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