LansdowneSt's Facegen Checklist

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Originally Posted by actionjackson

Ok...Found the old Omar Beltre. Here's a photo of Omar Beltre for real.

Fixed. As a reward, you get a free Adrian Beltre fg, action ;P

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Fixed. As a reward, you get a free Adrian Beltre fg, action ;P

Thank you, but you might want to re-post him here, just in case others didn't happen upon him, while he was "Omar".

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Born in Hermosillo, Mexico, Elmer Dessens' passion for baseball, and throwing strikes, began at a young age. After years of hard work, and signing as an amateur free-agent, Dessens made his Major League debut in 1996 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. For the next 14 years, Dessens bolstered bullpens for such teams as the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. He also enjoyed the rare opportunity to pitch across the globe for the Mexican League in Mexico and the [league redacted] League in Japan. Today, Dessens lives in Arizona with his wife and three sons and is an active member of the community. - Desert Bandits coach's bio

For the decade that was the 2000s, Dessens is third in bWAR behind Harang & Arroyo. Third.

Redid the facegen.

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Tony Mack was a star pitcher for Lamar University when he was drafted in the third round, the 62nd overall selection, in the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft by the California Angels. He put in three and a half years in the minors before getting called up by the Angels in 1985. He started a single game in late July and went two and a third innings allowing 8 hits, 4 earned runs and no walks or strikeouts. Despite just getting a single game in the bigs, he continued playing ball in the minors and independent leagues for another 14 years.

Redid the facegen. The best picture of him was from his college HOF photo and not the darkened Angels photo that the before fg was made from.

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Catcher Ozzie Virgil Jr. was selected by the Phillies in the sixth round of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft, and from 1984–1988 he was a regular catcher in the National League and a two-time all-star. In 1987, he hit a career high 27 home runs with the Braves. All told, he played in 739 major league games and collected 549 hits, with 98 career home runs. He is the son of Ozzie Virgil Sr. who paved the way for many Dominican major leaguers.

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Ike Blessitt didn’t have a lengthy big-league stay. But he had his day. And that’s a day nobody can take away.

A four-sport Hamtramck High School legend, Blessitt realized his major league dream with a cup-of-coffee call-up with the Detroit Tigers in 1972. He played the final month of the season in Tiger Stadium, then never returned to the big-league level. But he doesn’t need a stack of baseball cards or a 10-year stat sheet to beam with big-league pride. “You can’t go no higher, so that’s achieving something,” Blessitt said. “That’s what I talk to kids about these days, getting to that next level. Wherever you’re at, you should want to reach the highest level. And that’s something I can say I did.” The year after his big-league callup, he said he got in a fight with Tigers manager Billy Martin and was never the same. “Given the chance, I would’ve been a major leaguer for a longer period of time,” he said. “I felt like I was just as good as Stanley and Northrup and Horton and all those guys who were with the Tigers at that time. But I never got that chance.” All told, the opportunity he was given was four games going 0-5.

Redid the facegen. The "before" had an old suffic (-ike) instead of (-isi) Took the screenshots with '72 sideburns...

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This Fernando Hernandez made his major league debut by pitching one inning of scoreless relief and picking up the win for the 2008 Oakland Athletics against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 9th. He had been picked up from the Chicago White Sox in the previous winter's 2007 Rule V Draft. However, Hernandez's stint in the major leagues was short-lived: after giving up 6 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks in two innings over his next two outings, he was designated for assignment on April 14th. Hernandez was returned to the White Sox on April 16th, and never returned to the major leagues after that. -bRef Bullpen wiki

Redid the facegen. The before picture was the other Fernando Hernandez which was saved under both IDs. He's next.

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The summer of 1996 was a big one for Fernando Hernandez. The right-handed pitcher was in his seventh pro season and on his way to a career-best 11 wins for AA Memphis. The Padres prospect was striking out more than a batter per inning as a starter and making a bid to pitch in the major leagues for the first time. Hernandez was hardly in need of any added motivation, but midway through the season, the 25-year-old got some. A son was born in July. Jonathan was nine months old when Dad finally got the call to The Show the following season. Traded to the Tigers near the end of the 1996 season, Fernando made Detroit’s Opening Day the next April. He was called on in long relief in the third game of the season and again two days later, after which the Tigers optioned him to AAA. It’s easy to disparage the big-league career of a pitcher that lasted one series and produced an ERA north of 40. But for every Fernando Hernandez, there are thousands who wish they were him. Jonathan, future Rangers pitcher, was one of them. - The Athletic

Redid the facegen which was tied to the correct Fernando Hernandez. He was with AZ for Spring Training one year hence the Diamondback uni

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“My dad was always pushing me, telling me how great I could be with the talent God gave me,” says Jonathan Hernandez, who remembers working with his dad every day in the off-season, first whenever Fernando had returned to the Dominican Republic from playing and later when Jonathan himself headed back home for his own off-season. He made an impact after signing with the Rangers at age 16 but by AA, he transitioned to the bullpen, changing his pitch mix and increasing his velocity. Late in 2019, he broke into the bigs pitching in 9 games. In the COVID-shortened year of 2020, he appeared in 27 games, going 5-1 with a 2.90 ERA. - The Athletic

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Eddie Miller played seven years in the Negro Leagues from 1924-1930, primarily with the Chicago American Giants. As a pitcher, he went 29-28 with a 3.89 ERA over 517.2 innings pitched. He also played in the field at shortstop and first base. His best year was his rookie season when he went 10-2 with a 2.92 ERA though he averaged more walks per nine than strikeouts.

