Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Tommy John's Battery Mates


Tommy John pitched for Cleveland (AL) 1963-1964, Chicago (AL) 1965-1971, Los Angeles (NL) 1972-1974, 1976-1978, New York (AL) 1979-1982, 1986-1989, California (AL) 1982-1985, and Oakland (AL) 1985. He pitched in 760 games, made 700 starts, had 162 complete games and pitched 46 shutouts. Two of John's shutouts were with more than one catcher.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT TOMMY JOHN'S STARTS

Steve Yeager 79   Don Pavletich 8
Rick Cerone 67   Mike O'Berry 7
Joe Ferguson 54   Mike Heath 6
Ed Herrmann 54   Mark Salas 6
Duane Josephson 54   Duke Sims 5
Johnny Romano 50   Elly Rodriguez 4
Bob Boone 48   Dick Dietz 3
Joel Skinner 30   Kevin Pasley 3
Don Slaught 25   Mickey Tettleton 3
Jerry Narron 24   Chuck Brinkman 2
Thurman Munson 21   Jerry Grote 2
Jerry McNertney 20   Charlie O'Brien 2
J.C. Martin 19   Jamie Quirk 2
Johnny Oates 17   Jimmie Schaffer 2
Chris Cannizzaro 16   Bob Geren 1
Tom Egan 15   Ron Hassey 1
Butch Wynegar 15   Art Kusnyer 1
Barry Foote 12   Bruce Robinson 1
Joe Azcue 11   Ted Sizemore 1
Brad Gulden 9      

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT TOMMY JOHN'S SHUTOUTS

Rick Cerone 7   J.C. Martin 2
Steve Yeager 6   Joe Azcue 1
Johnny Romano 5   Tom Egan 1
Joe Ferguson 4   Jerry Narron 1
Ed Herrmann 4   Johnny Oates 1
Jerry McNertney 4   Kevin Pasley 1
Duane Josephson 3   Butch Wynegar 1
Thurman Munson 3   multiple catchers 2


 



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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