It looks like Frank Thomas has been chosen as our DH, so our first position has been filled.  Next in the series is catcher.  I've pruned the list down to 5 players (thanks to larry and KenWo).  And on to part two.

Ray Schalk

"Cracker" was second regular starting catcher in team history, and is one of 11 players who went into the Hall as a White Sock.  He played 17 seasons with the Sox, ranging from 1912-1928.  Schalk was known to be one of the "Clean Sox" in the 1919 World Series, hitting .304 and drawing 4 walks.  He posted a fielding percentage of .981 and was known to be one of the best defenders at his position during the Deadball Era.  Another interesting stat/fact about Schalk is that he ranks 9th all-time in stolen bases in franchise history with 177, with his 30 steals in 1916 remaining a record for catchers until 1982.  In his 1,757 games as a Sox catcher, Schalk posted the following numbers: 1345 hits, 199 doubles, 49 triples, 11 homers, 594 RBI, and a slash-line of .253/.340/.316/.656.

Sherm Lollar

Sherm came to the Sox as part of 9-player trade with the St. Louis Browns in 1952.  Sherm was the first real power-hitter the Sox had at catcher.  He was also an excellent fielder, winning the first ever Gold Glove in 1957 and three-peating in 1958 and 1959.  He was also a 6 time All-Star with the Sox.  in his 12 seasons with the Sox, Sherm posted the following numbers: 1,077 hits, 182 doubles, 119 homers, 17 stolen bases, 603 RBI, and a slash-line of .269/.355/.408/.763.

Carlton Fisk

Our second Hall of Famer on this list (though he's wearing the wrong hat in it), Carlton Fisk.  Pudge was my mom's favorite player, that has nothing to do with anything but it gets posted because I'm writing.  Fisk came over to the Sox in 1981 as a 33 year-old free agent.  He would go on to play 13 seasons with us, retiring after 1993 as a 45 year-old.  During one game, Deion Sanders hit a pop-up and didn't run to first.  The next time Sanders came up to bat, Fisk was quoted as saying "If you don't play it right, I'm going to kick your ass right here".  Fisk was a 4 time All-Star with us. The Sox retired his number 72 in 1997 and built a statue of him in 2005.  This last season he returned to the Sox as an ambassador.  In his 13 seasons with us, Carlton posted the following numbers at catcher: 1,177 games, 1,125 hits, 185 doubles, 194 homers, 658 RBI, and a slash-line of .266/.337/.453/.790.

Ron Karkovice

Fisk's back-up and eventual replacement in 1992, Ron Karkovice still remains a fan favorite.  Ron played his entire 12 year career with the Sox.  While he wasn't much with the bat (86 career OPS+), as Larry said in the last post Ron was one hell of a defender.  not only did he post a .992 fielding percentage at catcher (and put in 3 flawless innings in the OF), he threw out 41.2% of all would be base-stealers foolish enough to run on him.  And apparently in 1990 he hit an inside-the-park grand slame in the Twinkie Dome. In his 842 games as our catcher, Ron posted the following numbers: 569 hits, 119 doubles, 96 homers, 334 RBI, and a slash-line of .222/.290/.385/.675.

A.J. Pierzynski

Lastly, our current and beloved only to Sox fans catcher, Anthony John Pierzynski.  Baseball's Villain joined us as a free agent for the magical 2005 season and became only the third catcher in franchise history to win a ring.  While he lacks an arm behind the plate, he is (apparently) a fairly solid defender only comitting 10 errors with us and posting his worst fielding percentage with us this past season: a horrific .991 (I know it's a bad stat to judge with).  He also holds the AL record for consecutive errorless chances with 962.  A.J. always seems to be in the middle of it when something big (controversial) happens (dropped third strike in the 05 ALCS, the Barrett incident in 06, his fun with Tampa this last season, amongst others).  He won the Last-Man vote to become an All-Star in 2006, thanks in large to the "Punch A.J." campaign.  In his 508 games as a White Sox catcher, A.J. has done the following: 537 hits, 100 doubles, 59 homers, 224 RBI, and a slash-line of .276/.317/.420/.737.

As with the previous post, the polls close when the next post in the series goes up and feel free to criticize/give ideas as to how I can (continue? I think this one went better) improve my work on these or anything else you'd like to see added in the future posts.  Thanks for reading.