• Best Batters To Play For 7+ Teams

    Posted by on February 24th, 2012 · Comments (2)

    The list since 1901 -

    Rk Player WAR/pos   From To G PA Tm
    1 Rickey Henderson 113.1 9 1979 2003 3081 13346 OAK-NYY-TOR-SDP-ANA-NYM-SEA-BOS-LAD
    2 Kenny Lofton 65.3 11 1991 2007 2103 9234 HOU-CLE-ATL-SFG-CHW-PIT-CHC-NYY-PHI-LAD-TEX
    3 Al Simmons 63.6 7 1924 1944 2215 9515 PHA-CHW-DET-WSH-CIN-BSN-BOS
    4 Roberto Alomar 63.5 7 1988 2004 2379 10400 SDP-TOR-BAL-CLE-NYM-CHW-ARI
    5 Gary Sheffield 63.3 8 1988 2009 2576 10947 MIL-SDP-FLA-LAD-ATL-NYY-DET-NYM
    6 Bobby Bonds 57.0 8 1968 1981 1849 8090 SFG-NYY-CAL-TEX-CHW-CLE-STL-CHC
    7 Mike Cameron 46.7 8 1995 2011 1955 7884 CHW-CIN-SEA-NYM-SDP-MIL-BOS-FLA
    8 Jose Canseco 41.8 7 1985 2001 1887 8129 OAK-TEX-BOS-TOR-TBD-NYY-CHW
    9 Ben Chapman 41.2 7 1930 1946 1717 7420 NYY-WSH-BOS-CLE-CHW-BRO-PHI
    10 Julio Franco 40.6 8 1982 2007 2527 9731 PHI-CLE-TEX-CHW-MIL-TBD-ATL-NYM
    11 Steve Finley 40.5 8 1989 2007 2583 10460 BAL-HOU-SDP-ARI-LAD-LAA-SFG-COL
    12 Tony Fernandez 39.6 7 1983 2001 2158 8793 TOR-SDP-NYM-CIN-NYY-CLE-MIL
    13 Al Oliver 38.8 7 1968 1985 2368 9778 PIT-TEX-MON-SFG-PHI-LAD-TOR
    14 Reggie Sanders 38.4 8 1991 2007 1777 7043 CIN-SDP-ATL-ARI-SFG-PIT-STL-KCR
    15 Moises Alou 38.2 7 1990 2008 1942 7913 PIT-MON-FLA-HOU-CHC-SFG-NYM
    16 Lance Parrish 35.7 7 1977 1995 1988 7797 DET-PHI-CAL-SEA-CLE-PIT-TOR
    17 Ron Gant 33.6 8 1987 2003 1832 7320 ATL-CIN-STL-PHI-ANA-COL-OAK-SDP
    18 Bobby Bonilla 32.2 8 1986 2001 2113 8255 PIT-CHW-NYM-BAL-FLA-LAD-ATL-STL
    19 Edgar Renteria 31.7 7 1996 2011 2152 9066 FLA-STL-BOS-ATL-DET-SFG-CIN
    20 Kevin Mitchell 29.7 8 1984 1998 1223 4696 NYM-SFG-SDP-SEA-CIN-BOS-CLE-OAK
    21 Cliff Floyd 27.3 7 1993 2009 1621 6063 MON-FLA-BOS-NYM-CHC-TBR-SDP
    22 Raul Mondesi 27.2 7 1993 2005 1525 6369 LAD-TOR-NYY-ARI-PIT-ANA-ATL
    23 Andres Galarraga 26.7 7 1985 2004 2257 8916 MON-STL-COL-ATL-SFG-TEX-ANA
    24 Rondell White 25.8 7 1993 2007 1474 5852 MON-CHC-NYY-SDP-KCR-DET-MIN
    25 Tommy Harper 25.0 7 1962 1976 1810 7164 CIN-CLE-SEP-MIL-BOS-OAK-CAL-BAL
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
    Generated 2/24/2012.

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    I never realized how many teams Kevin Mitchell played for…beyond the Mets and Giants.

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    Comments on Best Batters To Play For 7+ Teams

    1. Raf
      February 24th, 2012 | 11:53 pm

      I didn’t follow his career closely, I remember his time with the M’s and Reds. I also remember he ballooned towards the end of his career. Not that he was ever a small guy, but he was pretty big. Didn’t realize his career ended relatively young.
    2. Jim TreshFan
      February 25th, 2012 | 8:55 am

      I was living in SFCA in 1989 so I remember Mitchell as one of the best hitters in the game, a truly gifted player. During his stint with the Mets he was known as “All World.” There was one memory I have of him darting back for a line drive but turning the wrong way—so he stuck out his bare hand and caught it! But he was a problem child. Neither the Mets or the Padres could do much with him and, after a while, he played himself off the Giants. Ah, what might have been!

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