Mediocre players you liked for some reason

[DHoey]

Willie Bloomquist. Local high school guy, pac-12 and then the M's, twice.

 

[navamind]

Willie Bloomquist. Local high school guy, pac-12 and then the M's, twice.

Fun player. Got to play every position but catcher and pitcher.

 

[navamind]

Micah Owings. Crappy pitcher, but an excellent hitting pitcher. Batted .283/.310/.502 (106 OPS+) over 219 plate appearances. 48 of those plate appearances were as a pinch hitter (he hit .244/.292/.444 with 2 home runs)

 

[navamind]

Brooks Kieschnick hit .248/.315/.444 with 16 home runs in 336 PA. Hit .256/.319/.411 with 4 home runs in 141 plate appearances as a pinch hitter.

 

[msgkings322]

Micah Owings. Crappy pitcher, but an excellent hitting pitcher. Batted .283/.310/.502 (106 OPS+) over 219 plate appearances. 48 of those plate appearances were as a pinch hitter (he hit .244/.292/.444 with 2 home runs)

Didn't he end up an outfielder?

 

[naslundfan19]

Joey Cora. Loved him back in ‘95.

 

[The Q]

Daryl Ward
GlenAllen hill
Brett Butler
Shannon Stewart

 

[navamind]

Didn't he end up an outfielder?

Yeah, but only in the minors.

 

[navamind]

Daryl Ward
GlenAllen hill
Brett Butler
Shannon Stewart

Butler was also a great leadoff hitter

 

[black francis]

Carlos Febles

the other half of Dos Carlos, with Beltran

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Jeremy Guthrie had a fun schtick for a while, tbh.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Robert Andino

 

[Mebert]

Mine is a current player. I love Garrett Hampson.

 

[wazzu31]

I really liked Mariano Rivera. He was his overall record was mediocre at best.

 

[IronJaw]

The game changed with Ripken/Nomar/Jeter/Arod.

Used to be, you didn't need your SS to hit, just field everything hit at him. Those guys changed all that.

Well, Ernie Banks began his career as a shortstop and he could blast the HRs on a regular basis. Another was Vernon Stephens a power hitter from the 1940s. And going back to the 60s, Rico Petrocelli of the Red Sox had some power (blasted 40 HRs in 1969).

 

[IronJaw]

I'm not sure who you would mean by mediocre.

Jeff Burroughs? He was always pretty good, just mired in obscurity by playing on bad teams.

Well, he did get an MVP award in 1974. I remember when he was a minor leaguer with the Denver Bears.

 

[The Oldtimer]

Chris Taylor.

 

[richig07]

Brent Lilibridge, Pablo Ozuna, Willie Harris...

Just White Sox utility guys that I thought were cool and each had some stretches as part time players where they would go off each of the two days per week they played. Pablo Ozuna was the king of mastering the part time role and turning into a potato both time the White Sox tried to play him everyday.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Mike Pagliarulo

on some bad 80’s teams, Pags was fun to watch

 

[broncosmitty]

Leon “the bull” Durham

Felt like he was the Toledo MudHens hitting coach forever.