April 10, 20233 yr 20 hours ago, ChiSox59 said: If sitting Robert once every 10 games keeps him off the IL, I’ll happily take 145 games played. Would I have had him in there? Absolutely. But I get the logic. Yaz sat because day game after night with day game tomorrow. Pretty simple on that one. On Yaz this seemed to make sense but I couldn't help thinking how I saw Fisk behind the plate every game back in the day. Or did I... I went ahead and looked up Fisk's career stats. Well, he was typically in the 130's for games played, some years fewer, a year or two over 150. Similar for the "other" Pudge, same for Molina and Tony Pena. Even Johnny Bench sat in the 130's although a couple years early in his career he was at or near 160. Posada was typically in the low 140's even though I can't remember *ever* seeing him not playing. I guess my realization now is that catchers typically sit at least a game a week. Just food for thought. Edited April 10, 20233 yr by SpringfieldFan
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