Catchers by Gypsy

He hit 427 career homeruns, a record 396 of which were hit as catcher.

He caught Don Larsen's World Series perfect game in 1956.

After a near-fatal head injury from a pitch, he left baseball and served in the United States Navy in World War II.

In his career, he threw out a record 45.68% of all runners attempting to steal a base.

He hit a walk-off homerun in the 12th inning to send the 1975 World Series to Game 7.

He holds the record for the most grand slam homeruns by a catcher, at 10. He was also the first individual baseball player to appear on the front of a Wheaties box. (edited at 8:21 am, July 18, 2017 (PDT))

His eight World Series rings were behind only Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra . (edited at 9:41 am, July 17, 2017 (PDT))

His manager said of this catcher, who caught both a no-hitter and a perfect game, "If you play against him, you hate him. If you play with him, you hate him a little less."

At the time of his retirement, he held the career records for catchers in homeruns, RBI, hits, doubles and most games played as a catcher. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.

He's the only catcher to win three MLB batting titles.

He's the youngest of three brothers to play catcher in the majors. He is an eight-time All Star and two-time World Series Champion with eight Gold Gloves, four Platinum Gloves, and one Silver Slugger Award.

This Hall of Famer said, "When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it."