300 when put to three digits, but it’s still a little under. Prior to that last at-bat, Kruk was 1,169-for-3,896 in his career. 300 even if he would have made an out, but it would have to round up to.
300 before that at-bat, and it would’ve been. Looking at the details, the reality is a little messier. That’s why he left the game, and that’s why he retired that day. As baseball legend and lore notes, Kruk intentionally removed himself in order to preserve a career batting average over. Was he hurt? Did something happen to him? And that was it for him, as he left the game before his next time up. Kruk, then playing for the White Sox, rattled out a base hit in his first at-bat on July 30, 1995. With that in mind, here is the list of the oddest career finales from noteworthy players. Also, in a few occasions, I knew of a couple of other bizarre career-ending games from guys with notable careers but less than 30 WAR that I just had to include. This isn’t just the guys with 35 WAR or more, but I checked everyone with at least 30 career WAR since 1919. First, since last month, I expanded the original search. Frankly, the weird endings have some of the better stories, so let’s discuss those here.Ī few notes beforehand. We’ll get to the guys with the best career finales another time. And others I came across had finales that were just plain odd. While looking at all those notable players, I found others who had tremendous career-ending games. I found everyone with at least 35 career WAR from 1919 onward and found the prominent careers with the most pathetic endings.īut that column only told part of the tale.
Last month here at the mighty THT, I wrote a fun column, “ Ten worst career-ending performances of all time” that looked at, well, exactly what the title said it did.
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