Grover Cleveland Land (September 22, 1884 – July 22, 1958) was a

catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the ( home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to this primary duty, the ca ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

. From 1908 through 1913 he played in 95 games for the

Cleveland Naps The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive ...

almost exclusively as a backup catcher. In 1914 and 1915 he was the primary catcher for the

Brooklyn Tip-Tops The Brooklyn Tip-Tops were a team in the short-lived Federal League of professional baseball from 1914 to 1915. The team's name came from Tip Top Bread, a product of Ward Baking Company, which was also owned by team owner Robert Ward. They were so ...

of the

Federal League The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that played its first season as a minor league in 1913 and operated as a "third major league", in competition with the e ...

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1884 births 1958 deaths Major League Baseball catchers Cleveland Naps players Brooklyn Tip-Tops players Chicago Cubs coaches Cincinnati Reds coaches Paducah Indians players Toledo Mud Hens players St. Paul Saints (AA) players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Seattle Rainiers players Baseball players from Kentucky People from Frankfort, Kentucky {{US-baseball-catcher-1880s-stub