One and Done: 1998-1999

This is the fifth 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 1998 and 1999. These two years featured a massive 21 players (12 and 9, respectively) appearing in their only Reds year. I have 9 of these 21 in my collection, which may not sound like much, but there were some pretty obscure names. I suppose a lot of the roster moves these two years were to clear space for some person named Griffey, or something.

Paul Konerko. 17 year career with 3 teams. 6x All Star ('02, '05, '06, '10, '11, '12), 434 career HR.
With the Reds: 1998, 81 PA in 26 games, 3 HR, 13 RBI, .219 BA.

Melvin Nieves. 7 year career with 4 teams.
With the Reds: 1998, 147 PA in 83 games, 2 HR, 17 RBI, .252 BA.

Steve Cooke. 6 year career with 2 teams.
With the Reds: 1998, 6.0 IP in 1 start. 3 K's, 1.50 ERA, 1-0 record.

Eddie Priest. 1 year career with 1 team.
With the Reds: 1998, 6 IP in 2 starts, 1 K, 10.50 ERA, 0-1 record.

Roberto Petagine. 7 year career with 6 teams.
With the Reds: 1998, 79 PA in 34 games, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .258 BA.

Steve Avery. 11 year career with 4 teams. All Star (1993). League leader in starts (1992).
With the Reds: 1999, 96 IP in 19 starts, 51 K's, 5.16 ERA, 6-7 record.

Juan Guzman.10 year career with 4 teams. ROY runner-up (1991). All Star (1992). League leader in Win% (1993), ERA (1996), starts (1994).
With the Reds: 1999, 77.1 IP in 12 starts, 60 K's, 3.03 ERA, 6-3 record.

Mike Cameron. 17 year career with 8 teams. All Star (2001). 3x Gold Glove ('01, '03, '06).
With the Reds: 1999, 636 PA in 146 games, 21 HR, 66 RBI, .256 BA.

Greg Vaughn. 15 year career with 5 teams. 4x All Star ('93, '96, '98, '01). Silver Slugger (1998). 50 home runs in 1998.
With the Reds: 1999, 643 PA in 153 games. 45 HR, 118 RBI, .245 BA.

Missing from the collection:

1998
Mark Hutton
Ricardo Jordan
Scott Klingenbeck
Marc Kroon
Stephen Larkin (Barry's brother. How is there not a card with these two?)
Tony Tarasco
Todd Williams

1999

Rick Greene
Brian Johnson
Kerry Robinson
B.J. Ryan
Mark Sweeney

Go Reds.