If Mahatma Gandhi played baseball: catcher, rated 81

Mahatma Gandhi as a baseball player: scouting report

Mahatma Gandhi would be a catcher, the player who sees the whole field and keeps everyone calm. His Salt March in 1930 covered about two hundred and forty miles on foot over more than three weeks, and a man with that kind of endurance could squat behind the plate through a doubleheader. His eye is the best mark on his card, and behind the plate that means framing pitches, reading a hitter's feet and calling the next pitch before the pitcher even looks in.

He trained as a barrister in London and spent about two decades in South Africa before returning to India, and he was always a careful student of the person across from him. That makes him a pitch caller who remembers every at bat. His contact is excellent too, so he slaps line drives the other way and rarely strikes out, and his fielding grades out well enough to block balls in the dirt all game. He spun his own thread on a spinning wheel nearly every day, and that kind of daily discipline is what a catcher's routine is made of.

Power is the soft spot. He will not hit many balls over the fence, and his arm is merely average, so a quick base stealer can test him. Pair him with a pitching staff that holds runners well and that problem mostly disappears. Second base is his next best spot, and he could even take the mound, because his pitching grades out better than most position players. Draft him as the calm center of your defense, bat him near the top for his ability to reach base and let the sluggers do the heavy lifting.

Plays like A patient, cerebral catcher who calls a calm game

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