[Highlander]

Roger Bresnahan- The Duke of Tralee (have to look up that nickname....what does that mean??) had a cup of coffee before the Replay League, but for all intents and purposes, his whole career occurred after 1900. He was with the Yankees for his whole career and he retired in 1915 at age 35.

Roger's numbers were-

6758 AB, 1818 H, .269 BA, .726 OPS, 931 R, 327 doubles, 94 triples, 24 HR, 798 RBI, 240 SB, 81.4 WAR (44th)

Bresnahan's WAR total is 2nd all-time for catchers, so despite numbers that don't look that impressive, he really had a solid career. His best year was in 1911 as a 31 year old. He hit .342/.446/.497, 84 R, 34 doubles, 12 triples, 4 HR, 83 RBI, 17 SB, 7.6 WAR. He only led the league in a category twice in his career....he had 82 walks in 1904 and a .424 OBP in 1910. He had some strange patterns in his career. From 1901-1909, he only hit .300 one time and actually had seasons where he hit .226 and .219. After the .219 season, he had 3 straight seasons where he hit over .300 and had OBPs over over .420.

Roger won two championships with the Yankees. He won the Gold Glove 3 times, the Silver Slugger 4 times, and was a 10-time All-Star. It took 7 years on the ballot, but in 1927, he was elected to the HOF with 86% of the vote. Maybe his WAR total kept looking more and more impressive as time went on?