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All Catchers to win Rookie of the Year Since it was first awarded to Jackie Robinson in 1947, there have been only nine catchers to win Rookie of the Year. Each of those nine winners are shown below, beginning with the first catcher to claim the award, none other than Johnny Bench. Johnny Bench (1968) […]
Which MLB Catchers Have 200 or More Career Home Runs? Over the course of baseball history, only 21 *full-time MLB catchers have hit 200 or more career home runs. Each of those catchers with 200 home runs are listed below, ordered from the highest home run total to the lowest: Mike Piazza – 427 HR […]
Which MLB Catchers Have 300 or More Career Home Runs? Through the end of the 2023 MLB season, there have been 7 full-time* catchers to reach 300 or more career home runs. All catchers with 300 home runs (HR) are as follows: Mike Piazza – 427 HR The only catcher to reach more than […]
Which MLB Catchers Have 400 or More Career Home Runs? There’s only ever been one full-time* MLB catcher to collect more than 400 home runs. That person? Mike Piazza. With 427 career home runs, Piazza holds the record for the most career home runs by any catcher in history. His productive career from 1992 to […]
Has Any Catcher Ever Hit 500 Home Runs? Kind of. It really depends on how you define a catcher. For most of our articles here at Catchers Home – when we discuss records and statistics – we generally consider catchers to be an MLB player who appeared in 51% or more of their defensive games […]