Off-beat trivia question (answer is within -- select yours before peeking!) ... What player in Blue Jay team history has made the most outs?
George Bell | 13 (5.37%) |
Joe Carter | 29 (11.98%) |
Carlos Delgado | 67 (27.69%) |
Tony Fernandez | 89 (36.78%) |
Damaso Garcia | 2 (0.83%) |
Alfredo Griffin | 7 (2.89%) |
Lloyd Moseby | 13 (5.37%) |
Willie Upshaw | 1 (0.41%) |
Vernon Wells | 12 (4.96%) |
Ernie Whitt | 9 (3.72%) |
The 10 options listed are in fact the franchise's Top (Botom?) 10, only the list is not in order, rather alphabetized by last name. Your "winner is" Lloyd Moseby, who is "only" second in at-bats (to Fernandez) and third in plate appearances (Fernandez, Delgado) in team history.
1. Lloyd Moseby 4057
2. Tony Fernandez 4025
3. Carlos Delgado 3756
4. George Bell 3432
5. Joe Carter 3205
6. Vernon Wells 2971
7. Willie Upshaw 2879
8. Ernie Whitt 2794
9. Alfredo Griffin 2771
10. Damaso Garcia 2746
Well, that's congratulations to just 2 of the first 65 to play! (Three have answered correctly, but one is me and I wrote the durned question, so don't count) ...
Just for comparison's sake, Carl Yastrzemski made 9,126 outs as a Boston Red Sock ... Robin Yount made 8,415 as a Brewer ... Willie Mays made 7,726 as a Giant ...Stan Musial 7,704 as a Cardinal. But I can't find anyone remotely close to Yaz.
I'm surprised that McGriff is at the top of career OPS+ with the Jays. I'm also surprised he put up a 154 OPS+ with the Jays. I expected the Crime Dog to be on the list, but I figured that Delgado (#2) or Bell (#5) would be at the top (Olerud at #3 and Alomar at #4 if anyone cares).
Just as surprising to me is Mulliniks at #9. A career 114 OPS+ and never a full-time player.
I see career OPS+ of 107? But in any case, it's no mystery why he was never full time. Lefties exposed him.
Plus, of course, he wore glasses. I remember the time that I got up from my chair and walked across the room to read the clock and my dad realized that if I couldn't read the time from where I was sitting, I must need glasses. He told me and I started to cry, whining: "I don't want to be like Rance Mulliniks!!!".
I see career OPS+ of 107? But in any case, it's no mystery why he was never full time.
Sorry, I mean his Jays career.
Fun question to test our memory. Vern is about 4 years away from taking over so watch out Swish (the nickname my dad had for Moseby and the nickname I always think of for him and very appropriate here).
By some strange chance, Moseby, Fernandez, and Damaso Garcia were each caught stealing 86 times as a Blue Jay. Moseby, of course, stole many, many more bases than either Tony or Damo. You forget what a marvellous baserunner (and athlete) he was, before the Ex broke him down.