New York Yankees Best Players - The Top 5 Catchers
This segment of our best 100 players in New York Yankees history focuses on the catchers.
Five made the list.
Two are Hall of Famers, two arguably could be, and one is a current Yankees player.
Collectively, they have covered a lot of years and brought home a lot of hardware.
Bill Dickey came to the Yankees in 1928.
He played until 1946, missing 1944 and 1945 while serving with the U.
S.
Navy during World War II.
Bill won 13 World Series championship rings with New York, seven as a player and six as a coach.
His 202 home runs are 15th on the Yankees all-time list, his 1,209 RBI are 7th, and a.
313 lifetime batting average also ranks him 7th.
Dickey is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Just as Dickey's playing career was ending, along came Yogi Berra who was with New York from 1946 to 1963.
Berra collected ten World Series rings with the Yankees and he still holds numerous World Series records.
Yogi was the American League MVP in 1951, 1954, and 1955.
He ranks 5th on the Yankees all-time list in both home runs (358) and RBI (1,430).
Berra was selected to the All-Century Team (1900s) and is enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In the latter years of his career, Berra played more in the outfield as Elston Howard emerged as the new Yankees' catcher.
Howard played in New York from 1955 to 1967.
He was a member of six Yankees World Series championship teams, four as a player and two as a coach.
Ellie won Gold Glove Awards for his catching in 1963 and 1964.
He was the American League MVP in 1963.
His 161 home runs rank 24th on the Yankees all-time list and his 733 RBI are 21st.
Thurman Munson made his debut with the Yankees in 1969 and played until his tragic death in 1979.
Munson won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 1970.
He was the AL MVP in 1976 and was the Yankees' captain when they won the 1977 and 1978 World Series.
Thurman earned Gold Gloves in 1973, 1974, and 1975.
Although we'll never know what numbers Munson would have added to his career totals, he is still 33rd in home runs (113) on the Yankees all-time list, 23rd in RBI (701), and 21st in batting average (.
292).
In 16 World Series games, Munson compiled a.
373 batting average.
Since 1995, the Yankees catching duties have been handled mostly by Jorge Posada.
Jorge has played on four World Series championship teams.
Five times he has received the Silver Slugger Award as the best hitting catcher.
His 261 home runs are 8th on the Yankees all-time list and his 1,021 RBI are 11th.
It's safe to say that no other team has enjoyed as many years of excellent service from its catchers as have the New York Yankees.
Five made the list.
Two are Hall of Famers, two arguably could be, and one is a current Yankees player.
Collectively, they have covered a lot of years and brought home a lot of hardware.
Bill Dickey came to the Yankees in 1928.
He played until 1946, missing 1944 and 1945 while serving with the U.
S.
Navy during World War II.
Bill won 13 World Series championship rings with New York, seven as a player and six as a coach.
His 202 home runs are 15th on the Yankees all-time list, his 1,209 RBI are 7th, and a.
313 lifetime batting average also ranks him 7th.
Dickey is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Just as Dickey's playing career was ending, along came Yogi Berra who was with New York from 1946 to 1963.
Berra collected ten World Series rings with the Yankees and he still holds numerous World Series records.
Yogi was the American League MVP in 1951, 1954, and 1955.
He ranks 5th on the Yankees all-time list in both home runs (358) and RBI (1,430).
Berra was selected to the All-Century Team (1900s) and is enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In the latter years of his career, Berra played more in the outfield as Elston Howard emerged as the new Yankees' catcher.
Howard played in New York from 1955 to 1967.
He was a member of six Yankees World Series championship teams, four as a player and two as a coach.
Ellie won Gold Glove Awards for his catching in 1963 and 1964.
He was the American League MVP in 1963.
His 161 home runs rank 24th on the Yankees all-time list and his 733 RBI are 21st.
Thurman Munson made his debut with the Yankees in 1969 and played until his tragic death in 1979.
Munson won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 1970.
He was the AL MVP in 1976 and was the Yankees' captain when they won the 1977 and 1978 World Series.
Thurman earned Gold Gloves in 1973, 1974, and 1975.
Although we'll never know what numbers Munson would have added to his career totals, he is still 33rd in home runs (113) on the Yankees all-time list, 23rd in RBI (701), and 21st in batting average (.
292).
In 16 World Series games, Munson compiled a.
373 batting average.
Since 1995, the Yankees catching duties have been handled mostly by Jorge Posada.
Jorge has played on four World Series championship teams.
Five times he has received the Silver Slugger Award as the best hitting catcher.
His 261 home runs are 8th on the Yankees all-time list and his 1,021 RBI are 11th.
It's safe to say that no other team has enjoyed as many years of excellent service from its catchers as have the New York Yankees.
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