
c) George Mitterwald
d) Ed Ott

5. Tommy John

a) Joel Skinner
b) Rick Cerone
c) Steve Yeager
d) Thurman Munson

6. Jim Palmer

a) Dave Duncan
b) Andy Etchebarren
c) Elrod Hendricks
d) Rick Dempsey

7. Tom Seaver

a) Johnny Bench
b) Carlton Fisk
c) Jerry Grtoe
d) Duffy Dyer

8. Gaylord Perry

a) Jim Sundberg
b) Dave Duncan
c) Ray Fosse
d) Dick Dietz

9. Phil Niekro

a) Bruce Benedict
b) Bob Didier
c) Chris Bando
d) Johnny Oates

10. Don Sutton

a) Bob Boone
b) Steve Yeager
c) Johnny Roseboro
d) Jeff Torborg

Answers:
Steroid: 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-a, 5-b, 6-b, 7-c, 8-a, 9-b, 10-a
Golden: 1-c, 2-a, 3-a, 4-c, 5-c, 6-d, 7-c, 8-d, 9-a, 10-b

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