Best hitting pitchers

This is a list of the top ten best hitting pitchers of all-time. Some were even good pitchers. Honorable Mention: Warren Spahn

10. Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson played 17 seasons and was an all-star 8 times. He also earned 2 Cy Young awards and an MVP.
career pitching: 251-174 / 3884 IP / .291 ERA / 3117 SO / 1336 BB

career batting: 1328 AB / 274 H / 24 HR / .206 BA / 415 SO / .301 SLG

9. Red Ruffing
Red Ruffing played 18 full seasons (22 total) earning these stats:
career pitching: 273-225 / 4344 IP / .380 ERA / 1987 SO / 1541 BB

career batting: 1937 AB / 521 H / 36 HR / .269 BA / 266 SO / .389 SLG

8. Don Drysdale
Don Drysdale pitched 14 seasons and won a Cy Young award and was an all-star 9 times.
career pitching: 209-166 / 3432 IP / 2.95 ERA / 2486 SO / 855 BB

career batting: 1169 AB / 218 H / 29 HR / .186 BA / 370 SO / .295 SLG

7. Walter Johnson
Walter Johnson played 21 seasons, has 2 MVP awards and is the leader in shutouts with 110.
career pitching: 417-279 / 5914 IP / 2.17 ERA / 3509 SO / 1363 BB

career batting 2324 AB / 547 H / 24 HR / .235 BA / 251 SO / .342 SLG

6. Red Lucas
Red Lucas played 15 seasons earning these stats.
career pitching: 157-135 / 2542 IP / 3.72 ERA / 602 SO / 455 BB

career batting: 1439 AB / 404 H / 3 HR / .281 BA / 133 SO / .347 SLG

5. Micah Owings
Micah Owings has played 4 seasons so far. Here are his stats as of 8-24-10
career pitching: 26-31 / 427 IP / 4.99 ERA / 309 SO / 185 BB

career batting: 189 AB / 55 H / 9 HR / .291 BA / 65 SO / .529 SLG

4. Jim Tobin
Jim Tobin played 9 seasons and earned these stats.
career pitching: 105-112/ 1900 IP / 3.44 ERA / 498 SO / 557 BB

career batting: 796 AB / 183 H / 17 HR / .230 BA / 162 SO / .345 SLG

3. Wes Ferrel
Wes Ferrel played 15 seasons. He also has the most homeruns as a pitcher
career pitching: 193-128 / 2623 IP / 4.04 ERA / 985 SO / 1040 BB

career batting: 1176 AB / 329 H / 38 HR / .280 BA / 185 SO / .446 SLG

2. Carlos Zambrano
Carlos Zambrano has played 10 seasons so far, and here are his stats as of August 26, 2010.
career pitching: 121-77 / 1771 IP / 3.54 ERA / 1502 SO / 800 BB

career batting: 646 AB / 155 H / 22 HR / .240 BA / 228 SO / .392 SLG

1. Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth played 22 seasons, has 1 MVP and is leader in SLG and OPS. Most people would say he is the best hitter ever, but he was a pretty good pitcher too.
career pitching: 94-46 / 1221 IP / 2.28 ERA / 488 SO / 441 BB

career batting: 8399 AB / 2873 H / 714 HR / .342 BA / 1330 SO / .690 SLG *hit 16 HR as a pitcher

Top 10 catchers

This is a list of the top 10 catchers of all-time. Two that almost made it: Brad Ausmas and Joe Mauer.

10. Gary Carter.
Gary Carter played 19 seasons in the Major Leagues. He was an all-star 11 times. He also won 3 gold gloves and 5 silver sluggers. Gary had a fielding percentage of .991.

9. Bill Dickey
Bill Dickey played 17 seasons and was an all-star 11 times. He has made 108 errors in 9,027 chances and has a fielding percentage of .988. He also has a career batting average of .313

8. Mickey Cochrane
Mickey Cochrane played 13 seasons and was the MVP twice. He made 111 errors in 7,365 chances and has a fielding percentage of .985. He also has a batting average of .330

7. Ivan Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez played 21 seasons so far, 14 of them all-star seasons. He has 12 gold gloves and 7 silver slugger awards. He also won an MVP award. He has the most games as a catcher with 2,390 and a career batting average of .297. But he hit over .300 10 times. He has made 139 errors in 16,004 chances and has a fielding percentage of .991.




