The Hall of Shame dee-nee-thon

[Gantry]

Fellow dee-nee members:

It's time we all start giving back to the community.  I am calling on all dee-nee members to get every single RBI'er on the RBI Hall of Shame page.  We're currently at a pathetic 43 players, out of a possible 120 (at 11am CST on 9/2).  Our goal for this week is to get up to 60, half the players in RBI.  We have until September 10th to accomplish this.  

Go to the page, find some embarassing info or stats on your favorite RBI'er and post it here.  If someone took the time to alphabatize the list of RBI'ers who aren't on the page yet, it would be a help.  

Get to work boys....

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Current Hall of Shame count - 62

[Gantry]

Galarraga added, 16 more...

[ultimate7]

Madlock

Also played one game in the 1987 ALCS went 0-5 with 3 K's


From http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/pp/madlockbill/, (This site may be good for other players, I'll start looking) many good ones, this may be the best:

On August 22, 1971, while with Pittsfield of the Eastern League, Madlock was suspended for the entire season for his involvement in a brawl. It all started when Madlock was nearly beaned in the head by pitcher Bob Cluck. An enraged Madlock broke from the restraint of home plate umpire Ken Kaiser and charged the mound, setting off a war. White Sox scout Deacon Jones, who was in the stands, said, "It was the best fight I've seen in my many years in baseball." The Pittsfield police had to come onto the field to restore order, arresting one player. Several witnesses claimed that Madlock had swung a bat and hit a Waterbury player in the arm. Later, the league shortened his suspension, League President Roy Jackson stating: "As I reconstruct the picture, there was no actual swinging of the bat over his head, but there was some swishing of it back and forth. I want to be fair about it. He (Madlock) has served a 14-day suspension and has paid a $75 fine. That's a reasonable penalty. I feel that he has learned his lesson."

[Gantry]

One more down, Madlock has been added!

[ultimate7]

Can someone confirm:

I believe Al Pedrique began his managerial career winning only 3 of his first 24 games.

[fightonusc]

Here a list of everyone currently not on the list. Since Gantry is the final arbitrar of whether something is worthty or not of going into the Hall of Shame, I think the best thing to do is for him and only him to cross a name off of this list when he accepts that an entry is "done". (As the Forum Admin, you can go into the post and edit it like that, right Gantry?)

Anyway, here's the list:

Mike Aldrete
Doyle Alexander
Tony Armas
Alan Ashby
Wally Backman
Harold Baines
Kevin Bass
Steve Bedrosian
George Bell
Juan Berenguer
Dave Bergman
Bert Blyleven
Bob Boone
Bob Brenly
Tom Brunansky
Rick Burleson
Randy Bush
Ellis "Tim" Burks
Gary Carter
Will Clark
Doug Corbett
Danny Cox
Jose Cruz
Mark Davidson
Chili Davis
Glenn Davis
Ken Dayley
Bill Doran
Doug DeCinces
Brian Downing
Darrel Evans
Dwight Evans
Curt Ford
John Franco
Julio Franco
Gary Gaetti
Greg Gagne
Phil Garner
Scott Garrelts
Rich Gedman
Dan Gladden
Bobby Grich
Mike Heath
George Hendrick
Tom Henke
Willie Hernandez
Tommy Herr
Bruce Hurst
Reggie Jackson
Howard Johnson
Ruppert Jones
Wally Joyner
Jimmy Key
Gene Larkin
Tim Laudner
Steve Lombardozzi
Eric King
Mike Krukow
Steve Lake
Chet Lemon
Jim Lindeman
Bill Madlock
Candy Maldanado
Don Mattingly
Lee Mazilli
Roger McDowell
Willie McGee
Jack Morris
John Morris
Dale Murphy
Matt Nokes
Jose Oquendo
Jesse Orosco
Spike Owen
Al Pedrique
Tony Pena
Terry Pendleton
Gary Pettis
Terry Puhl
Willie Randolph
Jeff Reardon
Craig Reynolds
Rick Reuschel
Dave Righetti
Cal Ripken
Don Robinson
Brett Saberhagen
Rafael Santana
Calvin Schiraldi
Mike Schmidt
Mike Scott
Dick Schofield
Bill Schroder
Kevin Seitzer
Pat Sheridan
Roy Smalley
Dave Smith
Ozzie Smith
Chris Speier
Marc Sullivan
Rick Sutcliffe
Don Sutton
Dickie Thon
Robbie Thompson
Alan Trammel
John Tudor
Jose Uribe
Fernando Valenzuela
Frank Viola
Denny Walling
Rob Wilfong
Mookie Wilson
Mike Witt
Todd Worrell
Joel Youngblood

[ultimate7]

Can someone confirm:

I believe Al Pedrique began his managerial career winning only 3 of his first 24 games.

