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Old 10-07-2022, 06:25 PM   #1685
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Originally Posted by dsvitak View Post
Ladies and Gentlemen...may I present Herb Washington.

105 games played, with not one at bat, OR defensive play. Ever.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ashihe01.shtml
The article that I was reading about Gore had this to say in that regard:
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These changes [pitch clock, only two pickoff attempts, bigger bases] could lead teams to experiment with adding speed to their rosters. But Gore scoffs at the idea that any fast guy — think Herb Washington, an All-American sprinter signed by the Oakland A’s in 1974 to middling success — can learn the ins and outs of base stealing overnight.

“I do a lot of homework,” he said. “You can’t just go get a track guy and tell him to run the bases and see what happens. He might be successful a couple times, but his percentage is not going to be good.You’ve got to know the game. You’ve got to know the pitches, the pitch count, who’s hitting, who’s playing first base.”
But bizarre-statswise, yes, Washington is the clear winner in this category.

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Originally Posted by Amazin69 View Post
Gore has three rings; Max Scherzer has one.

Anybody else? (I haven't checked.)
That article also said this:
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Perhaps the most compelling statistic? Gore has three World Series championship rings, more than the rest of the 2022 Mets combined. On a team with several stars, including Pete Alonso, Edwin Díaz and Jeff McNeil, who have no postseason experience at all, Gore is a grizzled veteran, even if he only has one career R.B.I.
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