Unassisted Double Play Catchers


Since 1871 there have been 10 catchers who have made two Unassisted Double Plays (UDP). Only Frank Crossin and Jorge Posada had two UDP's in the same year. There have been many other catchers who have had one (1) career UDP.  No catcher has ever had two in the same game. Below is a list of the ten catchers with two career UDP's.

Boss Schmidt Detroit 1906, 1907
Frank Crossin St. Louis (AL) 1914, 1914
Mike Gonzalez St. Louis (NL) 1915, 1918
Yogi Berra New York (AL) 1947, 1952
Clint Courtney Baltimore (AL) 1954, 1960
Ed Bailey San Francisco (NL) 1963, Chicago (NL) 1965
Chris Cannizzaro New York (NL) 1964, 1965
Hawk Taylor New York (NL) 1964, 1967
Buck Rodgers Los Angeles (AL) 1965, California (AL) 1969
Jorge Posada New York (AL) 2000, 2000



Source: David Smith, Retrosheet.Org


 



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