Worst Defesive players by position all time.

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This thread is dedicated to those who were blessed with stonehands. So the question is: Who are the worst defensive players all time by position in the modern time period?

 

I will list a couple and we can go from there.

 

C: Not really sure here, Mike Stanley? Jim Leyritz? Mike Piazza? Todays catchers are worse than the old timers, since the catcher position was always known as a glove position.

C:John Bateman, (23 errors in 1963), Thurman Munson (23 errors in 1975)

P: Matt Young...couldnt throw to 1B

1B: Dick Stuart, Frank Thomas

2B: Alfonso Soriano, Juan Samuel

3B: Bobby Bonilla .931 Percent., Tony Perez (35 errors is '70) Jose Valentin, Butch Hobson (43 errors in '78)

SS: Jose Offerman, Roy Smalley (51 errors in 1950)

OF: Glenallen Hill

OF: WMP, I love the guy....but hasnt shown much.

OF: Todd Hundley, (the year he experimented in the OF)

OF: Chili Davis .971 fielding percentage as OF

OF: Lou Brock, 19 errors in LF in 1966

[a700hitter]

Honorable mention has to go to:

 

Horace Clarke at 2B

Mike Greenwell OF

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It really doesnt make much sense to assemble a list like this. Or at least labeling it worst defensive players of ALL TIME considering from 1876 (MLB's first year) to the 1950's-1970's (when teams starting broadcasting all of their games) we really werent able to see all of the players play defensively. I think it's a good idea to make the lst for Worst Defensive PLayers by positiopn from ESPN's debut (The addition of a Sports highlight show really helped out considering it really wasnt possible to see out of market games until the last few years) to the present day.

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Honorable mention has to go to:

 

Horace Clarke at 2B

Mike Greenwell OF

 

 

Clarkes worst season was 18 errors, not completely terrible...and he was a .983 career fielder....so also not completely terrible.

 

Greenwell was hot and cold. The monster ate him up at times. Sometimes he just looked lost.

 

I would add Canseco, but he was not always a terrible OF. He actually had above average range factor compared with league average and did have 55 OF assists. There are definately worse to pick from.

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It really doesnt make much sense to assemble a list like this. Or at least labeling it worst defensive players of ALL TIME considering from 1876 (MLB's first year) to the 1950's-1970's (when teams starting broadcasting all of their games) we really werent able to see all of the players play defensively. I think it's a good idea to make the lst for Worst Defensive PLayers by positiopn from ESPN's debut (The addition of a Sports highlight show really helped out considering it really wasnt possible to see out of market games until the last few years) to the present day.

 

 

I think you should re read the opening paragraph.

 

Sidenote: for the most part, they are all within the last twenty years plus a few notorious bad defenders.

[a700hitter]

Clarkes worst season was 18 errors, not completely terrible...and he was a .983 career fielder....so also not completely terrible.

Sometimes stats don't tell the whole story. In one game, I witnessed Hoss play back for the double play and come home too late for the guy on 3rd, and later in the game with the infield in, he went for the DP and the go ahead run scored. He was one of the dumber players I have seen.

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This years team so far

 

C--Matt Lecroy (http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2006_05_25_houmlb_wasmlb_1&c_id=was)

1B--Ryan Howard (12 errors, .985%)

2B--Rickiee Weeks (21 errors, .949%)

3B--Edwin Encarnacion (15 errors, .890%)

SS--Felipe Lopez (14 errors, .959%)

OF--Josh Willingham (5 errors, .955%)

OF--Alfonso Soriano (8 errors, .959%)

OF--Adam Dunn (8 errors, .952%)