Winning Catcher

PianoMonkey · 02-25-2005, 01:07 AM

Who is the only career catcher to register a Win in the modern era (1900-present)? Who caught for him?

KCBOOMER · 02-25-2005, 09:03 AM

Reminds me of one of Bill Monroe's main songs: "The Road is Rocky".

UtterChaos · 02-25-2005, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by KCBOOMER

Reminds me of one of Bill Monroe's main songs: "The Road is Rocky".

Brent Mayne (of the Rockies) got the win against the Braves on 8/22/00. Ben Petrick was his catcher.

KCBOOMER · 02-25-2005, 12:51 PM

PM, I thought this was a cool question. The last catcher to pull this off was HoFer Buck Ewing. Needless to say, Ol' Buck doesn't have to worry about Mayne joining him there.

PianoMonkey · 02-25-2005, 01:28 PM

Right you are guys.

And I stick up for Mayne's career. You may have forgotten, but he hit .300 twice in the seasons he WASN'T a Royal. And as good a defensive catcher and as good at calling a game as anybody.

Plus, he's a helluva good pitcher.

UtterChaos · 02-25-2005, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by KCBOOMER

PM, I thought this was a cool question. The last catcher to pull this off was HoFer Buck Ewing. Needless to say, Ol' Buck doesn't have to worry about Mayne joining him there.

Are you omitting Roger Bresnahan (who won 4 games during his rookie season in 1897 and caught 974 games for his career) because he didn't catch in 1897?

KCBOOMER · 02-26-2005, 12:39 AM

Ewing got his win in 1899.

UtterChaos · 02-26-2005, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KCBOOMER

Ewing got his win in 1899.

Baseball-reference.com shows Ewing getting 2 wins in 1889.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/ewingbu01.shtml

KCBOOMER · 02-27-2005, 11:34 PM

You're right it was 1889 for Buck Ewing's victory.

Bresnahan does have four pitching victories. All of them were in his rookie season of 1897, but in that year he was only a pitcher. Bresnahan next surfaced in the bigs in 1900 as a catcher.

02-25-2005, 01:07 AM	#1
PianoMonkey Inducted Into The NetShrine Assembly of Fame Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: (Former) Home of the Blades Posts: 838	Winning Catcher Who is the only career catcher to register a Win in the modern era (1900-present)? Who caught for him? __________________ "We can’t win at home, we can’t win on the road, and quite frankly, I don’t know where else to play.”

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KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	Reminds me of one of Bill Monroe's main songs: "The Road is Rocky". __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

02-25-2005, 12:51 PM	#4
KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	PM, I thought this was a cool question. The last catcher to pull this off was HoFer Buck Ewing. Needless to say, Ol' Buck doesn't have to worry about Mayne joining him there. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

02-25-2005, 01:28 PM	#5
PianoMonkey Inducted Into The NetShrine Assembly of Fame Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: (Former) Home of the Blades Posts: 838	Right you are guys. And I stick up for Mayne's career. You may have forgotten, but he hit .300 twice in the seasons he WASN'T a Royal. And as good a defensive catcher and as good at calling a game as anybody. Plus, he's a helluva good pitcher. __________________ "We can’t win at home, we can’t win on the road, and quite frankly, I don’t know where else to play.”

02-26-2005, 12:39 AM	#7
KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	Ewing got his win in 1899. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

02-27-2005, 11:34 PM	#9
KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	You're right it was 1889 for Buck Ewing's victory. Bresnahan does have four pitching victories. All of them were in his rookie season of 1897, but in that year he was only a pitcher. Bresnahan next surfaced in the bigs in 1900 as a catcher. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

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