(14 votes, average: 4.07 out of 5)
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Eric Plunk was traded for Ricky Henderson. Twice. In 1151 innings pitched, he hit 32 batters. Baseball Reference does not track how many of those 32 HBP provoked sports journalists into puns.
Posts Tagged ‘donruss’
Eric Plunk
Thursday, February 4th, 2010 by Prof. Nerdtron 3000Bill Almon
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
Bill Buckner’s Hair
Monday, October 26th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityWhile not a nerd per se, I had to post this card in order to share what is possibly the strangest facial hair/body hair in baseball card history:
Can there be an explanation for the disparity between left-side-mustache and right-side-mustache? And I don’t know how to properly address the pattern of neck hair. We’ve all seen pictures of Mr. Buckner before, and he has always looked like a normal guy…so what happened here?
Jamie Quirk
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (16 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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According to Wikipedia, Mr. Quirk held the career home run record (43) for players whose last names started with “Q” until Mark Quinn passed him in 2002. Carlos Quentin passed that mark in 2008, and is the current record holder.
Danny Goodwin
Thursday, September 10th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: 
(13 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)
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For my money, this is easily the best facial hair I’ve seen on a baseball card. Mr. Goodwin holds the distinction of being the only player to be selected first overall in MLB’s draft twice. He was selected first overall out of high school, opted for college, and four years later, was drafted first overall again.
I must note that this is not a poor scan on my part, and that the blurriness is a poor printing job by Donruss (surprise!!!).
Bruce Bochte
Monday, July 6th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (14 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)
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And don’t forget to vote for the 2009 Nerd All-Star Team.
Not to be confused with Bruce Bochy, the manager of the San Francisco Giants. In researching the nerds that I post, I rarely find a player whose career takes more than a few minutes to digest. However, in the case of Mr. Bochte, there is a LOT going on. He made the all-star team in 1979. His career OPS+ is 113, over the course of almost 6000 plate appearances. However, Mr. Bochte off the field seems to be a fascinating character.
Keith Atherton 2
Monday, May 25th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (17 votes, average: 4.65 out of 5)
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I wanted to spread the nerd love around before doubling-up on any player. I really did.
The problem is that I have the Nerd Archives organized alphabetically by last name, and time and time again this card greeted me from the top of the pile. I just couldn’t help myself. It’s almost not fair. When it comes to nerd cards, it’s like Mr. Atherton is playing on a totally different level.
Now it’s up to you to decide: which card is nerdier, this one, or Mr. Atherton’s 1989 Fleer? Make sure to vote by clicking on the stars!
Rafael Landestoy
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityDonruss Employee A: I think we need to use a different picture. His face is covered in shadow, and the picture is way blurry. Oh yeah, and the grass kind of looks orange.
Donruss Employee B: Fuck it.
Click the stars to vote: (12 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Major League Baseball player, or a young Babu Bhatt from Seinfeld?
Lenn Sakata
Monday, April 20th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CitySome interesting things to note about Mr. Sakata:
1) He was the 2nd ever Asian American to play Major League Baseball.
2) He was part of one of the coolest sounding games ever — On August 24, 1983 the Orioles rallied to tie their game against the Blue Jays in the bottom of the ninth inning. While doing so, they were forced to replace their starting catcher, AND his backup, so Mr. Sakata was put behind the plate to start the 10th inning. Three consecutive Blue Jays reached first base in the top of the tenth, and each of them (thinking it would be easy to steal second with Sakata catching) were picked off by O’s pitcher Tippy Martinez. Sakata then hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the tenth.
3) While mostly a utility player, Mr. Sakata followed the nerd M.O. of playing professional baseball without being able to hit. Over the course of his ten year career, he was employed by the Brewers, Orioles, and Yankees. He appeared in over 550 games, with a career OPS+ of 71, and a career OBP of .286. His 1984 season ranks as a particularly low-point for nerds, where he played in 108 games with 168 plate appearances and an OPS+ of 33!!! On the bright side, you’ve got to love the hair.
Click the stars to vote: (15 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
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Max Venable
Monday, April 13th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (29 votes, average: 4.72 out of 5)
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