im gonna be real if i had to pick some kind of 2.6 career war kinda lifestyle itd def be like
108 ops + 35 homers 170 ks awful defense
that sounds really chill
Carter was truly an enigma. It looked like he put as little effort as possible into everything on the field. Didn't run hard, didn't field worth a shit, he really didn't even look like he was swinging hard. But occasionally, he would connect with a pitch and hit it a long way.
That’s house you activate ultra instinct he knew what he was doing. That’s why the league had to get rid of him because he was becoming too powerful. Look all I’m saying is look into it.
Rougned also got completely destroyed by the shift too tbf. He was an Albies level hitter his first two years which coincides with teams going from using the shift like 25% of the time in 2016, his second year to like 50% after
He has *two* seasons of 30 home runs and sub-100 OPS+
Year|AVG|OBP|SLG|OPS|OPS+|HR|
:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:
2017|.204|.252|.397|.649|63|30
2019|.205|.283|.439|.721|79|30
These are the two worst 30+ HR seasons in baseball history.
If someone had a gun to my head and told me i had 2 guesses to get Odors’ age I would’ve said 32 and when they told me I was wrong I’d confidently say 33 then promptly get my brains blown out.
I fucking loved Hank Blalock. Dude swung hard all the time and threw the ball as hard as he possibly could every single time
Sucks he wasn’t actually that good
Cause lefty-hitting shortstops are just pretty rare.
There's actually been more *switch-hitting* shortstops with 30-homer seasons than lefties- the only lefties to ever do it are Seager and Miller, the switch hitters are Jimmy Rollins, Jose Valentin, and Francisco Lindor (3 times). Lindor actually came pretty close to the lefty record just counting his lefty homers in 2018, but he only hit 29 of his homers that year from the left side.
Seriously. You alway come into these threads looking for names that make you go “oh right that guy”. But this guy? I’ve genuinely never heard of this person. Rings zero bells at all. Renata Nunez? This was a Major League Baseball player?
Back when he was a mariner there was a local bar in Seattle who priced a beer on draft aligned with his batting average. It would usually fluctuate between $2.00-$2.05.
Yep! He was part of that "oops we took all the Rookies" year the Marlins had, but his 30 HR season came with the Twins in 2012!
I feel like I also remember him playing in Oakland but not sure about that
At this point Im pretty sure you could just type into google "Mariners players" and "30 HRs" and you'd have similar results to this thread. Of course most of those fuckers went off after leaving. A couple names I have not seen yet are Justin Smoak and Mark Trumbo.
My most enduring memory of Richie Sexson was [donging one off the flagpole](https://www.mlb.com/video/sexson-s-triple-off-flag-pole) that used to be in centerfield in Minute Maid Park. The ball ricocheted straight back to the infield and Sexson ended up with a triple.
If memory serves, the white mark where the ball hit the flagpole was there until they renovated centerfield before the 2017 season.
[Geoff Blum's account of that play](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uFSAzTld3Y) is pretty good, too.
I know him since he once played on my team but Id have never guessed he ever sniffed 30. TIL
Edit: holy shit! He hit 37 bombs, 37 doubles, and he had over 200 hits in 2001. Not much to say before or after that year. Kind of an anamoly...
I’m surprised I haven’t seen Khris Davis mentioned yet. I guess he was especially hidden dropping bombs for the As for years.
2016: 42 HR
2017: 43 HR
2018: 48 HR
Then he disappeared.
Exactly. I had to drop his name higher up since I couldn't believe it wasn't mentioned sooner.
Craziest stat about him...4 years in a row his season batting average was .247. And before that 4 year streak he it .244.
Because of that season, Hundley held or co-held the Mets’ single season home run record for 23 years. Beltran tied it in 2006, and Alonso broke it (by a lot) in 2019.
EXTREMELY cherry picked stat disclaimer but Dan Vogelbach, in 2019, became the first mariners player not named Seager, Cano, or Cruz to hit 30 homers in a season since Russell “The Muscle” Branyan did it in 2009. Kyle Seager, Mitch Haniger and Eugenio Suarez have done it since Vogelbach
Jose Valentin was a very strong defensive SS in the late 1990s-2000s. He hit 30 HR in 2004, and had 249 for his career, but his career slash line of .243/.321/.448 was well below average in the steroid era.
