Who was the worst baseball player ever?

Question

Everyone seems to be arguing "who is the greatest baseball player to ever live", I'd love to see a debate over the worst ball player.

Answer 1

Harry Chiti

Harry Chiti has to have been the worst player of all time. Prior to the 1962, the year the Mets lost 120 games, Chiti was traded to the Mets for a player to be named later. Casey Stengal thought he was terrible and sent him back thus making him the only player to be traded for himself. Imagine, not being good enough to help a team that went on to lose 120 games. A team that Dick Stuart, who was already mentioned was the worst player of all time by someone else on this list, was able to make. And now you know, the rest of the story. (-:

Answer 2

The worst baseball participant ever is Bobby Ayala. He became the closer for the Mariners back in the ninety's. He would blow such an excellent type of saves that once a at the same time as the Mariners followers began booing him everytime he took the mound. If the Mariners had a huge lead and Ayala got here in to pitch in the ninth, he would continuously stumble on a thanks to blow the lead. Quote from Wikipedia: "...Ayala struggled mightily over the subsequent few seasons, typically blowing key saves and drawing grievance from Mariners followers and the Seattle press. Even years after his career became over, his call became nonetheless presented as a lot as make adverse comparisons to suffering alleviation pitchers..." career Stats: 37-40 4 list fifty 9 Saves (in 8 years) 4.seventy 8 era

Answer 3

This is a great question.

I have to think of a guy who had a few years of service in the major leagues, who maybe played regularly for a few of those, but was obviously marking time until someone better came along.

The Phillies had an infielder named Rudy Meoli who was abysmal. He ended up playing quite a few games as an injury fill-in before the front office decided to follow the fans' advice and run him out of town..

Bob Uecker is a good candidate, as he only hit .200 lifetime, but one of the oddities of baseball is that Uecker hit Sandy Koufax like he was a batting practice pitcher. He just couldn't hit anyone else very well.

Jose Offerman sucked. He made every ground ball to shortstop an adventure.

Here's a good pitching candidate; Mike Maddux, the brother of Greg. Suffice it to say that it didn't run in the family.

So many to choose from. Again, great question!

OH, and to the guy who nominated ALL of the 1962 Mets, I have to remind him that Richie Ashburn was on that team in his final season in the big leagues, and he's a Hall Of Famer. I'll give him Marv Throneberry though.

Answer 4

Danny Ainge. Played for the Blue Jays before he became a Boston Celtic.

Just goes to show that baseball players are better "athletes" than any of the other professionals.

Answer 5

For a player who played in the majority of his teams' games:

Offensively: Dal Maxvill (1962-1975) In 1970 he set major league records for fewest hits (80), doubles (5), and total bases (89) for 150 or more games, and in 1968 he established the World Series mark for futility, going 0-for-22. Career-wise he only hit .217 with 6 career homeruns.

Or Mario Mendoza who George Brett coined the phrase, "The Mendoza Line" in reference to any player hitting below Mario's career batting average of .215.

Defensively: Jose Canseco, Dick "Dr Strangeglove" Stuart, Marv Throneberry, and every member of the 1962 New York Mets~

Answer 6

Of players that people have heard of or know of, I'd have to say it's Bob Uecker. He played for 6 years with 4 teams, had a career batting average of .200, 74 RBI's and never played in more than 80 games in a single season.
Just my opinion.

Answer 7

Ray Oyler was a great shortstop but couldn't hit. When he was
on the Seattle Pilots he got sick on the plane and caught it all and
someone yelled Good Hands.
Mario Mendoza was another one who couldn't hit and was dubbed with the phrase "Mendoza Line" for a bad hitter. Strange
thing is he is a minor league batting coach with somebody.

Answer 8

Scott Service, the worst piece of junk pitcher to ever throw in the bigs

Answer 9

Barry Bonds

Answer 10

Ozzie Canseco, twin brother of Jose Canseco