Here are the requested players from today.
JOSE RIJO
As a 19 year old rookie Rijo won 13 games and appeared destined for a long career in the HOB. However, many a young arm has burned out and left unfufilled expecatations. Jose Rijo's did just that. In 1985 he suffered three different injuries in the final two months of the season. He still won 11 games but a back injury in late September effectively ended his career. His ratings dropped the following spring from 8's across the board to 4's and 5's. At 21 he was washed up. I can only guess the back injury forced him to alter his windup and he lost velocity for he was simply not the same pitcher he had been before the back injury. He has kicked around the Yankee farm system but after winning 24 games before his 21st birthday he has won just one in the 8 years since.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1984 4.28 13 9 0 32 2 0 225.0 107 87 200 NYA
1985 4.30 11 7 0 23 1 1 140.1 67 67 131 NYA
1986 5.26 0 6 0 8 1 0 51.1 30 34 34 NYA
1987 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 1 NYA
1988 6.75 1 1 0 8 0 0 18.2 14 10 13 NYA
1989 1.59 0 0 0 4 0 0 5.2 1 2 5 NYA
1990 6.38 0 3 0 7 0 0 24.0 17 16 22 NYA
1991 7.04 0 2 0 6 0 0 15.1 12 7 13 NYA
1992 in minors NYA
1993 2.25 0 0 0 8 0 0 12.0 3 9 8 NYA
HOB REAL LIFE
Total ERA : 4.58 3.15
Total Wins : 25 111
Total Losses: 28 87
Total Saves : 0 3
Total SHO : 1 4
Total CG : 4 22
Total K's : 427 1568
Total BB's : 232 643
BOBBY WITT
Witt has outstanding potential but, at 29, he has still not lived up to it. Part of his problem is the amount of talent in the Rangers rotation.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1988 2.25 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.0 1 3 2 TEX
1989 7.41 2 3 1 16 0 0 37.2 31 23 36 TEX
1990 1.17 2 1 0 10 0 0 30.2 4 20 24 TEX
1991 6.19 1 1 2 13 0 0 16.0 11 8 14 TEX
1992 6.69 6 6 0 27 0 0 72.2 54 40 82 TEX
1993 4.69 4 2 0 28 0 0 80.2 42 43 86 TEX
HOB REAL LIFE
Total ERA : 5.34 4.83
Total Wins : 15 142
Total Losses: 13 157
Total Saves : 3 0
Total SHO : 0 11
Total CG : 0 47
Total K's : 244 1955
Total BB's : 137 1375
REGGIE JACKSON
One of the greatest home run hitters in the HOB, Reggie was a two time American League MVP. He went 12-for-35 on the biggest stage but sadly never hit a World Series homer. The A's did win two World Championships with Reggie, 1970 and 1975. Only 15 players have hit more homers in the HOB than Reggie's 584.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1967 .220 28 91 159 599 132 19 2 92 11 11 71 189 .303 .399 KC1
1968 .217 28 64 156 563 122 16 4 95 4 6 60 186 .292 .409 OAK
1969 .269 32 106 158 590 159 28 1 114 21 4 78 177 .355 .483 OAK
1970 .243 32 103 159 608 148 27 5 107 13 7 76 202 .327 .462 OAK
1971 .240 31 102 160 596 143 37 0 114 10 7 74 172 .324 .458 OAK
1972 .241 28 69 155 609 147 34 2 112 15 4 72 199 .322 .442 OAK
1973 .238 19 67 118 458 109 24 1 59 8 6 51 140 .314 .419 OAK
1974 .265 26 74 143 551 146 26 0 108 17 5 79 172 .357 .454 OAK
1975 .311 37 120 155 586 182 38 3 116 21 9 79 152 .392 .575 OAK,A
1976 .314 33 107 159 621 195 41 0 108 15 8 85 170 .397 .539 OAK,A
