The Kevin Stocker Apprecation Thread
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Mon, March 02, 2009 04:00 PM | Comments: 53
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Kevin Stocker
Shorstop
1993-1997
Career w/Phillies: .261 AVG / 14 HR / 172 RBI / 30 SB
The Phillies weren’t happy with Juan Bell as their everyday shortstop in 1993, so they ditched him for a young kid with a hot bat and fine glove. Kevin Stocker played his heart out in that ’93 season, helping the Phillies win the National League. After that season, he remained a great shortstop, hitting .254 in 1996 with five homers and 41 RBI. He finished top 10 in hit by pitch twice in his career. Though all that is great, his true worth comes with his leadership. Off the field, he owns an Emerald City Smoothie franchise in Washington. That he could pick off runners from deep shortstop and then keep the state of Washington healthy through delicious fruity concoctions just shows his versatility. Though his career ended too short, he is truly one of the Phillies greatest players, and absolutely the second-greatest shortstop in franchise history.
Comment: Not a member of the 100 Greatest Phillies. Made you look, though.
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Abreau top 20? You must be out of your mind!
Posted: 10:00 PM on March 2, 2009
Posts: 0 ActuallyChilled
griffin, that card is a prime centerpiece of my formerly obsessive self’s closet-sized baseball card collection. brings back memories man…
and to everyone here who became dramatically ‘upset’ and was ‘wondering’ whether this was a joke or not, was tim’s contextual mockery of stocker or the ‘appreciation thread’ header not obvious enough to you??? now that’s hilarious… unless- you have all been dry humoring thisup by pretending to get angry at stocker on the list, in which case, proceed to make fun of me now.
Posted: 12:39 AM on March 3, 2009
Posts: 0 Jordan
tim baseball is really not a subjective sport. It lives on state and as far as the sports world goes baseball fans are the kings of state. The MVP voting is kind of like your list in that there is a weight placed on players whose team makes the playoffs. So does the 93 team make the playoffs with out stocker no probably not. But compare the stats of other players on the list behind stocker when the phils made they playoffs and it does not add up. Cole hamels should easily be in the top 20 because I feel his pitching was the most important post season performance by a Philly of all time. Cole in his short career has done more for this organization than stocker did his entire career. With that said I love kevin stocker he iis way too high and you have the most in depth sports blog out there keep up the good work.
Posted: 11:04 AM on March 3, 2009