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Old 06-12-2009, 06:02 PM   #1
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Why are the catchers so awful in my league?

I'm playing a historical league, I've been playing for 5 seasons now, and every year the catchers in my league seem to be getting worse. Was 1985 just a deadspot for catchers? Currently, there is 1 4 star, 1 3 star, 3 2 star catcher, 1 1.5 star, 2 1 star, and the rest are half star. Was there just some weird catcher deadspot between 1981-1986?
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Old 06-12-2009, 06:25 PM   #2
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I'm playing a historical league, I've been playing for 5 seasons now, and every year the catchers in my league seem to be getting worse. Was 1985 just a deadspot for catchers? Currently, there is 1 4 star, 1 3 star, 3 2 star catcher, 1 1.5 star, 2 1 star, and the rest are half star. Was there just some weird catcher deadspot between 1981-1986?
I dunno, but the catcher spot used to not be a big producer offensively, which overall stars are mostly offense (as far as I recall).

In the 4 division winners in 1985 they had main catchers that hit .245, .245, .225, .296 Very small sample there but I don't want to click around on baseball reference anymore.
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Old 06-13-2009, 04:00 AM   #3
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I'm playing a historical league, I've been playing for 5 seasons now, and every year the catchers in my league seem to be getting worse. Was 1985 just a deadspot for catchers? Currently, there is 1 4 star, 1 3 star, 3 2 star catcher, 1 1.5 star, 2 1 star, and the rest are half star. Was there just some weird catcher deadspot between 1981-1986?
Context, context, context. You must remove the "Steroid Era Goggles" if you want to see the solid offensive catchers. Ron Hassey held up his end of the bargain in a platoon with Butch Wynegar for the Yankees. Gary Carter and Mike Scioscia displayed offensive awesomeness. The platoon of Mark Bailey and Alan Ashby in Houston was very good, but the Astrodome swallowed up their very goodness. Rich Gedman was very good for the Red Sox. Lance Parrish and Carlton Fisk had solid years for the Tigers and White Sox respectively and well that's about it for the better hitting catchers. You won't see them unless you adjust for era, ballpark etc (i.e. neutralized stats) or if you look at them with today's standards for offense in mind.

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