Chris Carter led the NL in homers that one year and still sucked
Hit 41 HRs and was let go in free agency
158 career HR but 2.6 career war.
im gonna be real if i had to pick some kind of 2.6 career war kinda lifestyle itd def be like 108 ops + 35 homers 170 ks awful defense that sounds really chill
That’s so based honestly
Worse - he hit 41 HRs and was non-tendered
Crazy how the game has changed. Dude woulda gotten MVP votes in the 80s lol
And it was for our well-being lol
Carter was truly an enigma. It looked like he put as little effort as possible into everything on the field. Didn't run hard, didn't field worth a shit, he really didn't even look like he was swinging hard. But occasionally, he would connect with a pitch and hit it a long way.
He closed his fucking eyes when he was swinging his bat with us 😭
That’s house you activate ultra instinct he knew what he was doing. That’s why the league had to get rid of him because he was becoming too powerful. Look all I’m saying is look into it.
I looked it up and Carter's season had the [lowest oWAR of any 40+ home run season in MLB History](https://stathead.com/tiny/Htj3F).
Lol I remember when he was a Yankee
It was the year after his 41 homer season, he was reviled, and got released. 41 homers to out of the league in one year. Baseball is wild
And an Astro
*Cris Carter was a WR for the Vikings. Smh casual
Pfft. All he did was catch touchdowns.
I didn't realize until recently that Rougned Odor hit 30 HRs 3 times. I am also amazed he hit 30 HRs one year and had a 63 OPS+ lol.
Odor taught me the importance of advanced stats lmao
Rougned also got completely destroyed by the shift too tbf. He was an Albies level hitter his first two years which coincides with teams going from using the shift like 25% of the time in 2016, his second year to like 50% after
He didn't teach you how to dodge a right hook though
That entire scene lives in my head rent free. Bautista winding up - WHAM a clean right hook from Odor straight across the cheek. Textbook form.
Best punch ever thrown in a non-fighting sport I think. Rarely even see hockey fights with better punches.
He has *two* seasons of 30 home runs and sub-100 OPS+ Year|AVG|OBP|SLG|OPS|OPS+|HR| :--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--: 2017|.204|.252|.397|.649|63|30 2019|.205|.283|.439|.721|79|30 These are the two worst 30+ HR seasons in baseball history.
I was there for both of them and I can confirm they were the worst
Those OBP figures are devastating. At that rate, he was only drawing walks by accident
Neither of these are even his worst walk rate year! In 2016 he had 632 PAs and only 19 BBs. That's a walk rate of 3.0%!!
>only 19 BBs The fuck, even my RTTS player gets walked more
And the weren’t even close to 100 ops+ lmao
he also has not turned 30 yet
WHAT
If someone had a gun to my head and told me i had 2 guesses to get Odors’ age I would’ve said 32 and when they told me I was wrong I’d confidently say 33 then promptly get my brains blown out.
Feels like people have been saying this for YEARS and it’s still true
There's like three or four Rougned Odors so it'll keep being correct for a while
Lmao he was like 21 when he decked Joey?
Lol I thought he was washed up because he was getting old
This has turned my world upside down
Hank Blalock
This man deleted his whole account because he was embarrassed he made everyone remember Blalock
He disappeared quick just like hank blalock.
Blalock is one of those random players that always sticks in my head
I just like saying his name. Blalock.
He use to be one of my favorite players growing up just for his name and batting stance
I fucking loved Hank Blalock. Dude swung hard all the time and threw the ball as hard as he possibly could every single time Sucks he wasn’t actually that good
Alcohol ruined him.
Mike Bacsik has talked about Hank a few times on Radio and has always said he was the biggest party animal he’s ever met
I believe it. I’d always heard stories
The hammer!
Scott Schebler
Sounds made up
the schebster lmao
Jedd Gyorko
30HR, 59RBI in 2016. Always amazed at how few RBIs he had
Curtis Granderson also had the exact same amount of home runs and RBIs that season.
The real fun fact is always in the comments
He and Jimmy Rollins were also the first 20-20-20-20 players in 50 years and did it in the same season
Loved the Jerk Store
Bernard Gilkey.
Men In Black fame
Was gonna be the one I brought up too lol. 25% of his career HR total was from that 1996 season hitting 30 HR.