OK, he was certainly 3-19 in his first 22, maybe 3-20 in first 23 depending on whether on not he managed the July 3rd game (he was hired July 3).

[fightonusc]

A couple for Ozzie Smith:

- Among nonpitchers who started their careers after 1920, only Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner had fewer homers than Smith and reached the Hall of Fame as a player. Waner hit 27 homers and batted .316 in an 18-year career (1927-42, '44-45), while Smith had 29 career home runs.

- Held up his trade from the Padres to the Cardinals for two months due to a contract dispute.

- Was fined and suspended in 1988 after starting a brawl by rabbit punching fellow RBIer Will Clark after Clark slid in hard into second base to break up a double play.

[fknmclane]

All I know is, the DBacks are the worst team I have ever seen.  Poor Randy Johnson.  The guy pitched 8 innings the other night, struck out 15 and only gave up three hits.  99% of the time that's a winning line for a pitcher.  Unless of course you pitch for the AAA Diamondbacks.

[fightonusc]

Astros RP Dave Smith:

From www.astrosdaily.com:

March 19, 1988 - Larry Andersen closes out a 4-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals. It was number 42 but it didn't look like Andy and, in fact, it wasn't. It's Dave Smith, who forgot to pack his jersey for the short bus trip. Andersen bought an unmarked jersey at a concession stand so as to not be missed in the bullpen. The stunt leads to a fine for both players.

Also, Gave up GW HR to Lenny Dykstra in Game 3 of NLCS, costing the Astros home field advantage.

[fightonusc]

Dickie Thon -

Coming off of an All-Star season in 1983, he is beaned in the temple with a fastball from Mets pitcher Mike Torrez during the first week of the 1984 season. Thon wouldn't return to the Astros until midway through the 1985 season, but he would never be the same, as he faelt with blurred vision for the rest of his career.

(Side note: I remember watching the highlights of this, and it was a savage, savage beaning.)

[ericdavisfan]

I don't know if this will qualify, but:

If you look at the 1985 Topps card of Gary Pettis, he looks like a total homo.  It's his rookie card, and to top that off, the picture is not of him, but his younger brother, I think.

[BDawk]

I'm seeing that Jeff Leonard and Will Clark had some sort of feud, but I can't find any dirt--someone needs to help

[TβG]

From Baseball-Almanac.com:  An exciting All-Star Moment capturing some future RBI'ers at their best and my boy-hood idol (Downing) being hosed at the plate... some of you may remember this clip at the end of "This Week in Baseball" back in the 80's.

The American League was leading 6-5 going into the eighth when the National League tied it on a Lee Mazzilli home run. Brian Downing led off the bottom of the inning with a single against Bruce Sutter. A sacrifice moved Downing along and Reggie Jackson was walked intentionally. One out later, Graig Nettles singled to right and, with Downing trying to score, Dave Parker rifled the ball to catcher Gary Carter. Carter forced Downing to the inside of the plate and applied the inning-ending tag as Downing made a head-first dive.

[fightonusc]

Jose Cruz

From www.astrosdaily.com

During an exhibition game on April 4, 1977, both Jose Cruz and Enos Cabell manage to get tagged out at home by Rangers catcher Bill Fahey after a double by the Astros' Bob Watson.

Also, managed to get hit only three times in his entire career with the Astros. That's like being the anti-Don Baylor.

[fightonusc]

Also, we can add to the Charlie Kerfield entry that he had a lucky Jetsons' T-shirt that he almost always wore under his jersey. Freak.

[BigVanilla]

Alan Trammel was the manager of the 2003 Detroit Tigers.  They are most known for having the worst season in baseball history.  I think this is worth a Hall of Shame nomination.

[fknmclane]

Alan Trammel was the manager of the 2003 Detroit Tigers.  They are most known for having the worst season in baseball history.  I think this is worth a Hall of Shame nomination.

Second worst, but yeah, you're right.

[fknmclane]

From baseballlibrary.com


In the fourth inning of a game against the Braves on September 14, 1986, Brenly tied a major-league record with four errors at third base, booting three grounders and throwing wildly once to allow four unearned runs. In the fifth inning he hit a solo home run, and in the seventh he added a two-run single to tie the score, 6-6. In the bottom of the ninth with two out and the count full, he homered to win the game.



The four errors definitely count for Hall of Shame.  I think the RBI's count for RBI greatness.

[BeefMaster]

From the Baseball Page, for Gaetti:
First Game Jitters?
Gaetti welcomed the Metrodome in grand fashion. In the first game played in that facility, on April 6, 1982, he went 4-for-4, with two homers, and nearly made it three. Late in the game, which Minnesota lost, 11-7 to the Mariners, Gaetti laced a ball deep to left-center. Rounding third he barrelled for home, trying to add an inside-the-park homer to his ledger. But he was rifled down at the plate.

Also, he was nicknamed "The Rat", because he kinda looks like one.