Bill Carrigan

 Carrigan has always been a heavy hitter but this season was by no means his best. He took part in eighty-seven games and batted for an average of .263. Carrigan has at all times been a good dependable catcher and one who might be expected to rap out a safe hit at almost any critical time during a contest. In fact, he has generally deserved a place in the front rank of American League catchers, but there was nothing particularly brilliant in his record for 1912. Cady, although but a recruit, was given the responsibile posi-tion of catching throughout the World’s Series games. He acquitted himself very creditably in this by no means easy task, and his record was consistently good. In the forty-three games in which he officiated behind the bat he maintained a bat-ting average of .279, while he led the league in fielding with an average of .994. A fielding average, however, is an uncertain quantity at best. It may mean a great deal. It may mean absolutely nothing. The most that could be said of Cady is that he is a catcher who has acquitted himself in a very commendable way and shows much promise for the future. But he has a slow throwing arm at best and hardly shows class to rank with the leaders of his position. -Baseball Magazine, Feb. 1913, vol. X issue 4 "The Greatest of all Catchers" by F.C Lane