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Tony Suck
[Let’s talk] about the incomparable Tony Suck. To be fair to Mr. Suck, his name didn’t have the negative meaning that it does today. Whatever his name’s connotation, Suck truly…well, sucked. He was born Anthony Charles Zuck in 1858 (for context that’s only a few days before the town of Denver, Colorado was founded). Why Zuck’s name later became Suck remains a mystery.
He was primarily a catcher, shortstop and center fielder. His first National League appearance was with the 1883 Buffalo Bisons in September of that season. It was a club that featured no less than four future Hall of Famers but Suck got into only eight games that season, going hitless in seven official at-bats. In September of ’83, the Union Association was formed, to begin play in 1884. Suck jumped to the new rival circuit, which wasn’t big league caliber at all, which may partly explain why Suck was able to find employment in it. Baseball-Reference.com considers the Union Association to be a major league, and thus his UA numbers are included in Suck’s final big-league numbers: a .151 batting average in 58 games, a .205 on-base percentage, and a .161 slugging percentage. Totals for RBIs are unavailable, but we can reasonably assume Suck didn’t have very many of them (although he did score 21 runs). Suck’s lifetime minor league stats are even worse, as he batted a nifty .120 (12-100) with no home runs in 30 games. – seamheads.com
There was a single photo available and that’s what I used for the fg. The before was one of those “fake” fgs.
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