tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post8773077949855080887..comments2023-06-17T08:53:42.643-04:00Comments on ShysterBall: Answer: All of the AboveCraig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-77676202524622570902008-03-24T20:12:00.000-04:002008-03-24T20:12:00.000-04:00Poking around with the Lahman database, it looks a...Poking around with the Lahman database, it looks as though there have indeed been very few players to put in significant time at both catcher and short. There are only two players who put together as many as 100 games at each position: Jack Rowe and Bobby Bragan. Fewer than a dozen had as many as 50 games at each position, and most of those were 19th Century guys. Bragan and Mo Berg are the only players who debuted after 1900 to get even 50 games at both positions.<BR/><BR/>Even if you relax the standard to 10 games at each position, you can only extend the list to 12 post-1900 players. Noteworthy names in addition to Bragan and Berg are Don Zimmer (mentioned by mr. thursday) and Jamie Quirk. The pre-1900 list is much more distinguished. It includes 4 HOFers: Orator O'Rourke, King Kelly, Ned Williamson, and Buck Ewing. Those 19th Century guys were obviously forced to be more flexible than today's players.Roger Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07864369467434809400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-83288089687055104102008-03-24T18:31:00.000-04:002008-03-24T18:31:00.000-04:00Don Zimmer, back in the 18th century, played 35 ga...Don Zimmer, back in the 18th century, played 35 games at catcher, and 288 at short. In fact, Zimmer had about 600 games at 2B/SS--more than half his total games played, and still had 35 games behind the plate. No gimmick for him, apparently.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206833333366507894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-37160611863711397352008-03-24T16:15:00.000-04:002008-03-24T16:15:00.000-04:00Michael Barret: 2 games at SS in 1999.Michael Barret: 2 games at SS in 1999.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-49477076445831131782008-03-24T15:14:00.000-04:002008-03-24T15:14:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.bsopchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01645186198973887609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-69680518272337538712008-03-24T15:13:00.000-04:002008-03-24T15:13:00.000-04:00One of the problems with these attempts to assembl...One of the problems with these attempts to assemble an all-star team tends to be the defense...<BR/><BR/>Tyler Houston (the poor man's Brandon Inge) played a game at shortstop in 1997. I was thinking that Biggio might have moved over to short for a few innings at some point, but no. A lot of players seem to have been catcher/shortstops as amateurs.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092217234287469255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-69858056050805373072008-03-24T14:50:00.000-04:002008-03-24T14:50:00.000-04:00And would they actually want Jacque Jones in cente...And would they actually want Jacque Jones in center with Cabrera in left?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747939603218474121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-54013593516213923572008-03-24T11:20:00.000-04:002008-03-24T11:20:00.000-04:00Could Cabrera play an adequate LF at this point?Could Cabrera play an adequate LF at this point?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542095161977433894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-30711939052090221452008-03-24T10:37:00.000-04:002008-03-24T10:37:00.000-04:00It'd make sense to play Inge everyday at 3B and mo...It'd make sense to play Inge everyday at 3B and move Cabrera to LF while Granderson is out, of course that's too logical and obviously won't happen.Drehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308565071470315778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-13469816370844665542008-03-24T09:29:00.000-04:002008-03-24T09:29:00.000-04:00Ah, nice catch, Roger. A rare transition indeed, ...Ah, nice catch, Roger. A rare transition indeed, but then again, Mo Berg wasn't exactly your average major leaguer.<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, he wasn't your average anything.Craig Calcaterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-46454986945978595132008-03-24T09:19:00.000-04:002008-03-24T09:19:00.000-04:00I can't think of anyone other than one-game gimmic...<I>I can't think of anyone other than one-game gimmicks like Jose Oquendo who actually played catcher and shortstop.</I><BR/><BR/>Try <A HREF="http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bergmo01.shtml" REL="nofollow">Mo Berg</A>. He came up as a highly touted shortstop and converted to catcher after reaching the majors. Now <I>that</I> is a rare transition.Roger Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07864369467434809400noreply@blogger.com