SABR'S BASEBALL RECORDS COMMITTEE PRESENTS


Catchers Who Caught The
Hall Of Fame Pitcher's Debuts

(Researched By Chuck Rosciam & Walt Wilson
Members of SABR)



 


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Pitcher Catcher Team Lg Debut HA Opp OLg Dec W-L Score Note
Pete Alexander Red Dooin PHI NL 4/15/1911 at BSN NL Y L 5-4 Start CG
Chief Bender Doc Powers PHA AL 4/20/1903 at BOS AL Y W 10-7 Opening Day
Mordecai Brown Art Weaver SLN NL 4/19/1903 vs CHN NL Y W 3-0 Start CG SHO 5InnGm GmCalledRain
Jim Bunning Frank House DET AL 7/20/1955 vs BAL AL Y L 6-3 Start
Steve Carlton Dave Ricketts SLN NL 4/12/1965 at CHN NL N T 10-10 Opening Day
Jack Chesbro Frank Bowerman PIT NL 7/12/1899 at NY1 NL Y L 4-1 Start CG
John Clarkson Jackie Hayes WOR NL 5/2/1882 vs BSN NL Y W 11-10 Start CG CatSameDebut
Stan Coveleski Jack Lapp PHA AL 9/10/1912 at DET AL N L 8-6 2DebGm
Dizzy Dean Earl Smith SLN NL 9/2/1930 vs PIT NL Y W 3-1 Start CG Last Day Season CatLastGm
Don Drysdale Roy Campanella BRO NL 4/17/1956 vs PHI NL N L 8-6 Opening Day HOF-C
Dennis Eckersley John Ellis CLE AL 4/12/1975 at ML4 AL N L 6-5  
Red Faber Ray Schalk CHA AL 4/17/1914 vs CLE AL N W 6-5 Start HOF-C
Bob Feller Billy Sullivan Jr. CLE AL 7/19/1936 at WS1 AL N L 9-5 Gm2 of DH
Rollie Fingers Dave Duncan OAK AL 9/15/1968 at DET AL N L 13-0  
Whitey Ford Yogi Berra NYA AL 7/1/1950 at BOS AL N L 13-4 HOF-C
Pud Galvin Tom Miller SL2 NA 5/22/1875 at CH2 NA Y L 6-2 Start CG
Bob Gibson Hal Smith SLN NL 4/15/1959 at LAN NL N L 5-0  
Lefty Gomez Bill Dickey NYA AL 4/29/1930 at WS1 AL Y L 11-8 HOF-C
Burleigh Grimes Walter Schmidt PIT NL 9/10/1916 at CHN NL Y W 8-7  
Lefty Grove Cy Perkins PHA AL 4/14/1925 vs BOS AL N W 9-8 Start Opening Day 10InnGm
Jesse Haines Nick Allen OR Manuel Cueto CIN NL 7/20/1918 vs BSN NL N L 8-3 ?Catcher
Waite Hoyt Lew McCarty OR George Gibson NY1 NL 7/24/1918 vs SLN NL N L 10-2 ?Catcher
Carl Hubbell Shanty Hogan NY1 NL 7/26/1928 vs PIT NL Y L 7-5 Start
Catfish Hunter Rene Lachemann KC1 AL 5/13/1965 at CHA AL N L 6-3  
Fergie Jenkins Pat Corrales PHI NL 9/10/1965 vs SLN NL Y W 5-4 4.1InnSHORelief
Walter Johnson Mike Heydon WS1 AL 8/2/1907 vs DET AL Y L 3-2 Start
Addie Joss Harry Bemis CLE AL 4/26/1902 at SLA AL Y W 3-0 Start CG SHO 1Hitter
Tim Keefe Bill Holbert TRN NL 8/6/1880 vs CN1 NL Y W 4-2 Start CG
