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David
Arthur "Kong" Kingman
1971 - 1986 (San Francisco NL, New York NL,
San Diego NL, California AL, New York AL,
Chicago NL, Oakland AL)
Long fly ball power. 442
lifetime HRs.
All or nothing - career .236 BA with
1,816 K's. Bad outfielder.
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Vincent
Edward "Bo" Jackson
1986 - 1994 (Kansas City AL, Chicago AL,
California AL)
Played pro-football & baseball
at the
same time. World class athlete.
Football injury ruined baseball career.
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Oscar
Charles Gamble
1969 - 1985 (Philadelphia NL, Cleveland AL,
New York AL, Chicago AL, San Diego NL,
Texas AL)
Platoon player w/good LH power.
200
career HRs. In the '70's, afro was so
big - it caused batting helmet to pop
off his head like a rocket.
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Donald
Arthur Mattingly
1982 - 1995 (New York AL)
Won 9 Gold Gloves at 1B.
Lifetime
.307 BA w/2,153 hits, 684 XBH, 1,000+
R/RBI. AL MVP '85. 6-time All-Star.
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Daniel
Raymond Quisenberry
"Quiz"
1979 - 1990 (Kansas City AL, St. Louis NL,
San Francisco NL)
Submariner closer who led the AL
in
saves 5 times. Appeared in 674
games - all in relief.
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Don
Edward Baylor "Groove"
1970 - 1988 (Baltimore AL, Oakland AL,
California AL, New York AL, Boston AL,
Minnesota AL)
Led league in HBP 8 times.
2,135 hits,
338 HRs & 1,200+ R/RBI career. AL
MVP '79. Full-time DH 2nd half of career.
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Jack Anthony
Clark
1975 - 1992 (San Francisco NL, St. Louis
NL,
New York AL, San Diego NL, Boston AL)
Respected slugger. Only 9
hit more
HRs & only 2 had more BB in the
1980's. 1,100+ career runs & RBI.
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James
Rodney Richard "Bee"
1971 - 1980 (Houston NL)
Tall, hard thrower - topped 300
K's
a year twice. Won 18+/year 4 times.
Career ended at age 30 due to a
stroke.
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Joseph
Charboneau "Super Joe"
1980 - 1982 (Cleveland AL)
1980 AL Rookie of the Year.
Perhaps
baseball's first punk rocker.
Injured
back after 1980 & never the same.
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Kent Allen
Hrbek
1981 - 1994 (Minnesota AL)
Big, slick fielding 1B. AL
All-Star in
his rookie year. Lifetime .282 BA
with 293 HR and 1,086 RBI.
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Gregory
Michael Luzinski
"The Bull"
1970 - 1984 (Philadelphia NL, Chicago AL)
4-time All-Star. Had 95+ RBI
in a
year seven times. 307 lifetime
homeruns. Bad outfielder.
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Fernando
Valenzuela
1980 - 1997 (Los Angeles NL, California AL,
Baltimore AL, Philadelphia NL, San Diego NL,
St. Louis NL)
NL Rookie of the Year & Cy
Young
winner in '81. Screwballer. Five
shutouts in first 7 career starts.
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Cecil
Grant Fielder "Big Daddy"
1985 - 1998 (Toronto AL, Detroit AL,
New York AL, Anaheim AL, Cleveland AL)
Led AL in HRs '90-'91 & RBI
'90-'92.
Hit 258 HRs in 7 years ('90-'96). Also
played in Japan. Played at 260+ lbs.
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George
Arthur Foster
1969 - 1986 (San Francisco NL,
Cincinnati NL, New York NL, Chicago AL)
1977 NL MVP. 5-time NL
All-Star.
Career average of 1 XBH per every
10 ABs. Led NL in RBI 3 times.
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Robert
George Deer
1984 - 1996 (San Francisco NL, Milwaukee
AL,
Detroit AL, Boston AL, San Diego NL)
Had 150+ strikeouts in a season 6
times.
Career 1,409 Ks, 230 HRs, and a
.220 BA in 3,881 ABs.
