Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Bob Wicker is not a baseball name that should stand out to anyone. He spent a few seasons in affiliated ball as a capable pitcher who never exactly overwhelmed. He missed out on the Chicago Cubs late 1900s run of glory by one season and only spent 6 years in the major leagues, with only […]
Doc White never made a big splash as a two-way player. The reason for that is simple, he was too good of a pitcher. In 13 major league seasons White finished with a 2.39 ERA, 2.51 FIP, and 113 ERA+. Those aren’t the numbers of someone playing around with being a pitcher, those are the […]
Being a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan and living in Illinois for most of my life until my recent move to Milwaukee I tend to be privy to more Cubs stuff than any other team. That means that even though I’ve written a bunch about the Cubs lately I’m about to write about them one more […]
If not for a 1922 demotion to the A-level New Haven ball club (As a reminder, I don’t use racist team names on this site so if you want to know the actual name you will need to look it up yourself) Johnny Cooney may never have spread his two-way wings. Though he spent his […]
Johnny Lush began his professional career in 1904 with the National League’s Philadelphia Phillies. Right out of the gate he played both sides of the ball. He didn’t play enough on both sides of the ball to qualify as a true two-way player until 1906, but in 1905 he dabbled in pitching while playing first […]