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Originally Posted by Burto1945
As I always ask in people's alternate histories...
What about Bill DeLancey, catcher for the Cardinals in the 30's. In real life he only played parts of 4 years, how'd he do in your league?
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DeLancey wound up with 2204 hits, playing 18 seasons in the big leagues. He was an 8-time All Star and 3-time Gold Glover. He holds the top spot for single season BA among catchers at .366 despite being a career .289 hitter. He's 14th on the career VORP list for catchers at 470.23.
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Originally Posted by alizbee
How'd Barry Bonds end up?
Where does A-Rod stand at the end of '07?
What about Mark Prior and Kerry Wood?
Any real life super-stars or HoFers who were busts?
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Bonds started strong, hitting 61 HRs in his first two seasons combined with 57 steals. 50 games into the 1987 season (his third) he broke he jaw and suffered massive talent drops. He somehow hung around until 2001, winding up with 365 career HRs and 408 steals. His overall line was .221/.347/.424 - eight times he hit .201 or less.
Rodriguez is a stud. He's played his entire career with the Rockies so far. 2601 hits, 556 HRs, .326/.395/.594 line. He missed the entire 2006 season with a fractured eye socket (!) but didn't lose any ratings or potential. In August of '07 he broke his knee as well, but again got lucky and received no drops. He's predominantly a shortstop but has seen significant time at 3B over the years - he's the career SLG and HR leader among SS. 78 guys are in the 3,000 hit club, three more retired at 2995 or more. He doesn't even crack the top 100 for hits among all players. He's 17th among the HR leaders and could move into the top 10 in 2008.
Mark Prior pitched well in his 2001 rookie season with a 3.06 ERA in 191 IP w/ 243 K's for the DBacks but random talent drops and a few light injuries escorted him out of baseball at the end of the 2006 season.
Kerry Wood was mediocre for the first few seasons of his career for the Rangers before getting shelled from 1999 until the end of his career at the end of 2006. 77-114, 5.20 ERA, 374 games (258 starts), 1682 IP, 1739 K's.
As for notable busts, Willie Mays hit .254/.292/.445 for his career which lasted six full seasons and 6 more seasons where he played a combined 140 games and only got 50 ABs - his last AB came in 1956 even though he played 71 games through the end of 1961.
Babe Ruth was a mediocre pitcher with the Yankees for his entire career which lasted only until 1919. He retired after that season.
Roberto Clemente retired with 116 career hits. Sandy Koufax went 20-27 for his career.