Worst Player Ever, 10-Plus Year Career

Twelve pages and no mention of Dal Maxvill?

He was a very good defensive player, but not good enough to balance out 217/293/259 over 14 years and 3,443 ABs.

 

I knew Jay Schroeder and followed his career. He threw for 4,000 yards one season and totaled about 20,000 yards over his 10 seasons, so averaging about 2,000 a season. But his TD-INT ratio is horribly even. He played baseball, too. Two years in a row during his time in the minors, he led the league in strikeouts. Problem was, he wasn't a pitcher, he was a catcher. He led the league in being struck out.

 

First-round pick of the Blue Jays in 1979, a bad pick in a bad draft year for my Jays.

 

Also had one of the strongest arms of an NFL QB.

 

I was invited to Schroeder's signing by his family when he inked with the Blue Jays. I interviewed Pat Gillick that day. The Jays had also drafted and signed Danny Ainge. Schroeder always fell behind at UCLA because he missed spring practice to play baseball. But by the time they got into fall practice, he earned the starting job ahead of Tom Ramsey (who could also be included in this topic). But Schroeder left and Ramsey became a great QB for the Bruins.

 

Many of you are not very good at this game.

 

Michelle Wie won a major, and is still just 26. Freddy Adu is just 27, but can't even play in the MLS. Although wouldn't doubt he is a couple years older.

 

Michelle Wie was considered a "failure" because a.) she was hyped as the female Tiger and b.) her people (her dad) pushed her to compete in the men's events early on.

 

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