Catching Hall Of Fame Pitchers Robin Roberts' Battery Mates

Robin Roberts pitched for Philadelphia (NL) 1948-1961, Baltimore (AL) 1962-1965, Houston (NL) 1965-1966, and Chicago (NL) 1966. He pitched in 676 games, made 609 starts, had 305 complete games, and pitched 45 shutouts. Six of Roberts' shutouts were caught by more than one catcher.

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT ROBIN ROBERTS' STARTS Stan Lopata 135   Jim Coker 13 Andy Seminick 126   Jim Hegan 10 Smokey Burgess 71   Randy Hundley 9 John Orsino 45   Ron Brand 7 Carl Sawatski 31   Valmy Thomas 7 Dick Brown 25   Gus Triandos 5 Clay Dalrymple 24   Ken Silvestri 4 Joe Lonnett 19   Darrell Johnson 3 Charlie Lau 15   Dave Adlesh 1 Del Wilber 15   Bill Heath 1 Hobie Landrith 14   Al Lakeman 1 Cal Neeman 14   Don Padgett 1 John Bateman 13         CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT ROBIN ROBERTS' SHUTOUTS Andy Seminick 9   John Bateman 1 Stan Lopata 8   Ron Brand 1 Smokey Burgess 6   Dick Brown 1 John Orsino 4   Charlie Lau 1 Clay Dalrymple 2   Carl Sawatski 1 Joe Lonnett 2   Valmy Thomas 1 Del Wilber 2   multiple catchers 6

Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR

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