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Posted By: runscott

It's also interesting to note that in the early days of baseball, catchers' were not expected to be great hitters. Much more of a premium was placed on defensive skills.

Griffith: "I have never seen a catcher the equal of "Buck" Ewing. I call him the best ball player in the world...Ewing was a wonder. He was a great thrower, not as fast, perhaps, as Archer, the star of to-day, but marvelously accurate. He was the man who invented most of the tricks that modern catchers use."