Interesting lot...all players got in a varying amount of MLB playing
time....none graced with superstardom in fact quite the opposite....Bill
Fahey....career backup catcher with late blooming slant.....came to 1972
Rangers with a AA experience.....his 7 home runs in AA suggested some pop but
showed very little at the top....Stayed with Texas organization for 8 years,
struggling for playing time or even to stay with the big club at times....Spent
1973 and 1978 exclusively in Ranger AAA....trade to Padres gave him semi
regular status a decent .271 BA over 1979-80....sold to Detroit where he
finished as a seldom used reserve much like days in Tex...Jim Mason...got more
playing time than Fahey but with very limited production....after two Rangers
season of hitting barely .200 was acquired by Yankees....essentially snuck in
as their regular shortstop 1974...mixed result;
25 errors counteracted his .250 BA which was a career high....failed at
the plate thereafter....registered consistently near below .200 for rest of
career which included return stops to Texas and Montreal....career highlight
one World Series at bat, one home run, perfect OPS....with career BA of .201 in
1400+ at bats, (bear in mind Mendoza line is .215) possibly the worst player
with that amount of MLB playing time...Tom Ragland...infielder
most stationed at 2nd base....hit poorly in his Ranger days and was
caught up in a glut of Texas infielder wantabes...Found himself in Cleveland 1973,
passable job with .257 BA but did not get a return ticket for 1974.
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