Describe a player and guess who it is thread

[Omar 382]

This guy was kind of underrated. Probably somewhere in between Joe Niekro and Phil Niekro

Hal Newhouser?

 

[Cedrique]

He had a 68.2 career WAR which is higher than I would have thought.

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Gaylord Perry.

 

[Cedrique]

No, after Newhouser. This guy also put up a 9.4 WAR one year and didn't get the Cy Young. He did come in third though so it wasn't as bad as Matlack

 

[Cedrique]

Gaylord Perry.

Nope, but another great guess.
This guy's abilities were somewhere in between Jim and Gaylord Perry

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Rick Reuschel.

 

[Cedrique]

Rick Reuschel.

Correct!

 

[Cedrique]

I thought for sure the next guess would be Ken or Bob Forsch

 

[Omar 382]

• Eight consecutive seasons of at least 20 home runs
• Only ____ in franchise history to hit a grand slam, inside-the-park home run
• 1985 All-Star
• Traded for Tom Herr
• He had his best season in the AL in 1992 when he hit .266/.354/.445 with a 119 wRC+ in 533 PA

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Ron Santos?

 

[Omar 382]

Not nearly as good as Santo

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Did he ever play for the twins?

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Kent hrebek?

 

[Cedrique]

Rico Brogna?

 

[Cedrique]

Tom Brunansky?

 

[Omar 382]

Tom Brunansky?

Winner!!!

 

[Omar 382]

• Played for the a team that changed its name three times while he was playing there
• Finished second in AL ROY voting in 1995
• One of seven players with a 30 home run season with more home runs than walks for the season
• Finished 4th in AL MVP voting in 2004
• In 2009 he became the 89th player to reach 2,500 hits
• Somehow recieved a HOF vote in 2016

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Louis Gonzalez.

 

[jvett77]

Tim Raines?

 

[Omar 382]

No and no