Meet Three

The COVID lot today asks me to get to know three baseball players a little better. First up, Dean Palmer. I remember Dean as a Ranger in the early 90s. Nothing spectacular, but an alright player offensively 

I do not remember him for his home runs, but he had 4 seasons with over 30. I also don't remember him for his poor defense, but he lead the league in errors twice, and was in the top 5 for errors by a 3td baseman eight times.

He had a short stint in KC after his time in Texas and then ended his career in Detroit. He only made the playoffs once, which was with Texas, and never made it to the World Series.

I am not one who puts a lot into the WAR Stat, but the fact that in his career he was offensively a +22.8 but defensively a -8.4 will tell you the type of player he was.

Donovan played 9 seasons in the MLB over a 13 year period from 1992 through 2004. Most of this time was with St. Louis, with a season each with the Cubs and Yanks at the tail end of his career.

His best record came with St. Louis in 1996 when the starting pitcher went 13-9 with a 3.53 ERA, the lowest for a season in his career.

I remember Raul for his couple years in Toronto, but also his long tenure with the Dodgers. I definitely do NOT remember his stints of less than 50 game appearance in each Arizona, Anaheim, Pittsburgh or Atlanta.

He wasn't a Hall of Famer by any means but was good offensively - a but better or more consistent than Dean, and less of a detriment on the field. A shame that all three post season appearance years he had were losses in the first round.

An interesting trio nonetheless.