Here’s the first ballot of the Monsters-Terribles season which you get to vote for the participants. Details on this project are here if you missed it.
Today, we’re (and I’m including myself because I’m going to put in a vote, too) going to select the Catcher for the Tuesday Terribles. As you can guess, there were a fair amount in this category and I had to pare it down a bit.
Each player’s name is linked to his original Terrible Card Tuesday article written about him and his APBA card associated with it.
Terribles Team nominee |
APBA card breakdown |
| 1901 Bill Bergen | C-7, 0-0-8-8-8-8-9-9 one 14 |
| 1967 Johnny Bench | C-6, 0-0-8-8-8-9-9 two 14s |
| 1968 Randy Bobb | C-5, 7-7-8-8-9-9 four 14s |
| 1978 Don Werner | C-6, 0-8-8-8-9-9 three 14s |
| 1987 Jeff Reed | C-7, 6-6-7-8-8-8-9-9 two 14s |
I’ve chosen five. There’s one deadball catcher and four more from slightly more recent eras. A few are no-names and there’s one you MAY have heard of. One (Bergen) is even somewhat well-known for his inadequacies.
Now, here’s your chance to vote! Click the button next to the name you want to vote for.
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The poll will be open for a week so get your vote in.
thanks for your help!!
Is it possible Johnny Bench could be the catcher for both teams?
Hi William,
Never did a Monster Card on Bench… yet.
Maybe for round two. :)
I did do a Sosa card for both. Maury Wills, too. Not sure if either made the cut though.
I have to question the criteria here. Bobb is obviously the worst card, but it’s fewer than 10 PA, right? You have to have players on both teams who really played. Is it possible to have a 100 PA minimum? (Have you ever heard of HACKING MASS? http://www.baseballprospectus.com/hm/index.php?mode=rules) The idea is you have to be bad, but also you have to be at least a semi-regular player.
Hi Steve,
picky picky… I just didn’t want to leave out Puccinelli. :)
Seriously, the point of the columns were to judge the “cards” and not the “players”. Granted, a lot of people were looking for Monster Cards from Monster players so I geared my original searches for them. For TCT, I tried my best for those with more playing time.
But when it came down to it, it was all about the card.
I’m checking out HACKING MASS now. thanks for the link.
Tom