*= Average player who had a couple (or more) above average seasons.
I loved The Blause since I’m a lifelong ATL Braves fan. He was a very popular player who seemed to hover around or even slightly below average, but would occasionally have an above average season.
In Blauser’s case, his seasonal averages were:
Hits: 137
HR: 14
BA: .262
RBI: 59
OBP: .354
OPS: 102
He finished a 13 year career with
Hits: 1187
HR: 122
BA: .262
WAR: 20.9
He had a couple of seasons where hit over .300 (‘93, ‘97) and in those seasons he was an All-Star. He won a Silver Slugger in ‘97 as well. WS champ in ‘95.
Injuries prevented him from being a consistently solid shortstop. The only year he played a full 162 was ‘93.
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He was good.
Jeff “see thru” Blauser. Didn’t he have a game with 4 HR’s?
Multiple all stars and a ring is more than most players get
Hall of Average: Ichiro
Carlos Baerga, for one 4 year stretch (92-95) was a fantastic player. He was good for .312-.321 BA, 15-21 HR, and between 80-115 RBI.
And then he just fizzled out, bounced around and ended his career with a relatively decent .291 BA, though it’s heavily weighted to those 4 out of 16 seasons.
Jeff Blauser homered in 7 consecutive games I went to.
EDIT: I should also mention he was not a very good defender at short
This guy was was a starter on a first place club for most of his career and was a very good hitter for a middle infielder. 2x All Star, a Silver Slugger and a ring. What is average about that?
Hall of Good.
Average, Ha!
He was crazy good in world series baseball on sega…
My first Padres card, Jerald Clark. A couple hundred+ hit seasons, 44 Homers and 3 WAR only memorable to the teams he played for I’d guess. I was born just before his 7th and final season
I’m wondering if he’d have been better suited for 3B or 1B instead of SS? Or even a DH in the AL.
lol. He made it to the show.
get bent.
Frank Menechino. Enough said.
I loved Blauser and Mark Lemke