Ergo, Johnny Bench is the best catcher who ever lived," says writer Roger Kahn on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Johnny Bench, who won two MVPs and 10 consecutive Gold Gloves, will be ...
Pete Rose, who died Monday at age 83, could hit a baseball like nobody else, but his life away from the game was anything but ...
Growing up in Ashland, Ky., in the late 1960s and 1970s, if somebody ever said anything bad about Pete Rose, it was fighting ...
Pete Rose, the Cincinnati Reds legend and baseball's all-time hits leader who was banished from baseball for betting on the ...
MLB // 3 years ago Royals' Salvador Perez ties Johnny Bench's single-season HR record for catchers Kansas City Royals slugger Salvador Perez hit his 45th home run of the season Thursday against ...
Before getting into Mike Piazza vs. Johnny Bench, some of you probably think the photo above should be Ivan Rodriguez. Here's why we picked Piazza over Pudge: Player G AVG OBP SLG Runs RBI Pudge 1260 ...
With most of the greatest athletes in team sports, from Bill Russell to LeBron James, from Johnny Bench to David Ortiz ... Overview: Dionne won the 1980 Art Ross trophy as the league’s leading ...
"He's the best. Johnny Bench was that one catcher who used to get all that recognition. But Ivan, he's done it batting average-wise, power-wise, and you change your whole offensive scheme when he ...
Here are 10 top moments in the career of Major League Baseball's Hit King, Pete Rose. Rose hasdied at age 83 .He finished his ...
50% of games at C each season): Mike Piazza: 92 Rudy York: 88 Cal Raleigh: 87 Johnny Bench: 87 most HR in first 4 career seasons, catchers (min. 50% of games at C each season): Considering Bench ...
Banished baseball great Pete Rose has died. The longtime Cincinnati Red was the career hits leader and fallen idol who ...
NEW YORK — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame ...