Five Worst Players in RBI

[PHole717]

Not sure if anyone has done a thread like this, but Gantry, you can just delete this if need be.

I think that the top 5 worst players are as follows.

5. John Franco (Worst pitcher ever. Lets up homers left and right when you're trying         to get a save.

4. Al Pedrique (Shits his pants better than he hits)

3. Curt Ford (can't hit. Period.)

2. Spike Owen (Would rather have rocks at the plate)

1. Willie Randolf (Automatic out. How can the leadoff batter for Am suck so badly?)

[Nails]

1. Rafael Santana
2. Wally Backman
3. Steve Lake
4. Al Pedrique

I can't really think of a solid 5th.  There's a lot of potentials.... maybe Mark Davidson.

[RedBarron]

1)  Rafael Santana

2)  Al Pedrique

3) Alan Ashby

4) Spike Owen

5) Wally Backman

I went with starters only.

[fknmclane]

Starters only:

1) Rafael Santana
2) Whitey Ford
3) Robbie Thompson
4) Al Pedrique
5) Alan Ashby

[Gantry]

Wow, tough list to make because I  haven't played with some of these guys in years.  But:

1) Steve Lake
2) Rafael Santana
3) Al Pedrique
4) Mark Davidson
5) Spike Owen

[TempoGL]

how did nobody list Marc Sullivan?

[Gantry]

He certainly does, but Sullivan has won a few games with walk-off dingers.   They are rare, but they happen every once in awhile.  Then you forget about the next 90 groundouts...

[ultimate7]

Santana, Schiraldi, Walling, Dave Smith, Donnie Moore

I have rarely used All-Star teams so I didn't include any.

[Stock]

Starting with the worst:
1.  Santana:  (Below average speed, worst power and worst contact rating on the game.  Hands down the shittiest player on the game.  I would prefer a left handed pitcher over batting Santana)

2.  Backman
3.  Pedriq
4.  Rndlph
5.  Barret

I didn't include any pitchers.  There are just too many bad pitchers on this game.

how did nobody list Marc Sullivan?

Easy.  Sullivan is clutch off the bench.  I have hit several walk-off homers w/ him.  With the 1 AB power surge, he is comparable to Mitchel or Hendrick.
Even w/o the power surge, I would rather have Sullivan at the plate over Walling, Gwynn, Smally, Seitzer, Molitor, Franco, Gllrga, Lake, Herndn, Schrdr, Owen or Davidson (Not to mention my miserable "bottome 5" list.

[Gantry]

I wouldn't want Sullivan over a few of those mentioned players, but I agree completely with stock...

[TempoGL]

No!  You guys are wrong/crazy!  Sullivan BLOWS.  He is as slow as molasses, has a below average power rating, and a contact rating far below average.  It's the lack of speed that kills him.  He's as fast as Tony Armas, yet without the power.  What does that mean?  He MIGHT get a single (unlikely with his poor contact rating) or otherwise he will be thrown out.  His slowness also makes him a very likely candidate for force plays.

[Gantry]

I could care less about contact, speed or anything else, Sullivan goes into the game for one reason.  WAY more often than not he doesn't get the dinger, but sometimes he does and wins games.  For that he stays off my list....

Yes he sucks ass, but he's an ass sucker with benefits...

[BDawk]

Hmmm, lets see.

1) Lou Whitaker
2) Sweet Lou
3) Detroit's 2nd baseman
4) The guy who bats 7 on DT
5) Whitaker

Yup, that about rounds up my five.

[TempoGL]

Yes he sucks ass, but he's an ass sucker with benefits...

if i had a nickel for every time i heard that one...

[BDawk]

Yes he sucks ass, but he's an ass sucker with benefits...

if i had a nickel for every time i heard that one...

Who needs another benefit on top of a good ass sucking?

[ericdavisfan]

I'd only list one pitcher here, but he's #1.  I don't use all stars very much, but I know that one needs to be there.

1)  Calvin Schiraldi - blows more than the typical hurricane
2)  Al Pedrique - Even Al subs himself out when playing RBI
3)  Marty Barrett - Marty McFly, you are terrible
4)  Rafael Santana - It's hard to remember how bad he really 
                                 is because I never let him hit 
     tie                        anymore             
5)  Marc Sullivan - I refuse to use him unless it's an emergency
5)  Steve Lake -  see Sullivan reference

[BeefMaster]

In no particular order (I also went with only starters, since that makes them seem worse in my mind):

Santana
Pedrique
Ford
Ashby
Owen

I can't believe some people list Barrett and not Owen.  Before I discovered the wonders of subbing guys out their first time through the lineup, I thought Barrett was almost approaching mediocrity, whereas Owen was unredeemably bad.

[Stock]

I can't believe some people list Barrett and not Owen.  Before I discovered the wonders of subbing guys out their first time through the lineup, I thought Barrett was almost approaching mediocrity, whereas Owen was unredeemably bad.

I give Owen the slightest  edge over Barret for being a lefty.  Otherwise, Barret is clearly better (but still sucks).

[JoeDirt]

1) Calvin Schiraldi - blows more than the typical hurricane

This might be so--but he's no Eric King, who blows more than Ryno on prom night.

[fightonusc]

In order from worst to fifth worst:

Bottom Five batters:

1. Rafael Santana: Worst power + worst contact = worst player.
2. Spike Owen: At least he's kind of fast - everything else about him sucks balls.
3. Wally Backman: Second-worst power in the game. Only an above average contact rating keeps him from reaching Santana levels of awfulness.
4. Marc Sullivan: Anyone with the worst contact rating in the game (along with Santana and Lindeman) and is as slow as shit as he is makes it into the bottom five, no questions asked.
5. Al Pedriq: Just nudges Steve Lake out by a (pubic) hair. Shitty power (Pedriq) is worse than shitty contact (Lake) every day of the week.

Bottom Five starting pitchers:

1. Don Sutton: An absolute pus-thrower who couldn't break a pane of glass with his pitches.
2. Jack Morris: His pitches don't drop, and they don't curve so good either. Very overrated (much like in real life).
3. Bruce Hurst: Has a good drop pitch, but when that stops working, look out. Gopher Ball City.
4. Mike Scott: See Hurst, Bruce.
5. Frank Viola: Not really bad at anything, but not really good at anything, either.

Bottom Five relief pitchers:

1. Donnie Moore: The absolute worst pitcher in the game. A shotgun blast waiting to happen.
2. Dave Smith: Need someone to groove a fastball down the center of the plate? Here's your man.
3. Calvin Schiraldi: Very Dave Smithesque in his lack of talent, except he has a marginally better curve.
4. Ken Dayley: Can be OK if facing a lefty, otherwise he's useless.
5. Eric King: The reverse of Dayley - OK against righties, shit against lefties.