SABR'S BASEBALL RECORDS COMMITTEE PRESENTS

Catching Hall Of Fame
and Distinguished Pitchers


Researched By Walt Wilson, Member of SABR

Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR


There are 68 pitchers in the Hall Of Fame (61 starters, 6 Negro League & 1 Reliever) and 1,013 different catchers have caught them. Among the catchers are thirteen (plus HOF'ers King Kelly & Al Lopez) who are also enshrined in the HOF. The below list shows each of the HOF Pitchers. By "Clicking On" the pitcher's name you can see their battery mates for all of their starts as well as their shutouts.

HALL OF FAME PITCHERS

Pete Alexander
Chief Bender
Bert Blyleven
Mordecai Brown
Jim Bunning
Steve Carlton
Jack Chesbro
John Clarkson
Stan Coveleski
Leon Day ##
Dizzy Dean
Martin Dihigo ##
Don Drysdale
Dennis Eckersley
Red Faber
Bob Feller
Rollie Fingers
Whitey Ford
Willie Foster ##
Jim "Pud" Galvin
Bob Gibson
Lefty Gomez
Rich Gossage

Burleigh Grimes
Lefty Grove
Jesse Haines
Waite Hoyt
Carl Hubbell
Catfish Hunter
Fergie Jenkins
Walter Johnson
Addie Joss
Tim Keefe
Sandy Koufax
Bob Lemon
Ted Lyons
Juan Marichal
Rube Marquard
Christy Mathewson
Joe McGinnity
Hal Newhouser
Kid Nichols
Phil Niekro
Satchel Paige
Jim Palmer
Herb Pennock

Gaylord Perry
Eddie Plank
Charles Radbourn
Eppa Rixey
Robin Roberts
Joe Rogan ##
Red Ruffing
Amos Rusie
Nolan Ryan
Tom Seaver
Hilton Smith ##
Warren Spahn
Don Sutton
Dazzy Vance
Rube Waddell
Ed Walsh
Mickey Welch
Hoyt Wilhelm
Joe Williams ##
Vic Willis
Early Wynn
Cy Young


OTHER HALL OF FAMERS WHO PITCHED

Clark Griffth (Executive)

Babe Ruth (Outfielder)


From 1876-2010 there have been 1,731 catchers and 8,410 pitchers and they have teamed
up to form 48,314 different batteries in over 790,000 team games with 25,000+ Shutouts. Below are
listed just some of these DISTINGUISHED PITCHERS & CATCHERS.

PITCHERS WITH DISTINGUISHED CAREERS

("Click On" the highlighted/underlined pitcher's name to see their battery mates.)

Jim Abbott
Babe Adams
Doyle Alexander
Johnny Allen
Red Ames
Jim Bagby Sr.
Ewell Blackwell
Vida Blue
Bert Blyleven
Mike Boddicker
Tommy Bridges
Kevin Brown
Charlie Buffinton
Bob Buhl
Lew Burdette
Guy Bush
Tommy Byrne
Spud Chandler
Roger Clemens
David Cone
Jack Coombs
Mort Cooper
Wilbur Cooper
Mike Cuellar
Hugh Daily
Hooks Dauss
Paul Derringer
Bill Dinneen
Chuck Dobson
Joe Dobson
Pat Dobson
Red Donahue
George Earnshaw
Red Ehret
Wes Ferrell
Chuck Finley
Freddie Fitzsimmons

Mike Flanagan
Chick Fraser
Larry French
Bob Friend
Tom Glavine
Doc Gooden
Clark Griffith
Noodles Hahn
Mel Harder
Orel Hershiser
Kirby Higbe
Ken Holtzman
Charlie Hough
Larry Jackson
Tommy John
Randy Johnson
Si Johnson
Syl Johnson
Sam Jones
Jim Kaat
Silver King
Bob Knepper
Jerry Koosman
Mark Langston
Don Larsen
Frank Lary
Big Bill Lee
Mickey Lolich
Ed Lopat
Red Lucas
Greg Maddux
Sal Maglie
Jim Maloney
Pedro Martinez
Carl Mays

