Johnson spent parts of nine seasons in the majors, playing for the Montreal Expos and briefly, the San Francisco Giants, from 1981-1990. In 569 career at bats he hit .255 with five home runs. Johnson never got into more than 86 games in a season, which happened in 1988 with Montreal. That ended up beingContinue reading “Wallace Johnson”
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Swings and misses
Randy Johnson appeared in 101 games for the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins in 1980 and 1982. In 254 at bats he hit .244 with 10 home runs. He played professionally from 1979-1985. Curt Wardle pitched in 52 games for the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins from 1984-1985. He compiled an 8-9 record withContinue reading “Swings and misses”
Bobby Mitchell
Mitchell played for four seasons in the majors, breaking in with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980 and finishing with the Minnesota Twins in 1983. In 202 games, he hit .243 with three home runs. He was Minnesota’s starting center fielder in 1982 and played in 124 games. He hit .249 that season with 48Continue reading “Bobby Mitchell”
Mike Stenhouse
Stenhouse appeared in 207 games for the Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox from 1982-1986. In 416 at bats he hit .190 with nine home runs. He had the best year of his career while playing for the Twins in 1985. Stenhouse hit .223 with five home runs that season. Stenhouse played withContinue reading “Mike Stenhouse”
Rick Peters
Peters spent parts of five seasons in the majors, playing for the Detroit Tigers and Oakland A’s, between 1979 and 1986. In 307 games, Peters hit .277 with two home runs and 20 stolen bases. He was a starter for Detroit in 1980, playing 133 games, mostly in the outfield. He hit .291 that seasonContinue reading “Rick Peters”
John Pacella
Pacella pitched for five teams during parts of six seasons in the majors. He broke in with the New York Mets in 1977 and finished with the Detroit Tigers in 1986. In between he also played for the New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles. In 74 games he posted a 4-10 record withContinue reading “John Pacella”
Randy Scarberry
Scarberry pitched for two seasons (1979-1980) for the Chicago White Sox. In 60 games, he went 3-10 with six saves and a 4.50 ERA. He threw 101.1 innings as a rookie for the ChiSox and posted a 4.62 ERA. Scarberry pitched professionally from 1973-1980. Scarberry faced the Toronto Blue Jays at Exhibition Stadium in hisContinue reading “Randy Scarberry”
Brent Mayne
Mayne caught for 15 years in the majors, playing for the Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Oakland A’s, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1990-2004. In 1,279 games he hit .263 with 38 home runs. He enjoyed the best year of his career while playing for Colorado inContinue reading “Brent Mayne”
Swings and misses
Howard Bailey pitched in 50 games for the Detroit Tigers from 1981-1983. In 118.2 innings he posted a 6-9 record with a 5.23 ERA. Nate Snell pitched for four seasons in the majors, breaking in with the Baltimore Orioles in 1984 and finishing with the Detroit Tigers in 1987. In 104 games, he went 7-6Continue reading “Swings and misses”
Phil Mankowski
Mankowski played for six years in the majors, appearing in games for the Detroit Tigers and New York Mets between 1975 and 1982. He came up with the Tigers and spent the majority of his career in Detroit. He was the team’s primary third baseman in 1977 and 1978. His statistics from those two seasonsContinue reading “Phil Mankowski”