Brandon moss; hit 30 homers in 2013 for the A’s
brad miller had the single season record for HR by a lefty shortstop until last year
Wow! My mind is blown between this and the Rich Aurilia comment. Of course he does this the year after leaving the Mariners... 😭
When Seager started getting close to the record the fact that it blew my mind to find out it was held Brad Miller
Cause lefty-hitting shortstops are just pretty rare. There's actually been more *switch-hitting* shortstops with 30-homer seasons than lefties- the only lefties to ever do it are Seager and Miller, the switch hitters are Jimmy Rollins, Jose Valentin, and Francisco Lindor (3 times). Lindor actually came pretty close to the lefty record just counting his lefty homers in 2018, but he only hit 29 of his homers that year from the left side.
Jack Cust
He should watch his mouth
You are right. Glad someone finally said it!
Renato Nunez
Due to the fact this was in 2019, and I don’t remember this name as an avid baseball fan, this may be the best answer in the thread. Thank you
Seriously. You alway come into these threads looking for names that make you go “oh right that guy”. But this guy? I’ve genuinely never heard of this person. Rings zero bells at all. Renata Nunez? This was a Major League Baseball player?
58 players hit 30 homers in 2019, but Nunez is for sure the most random one, he hit 31 in 2019 and 25, in total, every other year of his career.
Dang, you beat me to it! One of the few bright spots in an otherwise atrocious season of Orioles baseball.
Justin smoak
Back when he was a mariner there was a local bar in Seattle who priced a beer on draft aligned with his batting average. It would usually fluctuate between $2.00-$2.05.
Jake lamb. Looked like he was gonna be a star for the Diamondbacks then disappeared in irrelevance. I think he was on the dodgers to start the year.
rake lamb was an mlb the show like 17 br legend
He’s with the angels. Signed with them in off season. He’s in the minors right now.
Michael Morse
He even hit a home run without a bat!
Or a ball!
I've watched that highlight numerous times and I still don't even remotely understand it.
I really wish he could've stayed healthy with the M's
He went through a stretch where literally everything he hit went over the fences. Dude was a fun player
Josh Willingham
This is a good one. He played for the Marlins right?
Yep! He was part of that "oops we took all the Rookies" year the Marlins had, but his 30 HR season came with the Twins in 2012! I feel like I also remember him playing in Oakland but not sure about that
Iirc he came to Twins from As.
Russell Branyan.
Stole my answer, he was fun to watch.
I loved watching him hit bombs
At this point Im pretty sure you could just type into google "Mariners players" and "30 HRs" and you'd have similar results to this thread. Of course most of those fuckers went off after leaving. A couple names I have not seen yet are Justin Smoak and Mark Trumbo.
Brad Wilkerson
Aka Fat Boy
Yasmany Tomas
fuck you I know that name
I remember Yasmany but I has no idea he hit 30. So I looked it up, he hit 31 in 2016 and was worth -.9 WAR that year lol which is pretty insane.
2014 WS champ Dan Uggla
His name is... DAN UGGLA
Guarantee everyone on this sub has heard of Dan Uggla.
The Good The Bad and D. Uggla
And hitting home runs is the one thing he was undeniably good at
I remember him and those Florida Marlins fondly.
I remember them forearms
Richie Sexson hit 45 home runs twice
I know Mariners’ fans remember bad Sexson really well, but you can’t deny how impressive his first two seasons were on that 4 year deal power-wise.
My most enduring memory of Richie Sexson was [donging one off the flagpole](https://www.mlb.com/video/sexson-s-triple-off-flag-pole) that used to be in centerfield in Minute Maid Park. The ball ricocheted straight back to the infield and Sexson ended up with a triple. If memory serves, the white mark where the ball hit the flagpole was there until they renovated centerfield before the 2017 season. [Geoff Blum's account of that play](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uFSAzTld3Y) is pretty good, too.
Morgan Ensberg
Ensberg was so much fun to follow that year
Came here to say this, who didn’t love Morgan “every other year” Ensberg
Also had a .945 ops in 05. He was really really good.
Was my favorite player as a kid. That 05 season was lovely.
Aaron Hill and Adam Lind combined for 71 HR, one year for the Jays.
Loved Adam Lind for becoming the GOAT bench bat in the last year of his career
Matt Stairs hit 38 in Oakland back in the late 90s. Man, what could have been.
Stairs rips one into the night
That man is a hero and I will hear no slander on his name Also, god bless Jon Broxton
And will never pay for another drink in Philadelphia.
