OT- Who had the worst season ever?

[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....