Recently some people have been suggesting Joey Gathright should be starting against righties instead of Jose Bautista.
Here are the lowest career isolated powers (SLG-AVG) for outfielders in baseball history, minimum 1000 plate appearances:
Name | Career ISO | Playing Era |
Stump Wiedman | .030 | 1880’s |
Rip Cannell | .032 | 1904-1905 |
Spike Shannon | .034 | 1904-1908 |
Jud Birchall | .035 | 1880’s |
Tim Murnane | .038 | 1870’s |
Bob Gilks | .039 | 1887-1893 |
Joey Gathright | .040 | Fuck my life. |
So, as you can see, not only is Gathright the wimpiest outfielder in over a fucking century, but people had way cooler names way back in the day. Rip and Spike? Bad. Fucking. Ass.
So, please, don't suggest Gathright starts and leads off against righties. He's historically bad. Worst since the deadball era. Of course, I now fully expect Cito to do this. Sigh.
