09-24-2020, 08:13 AM
A Giant journeyman came within one plunk of setting the season record for being hit by a pitch. Who, how many. No peekee.
MLB trivia
09-24-2020, 10:31 AM
Hunt was famous for getting hit. He’d just turn a shoulder and take it. I do think he was a little better player than a journeyman.....
09-24-2020, 11:36 AM
probably 1500 hits in his career. he hit like Ruth compared to Phogge's Phavorite Johnnie LeMaster. Hunt probably had a better career WAR than Tito Fuentes although not as flashy...
(09-24-2020, 11:36 AM)slide Wrote: probably 1500 hits in his career. he hit like Ruth compared to Phogge's Phavorite Johnnie LeMaster. Hunt probably had a better career WAR than Tito Fuentes although not as flashy...
Hey, leave Johnnie alone! He was one of my favorites. Any guy with enough “style” to put “Boo” on the back of his jersey is ok by me. Unless he plays for the Dodgers, of course. Which automatically makes someone a bum..... :)
(09-24-2020, 08:44 AM)Phogge Wrote: How many?Lots!
(09-24-2020, 11:36 AM)slide Wrote: probably 1500 hits in his career. he hit like Ruth compared to Phogge's Phavorite Johnnie LeMaster. Hunt probably had a better career WAR than Tito Fuentes although not as flashy...
Hey, leave Johnnie alone! He was one of my favorites. Any guy with enough “style” to put “Boo” on the back of his jersey is ok by me. Unless he plays for the Dodgers, of course. Which automatically makes someone a bum..... :)
(09-24-2020, 08:44 AM)Phogge Wrote: How many?Lots!
09-24-2020, 12:57 PM
LeMaster just narrowly missed on making the top (qualified) 1110 shortstops of all-time (a future Phogge trivia question I am sure). how bad was LeMaster -- his offense was better than his defense. LeMaster's career WAR was a submarine. that is hard to do.
that written, Boo is funny.
that written, Boo is funny.
LeMaster just narrowly missed on making the top (qualified) 1110 shortstops of all-time (a future Phogge trivia question I am sure). how bad was LeMaster -- his offense was better than his defense. LeMaster's career WAR was a submarine. that is hard to do.
that written, Boo is funny.
that written, Boo is funny.
09-24-2020, 02:06 PM
HEY YOU STANFORD EINSTEINS:
Oxford definition of a journeyman... “A worker or a sports player who is reliable but not outstanding.” I saw Hunt play a lot and I have hundreds of feet of Hunt in my film library. Definitely not outstanding. A journeyman.
So.... nanny, nanny, nanny.
Oxford definition of a journeyman... “A worker or a sports player who is reliable but not outstanding.” I saw Hunt play a lot and I have hundreds of feet of Hunt in my film library. Definitely not outstanding. A journeyman.
So.... nanny, nanny, nanny.
HEY YOU STANFORD EINSTEINS:
Oxford definition of a journeyman... “A worker or a sports player who is reliable but not outstanding.” I saw Hunt play a lot and I have hundreds of feet of Hunt in my film library. Definitely not outstanding. A journeyman.
So.... nanny, nanny, nanny.
Oxford definition of a journeyman... “A worker or a sports player who is reliable but not outstanding.” I saw Hunt play a lot and I have hundreds of feet of Hunt in my film library. Definitely not outstanding. A journeyman.
So.... nanny, nanny, nanny.
(09-24-2020, 02:06 PM)Phogge Wrote: HEY YOU STANFORD EINSTEINS:
Oxford definition of a journeyman... “A worker or a sports player who is reliable but not outstanding.” I saw Hunt play a lot and I have hundreds of feet of Hunt in my film library. Definitely not outstanding. A journeyman.
So.... nanny, nanny, nanny.
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Two time all-star.
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LeMaster just narrowly missed on making the top (qualified) 1110 shortstops of all-time (a future Phogge trivia question I am sure). how bad was LeMaster -- his offense was better than his defense. LeMaster's career WAR was a submarine. that is hard to do.
that written, Boo is funny.
And yet, he homered in either his first AB or game. Forget which. He hit a pop up to center. Guy raced in and it bounced in front of him. Stick had astroturf. Ball bounced over his head and rolled. Johnnie had his HR....
(09-24-2020, 02:06 PM)Phogge Wrote: HEY YOU STANFORD EINSTEINS:
Oxford definition of a journeyman... “A worker or a sports player who is reliable but not outstanding.” I saw Hunt play a lot and I have hundreds of feet of Hunt in my film library. Definitely not outstanding. A journeyman.
So.... nanny, nanny, nanny.
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Two time all-star.
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LeMaster just narrowly missed on making the top (qualified) 1110 shortstops of all-time (a future Phogge trivia question I am sure). how bad was LeMaster -- his offense was better than his defense. LeMaster's career WAR was a submarine. that is hard to do.
that written, Boo is funny.
And yet, he homered in either his first AB or game. Forget which. He hit a pop up to center. Guy raced in and it bounced in front of him. Stick had astroturf. Ball bounced over his head and rolled. Johnnie had his HR....
09-24-2020, 07:50 PM
As Phog pointed out, Hunt was a 2x all-star, finished 2nd in Rookie of the Year balloting, offensive WAR of 31.9, defensive WAR of 1.0.
Tito wasn't all that different. Fuentes was 3rd in RoY balloting, never made the all-stars, offensive WAR of 14.0, defensive WAR of 3.0.
Tito wasn't all that different. Fuentes was 3rd in RoY balloting, never made the all-stars, offensive WAR of 14.0, defensive WAR of 3.0.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
As Phog pointed out, Hunt was a 2x all-star, finished 2nd in Rookie of the Year balloting, offensive WAR of 31.9, defensive WAR of 1.0.
Tito wasn't all that different. Fuentes was 3rd in RoY balloting, never made the all-stars, offensive WAR of 14.0, defensive WAR of 3.0.
Tito wasn't all that different. Fuentes was 3rd in RoY balloting, never made the all-stars, offensive WAR of 14.0, defensive WAR of 3.0.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
09-25-2020, 12:51 AM
Got box seats for a game back then. Guy in the next box had one of those foghorn throats and spent the whole game on Boo. "You're gonna be on the Phoenix bus tonite, Johnnie...." Boo was closer to that guy than we were, I'm sure it didn't help him any.
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