Jim McCormick
Scott McGregor
Denny McLain
Dave McNally
Lee Meadows
Mike Moore
Mike Morgan
Jack Morris
Tony Mullane
George Mullin
Van Lingle Mungo
Mike Mussina
Bobo Newsom
Joe Niekro
Joe Nuxhall
Al Orth
Claude Osteen
Milt Pappas
Camilo Pascual
Jim Perry
Deacon Phillippe
Billy Pierce
Jack Powell
Jack Quinn
Vic Raschi
Rick Reuschel
Jerry Reuss
Allie Reynolds
Preacher Roe
Steve Rogers
Charlie Root
Schoolboy Rowe
Nap Rucker

Scott Sanderson
Curt Schilling
Johnny Schmitz
Herb Score
Bob Shawkey
Curt Simmons
John Smoltz
Paul Splittorff
Dave Stieb
Mel Stottlemyre
Frank Tanana
Adonis Terry
Ralph Terry
Luis Tiant
Mike Torrez
Dizzy Trout
Virgil Trucks
Bob Turley
Fernando Valenzuela
Johnny Vander Meer
Frank Viola
Rube Walberg
Bucky Walters
Lon Warneke
Bob Welch
Gus Weyhing
Will White
Earl Whitehill
Jim Whitney
Rick Wise
Smokey Joe Wood
Wilbur Wood
Whit Wyatt
Tom Zachary


CATCHERS WITH DISTINGUISHED CAREERS

("Click On" the highlighted/underlined catcher's name to see their battery mates.)

HALL OF FAME CATCHERS
Johnny Bench
Yogi Berra
Roger Bresnahan
Roy Campanella
Gary Carter
Mickey Cochrane
Bill Dickey
Buck Ewing
Rick Ferrell
Carlton Fisk
Josh Gibson ##
Gabby Hartnett
King Kelly
Ernie Lombardi
Al Lopez
Biz Mackey ##
Ray Schalk
Louis Santop ##

DISTINGUISHED CATCHERS
Eddie Ainsmith
Sandy Alomar Jr.
Jimmy Archer
Alan Ashby
Bill Bergen
Bob Boone
Frank Bowerman
Walker Cooper
Del Crandall
Lou Criger
Rick Dempsey
Red Dooin
Johnny Edwards
Bill Freehan
George Gibson
Jerry Grote
Tom Haller
Frankie Hayes
Jim Hegan
Rollie Hemsley
Elston Howard

DISTINGUISHED CATCHERS
Jason Kendall
Terry Kennedy
Bill Killefer
Johnny Kling
Sherm Lollar
Javy Lopez
Gus Mancuso
Tim McCarver
Deacon McGuire
Pat Moran
Thurman Munson
Bob O'Farrell
Steve O'Neill
Lance Parrish
Tony Pena
Mike Piazza
Darrell Porter

DISTINGUISHED CATCHERS
Bill Rariden
Wilbert Robinson
Johnny Roseboro
Muddy Ruel
Benito Santiago
Wally Schang
Ossee Schreckengost
Mike Scioscia
Luke Sewell
Ted Simmons
Frank Snyder
Terry Steinbach
Billy Sullivan Sr.
Jim Sundberg
Birdie Tebbetts
Steve Yeager
Jimmie Wilson


MISCELLANEOUS HOF/DISTINGUISED PITCHER/CATCHER LISTS

Caught The Most HOF Pitchers

Caught The HOF Pitcher's Debuts

Caught The Most HOF Shutout Pitchers

Caught Most Starts With No Shutouts

Caught HOF Pitchers' No-Hitters

True HOF Batteries (by Jean-Pierre Caillault)

Most Starts by Two Batterymates

Most Shutouts by Two Batterymates

NOT ALL OF THE DISTINGUISHED PITCHERS' & CATCHERS' PAGES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED

[## Indicates Negro Leaguer - No Game Records Available ]



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



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