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Originally Posted by kleric
How about:
Mike Donlin
Eddie Plank
Johnny Kling
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My evil alter ego returns!
Donlin had more longevity than his real life counterpart, but wasn't quite as good. He played for the Baltimore/New York organization, the Browns, the Cubs and a single year with the Giants. He totaled 2447 hits with 784 steals, 495 CS and a .287/.359/.398 line. He got one MVP award, one Gold Glove and once had a 37 game hit streak.
This is one of the few times I've seen Eddie Plank perform poorly. I don't know why either - over the course of his career he only dropped from an 11 to an 8 in Movement and no other categories and in early baseball Movement just isn't that important. He had four decent years with the Athletics, including his best season, 1904. That year he was 18-16 with a 2.19 ERA in 304 IP. But after that he only pitched 70 more big league innings before retiring after the 1906 season.
Kling was a bust. He somehow stuck around until the 2010 season but only got 318 hits with a .224/.242/.261 line.
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Originally Posted by Purple Cowboy
Thanks for the lookups!
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I enjoy doing it. I wasn't expecting this many requests though - threads like this usually seem to die after about half a dozen or so. I guess I just timed it pretty well.
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How about these four:
Bo Jackson
Deion Sanders
Darryl Kile
Corey Lidle
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Jackson never developed his Contact ability and when he did get to play, he never flashed his power. In ten years he only received 1500 ABs, hitting 44 HRs for a .226/.309/.346 line. He actually improved his Eye as his career went on without a subsequent drop in Power, but the man just didn't make enough contact for anyone to give him a real chance.
Sanders somehow managed to talk his way into 2600 ABs over a 12 year career despite hitting .242/.275/.330. 120 steals, 74 caught, not much else to say.
After his first minor league season Kile was hit by the Talent Drop Disease, losing Stuff and Control. He still made it to the bigs after a few years, debuting in 1989 for the Yankees where he'd spend his entire career. In 1990 he had a 4.89 ERA in 236 innings and a 13-13 record, the beneficiary of a slight improvement in Stuff and Control prior to the season. He then improved for two straight years, dropping his ERA below 4.00 and pitching more than 250 innings both times. Then, of course, more Talent drops. He stuck around for three horrible seasons and finally posted a halfway decent one in his 1996 farewell tour - 15-10, 4.48, 193 IP. For his career he went 87-77, 4.93 in 1400 innings.
Cory Lidle threw six innings combined in 99 and 2000 for the Cardinals, then disappeared from the bigs until totaling less than 20 innings combined from 2004 through 2006 for the Marlins. Career line - 1-3, 7.71, 25.2 IP.