Who Am I?
Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow, though some players have already arrived. To kill some time on this hump day, here's another installment of "Who Am I?". Some are harder than others, but hopefully these are a little more challenging than the last round.
It's more fun when you figure them out on your own, so try not to use sites like Baseball-Reference.com to track these guys down.
Who Am I?
- I played for three seasons with the Mets.
- I finished 6th in Rookie of the Year voting (not with the Mets).
- I also played for the Pirates, Orioles, Marlins and Expos in a 14-year MLB career.
- I hit
six17 homeruns (total!) for the Mets playing mostly first base and outfield.
- I began my career with the Mets and spent parts of five seasons at Shea.
- My park-adjusted career OPS was 8% better than the league.
- My dad played pro ball, primarily with the White Sox.
- I was a career .272/.325/.421 with the Mets.
- I played just one season with the Mets, in the aughts.
- I was still active in 2007, my eleventh big league season.
- My OPS in that one season with the Mets was 123 points higher than my next best season.
- I was originally a 4th round pick of the Mariners.
- I played parts of three seasons with the Mets in the nineties.
- I was originally a first round pick (not for the Mets).
- I had my best big league season with the Mets, though I had a few other good ones before coming to New York.
- I had pretty good speed, swiping 37 bases one year (not with the Mets).
Nine current Hall of Famers have played for the Mets. I'll have an article later in the week on these guys, but see if you can name them (again, without scouring the archives at B-R).
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HOF's
Mays
Spahn
Seaver
Berra
Ryan
Carter
Snider
Ashburn
Murray
by twassel on Feb 13, 2008 7:53 AM EST 0 recs
Keeping my mouth shut
by Blackfish on Feb 13, 2008 8:12 AM EST 0 recs
i suck at this
- Rico Brogna
- Bernard Gilkey
- Derek Bell
- Wendell Turk
by kendynamo on Feb 13, 2008 8:56 AM EST 0 recs
I'm not much better
- Joe Orsulak
- I have no idea. Not even a little clue.
- I'm really having a bad time of this. Thinking of one year Mets in the aughts, all I can think of is Cairo who I'm pretty sure came from the Cubs system.
- Darryl Boston?
by Lunkwill Fook on Feb 13, 2008 10:57 AM EST 0 recs
HoF
Ummmmm......
Seaver
Mays
Spahn
Ryan
Carter
Murray
Allen
Howard
Blanking a little on the last one. I'm sure it's an early 60's Met. Not using B-R to figure it out.
by Lunkwill Fook on
Feb 13, 2008 11:42 AM EST
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Oops
by Lunkwill Fook on
Feb 13, 2008 11:43 AM EST
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Think I got 'em
- Joe Orsulak
- Mark Carreon
- Desi Relaford
- Brian McRae
Willie Mays
Warren Spahn
Duke Snider
Yogi Berra
Richie Ashburn
Tom Seaver
Gary Carter
Eddie Murray
Nolan Ryan
by yep1 on Feb 13, 2008 11:13 AM EST 0 recs
Yeah
by Lunkwill Fook on
Feb 13, 2008 11:38 AM EST
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He did
by Blackfish on
Feb 13, 2008 2:31 PM EST
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Correction
by Eric Simon on Feb 13, 2008 12:51 PM EST 0 recs
First, Second, Third
9 HoFers...hmm
Willie Mays
Warren Spahn
Tom Seaver
Nolan Ryan
Eddie Murray
Gary Carter
Duke Snider
Yogi Berra
Richie Ashburn was the one who took forever.
Current active players or uneligible for the HoF who will be in the Hall soon who were Mets:
- Robbie Alomar
- Mike Piazza
- Ricky Henderson
by future on Feb 13, 2008 12:58 PM EST 0 recs
my guesses
- Joe Orsulak
- no idea (Keith Miller?)
- Desi Relaford
- Daryl Boston?
by Greenpoint Ian on Feb 13, 2008 1:14 PM EST 0 recs
The Answers
2. Mark Carreon
3. Desi Relaford
4. Brian McRae
Nice job, yep1!
by Eric Simon on Feb 14, 2008 12:28 AM EST 0 recs
who am i
brian mcrae
desi relaford
lance johnson
by geocentrist on Feb 14, 2008 3:26 PM EST 0 recs











