Catch These Catcher Trivia
Gabby Hartnett was the very first catcher in All-Star history to come to bat, when he appeared in the first All-Star Game in 1933.
The only player to have hit a home run in his very first at-bat (Sep 12, 1986) and his first All-Star at-bat (Jul 12, 1988) was catcher Terry Steinbach (MIN-A). Both Johnny Bench and Javy Lopez hit homers in their first All-Star at bat
but not their first MLB at bat.
Sandy Alomar Jr. has the highest career All-Star batting average (for catchers) with .417
(Minimum 5 games) which Sandy accomplished in six games. Sherm Lollar is in second place with a career All-Star average of .400 (nine games).
In the 1981 and 1984 All-Star games Gary Carter was named as the Most Valuable Player. He hit two homeruns in the 1981 Summer Classic.
Ivan Rodriguez was the youngest catcher to start an All-Star Game when he was voted to start in 1993. Pudge was 21 years old at the time. He had been previously named as an alternate the year before in 1992.
The Highest Career All-Star Slugging Percentage by a Catcher is held by Gary Carter with .750 which he produced in nine games
(15 Total Bases in 20 At-Bats).
Johnny Bench and Gary Carter jointly hold the catcher records for Most Career Homeruns in All-Star games with 3.
The catcher record for Most Career All-Star RBI's is held by Johnny Bench with six. Gary Carter and Mike Piazza each have five. Ivan
Rodriguez holds the catcher record for Most Career All-Star Hits with 11.
Yogi Berra holds the catcher record for starting the Most All-Star Games with 17 (1948-1961). He was selected for 18 All-Star games.
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