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Originally Posted by darkhorse
Pedro Ramos won 117 games in a career that spanned 16 seasons. He hit only 15 HR's in 703 career at bats. Was a lousy hitter, poor even for a hurler, with a career BA of .155.
Tito Francona had below average power, even adjusted for his era, with only 125 career home runs in 5,121 at bats.
Larry Brown was a no-hit/good glove shortstop. Totaled 47 HR's in 3,449 at bats.
Woodie Held was the only member of the quartet with above average power.
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It's stuff like this that makes baseball so freaking awesome.
I almost saw something just as rare Friday at the Cubs-Cards game Friday. Henry Blanco, our backup catcher, almost
bunted into a triple play. Henry thought he had bunted it foul, and the catcher ran into Blanco while picking up the ball as Blanco stood in the batter's box looking foolish. After Lou did some arguing, they ended up calling Blanco out on hitter's interference and allowing the runners to stay at 1st and 2nd. It was pretty crazy.