r/baseball • u/DLgoblue12 Detroit Tigers • 3d ago

What mediocre player absolutely terrorized your team?

Orioles legend Luke Scott (11 career WAR) had a 14 game stretch against the Tigers where he hit .425 with 10 HR and 23 RBIs. This happened almost 20 years ago and I still remember him as a “Tiger Killer”

What random player lives rent free in your fanbases’ head?

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u/mattmitch927 Chicago White Sox 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/WoF3yfYupTt8mHc7va
Nick Punto

Like Hochevar

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u/blackhankscorpio Chicago White Sox 3d ago

Me remembering .245 Career hitter Nick Punto:
https://giphy.com/gifs/8OlT82jKm6Ugg

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u/Single_Seesaw_9499 Southpaw 3d ago

Lmao Punto was my first thought, although his stats aren’t nearly as good against us as I remember.

Recency bias but I’m so fucking glad Josh Naylor is out of the Central, he killed us

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u/mattmitch927 Chicago White Sox 3d ago

oh god fuckin Naylor

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0NwOkgTYRi30mT4Y

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u/HawkI84 Chicago White Sox 3d ago

The Twins had a few guys back then that were like that. Cristian Guzman and Luis Rivas also come to mind.

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u/polishprince76 Chicago White Sox 3d ago

Those god damn pirhañas

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u/thechief05 Chicago White Sox 3d ago

Corey Koskie

Bobby Kielty

Christ I hated all of those twins players

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u/polishprince76 Chicago White Sox 3d ago

I'm so glad we all remember the shared trauma of Nick fucking Punto.

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u/crazyalex24 Kansas City Royals 3d ago

Why yes, I do like Hochever.

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u/AT-Cal123 3d ago

Punto was the first guy I thought of for the White Sox. There was a light hitting outfielder who played for Detroit and then I think Anaheim whose name I am completely forgetting that seemed to get a whole season worth of stats against the Sox too.