Players who fell off a cliff

[riggs336]

Bob "Hurricane" Hazle. .403 in 1957. .211 in 1958.

[barrysloate]

If memory serves, Steve Stone followed his Cy Young 25-7 season with a 4-7 season. Doing this without looking it up.

[glchen]

Bryce Harper. 10.0 WAR in 2015. 1.5 WAR in 2016.

[Sean]

Mark Fydrich had a great rookie year, then nothing.

[rats60]

Zoilo Versalles. MVP at 25 to .249 to .200 to .196 to .236 and out of the league at 29.

[sycks22]

Sidd Finch had a lot of hype in spring training, never delivered.

[egri]

Dave Ferriss won 50 games in his first two seasons, then had arm troubles and was never the same.

[oldjudge]

Gary Sanchez--.278 in 2017 to .186 in 2018, with less power. On the other hand, he did increase his number of passed balls.

[irishdenny]

Originally Posted by sycks22

Sidd Finch had a lot of hype in spring training, never delivered.

No Roids? : )

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by sycks22

Sidd Finch had a lot of hype in spring training, never delivered.

Haha! That's awesome! Will never forget that one...

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Has anyone had a worse dropoff than Norm Cash from .361 in 1961 to .243 the following year?

As a kid, I remember Dale Murphy went from THE BEST to he can’t make contact with the ball seemingly overnight. I was confused. From 87-88 there was a huge drop off and never GREAT again.

Also Donny Baseball... but prob can’t include him due to back Injuries being the reason.

Ps: to PS- not sure why i quoted you... thought i was just responding tinthread on phone. Ooops

[KCRfan1]

Super Joe Charboneau!

[CurtisFlood]

What about Buzz Arlett? Hit over .300 and slugged away. Never played in the majors again. Of course he was hung over most of the time and really wasn't very interested in playing in the field.

The wags had a poem for him:

Buzz Arlett weighs half a ton,

He cannot field, he cannot run!

But when he swings his trusty wood,

The pellet leaves the neighborhood.

He was out in the field after a night of celebrating and Walter Boom Boom Beck was having a rough day on the mound. Hit after hit shot into the outfield with Arlett misplaying many of them. Finally Beck could take it no longer. He fired a ball that hit the right field boards and caromed back to Arlett, who surprisingly fielded the ball cleanly and fired a strike into second.

[Peter_Spaeth]

How about a guy who jumped UP a cliff. Puckett -- first two full seasons, 0 and 4 HR, third year, 31.

[JollyElm]

Yoenis Céspedes.
In 2015, he basically singlehandedly got the Mets into the World Series, as his half a season with them was superhuman, but that cliff came quickly in Game 1 of The Series and he's been pulling a Thelma & Louise ever since.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

third year, 31.

And he hit leadoff the entire year. Never drew walks but hit for power, and the Twins batted him leadoff.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

How about a guy who jumped UP a cliff. Puckett -- first two full seasons, 0 and 4 HR, third year, 31.

Or Davey Johnson who jumped up the cliff then fell right back off

1972- 5 HR
1973- 43 HR
1974- 15 HR