Do you know how many catchers, since 1954, have played in games where they had 10+ Plate Appearances in that contest? Well, thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder, now you do. Here's the list:

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Gary Carter       1985-07-04 NYM @ATL W 16-13 10  9  1  5  0  0  0   2  1   0  1   0  0  0   0   1  0  0 4th C
    2 Carlton Fisk      1984-05-08 CHW  MIL W  7-6  12 11  1  3  1  0  0   1  1   0  3   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd C
    3 Duffy Dyer        1974-09-11 NYM  STL L  3-4  10  9  0  2  0  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 8th C
    4 Johnny Oates      1973-05-04 ATL @PHI L  4-5  10  8  0  1  0  0  0   0  2   1  1   0  0  0   1   0  0  0 8th C
    5 Dick Billings     1971-09-14 WSA @CLE W  8-6  10 10  2  3  0  0  1   3  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 4th C
    6 Chris Cannizzaro  1964-05-31 NYM  SFG L  6-8  10  9  0  1  0  0  0   1  1   0  3   0  0  0   1   0  0  0 8th C
    7 Tom Haller        1964-05-31 SFG @NYM W  8-6  10 10  1  4  0  1  0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 5th C
    8 Yogi Berra        1962-06-24 NYY @DET W  9-7  11 10  0  3  0  0  0   1  0   0  1   0  0  1   0   0  0  0 6th C
   

 
The fun thing here is that Chris Cannizzaro and Tom Haller did it in the same game - a 23-inning match which was the second game of a double-header.   And, of course, this "feat" hasn't happened again since 1985.  Makes you wonder if we'll see it any time soon...

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