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Rank the best Braves catchers of all time

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By AJC Sports
Sept 8, 2017

Who is the Braves’ best backstop of all time?

There have been quite a few notable names to play catcher in Atlanta. Only one -- Javy Lopez -- is in the team Hall of Fame.

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