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Collbert
Dale "Toby " Harrah
1969 - 1986 (Washington AL, Texas AL,
Cleveland AL, New York AL)
Started at SS (700+ games), went
to 3B
(1,000+ games) & then 2B (215 games).
Good eye, decent speed & pop.
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Willie Dean
McGee
1982 - 1999 (St. Louis NL, Oakland AL,
San Francisco NL, Boston AL)
4-time NL All-Star. Won 2
Batting
Titles. 1985 NL MVP. Lifetime
.295 BA with 2,254 hits & 352 SBs.
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Darrell Ray
Porter
1971 - 1987 (Milwaukee AL, Kansas City AL,
St. Louis NL, Texas AL)
Debuted at age 19. Four time
AL
All-Star catcher. Good batting eye
- led AL in BB in 1979.
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Joaquin Andujar
1976 - 1988 (Houston NL, St. Louis NL,
Oakland AL)
4-time NL All-Star pitcher. 20
game
winner twice. Colorful. Prided
himself
in being "one tough Dominican."
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Ronald
Charles Cey
"The Penguin"
1971 - 1987 (Los Angeles NL, Chicago NL,
Oakland AL)
Solid all-around game - except
speed.
Hit 23+ HRs in a year 9 times. NL
All-Star 3B 6 straight seasons.
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Mark
Edward Langston
1984 - 1999 (Seattle AL, Montreal NL,
California AL, Anaheim AL, San Diego NL,
Cleveland AL)
7-time Gold Glove winner.
4-time
All-Star. Had 2,464 lifetime Ks in
2,962.1 IP. 235+ Ks a season 4 times.
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Jack
Burns McDowell
"Black Jack"
1987 - 1999 (Chicago AL, New York AL,
Cleveland AL, Anaheim AL)
3-time AL All-Star. Top Ten
AL
Complete Games in 6 seasons. Lifetime
W% .593. 1993 AL Cy Young.
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Timothy
Charles Wallach
1980 - 1996 (Montreal NL, Los Angeles NL,
California AL)
5-time NL All-Star 3B.
3-time Gold
Glove winner. Durable player.
Average run producer.
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Chester
Earl Lemon
1975 - 1990 (Chicago AL, Detroit AL)
3-time AL All-Star
CF. Good range.
HBP often. 215 career HR.
Slightly
above average
run producer.
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Kevin
Darnell Mitchell
1984 - 1998 (New York NL, San Diego
NL,
San Francisco NL, Seattle AL, Cincinnati
NL,
Boston AL, Cleveland AL, Oakland AL)
1989 NL MVP. Personal
troubles,
weight gain and a bad attitude plagued
him throughout his career.
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Darryl
Eugene Strawberry "Straw"
1983 - 1999 (New York NL, Los Angeles
NL,
San Francisco NL, New York AL)
NL Rookie of the Year
1983. Great
power. NL All-Star OF 8 straight
years.
Career ruined due to drugs &
other
off-field problems.
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James
Michael Eisenreich
1982 - 1998 (Minnesota AL, Kansas
City AL,
Philadelphia NL, Florida NL, Los
Angeles NL)
OF who battled with
Tourette Syndrome
while compiling a .290 career batting
average over parts of 15 seasons.
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Dwight
Eugene
"Doc" Gooden "Dr. K"
1984 - 2000 (New York NL, New York
AL,
Cleveland AL, Houston NL, Tampa Bay
AL)
NL Rookie of the Year at
19. Won Cy
Young at 20. Troubled by drug use
& arm
problems. An average pitcher by age
27.
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Otis
Junior Nixon
1983 - 1999 (New York AL, Cleveland
AL,
Montreal NL, Atlanta AL, Boston AL,
Texas AL,
Toronto AL, Los Angeles NL, Minnesota
AL)
CF with good
range. Weak slap hitter.
From 1988-96, only Rickey Henderson
had more SB in all of MLB.
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Steven
Robert Olin
1989 - 1992 (Cleveland AL)
27-yr-old budding relief
ace killed in a
Spring Training boating accident (along
with teammate Tim
Crews) in 1993.
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Stephen
Louis Sax
1981 - 1994 (Los Angeles NL,
New York AL, Chicago AL, Oakland AL)
1982 NL Rookie of the
Year. 5-time
All-Star 2B who overcame mental block
which would not allow him to throw to 1B.
