Frequently beaten-up Mike Lieberthal once said something* about surviving as a catcher in the major leagues:
“You don’t have to hit to catch. We don’t have to hit 40 homers. We don’t have to run. We don’t have to steal bases. All you have to do is catch, and you’ll be in this league forever.”
And he was in the league forever. From 1994 to 2006, Lieberthal served as a Phillies backstop, tearing his ACL, MCL, meniscus, and various knee cartilages in the process by doing everything from diving back to first base to stepping out of a golf cart.