6. Mike Piazza
Mike Piazza played 16 seasons and was an all-star 12 times. He has 10 silver slugger awards and was the rookie of the year. He also has a fielding percentage of .989. He also has the most homeruns by a catcher with 427.





5. Carlton Fisk
Carlton Fisk played 22 full seasons(24 total) and was an all-star 11 times. He was the rookie of the year and has 1 gold glove and 3 silver sluggers. He is also 2nd in games played as catcher with 2,226 and has a fielding percentage of .987.





4. Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella had an unfortunate baseball career. He played half of his career in the Negro Leagues and then his Major League career was cut short after a car crash. Roy did play 10 seasons in the majors though. He was an all-star 8 times and won 3 MVP awards. He also has a fielding percentage of .988.






3. Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra played 16 full seasons(19 total) and was an all-star 15 times. He is 18th in games played as a catcher with 1,699. He also has a fielding percentage of .988. He made only 125 errors in 10,165 chances.






2. Josh Gibson
Josh Gibson played in the negro leagues so I don't know any of his records, but he is supposed to have over 800 homeruns. If he would have played in the major leagues, he would be #1 on this list.






1. Johnny Bench
Johnny bench played 17 seasons and was an all-star 14 times. He was a rookie of the year and a National League MVP twice. He has 10 gold gloves and is 15th in games caught with 1,742, but played 2,193 games total. He has a fielding percentage of .987 and has the 2nd most homeruns by a catcher with 389.

top 10 relievers

I already made a Top 10 starting pitchers, so now here is the Top 10 relievers. There are a lot of Padres on here because I am a Padres fan.

10. Troy Percival
Troy Percival played 14 seasons and was an all-star 4 times. He is 8th in saves with 358. He also has a world series ring. There isn't much to say about him, he was just a great pitcher.

9. Hoyt Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm played 21 seasons with 9 teams and was an all-star 5 times. In his rookie year he had a win/loss percentage of .833. He was 2nd in voting for rookie of the year and has a lifetime ERA is 2.52

8. Lee Smith
Lee Smith pitched 18 seasons and was an all-star 7 times. He is currently 3rd in saves(478) and in games finished(802), but he was the leader for 13 years. He has 8.7 strikeouts per 9 innings.





7. Bruce Sutter
Bruce Sutter only pitched 12 seasons and was an all-star 6 of those seasons. He had one Cy Young season where he recorded 37 saves and 110 strikeouts in 101.1 innings pitched. Sutter finished with 300 saves.

6. Goose Gossage
Rich "Goose" Gossage played 22 seasons and was an all-star 9 times. Gossage won 124 games and lost 107. He is 8th in games finished with 681 and has 310 saves. He never won a Cy Young, but was in the top 5 four times. His strikeout per 9 innings was 7.5.




5. Rollie Fingers
Rollie Fingers pitched 17 seasons and was an all-star 7 times. In 1981, he won the AL Cy Young award and the MVP. Fingers is 10th in saves with 341. His lifetime record was 114-118.

4. Billy Wagner
Billy Wagner played 16 seasons and was an all-star 7 times. He has a career ERA of 2.31 and is 5th in saves with 422. In 1999, he was the Rolaids Relief pitcher of the Year. He also pitched the 9th inning of a 6 man no-hitter.



3. Dennis Eckersley
Dennis Eckersley played 24 seasons as both a starter and a closer. He was an all-star 6 times and won a Cy Young award. He even won the MVP in 1992. His lifetime record was 197-171. Eckersley retired with 390 saves.




2. Trevor Hoffman
Trevor Hoffman may not be considered on of the greatest closers of all-time to most, but he accomplished quite a bit. He played 18 seasons and was an all-star 7 times. He was the first pitcher ever to get 500 and 600 saves. He was the all-time leader in saves and games finished for 5 seasons until they were broken by Mariano Rivera. Hoffman finished with 856 games finished and 601 saves. He won the Rolaids Relief pitcher of the year twice. He also has the 5th highest strikeout per 9 innings(and they highest for a reliever).

1. Mariano Rivera
Many people consider Mariano Rivera to be the best relief pitcher of all-time. Here is why: He has played 17 seasons so far and has been an all-star 12 times. He won the Rolaids Relief pitcher of the year 5 times. Rivera is also the all-time leader in ERA+, games finished and saves. He currently has 603 saves.