Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers

BLUE JAY CATCHERS
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Five of the 49 Toronto catchers had a VERY BRIEF CAREER AS A JAY. These very short cup-of-coffee Blue Jay backstops are:

Brian Milner - 2 games (2 caught) in 1978
Andy Dominique - 2 games (1 caught) in 2005
Charlie Greene - 3 games (3 caught) in 2000
Toby Hernandez - 3 games (3 caught) in 1984
Pat Kelly - 3 games (3 caught) in 1980
Phil Roof - 3 games (3 caught) in 1977
Bobby Estalella - 5 games (3 caught)

Four catchers were born in Toronto but NEVER PLAYED for Toronto:

Arthur Irwin - born 1858
Alex Gardner - born 1861
Milt Whitehead - born 1862
Frank Owens - born 1886
Greg O'Halloran - born 1968

Only 1 catcher caught a Blue Jay's NO-HITTER: [See CATCHING NO-HITTERS.]

Pat Borders - Dave Stieb @ Det-A on 9/2/1990

No Blue Jay catcher ever pitched in the majors [See PITCHING CATCHERS.]

No Toronto Blue Jay catcher ever served in the military [See MILITARY CATCHERS.]

There have been 2 Toronto catchers who managed in the majors [See CATCHER MANAGERS.] These Skippers are:

Bob Brenly

Buck Martinez

(Indicates Manager for Toronto)

Steve Nicosia, Buck Martinez, Todd Greene and Greg Zaun are tied for being the SHORTEST Blue Jay catcher at 5-10. Matt Stark is the TALLEST at 6-4.

The YOUNGEST Toronto catcher was Brian Milner (born 11/17/1959) who caught at the age of 19 (1978). The OLDEST Toronto catcher was Lance Parrish (born 6/15/1956) who last caught for the Blue Jays in 1995 at the age of 39.

No Blue Jay catcher has ever been a League MVP. Pat Borders was a World Series MVP in 1992.

Catcher Phil Roof was the VERY FIRST Blue Jay having had his contract bought from Cleveland the night before the expansion draft. {Tidbit provided by Bob Elliott, Toronto Sun sportswriter.}