Describe a player and guess who it is thread

[Cedrique]

OK, the player Ced was talking about was Dave Hollins. Now my turn

Damn, you should have left that one out there for JVett or Retro.

Anyway, I like the idea of naming some former teammates when we need clues. It makes it kind of like the Kevin Bacon game

 

[Cedrique]

• This player was the 1951 AP ROY
• He went to five All-Star games and won five World Series
• He is considered one of the most successful versatile player in baseball history- heplayed 599 games at second base, 508 games at third base, and 284 games at shortstop
• He decided to retire from baseball after a short career because he didn't want to get drafted by an expansion team in the 1960 expansion draft

Pee Wee Reese?

 

[Omar 382]

Damn, you should have left that one out there for JVett or Retro.

Anyway, I like the idea of naming some former teammates when we need clues. It makes it kind of like the Kevin Bacon game

Oh my bad. You can PM Retro and ask him

 

[Omar 382]

Pee Wee Reese?

Good guess, but Reese played in the NL. This guy was on a team that had players that largely overshadowed him and his success.

 

[Cedrique]

With all those World Series appearances in the AL it has to be a Yankee--Phil Rizzuto?

 

[Omar 382]

With all those World Series appearances in the AL it has to be a Yankee--Phil Rizzuto?

You're right there. This guy was a teammate of Rizzuto (you may not have heard of him- like I said his success kind of took a back door to Ford, Rizzuto, and Mantle).

 

[Cedrique]

This is a total guess because I'm not even sure he was on the Yankees but I have at least heard of him and I think he was an infielder. Bobby Richardson

 

[Omar 382]

This is a total guess because I'm not even sure he was on the Yankees but I have at least heard of him and I think he was an infielder. Bobby Richardson

No not him. Should I leave it up to Jvett or should we just move on?

 

[Cedrique]

Why, do you have another one?

Yeah I just looked up Richardson. I was pretty close -he did play second base on the Yankees for a few years in the 1950's

 

[Cedrique]

Yeah, just leave that one out there. I may come up with a guess later. In the mean time here is a more recent one for you:

Retired in the last couple years. Despite being a Lifetime .232 hitter and not a great defender he still managed to put up positive WAR numbers every time he played a full season.
Very good at drawing walks. 6 Seasons with 27 or more HRs. Played on several teams, almost exclusively in the AL but did play one year on the Cubs.

 

[Cedrique]

His best year he hit 46 HRs, had an OBP of over .400 and came in 9th in MVP voting

 

[Omar 382]

Yeah, just leave that one out there. I may come up with a guess later. In the mean time here is a more recent one for you:

Retired in the last couple years. Despite being a Lifetime .232 hitter and not a great defender he still managed to put up positive WAR numbers every time he played a full season.
Very good at drawing walks. 6 Seasons with 27 or more HRs. Played on several teams, almost exclusively in the AL but did play one year on the Cubs.

Not sure. I would say Mo Vaughn but I thought he retired more than a few years ago

 

[BGDave]

• This player was the 1951 AP ROY
• He went to five All-Star games and won five World Series
• He is considered one of the most successful versatile player in baseball history- heplayed 599 games at second base, 508 games at third base, and 284 games at shortstop
• He decided to retire from baseball after a short career because he didn't want to get drafted by an expansion team in the 1960 expansion draft

Tony Kubek?

 

[Cedrique]

Not sure. I would say Mo Vaughn but I thought he retired more than a few years ago

No, good guess. Similar player but Mo Vaughn usually had a decent batting average. This guy it seems like was constantly hitting in the .225-.230 range but he always put up good numbers in walks and HRs

 

[Cedrique]

Also, this guy is only 37 years old and his stats go up to 2014 so for all I know he could still be playing in Mexico or Japan or something, but I'm assuming he is retired

 

[Omar 382]

Tony Kubek?

Nope

 

[Omar 382]

Tony Kubek?

But you definitely have the right line of thinking

 

[Omar 382]

No, good guess. Similar player but Mo Vaughn usually had a decent batting average. This guy it seems like was constantly hitting in the .225-.230 range but he always put up good numbers in walks and HRs

Give me some teammates

 

[Cedrique]

Give me some teammates

BJ Upton, Carl Crawford, Robert Fick, Pudge Rodriguez

 

[Omar 382]

I feel like I should definitely get this one. I'm thinking he played a majority of his career with either the Rays or Red Sox.