Baseball Catchers Quiz

Batting

  1. Which catcher is in the Top 5 for catcher Career Home Runs, but not in the Top 5 for Career RBI's by a catcher?
  
  2. Which catcher is in the Top 5 for catcher Career RBI's, but not in the Top 5 for Career Home Runs by a catcher?
  
  3. Which catcher has highest Career Slugging Percentage (5,000 Plate Appearances minimum)?
  
 

4. Which catcher has the highest Single Season Slugging Percentage (.638)?

  
 

5. Two catchers are tied for the most Total Bases in a Season (355). One is in the Hall of Fame (Johnny Bench) and one is not. Who is the other catcher?

  
 

6. Who are the only two catchers with more than 100 Career Triples?

  
 

7. Who is the only catcher to have led his league in Triples?

  
Fielding

 

8. Which catcher is in the Top 5 for Career Putouts by a catcher, yet is NOT in the top 10 in games caught?

  
 

9. Of the catchers in the Top 10 for Career Putouts, only one is in the Hall of Fame. Who is he?

  
 

10. Only one catcher in the Top 15 in Career Fielding Average is in the Hall of Fame and he ranks 11th. Who is this catcher?

  
 

11. Which catcher has the highest Career Putouts per Game Average?

  
 

12. Which catcher has the highest Career Assists per Game Average?

  
 

13. Which catcher has made the most Career Errors (578)?

  
 

14. Which catcher has the most Career Passed Balls (647)?

  
 

15. Which catcher won the Most Games as a Pitcher (4)?

  
Awards & Honors

 

16. Which catcher was the first one to win a Gold Glove in both leagues?

  
 

17. Who was the first catcher to win a League MVP Award?

  
 

18. Which three different catchers, playing for the same team, won a Silver Slugger Awards?

  
 

19. Who was the first catcher to win an All-Star Game MVP Award?

  
 

20. Which catcher has the highest Career Batting Average (.385) in an All-Star Game?

  
 

21. Which two catchers led their teams in Batting Average when they played against each other in the 1976 World Series?

  
 

22. Who was the only catcher to have hit a World Series Grand Slam Homerun?

  
 

23. Who are the only two catchers who have hit a homerun in their first World Series At-Bat?

  
 

24. Who was the first catcher elected by the Baseball Writer's Association into the Hall of Fame?

  
  25. Who is credited with labeling catching equipment as Tools of Ignorance?
  
 

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