_________________ A few years ago, legend has it, San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers found the following message on his voice mail: "This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball."
The Sabermagics select the greatest second baseman of all time (tied with Eddie Collins imo) and perhaps the most underrated player of all time by traditional metrics, Joe Morgan.
Upon hearing that he had been selected to the only sabermetrically inclined team, Joe Morgan informed the Team President that he and his team "are jokes." He also said that that he will refuse to play for "a bunch geeks trying to play video games." (real quotes!) The Team President agreed to allow Morgan not to play so long as Morgan agrees to never announce another game again.
_________________ A few years ago, legend has it, San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers found the following message on his voice mail: "This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball."
what's the minimum for games played at a position? Honestly don't remember Rickey playing much CF, but then again I'm only 22, so I didn't see his first 10-12 years in the MLB.
what's the minimum for games played at a position? Honestly don't remember Rickey playing much CF, but then again I'm only 22, so I didn't see his first 10-12 years in the MLB.
He's not eligible for CF, only the OF spots.
But please keep all discussion to the Discussion threads -- this thread is for selections only.
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jpkmets wrote:
Just like people who don't understand why Blood on the Tracks is awesome or who don't like sam cooke's voice -- i'll never get people who don't love Pedro Martinez.
* Three-time NL MVP: (1980, 1981, 1986)
* World Series MVP in 1980 (.381/.462/.714 in twenty-one at-bats)
* Ten-time Gold Glove winner (1976-1984, 1986)
* Fourteen All-Star appearances (1974, 1976, 1977, 1979-1984, 1986, 1987, 1989)
* Led National League in OBP in 1981, 1982, 1983
* Led National League in SLG in 1974, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986
* Led National League in runs scored in 1981
* Led National League in HR in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1986
* Led National League in RBI in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986
* 404 Assists in 1974 is a National League record.
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jpkmets wrote:
Just like people who don't understand why Blood on the Tracks is awesome or who don't like sam cooke's voice -- i'll never get people who don't love Pedro Martinez.
# NL All-Star (x14)
# The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year (1953,1957-1958,1961)
# Cy Young Award (1957)
# Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1961)
# 6th on the all-time list for career wins
# Winningest pitcher in the live-ball era
# Two career no-hitters
YR G AB R H HR RBI SB BA 24 3562 14053 2165 4256 160 1314 198 .303
Career Numbers: Ranks first all-time in hits (4,256), at-bats (14,053), 200-hit seasons (10), and singles (3,215); second in doubles (746), league hit titles (7-tied with Tony Gwynn), fifth in runs scored (2,165), and is 15th in seasons topping the .300 mark (15).
10-time All-Star (1990, 1993-95, 1997, 1999, 2000-02, 2004) World Series MVP Award 2001) with Arizona Diamondbacks American League Cy Young Award winner (1995) Four time National League Cy Young Award winner (1999-2002) Finished 7th in National League MVP voting (2002) Led the league in ERA four times (1995, 1999, 2001, 2002) Led the league in wins (2002) Led the league in Strikeouts (1992-95, 1999, 2000-02, 2004) Is one of four pitchers to win the Cy Young for both the American and National League (Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, & xxxxx being the others). Won Triple Crown (led league in wins, ERA and strikeouts) (2002) 4,614 career strikeouts (3rd overall) 10.86 strikeouts per 9 innings over career (1st overall) Career 284-149 record Threw no-hitter: June 2, 1990 (Seattle Mariners 2, Detroit Tigers 0) Threw perfect game: May 18, 2004 (Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Atlanta Braves 0) and became the oldest player to accomplish it, at age 40. Holds an MLB record with 5 consecutive 300-strikeout seasons (1998-2002)
Charles Kid Nichols ranks among the game's all-time winners, totaling 360 victories over a 15-year major league career. As a 20-year-old rookie in 1890, he led the Boston Beaneaters with 27 victories. He went on to win 30 or more games a record seven times, compiling 10 straight years of 20-plus wins and leading the league in victories in three consecutive seasons (1896-‘1898). Remarkably, he completed 531 of the 561 games he started. In his first nine seasons with Boston, he sparked the club to five league championships.
He took two years off (1902, 1903) and still came back and won 21 games the next season.
Robinson holds the distinction of being the first player to win baseball’s MVP award in both the American and National Leagues, of making five World Series appearances with the Reds and the Orioles, and of playing in 11 All-Star games. He has a lifetime batting average of .294, and hit 586 home runs and 528 doubles. Robinson led the National League in slugging percentage three straight years, from 1960 to 1962. He was elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1982. Enshrined in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.
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