Best character baseball player?

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Alright,
I'm borrowing a page from the Best Character Actor thread on Anything Goes thread.

Whose the best character baseball player; a guy who showed up and played everyday with little or no recognition - few all-star appearances, no World Series heroics, but a long (at least eight years?) career - during which they were minor - albeit important - to the teams on which they played? You know what I mean guys who not only had no shot at being in the Hall of Fame, muchless the Hall of Pretty Good.


Maybe a guy like Javy Lopez, Spank Lavaliere, Bert Campaneris, Andy Van Slyke or my all-time favorite second baseman Bobby Grich.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Mike Morgan

 

[spnited]

And the threads just keep getting dumber.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I feel like just about every player on the 1980s Royals other than George Brett would qualify.

Frank White
Willie Wilson
Darrell Porter
Steve Busby
Dennis Leonard
Charlie Leibrandt

 

[Angola!]

And the threads just keep getting dumber.

Luis Sojo hates you.

 

[Overrated]

Derek Jeter

 

[spnited]

Perennially overrated says Derek Jeter

Priceless!

 

[outofplace]

Perennially overrated says Derek Jeter

Priceless!

Come on. You knew somebody had to answer Jeter, whether it was a serious answer or not.

 

[imjustagirl]

Brook Jacoby, goddammit.

.270 hitter, two-time All-Star, played every day regardless of where they wanted to move him, etc. He is the ULTIMATE answer to this.

And he was loved by all his teammates. Top it.

 

[Overrated]

Perennially overrated says Derek Jeter

Priceless!

That's Overrated with a capital "O."

Thanks in advance for not messing that up again.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Perennially overrated says Derek Jeter

Priceless!

Come on. You knew somebody had to answer Jeter, whether it was a serious answer or not.

I think... he was making the connection between the username and Captain Fantastic as the sole reason for it being humorous.

 

[spnited]

Correct, Simon


(Damn, that was difficult to type)

 

[Batman]

Until he started getting some love toward the end of his career, I'd have put Craig Biggio at the top of the list. Great player, busted his ass every day, hardly missed a game and played several different positions at various points in his career. His contributions really flew under the radar until his last couple years.

 

[cranberry]

Until he started getting some love toward the end of his career, I'd have put Craig Biggio at the top of the list. Great player, busted his ass every day, hardly missed a game and played several different positions at various points in his career. His contributions really flew under the radar until his last couple years.

Under the radar? He was an All-Star seven times .

 

[Batman]

Until he started getting some love toward the end of his career, I'd have put Craig Biggio at the top of the list. Great player, busted his ass every day, hardly missed a game and played several different positions at various points in his career. His contributions really flew under the radar until his last couple years.

Under the radar? He was an All-Star seven times .

True, but he never got the same kind of pub as other players of his generation. He was always just kind of there. Not real flashy, just steady. Even the debate over his HOF credentials suggests he was underappreciated.

 

[Songbird]

Derek Jeter

Funny.

Anyhoo ...

Kenny Landreaux
Bill Russell
Davey Lopes
Glenn Hubbard
Steve Sax
Sid Bream
Pedro Guerrero
Bill Madlock

more to come ...

 

[zeke12]

Nick Punto, *******.

 

[Clever username]

Tony Clark

 

[Songbird]

Manny Mota? (he was the all-time pinch-hit leader before someone broke the record a few years back).

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

Jim Gantner...