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Vincent
Maurice Coleman
1985 - 1997 (St. Louis NL, New York
NL,
Kansas City AL, Seattle AL,
Cincinnati NL,
Detroit AL)
1985 NL Rookie of the
Year. Most SB
in majors from 1985 to 1995.
Not a good
OF. Led NL in steals 6 years in
a row.
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James
Anthony Abbott
1989 - 1999 (California AL,
New York AL, Chicago AL, Milwaukee NL)
LHP born without a right
hand. Went
straight from college to the majors.
Threw a no-hitter in 1993.
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Kirk
Harold Gibson
1979 - 1995 (Detroit AL, Los Angeles
NL,
Kansas City AL, Pittsburgh NL)
1988 NL MVP.
Combined power and
speed. Most famous for game
winning
PH HR in Game 1 of '88 World Series.
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Bret
William Saberhagen
1984 - 2001 (Kansas City AL,
New York NL, Colorado NL, Boston AL)
2-time AL Cy Young Award
winner (1985
and 1989). Excellent control. Often injury
plagued. 3-time
All-Star.
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Joseph
Franklin Niekro
1967 - 1988 (Chicago NL, San Diego
NL,
Detroit AL, Atlanta NL, Houston
NL,
New York AL, Minnesota AL)
Pitched in parts of 22
seasons. 2-time
20 game winner. Featured a
knuckleball.
Caught scuffing a ball in 1987.
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Eric
Keith Davis
1984 - 2001 (Cincinnati NL, Los
Angeles NL,
Detroit AL, Baltimore AL, St. Louis
NL,
San Francisco NL)
Won 3 OF Gold
Gloves. Had power
(282 HR) and speed (349 SB). Disabled
often. Battled back from colon
cancer.
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Robert
Thomas Thigpen
1986 - 1994 (Chicago AL, Philadelphia
NL,
Seattle AL)
First pitcher to have
50+ saves in a
season (1990). Had more than 30
in a
year only 2 other times.
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Garry
Lewis Templeton
1976
- 1991 (St. Louis NL, San Diego NL,
New York NL)
First switch hitter to
collect 100 hits
from each side of the plate in the
same season.
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Clifford
Johnson
1972
- 1986 (Houston NL, New York AL,
Cleveland AL, Chicago NL, Oakland AL,
Toronto AL, Texas AL)
Holds the all-time
record for most
career pinch hit HRs (20).
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John
Scott "Jack" Morris
1977
- 1994 (Detroit AL, Minnesota AL,
Toronto AL, Cleveland AL)
5-time All-Star.
Won 254 games.
No one won more in the 1980's.
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Charles
Oliver Hough
1970
- 1994 (Los Angeles NL, Texas AL,
Chicago AL, Florida NL)
Knuckleballer.
Pitched 22 full seasons
in the bigs. Only 3 pitchers won
more in the 1980's.
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Joseph
Chris Carter
1983
- 1998 (Chicago NL, Cleveland AL,
San Diego NL, Toronto AL, Baltimore
AL,
San Francisco NL)
Had 100+ RBI in 9
seasons. Durable.
Dead pull .260 hitter - rarely walked.
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Kenton
Charles
Tekulve "Bones"
1974
- 1989 (Pittsburgh NL, Philadelphia NL,
Cincinnati NL)
Submariner. Holds
NL record for
most games pitched (1,050).
Saved 184 and won 94.
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Jose
Dennis Martinez
"El Presidente"
1976 - 1998 (Baltimore AL, Montreal
NL,
Cleveland AL, Seattle AL, Atlanta NL)
No Latin pitcher has won
more games.
245-193 lifetime with 2,149 Ks.
Threw a perfect game (7/28/91).
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Frank
Daryl Tanana
1973
- 1993 (California AL, Boston AL,
Texas AL, Detroit AL, New York NL,
New York AL)
Fireballer turned to
finesse pitcher due
to injury. Won double-digits 14
times.
Made 616 starts, won 240 w/2,773 Ks.
