I hold the record for the fewest games played in a career by a Rookie of The Year Award winner at 201 games.

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I hold the record for the fewest games played in a career by a Rookie of The Year Award winner at 201 games.

 

Either Joe Charbonneau or Mark Fydrich.

Either Joe Charbonneau or Mark Fydrich.

 

Never even thought about a pitcher...I'd guess your on it there.

Either Joe Charbonneau or Mark Fydrich.

 

I was going to say Joe C.

I was going to say Joe C.

 

Despite a few nagging injures late in the season, Charboneau played 131 games in 1980 and won the American League Rookie of the Year award, the first Indian to claim the award since Chris Chambliss in 1971.

 

Charboneau injured his back in a headfirst slide in spring training the following year. He tried to play through the pain but was hitting only .208 at the time of the 1981 Major League Baseball strike that interrupted the season. Just after the players came back in early August, though, Joe was sent to AAA Charleston, making him the first Rookie-of-the-Year to be returned the minors the following season. After 18 games with the Charlies (where he hit just .217), he returned to the big club on August 28. His final big-league numbers for 1981: .210 average, just four homers and 18 RBI in 138 at-bats. He underwent back surgery over the winter.

 

Things did not improve for Charboneau in 1982: after only 22 games with the Indians, Joe and his .214 average were shipped back to Charleston, then to AA Chattanooga again. Playing in the same league he had torn apart three years earlier, he could only manage a dismal .207 mark. Joe endured another back surgery after the season, but seemingly nothing could allow him to regain his timing at the plate. Finally, in 1983, when batting .200 for AA Buffalo, Charboneau gave jeering fans an obscene gesture, leading to his quick release. However, the Pittsburgh Pirates took a flyer on him in 1984, and he managed a .289 average in the Carolina League (though at 29, he was easily the oldest player in the loop). A shot with the Pirates AAA team in Hawaii ended after 15 games, and "Super Joe" retired from the game. (Joe did make one more appearance in a baseball uniform that year, but only on celluloid: he was an extra in the film The Natural, playing one of Roy Hobbs' teammates.)

 

Charboneau holds the record for the fewest career games played in the Major Leagues by a Rookie of the Year, with 201.

I was a starting pitcher who won an ERA Title while only garnering 5 victories, who am I?

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Was it a strike shortened season?

Was it a strike shortened season?

 

No!

No!

 

I'm going with a pitcher that pitched for a terrible team then. Buzz Capra or Randy Jones?

I'm going with a pitcher that pitched for a terrible team then. Buzz Capra or Randy Jones?

 

Sorry, neither.

 

But you can see me on TV, I do commentary for MLB.

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Joe Magrane?

Joe Magrane?

 

Yes, 1988. 5-9 record.

I am the ONLY player in Major League history to have 3 consecutive seasons with at least:

200 hits

110 RBI

100 runs scored

35 HR's

.315 or better batting average

 

Who am I?

I am the ONLY player in Major League history to have 3 consecutive seasons with at least:

200 hits

110 RBI

100 runs scored

35 HR's

.315 or better batting average

 

Who am I?

 

As a Red Sox fan I say it has gotta be Jim Rice. That was an amazing run he had in the 70's.