OT- Who had the worst season ever?

[z28jd]

Crazy Schmit pitched for the two worst teams ever, the 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys and 1899 Cleveland Spiders and both teams actually played better when he wasn't on the mound. He went 1-9 in 1890 and 2-17 in 1899

[kkkkandp]

Kind of hard to find any good in John Coleman's 1883 pitching record:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...olemjo01.shtml

And Frank Gilmore didn't exactly put fear in any pitcher's heart during his short, but flaccid career:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ilmofr01.shtml

[Peter_Spaeth]

The team of course had something to do with it, but Roger Craig's 5-22 in 1963 was pretty undistinguished.

[Peter_Spaeth]

in 2009 Sam Fuld had 2 RBI in 97 at bats.

[kllrbee]

Im going with Dunn.

Of course, I might be biased cuz Im in Chicago and had to read and hear about him everyday.
But man, even from an "outsider", he was just....awful. GAWDAWFUL!
What makes it worse is that he seemed to kind of shrug it off.

Im a Cubs fan though, I pretty much hate the Sox, so it was also pretty funny.

I dont think Ill be laughing this year though when we have Ian Stewart starting for us a 3rd.

Btw, I think Sam Fuld probly came to the plate with an oppurtunity to drive someone in about 2 times. He was primarily used to start off innings and get on base as a rally starter. We loved him here. Tough, little, charlie hustle type.

[tbob]

I vote for the 2011 Minnesota Twins training staff. They managed to keep the whole team hobbled and off the field for months at a time due to concussions (Morneau and Span), to planter's warts (Cuddyer), to bilateral leg weakness (Mauer), sore feet (Kubel), twisted ankles, etc. They also planned surgeries, not in November or December, but right before the season started last year, showing their idiocy. Of course you had an enabling manager who let the boys have as much time off as they thought they needed, but still, players who would have been out 1 to 2 weeks with any other team, were out 1-2 months with the Twins.
One writer for ESPN called the Twins and their manager Gardenhire, Camp Cupcake in a recent article. Sheesh...

[novakjr]

The 2012 Indians are already on pace to top last year's Twins. First, the Fausto Carmona/Roberto Hernandez Heredia mess. Second, Grady Sizemore hurts himself fielding grounders, resulting in surgery and is due to miss 8-12 weeks. Closer Chris Perez hurts himself on the first day of spring training, BUT may be ready in time for the opener... Plus, John Garland had agreed to a minor league contract, pending a physical. Ultimately, he couldn't pass the physical and apparently decided not to even take it...Just waiting to see what comes next...

[CubsFanCurt]

Originally Posted by kllrbee

Im going with Dunn.

Of course, I might be biased cuz Im in Chicago and had to read and hear about him everyday.
But man, even from an "outsider", he was just....awful. GAWDAWFUL!
What makes it worse is that he seemed to kind of shrug it off.

Im a Cubs fan though, I pretty much hate the Sox, so it was also pretty funny.

I dont think Ill be laughing this year though when we have Ian Stewart starting for us a 3rd.

Btw, I think Sam Fuld probly came to the plate with an oppurtunity to drive someone in about 2 times. He was primarily used to start off innings and get on base as a rally starter. We loved him here. Tough, little, charlie hustle type.

I totally agree with you on Dunn. I laughed when they signe him and did their "All In" campaign. If he ups is average 50 points he could get a comeback player of the year award and still suck

[frankbmd]

Joe Cleary 1945 (only year in the majors), 7 earned runs in 1/3 of an inning for a career ERA of 189.00.

With Cleary pitching and Dunn batting, imagine the possibilities.

[David W]

There were a lot of 60's/early 70's era Shortstops who couldn't hit, most of which have been alluded to. But I think as a Cardinal fan, Maxxy had one of the longer careers of this type of player.

Dal Maxville - http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...axvida01.shtml

Ironically Maxville had his best season in 68 (the year of the pitcher) and his worst the next year). He also couldn't hit in 1973, despite numerous attempts to force him to....

[Tabe]

Although his ERA of 3.77 (ERA+ of 108) was very respectable, Anthony Young's 1993 season where he went 1-16 has to get a mention.

Or Craig Anderson going 3-17 with a 5.35 ERA for the 1962 Mets.

Or maybe Terry Felton going 0-13 with a 4.99 ERA in 1982 for the Twins, though that was mostly as a reliever. Did set a record for most losses without a win, however.

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[Tabe]

As for hitters, Adam Dunn's 2011 was amazingly bad but what about Ray Oyler's 1968? He played in 111 games, hitting just .135 with a SLG% of just .186. His OPS+? Just 20. Dunn's, by contrast, was 56. Oyler was almost unquestionably the worst hitter in the post-WW2 era, at least among guys who played more than 50 games, with his career .175 BA and career 48 OPS+. But, man, he was a heckuva shortstop!

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[kkkkandp]

Mark Belanger had a couple of pretty weak hitting seasons (although his 1969 season makes him look like a HOFer) and was consistently bad with the bat over a much longer period than Oyler:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...elanma01.shtml

And lest we forget, they named the Mendoza line after this guy for a reason:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...endoma01.shtml

[z28jd]

What about Enzo Hernandez for the 1971 Padres driving in just 12 runs in his 618 plate appearances while also leading all NL shortstops in errors committed

[alanu]

1979 Mario Mendoza .198, not that that is so low, but he got a "line" named after him

[frankbmd]

I'd vote for Bergen who added extremely low walk totals to his anemic batting average. He has to have the highest OFF BASE PERCENTAGE in history.

In the modern era, Alfredo Griffin walked only 4 times in 442 plate appearances in 1984. Dunston is the modern player who comes closest with 8 in 511 in 1997.

[iwantitiwinit]

Rob Deer 1991, 448 ab, 80 hits of which 25 were homeruns and 175 strikeouts!!! Exclusive of those 25 hrs he was 55 for 423!!!

[Tomman1961]

Oyler for his career.That's a lot of years for a nasty batting average. I know he is not pre-war.
BTW - someone also posted Anthony Young at 1-16, but it is worse. He lost 27 consecutive decisions. During the streak, he pitched a great game when everyone was pulling for him to finally get a win and not be the all-time looser. I was watching. He was the starting pitcher, and after 8 great innings was the winning pitcher, with the lead. The bullpen blew is win in the 9th. He had it! But he got a no-decision. He then continued his streak. Another snake-bitten MET.

[packs]

Brandon Wood, once an all-world prospect, had maybe the worst season in 2010. In 81 games he had 243 at bats and hit .146 with 71 strikeouts. His OBP was .171 and he slugged .208! What happened to this guy?