Describe a player and guess who it is thread

[Omar 382]

So it was Mayberry?

Dwight Gooden?

correct

 

[northeastphillyguy]

My Page is messed up. Sports SportsHoopla looks like scrambled eggs on screen. Amk I thevOnly one having this problem?

 

[Cedrique]

My Page is messed up. Sports SportsHoopla looks like scrambled eggs on screen. Amk I thevOnly one having this problem?

mine looks like french toast

 

[Cedrique]

Seriously, I think recently the address was changed from sportshoopla.com to sportshoop.la , so if you have it bookmarked to the old one maybe try typing it in sportshoop.la

 

[Cedrique]

Ok, heres one

This guy played for over 20 years and was a little above average but really flew way under the radar.
I'm not sure if I would call him overrated or underrated. His lifetime totals would lead you to believe he would be getting hall of fame consideration, but he did it over such a long period of time and was so consistently "good" that he never had that crazy mvp season (never any really terrible seasons either)
He was a rightfielder, but must have been terrible because he ended up playing more DH than anything else and racked up a -20 dWAR.
Finished with better HR and RBI totals than many hall of famers - 384 HRS, 1628 RBI but only went over 25 HR in a season once.
6 all star appearances, 4 times in the top 20 in MVP voting but never was really any threat to win it.

 

[Cedrique]

My Page is messed up. Sports SportsHoopla looks like scrambled eggs on screen. Amk I thevOnly one having this problem?

now I see what you mean. Maybe they are working on the site

 

[Omar 382]

This guy played for over 20 years and was a little above average but really flew way under the radar.
I'm not sure if I would call him overrated or underrated. His lifetime totals would lead you to believe he would be getting hall of fame consideration, but he did it over such a long period of time and was so consistently "good" that he never had that crazy mvp season (never any really terrible seasons either)
He was a rightfielder, but must have been terrible because he ended up playing more DH than anything else and racked up a -20 dWAR.
Finished with better HR and RBI totals than many hall of famers - 384 HRS, 1628 RBI but only went over 25 HR in a season once.
6 all star appearances, 4 times in the top 20 in MVP voting but never was really any threat to win it.[/QUOTE]
Galarraga? Can I get some teammates

 

[Omar 382]

Is Sports SportsHoopla hungover? The fuck is going on

 

[Cedrique]

Not Galarraga.. At least the Big Cat had some 40 hr seasons, unlike this guy.

The guy I'm thinking of spanned a couple eras of players. He was teammates with Carlton Fisk, Greg Luzinski and Mark Mcgwire

 

[Omar 382]

Will Clark?

 

[Omar 382]

Bill Melton?

 

[Omar 382]

Fred Lynn?

 

[Omar 382]

Dewey? I think the HR total is off

 

[Cedrique]

No, no and no.. All good guesses though.

 

[Cedrique]

He played from 1980-2001

 

[Omar 382]

I'm completely drawing a blank. Here's my thought process

1. Fisk played for the Red Sox and White Sox. I'm not sure when he signed with CWS but I know he was with BOS at least until 1975 (probably later)
2. The Bull played with the Phils until... '82? I think he signed with the White Sox in '83. Maybe '84 though
3. Big Mac was with the A's from '87-'96 (???) I think. He retired in '01 with the Cards

So this guy was a right fielder either with the Phillies in '80 (which I don't know who that was- which makes me think he wasn't with them because if he hit 384 home runs I would think I would know him) or with Chicago in '83 or '84. He then either played with Oakland in the '80s and '90s or the Cards from '97-'01. Juan Gonzalez? I really don't know

 

[Cedrique]

You're on the right track. He was drafted by the White Sox and played there for a while. Then he DH'd for some other teams--Texas, Oakland, Cleveland, a couple stints with Baltimore, 2 more stints with the White Sox

 

[Cedrique]

For all the totals he really was kind of "meh". I think he has more hits than anyone not in the hall of fame, except for guys like Rose, Palmeiro, Bonds, etc

 

[Omar 382]

I have two episodes of Boardwalk Empire left. I'll let NE get this one. I can't believe I can't get a player who hit over 350 home runs. I thought I knew every player who hit over 300 home runs, but I'm starting to think I don't know him considering you gave me all his teams. Maybe I'll have an epiphany though

 

[Cedrique]

He doesn't even have a nickname on Baseball Reference.
His waaWL% (whatever that means) is of course exactly .500 for his career.
He was a black guy, but I'm sure his favorite ice cream is vanilla. No arrests, no scandals, 1 WS that his team lost.
He did get a ring as a coach with the White Sox in 05