[OC] The Full Kenny Lofton from Houston Trade Tree
December 17, 2024
[OC] The Full Kenny Lofton from Houston Trade Tree
25 comments
What you’re saying is, no team should ever trade with us
This is really neat
I just wanna say David Segui had the coolest batting stance of everyone on this chart.
Kluber for Westbrook in a three team trade was a masterstroke
I had no idea the Kenny Lofton butterfly effect landed us Clase. Neat!
Super cool! SO to our FO for making the most of cheap owners. If baseball had a limited cap we’d be winning it all every year.
Awesome visual and I have always wanted to see the massive web that has involved this. Over 40 years later and panning over 5 decades!!
I think you did the hard part, so can you post a higher resolution so we can read it?
You’re doing God’s work here, OP. I could look at these and obsess all day.
Lofton was a lot better in Atlanta that I remembered. I thought at the time he was upset to be out of Cleveland and slumped a lot, so he signed back here after that. But not the case at all, he had one of his best seasons for them.
Maybe it’s just because his steals were way down, and back then people cared too much about stuff like a leadoff hitter needing to get a ton of steals. 27/47 in steal attempts is pretty atrocious, though.
Organizational excellence
In just low enough resolution to not be able to read it. Cool.
Great content! More trades!
These are amazing! Keep it up!
I love these, thanks for doing all this work.
Could you write the date next to the trades if you do another one?
We’re not done yet. Clase could net a haul to last another 41 years.
Amazing how many players on there never amounted to anything. I guess most guys don’t though.
Unbelievable work
The Lofton tree actually traces all the way back to selecting Jerry Dybzinski in the 15th round of the 1977 draft. One of my absolute favorite baseball facts.
EDIT: Downloaded the graphic so I could actually read it and … there’s Jerry. Kudos for going all the way back!
John Hart was the best raw talent evaluator the franchise has ever had. Better than anybody we have now. He’s HOF level evaluator.
I am loving these trade trees!
My favorite Indian!
I’m just confused on how the Kenny trade tree goes starts backwards.
I know he came back to Cleveland how did we get him back?
Pat Tabler with the double duece. Positive war for us, negative war against us.
My favorite part of the Lofton trade to Atlanta was when Cleveland resigned him as a free agent the following year.
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25 comments
What you’re saying is, no team should ever trade with us
This is really neat
I just wanna say David Segui had the coolest batting stance of everyone on this chart.
Kluber for Westbrook in a three team trade was a masterstroke
I had no idea the Kenny Lofton butterfly effect landed us Clase. Neat!
Super cool! SO to our FO for making the most of cheap owners. If baseball had a limited cap we’d be winning it all every year.
Awesome visual and I have always wanted to see the massive web that has involved this. Over 40 years later and panning over 5 decades!!
I think you did the hard part, so can you post a higher resolution so we can read it?
You’re doing God’s work here, OP. I could look at these and obsess all day.
Lofton was a lot better in Atlanta that I remembered. I thought at the time he was upset to be out of Cleveland and slumped a lot, so he signed back here after that. But not the case at all, he had one of his best seasons for them.
Maybe it’s just because his steals were way down, and back then people cared too much about stuff like a leadoff hitter needing to get a ton of steals. 27/47 in steal attempts is pretty atrocious, though.
Organizational excellence
In just low enough resolution to not be able to read it. Cool.
Great content! More trades!
These are amazing! Keep it up!
I love these, thanks for doing all this work.
Could you write the date next to the trades if you do another one?
We’re not done yet. Clase could net a haul to last another 41 years.
Amazing how many players on there never amounted to anything. I guess most guys don’t though.
Unbelievable work
The Lofton tree actually traces all the way back to selecting Jerry Dybzinski in the 15th round of the 1977 draft. One of my absolute favorite baseball facts.
EDIT: Downloaded the graphic so I could actually read it and … there’s Jerry. Kudos for going all the way back!
John Hart was the best raw talent evaluator the franchise has ever had. Better than anybody we have now. He’s HOF level evaluator.
I am loving these trade trees!
My favorite Indian!
I’m just confused on how the Kenny trade tree goes starts backwards.
I know he came back to Cleveland how did we get him back?
Pat Tabler with the double duece. Positive war for us, negative war against us.
My favorite part of the Lofton trade to Atlanta was when Cleveland resigned him as a free agent the following year.
Pat F’in Tabler!