1960 - 1999 player nomination thread

ratioman2

Bobby Grich 1981 .304/.378/.543/.921 He led the league in slugging as a second baseman. Very good 2b defensive metrics. Should not be worse than a 2. Hoping for a 1
Melvin Mora 2004 .340/.419/.562/.981. Very good 3b defensive metrics. Should not be worse than a 2. Hoping for a 1

Also Brian Roberts 2005 .314/.387/.515/.903, but his defensive numbers aren't good

george barnard
1966 Jack Aker 66 games 113 IP 1.99/0.965 28 BB (10 of which were IBB)/68 Ks 2.86 FIP 171 ERA+ 13th in MVP

1970 Ken Sanders 1.75/0.964 1HR in 92.1 IP 2.34 FIP 215 ERA+

1960 Lindy McDaniel 2.09/0.937 2.26 FIP 195 ERA+ 8.1K/9ip 3rd in CY, 5th MVP

Two names that come to mind during that time frame which have no cards are

Doug Jones 1997 NO CARD 16 year career .88 whip Milwaukee closer, 80 innings
John Valenin 1995 NO CARD Shortstop 298/.399/.533/.931
There are some opportunities for nice upgrades. I'll search later.

For adds from this group I think need to be made;

1991 Bobby Bonilla PIT Bats-S E-Balance, RF-3(-1)e4, 1b-4e7, 3b-4e37 301/391/492 2nd in MVP
1996 Rusty Greer TEX Bats-L E-Balance, LF-1(+1)36, CF-3 332/397/530 NO CARD
1997 Tino Martinez NYY Bats-L 3R-Balance, 1b-2e9 296/371/577 NO CARD
1995 Reggie Sanders CIN Bats-R, 3L-Balance RF-1(-3)e6, CF-3 306/397/579 NO CARD
1984 Tony Armas BOS Bats-R, 5R-Balance CF-2(-4)e12 268/300/531
Better offensively than the 1981 card, and not a 15-game injury risk
1983 Andre Dawson MON Bat-R, E-Balance CF-1(-4)e9 299/338/539
An E-balanced Dawson that won't need a platoon, not a 15-game risk, 2nd in MVP
1987 Kent Hrbek MIN Bats-L 6R-Balance, 1b-2e6 285/389/545 Better Representation

1996 Pat Hentgen TOR SP-S7* 1R-Balance 3.22/1.25 Cy Young
1977 Tom Seaver CIN SP-9* 2R-Balance 2.58/1.01

Two names that come to mind during that time frame which have no cards are

Doug Jones 1997 NO CARD 16 year career .88 whip Milwaukee closer, 80 innings
John Valenin 1995 NO CARD Shortstop 298/.399/.533/.931
There are some opportunities for nice upgrades. I'll search later.

Valentin's defense rating-- SS-3e22

Other defensive ratings on some cards listed above:

2004 Melvin Mora is a 3b-3e25
2005 Brian Roberts is actually a 2b-1e10
1981 Bill Almon SS-3e27
1981 Grich is a 2e16

1981 Tony Armas – 22 HR in 440 AB, .480 SLG, .774 OPS RF-1(-3)3, CF-2
1981 Hubie Brooks - .307 BA, .411 SLG, .756 OPS 3b-3e37, SS-4e48, LF/RF-4(-1)11
1981 Dwight Evans - .296 BA, .415 OBP, .522 SLG, .937 OPS RF-1(-5)3

My top 4 would be...

1981 Bill Almon (15 years no card, helps exp-CWS at SS)
1981 Nolan Ryan (Best card for an all-time great)
1976 Graig Nettles (Led AL in HRs w/32, very strong card vs RHP)
1997 Tino Martinez (16 years no card, MVP-2)

Expecting 1981 Bobby Grich to be on the Angels list...

My top 4 would be...

1981 Bill Almon (15 years no card, helps exp-CWS at SS)
1981 Nolan Ryan (Best card for an all-time great)
1976 Graig Nettles (Led AL in HRs w/32, very strong card vs RHP)
1997 Tino Martinez (16 years no card, MVP-2)

Expecting 1981 Bobby Grich to be on the Angels list...

Others not mentioned in the thread...

1969 Fritz Peterson (way better card than the weak one we have)
1973 Sparky Lyle (much better card than the two we have)

Trying to find interesting players that have no cards. Two more

Bernard Gilkey 1996 NYM 317/.393/.562/.955
Mike Epstein 1969 Senators .278/.414/.551/.965

I like Fritz Peterson - Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote a script based on his wife swapping life but it never got made. A good story if you have time to kill.