Switch-Hitting Catchers

Call this a punt post if you will, but "switch-hitting catcher" and "long career" are phrases that don't seem to go together very often. Of the twenty-nine switch-hitters to reach 1000 PA who spent over half their games behind the plate, eight of them played last season. Maybe teams are more willing today to have a switch-hitter for a backstop. Either way, here are the only twenty-nine switch-hitting catchers since 1901 to amass over 1000 career plate appearances. Active players are bolded.

1. Ted Simmons, 9685 career PA
2. Wally Schang, 6423
3. Mickey Tettleton, 5745
4. Jorge Posada, 5679
5. Butch Wynegar, 5067
6. Alan Ashby, 4691
7. Jason Varitek, 4558
8. Todd Hundley, 4305
9. Buck Rodgers, 3353
10. Gregg Zaun, 3341
11. Chad Kreuter, 2932
12. Victor Martinez, 2720
13. Johnny Gooch, 2613
14. Matt Walbeck, 2280
15. Damon Berryhill, 2208
16. Johnny Estrada, 2189
17. Bob Stinson, 1905
18. Pinky Hargrave, 1779
19. Ben Davis, 1698
20. Biff Pocoroba, 1674
21. Boss Schmidt, 1592
22. Javier Valentin, 1519
23. Chris Bando, 1467
24. Joe Sugden, 1381
25. Josh Bard, 1269
26. Frank Gibson, 1238
27. Tim Blackwell, 1225
28. Raul Casanova, 1140
29. Mark Bailey, 1126

Barring injury, Tampa Bay Rays (that still sounds weird to me) catcher Dioner Navarro should join the list early next season. He currently has 942 career plate appearances.