Sandy Koufax Rube Walker BRO NL 6/24/1955 at ML1 NL N L 8-2 2InnSHORelief
Bob Lemon Sherm Lollar CLE AL 5/12/1946 vs SLA AL N L 9-3  
Ted Lyons Roy Graham CHA AL 7/2/1923 at SLA AL N L 7-2  
Juan Marichal Hobie Landrith SFN NL 7/19/1960 vs PHI NL Y W 2-0 Start CG SHO 1Hitter
Rube Marquard Roger Bresnahan NY1 NL 9/25/1908 vs CIN NL Y L 7-1 Start
Christy Mathewson Frank Bowerman NY1 NL 7/17/1900 at BRO NL Y L 13-7  
Joe McGinnity Wilbert Robinson BLN NL 4/18/1899 vs NY1 NL Y W 8-4 Start CG
Hal Newhouser Birdie Tebbetts DET AL 9/29/1939 vs CLE AL Y L 3-0 Start CG 5InnGm GmCalledDark
Kid Nichols Charlie Ganzel BSN NL 4/23/1890 vs BRO NL Y W 5-2 Start CG
Phil Niekro Ed Bailey ML1 NL 4/15/1964 at SFN NL N L 10-8  
Satchel Paige Jim Hegan CLE AL 7/9/1948 vs SLA AL N L 5-3  
Jim Palmer John Orsino BAL AL 4/17/1962 at BOS AL N L 12-9  
Herb Pennock Jack Lapp PHA AL 5/14/1912 vs CHA AL N L 7-0 4InnSHORelief
Gaylord Perry Ed Bailey SFN NL 4/14/1962 vs CIN NL N W 13-6 Start
Eddie Plank Morgan Murphy OR Doc Powers PHA AL 5/13/1901 at BLA AL N L 14-5 ?Catcher
Charley Radbourn Emil Gross PRO NL 5/3/1881 at BSN NL Y W 4-2 Start CG
Eppa Rixey Red Dooin PHI NL 6/21/1912 at BRO NL N L 7-0  
Robin Roberts Al Lakeman PHI NL 6/18/1948 vs PIT NL Y L 2-0 Start CG
Red Ruffing Steve O'Neill OR Johnnie Heving BOS AL 5/31/1924 vs WS1 AL N L 12-0 ?Catcher
Amos Rusie Con Daily IN3 NL 5/9/1889 at CL4 NL N L 13-2  
Nolan Ryan John Stephenson NYN NL 9/11/1966 vs ATL NL N L 8-3  
Tom Seaver Jerry Grote NYN NL 4/13/1967 vs PIT NL N W 3-2 Start
Warren Spahn Ernie Lombardi OR Phil Masi BSN NL 4/19/1942 vs NY1 NL N L 5-2 ?Catcher
Bruce Sutter George Mitterwald CHN NL 5/9/1976 vs CIN NL N L 14-2  
Don Sutton Johnny Roseboro LAN NL 4/14/1966 vs HOU NL Y L 4-2 Start
Dazzy Vance George Gibson PIT NL 4/16/1915 at CIN NL Y L 4-2 Start
Rube Waddell Ossee Schreckengost LS3 NL 9/8/1897 at BLN NL Y L 5-1 Start CG CatSameDebut
Ed Walsh Billy Sullivan Sr. CHA AL 5/7/1904 vs SLA AL Y W 8-7  
Mickey Welch Bill Harbidge TRN NL 5/1/1880 at WOR NL Y L 13-1 Start CG
Hoyt Wilhelm Wes Westrum NY1 NL 4/19/1952 vs BRO NL N L 11-6  
Vic Willis Marty Bergen BSN NL 4/20/1898 at BLN NL N L 18-3  
Early Wynn Al Evans WS1 AL 9/13/1939 vs CHA AL Y L 4-2 CatSameDebut
Cy Young Chief Zimmer CL4 NL 8/6/1890 vs CHN NL Y W 8-1 Start CG



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