There was no facegen for him so I made this one.

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Eddie Miller played seven years in the Negro Leagues from 1924-1930, primarily with the Chicago American Giants. As a pitcher, he went 29-28 with a 3.89 ERA over 517.2 innings pitched. He also played in the field at shortstop and first base. His best year was his rookie season when he went 10-2 with a 2.92 ERA though he averaged more walks per nine than strikeouts.

There was no facegen for him so I made this one.

There'll be no stopping Buck in the EL now with this work of art, thanks bud.

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The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their second World Series in franchise history on October 29, 2008. Cole Hamels, a 24-year-old lefthander in just his third MLB season, was named the MVP after two stellar performances in the series. He finished the postseason with an astounding 4-0 record and a 1.80 ERA. Hamels spent his first 10 seasons in Philadelphia, compiling a 114-90 record and a 3.30 ERA. He is sixth in franchise history in wins and innings pitched and third in strikeouts. He won more games at Citizens Bank Park than any other pitcher. - fansided

Redid the facegen for myself because as people know, I'm not a fan of the overly smiling ones.

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In 1980, Rich Bordi was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round, 56th overall, and became the final A's player to be signed by Charlie Finley. He made his major league debut shortly after signing. Bordi bounced around between the minors and majors between 1980 and 1983, finally settling as a full-time reliever in 1984 with the Chicago Cubs, to whom he had been traded. However, he was not included on the team's postseason roster even after pitching well in 31 games. Between 1984 and 1986 with the Cubs, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, he had an ERA well under 4.00. After those three fairly successful seasons, his career quickly went in the wrong direction. By age 29, he was out of the game but stayed in the game as a scout.

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Life isn’t always a fastball down the middle. Sometimes it is unpredictable, with all the ups and downs and erratic sharp curves of a Wiffle Ball thrown into a still breeze. An original Seattle Mariner, Danny Meyer experienced the full gamut of life’s changes both on and off the field. Through it all, Meyer adjusted, even if it meant traveling a different road than the one he imagined.

Meyer credited his father with getting him interested in baseball and having a profound impact on his hitting. From an early age the senior Meyer would come home from work and take his son out to hit. He would throw Wiffle Balls to Meyer on the sun-soaked driveway swept by the warm Santa Ana winds. “When you can learn to hit a Wiffle Ball fluttering in the wind, you can hit anything,” The right-handed-throwing, left-handed-hitting Meyer was selected in the fourth round of the June 1972 amateur draft by the Detroit Tigers. He played a little more than two seasons in Detroit and as 1976 came to a close, the Tigers were confident that one of the expansion teams, the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays, would select 21-year-old right-handed pitcher Frank MacCormack, allowing the Tigers to protect Meyer after the first round. The draft did not play out that way. The Mariners selected Meyer with the ninth overall pick in the first round. (Seattle also grabbed MacCormack, with the 16th overall pick.)

Meyer was a fan favorite in the early years of the Mariners franchise. He was captain of the Pepsi Jr. Mariners Fan Club and was actively involved in United Way charities in the Greater Seattle area. Along the way, he acquired the nickname Disco Danny for his unique mannerisms during his routine to prepare to hit. The moniker was used in a 1980 promotional piece for the Mariners in which coaches, teammates, and fans mimicked Meyer’s neck-loosening movements and upper-body gyrations. After the season Meyer’s five-year tenure with the Mariners ended when he was traded to the Oakland Athletics for 21-year-old right-handed pitching prospect Rich Bordi. Years later he reflected on his years with the Mariners. Meyer described the first year as hopeful, but said malaise that would affect the franchise for years quickly set in. “It got to the point where you just knew you were going to end up in the cellar or close to it, because we hadn’t done anything to make ourselves better,” Meyer said. - SABR

There was no facegen for Meyer in the pack. Made this one. He kinda needs his hair to be complete but so do many facegens...

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In three seasons with the Boston Red Sox, 1B/LF Jeff Bailey batted .228/.340/.434 with 6 home runs and 25 runs scored. In August 2008, he was denied entry to Yankee Stadium by security mistaking him for a fan trying to get in without a ticket. It was good he got in the game - it was a great night for him. From the Boston Globe's reporting on August 27, 2008, when the young call-up delivered multiple clutch hits to get the Sox a win over the Yanks 7-3:

Red Sox rookie first baseman Jeff Bailey ("I think that's his name,'' Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte said) had a night so special he decided that when he called his good buddy and long-time Yankees fan Cody Gallagher in Kelso, Wash., after he got back to the team hotel, he wouldn't rub it in. "First of all,'' Bailey said, "he's going to be pretty excited for me. And I got to give him this. He plays fantasy baseball, and I was in his lineup today. He's probably the only guy in fantasy baseball anywhere who actually played me. Before the game, Bailey, a one-time Marlins prospect whose catching career detoured after he tore the labrum in his throwing shoulder, learned he'd been named MVP of the International League. "Pretty nice,'' he said, "though I thought I've had better years. Maybe it was a down year in the International League.''