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Gary
Joseph Gaetti
1981 - 2000 (Minnesota AL, California
AL,
Kansas City AL, St. Louis NL, Chicago
NL,
Boston AL)
Durable. 4-time AL
3B Gold Glove
winner. 360 career HR. Very low
lifetime On Base Avg. (.308).
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Orel
Leonard Quinton Hershiser IV
"Bulldog"
1983 - 2000 (Los Angeles NL,
Cleveland AL,
San Francisco NL, New York NL)
Holds consecutive
scoreless innings
record. 1988 NL Cy Young Award.
14+ wins in a year 8 times.
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Darrell
Wayne Evans
1969
- 1989 (Atlanta NL, San Francisco NL,
Detroit AL)
40+ HRs/season in both
AL & NL.
414 lifetime HRs. Only 5 hit
more HRs
in the '80's. Good eye at the
plate.
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Andre
Nolan Dawson "Hawk"
1976
- 1996 (Montreal NL, Chicago NL,
Boston AL, Florida NL)
NL Rookie of the Year
'77. NL MVP
'87. 438 HRs. 314 SBs.
8 Gold Gloves.
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William
Joseph Buckner
1969
- 1990 (Los Angeles NL, Chicago NL,
Boston AL, California AL, Kansas City
AL)
Wrongfully vilified for
blowing '86 W.S.
2,715 career hits - 498 2Bs.
Played 18
full seasons w/a lifetime .289 BA.
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David
Ismael Concepcion "Elmer"
1970
- 1988 (Cincinnati NL)
9-time All-Star.
Won 5 Gold Gloves.
Above average stick for SS at his time.
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David
Gene Parker "Cobra"
1973
- 1991 (Pittsburgh NL, Cincinnati NL,
Oakland AL, Milwaukee AL, California
AL,
Toronto AL)
7-time All-Star.
NL MVP '78. 2,712
career hits - 940 for extra bases.
Won 2 Batting Titles & 3 Gold Gloves.
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Ted
Lyle Simmons "Simba"
1968
- 1988 (St. Louis NL,
Milwaukee AL, Atlanta NL)
Switch-hitting catcher.
8-time All-Star.
2,472 hits & 248 HRs. Only 3
players
had more 2Bs in the 1970's.
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Louis
Rodman
"Sweet Lou" Whitaker
1977
- 1995 (Detroit AL)
AL Rookie of the Year
'78. Good
fielding 2B w/420 doubles & 244
HRs.
Lifetime .366 OBA. Scored 1,386
and had 1,084 RBI.
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Albert
Oliver "Mr. Scoops"
1968
- 1985 (Pittsburgh NL, Texas AL,
Montreal NL, San Francisco NL,
Philadelphia NL,
Los Angeles NL, Toronto AL)
Lifetime .303 BA w/2,743
hits. 7-time
All-Star. Only Carew & Rose
had
more hits in the 1970's. Only
Rose
had more doubles in the '70's.
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Frank
White
1973
- 1990 (Kansas City AL)
Slick fielding 2B - won
8 Gold Gloves.
Had 2,006 hits - over 1/4 for extra
bases - but really not much of a
hitter.
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Steven
Patrick Garvey
1969
- 1987 (Los Angeles NL, San Diego NL)
Durable 1B. NL MVP
'74. 10-time
All-Star. Five 100+ RBI seasons.
Six 200+ hit seasons. 4 Gold
Gloves.
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David
Gus "Buddy" Bell
1972
- 1989 (Cleveland AL, Texas AL,
Cincinnati NL, Houston NL)
Wide-ranging 3B with
decent stick.
2,514 hits, 682 XBH,
1,100+ Runs &
RBI, while playing almost 1/2 career
in pitcher's park.
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James
Edward Rice
1974
- 1989 (Boston AL)
Led the league in Total
Bases 4 times.
Lifetime .298 hitter with
2,452 hits &
382 HRs. Scored 1,249 runs &
had
1,451 RBI. AL MVP
'78.
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Dale
Bryan Murphy
1976
- 1993 (Atlanta NL, Philadelphia NL,
Colorado NL)
Only Mike Schmidt hit
more HRs in the
1980's. 2-time MVP. 5 Gold
Gloves.