1977 .316 42 99 154 580 183 34 1 123 15 5 82 168 .400 .595 OAK,A
1978 .266 28 91 157 617 164 36 0 100 18 6 65 183 .336 .460 OAK
1979 .293 33 101 158 608 178 37 4 106 13 3 83 168 .378 .530 OAK
1980 .305 30 91 158 603 184 35 2 96 18 6 70 154 .377 .519 OAK,A
1981 .293 34 103 155 604 177 25 4 105 25 8 82 147 .378 .517 OAK
1982 .306 34 101 131 503 154 22 3 101 9 4 80 127 .401 .565 OAK
1983 .302 32 119 154 587 177 33 2 117 14 3 107 133 .409 .528 OAK,A
1984 .281 21 103 156 577 162 43 5 97 8 5 83 157 .371 .482 OAK
1985 .266 29 82 157 575 153 30 1 92 5 2 69 171 .345 .473 OAK
1986 .227 7 22 45 154 35 8 0 24 0 0 24 45 .331 .416 OAK
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 11189 9864
Total AVG : .273 .262
Total Hits: 3050 2584
Total HR : 584 563
Total RBI : 1815 1702
Total Runs: 1986 1551
Total SB : 260 228
JOSE CANSECO
Mark McGwire has been the more successful Bash Brother, but Jose is coming off a career year in 1993. He appears fully recovered from the nightmare year of 1991 when he suffered a fractured skull after being hit by a pitch in April. He returned to the lineup at the end of June only to be beaned again. He missed a couple of weeks with blurred vision and it clearly affected him mentally in 1992 when he had the worst season of his career. At 28, his best years are ahead of him if he can stay healthy. He seems to be well on pace to duplicating his real life numbers.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1985 .249 27 89 137 503 125 21 1 77 16 3 49 163 .315 .455 OAK
1986 .250 37 96 159 605 151 18 0 92 13 12 64 172 .321 .463 OAK
1987 .225 20 70 155 570 128 29 0 76 15 7 58 141 .296 .381 OAK
1988 .242 21 79 130 480 116 26 0 68 9 6 55 144 .320 .427 OAK
1989 .243 33 96 159 614 149 24 0 97 9 9 62 151 .312 .443 OAK,A
1990 .241 29 92 155 601 145 34 0 99 8 4 56 162 .306 .443 OAK
1991 .272 18 50 87 349 95 11 0 61 10 4 36 96 .340 .458 OAK
1992 .205 21 80 152 572 117 29 0 74 13 11 64 171 .285 .365 OAK
1993 .281 33 106 134 487 137 28 0 103 12 5 64 130 .386 .542 OAK
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 4781 7057
Total AVG : .243 .266
Total Hits: 1163 1877
Total HR : 239 462
Total RBI : 758 1407
Total Runs: 747 1186
Total SB : 105 200
BRIAN MCRAE
The 26 year old McRae has yet to earn a regular job in the Kansas City outfield. With Royals legend Clint Hurdle along with Al Martin and Jeff Conine ahead of him, it may be a while before McRae will start regularly. McRae was actually given the centerfield job midway through 1992 when Bo Jackson was traded to the Red Sox for Wade Boggs but the Royals were concerned he couldnt yet handle it so they added Al Martin from Pittsburgh in May of 1993.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1990 .313 2 13 51 131 41 7 2 29 8 5 8 24 .353 .443 KCA
1991 .255 1 7 25 55 14 2 0 9 2 0 8 11 .349 .345 KCA
1992 .221 1 24 75 281 62 14 6 38 14 8 22 58 .277 .324 KCA
1993 .299 5 27 86 254 76 13 6 42 19 7 23 44 .371 .457 KCA
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 721 5114
Total AVG : .268 .261
Total Hits: 193 1336
Total HR : 9 103
Total RBI : 71 532
Total Runs: 118 734
Total SB : 43 196
[ December 17, 2001: Message edited by: Tiger Fan ]