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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 six 17 homeruns (total!) for the Mets playing mostly first base and outfield.
Who Am I?
  • 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.
Who Am I?
  • 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.
Who Am I?
  • 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).
Bonus

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
Without help from BR:

Mays
Spahn
Seaver
Berra
Ryan
Carter
Snider
Ashburn
Murray

Let's Go Mets!

by twassel on Feb 13, 2008 7:53 AM EST   0 recs

Keeping my mouth shut
I got all four, but I'll keep quiet to keep people guessing. I did wind up using B-R for #2, and as soon as I saw his name, I realized who it was. There's no way I would've gotten #3 if I hadn't looked up his minor league stats last week.

by Blackfish on Feb 13, 2008 8:12 AM EST   0 recs

i suck at this
  1. Rico Brogna
  2. Bernard Gilkey
  3. Derek Bell
  4. Wendell Turk

by kendynamo on Feb 13, 2008 8:56 AM EST   0 recs

I'm not much better
  1.  Joe Orsulak
  2.  I have no idea.  Not even a little clue.
  3.  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.  
  4.  Darryl Boston?

by Lunkwill Fook on Feb 13, 2008 10:57 AM EST   0 recs

HoF
Oooh, I missed that part.

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 to parent up   0 recs

Oops
Meant Ashburn instead of Allen.  I always get their names confused.

by Lunkwill Fook on Feb 13, 2008 11:43 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

Think I got 'em
  1. Joe Orsulak
  2. Mark Carreon
  3. Desi Relaford
  4. Brian McRae
Bonus-
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
I think you're right about Carreon.  What was his dad's name?  Camilio or something like that?  Desi Relaford, I think, came up in the Phillies organization, didn't he?

by Lunkwill Fook on Feb 13, 2008 11:38 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

He did
But he was drafted by the M's. He was traded to the Phils for Terry Mulholland. I was looking his numbers up (at one time he was pretty highly regarded) and was shocked to find his first few years buried in the Seattle farm system. Carreon's dad was named Camilo, which was the sort of thing the guys in the booth brought up every time Carreon strode to the plate.

by Blackfish on Feb 13, 2008 2:31 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Correction
I fixed the fourth tidbit for the first guy (thanks, future!). He actually hit 17 homeruns, not six, in his three seasons with the Mets (he hit six triples).

by Eric Simon on Feb 13, 2008 12:51 PM EST   0 recs

First, Second, Third
Joe Orsulak, Mark Carreon, Desi (Flamethrower) Relaford, Brian McRae.

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:

  1. Robbie Alomar
  2. Mike Piazza
  3. Ricky Henderson
Who else?
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-

by future on Feb 13, 2008 12:58 PM EST   0 recs

Other names
Glavine and Pedro.

by Lunkwill Fook on Feb 13, 2008 2:56 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

my guesses
  1. Joe Orsulak
  2. no idea (Keith Miller?)
  3. Desi Relaford
  4. Daryl Boston?
Flushing, Queens: soon to be known as Johan's-burg!!!

by Greenpoint Ian on Feb 13, 2008 1:14 PM EST   0 recs

The Answers
1. Joe Orsulak
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
david segui
brian mcrae
desi relaford
lance johnson

by geocentrist on Feb 14, 2008 3:26 PM EST   0 recs

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