Only Schmidt & Eddie Murray had
more RBI in the '80's.
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Frederic
Michael Lynn
1974
- 1990 (Boston AL, California AL,
Baltimore AL, Detroit AL, San Diego
NL)
Excellent outfielder.
First MVP &
Rookie of the Year in same
year ('75).
Injury prone. 10 years of 20+
HRs.
9-time All-Star. Lifetime .360
OBA.
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Howard
Bruce Sutter
1976
- 1988 (Chicago NL, St. Louis NL,
Atlanta NL)
300 career saves.
Led the league in
saves 5 times. NL Cy Young '79.
Nasty split finger pitch.
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Henry
Eugene Garber
1969
- 1988 (Pittsburgh NL, Kansas City AL,
Philadelphia NL, Atlanta NL)
RP who appeared in 59+
games/season
11 times. 100+ IP/season 7
times.
Won 96 & saved 218.
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Robert
Lynn Welch
1978
- 1994 (Los Angeles NL, Oakland AL)
Only 2 won more, 4
struckout more, &
8 had a lower ERA in the 1980's.
1990 AL Cy Young.
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Jeffrey
James Reardon
"The Terminator"
1979
- 1994 (New York NL, Montreal NL,
Minnesota AL, Boston AL, Atlanta NL,
Cincinnati NL, New York AL)
367 career saves.
Saved 40+ in a
season with 3 different teams.
Pitched
in 880 games - all in relief.
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Thomas
Anthony Henke
"The Terminator"
1982
- 1995 (Texas AL, Toronto AL,
St. Louis NL)
311 career saves.
861 K's in 789.2 IP.
30+ saves/season 6 times.
Pitched in
642 games - all in relief.
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Bill
"Mad Dog" Madlock
1973
- 1987 (Texas AL, Chicago NL,
San Francisco NL, Pittsburgh NL,
Los Angeles NL, Detroit AL)
Third Baseman who won 4
batting
titles. Lifetime .305 hitter
with 2,008
career hits (over 1/4 for extra
bases).
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Robert
Anthony Grich
1970
- 1986 (Baltimore AL, California AL)
Best fielding 2B in the
AL during the
1970's. Slugger with a good
batting
eye. 6-time All-Star.
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Frank
John Viola "Sweet Music"
1982
- 1996 (Minnesota AL, New York NL,
Boston AL, Cincinnati NL, Toronto AL)
Won double-digits 10
years in a row -
incl. 16+/year 6 times. AL
Cy Young
'88. Lifetime 1,844 K's
versus 864 BB.
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Kenneth
Wayne Singleton
1970
- 1984 (New York NL, Montreal NL,
Baltimore AL)
One of the most
productive switch
hitters ever. Durable,
great batting
eye and good power. 3-time
All-Star.
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Willie
James Wilson
1976
- 1994 (Kansas City AL, Oakland AL,
Chicago NL)
Switch hitting, Gold
Glove caliber, CF.
Had 668 lifetime SB & was only
caught
134 times. Had 2,207 hits &
1,169 runs.
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Cecil
Celester Cooper
1971
- 1987 (Boston AL, Milwaukee AL)
Hit over .300 seven
years in a row.
2,192 hits, 1,012 runs & 1,125 RBI
in career. Good fielding 1B.
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David
Earl Lopes
1972
- 1987 (Los Angeles NL, Oakland AL,
Chicago NL, Houston NL)
4-time NL All-Star 2B.
Great base
stealer - 557 career SBs and only
caught 114 times (87% success rate).
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James
Edward Key
1984 - 1998 (Toronto AL, New York AL,
Baltimore AL)
Lifetime W% of .614
(186-117). Top
Ten AL ERA and Shutouts 6 times each.
4-time AL All-Star. Good
control.
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Stephen
Douglas Rogers
1973 - 1985 (Montreal NL)
5-time NL All-Star. Top
Ten NL
Complete Games & Shutouts 9 times
each. 230+ IP in a year 8 times.
Lifetime 3.17 ERA.
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Keith
Anthony Phillips
1982 - 1999 (Oakland AL, Detroit AL,
Anaheim AL, Chicago AL, Toronto AL,
New York NL)
Late bloomer. Very
intense. Versatile
- played 2B, 3B, OF and SS. Great
batting eye and run scorer.
