Reds Fan Since 1971
The Braves of the 80's had a bunch who could be on that list too. Rafael Ramirez,Rufino Linares,Brad Komminsk are just a few to mention.
Reds Fan Since 1971
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
I love this one:
I can't believe I never heard about that before.In 1979, after years of having jeers rained down upon him by his home Giants fans, [Johnnie] LeMaster emerged for a game with the word "boo" stitched onto his jersey in place of his name.
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
I am sure many of us are surprised to not see Eric Milton on the list. As well as Wily Mo Pena.
Alex Treveno and Jim Kerns are a couple of my personals.
I can't believe Todd Benzinger was on the list. He was not all that good of a player but he was certainly better than a whole lot of players already mentioned in this thread.
Last edited by George Anderson; 07-18-2011 at 04:36 PM.
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
I wrote some stuff on Hal a few years back:
Lanier was a legacy player, son of Cardinal hurler Max Lanier. Hal was a sought after high school player who surprised most of baseball when he signed with the Giants. While hitting over .300 in the minor leagues in 1964 Lanier got the call, a swift fielding 2nd sacker Lanier hit a respectable .274 in 90 games in San Francisco, however his 5 walks in 401 plate appearances should have been a warning flag the size of Texas. The next season Hal played with an assortment of players at shortstop, but a mid season trade brought Dick Schofield over. Schofield had been the transition shortstop from Grote to Alley in Pittsburgh, when Alley was ready to take over full time the inept bat of Schofield was sent to San Francisco to fill out there shortstop problem.
Together in San Francisco Schofield and Lanier teamed up for 997 trips to the plate that season, unfortunately for the Giants they made an out 758 times, that’s a robust 76% of the time they came to bat. Lanier honed that skill into an art form and no better was that displayed than in the 1967-1968 seasons. By then Lanier had been moved to shortstop, solving the Giant’s lack of defense at the keystone position and also bettering the bat at second by default. Lanier came to the dish 1075 times in the 67-68 seasons and made an astonishing 871 outs, that’s an out 76% of the time he batted. Of the 212 hits that he had 16% were extra bases, none home runs.
Lanier’s 1968 season produced the worst secondary average (The formula is (TB-H+BB+SB)/AB) in the history of the modern game, with his 1969 and 1967 season taking slots 3 and 4.
Code:SHORTSTOP OBA YEAR OBA PA OUTS G Hal Lanier 1968 .222 518 425 151 Hal Lanier 1967 .239 557 446 151 Leo Cardenas 1963 .270 601 459 158 Don Kessinger 1967 .275 628 473 145 Tito Fuentes 1966 .276 564 420 133 Jose Pagan 1963 .277 519 389 148 Roy McMillan 1965 .280 574 425 157 Dick Schofield 1965 .282 548 408 132 Don Kessinger 1968 .283 707 526 160 Sonny Jackson 1967 .285 566 430 129 SLG YEAR SLG PA OUTS G Hal Lanier 1968 .239 518 425 151 Hal Lanier 1967 .255 557 446 151 Dick Schofield 1965 .256 548 408 132 Don Kessinger 1967 .272 628 473 145 Dal Maxvill 1967 .279 530 386 152 Sonny Jackson 1967 .283 566 430 129 Don Kessinger 1968 .287 707 526 160 Roy McMillan 1965 .292 574 425 157 Dal Maxvill 1968 .298 516 357 151 Roberto Pena 1968 .300 546 396 138
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