Showing posts with label Brett Butler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brett Butler. Show all posts

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Giants Playoff Center Fielders

  • 1951 Willie  Mays (.274, 20 HR, 68 RBI)

  • 1954 Willie Mays (.345, 41 HR, 110 RBI)
1954 Topps #90
  • 1962 Willie Mays (.304, 49 HR, 101 RBI)
1962 Topps #300
  • 1971 Willie Mays (.271, 18 HR, 61 RBI)
1971 Topps #600
  • 1987 Chili Davis (.250, 24 HR, 76 RBI)
1987 Topps #672
  • 1989 Brett Butler (.283, 100 runs, 31 SB)
1989 Topps #241
  • 1997 Darryl Hamilton (.270, 5 HR, 43 RBI)
1997 Donruss #294
  • 2000 Marvin Benard (.262, 102 runs, 12 HR)
2000 Topps #174
  • 2002 Tsuyoshi Shinjo (.238, 9 HR, 37 RBI)
2002 Topps #605
  • 2003 Marquis Grissom (.300, 20 HR, 79 RBI)
2002 Topps #526
  • 2010 Andres Torres (.263, 16 HR, 63 RBI)
I couldn't find a 2010 Giants card of Torres so he gets a regular picture instead

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

1990 Topps Big Baseball Giants

#16 Terry Kennedy
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#51 Scott Garrelts

#96 Matt Williams

#169 Robby Thompson

#193 Don Robinson

#197 Kevin Mitchell

#213  Jose Uribe

#224 Will Clark

#236 Kevin Bass
#259 Brett Butler

#275 Steve Bedrosian
#308 Greg Litton

#328 Rick Reuschel

Monday, March 15, 2010

1991 Topps Giants - Part 3 (outfielders)

Kevin Mitchell (#40) batted .256 with 27 HR and 69 RBI. Kevin missed three weeks in June and played in only 113 games during the season. After the 1991 season he was involved in a multi-player trade that brought Bill Swift to the Giants.

Willie McGee (#76T) batted .312 in 131 games for the Giants in 1991.
Interesting card for an outfielder. Rick Parker (#218) batted .071 in 14 at bats in 1991. He batted .300 for  for AAA Phoenix.
Brett Butler(#325) didn't play for the Giants in 1991. He signed with the Dodgers as a free agent after the 1990 season.
Kevin Bass (#752) batted .233 with 10 HR and 40 RBI in 124 games.

Mike Kingery (#657) batted .182 in 110 at bats in 1991.

Others who played OF in 1991 who didn't receive 1991 Topps Giants cards:

Mike Felder (.264 with 21 stolen bases in 348 AB)
Darren Lewis (.248 in 222 at bats)
Mark Leonard (.240 in 129 AB)

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

1989 Topps Giants - Part 3 (outfielders)

Mike Aldrete (#158) didn't play for the Giants in 1989. He was traded to the Montreal Expos before the season for Tracy Jones.
Kevin Mitchell (#189) was the NL MVP in 1989. He played left field and batted .291 with 47 HR and 125 RBI.
Brett Butler (#241) batted .283, scored 100 runs, and stole 31 bases for the Giants in 1989.
Joel Youngblood (#304) didn't play for the Giants in 1989. He became a free agent after the 1988 season and signed with the Cincinnati Reds to finish his career.
Donell Nixon (#447) batted .265 in 166 at bats as a backup outfielder in 1989.
Candy Maldonado (#495) played right field for the Giants and batted .217 with 9 HR and 41 RBI in 129 games.

Others who played in the outfield but who didn't get 1989 Topps Giants cards:

Pat Sheridan batted .205 in 161 at bats.
Tracy Jones batted .186 in 97 at bats.
Jim Weaver batted .200 in 20 at bats.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

1988 Topps Giants -- Part 3

Eddie Milner didn't play for the Giants in 1988. He became a free agent after the 1987 season and signed with the Cincinnati Reds.


Dave Henderson didn't play for the Giants in 1988. He became a free agent after the 1987 season and signed with the Oakland A's.




Mike Aldrete started in LF for much of the season. He batted .267 in 389 at bats. He had only 18 extra-base hits (.329 slugging percentage).





Jeffrey Leonard batted .256 in 44 games. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers on June 8 for Ernest Riles.



Joel Youngblood batted .252 in 123 at bats as a pinch hitter and extra outfielder.



Candy Maldonado was the starting right fielder and batted .255 with 12 HR and 68 RBI.



Brett Butler was the starting center fielder. He batted .287 with 109 runs scored, 97 walks, and 43 stolen bases.


Chili Davis didn't play for the Giants in 1988. He became a free agent and signed with the California Angels before the 1988 season.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

1990 Topps Giants - Part 3


Rick Parker batted .243 in 107 at bats. He batted .335 in 44 games for AAA Phoenix. Rick spent parts of five more seasons in the majors (1991, 1993-1996)

Rick Leach batted .293 in 174 at bats in 1990. He had a .372 on base percentage. It was his last season in the majors.

Donell Nixon didn't play for the Giants in 1990. He was released by the Giants in spring training. Nixon signed with the Baltimore Orioles. He spent most of the season with AAA Rochester and played eight games with the Orioles (his last appearances as a major leaguer).



Candy Maldonado didn't play for the Giants in 1990. He became a free agent after the 1989 season and signed with the Cleveland Indians.


Brett Butler started in center field. He batted .309 with 51 stolen bases and 90 walks in 160 games in 1990. He led the Giants with 108 runs scored.


Kevin Mitchell was the starting left fielder. He batted .290 and led the Giants with 35 home runs. Kevin knocked in 93 runs and scored 90 runs.



Pat Sheridan didn't play for the Giants in 1990. He became a free agent after the 1989 season and signed with the Kansas City Royals. The Royals released him in spring training and he signed with the Chicago Cubs. Pat played 23 games for the Cubs' AAA Iowa club.



Kevin was the starting LF in the 1990 All Star game. He went 0-2 with one strikeout.


Greg Litton batted .245 in 204 at bats. He played some right field after Kevin Bass went out with an injury.

Speaking of Kevin Bass, he batted .252 in 63 games at the end of the season for the Giants. He was out from late May to early September with an injury.

Others who played outfield for the Giants but didn't get a 1990 Topps Giants card:
  • Mike Kingery - .295 in 207 at bats. He started some games in RF while Kevin Bass was hurt.
  • Mark Leonard - .176 in 17 at bats (mostly as a pinch hitter)
  • Brad Komminsk - .200 in 8 at bats. He was signed in April and waived in May.