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Post by desousa on May 5, 2024 16:14:27 GMT -5
Jim Essian wasn’t a big name player but he was a better than average borderline starter/back up catcher that controlled the running game well and had just a touch more power than many back up catchers. He slugged an inside the park granny for Oakland on June 10, 1979 as they vanquished the Jays by 12-1. Not many stories to tell about the workman-like Essian, so instead of finding something contrived to say I’ll just stop here… 🛑 www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK197906100.shtmlI remember him as a pretty good catcher, so I looked him up. He had a lifetime 41% CS average. A platoon catcher, his best year was 77' with Pale Hose. www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/essiaji01.shtml |
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Post by inger on May 5, 2024 16:31:13 GMT -5
Jim Essian wasn’t a big name player but he was a better than average borderline starter/back up catcher that controlled the running game well and had just a touch more power than many back up catchers. He slugged an inside the park granny for Oakland on June 10, 1979 as they vanquished the Jays by 12-1. Not many stories to tell about the workman-like Essian, so instead of finding something contrived to say I’ll just stop here… 🛑 www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK197906100.shtmlI remember him as a pretty good catcher, so I looked him up. He had a lifetime 41% CS average. A platoon catcher, his best year was 77' with Pale Hose. www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/essiaji01.shtmlYes he did. The league average in those days was 36%, so he was almost worthy of full time play just on his D alone… |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 5, 2024 18:01:24 GMT -5
Yes he did. The league average in those days was 36%, so he was almost worthy of full time play just on his D alone… Well now there are three of us who remember him very well. I recall when he came up with the Phillies, backing up Bob Boone. A mostly backup catcher -- from the same era of long-career backup catchers as Steve Swisher, Ron Hodges, Fran Healy -- insert your favorite name here. One of a handful of Armenian ancestry MLB players I can think of -- Steve (and Cam) Bedrosian. Chuck Essegian. James Kaprielian. There must be others. I have a special affection for backup catchers. They are like the backup goalie in hockey. By the nature of the position, they will get to see more time than a typical backup at other positions or other sports. |
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Post by inger on May 5, 2024 21:30:58 GMT -5
May 3, 1998 Dan Wilson hits IPGS off Frank Castillo in leading his Mariners to a 10-6 win over the Tigers… Wilson was the first MLB player in the DH era to reach 4,000 PA without ever being a DH, not for a single at bat. He was the first catcher to steal home in Seattle Mariner’s history on 8/1/99 of a strong battery of Mike Mussina and Charles Johnson. Quite the athlete in high school, future All-Star Wilson earned all-Illinois state honors three times as a hockey goalie and twice as a pitcher and catcher… www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA199805030.shtml |
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Post by fwclipper51 on May 6, 2024 15:42:57 GMT -5
May 7,1906-New York Yankees Manager Clark Griffith is struck in the mouth by AL Umpire Tim Hurst, who is suspended by the American League for 5 days for his actions.
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Post by inger on May 6, 2024 17:56:10 GMT -5
July 28, 1911, no name catcher Tex Irwin hits IPGS. Despite showing great promise as a rookie helping to get the ‘07 Tigers to the postseason he was left off the WS roster. The grand slam was one of only 11 career HR. On Flag Day 1914 the Cubs’ Heinie Zimmerman slid into him so hard that the impact broke Erwin‘s arm in two places. Irwin continued his career by umpiring in the minor leagues in 1916-17. His IPGS was the second one hit by a catcher, the next post will be for the first one, so stay tuned. It’s my last one in this category. www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN191107280.shtml |
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Post by bigjeep on May 6, 2024 18:46:50 GMT -5
Wow, you guys are older than me!  |
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Post by inger on May 6, 2024 18:52:56 GMT -5
Wow, you guys are older than me! I’m sixty ten. How young are you, child? … |
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Post by kaybli on May 6, 2024 18:56:24 GMT -5
Wow, you guys are older than me! I think I'm the second youngest here at 40 years old. Only Anthony is younger than me. Anyone younger than 40?  |
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Post by inger on May 6, 2024 19:00:18 GMT -5
Wow, you guys are older than me! I think I'm the second youngest here at 40 years old. Only Anthony is younger than me. Anyone younger than 40? 40 going once, going twice… 40-40-40-40, SOLD! |
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Post by inger on May 6, 2024 19:01:57 GMT -5
Wow, you guys are older than me! I think I'm the second youngest here at 40 years old. Only Anthony is younger than me. Anyone younger than 40? I think I finally dropped from 2nd oldest… not 100% sure… A lot of septuagenarians won’t confess their age… |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on May 6, 2024 19:07:19 GMT -5
Wow, you guys are older than me! I think I'm the second youngest here at 40 years old. Only Anthony is younger than me. Anyone younger than 40? Wow, I've got aches and pains that are older than you! |
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Post by chiyankee on May 6, 2024 19:27:25 GMT -5
May 7,1906-New York Yankees Manager Clark Griffith is struck in the mouth by AL Umpire Tim Hurst, who is suspended by the American League for 5 days for his actions. lol, I'm sure there's some umpires that would like to punch Bone in the mouth. |
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Post by kaybli on May 6, 2024 19:31:03 GMT -5
I think I'm the second youngest here at 40 years old. Only Anthony is younger than me. Anyone younger than 40? Wow, I've got aches and pains that are older than you!  |
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Post by inger on May 6, 2024 21:47:07 GMT -5
October 4, 1904, Red Dooin of the hometown Phillies slugs an IPGSHR vs. the Pirates to lead the Phil’s to a 10-4 winner. He’s the first catcher in the post 1900 era to hit IPGSHR. For all o know it happened once a month in the dead ball era.
Dooin caught the first pre-expansion no-hitter in Phillies history. On 01-May-1906, PHI’s Johnny Lush no-hit Brooklyn with Dooin behind the plate. Jim Bunning’s perfecto in 1964 was the next for PHI. Coincidentally, Dooin and Bunning both attended Xavier University in Cincinnati.
In a 1936 interview in The Sporting News, Dooin claimed he was the 1st C in the majors to use shin guards & that he wore them under his stockings. The shin guards, made of rattan, were designed by Mike Murphy, famous University of Pennsylvania athletic trainer. There are at least four conflicting versions of different people making this claim.
Dooin turn the unusual duty of being an umpire in a game his Phillies were playing one day during his playing career. Dooin was the home plate umpire in Boston on 26-Jul-1904, a game his Phillies won...
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