Who am I

by gossamer on Aug 6, 2009 4:38 AM CDT Comment 11 comments

This would have been a "where are they now" but I could not find any info on this guy.

Shortstop born in 1964. what could have been a really solid career was ruined by shoulder issues, but prolonged (i suspect) by steroid use--just look at his stats before the 96 season if you can figure out who it is.

was drafted by the mets in the 2nd round of the 84 amateur draft. guy that was a terrible hitter, but good with the glove.

put up a .257 avg in short season that year.

1985 saw him play in A ball and AA combining for a .276 avg and .388 slg

1986 played complete season of AA ball hitting .269 and slugging .340

1987 made it to AAA hitting a nice .310 and upped the slugging too at .439

1988 replaced the great Rafael santana on the mets as the fulltime shortstop where he held that post until after the 1992 season when he was granted free agency. hit .224/.288/.343 in 7 seasons as a met

1993 signed as a free agent with the Dodgers. played 10 games in AA for the dodgers.

dec 1993 signed as a free agent with the padres, released in march of 1994

1994 signed as free agent with the yankees. over 2 seasons hit .054/.103/.081/.184

June 8 1995 the yankees release him

June 29,1995 signs with the royals. plays a handful of games for them in the minors

july 3, 1995 royals release him

july 7, 1995 signs with the phillies. plays 26 games for them hitting .208/.302/.377/.679

oct 5 1995 granted free agency

jan 16, 1996 signs with the RANGERS. has career high in home runs (24, previous high was 10) rbi (99, previous high of 55) batting avg (.252). also had .317 obp (career high was .318) and slugged .462.

rangers let him walk. put up pitiful numbers in pittsburgh

1998, comes back to texas and went for .232/.311/.354/.665

did not play in the majors in 1999.

signed free agent contract with the dodgers in 2000 where he finished his career.

career numbers: .228/.300/.377/.677 in 2844 at bats with 88 homers.

highlights:

10th in league in strikeouts in 1996. 3rd in league in sacrifice hits in 1996 with 16. 3rd in league in sacrifice flies in 1996 with 11.

between 1988 and 1989 he held a then record of 88 consecutive games without an error for shortstop (cal ripken would later break that record)

in 2000, the very first game at Pac Bell park he had 3 home runs.

had a part in the movie Little Big League

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too many clues

Kevin Elster

by kumizi on Aug 6, 2009 5:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah

that 99 rbi gives it away. but heh. was gonna be a where are they now, but i have no idea what he’s doing

" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers

by gossamer on Aug 6, 2009 5:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep

as soon as I saw 99 rbi I got it too

Charter member of the Dutch bandwagon

by rchawk12 on Aug 6, 2009 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

His birthday was yesterday or two days ago or something

Suprised we didn’t see this mentioned on the front page

by oc on Aug 6, 2009 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yea, that was way too easy

loved that dude, he was the best 9 hole hitter until Ramon Vasquez

"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"

by blalock84 on Aug 6, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Way too easy

needs to be a) more random and b) more difficult

My mom could have gotten that one.

Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball

by willamos2 on Aug 6, 2009 11:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

next time

i’ll do david hulse or otis nixon or something.

" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers

by gossamer on Aug 6, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought...

he was part of that Mets team that went to the WS… but you have him in AA ball that year.

by JShoe on Aug 6, 2009 2:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

33 plate appearances

in 86 and a plate appearance in the WS

" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers

by gossamer on Aug 6, 2009 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

little big league

too easy

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Aug 6, 2009 3:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs