08-18-2014, 02:56 PM
Quote:I don't know how this is possible, but the Padres have been around for 45 years. Tonight, Jedd Gyorko became the franchise leader for career home runs by a second baseman with . . . 31.
Even more sad, and luckily we don't make the list.
Quote:[Jedd] Gyorkos 31 homers as a second baseman in his Padres career is a franchise record. Total. For any second basemans entire Padres career. Thats a sad record. But is it the saddest record? As in, whats the lowest total for a franchise leader at every position? With the help of Baseball-Reference.co we can find out C - Rays (Toby Hall, 44 home runs) and Pirates (Jason Kendall, 66).. 1B - Diamondbacks (Paul Goldschmidt, 82) and Angels (Wally Joyner, 116)... SS - Astros (Adam Everett, 35)... 3B - Brewers (Don Money, 78)... LF - Padres (Greg Vaughn, 72)... CF - Rangers (Don Lock, 71)... RF - Rays (Matt Joyce, 47) and Astros (Hunter Pence, 88)... DH - Twins (David Ortiz, 42) Oh. Oh, my. Thats much, much sadder than the Gyorko thing. Thats much, much, much sadder on several different levels. (Note: Jason Kubel also had 42 as a Twins DH, but Ortiz kinda needs to be in that header by himself for effect.)