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New Yogi Berra documentary “It Ain’t Over” captures both sides of a legend

Below a comprehensive rundown of every catcher in MLB history to accrue at least 350 home runs and 60 WAR, as measured by FanGraphs:

Yogi Berra (358 HR, 63.7 fWAR)
Johnny Bench (389 HR, 74.8 fWAR)
Carlton Fisk (376 HR, 68.3 fWAR)
Mike Piazza (427 HR, 62.5 fWAR)

That’s the complete list.

This is just one measure of many that tags Yogi Berra as one of the greatest to ever crouch down behind the plate, and almost certainly the best from MLB’s first century of play. Since neither Fisk nor Piazza are considered to be in the same echelon as Yogi with the glove, the argument for baseball’s all-time catcher boils down to Berra or Bench.