Tom Magrann, Catching Opportunities - 466
The Albany-Colonie Yankees tried to run, but Tom Magrann was there to stop them . In one late July game in 1989, the A-C Yankees tried to run on the catcher Magrann twice in the seventh inning. Magrann caught both runners stealing. It was a game Magrann's AA Akron-Canton Indians won by a score of 4-2, The Schenectady Gazette wrote . By September, Magrann was getting opportunities to throw out runners at a higher level, in the major leagues. In a career that spanned nine professional seasons, those opportunities, it turned out, would be his only ones in the bigs . Magrann's career began back in 1982, signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent. His first playing time came the next season, at rookie-league Helena . There, the catcher hit .220 with two home runs. Magrann stayed with the Phillies system for three years, never getting above single-A. In 1984, at single-A Spartanburg, Magrann hit .222 with another two home runs. One of those home runs came in a May 16 g...