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Old 03-22-2019, 10:24 PM   #575
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Nic Wiener, 2B

Wiener was drafted 1st overall in 1909 by the Cardinals and spent his entire career with them. He often had injury issues, completing only two full seasons over his career. However, he was still extremely valuable even when missing upwards of 50 games a season. He won the Rookie of the Year, 4 silver sluggers, and was voted to 8 all-star games. Of all players to play second base, he retires at the top - ahead of another former often injured Cardinal, Andrejs Silamikelis.

Career Stats: 8108 PA, 2186 H, 703 SB, .356 wOBA, 127 wRC+, 96.7 ZR, 66.1 WAR, 53.8 JAWS

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Jonathan Quiroga, 2B

Quiroga spent the first half of his career playing 1B next to Wiener's 2B. He was drafted 16th overall in 1909 (not a bad draft for the Cardinals getting 2 HOF players) and won 4 gold gloves, went to 5 all-star games, and was a World Champ.

Career Stats: 9176 PA, 2407 H, .322 wOBA, 101 wRC+, 228.0 ZR, 53 WAR, 43.7 JAWS

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Kendall Bradford, SS

Bradford was drafted 12th overall in 1910 out of high school and played 9 years for the Expos before moving to the Twins. He won the MVP in 1916, won 4 gold gloves, went to 4 all-star games, and was a silver slugger once. He also missed quite a lot of time with injuries in his career and in only 143 games put up the lone season of 10+ WAR in MLB history.

Career Stats: 5153 PA, 1292 H, .318 wOBA, 99 wRC+, 192 ZR, 44.3 WAR, 41.8 JAWS

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J.R. Donahoe, RHP

For some odd reason, Donahoe's JAWS value is half that of his WAR. He did somehow have very little WPA even with great numbers put up for his career, which was spent entirely with the Rangers. He was mostly durable throughout his career until he turned 34 and tore the flexor tendon in his elbow. This didn't end his career but it effectively did as he only pitched 17 more games as a reliever after the injury. He was Pitcher of the Year in 1919, went to 4 all-star games, and was a World Series winner. He was drafted 2nd overall in 1914 out of Minnesota.

Career Stats: 3200 IP, 792 BB, 1147 K, 3.02 FIP, 89 FIP-, 60.4 WAR, 36.6 JAWS

Zechariah Kinsey, RHP

Despite only making one all-star team, Kinsey had quite a respectable career for the Red Sox, Royals, Twins, Blue Jays, and Reds. He was drafted in the 2nd round in 1910 out of Wichita State.

Career Stats: 3187.7 IP, 951 BB, 857 K, 3.24 FIP, 98 FIP-, 45.2 WAR, 44.9 JAWS
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