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#
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Season
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Best
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Team
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Notes
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1
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7
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Rick Post ( C )
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TOL
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Hometown's best catcher.
9 AS, 7 SS, Record .370 BA in Season 22
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2
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6
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Pete Crosby (LF)
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TOL
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Maybe the best hitter
Hometown has ever seen
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3
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14
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Jimmie Johnson (SP)
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DET
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Hometown's best pitcher.
7 CY and lowest career ERA
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4
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5
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David Cruz (SP)
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FLA
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8 AS, 3 WS Rings, 2 CY, 1
Perfect Game and a .730 winning %
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5
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6
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Tito Parkers ( C )
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PHI
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7 AS, 7 SS, ROY, .328
lifetime BA
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6
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19
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Dillon Posey (3B)
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RIC
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4 AS, 3 SS before age 26
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7
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5
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Gary Fischer
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PAW
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Hometown record 650+
saves -Honorable Mention William Sutton
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8
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3
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Irv Rooney (CF)
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CHY
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No HOF because of
stevelippo, but awards pretty impressive
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9
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10
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Merv Strange (SP)
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LOU
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Only thing strange was
why he wasn’t drafted earlier
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10
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5
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Stan Oquist (2B)
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TEX
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2500+ hits, 5 SS, 3 AS
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11
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3
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Sergio Ingram (SP)
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AUG
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250+ wins, ROY, 6 AS, 1
CY
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12
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25
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Cy Malloy (OF)
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MTY
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50-104 in rookie season,
100 power
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13
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3
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Matt Black ( C )
|
LV
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500+ HR, 8 AS, 8 SS
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14
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8
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Kyle Stockton (SS)
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OAK
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4 AS, 3 GG, 1 SS, and 1
AS Game MVP
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15
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9
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Aaron Ingram (3B)
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VC
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Almost 500 HR…Honorable
Mention Johnny Reid
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16
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22
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Alfredo Castilla (1B)
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ROC
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ROY
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17
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20
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James Saipe (RP)
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SAL
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Priemere RP with 90+ vsL
and vsR
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18
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15
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T. Hennesey (LF)
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MTY
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Averaging 30 HR, 80+ RBI,
and 75+ runs scored
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19
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3
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Carl Blue (RF)
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ATL
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.300 avg, 618 SB, 1500
runs scored, 2300+ hits, more BB than SO
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Honorable Mentions: C. Gandarillas (6) and T. Villanueva (18)
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20
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11
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Douglas Creek (SP)
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AUG
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200+ wins and counting,
ROY, 3 AS, 2 GG and a WS ring
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21
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18
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Benny Zumaya (SP)
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WAS
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200+ wins a
possibility…Honorable Mention: Larry Dolan (14)
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22
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3
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Albert Espinosa (LF)
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SJ
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2200+ hits, 318 SB and
HR, 1300+ Runs, 1180 RBI
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23
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6
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Hipolito Camacho
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CHY
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182 Wins, sub 4.00 ERA, 2
WS Rings, 3 AS
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24
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1
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Perry Casanova (SP)
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NAS
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3 AS, .690 Win %
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25
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3
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Victor Bennett (1B)
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CH1
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5 AS, 3 HR Derby Champ, 1
MVP, 2 SS
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26
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18
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Raymond Page (1B)
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HEL
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No ACL tears yet, but one
could be coming…
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27
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2
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Lewis Tunkel (1B)
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MIN
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700 HR
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28
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7
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David Alomar (RP)
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MIL
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4 AS, 2 WS Rings, 250
Saves
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29
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19
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DJ Hansen (RP)
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PAW
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A very good setup man for
many years
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30
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1
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Humberto Lee (RP)
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OAK
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400+ Saves, 4 AS, 2
Fireman Awards, 2 WS Rings
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31
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20
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Erick Webster (3B)
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BUF
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5 Straight 30-100+
Seasons and Counting
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|
32
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7
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Sun Lee (1B)
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TOR
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How in the world did he
drop this far?????
