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Peaked as a Rookie
| Edgy DC Mar 14 2011 08:41 AM |
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Mitchell Page
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| Chad Ochoseis Mar 14 2011 08:47 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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The quintessential "peaked as a rookie" guy...Mark Fidrych
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| G-Fafif Mar 14 2011 08:49 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Bill Pulsipher
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| seawolf17 Mar 14 2011 08:53 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Charbonneau was the guy I thought before I even opened the thread. I remember as a kid collecting cards in 1983 picking up a 1981 Charbonneau card and being unable to figure out why I'd never heard of him when he was obviously such an incredible ballplayer.
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| smg58 Mar 14 2011 08:56 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Eric Hinske.
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| Edgy DC Mar 14 2011 08:59 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Well, I'd argue that Hendu's wasn't either.
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| smg58 Mar 14 2011 09:04 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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I just took a look at the NL and AL ROY lists, and it's impressive how many people I don't remember at all, especially from the AL side. Bob Hamelin? Marty Cordova?
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| Centerfield Mar 14 2011 09:19 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Gregg Jefferies peaked before he lost his rookie status.
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| dinosaur jesus Mar 14 2011 09:24 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Joe Black
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| The Second Spitter Mar 14 2011 09:32 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Bobby Crosby
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| metirish Mar 14 2011 09:34 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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good pick..... http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... bo01.shtml there's something funny about Nissan Used Car Warranty sponsoring his page
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| metsguyinmichigan Mar 14 2011 09:39 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Pat Listasch.
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| The Second Spitter Mar 14 2011 09:43 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Not as much of a stroke of genius as you sponsoring Ambiorix Burgos' page.
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| The Second Spitter Mar 14 2011 09:50 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 14 2011 09:51 AM |
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Probably had a bigger year in 85 -- that just happened to be the year where winning the NL Cy Young required super-human powers.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 14 2011 09:51 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Khalil Greene.
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| Edgy DC Mar 14 2011 09:51 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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There's always something odd about seeing big league legacies like Grieve on the list. Like somehow their name got them the breakthrough opportunity, but they didn't have the juice to stick. I'll throw in Lance Niekro, Sean Burroughs (almost -- he blew his rookie status on 63 games in 2002 before peaking in 2003), and Bump Wills.
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| SteveJRogers Mar 14 2011 09:58 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Mike Vail
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| seawolf17 Mar 14 2011 10:06 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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I remember Hamelin. Enormous fella in the Balboni/Pickering mold. Vail's a stretch, no? Don't think he was ever good. Speaking of ROYs, Jerome Walton in 1989.
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| SteveJRogers Mar 14 2011 10:07 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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There was a sports talk show host here in NYC that constantly berrated the Heisman Trophy every year due to the lack of NFL success the vast majority of winners went on to have. Putting aside the idiocy of ripping an award for the best player of the year because it isn't given to the best pro prospect of the year, that really can be applied towards the baseball ROY list of winners as well. Of course this list is not taking into account players not yet on ballots, still awaiting election or still active but there have been only 14 HOFers to win a ROY award.
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| The Second Spitter Mar 14 2011 10:11 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Jaret Wright
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 14 2011 10:19 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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When I think of Marty Cordova I remember that he was hospitalized after falling asleep in a tanning bed. Whoever posted that story on the CPF had the headline: "The Baking of Marty Cordova" which I still laugh at.
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| Edgy DC Mar 14 2011 10:26 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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I thiink that was my moment of grace --- a rare one, at that.
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| smg58 Mar 14 2011 11:02 AM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Alas, for all the years Pat Zachry spent here, his best year came as a rookie in Cincinnati.
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| TheOldMole Mar 14 2011 12:12 PM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Karl Spooner
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| G-Fafif Mar 14 2011 12:20 PM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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President William Henry Harrison.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 14 2011 12:24 PM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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More of a Chill-caught bust.
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| G-Fafif Mar 14 2011 12:42 PM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Steve Chill-caught only wishes he'd peaked as a rookie.
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| Ashie62 Mar 14 2011 06:16 PM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Ron Kittle
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| TheOldMole Mar 14 2011 08:01 PM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Bob Grim
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| Rockin' Doc Mar 14 2011 09:18 PM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Ron Kittle was who immediately came to mind when I saw this thread title. I was living a few blocks from Comiskey when the Kittle won the Al ROY in 1983. The wife and I attended several games a year during our time in Chicago. Tickets were cheap ($8-$9 to sit at field level near the dugout and we could walk to the games. Kittle and Luzinski use to launch some pretty prodigious shots onto the left field roof. I have some fond memories of hanging out at the old Comiskey.
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| TheOldMole Mar 15 2011 12:31 PM Re: Peaked as a Rookie |
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Getting a little gruesome here, but
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