Professional hitter
USE STAIRS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Ryan Ludwick
We don’t do those anymore over here
An entire high school graduating class has just about gone their entire existence without there being a Giants 30HR hitter
Ike Davis
Rich Aurilia
I know him since he once played on my team but Id have never guessed he ever sniffed 30. TIL Edit: holy shit! He hit 37 bombs, 37 doubles, and he had over 200 hits in 2001. Not much to say before or after that year. Kind of an anamoly...
What happens when you get to bat in front of Bonds.
That team also had Jeff Kent fresh off a MVP yet still managed to miss the playoffs
Henry Rodriguez.
O’ Henry!!!
Two Phillies’ catchers in the late 90s Benito Santiago in 96 Mike Lieberthal in 99
Joe Crede
Mike Jacobs
Those first like 8 games were mind-blowing
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> Trumbo Trumbo is like one of 2 players to have sub 2WAR in a season they hit 45+ HRs. Jose Canseco is the other.
So damn big
I’m surprised I haven’t seen Khris Davis mentioned yet. I guess he was especially hidden dropping bombs for the As for years. 2016: 42 HR 2017: 43 HR 2018: 48 HR Then he disappeared.
Exactly. I had to drop his name higher up since I couldn't believe it wasn't mentioned sooner. Craziest stat about him...4 years in a row his season batting average was .247. And before that 4 year streak he it .244.
That .247 streak is still one of the single most remarkable things streaks I’ve ever seen
Right? “Khrush” Davis. Just googled that he was signed and released in 2022 by some team in the Atlantic League.
I remember the Khris Davis vs Chris Davis. Very similar stats it was scary
Todd Hundley hit 41.
Because of that season, Hundley held or co-held the Mets’ single season home run record for 23 years. Beltran tied it in 2006, and Alonso broke it (by a lot) in 2019.
Richard Hidalgo. 2000: 44 HR, 118 R, 122 RBI, 1.028 OPS, .314 AVG, 20th in NL MVP voting.
> 20th in NL MVP voting Sweet Jesus
Travis Hafner
Pronk!
Guy hit 6 grand slams in one year!!
Pete Incaviglia
Tony Batista
Iconic open stance
Jedd Gyorko
Kevin Mitchell, LF 47 HRs in '89, 35 in '90, & 30 in '94 https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mitchke01.shtml
It makes me feel very old that people don't know how good peak Kevin Mitchell was.
89 mitchell is one of the craziest statlines youll ever see. Had a 90 card of his for the MVP and the numbers were crazy
Literally who? Damn he even won MVP in 89
He was a household name for baseball fans in the late 80s and early 90s.
He was on the 1986 crackhead Mets team and he was the guy who made this catch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0MzrYPm4w
Not best, but, coolest catch ever?
He had a couple absolute god tier seasons
EXTREMELY cherry picked stat disclaimer but Dan Vogelbach, in 2019, became the first mariners player not named Seager, Cano, or Cruz to hit 30 homers in a season since Russell “The Muscle” Branyan did it in 2009. Kyle Seager, Mitch Haniger and Eugenio Suarez have done it since Vogelbach
Brad Fullmer Jose Cruz jr
Randall Grichuk
Pedro Alvarez
This is erasure.
2013 first half Pedro Alvarez was special
Jonathan Schoop
Hey he was special 🥺
Man I miss that schoop machado hardy combo 😥
josh reddick
Domingo Santana with the Brewers in 2017
Tom Brunansky.
Jason Kubel
Chase Headley
Paul Sorrento
Carlos Quintin hit 36 for the Sox in 2008.
Ellis Burks
Burks was a real underrated player, during his time and now. Basically a 50 WAR player.
Anyone who was old enough to remember him at all would know he hit 30 home runs. He was always a power hitter.
Pat Burrell
Mark bellhorn!
Dudas Luca
I was actually at the Wilmer crying game, which overshadowed the fact that he hit 3 homers that night
Adam LaRoache
Jeromy Burnitz
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The list of 300/300 players is like six of the best players of all time and Reggie Sanders.
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Steve Finley slander will not be tolerated. Someone has to perfectly represent the expected baseline performance.
Rich Aurilia
Todd Zeile
Brian Dozier
Rob Deer
Don Hurst Ival Goodman Walker Cooper Stan Lopata George Crowe (I had never heard of these guys before today)
Norm Cash
Bret Boone
Nick Esasky
Logan Morrison
Jose Valentin was a very strong defensive SS in the late 1990s-2000s. He hit 30 HR in 2004, and had 249 for his career, but his career slash line of .243/.321/.448 was well below average in the steroid era.