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#
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Season
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Worst
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Team
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Notes
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1
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17
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Will Landrum (2B)
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PHI
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So so so epically bad,
should've been taken in the 2nd round
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2
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15
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Miguel Diaz (SP)
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PHI
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12-27 and 6.67 ERA, now a
staple of Madison's AAA team
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3
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10
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Bill Guererro (RP)
|
STL
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Picked ahead of William
Biddle, William Sutton and Wolf Richard
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4
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23
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Gil Jenks (SS)
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PHI
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So bad he was demoted
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5
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25
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Tripp Hollins
|
PHI
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Seems like Philly is
making this list a lot…
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6
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10
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Bud Hunter (SP)
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PHI
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19 Starts, 5.74 ERA
Honorable mention - Ed Matthews - PHI again…
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7
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4
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Grant Moran (SP)
|
PHI
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51 ML starts - 21 wins,
5.23 ERA
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8
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5
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Garrett Hosmer (SP)
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SCZ
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7-18 with a 6.22 ERA
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9
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9
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Tyreace Rose (SS)
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PHI
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Never became a SS, couldn't
hit
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10
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4
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Davey Thurman (RF)
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FLA
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.197 BA with 29 HR in a
little over a season in the ML
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11
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14
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Hector Armaral (SP)
|
RIC
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$7+ million signing
bonus, has made 14 ML starts
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12
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14
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Andre Bower (SP)
|
SYR
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Retired at age 26 - no ML
experience
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13
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5
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Leon Scott (SP)
|
NY2
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Retired at the age of 25
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14
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14
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Charlie Hellickson (SP)
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NY1
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10-26, 53 Starts, 5.85
ERA
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15
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4
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Phillip Hatcher
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JAX
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A .235 winning % and a
6.40 ERA to help a rebuilding VC team seasons 11-13
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16
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12
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Edwards George (SS)
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SEA
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47 HR, .250 BA
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17
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4
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Charlie Dixon (SP)
|
NY1
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Splits never got above
36. MiL stats are not even available
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18
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1
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Mike Oliver (2B)
|
OK
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15 ML HR with a .670 OPS
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19
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24
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Dave Mouton (LF)
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ATL
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In 3 MiL seasons he hit
.336 and then retired
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20
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22
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Bum Adams (SP)
|
SAC
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Name says it all, plus
has a gap in his teeth that Michael Strahan would be jealous of
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21
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4
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Warren Bonds
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MIL
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So terrible there are no
stats available…period
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22
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2
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Craig Karnuth (SP)
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ATL
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13-14 with a 4.70 ERA
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23
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4
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Will Holt (SP)
|
DET
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Gave up 119 HR in 208
appearences…6.19 ERA
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24
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4
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Patrick Sherman (SP)
|
ELP
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Virtual 1:1 BB to SO,
1.80 WHIP, 6.03 ERA
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25
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13
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Rey Mayne (CF)
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PAW
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44-20 splits…
|
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26
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17
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Charles Strickland (SP)
|
HEL
|
A stretch here, but there
were better #26 picks than most other late picks
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27
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4
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Brady Parker (SP)
|
PHI
|
Retired at 29, never
making it to the ML
|
|
28
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13
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Casey Fiorentino (SP)
|
OMA
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12-28, 4.92 ERA
|
|
29
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8
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Reid Adams (CF)
|
TUC
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Only 38 HR and .665 OPS
|
|
30
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6
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Virgil Jackson (2B)
|
CH1
|
Career 30 HR, 140 RBI,
.677 OPS
|
|
31
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17
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Carlos Reyes (RP)
|
LR
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Called up after 11 years
in the minors, currently with a career 5.48 ERA
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|
32
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23
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Ernie Jackson (SP)
|
TOR
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Will likely never see the
majors
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