This is the third part of my new running theme, unimaginatively dubbed 'One and
Done'. Here, I focus on cards of Reds players who, whether it be their
only year in the bigs or their only year with the club, found themselves
on the Cincinnati roster for only one season, yet long enough to sneak
onto a card donning the Cincinnati red. That was a very convoluted
sentence that I am choosing not to edit.
Today, we're looking at 1993. The '93 season saw a whopping 18 players make their first and only Reds appearance. Of these 18, I have a card of 11 of them in my collection. This was the first year of 11-year-tenured Jim Bowden's reign as GM, so perhaps this can be attributed to a major restructuring.
With the Reds: 1993, 61.2 IP in 58 relief appearances. 4.09 ERA, 35 K's, 8 saves, 4-6 record.
With the Reds: 1993, 25.1 IP in 33 relief appearances. 20 K's, 6.75 ERA, 1-0 record.
With the Reds: 1993, 16.1 IP in 8 relief appearances and 1 start. 17 K's, 4.41 ERA, 0-3 record.
With the Reds: 1993, 289 PA in 103 games. 4 HRs, 4 triples, 26 RBI, 9 SB, .230.
With the Reds: 1993, 16 PA in 7 games. 1 hit, 2 runs, .067.
With the Reds: 1993, 109 PA in 77 games. 2 HRs, 11 RBI, .232.
With the Reds: 1993, 6 PA in 3 games. 1 hit, .167.
With the Reds: 32.2 IP in 34 relief apperances. 23 K's, 1 save, 1-0 record.
With the Reds: 1993, 71 PA in 46 games. 2 HR, 9 RBI, .220.
With the Reds: 1993, 32 PA in 11 games. 1 HR, 3 RBI, .259.
With the Reds: 1993, 282 PA in 83 games. 6 HR, 29 RBI, .274.
Missing from the collection:
Mike Anderson
Chris Bushing
Cecil Espy
Tommy Gregg
Keith Hughes
Jeff Kaiser
Greg Tubbs
Go Reds.
FYI, Keith Kessinger is the son of longtime Cubs player Don Kessinger.
ReplyDeleteSelf-serving FYI: I've done something to piss off the Blogroll Gods, so I stopped appearing in them last week, but I thought you might want to see today's post, which features a custom of the newest Cincinnati Red, Brayan Pena
http://shlabotnikreport.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/hot-stove-custom-brayan-pena-signs-with-the-reds/