"This gives me something,'' he said, "I'll remember for the rest of my life."

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Pitcher Ben Taylor was a 7th round selection by the Boston Red Sox in the 2015 amateur draft, out of the University of South Alabama who made the team out of Spring Training in 2017. He was claimed by the Indians before the 2018 season and then bounced between the Diamondback, Cubs and Tigers on minor league deals. All told, he spent two years in the bigs, pitching in 20 games, going 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA. - bRef Bullpen wiki

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To Twins fans, he’s the guy from the Boston Red Sox. To Red Sox fans, he was the Swiss Army knife who couldn’t find a permanent home on the diamond, despite being touted as their 16th-best prospect. To Taiwan, Tzu-Wei Lin is one of the most valued baseball players in history. In 2012, the “Tzunami” received the largest signing bonus for a Taiwanese position player in history from the Red Sox ($2M+). He finished his Red Sox career (2017-20) having played 628 games in the minors. Lin appeared in 101 Major League games with Boston, batting .223 with one homer and 12 RBIs. With the exception of first base, he played every position — including pitcher — at least once in Boston. He is currently in the Twins system.

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Roman Quinn is known to have one of the strongest throwing arms among major league outfielders. This is part of the reason why he has been used as a pitcher a few times by the Philadelphia Phillies, starting in 2018. His first couple of pitching appearances came in blowout losses, including one game in 2018 when he gave up 7 runs in 1 2/3 innings. On August 2, 2019, however, the situation was very different, as the Phillies had emptied their bench with the score tied at 3-3 entering the 14th inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox. In desperation, manager Gabe Kapler sent Quinn to the mound from center field, with starting pitcher Vince Velasquez playing left field. The two actually did quite well, with Velasquez throwing out a runner at the plate and making a tremendous tumbling catch in left field, while Quinn gave his team a chance by holding the White Sox scoreless in the 14th, and then giving up just one run in the 15th. However, the Phils were unable to score in their two turns at bat, with Roman making the final out of the game by striking out against Josh Osich in the bottom of the 15th. He was thus charged with the 4-3 loss. - bRef Bullpen wiki

Redid the facegen. The current one was a bit dark and overly purple.

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Hector Velazquez began pitching in the Mexican League in 2010, spending six seasons with the Piratas de Campeche and one with the Acereros del Norte de Monclova in 2016. During that period, he also played winter ball each season in the Mexican Pacific League, with the Yaquis de Obregon in 2010-11 and 2011-12, and with the Mayos de Navojoa beginning in 2012-13. He was named the league's Pitcher of the Year for 2016-2017, drawing interest from MLB teams. On February 18, 2017, the Boston Red Sox purchased his contract from Monclova and assigned him to the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox. In 5 starts for the PawSox, he was 2-1, 1.86 in 29 innings when he was called up to the Show on May 18th. His call-up was part of the fall-out of the Red Sox losing SP Steven Wright for the season; his temporary replacement, Kyle Kendrick, had been lit up in two starts and Boston was looking at other options. In the 89 games he pitched in three years with the Sox, he compiled a 11-7 record with an ERA of 3.90. - bRef Bullpen wiki

Redid the facegen. I thought he was underappreciated as an on-call starter with the Sox...

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Of Scottish ancestry, John Menefee, like many Scotsmen of immigrant families who were baptized with the forename John, was nicknamed Jock early in life. He had a younger brother Tom, a catcher-outfielder two years his junior, who preceded him in pro ball by a year and spent all or part of some 10 seasons in the minors. In the late 1880s the two worked together as a battery for West Virginia semipro teams and a crack nine representing Scottdale, Pennsylvania even though Tom was left-handed. Jock, in contrast, was right-handed all the way. A lean 165-pound six-footer, he was described by the August 5, 1893, issue of The Sporting News as a good hitter for a pitcher but “awfully slow in his delivery with a long arm swing which lets a base runner steal bases right along” and dependent almost solely on guile and a wide assortment of slow curves and drops. - SABR

He came up to the big leagues from 1892 to 1895, playing only 2 games that last year, then popped up again for one game at age 30 in 1898, and then came back for a third time in 1900-1903 when he had the bulk of his major league appearances for the then-Chicago Orphans. All told, he compiled a 58-70 record with a 3.81 ERA (101 ERA+). He was beaned in 1905 while playing for the Monangahela semi-pro team and gravely injured. It was stated that he owned a profitable business at the time in the surrounding Pittsburgh area and was one of the wealthiest of the retired ballplayers. He survived, and was still pitching in 1908, refusing to use a glove. - bRef Bullpen wiki

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