We’re down to the wire with my Monsters vs Terribles project (more info here). My “winter” project is turning into a spring project but that’s ok.
This will be the last poll for the Terribles team. And since we’re doing the outfielders so I’m giving you three votes.
Of the twelve candidates, six are from the 1960s decade. There are a couple who can power up a little up and some with speed but not many who have much in terms of batting average.
Each player’s name is linked to his original Terrible Card Tuesday article written about him and his APBA card associated with it.
Here are the candidates:
Terribles Team nominee |
APBA card breakdown |
| 1930 Chick Fullis | OF-1, 10-11-11, zero 14s |
| 1930 Homer Peel | OF-1, 6-7-8-8-8-9-9, one 14 |
| 1934 Jerry McQuaig | OF-1, 7-8-9, four 14s |
| 1962 Manny Mota | OF-1, 0-8-8-9-9-10-11, three 14s |
| 1965 Gary Kolb | OF-2, 0-7-8-8-9-9-10-10, one 14 |
| 1966 Johnny Herrnstein | OF-2, 7-7-8-8-8-9-9, two 14s |
| 1966 Rick Monday | OF-2, 4-8-8-9-9, four 14s |
| 1966 Shaun Fitzmaurice | OF-1, 8-8-9-9-10-10-11, three 14s |
| 1967 Reggie Jackson | OF-1, 0-0-0-8-8-9-9, three 14s, 42 |
| 1989 John Shelby | OF-2, 0-0-8-8-9-9-11, two 14s |
| 1991 Sammy Sosa | OF-2, 1-6-8-8-9-9-10-11, one 14 |
| 2011 Vernon Wells | OF-3, 1-5-5-8-8-9-9-10, one 14 |
It’s your turn to vote! Remember to vote for three!
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By the way, the vote for Monsters 3B went to 1980 George Brett. It wasn’t even close. He got 71% of the vote among the four candidates.
Here are the updated starting rosters for both teams so far:
| Terribles | Monsters | |
| Catcher | 1967 Johnny Bench | 1931 Josh Gibson |
| Firstbase | 2011 Adam Dunn | 1927 Lou Gehrig |
| Secondbase | 1964 Joe Morgan | 1922 Rogers Hornsby |
| Shortstop | 1978 Mike Fischlin | 1982 Robin Yount |
| Thirdbase | 1905 Offa Neal | 1980 George Brett |
Coming soon…the last poll, the Monster outfielders. Also, pitching selection announcements. I’m still taking more nominations for Terrible pitchers.
thanks all!
My favorite Rick Monday Moment happened on a baseball field but was not directly related to baseball
I’ll bet yours is too.
A great play by a true Hero.