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WORST BASEBALL PLAYERS OF ALL TIME 1. Carlton Milbank (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1954): .008 batting average 2. Zebulon Farquar (Cincinnati Reds, 1880): 116.3 ERA 3. Eddie Warfield (Boston Red Sox, 1971-1973): lifetime .090 slugging percentage 4. Mel Cudahy (Chicago Cubs, 1938): 5.2 WHIP 5. Vaughn Futterman (Cleveland Indians, 1962-1964): averaged 4 errors per game BAD BASEBALL NICKNAMES 1. Carl "Shit-Lips" Lipschitz 2. Victor "El Dago Supremo" Santorini 3. "The Dick-Waver" C.J. Branson 4. Julius "The Hamptons Dilettante" Edgeworth IV 5. Carlos "That Guy Who Totally Dropped a Catchable Ball in the Top of the Ninth With Two Outs and a Guy on Third, Remember That Guy? You Know, With the Mustache" Ontivares UNPOPULAR BALLPARK FOODS 1. The Poutiney Tahini (Olympic Stadium, Montreal) 2. The Black Lung Burger (PNC Park, Pittsburgh) 3. The Stench-of-Failure-ito (The Ballpark at Arlington, Texas) 4. The Sesame Seed Bunt (Coors Field, Colorado) 5. The "Second Chance" Recycled Hot Dog (Comerica Park, Detroit) UNSUCCESSFUL CORPORATE NAMINGS 1. WorldCom Park (2000) 2. Tyco Field (2003) 3. DeLorean Stadium (1986) 4. Krupp Industrial Armaments Ballpark (1939) 5. Union Carbide Center (1984) FORGOTTEN BASEBALL LANDMARKS 1. Ray Cotton: first fan to choke to death on a pretzel (May 11, 1924) 2. Jack "Spats" Hollander: first player to miss a call to the bullpen because he was taking a dump (June 12, 1934) 3. Jimmy Schorrer: first fan to heckle the organist (May 14, 1953) 4. Marty Henley: first player to accidentally hit the groupie he'd slept with the night before in the face with a foul ball (September 9, 1967) 5. Rudy Tennant: 629th player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier (April 14, 1972) |
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