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Thursday, November 30, 2006

The greatest fielder ever, who couldn’t hit a lick?

By Tangotiger, 12:28 PM

I posted this on another thread, regarding John McDonald of the Jays (Tigers and Indians)

It must be a virtual certainty that he’s a great fielder, since he’s never had 300 PA, has come into the league at almost age 25, is now 32, has 1146 career PA, his career OPS+ is 56, with a career high of 75. His career high in salary is 500,000$. He’s also had SIX different managers on three teams.

Here’s my challenge to you. Find all players who:

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