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I think Hough was always a knuckle ball pitcher. His early career strikeout to walk ratio, and those averaged per 9 innings are consistent with a younger knuckleballer, (ie: younger than about 35).
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Cedeno's age 30 season was the strike-shortened 1981 campaign, so the 82 games played that year is not statistically significant. The sharp decline in Stolen Bases after his age 29 season, however, suggests that his career was negatively impacted by some lingering leg issues. It ;ooks like he had a major injury in his age 27 season, (50 games played).
He remains the only player in Major League history to have three consecutive 20/ 50 seasons for HRs and SBs.
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Gruber's biological father, Claude King, was a football player who played running back in the NFL and CFL in the 1960's. His mom won the Miss Texas beauty pageant before he was born, (or she would have been disqualified, for the premarital pregnancy).
I was thinking more his decline in power / productivity. His OPS+ was never close to what it was in his age 21 and 22 seasons. With the speed and glove seemed on track for a special career.
Ken Dayley. He got big money for those 5 innings with the Jays.
(Getting this obscure one but can't figure out some of the more productive players you have posted)
Joaquin Andujar - some great seasons with the speedy Cardinals of the mid 80's.
Balor Moore - the first "big" prospect in the history of the Expos that never really went anywhere.
Otis Nixon. After watching him a lot as an Expos fan in 1988-1990, would have never expected him to become the solid hitter he became in his 30's.
Sil Campusano? Its one of those elite Jays prospects from the 80's that went nowhere and I'm guessing Sil
Rance Mulliniks. Very solid platoon 3B... consistenly very strong OBP's which were not always recognized at the time.