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Out of the 1,650+ career catchers there have only been 82 switch-hitters. They span the length of baseball from 1883 to the present day. Ted Simmons heads the list with 2,456 games played (1,771 games caught). Tom Stanton anchors the list with only one game played and caught.

NickName LastName Debut FinalGame G GC
BERT ADAMS 8/30/1910 9/28/1919 267 248
ALAN ASHBY 7/3/1973 5/9/1989 1370 1299
MARK BAILEY 4/27/1984 8/22/1992 340 314
CHRIS BANDO 8/13/1981 10/1/1989 498 457
JOSH BARD 8/23/2002   156 149
HARRY BARTON 4/15/1905 9/26/1905 29 13
JOE BERRY 9/4/1902 9/4/1902 1 1
DAMON BERRYHILL 9/5/1987 9/28/1997 683 590
TIM BLACKWELL 7/3/1974 5/17/1983 426 414
ROB BOWEN 9/1/2003   24 22
RAUL CASANOVA 5/24/1996   338 292
J.D. CLOSSER 6/30/2004   128 112
BEN DAVIS 9/25/1998   486 465
GEORGE DICKEY 9/21/1935 9/27/1947 226 170
BOB DIDIER 4/7/1969 4/23/1974 247 244
RYAN DOUMIT 6/5/2005   75 50
DANNY DOYLE 9/14/1943 10/3/1943 13 13
JOHNNY ESTRADA 5/15/2001   354 350
DUKE FARRELL 1888 6/13/1905 1563 1003
DUTCH FEHRING 6/25/1934 6/25/1934 1 1
ED FERNANDES 6/9/1940 7/7/1946 42 39
PAUL FLORENCE 5/22/1926 9/24/1926 76 76
OLLIE FUHRMAN 4/13/1922 5/12/1922 6 4
SID GAUTREAUX 4/15/1936 5/20/1937 86 15
FRANK GIBSON 4/22/1913 10/2/1927 471 301
JOHNNY GOOCH 9/9/1921 9/12/1933 805 758
MIKE GORDON 4/7/1977 7/9/1978 12 12
BEN GUINEY 1883 1884 3 2
IKE HAMPTON 9/12/1974 7/8/1979 113 91
PINKY HARGRAVE 5/18/1923 9/23/1933 650 442
BRET HEMPHILL 6/28/1999 10/3/1999 12 12
KOYIE HILL 9/5/2003   50 43
TODD HUNDLEY 5/18/1990   1225 1096
MARCUS JENSEN 4/14/1996 6/23/2002 145 134
DOC KERR 4/22/1914 8/26/1915 59 33
CLIFF KNOX 7/1/1924 7/14/1924 6 6
CHAD KREUTER 9/14/1988   944 892
ROY LUEBBE 8/22/1925 9/19/1925 8 8
TOM LUNDSTEDT 8/31/1973 9/28/1975 44 40
VICTOR MARTINEZ 9/10/2002   349 323
HUGH MCMULLEN 9/19/1925 4/20/1929 64 62
ADAM MELHUSE 6/16/2000   212 145
MITCH MELUSKEY 8/30/1998   155 124
DIONER NAVARRO 9/7/2004   55 54
DAVE OLDFIELD 1883 1886 46 35
JESS ORNDORFF 4/18/1907 4/24/1907 5 5
PHIL OUELLETTE 9/10/1986 10/3/1986 10 9
AL PARDO 7/3/1985 9/9/1989 53 46
BRAYAN PENA 5/23/2005   18 15
BIFF POCOROBA 4/25/1975 4/20/1984 596 391
JORGE POSADA 9/4/1995   1145 1088
DAVE RICKETTS 9/25/1963 7/30/1970 130 51
BUCK RODGERS 9/8/1961 9/28/1969 932 895
EMMETT ROGERS 1890 1890 35 34
MANDY ROMERO 7/15/1997   42 31
MELVIN ROSARIO 9/11/1997 9/28/1997 4 4
MIKE ROSE 10/1/2004   17 15
MIKE SANDLOCK 9/19/1942 9/27/1953 195 128
WALLY SCHANG 5/9/1913 6/22/1931 1842 1435
BOSS SCHMIDT 4/30/1906 10/8/1911 477 447
DONNIE SCOTT 9/30/1983 10/4/1991 173 164
KEN SILVESTRI 4/18/1939 7/31/1951 102 62
TED SIMMONS 9/21/1968 10/2/1988 2456 1771
EBBA ST.CLAIRE 4/17/1951 5/18/1954 164 139
TOM STANTON 4/19/1904 4/19/1904 1 1
BOB STINSON 9/23/1969 8/1/1980 652 585
JOE SUGDEN 1893 5/18/1912 835 708
RICK SWEET 4/8/1978 10/2/1983 272 244
JOHN TAMARGO 9/3/1976 10/5/1980 135 67
MICKEY TETTLETON 6/30/1984 7/2/1997 1485 872
GEORGE TEXTOR 4/19/1914 6/23/1915 25 24
QUINCY TROUPPE 4/30/1952 5/10/1952 6 6
JAVIER VALENTIN 9/13/1997   348 296
JASON VARITEK 9/24/1997   965 918
MATT WALBECK 4/7/1993   682 651
GEORGE WILLIAMS 7/14/1995 9/13/2000 172 129
SQUANTO WILSON 10/2/1911 4/22/1914 6 5
TOM WILSON 9/8/1914 9/8/1914 1 1
HUGHIE WISE 9/26/1930 9/27/1930 2 2
BUTCH WYNEGAR 4/9/1976 5/24/1988 1301 1247
RUSS YOUNG 4/16/1931 7/27/1931 16 16
GREG ZAUN 6/24/1995   819 702