Describe a player and guess who it is thread

[Cedrique]

Duane Kuiper

 

[Omar 382]

You may not know him. 253 career home runs

 

[Cedrique]

Wait, none of those light hitting infielders i named would have a .516 slugging pct

 

[Cedrique]

Andre Thornton

 

[Omar 382]

Andre Thornton

Yes!

 

[Cedrique]

Yeah, that late 70's early 80's is my wheelhouse. Any player with over 200 homeruns that played in that time period I have heard of. (That doesn't necessarily mean I can remember them though)

 

[Cedrique]

And with that in mind, here is a kind of underrated infielder from that era.
1 All Star Appearance, 2 top 15 finishes in MVP voting.
237 homeruns, all in the American League
Played in 1 World Series

 

[Omar 382]

Yeah, I orginially had that he grew up in the same city that Piazza did, but I thought that might give it away too quickly

 

[Cedrique]

41.6 Career WAR
In 1982 he had a 7.6 WAR

 

[Omar 382]

And with that in mind, here is a kind of underrated infielder from that era.
1 All Star Appearance, 2 top 15 finishes in MVP voting.
237 homeruns, all in the American League
Played in 1 World Series

Roberto Alomar?

 

[Omar 382]

Trammell?

 

[Cedrique]

Nope. In 1982 he put up a

301​

.369​

.548​

.916​

line with 30 HRs and 97 Ribbies and didn't even make the All Star Team. (there was good competition at his position at the time)

 

[Omar 382]

Lou Whitaker?

 

[Cedrique]

No, this was a 3b

 

[Cedrique]

Nope

 

[Cedrique]

Lost to Dave Parker's team in the World Series

 

[Cedrique]

Teammates with Lee May Rod Carew, Reggie Jackson

 

[Omar 382]

ummm.... I can't quite recall his name....Bill Melton? I don't think that's his name. I can't think of the 1979 AL pennant winner

 

[Omar 382]

I'll list all the AL teams I know for sure weren't in the '79 WS

 

[Cedrique]

The same team that played the Phillies in 1983