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Richard
Warren Aguilera
1985 - 2000 (New York NL, Minnesota
AL,
Boston AL, Chicago NL)
Finished in Top Ten for
Saves in league
9 times. 404 career Wins+ Saves.
Good hitting pitcher.
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George
Andrew Hendrick
1971 - 1988 (Oakland AL, Cleveland
AL,
San Diego NL, St. Louis NL,
Pittsburgh NL,
California AL)
4-time All-Star.
Good power & RBI
production. Famous for not talking to
press & wearing uniform pants long.
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Brian
Jay Downing
1973 - 1992 (Chicago AL,
California AL, Texas AL)
Catcher turned OF.
Body Builder. One
of the ten most productive hitters in the
AL in the 1980's. Late bloomer.
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Rickey
Eugene Reuschel "Big Daddy"
1972 - 1991 (Chicago NL, New York AL,
Pittsburgh NL, San Francisco NL)
From 1972 to 1991, only
Steve Carlton
won more NL games. Lifetime 3.37 ERA
with 2,015 K's. Good control.
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Jay
Campbell Buhner "Bone"
1987 - 2001 (New York AL, Seattle AL)
Gold Glove RF with
strong arm. From
1991-2000, only 7 had more HR &
8 more RBI in the AL.
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Octavio
Antonio Fernandez
1983 - 2001 (Toronto AL, San Diego
NL,
New York NL, Cincinnati NL, New York
AL,
Cleveland AL, Milwaukee NL)
Switch hitting SS.
Won 4 Gold Gloves.
4-time All-Star. 2,276 career hits -
600
for extra bases. Smooth player in the
field.
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Charles
Theodore "Chili" Davis
1981 - 1999 (San Francisco NL,
California AL,
Minnesota AL, Kansas City AL, Yankees
AL)
When he retired, only
two had more
HR & 4 more RBI in their career
as a switch hitter. CF turned
DH.
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Harold Douglas Baines
1980 - 2001 (Chicago AL, Texas
AL,
Oakland AL, Baltimore AL, Cleveland
AL)
OF turned DH due to bad
knees. From
1982-96, only Cal Ripken had more RBI
in the AL & only three had
more extra base hits.
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Robert Raymond Boone
1972 - 1990 (Philadelphia NL,
California AL, Kansas City AL)
At the time he retired,
no one had caught
more games in MLB history. Good
receiver,
but not a good hitter. Both his father
&
sons played in the majors. Later
managed.
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Jose Cruz Sr.
1970 - 1988 (St. Louis NL, Houston
NL, New York AL)
When he retired, no
Astros player had more
hits, total bases or RBI - and only
Jimmy
Wynn had more HR. Son later
played in MLB.
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Randall Kirk Myers
1985 - 1998 (New York NL, Cincinnati
NL,
San Diego NL, Chicago NL, Baltimore
AL, Toronto AL)
First LHP to save 50+ in
a season. From
1988-98, he was among the best closers
in
baseball. Intense individual
on and off the field.
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James Howard Sundberg
1974 - 1989 (Texas AL, Milwaukee
AL,
Kansas City AL, Chicago NL)
Won AL Gold Glove 6
years in a row. Not
much of a hitter. When he retired,
only one
player had caught more games in AL history.
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Roberto
Martin Antonio Bonilla
"Bobby Bo"
1986 - 2001 (Chicago AL, Pittsburgh
NL,
New York NL, Baltimore AL, Florida
NL,
Los Angeles NL, Atlanta NL, St. Louis
NL)
6-time All-Star.
Switch-hitter with power.
From 1988-95, only 6 had more HR & only
7 more HR in all of baseball. Played 3B
& OF.
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Jose
Canseco
1985 - 2001 (Oakland AL, Texas AL,
Boston AL, Toronto AL, Tampa Bay AL,
New York AL, Chicago AL)
1986 AL Rookie of the
Year. 1988 AL MVP.
First w/40 HR & 40 SB in a season.
Injury prone &
often in some sort of trouble. He felt
blacklisted at career end.
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