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Originally Posted by BirdWatcher
I'm curious- did Conner's career end prematurely due to a career ending injury or was he just one of those guys with a crazy early decline? (Or some other reason?)
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Seems like it was mostly just an early decline. He was actually pretty durable with mostly 150-160 games per year and would just miss a few weeks here and there. His career actually looks like a good ramp up, peak, ramp down -- just short. I still wonder if the career arcs are impacted by the feeder leagues, since I believe they count as Major League service. For example, Conner's profile states 16 years of Major Service, but only 12 in MLB. 1 Indy + 3 college = 16.