Lamest Most Useless Player you can think of.

Paul Bako I guess

Kevin Ritz's 1990 season... 0-4 record in 4 starts with an 11.05 ERA, lasting 7 1/3 innings TOTAL. In 1991, he would have an 11.74(!) ERA, although his WHIP decreased almost 1.300 to 2.543.

(He'd later become a servicable starter for a couple of seasons for the Rockies, but that was not a good start at all.)

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Originally Posted by filihok

......Alfredo Griffin was pretty bad

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Mario Mendoza was better at being bad.
Even got the ultimate hitters mark of failure named for him by George Brett. The Mendoza Line.

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Originally Posted by robinhoodnik

Mario Mendoza was better at being bad.
Even got the ultimate hitters mark of failure named for him by George Brett. The Mendoza Line.

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What I want to know is how some of these players hung on for so long

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Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies

What I want to know is how some of these players hung on for so long

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I know how this guy got in and stayed. Dale Berra, son of Yogi.
Yogi also got Rizzuto into the HOF.

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Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies

What I want to know is how some of these players hung on for so long

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There was a whole host of 1970's middle infielders that couldn't hit their way out of a barn that had long major league careers. It was a time where positions like shortstop were thought of as "defense first" positions, and any offense was a bonus.