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Originally Posted by Exodor
Is there a way to change that date without using an amateur draft?
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I imagine just unchecking the 'Enable Amateur Draft' box would work.
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Originally Posted by Hurkman
I just have to know about some of the 1993 Phillies. How about:
Darren Daulton
John Kruk
Lenny Dykstra
Tommy Greene
Mickey Morandini
and, my personal favorite (Hey, I was 9, cut me some slack!)
Kevin Stocker
I'm doing one of these replays myself now, thanks to reading yours. I'll post the results after it finishes up.
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Daulton played for the Houston Astros from 1980 through 1988, getting less than 400 combined ABs in his first four seasons. In 1984 and 1985 he was an important backup, seeing time at C, 1B, LF and RF to the tune of 600 combined ABs and a .231/.299/.325 line. Not good, but he got playing time. He was handed the starting catching job for the '86 and '87 seasons, hitting over .250 with a roughly .330 OBP and a slugging percentage approaching .400. He got only 3 ABs in 1988 and never appeared in the bigs again.
John Kruk had a heck of a career, earning himself a spot in the Hall of Pretty Good (not Very Good, since I did have 78 guys get over 3,000 hits). Over his 18 year career, spent mostly with the Mariners but also with Houston and Montreal for the last four years, Kruk was a three time All Star and Gold Glove winner. He had a .277/.376/.402 line, getting 2670 hits, 210 HRs, 1417 runs, 1267 RBIs and a 412.6 VORP. He played in at least 141 games every year except for his last, in which he got into 120 for the Expos. He's 37th on the all-time strikeout list with 2018. (Doing these look ups really makes me wish a player page would list his Top 100 Leaderboard positions.)
Dykstra was a promising player (7/4/7 Contact/Power/Eye Potentials) before getting hit twice with Talent drops after his first and second years in the bigs. After his third season, 1983, he never again appeared in the majors. He did play in the minors through 1998, but as I'm focusing on the bigs his career line is .276/.313/.365 in 540 ABs.
Greene played in the majors the first season after being drafted (November of '84, played in '85) but got hit with Talent drops after '86. He only played in the majors in '85 and '86, going 17-22 with a 4.35 over 339 IP for the Pirates.
Mickey Morandini played for seven teams over the course of his career, starting in 1989 and retiring after the 2006 season. In a bit more than 8,000 career ABs he got 1195 runs, 2281 hits, 753 RBIs and 342 steals for a .279/.335/.375 line. His one AS appearance was 1997, when he went .254/.312/.336 for the Milwaukee Brewers with 27 steals. I'm guessing he had a very good first half and then tailed off.
Stocker stuck around for 14 seasons as a backup player for five different clubs (and Colorado twice), getting into only 1065 games with 1851 ABs and a .219/.278/.288 line.
Not one of those players ever played for the Phillies.
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Originally Posted by Jpotapoff
How about Pete Gray and Jim Abbott?
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Gray never played in the majors. Abbott had six solid years for the Cubs from '88 through '93. After his rookie season in which he went 15-13 with a 3.39 in 233 IP with 161 Ks he was hit by a talent drop, but got some of it back after the '89 season which would lead to his best year. In 1990 he was 12-10 with a 3.03 in 246 IP with 192 Ks for a 62.2 VORP. His last season was hurt by more talent drops and he never pitched in the bigs again after '93. His total line was 66-79, 3.56, 1305 IP in 190 starts, 203 games. He got 878 Ks and had a 228.3 VORP.